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AverageOldGuy

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17. Has nothing to do with Biden

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 02:20 PM

Dec 2021

We are in the state we are in because this nation has never come to grips with the Civil War.

Following the end of the War, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were enacted. Those amendments laid the groundwork for the federal government to abolish state-based abuses of the criminal "justice system" and the electoral system. For the past 150 years, Congress and the federal courts have refused to finish what the Reconstruction Amendments started and now it is too late.

The USA is finished. We are on the way to becoming a fascist state; the journey will be completed with the Nov 2024 election. 1984 was just 60 years late in arriving.

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I firmly believe that President Biden should have made the securing of voting rights and [View all] Raven Dec 2021 OP

DURec leftstreet Dec 2021 #1

Biden has called for the passage of the voting rights bill many times Takket Dec 2021 #2

Anyone on DU in Manchin and/or Sinema's district? Can we get a recall? TigressDem Dec 2021 #7

Both are senators jimfields33 Dec 2021 #8

Their 'districts' are the states of Arizona and West Virginia Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2021 #10

C'mon. Do a little research -- just a little -- before spouting off like this. ARandomPerson Dec 2021 #13

I'm surprised the people here aren't familiar with the Constitution... brooklynite Dec 2021 #20

Maybe with what is going on, we SHOULD be able to recall them. TigressDem Dec 2021 #22

Magical thinking doesn't help. zaj Dec 2021 #33

The recall petitions would start the day after the election results. Look at justhanginon Dec 2021 #35

Besides voting them out, there's no recall on Senators Polybius Dec 2021 #26

Thanks for an actual helpful comment. TigressDem Dec 2021 #37

One doesn't have to be a Constitutional Scholar; one simply has to read the Constitution... brooklynite Dec 2021 #46

Some of the replies to your original ideas and brainstorming were a little... impatient? Trust_Reality Dec 2021 #49

Senators and House Representatives Cannot Be Recalled! MineralMan Dec 2021 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #3

You're placing the blame on Biden? tinrobot Dec 2021 #4

The OP said "priority" leftstreet Dec 2021 #5

And how do you propose getting Manchin & Sinema to go along with that? dawg Dec 2021 #6

Can he do anything with an Executive Order to invalidate voter suppression laws on the Federal Level TigressDem Dec 2021 #9

I think it is his top priority Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #11

Couldn't agree with you more! I think Pres. Biden Colgate 64 Dec 2021 #12

If he did, he would have ran the risk of ending up with neither. Beastly Boy Dec 2021 #14

Plz,,, do tell how to get Joe M to vote for,, Cryptoad Dec 2021 #15

When the AA vote is loss due to the GOP Dan Dec 2021 #16

It's not the just AA vote that got lost in Atlanta here recently, they increased the denial of mail uponit7771 Dec 2021 #29

+1000 Dan Dec 2021 #34

their partisan take-over of election boards and rules to overturn results if they suspect fraud LymphocyteLover Dec 2021 #52

+1, they are going 100% into voter denial and nullification as anti democracy measures and people uponit7771 Dec 2021 #53

I certainly agree-- I just have no idea what I can do about it besides donate. LymphocyteLover Dec 2021 #57

some people can only donate and phone bank but we need good message and message mechanics to uponit7771 Dec 2021 #58

Has nothing to do with Biden AverageOldGuy Dec 2021 #17

**************THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾*************** You've Got It !!! Biden could cure cancer and ... uponit7771 Dec 2021 #18

voting rights pamdb Dec 2021 #19

Agree, many people feel this way not just PoC. radius777 Dec 2021 #21

That would be a thin platform to run on. You need accomplishments, legislation, programs, laws. bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #23

Yet Republicans keep winning on a platform of no accomplishments, no programs, no laws.... BamaRefugee Dec 2021 #25

They have the system rigged in many states and places bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #27

I understand that. I was born and raised in several of those states and places. Why haven't we? BamaRefugee Dec 2021 #30

This x 1000 Ferrets are Cool Dec 2021 #32

Democrats view democracy as the natural state of affairs, Republicans know better bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #36

BUT!...BUT!...We are so much better at posting hard hitting witty and snarky tweets!!!! BamaRefugee Dec 2021 #38

Yes. Interest groups know this. They are a political class who want to remain in power as well bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #41

Democrats think politics is an honest business... AncientAndy Dec 2021 #54

RIGHT !!!! They can literally pimp slap infants as a platform and still win because they rigged ... uponit7771 Dec 2021 #31

I firmly believed the same thing, and posted many times, when Obama was sworn in... BamaRefugee Dec 2021 #24

+1. We need to fight dirty for the forseeable future radius777 Dec 2021 #39

+1, many people underestimate the efficacy of voter denial laws uponit7771 Dec 2021 #42

Obama could have done it in his first year! LeftInTX Dec 2021 #43

EXACTLY! And you KNOW he knew that...still, he persisted... BamaRefugee Dec 2021 #47

The phone call is coming from inside the house lame54 Dec 2021 #28

Yeah, it is taxi Dec 2021 #40

I'm wondering if Biden and his Administration are thinking that they can wait lunatica Dec 2021 #44

by the middle of 2022 the excuse will be that they're SO BUSY running for re-election there's no BamaRefugee Dec 2021 #48

... or they're waiting to till the last minute so these changes can't be challenged in court in ... uponit7771 Dec 2021 #56

Holding a "democracy summit" in the midst of this seems particularly wild to me. David__77 Dec 2021 #45

Voting rights requires a supportive Judiciary. We don't have that. I believe every presidential 33taw Dec 2021 #50

I'm pretty sure Biden understands the issue and the urgency and that also he can't do much LymphocyteLover Dec 2021 #55