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top retweets:
Stacey Abrams to @MSNBC: "In an ideal world, we'd have a constitutional amendment that guarantees the right to vote. That would solve so many problems."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2021
I was honored to welcome Miss Opal Lee to the White House today. A daughter of Texas. And the grandmother of the movement to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. pic.twitter.com/pl3tFSxGds
— President Biden (@POTUS) June 18, 2021
Watch this parent absolutely obliterate Critical Race Theory at an Illinois school board meeting:
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 17, 2021
“How do I have two medical degrees if I’m sitting here oppressed?” pic.twitter.com/gmCRJaphXt
Juneteenth is officially a federal holiday.
— President Biden (@POTUS) June 17, 2021
Dear Republicans,
— Christopher 🇺🇸 Proud Dem (@cwebbonline) June 18, 2021
I am African American and I will celebrate BOTH Juneteenth & 4th of July holidays.
BUT I will never forget that you thought honoring and sharing the celebration of the end of slavery as a holiday was divisive.#VoteThemOut pic.twitter.com/mejzMIgxcy
Fox failed to fully disclose the professional conservative ties of 11 guests featured in segments about critical race theory, among them: Republican strategists and lobbyists, staff of conservative think tanks, and media personalities.https://t.co/EJs3PuO1YE
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2021
Klobuchar says she will work over the weekend with Manchin and Merkley to craft a voting rights bill that all 50 Democrats can agree on, and take it from there. Calls Republicans actions on this "pure evil."
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) June 18, 2021
With Opal Lee and @potus after signing the historic Juneteenth Federal Holiday legislation! pic.twitter.com/nhquaWkgcW
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) June 17, 2021
Pretty amazing how a whole new federal holiday can get created AND *implemented* in 72 hours but we’ve been unable to fix the Voting Rights Act for 8 years now.
— Christina Henderson (@chenderson) June 17, 2021