Frustration and persistence for activists on the 56th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
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The Fight to Protect Voting Rights Enters the Next Round
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Texas state lawmakers, all Democrats, fled Austin during the special session to break quorum. They have been holed up in hotels in D.C. ever since, playing useful idiots for national Democrats. Their time has been little more than a summer vacation, playing tourist at historic landmarks and meeting with whichever lawmaker on Capitol Hill will sit down with them, which haven’t been very many. Mostly they post on social media and pretend to be heroes fighting for voting rights – voting rights all Texans who are legally registered to vote already have. But, never mind that, there are exaggerated grievances to be made and news media reporters willing to go along with the game. The political drama is real, y’all.