Dear friend, from Arizona to Texas, Tennessee to Florida, Republican state legislators are rolling back the very rights that freedom fighters like the late Congressman John Lewis risked their lives to secure.
We won't be silenced. On Saturday, May 8, Americans across the nation are coming together to fight back against Republican voter suppression and demand Congress pass critical pro-democracy bills like the For the People Act (HR 1), the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (HR 4) and D.C. Statehood.
Whatever our race, background, or zip code, most of us believe that voters pick our politicians — not the other way around. During the 2020 election, we voted in record numbers and elected a Democratic trifecta that has already delivered for millions of people.
Republicans saw our power and immediately responded by introducing and passing laws to suppress key parts of the Democratic coalition — Black, Indigenous, Latinx, new American, young, low-income, and rural. Meanwhile, big business and billionaires are able to spend unlimited amounts of money to buy our elections.
Federal legislation like the For the People Act (HR 1), the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (HR 4) and D.C. Statehood would guarantee the right to vote, reduce barriers erected to silence our voices and ensure equal voice in the decisions that impact our lives, and prevent billionaires from buying our elections.
Keep fighting,
Monique Teal, Daily Kos.
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