Never forget why we have this holiday weekend in the first place. The reason why I can eat where I want, type what I want, go to any public location where I want, and drink from any fountain where I desire were products of heroic men, women, and children who sacrificed for our freedom. From abolitionists, Freedom Riders, black liberation activists, and those who marched in Selma, we shall never forget the courage, the resiliency, and the strength of heroes who defied injustice in making freedom real for us. We stand on the shoulders of true giants, and we have created a path for future generations too. Our ancestors were brought into America in chains. Yet, their descendants became doctors, lawyers, teachers, scientists, inventors, athletes, judges, engineers, scientists, space explorers, musicians, and some of the greatest cultivators of culture in human history. That in it of itself is a profound miracle and the confirmation of the power of the human spirit.
That is why on this upcoming holiday, we always should rededicate ourselves in creating that Dream real for our black people and the rest of the human race as the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed decades ago in his famous, I Have a Dream speech at Washington, D.C. I visited across America. I been to Los Angeles, Baltimore, Charlotte, Salisbury (in Maryland), Richmond (in Virginia), Philadelphia, and other places. Yet, the same creed of justice is embraced by all real people in the four corners of the Earth. Today, we face many threats from voter suppression laws, anti-black literature movements, discrimination, bigotry, and other forms of oppression. Yet, in the end the truth will prevail, and evil will be defeated conclusively.
We live in a new era in our history. We have the same enemies of liberties like yesteryear. We have democracy vs. authoritarianism. We have voting rights vs. tyranny. If there is no federal new voting rights legislation passed, then we have a very high risk of having fascism spread all over America for years. This is not hyperbole or over exaggerations. This is real. This crisis of democracy in the United States of America is the biggest threat to our democracy since the start of the American Civil War of 1861. It's that deep and that serious. Our democracy is under threat by fascists who want to deprive elections, who want to ban anti-racist books from our schools including our public libraries, and who are explicitly anti-science. We want paid family leave federally. Joe Manchin and Sinema are Senators whose political legacies relate to their responses on this issue. If they refuse to end the filibuster to fight for real voting rights, then their legacies will be that they are the enemies of democracy. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has done a terrible job to refuse to support voting rights bills, clean energy investments, gun safety measures, a $15 minimum wage, and anti-corruption laws. There is absolutely no excuse of voter suppression, evil gerrymandering, and overt bigotry expressed by many Republicans. With Liz Cheney (who Andrew Yang wanted to be Vice President) voting against the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act shows her hypocrisy as not being truly for voting rights
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