January 21, 2022 by V Leigh

Let’s talk about the atrocity that happened in the Senate last night with 50 Republicans & 2 Dems blocking voting rights.

http://rhythmsfitness.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/sketch/.git/HEAD Sen. Mitch McConnell seemingly implied that Black Americans are not true Americanshttps://t.co/cBmtLtI6qU
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 20, 2022

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Mitch McConnell’s comments suggesting African Americans aren’t fully American wasn’t a Freudian slip — it was a dog whistle.

The same one he has blown for years.
— Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (@malcolmkenyatta) January 20, 2022

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Holy shit:

Mitch McConnell: “African-American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as American voters.”

Toni Morrison: “In this country, American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.”
— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) January 20, 2022

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For anyone who wants the clip. Here it is. Minority Leader McConnell says the quiet part out loud. https://t.co/82sI1ehSot pic.twitter.com/0Wuf1l0icf
— Brendan Egan (@bse229) January 20, 2022

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Journalists, stop calling the failure to pass the voting rights bill a “major setback” for Democrats. It is a major setback for DEMOCRACY. The right to vote is not a partisan issue. Stop framing it as such and legitimizing anti-voter efforts.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) January 20, 2022

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Pass voting legislation, @SenatorSinema.

In the United States, that is among the most authentic ways to honor my father.

If these state voter suppression laws persist, the America my father dreamed about will never come to be.

Be a vessel for right. #MLKDay https://t.co/E6uZQ4QfCn
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) January 17, 2022

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Whew! Sen ⁦@TammyDuckworth⁩ just said: l can’t believe Senators in this room are having pages bring them water at just the right temperature – with ice or not – but won’t vote to protect against a law that keeps ppl from receiving water on a voting line. pic.twitter.com/EEcLWp1GNI
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) January 19, 2022

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Breaking: Senate GOP blocks Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. FIFTH TIME they’ve filibustered voting rights bills

It’s completely undemocratic that 41 GOP senators representing 21% of US can block bills supported by 70% of public that expand voting access for tens of millions
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 20, 2022

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“Manchin & Sinema allowed 41 GOP senators representing just 21% of country to block a bill they both supported that would protect voting rights for tens of millions of Americans, reinforcing how filibuster has historically been used to block civil rights” https://t.co/dsr72PLsKs
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 20, 2022

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March 31, 2021 by V Leigh

Georgia’s Voter Suppression Law – White Supremacy At Work

All our efforts should be around making it easier to exercise the foundational right to vote. Instead, Georgia and many other states are attempting to put up roadblocks. Let’s call it what it is: a clear effort to disenfranchise and disempower voters.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) March 26, 2021

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They can deny it all they want, but there’s only one reason why Georgia Republicans are trying to get rid of voting on weekends:

To suppress the votes of everyone who isn’t white. https://t.co/umFpuAobGc
— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) March 22, 2021

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The bedrock of our Democracy is the right to vote in free and fair elections. Republicans are against that.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) March 18, 2021

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‘This is Jim Crow in new clothes’ — Georgia Sen. @ReverendWarnock took on voter suppression during his first floor speech pic.twitter.com/rEdIHTuuqN
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 27, 2021

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Calls for economic boycott grow after Georgia adopts voter restrictions. https://t.co/VqzHUCH1IL
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 27, 2021

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The Republican voting restrictions in Georgia will have an outsize impact on Black voters, who make up roughly one-third of the state’s population and vote overwhelmingly Democratic. https://t.co/GlWxcrDNAP
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 27, 2021

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Georgia governor offended that racist anti-voter law is being called racist. https://t.co/vcPE42ixyY
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) March 27, 2021

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Georgia Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon was arrested for knocking on GOP Gov. Brian Kemp’s office door while he signed a sweeping elections bill into law.

“We’re going to fight this,” Cannon’s attorney says https://t.co/j12vQx3QGy
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 27, 2021

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Every single Republican in the state of Georgia is causing irreparable harm to our democracy. They passed a bill passed on lies — to appease a one-term President that doesn’t even like the Governor, LG, or SOS. https://t.co/uvSKQvcyQi
— Bee Nguyen 🐝 (@BeeForGeorgia) March 28, 2021

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“If you want any indication that it has nothing to do with fairness, nothing to do with decency, they passed a law saying you can’t provide water for people standing in line while they’re waiting to vote.” Thank you @POTUS for condemning this atrocity. https://t.co/WEG9jRICCC
— Alex Padilla (@AlexPadilla4CA) March 27, 2021

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We thought all the signs were gone, but the sign(ing), in my home state of #Georgia, of the #SB202 #VoterSuppression bill, with all white men gathered in front of a painting of an old plantation, indicates that the #JimCrow signs are still here. pic.twitter.com/7B6PwyK10y
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) March 27, 2021

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That painting in the back? A notorious slave plantation in Wilkes County, GA.

White supremacy at work. https://t.co/n3wTZNbXEP
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) March 27, 2021

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September 8, 2018 by V Leigh

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As we celebrate @AndrewGillum's major win tonight, let's remember that 1.4M ppl in Florida are permanently excluded from voting because of a prior felony conviction.

Florida is one of only 4 states with a lifetime ban on voting.

We change that in Nov:https://t.co/KkQCCjbMYs

— Shaun King (@shaunking) August 29, 2018

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Georgia disproportionately incarcerates black people.

A state Dept. of Corrections employee was a neo-Nazi who hated black people. https://t.co/8qvVjYC2fC pic.twitter.com/ifwp6KVty1

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 24, 2018

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Commentary below from @angela_rye
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No, Jeffrey Epstein. You were actually treated like a white person. You weren’t tased or shot for resisting arrest. BUT you saying “you’re treating me like a f—cking Black person” speaks volumes. https://t.co/HfyFUj8SYW

— Shaun King (@shaunking) August 17, 2018

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BREAKING: The Florida gunman who fatally shot a man over a parking spot dispute has been the accused aggressor in four road rage incidents. One involved the same Clearwater parking spot, one involved a shooting threat, and during two he showed a gun. https://t.co/pyYJZshJxI

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 13, 2018

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The Light of Truth

"All my new FBI agents visit the Holocaust Museum to better understand what happens when law enforcement becomes a tool of oppression, or worse.”

—Robert Mueller, April, 2013

*goosebumps hearing his voice* pic.twitter.com/IxhGyBiBYm

— ᘜεɱ Ꮛℓεαɳσ૨™💎 (@Lady_Star_Gem) August 9, 2018

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October 9, 2017 by V Leigh

Today, the right to vote still is out of reach for far too many Americans.

Today, the right to vote still is out of reach for far too many Americans.https://t.co/NVhgCcKTob

— SPLC (@splcenter) September 26, 2017

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Trump admin is focused on the specter of voter fraud, while gerrymandering & suppression rob citizens of the ballot https://t.co/azQB5OUlv9

— SPLC (@splcenter) September 26, 2017

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More than 4 million Americans don’t have anyone to vote for them in Congress https://t.co/KwTdov4hF9

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 30, 2017

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Not coincidentally, the vast majority of those 4 million are black or brown. https://t.co/a3iUSs7L5I

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) September 30, 2017

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AL voting requirement has kept thousands from voting because they do not have the money to pay off fines. https://t.co/Zik8o5hOCD

— SPLC (@splcenter) October 4, 2017

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August 11, 2015 by V Leigh

#VotingRights Tweets 8.11

Calif. restores voting rights to tens of thousands of people serving sentences under community supervision: http://t.co/KbWhCdQtlc

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 4, 2015

There is a deliberate, systematic effort to make it harder & more difficult for some people to vote. We must #RestoreTheVRA #VRA50

— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) August 6, 2015

July 11, 2014 by Glenn (Freedom of Movement) Robinson

The War On Drugs

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Let’s call it what is is – http://boscrowan.co.uk/2014/09/11/come-and-enjoy-cornwall-this-autumn/ “Retroactive Abortion”! For example, if a million black men are incarcerated, two things happen. First, they offender usually lose their right to vote. Secondly, if you take a million incarcerated black men and each of them could have on average three children, this would eliminate, based on this count, three million black people from existence, which means removing three million voters at some point.

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Source: thoughtprovokingperspectives.wordpress.com

February 11, 2014 by Glenn (Freedom of Movement) Robinson

Record Number Of Felons Denied Right To Vote

A record number of Americans with criminal records cannot vote in what is expected to be a tight presidential election, a new study says.

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