Day two of The #19thRepresents virtual summit begins with a keynote conversation with @StaceyAbrams, moderated by our Editor at Large, @emarvelous.
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#19thRepresents: With less than 90 days out from Election Day,@emarvelous asks@StaceyAbrams — have we run out of time in building the structure needed to vote safely and for the majority of Americans to participate?https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread
#19thRepresents: "We have not run out of time," says @StaceyAbrams.
She adds, we had elections in the middle of the Civil War, the Spanish flu...we need security and faith in elections and that's what is at risk.https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …
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#19thRepresents:@StaceyAbrams says, there's no universe in which Republicans, in mass, are going to do the right thing and restore voting access to all Americans who are eligible.https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents:@StaceyAbrams says, "They are trying to steal vote by mail. Don't let them. In 42 states, you can vote by mail."https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents:@emarvelous asks - What about voters that have contracted COVID-19 and that diagnosis coincides with Election Day?https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents: Cont'd.@StaceyAbrams says the Heroes Act is crucial. The provisions in the act will help communities who are most likely to be affected by a second wave of the virus.https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents: Cont'd.@StaceyAbrams stresses "have a voting plan." Vote early, plan early for the mail-in ballot and more.https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents:@emarvelous asks@StaceyAbrams on the veepstakes. She says, "I believe he will not take any community for granted." He will pick the best partner for him. "I believe he will make the right choice."https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents: On "electability" -@StaceyAbrams says the notion that we've crossed this rubicon on the argument is a fallacy. "You're electable if you can win" and if you're given the chance to run.https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents: When asked if she's recently met with Joe Biden to discuss potentially governing with him in any capacity,@StaceyAbrams says, "I direct all questions about the vetting process to the Biden campaign."https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents: Thanks to@StaceyAbrams for a wonderful conversation! Up next, Meryl Streep and@ZoeSaldana. Tune in:https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents stay tuned. After Meryl Streep and@ZoeSaldana, we're talking suffrage as unfinished business with@AliciaGarza,@MariaTeresa1,@MarthaSJones_ and@nhannahjones.pic.twitter.com/JO7QqqftpF
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#19thRepresents:@AliciaGarza,@MariaTeresa1,@MarthaSJones_ and@nhannahjones. Tune in:https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents:@nhannahjones setting the tone - "This isn't the Red Table, but we'll act like we're at the kitchen table."
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#19thRepresents:@nhannahjones asks@MariaTeresa1 about the historic significance of the 19th Amendment and how Latinos fit in the narrative of the story.https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents:@MariaTeresa1 says it's really through the struggle of the civil rights movement where Latinos saw advancement. She adds, the community did not see full enfranchisement until 1974, after we did away with rules on having to be English-language dominant to vote.Show this thread -
#19thRepresents:@MarthaSJones_ says the pandemic is defining so much of our present and future...humanity bound with politics is the only way forward. She adds, Black women are not only bringing themselves to politics, but bringing a set of values and ambitions as well.Show this thread -
#19thRepresents: The disenfranchisement in the Latino community is very real and they will stop at nothing to increase intimidation, says@MariaTeresa1.https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents:@AliciaGarza says part of what she's been fighting for in the midst of this pandemic is not only to make relief + recovery bills better...but also for essential workers to be considered. They have been completely left out of the equation.https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents:@AliciaGarza says there's not a normal that we're gonna go back to. And frankly, things were not great before the pandemic. But, let us use the opportunity of crisis to usher in a new way to be.https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread -
#19thRepresents:@MariaTeresa1 on the prospect that we could possibly have our first woman VP and that so many Black women are in the running — It's a resounding message to the international stage that "America is back and we're moving forward."https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPYRmpBgKN …Show this thread
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