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Mr. Biden and Senate Democrats are perpetuating the same double standard that upheld Jim Crow for almost a century, argues

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Opinion | When Will Biden Join the Fight for Voting Rights? (Published 2021)

It’s impossible to conclude that the president has been pulling out all the stops to defend voting rights.

9:42 PM · Aug 29, 2021

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These takes ignore what will happen in the Senate if Dems try to amend the filibuster to pass this reform. Or, to be more blunt, what Republicans in the Senate and out in the nation will do. Not saying don't do it. But I am saying we can't ignore GOP extremism.

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Yes THEY ARE. We gave them 50 seats.

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Instant block of

. This isn't an "argument." It's a polemical fabrication. Shame on

@nytimes

for printing it, but that's what I've come to expect from them: a RW narrative based on lies.

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I appreciate the leadership of

@POTUS

, but I am perplexed as to why he and

@VP

do not make a stand for voting rights. Are not their constituents worth the fight?

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It’s President Biden, be respectful.

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“But when LBJ’s advisers counseled him to give up on civil rights, … he shot back, “What the hell is the presidency for?’”

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, etc should run ads with

@JoeBiden

@POTUS

soundbyte of "always having Black ppl's back" and asking where is the support and effort protecting and expanding voting rights to motivate him b/c I can see the opposition using that soundbyte against him.