Thread by @TrueBoots

Wow. #DemConvention

#SayTheirNames #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTaylor #ericgarner #sandrabland at a major party convention is truly remarkable and important. #DemConvention

So important and devastating and powerful:

Really moving feature of a USMC veteran & @TAPSorg mentor. Whatever your political leanings, #TAPS is a vital org caring for families of the fallen. #DemConvention

#COVID19 has been devastating for America, but I will never forget the weeks of constant ambulances & signs everywhere of crisis & death in NYC. I'm glad #DemConvention is making this a topline issue. But this continues to be painful.

Quick flash of Brooklyn Borough Pres Eric Adams @BKBoroHall in that video. My favorite saying of his: "there's 2 kinds of people in the world: people who live in Brooklyn, and people who wish they did." #DemConvention #ilovebrooklyn

That montage of Dem presidential candidates was infinitely stronger for not having de Blasio in it. #DemConvention

Wow @MichelleObama #DemConvention

Billy Porter is a national treasure. #DemConvention

Fwiw, Senator Coons once saw me wandering the halls of a Senate office building and asked me if he could help me find what I was looking for. I was just trying to find the exit. "Follow me," he said, and he walked me out. Always appreciated that.

Just saying that Sen. Schumer found my photo op spot in Red Hook, Brooklyn. #ilovebrooklyn #DemConvention

American Samoa commits a huge percentage of its sons & daughters to military service, front & center tonight. As folks inevitably bring up appropriateness of military uniforms in politics, please discuss this profound commitment to service w/o representation. #DemConvention

Ok I'm weepy. What an incredibly amazing and diverse country we live in. Also our territories and first nations deserve far better representation in Congress. #DemConvention

Wow, Colin Powell. New Yorker, CUNY grad, ever a role model for soldiers like me coming up in the 'Be All You Can Be' Army of the '90s. #DemConvention

I once told Dr. Jill Biden how much I loved that she talks about teaching at community college and that I'd taught at community colleges too and believe in community colleges and she was very gracious about my gushing. #DemConvention

Also not really highlighted tonight but worth noting is @JoiningForces which was headed by Dr. Jill Biden and Michelle Obama that did such incredible work for military families. #DemConvention

So many powerful and moving speakers tonight. #DemConvention

Folks bent about American Samoa featuring 2 young soldiers. Yes, regulations. But note: Samoa is territory/state w/ HIGHEST rate of military svc. Yet Samoans are not treated equally in our military or as citizens in our democracy. Let's discuss that as vigorously. #DemConvention

"Vote, vote, vote." @GabbyGiffords is tremendous. #DemConvention

The activism of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas students continues to both inspire and devastate. We owe all these kids much better. #DemConvention

"We are American families," says the daughter of a US Marine father and a mother who was deported. We can and must fix this. #DemConvention

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These hype videos are amazing. #DemConvention

What a vital education on domestic violence and sexual assault. Believe survivors. Demand justice. #DemConvention

That was a speech to go down in history. Whoa wow. #DemConvention

"To love this country is to fight for the ideals of this country." What an amazing night to watch. #DemConvention