I’m not rushing to Jan. 6th without first acknowledging the significance of Jan. 5th. The determination, organizing & resilience of Black voters in Georgia resulted in the election of the first Black Senator since Reconstruction & the first Jewish statewide elected official ever. 
When we ignore the significance of Jan. 5th we diminish our own power. Orgs like @BlackVotersMtr & @fairfightaction, @NAACP_LDF , @morethanavote, @LawyersComm & so many others fought in 2020 to ensure that Black voters could overcome obstacles to voting.
And credit to millions of Black Georgia voters who responded to efforts to suppress their vote with even greater determination. Waiting in line up to 9 hours to vote in the primary in Fulton County & showing up in historic numbers for the general. politico.com/news/2020/10/2…
5 million Black voters participated in the Nov. 2020 General Election and 92% of those voters returned for the Special Election on January 5th. Unprecedented numbers for a special election. The coalition of voters produced an historic outcome for that state.
This vision of our future is directly at odds w/ the hideous anti-democratic violence of Jan.6th. The backlash of voter suppression laws throughout the country are a direct response to 2020 & Jan 5th. That’s why we need the #FreedomToVoteAct & the #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct.
On January 5th, let’s lift up those who are fighting for democracy, before turning to address those who are determined to destroy it.
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