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Dean Obeidallah/CNN: This should be the only priority for Democrats
CNN; Opinion by Dean Obeidallah
Updated 7:55 PM ET, Sun July 11, 202
CNN)Democrats from President Joe Biden to the most junior member of Congress must immediately make saving America's democracy their only priority. That means everything from raising the issue nonstop in the media to publicly pressuring their colleagues in the Senate to reform the filibuster to allow a vote on voting rights legislation and even threatening to withhold federal infrastructure aid to states that enact laws that restrict voting access.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/11/opinions/voting-rights-democrats-infrastructure-obeidallah/index.html
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Dean Obeidallah/CNN: This should be the only priority for Democrats (Original Post)
RestoreAmerica2020
Jul 2021
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elleng
(130,714 posts)1. Right, but that means Democrats have to agree on how to do such.
Herding cats?
Funtatlaguy
(10,862 posts)4. The pro filibuster segment either relents or democracy will die.
sop
(10,090 posts)2. Republicans claim they defeated communism, now they're trying to defeat democracy.
Funtatlaguy
(10,862 posts)3. He's right. Voter suppression IS the entire ballgame.
onetexan
(13,019 posts)5. It should be a top priority but not the only one.