Not enough attention has been paid to how powerful dark money interests mobilized to pressure Manchin and Sinema to maintain the filibuster—and, in turn, to maintain the power of those wealthy special interests at the expense of voters. 🧵
@brendan_fischer Rich white men are sensing their impending irrelevance. The panicked frenzy of voter suppression laws is the last gasp of the GOP. #VotingRightsAct #ONEV1
@natashablue22 @brendan_fischer They are also aging out..they know their days are behind them..it’s a desperate act to hold on to any bit of power they can. Good people vote for good people..they know they are who they are.
@natashablue22 @brendan_fischer Gasping is right.
@natashablue22 @brendan_fischer In medicine, we call it agonal breathing: "Agonal breathing is when someone who is not getting enough oxygen is gasping for air. It is usually due to cardiac arrest or stroke. It's a natural reflex that happens when your brain is not getting the oxygen it needs to survive."
@natashablue22 @brendan_fischer It IS the last gasp. But a very dangerous one.
@natashablue22 @brendan_fischer Given that the voter suppression laws will work and that an increasing number of the non-white people that are allowed to vote have been shifting toward the GOP, in what sense is this a last gasp?