In my home state of North Carolina this week, MAGA extremists who control the General Assembly did Trump’s bidding and passed a racist gerrymander that they believe will give them one more seat in the North Carolina delegation to Congress.
What they did is illegal. It is immoral. And it is also foolish.
This shameless power-grab may well serve to awaken the sleeping giant of an electorate that has not turned out higher than 50% in a modern midterm election. Our Moral Mondays coalition gathered outside the General Assembly in Raleigh, North Carolina on Thursday to announce a campaign of litigation, nonviolent resistance, and mass voter mobilization to begin November 2nd in Wilson, North Carolina - the historic First Congressional district that this latest gerrymander aims to take away from the people of North Carolina.
For me, this struggle is personal. I grew up in the First Congressional district. I primed tobacco, hoed peanuts, and cut firewood in those fields, and I know the people who poured out their lives to fight for equality in Eastern North Carolina.
You can read more about our resistance to this gerrymander in The Grio, but I wanted to share today’s message and invite you to spread the call for a campaign to turn out the largest midterm electorate we’ve ever seen. Because all power derives from the people.
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