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Republican
lawmakers in the U.S. are considering implementing — and are
already actively passing — a slew of anti-free speech laws all
across the country. Terrified by citizens rising up to protest
police brutality against Black Americans and anti-democratic
laws that strip voting rights from working class folks and
people of color, GOP leaders have moved into militaristic
mode. In Minnesota, Republicans want to punish
demonstrators by revoking their ability to access state
assistance to which they are fully entitled, including student
loans, food stamps, unemployment insurance, and
healthcare.
In Florida, the Republican
governor just signed a new law that will increase
criminalization against peaceful protests to felony level,
adding possible jail time. Proponents say these laws will only
apply to "violent rioters," but evidence shows that's just not
true. Historical and contemporary records show these types of
laws are aimed at targeting one specific group of folks:
people of color. Because an armed mob of white people
storming the Capitol is supposedly non-threatening.
Sign the petition to demand that U.S. state
governors oppose any legislation restricting or criminalizing
the people's First Amendment rights to free speech and
assembly!
Thank you,
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Miranda
The Care2 Petitions Team
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P.S. At a time
when Republican lawmakers are already restricting voting
rights, now they want to restrict protest rights as well. Demand that state governors protect free speech
and block any heightened punishment of protests!
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