[1]Bowman for Congress

Peace and love,
John. Jamaal here. 

Throughout my first year in Congress, I've spent a lot of time thinking
about how we, as a people, can defend ourselves from the insidious steps
elected officials across this country are taking to deny us our right to
not only vote, but build a better, safer, and equitable future.

I've thought about everything Black people, generation after generation,
have already put on the line for our freedoms and rights. I've asked
myself, what would Fannie Lou Hamer say and do in this moment if she were
still with us? What about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., or John Lewis, or
Claudette Colvin?

I honor their legacies and their work — the thousands of steps they've
marched on tired feet and the countless times they put their lives on the
line so that their sons and daughters could live to fight another day.
Without them, there is no me — the first Black member of Congress to
represent my district in American history.

So one thing must be made clear: I will not stand by and I will not stay
quiet while the fate of our democracy continues to hang loosely by a
thread that the Senate is hellbent on tearing apart. With everything that
has already been fought over and for, there should be no reason people
have to take to the streets, go on hunger strikes, or plead with our
government to act in their best interest. But that isn't the case.

The House did its part to pass critical voting rights legislation and
legislation like the Build Back Better Act, that would completely
transform every community in America, particularly communities of color
that have been historically left behind. Yet there remain 52 members in
the Senate who are a direct threat to our democracy. I had no choice but
to join people and activists outside the Senate this week who are also
tired and frustrated with our government.

On Wednesday, ahead of the Senate's shameful decision to leave our
democracy in peril, we stood in the cold for hours trying to talk to any
Senator who'd listen and we read over the bills that have been enacted
across the country to make voting harder.

Yesterday, I was arrested alongside over 20 people, including youth hunger
striking for our democracy. And I will do it again, and again, and again.
I will keep doing everything in my power to bring attention to the crisis
we are in and ensure our democracy functions in a manner that represents
the people.

Voting rights are on the line along with everything else we stand for. Our
failure to act and save our democracy will have a devastating impact on
every generation from here on out. I intend to do my part to prevent that
from happening.



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The Senate's vote is not the end of this battle. If we don't all stand up
right now for our democracy, we might lose it forever. Now is the time to
put it all on the line. And not just for a season — but for the rest of
our lives.

Peace and love,

Jamaal Bowman 

 


 


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