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RestoreAmerica2020

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Mon Jul 12, 2021, 06:03 PM Jul 2021

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 OP
Right, but that means Democrats have to agree on how to do such. elleng Jul 2021 #1
The pro filibuster segment either relents or democracy will die. Funtatlaguy Jul 2021 #4
Republicans claim they defeated communism, now they're trying to defeat democracy. sop Jul 2021 #2
He's right. Voter suppression IS the entire ballgame. Funtatlaguy Jul 2021 #3
It should be a top priority but not the only one. onetexan Jul 2021 #5
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