NC Republicans ERASED this speech from the official record

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19. Entire remarks on YouTube + Garrett's follow up FB post

Here are Michael Garrett's (NC State Senate District 27) 10/21 remarks in their entirety:

As is routine, a fellow Senator moved that the remarks be entered into the permanent record. What happened next sez it all.

And here is his FB post on 10/22:

Yesterday, I stood on the Senate floor and spoke truth about what happened in North Carolina. About democracy being stolen in broad daylight. About rigged maps and broken promises. About betraying every sacrifice ever made for the right to vote.

Then something extraordinary happened.

Senator Grafstein moved that my remarks be spread upon the journal, entered into the permanent record of this body. This is routine. It happens constantly. It's almost always done without objection, a simple courtesy extended across party lines for speeches on both sides.

The Republicans immediately objected.

They forced a vote. And on a straight party line, they voted to keep my words out of the permanent record.

In my entire time in the Senate, I have never seen this happen.

Let that sink in for a moment.

They rigged the maps. Then they voted to erase any record of someone calling them out for it.

This isn't about me. This is about what their fear reveals.

They weren't afraid of my words because they were false, they were afraid because they were true. They weren't blocking the record to protect themselves, they were doing it because they know history will judge them harshly for what they did yesterday.

More at the link. It is post worth your time to read:

https://www.facebook.com/michaelgarrettnc/posts/they-were-so-afraid-they-erased-the-wordsyesterday-i-stood-on-the-senate-floor-a/1216441893640361/