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A quick note on Florida:
Biden lost by about 400K votes. Gov. DeSantis worked VERY hard to maintain the disenfranchisement of the *1.4 million* Formerly incarcerated folks that Florida voters said should have their rights back.
Biden lost by about 400K votes. Gov. DeSantis worked VERY hard to maintain the disenfranchisement of the *1.4 million* Formerly incarcerated folks that Florida voters said should have their rights back.
. @FLRightsRestore did a TON of work to get fines and fees paid and folks registered and turned out after hard rulings. @Dreamdefenders & others did a TON of work to organize the community
Do NOT paint FL w a broad brush OR discount the role of suppression.
It is wrong to do so
Do NOT paint FL w a broad brush OR discount the role of suppression.
It is wrong to do so
ORGANIZERS deserve your support, period.
Whether it was places like Missouri that went red but passed Medicaid expansion and closed the Workhouse just this summer...
Or Florida or Texas that were competitive for the first time in a long time...
Or GA, PA etc who flipped.
Whether it was places like Missouri that went red but passed Medicaid expansion and closed the Workhouse just this summer...
Or Florida or Texas that were competitive for the first time in a long time...
Or GA, PA etc who flipped.
Same with North Carolina. Student organizers especially in NC have been putting in work for years in a state that is one of the most NOTORIOUSLY suppressive states in the union.
Do not divest from the people because the state went red.
That’s the wrong conclusion.
Do not divest from the people because the state went red.
That’s the wrong conclusion.
