Major recognition needs to be given to the Navajo Nation for

[Sogo]

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Biden's win in AZ.



1. of the 85,000 registered voters on Navajo 76,000 voted. 89% turn out

2. Of those 76,000 voters 74,000 voted for Biden & 2,000 for Trump



UPDATE: Not sure why the link is no longer working, but here is a related link:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/23/1913555/-Update-Navajos-Apaches-Working-to-Deny-Trump-Arizona-s-11-Electoral-Votes?detail=emaildkre

[Laelth]

1. Hear! Hear! k&r n/t

-Laelth

[diva77]

2. K&R!!!!!!

[malaise]

3. Amazing indeed

[crickets]

4. That's an incredible turnout. Kudos to them. 💖

[TigressDem]

5. Sometimes I think we should sell it back and become the white tribes of the US.

Out in MN the Shakopee Midewaketon Sioux leadership is doing a lot of good work in the community and has a very progressive agenda. Of course a lot of the money comes from Casinos, but that is irony for you.

When you think of the old ways tribes lived, it really was more in tune with nature.

[mahina]

6. As they say, Ya'at'eeh

Is close but not correct

https://navajowotd.com/word/yaat-eeh/

And now we’re not the only ones who know this, so we have to find out how to definitely protect their votes next time and do our best to protect their health much better too.

[okaawhatever]

7. Absolutely. Ahehee Navajo. nt

[SCLumbeelady]

8. Aho 👏🏻❤️

[progressoid]

9. Yep. They deserve more credit than The Lincoln Project.

[not fooled]

21. Great point

and accurate.

[Cha]

37. Oh Yay.. a chance to diss TLP..

Who also helped us all Over the Country and is helping us with our Two Dem Candidates in Georgia.. so we can TIE the Senate.

[progressoid]

38. Yeah, I'm funny like that.

I support Democrats.


Republicans can take a flying fuck at a rolling donut.

[Cha]

39. All Hands On Deck.. That's How We

BEAT trump.. repubs voted for Biden, too.

Cindy McCain Endorse Biden in Arizona.

[progressoid]

46. Did she endorse any other Democrats?

No?

All hands were not on deck for other Democrats. We lost House seats. We lost state legislature seats. Basically, we won one big battle but lost a lot of little ones. Part of the reason we are in this position is because the members of the Lincoln Project laid the ground work a couple decades ago for the republican party to fully and openly embrace it's racist, misogynist, homophobic, ill-educated core.

Fuck them and the horses they rode in on.

[Wednesdays]

49. Would you rather TLP fight AGAINST us?

Because if your attitude prevails, that's what they will start doing.

[Cha]

61. TY, Wednesdays!

[Cha]

60. Cindy McCain ENDORSED Joe BIDEN in AZ..

Where it counted.

keep Denying they helped Win.. Facts on the Ground Prove Otherwise.

[LanternWaste]

62. Who specifically is arguing the Navajo nation deserves less credit in the AZ election?

Or is that simply a petulant irrelevancy predicated on bias?

[overleft]

10. A big thank you to our great American friends from Arizona!

[wnylib]

11. Navajo country is Arizona and New Mexico.

So they helped turn AZ blue.

[klook]

48. Yes, and despite living in one of the worst COVID-19 hotspots.

Whenever I saw those virus maps with the Four Corners region looking dark red, my heart sank. Apparently they’re doing better now, at least I hope so.

I have huge respect for these people, and today deep gratitude.

[wnylib]

51. Yes, they were hit very hard and

had very few resources for coping with it initially. Clinics lacked sufficient PPE. I'm thinking that influenced the big turnout for Biden

If you're interested in the Navajo nation and people, you might enjoy the books written by Tony Hillerman. He was a white police officer in Dine country who wrote several detective stories with Navajo police as the main characters, from the Navajo perspective, in their own cultural setting. By the time you read a couple of his books, you will feel like you personally know the land and the people. After he passed away a few years ago, his daughter, Anne, took up where he left off, with the same characters.

[MustLoveBeagles]

65. I saw three movies based on his novels a couple of years ago called Skinwalkers

I saw it streaming but they originally aired on PBS. Robert Redford produced them I think. I enjoyed them and thought it a shame they didn't make more. I haven't read the books yet.

[wnylib]

68. Skinwalkers is the title of

one of Hillerman's books. A few other titles are: Skeleton Man, Coyote Waits, The Blessing Way, Listening Woman, Thief of Time, Dance of the Dead, and several more. Too many to list here. I've read all but one or two. I've read all of his daughter's books, too. Really enjoy them.

[MustLoveBeagles]

69. I'll have to check them out

[Mountain Mule]

12. And let's not forget the Utes right across the border in Colorado!

The Ute Mountain Utes are all registered Democrats and they went for Biden 100%! Go Toawoc!

[TryLogic]

29. Fabulous. Sending them good wishes.

[nycbos]

13. Absolutely

[Bettie]

14. Yes, it does

they worked for this and delivered in a way few communities actually do.

[onetexan]

45. Amazing!! Thank you our Navajo Americans!

[SaveOurDemocracy]

15. Thank you to the Navajo People who voted and caused a Democratic victory!

It is my hope that President Biden will visit the Navajo Nation, after the pandemic is under control, learn the long-standing issues they face and put policies in place to help.

[patphil]

16. The Navajo have seen over 13,000 cases of the corona virus, and almost 600 deaths.

They can see what Trump's covid "response" has done to them. They also know that Trump wouldn't care if every single Navajo died.
So they voted accordingly.

[COL Mustard]

26. They Definitely Suffered Disproportionately

Under this administration. I’m sure that played a pretty big part in their vote.

[KPN]

17. Thank you Navajo nation.

[JI7]

18. We need more attention on these communities. Many Native Americans are in right wing

states where they are a very small minority in a state full of right wing whites.

In Arizona here they recieve recognition because it has turned into a swing state.

But they get treated like shit in many of those right wing states. I hope Biden admin can do something to greatly improve their lives.

And recognition is also very important with us just starting to get Native Americans elected to Congress. And Biden certainly should appoint someone to his cabinet.

Governor Steve Bullock was getting a lot of hate for his recognition of native people Ahmed culture. And the white people there elected a racist white thug to be next governor.

[Upthevibe]

19. Thank you for this post....

And thank you to the Navajo Nation....

[Sherman A1]

20. KnR

[BobTheSubgenius]

22. Are the 2000 being banished?

He asked, only partly in jest.

[IronLionZion]

23. Biden/Harris actually reached out to tribes to address their issues

Detailed plans at the link. The first Americans have been screwed over far too many times.

https://joebiden.com/tribalnations/#

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are committed to upholding the U.S.’s trust responsibility to tribal nations, strengthening the Nation-to-Nation relationship between the United States and Indian tribes, and working to empower tribal nations to govern their own communities and make their own decisions. With over 574 federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States, the Biden-Harris plan will:

Strengthen the Nation-to-Nation relationship
Provide reliable, affordable, quality health care and address health disparities
Restore tribal lands, address climate change, and safeguard natural and cultural resources
Ensure Native communities are safer and tackle the crisis of violence against Native women, children, and the elderly
Expand economic opportunity and community development in Native communities
Invest in education and youth engagement
Meet obligations to and commemorate Native veterans
Ensure Native Americans can exercise their right to vote

Trump's plan was to deport them.

[Yeehah]

24. Salute!

[dhill926]

25. Reccing the shit out of this...

thank you.

[Blue Owl]

27. K&R

[TryLogic]

28. Sending good wishes and respect to the Navajo Nation.

[Tommymac]

30. Ahe'hee'

May the spirits smile on Your Nation.

You all Rock!


Now we need all Native Americans to help win the Georgia Senate races.

GOTV GA

[ismnotwasm]

31. K&R

[benfranklin1776]

32. Yes indeed!

As in world war 2 they played an integral role in saving our democracy. Much gratitude.

[FailureToCommunicate]

33. Nizhoni !

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89% turnout! A very beautiful thing.


Photo: The new Native American Veterans Memorial in D.C.

[Cha]

36. Nice! TY, FTC!

[SpankMe]

34. Now THOSE are percentages I would have expected nationally. n/t

[Cha]

35. Yes, TY!.. Of those 76,000 voters 74,000 voted for Biden & 2,000 for Trump

Thank you, Navajo Nation!

Really wonder about those "2000" Navajo, though?

[flor-de-jasmim]

41. Thank you!!

[oasis]

42. Impressive. K and R

[Mike Niendorff]

43. Thank you.

The history cannot be rewritten.

The future can.

We are one people, one fight, one future.

Solidarity.


MDN

[calimary]

44. That's a reasonable ratio. 74 to 2.

That’s about as much “support” as trump deserves: the “2”.

[c-rational]

47. Thank you Navajo Nation. True Americans.

[DarthDem]

50. Thank you

Thank you so much, indigenous people of the Navajo. I will never forget.

[Miigwech]

52. AHOO!

[rocktivity]

53. This butressess my theory

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The very first electoral map I saw had Joe with a solid 243 votes, and leading in NV, AZ, and WI. Needless to say, it felt delightful to realize that winning those three states alone would give Joe the 27 votes needed to get him to 270.

Shortly thereafter, I came across a story about Joe posting a transition team Web page -- why would he do that while votes were still being counted? Because he knew that more than enough of the remaining votes were blue enough to prevent President Duh Don from overtaking him!


rocktivity

[joshcryer]

54. Tragically, they were hit extremely hard by COVID.

Which is probably a factor for their vote. Their lives depended upon it.

[xxqqqzme]

55. The link says

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[Sogo]

59. Not sure why the link is no longer working, but

here is a related story:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/23/1913555/-Update-Navajos-Apaches-Working-to-Deny-Trump-Arizona-s-11-Electoral-Votes?detail=emaildkre

[xxqqqzme]

63. Thank you

n/t

[mahina]

56. How can we support them ? Is anyone here of their community to share?

Endless gratitude.

[OverBurn]

57. American Indians! The only true non immigrants!

[Vivienne235729]

58. Hip hip hooray!! Kudos to the Navajo Nation and all the other Native Communities in AZ

[Alex4Martinez]

64. Kickity!

[MustLoveBeagles]

66. They are the reason Joe won Arizona

The First Peoples are true patriots.

[VOX]

67. The Navajo Nation has been hit hard with Covid-19.

Which makes their accomplishment even more significant.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/11/16/935445425/navajo-nation-enters-new-lockdown-as-coronavirus-cases-rise

Navajo Nation Enters New Lockdown As Coronavirus Cases Rise
NPR, November 16, 2020
After warning of "uncontrolled spread" of the coronavirus last week, the Navajo Nation entered a lockdown Monday in an effort to stop infections.

Nonessential businesses are closed. Schools have been moved to online learning. Roads within the nation are closed to visitors. The lockdown will last at least three weeks.

[Maru Kitteh]

70. Happy to give this rec #259.

Thank you Navajo Nation!

[Skittles]

71. they rock