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
story on ballot drop boxes. the former president called him last week trying to overturn his 2020 defeat. last week as the speaker put it, i explained, it s not allowed under the constitution, adding, quote, he has a different opinion. in other words, trump may be sweating and stewing in mar-a-lago, but he is still at it. there were other warning signs today as well. rusty bowers, remember him, lifelong republican who refused to buckle to pressure from the former president and testified emotionally before the select committee. well, we learned he was just censured by the state party which declared him no longer a republican in good standing. in maryland they chose dan cox to be their republican nominee for governor. he once called on the former president to seize voting machines. he also sponsored buses to take people to the so-called stop the steal rally on january 6th and that afternoon he tweeted, mike pence is a traitor. so there s that. there s also this we got today hav
wade has reignited the fight for abortion rights. in states like michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin, access to basic essential reproductive health care might be determined by who is elected as governor or attorney general, and whether or not they will enforce abortion bans. and if republicans take control of congress, that leaves room for the possibility that they will begin working towards a national abortion ban. a goal that was planned even before roe is overturned. the assault on personal freedoms also extends to the lgbtq community. in recent, years republican leaders have been exploiting anti lgbtq sentiment for their political benefit. republican state legislatures are on track to introduce a record number of anti-lgbtq bills in 2022. so far this year, 13 states have already passed such laws. additionally, supreme justice clarence thomas is alarming opinion in the dobbs decision last month prompted congress to take up new legislation to protect same-sex marriage. int
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