Lincoln Project ad tells America to ‘Wake up!’ as ‘a new wave of hate’ spreads led by Trump

07/20/2020 9:55 am ET • Dara Brewton

'Wake up!': New ad asks Americans to embody the spirit of John Lewis and vote out hate in November

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The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump, ex-GOP group, released a powerful video over the weekend celebrating the remarkable life of Representative John Lewis, an original Freedom Rider. It is called “Wake Up!”

The moving video starts with footage of Lewis during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. The narrator talks about his courage and strength, “He was jailed and beaten, but never bowed.” The ad then moves on to more recent history showing Lewis being embraced by former President Obama.

Today, America is in another crisis and a new wave of hate is once again embraced by the powerful

The footage moves on to show Black Lives Matter marches and the retaliation by the police force. The narrator reminds viewers to look to the courage of Lewis who never gave up. “Now,” the voice says, “it’s our turn.”

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We still have work to do

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Twitter users recognize that the fight isn’t over.

55 years ago, John Lewis walked across the Edmund Pettis Bridge alongside Martin Luther King Jr to secure the same voting rights that some are still trying to suppress today.
Clearly, we still have work to do.
Thank you, John Lewis.
Your voice will not be forgotten.
Let’s vote. pic.twitter.com/kn3nvPdlWn

— Leadership Masters (@LeadersMaster) July 19, 2020

When you consider what John Lewis, MLK etc did to earn the right to vote, checking you are registered to vote and making a plan to vote safely doesn’t seem like a big deal.

— Forbestonow (@forbestonow) July 19, 2020

End voter suppression

A photograph of protesters holding signs for voting rights.

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The GOP are still actively trying to suppress the people’s right to vote.

This is a call to every decent person to end voter suppression, make mail in voting accessible and counted in November. That was John Lewis’s dream. Let’s do this. pic.twitter.com/mGebxeXXxD

— Rhonda Harbison (@rhonda_harbison) July 19, 2020

The right to vote is sacred and the cornerstone of democracy. If we do not protect that, we will become just another failed experiment. We need everyone to work for America, not against Her. Everyone. And anyone who worked against voters rights in the past, including SCOTUS? Stop

— Where Are The Tests? (@chicago21222) July 19, 2020

America could be Nirvana

A photograph of a woman waving an American flag while sitting in a sunny field.

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If everyone did a little, we could all have so much.

Superb …just brilliant
If everyone would do just 1% of what Lewis has done for others, America would be a Nirvana
But the USA is driven by fear and distrust of one another as opposed to kindness, empathy and benevolence
Do you not realize that the world looks at you and weeps

— Dave of Letters (@liverational22) July 19, 2020

Yes let’s do this come November let’s all get together and vote Trump out we have to vote for our lives! #VoteLikeYourLifeDependsOnIt #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica2020 #VoteForOurLives

— 💫 Suzy Martinez ✨ 🌹 (@suzymartinez2) July 19, 2020

Lincoln Project ad tells America to ‘Wake up!’ as ‘a new wave of hate’ spreads led by Trump

WATCH:

We still have work to do

End voter suppression

America could be Nirvana

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