Chris Altrock

Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach. The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.

@RepNancyMace Thankfully, Americans already have that. If you can’t prove that American elections are unsafe, you have no business advocating for the SAVE act.

If you can't prove you're an American citizen you have no business voting in our elections. The American people deserve elections they can trust. PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.

Imagine getting in a time machine and going back to 1776 and telling the Founding Fathers that the King would one day be reminding America about the importance of democracy and our checks and balances. That is the timeline we’re living in.

He is compelled to be ahead of everyone, even if it makes him look like an absolute cad. Which it does. Because he is.

@MarshaBlackburn Could you please cite the evidence showing that our elections are not secure? Every study available shows just the opposite. You’ve created a lie to create a fear to justify your bill.

Pass the SAVE America Act. Require voter ID. Require proof of citizenship. Secure our elections.

@GOP_is_Gutless He’s not carrying that weight for you or anyone else besides himself. Hatred and ambition are behind his hard work.

I do not care who gets mad at me for saying this: President Trump, Thank you for something far deeper than politics. Thank you for waking up every morning at 79 years old and carrying a weight most people could never handle. Thank you for the meals you missed, the family moments you never got back, the sleepless nights, the long flights, the endless pressure, and the burden of serving a country that never stops demanding more. Thank you for getting back up every single time the world tried to bury you. Thank you for enduring attacks, lies, betrayal, and pressure that would have broken most people for good. Thank you for giving up comfort, privacy, peace, and the life you had built to sit in the hardest seat on earth and fight for this country. You did not have to do any of this. You already had the money, the success, the properties, the lifestyle, and the freedom. You could have walked away. Instead, you chose sacrifice. You chose responsibility. You chose America. Thank you for everything you carried that so many never fully saw. Thank you for every morning you chose this country over yourself. We see you. We appreciate you. And we thank you. God bless you. God protect you. And may God keep giving you the strength to carry what most people never could.

@jjauthor Perhaps you should read your Bible. The answer to your question is on every page.

Why do democrats boo God?

@ThoughtCrimes80 To be clear, you’re saying that not singing happy birthday makes them non-American? I have many Muslim coworkers. They are the most patriotic people I know. They are kinder and more compassionate than people like you. I’m glad they’re here.

Today, I joined some friends at a nice restaurant in Colorado for lunch. There was a table of 8-9 Muslim women in traditional burkas at an adjacent table. When desert was brought out, they all did the zaghrouta in Arabic. (You know, the loud lalalalalala). And it got me thinking, how did they get here? Why are they here? What do they do here? What do their husbands do here? Why not immigrate and leave those cultural norms behind? Sing “happy birthday” like the rest of us. Take the towels off your head. You come to a country with freedom and continue to live the same way? And then I thought…this isn’t normal. I don’t want to see more of this. I don’t want to share tables with people who want me dead for being a Christian. I don’t want them in my country, state or city. I don’t want to be “tolerant.” I want simply, NOT to have them here at all. This isn’t about bigotry, it’s about preserving one’s own comfort, culture and way of life. And I know I’m not alone.

@laralogan Perhaps educators could use it to point out which commandments Trump has violated.

The Ten Comandments will stay in Texas schools - as they should.

@AbbyJohnson Detainment of immigrant children is traumatic. Cutting aid to poor children is murder. Indoctrinating children in MAGA lies and re-history is deeply dangerous. It should be illegal. Don’t wave the flag against abortion while your administration is destroying children daily.

Abortion is the murder of an innocent child. Therefore, it should be illegal with no exceptions. Period. There is not a single justifiable reason to murder an innocent child.

"These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me." Matthew 15:8

You can’t quote Scripture in public and then ignore it in practice. Scripture says to feed the hungry, but this administration cut funding for food stamps so billionaires could get more tax breaks. Scripture says welcome the stranger, but this administration sent ICE agents to terrorize immigrants and put them in a concentration camps. Scripture says care for the sick, but this administration cut billions of dollars from Medicaid. Scripture says lay down your sword, but this administration celebrates war.

No amount of reading the Bible publicly can compensate for a heart that is committed to hate.

@kat_maryb Who are talking about? I work with 5000 immigrants. Every one loves this country and is terrified with the administration trying to destroy the.

I'm so over the immigrants who came here, built a life, and raised a family, only to turn around and bash the country that gave them everything. If you hate America that much, find the exit. We don't need you or your Anti-America propaganda.

Just a quick reminder that there was a time recorded in the Bible when some read Scripture out loud at an important milestone. Even Jesus participated. So did the Devil. What matters most is living out loud, not reading out loud, the values of Scripture.

Earth Day. We all inhabit one planet. What any does affects all. We all must act for the good of our common home and all who live on it. This reality supersedes ideology & spirituality. It eliminates nationalism, racism, sexism, classism & individualism.

@SaraGonzalesTX I seriously doubt your young son is having difficulty making friends because they happen to be a different ethnicity. The greatest danger to your son is your racist perspective.

At a park in Plano, TX with my 5-year-old. We are surrounded by foreigners, speaking multiple foreign languages, making it more difficult for my son to make friends. This is my hometown. It’s unrecognizable. I want my country back.

@DHSgov @WhiteHouse Nothing says Christian Nationalism like Homeland security quoting the Bible. Nothing explains better the conflict between Trump and the Pope like Homeland Security quoting the Bible. The homeland they have in mind is one that has no immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ, and the like.

‘Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.’ —Proverbs 3:5-6 One nation under God.

Woe.

@GuntherEagleman The elections are secure. Every significant study of them reveals the same thing. Even Project 125’s study. They are already secure. Further, SAVE is voter suppression not voter ID

We have the House We have the Senate We have the Presidency We have the Supreme Court How is it, that we cannot pass a bill to secure our elections?