Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The outpouring of support from New Mexicans and folks all around the country gives me strength every day. Excited to get back to work.
This is absolutely fantastic news for New Mexico and for the country. I’m struck by how much time he spends thanking everyone in this video. Ben Ray Lujan is one of the best human beings to ever have “the honorable” in front of his name. Look forward to seeing you BRL.
The choice is clear: protect the right to vote or restrict voting rights. We cannot go backwards in history. We must pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
In states across our country, our freedom to vote is under attack. I’m on the Senate floor right now discussing the need to reform the filibuster to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act ASAP. https://t.co/2AdBbwZowY
Republicans' strategy to win future elections:
👉Block voting rights in Congress
👉Leverage the Big Lie to pass anti-voter laws nationwide
Their goal is clear: they want to shut out millions of eligible voters from our democracy.
We can't let it happen. The Senate must act.
Our Democracy is at stake and we need every American, from every state, to speak up and make sure they are heard: The future of our Democracy — our nation — is counting on it. Thank you!
Congress does indeed have a role and responsibility at the federal level to stop voter suppression efforts and remove barriers to the constitutionally protected right to vote, We cannot allow an abuse of the filibuster by Senate Republicans to stop us. #FreedomtoVote.
Tomorrow, the Senate is going to be casting an enormously important vote about whether we preserve the foundations of democracy. As of now, two Democrats will join the Republicans to vote against us and we will lose that vote. Let me tell you why I hope they change their minds.
No celebration without legislation. On January 17, join me to honor my father and the #MLKLegacy as we call on Congress and the White House to eliminate the Jim Crow filibuster and pass voting rights to protect millions of Black and Brown voters. #DeliverForVotingRights
Dr. King had simple, powerful advice for his followers during moments like this:
Keep moving. Keep fighting. The road to justice is often painful and full of setback, but we must keep moving.
We'll keep fighting to protect our democracy, and we'll keep fighting until we win.
🚨BREAKING: Majority Leader Schumer confirms that if Senate Republicans block a cloture vote, he will put forward a proposal to change the rules to allow for a talking filibuster on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act.
“Everywhere I go in Georgia, my constituents are saying stand up for voting rights; stand up for the voices of the people. The democracy belongs to them and not politicians. And that’s what I intend to do. And that’s what we intend to do.”
—@SenatorWarnock
Watch every minute.
The GOP shouldn't be allowed to sit in their offices and block voting rights
They should have to come to the floor and defend anti-voting rights positions
The Senate has an opportunity this week to do that—a vote to change Senate rules to promote public debate on voting rights
“We need a Senate that can do more than just respond to crises.”
“What about those long-term challenges like slowly but surely eroding this democracy with voter suppression?
There is so much at stake here. We must get this done.”
—@SenAmyKlobuchar