In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By AAMER MADHANI and KIM CHANDLER 22 minutes ago

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden used the searing memories of Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” to recommit to a cornerstone of democracy, lionizing a seminal moment from the civil rights movement at a time when he has been unable to push enhanced voting protections through Congress and a conservative Supreme Court has undermined a landmark voting law.

“Selma is a reckoning. The right to vote ... to have your vote counted is the threshold of democracy and liberty. With it anything’s possible,” Biden told a crowd of more than 1,000 people seated on one side of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge, named for a reputed Ku Klux Klan leader.

“This fundamental right remains under assault. The conservative Supreme Court has gutted the Voting Rights Act over the years. Since the 2020 election, a wave of states and dozens and dozens of anti-voting laws fueled by the ‘Big Lie’ and the election deniers now elected to office,” he said.

As a candidate in 2020, Biden promised to pursue sweeping legislation to bolster protection of voting rights. Two years ago, his 2021 legislation, named after civil right leader John Lewis, the late Georgia congressman, included provisions to restrict partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts, strike down hurdles to voting and bring transparency to a campaign finance system that allows wealthy donors to bankroll political causes anonymously.



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[Evolve Dammit]

1. Thank you Joe. Much appreciated.

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2. Follow examplethere of largest democracy in world

India has 4 times bigger voter population than USA.
And they have no issues on voter suppression.

[Talitha]

3. K&R

[Ruby Zee]

4. Wow!

Thank you Joe and Jesse and Rev Al! I'm so proud of my president!

[riversedge]

5. "On March 7, 1965, AL state troopers beat voting-rights demonstrators, including John Lewis, as they

Some history we should NOT forget.



Biden visits Selma as he makes his own case for voting rights
Kevin Liptak
By Kevin Liptak, CNN
Updated 4:56 PM EST, Sun March 5, 2023



https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/05/politics/joe-biden-selma-bloody-sunday/index.html


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Bloody Sunday commemorates when, in 1965, 600 people began a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, demanding an end to discrimination in voter registration. At the Edmund Pettus Bridge, state and local lawmen attacked the marchers with billy clubs and tear gas, driving them back to Selma. Seventeen people were hospitalized and dozens more were injured by police.
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On March 7, 1965, AL state troopers beat voting-rights demonstrators, including John Lewis, as they tried to cross the
Edmund Pettus Bridge. Weeks later, Martin Luther King successfully led marchers on the 50-mile march to Montgomery. #Selma58 #DemocracyFirst

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[Alexander Of Assyria]

6. Voting should be worshiped, not vilified as the fascists do. Maddening how much money for

the administration of military and war death, but scraps for administration of democracy.

A Citizen voter wait should be no more than the one at Starbucks. Long lines is not a feature, it’s a massive flaw.

Democracy should get at least a fraction of the respect of war.

And every Election Day, every two years should be a celebration of Democracy, and a day off for the voters in any democratic nation. To vote and reflect on the freedoms so delicately balanced and so fragile.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. For this thread

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8. I miss being there.

One of the great honors of my life was being on the Pettus bridge with Mr Lewis explaining his feelings years after his Bloody Sunday March from Browns Chapel to the bridge. The emotion in his voice when recounting the day still holds fresh in my mind.