Several Democratic lawmakers, including Congressional Black Caucus chair Rep. Joyce Beatty, were arrested during a protest in D.C. Thursday pushing the Senate to take action on legislation to protect and expand voting rights.
“You can arrest me. You can’t stop me,” Beatty tweeted following her arrest in the Hart Senate Office Building. “You can’t silence me.”
Incredibly, Donald Trump Jr, the son of a certain former president who’s eight months into trying to tank American democracy over his 2020 presidential election loss, thought all of this was somehow funny.
“This is terrible. I had no idea that Black Women couldn’t vote,” Trump Jr. tweeted. “How is this not a bigger story?”
Earlier Friday, Trump Jr. shared a petition to “save” the filibuster, which has been used throughout the course of American history to deny Black people civil rights, including voting rights.
The latest round of voting restrictions or proposed restrictions in states such as Georgia, Arizona, and Texas comes after the highest turnout election in more than a century, driven by unprecedented access to voting necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Naturally, Twitter users had a lot to say about Don Jr’s tasteless tweet:
Rehab, babe. It's time.
— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) July 16, 2021
I think you know exactly what they are talking about. Taking away poling places in black communities, etc etc etc.
— Judy LaTorre (@JudyLaTorre6) July 16, 2021
Guy thinks he's being cute/sarcastic, but true to brand: he's just owning himself.
— Jesse Burdick (@RSJesseVA) July 16, 2021
Tell the former guy: “When you lose an election, you’re supposed to win over the people you lost, not stop them from voting. shame!!! ”
— QuoteDigger (@QuoteDigging) July 16, 2021
Oh, it is a bigger story JR! You just have to switch from watching FoxNews to a decent news network!
— Shahla Charm (@shahla_charm) July 17, 2021
This coming from the guy who's favorite nation is:
DiscriminationPlease pick up your nametag at the front desk. pic.twitter.com/GqyXfBxULg
— Pretty Rad Angie (@The_Rad_Left) July 16, 2021
Tic Tock…Tic Tock… Don't you hear it? NY AG. Manhattan DA.
— Wide-eyed (@NimmondL) July 16, 2021
Oh you know Jr, your party’s multiple voter suppression laws are purposely making it harder for ppl to vote.
— Meidas Auntie (@MeidasAuntie) July 16, 2021
Ain't it tragic that we've gotten to the point in America where an entire political party wants to prevent people from votin', but ensure everyone owns a gun?
— Michael Kelly (@mbkelly001) July 16, 2021
Sorry your Dad doesn’t love you.
— Mrs. Grumley 🩸🦷🗽 (@jennymontyinSD) July 16, 2021
