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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Fri Feb 12, 2021, 12:05 PM Feb 2021

Cori Bush: the core of this was an attempt to throw out Black, brown, and Indigenous votes. [View all]

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Cori Bush
@CoriBush
We can never forget that at the core of this was an attempt to throw out Black, brown, and Indigenous votes. Those were the votes that they did not want to count.

The Confederate battle flag leading the charge confirms that.

Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
NEW: Security video just released at Impeachment trial shows man with Confederate flag was at the frontline of breach

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Cori Bush: the core of this was an attempt to throw out Black, brown, and Indigenous votes. [View all] soothsayer Feb 2021 OP

That's the elephant in the room PRETZEL Feb 2021 #1

Bingo. roamer65 Feb 2021 #2

The core of this was an attempt to assassinate the entire Congress (including all 100 Senators). lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #3

Profound malaise Feb 2021 #9

She's absolutely right wendyb-NC Feb 2021 #4

Diaper Dons true beliefs Wellstone ruled Feb 2021 #5

This is the raison d'tre behind the current GOP peggysue2 Feb 2021 #6

K&R ck4829 Feb 2021 #7

Those failed lawsuits all targeted minority areas . JI7 Feb 2021 #8

k&r Demovictory9 Feb 2021 #10