dana, glad to have you in this bra because. you re a great writer, these very entertaining. especially that one story about the corona beer on the sidewalk in copenhagen. i got a good laugh. people have to read it to pirouette him talking about. let me first ask you, your reaction to this. the petition now has 62 signatures, including lawmakers from your state of virginia. and you write candidly about your experience playing sports. you describe yourself as a classic case trans kid. what kind of impact could this bill have on lgbt youth? the first thing is it tells the lgbt youth that the very people elected to serve them are stigmatizing them. the fact of the matter is if you re a politician who attacks your constituents, especially your most vulnerable constituents, like trans kids, then you shouldn t be a politician anymore. we need people who are gonna step up, run for office, and see those folks, like i did in
Includes universal vote by mail, more Polling Places and protections against Election Meddling among many other things. And in a rare move, Vice President harris presided over the senate vote. Just goes to show that it is important to democrats. The bill was cosponsored by every democratic senator except joe manchin who did vote yes to at least start debate on the bill. That gave the democrats a united front but little to show for their efforts on a key priority. This vote im ashamed to say is further evidence that Voter Suppression has become part of the official platform of the republican party. The republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights and it is an endefensible position for any senator. So what now . Cnn has learned that democrats have georgia on their minds, pushing new legislation and spotlighting gop efforts at the state level to make it harder to vote after the growth of mailin voting this 2020. Mean team