California Gov. Gavin Newsom said activists today should draw inspiration from the Civil Rights Movement in combatting “the rollback of progress” in red states, including Alabama, while visiting Montgomery.
Newsom said the museum is “a reminder of not only the moral courage of leaders like Dr. king and Rosa Parks, but all the hard work that was done after those moments, those iconic moments we remember.”launch of a political action committee to boost Democratic candidates in red states.
Newsom said activists today should draw inspiration from the Civil Rights Movement in combatting “the rollback of progress” in red states, including Alabama. “And at the end of the day, that’s what’s going to be required of us to address so much of the right’s regression, so much of the rollback of the progress that we’ve all enjoyed – the national advancement of rights in the last 50 years,” he said. “We have a lot of work to do to build a movement to counter what’s happening in red states across this country.”
A spokeswoman for Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey could not immediately be reached for a response to Newsom’s comments. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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