John Fetterman (PA LT Gov.): On transformative legislation Joe Manchin should step up

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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is wrong to choose to vote against the For the People Act, a bill that would increase election security and access to voting and reduce the influence of big money in politics. To pretend that former President Donald Trump's Republican Party will act in good faith to preserve democracy is naive.

In an op-ed for the Charleston Gazette, Manchin described the bill as "partisan voting legislation" that "will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy."

But it's the very thing we need to preserve our democracy -- the antidote to Republican attacks on voting rights.

The January 6th insurrection was just the tip of the anti-democratic iceberg that our country is facing. Our democracy is strained. From partisan gerrymandering and unlimited corporate money flooding our elections to voter suppression legislation, the Republican Party, aligned with Trump, has waged a war on our democracy.

If I were in the Senate now, my "yes" vote on the For the People Act would not be about my party. It would not be about politics. This is about doing what I know is right, guaranteeing that everyone has the right to vote.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/09/opinions/senator-manchin-should-step-up-for-the-people-act-fetterman/index.html

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1. Fetterman is my adopted candidate for this cycle. We need him!

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2. Yep, same here on the Senate side. Beto and Stacy on the gubernatorial side should one or both run n