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… not our democracy. Be nice if we were only fighting the Republicans, but it is what it is.
President Joe Biden made an impassioned plea for U.S. voting rights legislation stalled in Congress, calling it a ‘battle for the soul of America.’ He also made his most direct plea yet for the Senate to change its filibuster rule to pass legislation https://t.co/VH5HE7XzMC pic.twitter.com/7Psv3SFLqB
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 12, 2022
The fight for voting rights takes persistence. As MLK exhorted, “The clock of destiny is ticking out. We must act now before it is too late.” Thank you, @POTUS, for refusing to relent until the work is finished. Welcome back to Georgia where we get good done. #FTVA #JLVRAA
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) January 10, 2022
Holy crap. Clyburn on MSNBC using the straight-party vote on the 15th Amendment, & Strom Thurmond telling him he was embarrassed by his filibuster of the 1957 civil rights bill, as a couple of two-by-fours right between Manchin’s eyes.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) January 12, 2022
Americans support eliminating the filibuster by 24 points. In case any Senators care what Americans think. pic.twitter.com/TOM2FPWb6G
— Nick Knudsen ???? (@NickKnudsenUS) January 11, 2022
normal democracy stuff https://t.co/fxTgOfXd5p
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) January 12, 2022
Reactions to Biden speech on U.S. voting rights https://t.co/iTFeE0gDtO pic.twitter.com/MS4TWoZFof
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 12, 2022
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