In the wake of the SCOTUS ruling further weakening the Voting Rights Act, take a look at how one Republican in Michigan was subjected to harsh attacks from within his own party for simply acknowledging the validity of the election results in his state. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
It's more urgent than ever for Congress to pass robust new voting rights legislation—now.
@BarackObama "Change doesn’t come from Washington; change comes to Washington." - Barack Obama
@BarackObama Make Election Day A Federal Holiday! @BarackObama @POTUS
@BarackObama President Obama, you might appreciate this thread I just wrote:
@BarackObama President Obama, you might appreciate this thread I just wrote:
@BarackObama It's more urgent than ever for Congress to pass robust new voting rights legislation—now.
@BarackObama We remain a federalist system. Congress passing legislation will not be a guarantee of anything with out change at state levels.
@BarackObama Won't happen so long as there is a right to filibuster.
@BarackObama You guys won, don’t see the issue
@BarackObama Why isn't America able to make a nationwide binding referendum.. Especially for such cases like voter rights, div. Loopholes etc... That's the most important tool in a democracy.. And "we the people" (not me, we use it here) can't use it