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[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Monmouth poll:

71% of the public feels in-person early voting should generally be made easier

69% support establishing national guidelines to allow vote-by-mail and in-person early voting in federal elections in every state

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Senate Republicans just voted to block:

-Protecting and expanding voting rights
-Rooting out corruption
-Reigning in dark money and special interests

The GOP voted against our democracy today.

But with or without them, we must protect our democracy for generations to come.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Biden: "A Democratic stand to protect our democracy met a solid Republican wall of opposition. Senate Republicans opposed even a debate—even considering—legislation to protect the right to vote and our democracy.

"It was the suppression of a bill to end voter suppression."

[Maddow Blog @MaddowBlog]

"Are you going to pass democracy-saving reforms or not? If not, why not? And don't talk to me about some procedural issue." -Indivisible's Ezra Levin @ezralevin

[Maddow Blog @MaddowBlog]

"I'm going to give you a great reason for me to think that things are different: I am having an interview with you not because there was a mass shooting but because we are doing something to prevent this from happening." -Manuel Oliver @manueloliver00 co-founder of @ChangeTheRef

[Paul Rieckhoff🇺🇸🇺🇦 @PaulRieckhoff]

This is brilliant and so damn important.

[Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell]

This is so powerful. And sad. We don’t have to live this way. #enoughisenough

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

Congress To-Do List:

✅ Eliminate the filibuster
✅ Pass For the People
✅ Pass John Lewis VRA
✅ Pass 1/6 Commission
✅ Pass Jobs Plan
✅ Pass Families Plan
✅ Pass PRO Act
✅ Pass Background Checks

✅ Tell American people that Democrats are why they have nice things.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

So let me get this straight: the Republican Senate minority, which represents 41,549,808 fewer people than the Democratic Senate majority, can block the For the People Act — which is supported by 68% of Americans?

That's what's truly radical here.

[CAP Action @CAPAction]

EVERY. SINGLE. REPUBLICAN. Voted against safeguarding our right to vote.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Take 2 minutes of your day to watch Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Mark Milley take down Matt Gaetz

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

"I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the US military, our general officers, our noncommisioned officers, of being quote 'woke'." — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley on GOP efforts to politicize studies of race and injustice

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

As I see it, Dems have 2 options:

1) Keep the filibuster, lose in 2022, and allow Republicans to enact their anti-democratic agenda

2) End the filibuster, deliver for the American people, and save democracy

The choice is clear.

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

The filibuster cannot be used as a tool to suppress the right to vote. There is nothing more fundamental to our democracy than getting this right and protecting equal access to the ballot box.

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

The same GOP Senators who blocked an investigation into January 6th are using the same loophole to block legislation that would protect our freedom to vote.

This is a turning point for our nation. Our leaders must exercise their majority, eliminate the filibuster, and #PassFTPA.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

Authoritarians across the world and throughout history rely on the majority of people feeling hopeless. We didn’t succeed tonight, but we cannot, and we will not give up.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Throughout our nation’s history, many have fought—and even died—to ensure that all eligible Americans can have their vote counted. Today, that hard-won progress is under assault.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

The Republican Party now openly hates the military and the police. And they call themselves patriots?

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

I’m glad my colleagues who support the filibuster are making their case publicly. No reason for this debate to occur in the shadows.

So I’m going to the Senate floor right now to counter in public. To explain why the arguments to keep the 60 vote rule are flawed and dangerous.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

The Delta variant is a monster.

Please get vaccinated.