Rahna Epting, Executive Director of MoveOn, issued the following statement in response to president Biden’s comments last night about the filibuster: “President Biden is correct that the filibuster is a Jim Crow relic that is being abused by Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans to block progress on many issues — especially voting rights. “However, President […]
Statement of Rahna Epting, Executive Director of MoveOn, on Republicans filibustering the bipartisan infrastructure bill: “Enough. We can’t wait on Republicans any longer. They had a chance to come to the table, negotiate in good faith and deliver for the American people. They failed to do so. “President Biden has spent months bending over backwards […]
Sha’Carri Richardson captivated the entire nation when she won the Olympic trials for the 100-meter sprint in her iconic orange hair and large eyelashes and ran into the stands to find her grandmother.1 She earned her spot to represent our country, but the United States Anti-Doping Agency has handed down a harsh punishment forcing her to miss the […]
Following President Biden’s remarks on voting rights, MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting issued the following statement: “Our democracy is under daily attack from forces seeking to destroy it for their own political gain. It started long before January 6th and it has continued more than six months after the attack on the Capitol. “This is […]
Milwaukee, WI — As Wisconsin tunes into Game 3 of the NBA Finals Sunday night, the Milwaukee Bucks’ first Finals home game in 47 years, they will also see MoveOn Political Action’s new TV ad on why they should #BenchRonJohnson. The :30 ad highlights just a few of the many times Ron Johnson has been […]
Following President Biden’s remarks in Chicago on the benefits of the administration’s Build Back Better agenda, MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting issued the following statement: “Simply recovering from the pandemic is not enough. 81 million people, the most votes that any candidate has ever received, voted for Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress to urgently […]
The Voting Rights Act — already a shell of its former self — was dealt another crippling blow by today’s Supreme Court ruling. At a time when Republicans are engaged in a devastating disenfranchisement campaign against Black and brown communities, we need our highest court to defend our rights, not destroy them. Unfortunately, decades of Republican court […]
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rahna Epting, the executive director of MoveOn, released the following statement after Republicans filibustered S.1, the For the People Act: “Today, the Republican party doubled down on its continued assault on American democracy and the Senate reverted back to some of its darkest days. In the 1950s and 1960s Senators used […]
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rahna Epting, the executive director of MoveOn, released the following statement regarding the United States Supreme Court California v. Texas ruling that upholds the Affordable Care Act: “The Affordable Care Act remains a lifeline for millions of Americans more than a decade after being signed into law. Today’s Supreme Court decision […]
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rahna Epting, the executive director of MoveOn, released the following statement on news that Senator Joe Manchin is working with Democrats to change critical voting rights legislation: “Our democracy is under daily attack from forces seeking to destroy it for their own political gain. It started long before January 6th and […]