John,
Just yesterday, news broke that House Democrats in Texas are fleeing the
state in order to stop Republicans from passing a massive voter
suppression bill that targets Democratic voters—and particularly voters of
color.
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Think about how crazy that sounds. Lawmakers are being forced to leave
their own home state to protect the most basic right in our democracy.
This demonstrates just how hard we have to fight to stop
Republican-controlled state legislatures from dismantling democracy.
Efforts by Republicans to pass voter suppression laws in Texas, and in
states across the country proves they know that when more Americans vote,
they lose.
The bottom line is that our democracy will not survive if Republicans get
away with these attacks.
Donate to DFA right now to take Republican voter suppression head on in
Texas and every place they attack voting rights.
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Just over a month ago, Texas House Democrats had to walk off the floor
during the end of the legislative session to block Republicans from making
it more difficult to vote by mail, banning drive-thru voting centers and
making it easier for courts to overturn election results.
These laws represent a disturbing escalation in the Republican party's
voter suppression tactics.
All of these attacks are an attempt by Texas Republicans to use their
super-majority to hang on to power that they know is getting weaker by the
year.
Just 3 years ago, Beto O’Rourke was less than 3 percent away from winning
a Senate seat and President Biden was only 6 percent behind Trump in the
2020 election – the closest margin in a Texas presidential race since
1996.
The governor of Texas called for this special legislative session because
he knows that with false claims about widespread voter fraud he can
use lies to make it harder for millions of Americans to vote.
DFA has been working day in and day out to elect candidates and pass laws
that will protect and strengthen our democracy. We know that real change
doesn't happen without continuous, sustained hard work and we need your
help to keep that work going.
Rush a contribution now to fuel our work as we take on Republican voter
suppression everywhere.
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Together, we will overcome and stop Republican voter suppression while
building a more progressive future.
— Tre
Tre Graves
Campaign Organizer
Democracy for America
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Speaking of Texas, this is a great time to highlight the co-founder of
Ground Game Texas, former DFA endorsed Congressional candidate Mike
Siegel, in our tenth 21 to Watch in ‘21 spotlight.
Under Mike's leadership, Ground Game Texas focuses on year-round,
grassroots organizing across the Lone Star State and aims to improve voter
turnout and build progressive power through ballot initiatives on popular
policies like cannabis legalization.
We interviewed Mike about it and now you can [ [link removed] ]check out the video here.
After you watch, please share it to your social media and help us get the
word out about Mike and the important work of Ground Game Texas.
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