This morning I joined my friend Ali Velshi on MSNBC to talk about the moral crisis of Republicans holding food for hungry people hostage so they can keep the extreme cuts they made to healthcare that are projected to kill 51,000 people next year.
At the Capitol on Thursday, our Moral Monday delegation prayed that the courts would order the Trump administration to use emergency funds to re-charge EBT cards today. Yesterday, US District Chief Judge John J. McConnell said that the USDA must do that under law, yet tens of millions of people who planned to buy groceries on the first of the month cannot.
When people are hungry, we are called to feed them. But we must also organize their pain. Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice.” Children are hungry on the day after Americans shared candy with whoever knocked on their doors. In this moment, we must all come together to build a voting block that can fundamentally shift the politics of this nation.
And we must do it the places where those who are drunk on power have decided they are “safe.” That’s why tomorrow, on All Souls Day, we are launching a campaign to register and mobilize every eligible voter in the Congressional districts that North Carolina’s legislature just gerrymandered to create an additional vote for MAGA extremism in the US House.
This is our Edmund Pettus Bridge because we know that if we come together and work together, we can both beat this illegal, racist gerrymander in court AND organize an historic turnout that has the power to upend their efforts to steal a House.
Register here to join us in-person or online tomorrow and get more information about how you and your community can help this nightmare scare America not to death, but to life.
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