Despite what some said, it was very important that 46 and MVP came to Georgia. Push Voting Rights. Push it in a state with an important Governor and Senate race later this year.
"As an institutionalist, I believe that the threat to our democracy is so grave that we must find a way to pass these #votingrights bills…And if that bare minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the Senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster for this." pic.twitter.com/8M0fytYMWt
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 11, 2022
This was the speech of a wartime president, in a time of potential civil war. Clear, resolute, and genuine, from the bully pulpit, Biden named the enemy, described their evil deeds, and essentially took a holy vow to fight them to the death.
He gets it.
https://t.co/cd6i6sfSrk— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) January 11, 2022
President Biden and @VP Harris lay a wreath at the crypt of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King. pic.twitter.com/11L61jMJgK
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 11, 2022
.@POTUS "I've been having these quiet conversations with members of Congress for the last two months. I'm tired of being quiet!"
pic.twitter.com/AAjl25AssZ— Poli Alert (@polialertcom) January 11, 2022
President Biden ends his speech: "May God bless you all and may God protect the sacred right to vote."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 11, 2022
This photo, though. 🥺🥺 https://t.co/JTJCZ7RKvy
— Florida Chris (@chrislongview) January 11, 2022
I’m a sucker for a solid marching band or drum line, and here’s one: The @SWDPanthers, performing ahead of @POTUS and @VP’s arrival at @CAU / @Morehouse. pic.twitter.com/oe8heJuTFn
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) January 11, 2022
@POTUS and @VP take the stage at @CAU/@Morehouse. pic.twitter.com/NO2O52opvz
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) January 11, 2022
We never made it 25 yrs because of the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby v. Holder. Today, he gives the speech meant to push and galvanize members of the US Senate to act. What he and the VP are doing today is applying pressure & it’s important.
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) January 11, 2022
"Even Strom Thurmond came to support voting rights," Biden says. But not even one current Republican will buck Trump.
This is a very good point.
— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) January 11, 2022
President Biden points something out that I forgot in my piece: 16 of the Republicans who voted to extend the Voting Rights Act in 2006 are still serving in the Senate.
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) January 11, 2022
.@RepBeatty: "Maybe the real question is why are my Republican colleagues not wanting us to have voting rights? Could it be because we vote, we win, and we stand up for the American people?" https://t.co/4JPOtIWLzq pic.twitter.com/bI7iabmcTz
— The Hill (@thehill) January 11, 2022
Truth
GOP argument against voting rights bills – “federal takeover of elections” – is same one southern segregationists made against Voting Rights Act of 1965
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 11, 2022
From the future Governor:
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
NBCBLK (@NBCBLK) tweeted at 10:30 AM on Tue, Jan 11, 2022:
Dozens of books written by Black authors are being pulled from school libraries under the pretext that they’re teaching critical race theory. Most of the books don’t teach critical race theory but are written by and about people of color. https://t.co/FM2yYaU7q5
(https://twitter.com/NBCBLK/status/1480940132098265092?t=LduLdHv1pMgKKgvdCQMqlg&s=03)
Malcolm P. Johnson (@admiralmpj) tweeted at 10:46 PM on Tue, Jan 11, 2022:
I want to congratulate the Black Activists in Georgia who made it about themselves today.
Instead of headlines blaring: BIDEN CALLS FOR FILIBUSTER REFORM…
We have…
BLACK ACTIVISTS SAY THE TIME PRETTY SPEECHES IS OVER.
Is it any wonder I don’t listen to LaTosha Brown.
(https://twitter.com/admiralmpj/status/1481125326071603200?t=_6r9pPb6Atmc79G1LybAuA&s=03)
Karine Jean-Pierre (@KJP46) tweeted at 3:49 PM on Tue, Jan 11, 2022:
“Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace? The side of John Lewis or Bull Connor? The side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis?” – @POTUS
(https://twitter.com/KJP46/status/1481020415149592582?t=u6zKcgBPiTpmQqHheuJRFg&s=03)
Vote like your life depends on it!🇺🇸 (@trypeacenow66) tweeted at 7:47 PM on Tue, Jan 11, 2022:
Wow! When will ya’ll be able to get some rest? These same men and women have been fighting for equal access to the ballot for more than 50 years, yet McConnell tells us there is no problem.
(https://twitter.com/trypeacenow66/status/1481080291024416768?t=ez0Pd68G0h2cvZ6BJBzncQ&s=03)
Good Morning Everyone 😊😊😊