1. As this piece notes there's a tension between Biden's strident rhetoric on voting rights ("Jim Crow on steroids") & the lesser priority he's giving it (expending far effort in arms twisting than he is on the big economic bills).https://twitter.com/lizcgoodwin/status/1418532286077841414 …
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3. The problem with the "focus on economy" is that you have to do both: for Dems to win, they'll need a strong economy but that's hardly sufficient since voter suppression, gerrymandering etc can over come that.
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4. The problem with "we can out organize voter suppression" is that it's literally not true -- even under existing rules Dems can and do win majorities & get shut out of power, which is likely to get worse with new anti-majoritarian push.
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5. Moreover "we can out organize voter suppression" is self-defeating: to out organize you need motivated base. Having a White House that de-prioritizes voting rights will demoralize that base. More:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/biden-turns-his-back-on-voting-rights?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
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The problem with the new laws isn’t voter suppression. It’s vote suppression after the election.
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I'm beginning to think they believe there's an order in which both initiatives can get through and one in which they both can't, that the voting rights fight is one that Republicans won't give in on and that it's harder to get Manchin/Sinema on board for
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