Opinion contributor Sara Sadhwani has a piece in The Hill examing why people of color should care about the January 6 select committee’s hearings.
"Why people of color should care about the Jan. 6 hearings" (@TheHillOpinion) https://t.co/I9WiQgAeR8 pic.twitter.com/rSJpCmngll
— The Hill (@thehill) July 4, 2022
Sadhwani writes:
The last half century has been marked by communities of color, who have been marginalized and disenfranchised, fighting for a seat at the table in American politics: From Black civil rights leaders marching on Washington, to Asian Americans fighting for acknowledgement after being interned during World War II, and Latinos advocating for immigration policies that reflect not only the needs of the receiving country, but the values and rights of immigrants themselves.
But as the Jan. 6 hearings have revealed, the game being played by President Trump and those he represents is not aimed at merely limiting or excluding groups from participation in the American table, but to burn the entire table down. With bombshell after bombshell of shocking testimony on how former president Donald Trump actively tried to incite violence and overturn the outcome of the election on Jan. 6, one thing has become clear: American democracy is in peril.
“Bombshell after bombshell.”
If you have to write articles like this, it’s indicative of why people shouldn’t care. pic.twitter.com/tzOJz25kWK
— Weimar Silver Baron (@BankerWeimar) July 4, 2022
Why we don’t – high inflation, no student loan forgiveness, high gas prices, food prices and increased property taxes etc you get the point
— Shang J (@ShangJ1) July 4, 2022
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Translation: "We're not getting the reaction we want. So please, please, please pay attention to this!"
— Jacob👌 (@jsrrayburn) July 4, 2022
Great, if all fails let’s make it about race then
— Pulse (@PulseAM) July 4, 2022
Lol clearly nobody cares, otherwise you wouldn’t be writing this article.
— S k y (@Skkyyyyyyyyyyy) July 4, 2022
Bold move @thehill. Talking down to your targeted audience will CERTAINLY bring them around.
— Brandon Webb (@WebbBh) July 4, 2022
So telling a person of color why they should care about something? Sounds condescending and racist.
— GenericName (@MoriMissmori) July 4, 2022
Pathetic
— Ordinary Citizen Take (@AckTeacher) July 4, 2022
Spoiler: They shouldn’t.
— Rock (@MonkeyShovel) July 4, 2022
I care because it's blatantly partisan.
— 6reg (@Darthgreg78) July 4, 2022
Because the Democrats are gearing up to exploit POC once again for their elections?
— ᴍɪᴄʜᴀᴇʟ ᴅᴏʟᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ (@Meh_tallica) July 4, 2022
— David Stevenson (@MediaHatesYou) July 4, 2022
— IHazABeard (@haz_beard) July 4, 2022
Jan 6th was supposed to be their Pearl Harbor.
It was supposed to be the one and final exposure of the right and Republicans as being worse than the left ever dreamed.
It was supposed to usher in a new era of progressive social revolution.
They had one shot.
They're desperate. https://t.co/s8kSf3dQoV— Chad Felix Greene 🇺🇲 (@chadfelixg) July 4, 2022
But democracy itself is in peril. They need to ensure that Donald Trump can never again hold elected office because he’ll end democracy by making sure the states all pass voter suppression laws like the ones that cost Stacey Abrams the governorship.
Related:
Claire McCaskill and family celebrating the Fourth by watching video of the January 6 Capitol riots https://t.co/qVWN5SPYMO
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 4, 2022
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