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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWillie Nelson, denouncing election law changes, to play at 'March for Democracy' rally
Willie is an American hero and icon
Link to tweet
Country crooner and pop culture icon Willie Nelson will perform at the Texas Capitol at Saturdays finale of a four-day march in Central Texas aimed at building support for passage of federal voting protections, organizers said early Thursday.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia apologizes for murder of 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez
On July 24, 1973, Santos Rodriguez was killed by a Dallas Police officer during a Russian-roulette
In a written statement, Nelson denounced as unAmerican the election law proposals advancing in red states, such as GOP-backed measures now pending before each chamber of the Texas Legislature.
Laws making it more difficult for people to vote are unAmerican and are intended to punish people of color, the elderly and disabled, said Nelson, a Country Music Hall of Fame honoree and activist.
Why? If you cant win playing by the rules, then its you and your platform [at fault] not everyone elses ability to vote, he said.
Nelson will perform at the concluding event of the March for Democracy, which is asking Congress to pass the For the People Act and to restore portions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that the U.S. Supreme Court has invalidated. The march is styled after the Selma to Montgomery marches in Alabama in March 1965.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia apologizes for murder of 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez
On July 24, 1973, Santos Rodriguez was killed by a Dallas Police officer during a Russian-roulette
In a written statement, Nelson denounced as unAmerican the election law proposals advancing in red states, such as GOP-backed measures now pending before each chamber of the Texas Legislature.
Laws making it more difficult for people to vote are unAmerican and are intended to punish people of color, the elderly and disabled, said Nelson, a Country Music Hall of Fame honoree and activist.
Why? If you cant win playing by the rules, then its you and your platform [at fault] not everyone elses ability to vote, he said.
Nelson will perform at the concluding event of the March for Democracy, which is asking Congress to pass the For the People Act and to restore portions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that the U.S. Supreme Court has invalidated. The march is styled after the Selma to Montgomery marches in Alabama in March 1965.
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Willie Nelson, denouncing election law changes, to play at 'March for Democracy' rally (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 2021
OP
Saturday's rally in Austin will be Nelson's first live show before a large audience
babylonsister
Jul 2021
#8
AZProgressive
(29,322 posts)1. K&R
bahboo
(16,337 posts)2. big K & R for Willie....what a great human...
Cha
(297,205 posts)3. Rt TY & Willie Nelson!
a kennedy
(29,658 posts)4. Why do we love this man......woooohoooooo
LOVE YOU WILLIE. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Willie's just a good human being.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)6. Willie is an American treasure
love him
70sEraVet
(3,501 posts)7. Wow. I had to read up on the murder of 12 year old Santos Rodriguez
I had lived in Dallas until I joined the Navy, three weeks before that kid was murdered by a police officer. I had never heard about it.
babylonsister
(171,065 posts)8. Saturday's rally in Austin will be Nelson's first live show before a large audience
since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Earlier this month, Nelson staged three small shows at his ranch in Spicewood.
The March for Democracy finale will begin on the south steps of the Capitol at 10 a.m. CDT Saturday.
From the OP's link.
Hekate
(90,681 posts)9. Willie Nelson!
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,225 posts)10. Dr. Barber is happy to have Willie play for this event