The Need to Defend the Vote

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August 28, 2026

On August 28, 1963, Reverend Dr Martin Luther King spoke at the
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, His speech was about
race, but also about economics, John Lewis also spoke, calling
for peaceful demonstrations and the vote, In 1964, voters gave
Democrats a strong majority in Congress and, with President
Lyndon B. Johnson, were able to pass 84 new laws putting
Johnson’s Great Society in Place, The laws cemented civil rights,
created jobs, provided aid for job training and education,
created Medicare and Medicaid, protected consumers and the
environment, and provided support for the arts and the
humanities, With the election of Richard Nixon the race to tear
apart this commitment by appealing to racism was on, And in 2026
the Trump administration is abandoning Temporary Protected Status
for Haitians who came to the US because it was too dangerous for
them at home, Meanwhile vast sums are being contributed to
keeping Republicans in office as they funnel money upward and
dismantle the government, Republican candidates are calling for
ICE and retired police to be deployed to intimidate voters in the
midterms.

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