Here are the issues: (1) We must be clear that we support a
conviction in the George Floyd murder trial. Nothing less is
acceptable. We must voice our call for a conviction in all
our media outlets. There can be no cover up or acquittal.
(2) We must look closely at each
state that has a Republican Governor or legislative majority
seeking to pass voter suppression laws such as
limiting days and times of voting, reducing ballot drop
boxes and the number of precincts available in our
communities.
We can’t wait to litigate. We must follow the example of the
state of Georgia and register every voter possible, secure
voter identification cards or help voters
obtain them in advance of the state laws that are going to
pass with Republican majorities in the legislatures and
organize voters against Republicans seeking office or
re-election in 2022 so that they don’t get a majority in the
U.S. Congress or the U.S. Senate. Georgia set the example,
now let's follow it in every state. (3) We must urge the
passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, H.R. 1.
The Bill has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, we
must now find the five or 10 votes needed in the Senate to
add to the Democratic votes necessary for passage. Every
Senate and Congressional District has people seeking to
replace the incumbent. We must find
those people and support them if they support us. The late
Julian Bond once said, “No permanent friends, no permanent
enemies, just permanent interest.”
We must study the White Nationalists, and the Republicans
who no longer care about the American people, only
maintaining their “White Privilege” at the expense of the
rest of America. In the midst of this, we must reassess our
spending habits and our loyalties. We must know who
financially supports those who are against voter
participation, those who support police unfair treatment of
Blacks, in particular, and people of color in general and
those who oppose America helping the most needed and most
vulnerable among us. It sounds like a big task, but we start
where we live and build from there. Let's get busy.
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