democracy. how do we in good conscience justify doing one and not the other? some of my democratic colleagues are saying but what about what about bipartisanship? isn t that important? i say of course it is. but here s the thing we must remember. slavery was bipartisan. jim crow segregation was bipartisan. the refusal of women s suffrage was bipartisan. the denial of basic dignity of the members of the lgbtq community has long been bipartisan. the 3/5 compromise was the creation of a putative national unity at the expense of black people s basic humanity. so when colleagues in this chamber talk to me about bipartisanship, which i believe in, i just have to ask, at whose
jim crow segregation was bipartisan. the refusal of women s suffrage was bipartisan. the denial of basic dignity of the members of the lgbtq community has long been bipartisan. the 3/5 compromise was the creation of a putative national unity at the expense of black people s basic humanity. so when colleagues in this chamber talk to me about bipartisanship, which i believe in, i just have to ask, at whose expense? who is being asked to foot the bill for this bipartisanship? and is liberty itself the cost? i submit that that s a price too high and a bridge too far. to my democratic colleagues i say while it is deeply unfortunate, it is more than
election without getting the votes. now, voter suppression tactics are hardly new across america. obama campaign veteran says you go back to the founding of the country, it was only white male landowners who were envisioned as voting. then you had jim crow and more racism. you only had women s suffrage in the modern era, but what we see now is different from just franchisement and a debate over that, it was a party that elected to not just win races in the sphere. they said they need something akin to those earlier limitations to win elections. now, there are plenty of times the republicans do win races, and again, we re talking about the big enchilada, the white house, the power. at the local level, the republicans who obviously have
Colorado Springs School District 11 and the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region on Monday unveiled a mural celebrating a century of women’s suffrage.