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Event 3: Voting Rights Legislation
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The stakes are high. Voting rights, health care, climate change, and so much more — they’re all on the line.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 14, 2021
The people who voted and organized and marched expect action. The country demands it.
The path is clear. We must end the filibuster.
There is simply no other way.
President Biden: "Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the United States Department of Justice is going to be using its authorities to challenge the onslaught of state laws undermining voting rights in old and new ways."
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 14, 2021
Here's a list to start: AR, FL, IA, KS, MT, TX
President Biden gave a full throated passionate speech calling for Voting Rights to be passed. He said we must act. Ok. ACT!! KILL THE FILIBUSTER!!! SAVE DEMOCRACY!!!!!
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) July 14, 2021
Joe Biden must make voting rights his first priority by ending the filibuster. If that means strong arming Manchin and buttonholing senators on the Hill, then do it. Nothing should be off the table to protect our democracy from Republican attempts to dismantle it.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 13, 2021
BREAKING: Despite @ATT's public statements in support of voting rights, we found that AT&T Texas PAC made a $100K contribution to @GregAbbott_TX *on the same day* the Governor called a special session to pass a detrimental voter suppression bill.https://t.co/ErfQ8qJapx
— Accountable.US (@accountable_us) July 14, 2021
Please contact @SenatorSinema and @Sen_JoeManchin—tell them to rid of the filibuster to save voting rights.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) July 13, 2021
President Biden is clearly giving full priority to voting rights legislation. To those insisting it’ll fail because he didn’t yell “filibuster” three times and click his heels during his speech today: conisider that he might actually know what he’s doing. He’s incredibly savvy.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) July 14, 2021
The filibuster is not a law. It’s not in the Constitution. It’s a tradition that’s been misused throughout history to deny civil and voting rights.
— James E. Clyburn (@WhipClyburn) July 12, 2021
Our constitutional rights ought not be subject to the filibuster.
More than 150 companies, including PepsiCo, Amazon and Target, are throwing their support behind updating the Voting Rights Act.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 14, 2021
The signatories, all U.S. employers, are urging Congress to enact the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. https://t.co/FsZaHhqX8n
This is not some ordinary moment—we are at an inflection point and a defining moment in our nation’s history. There is no doubt history will judge us based on what we do right here, right now.
— Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@SenatorWarnock) July 14, 2021
We must pass federal voting rights legislation. No matter what.