Breaking: As Biden speaks NC state court upholds extreme gerrymandered maps, including US House map giving GOP 71-78% of seats in state Trump won with 49.9% of vote. This is exactly the kind of partisan & racial gerrymandering Freedom to Vote Act would block

@AriBerman The filibuster *must* be eliminated for voting on constitutional rights. If voters voting rights elections can be attacked by laws enacted in state houses via simple majority- voters voting rights and elections must be allowed to be defended and protected by a simple majority.

@AriBerman Exactly why Rs won't vote for it. Is there any reason Biden can't tie federal monies to robust voting rights?

Here is ruling by panel of majority GOP judges upholding gerrymandered legislative maps in NC. It will be appealed to NC Supreme Court, but underscores need for urgent federal action on voting rights southerncoalition.org/wp-content/upl…

@AriBerman @mayawiley Freedom to Vote Act isn't going to happen. Manchin and Sinema are definite NOs. We need to act on what we can control as voters.

@AriBerman @KnightShelia Wouldn't it be great if the Dems had the WH, House and Senate to prevent it. Wouldn't that be great.

@AriBerman Oh give me a break. You only have an issue with something like this because it doesn’t favor your side. There are examples of where this is just as bad in blue states. Spare me the faux outrage.

@AriBerman Unsurprising. NC state offices in '20 election incl. court justices were a sweep for Trumpist candidates. Unlike POTUS where margin in NC was tight, they won by wide margins. I expected exactly these kinds of judicial decisions to backstop our GOP dominated legislature. Sad.

@AriBerman I mean have you seen an Illinois district map? Let’s not act like this isn’t a problem on both sides

"The stakes couldn’t be higher: if Democrats don’t pass these voting rights bills soon, the 2022 election will take place under wave of new voting restrictions, extreme gerrymandered maps & election subversion laws" motherjones.com/politics/2022/…