Profile picture
Nikola
@niktaylorde
, 38 tweets, 11 min read Read on Twitter
Why You Shouldn't Support Kamala Harris For The Upcoming 2020 Election: a thread
1. She supported a law that forces schools to turn undocumented students over to ICE, separating them from their parents.

source: m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c…
2. Supported and funded a bill that would criminalize truancy, disproportionately harming single parent households, the poor, families of color and homeless mothers.

source: huffpost.com/entry/kamala-h…
Example of a family of color affected by this:

Example of a homeless mother affected by this:

3. Declined to prosecute Steven Mnuchin after his bank’s predatory lending and foreclosure fraud broke the law “over a thousand” times and ruined the lives of thousands of homeowners.

source: theintercept.com/2017/01/03/tre…
...he later donated to her campaign

source: rollcall.com/news/politics/…
...and became Trump's Treasury Secretary

source: thedailybeast.com/harriet-tubman…
4. She spent years jailing disproportionately black nonviolent cannabis users

source: afropunk.com/2019/01/kamala…
...she then tried to pander by admitting to smoking herself despite prosecuting others

source: marijuanamoment.net/kamala-harriss…
5. Stopped the release of a man serving 27 years-to-life after being wrongfully convicted of possession of a knife under the three-strikes law she supported.

source: jacobinmag.com/2017/08/kamala…
...and when civil rights groups and nearly 100,000 petition signatures got him released after 14 years she took him back to court again for a crime he didn’t commit

source: scpr.org/news/2013/07/3…
6. Opposed reforming California’s three-strikes law, which is the only one in the country to impose life sentences for minor felonies and incarcerates black people at 12x the rate as white people

source: thenation.com/article/reform…
...she opposed the law THREE different times

source: nytimes.com/2016/05/29/mag…
7. Protected serial child rapists by refusing to prosecute in the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal

source: theintercept.com/2019/06/09/kam…
8. Tried to deny a transgender inmate healthcare and endangered trans women by forcing them into mens prisons.

source: washingtonblade.com/2015/05/05/har…
...which lead up to the torture and rape of trans inmates

source: theappeal.org/incarcerated-t…
9. Stood by silently as $730 million was spent on moving inmates to for-profit private prisons

source: mercurynews.com/2013/08/29/mer…
10. Voted two different times to block federal funding for abortions

source: politico.com/newsletters/pl…
11. She supports Trump escalating war in Syria

source: thegrayzone.com/2019/05/24/bip…
12. Voted to give Trump increased military spending

source: votesmart.org/bill/23430/610…
...she did that TWICE:

votesmart.org/bill/25215/642…
13. Mocks the activist call to “build more schools, less jails”

source:
14. Accepted thousands of dollars of campaign funds from Donald and Ivanka Trump multiple times

source: sacbee.com/news/politics-…
15. Opposed legalization of sex work

source: laweekly.com/news/a-new-mov…
...endangered sex workers

source: esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/…
...and oversaw people being charged for prostitution without even agreeing to sex

source: archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/s…
16. Refused to investigate Herbalife’s exploitation and fraud

source: freebeacon.com/politics/kamal…
...and, conveniently enough, later received donations from people connected to the corporation

source: pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/…
17. Refused to prosecute PG&E for its massive gas pipeline explosion

source: nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/…
...and now its consultants are running her campaign

source: politico.com/story/2019/01/…
18. Is a latecomer in endorsing Medicare for All and already appears to be backtracking on it

source: cnn.com/2019/01/29/pol…
19. Supports foreign right-wing influences Netanyahu and AIPAC

theintercept.com/2018/03/07/kam…
20. Systematically violated defendants’ civil and constitutional rights” in crime lab scandal

source: washingtonpost.com/politics/crime…
21. Co-sponsored the bill that let Trump impose sanctions on Iran

source: congress.gov/bill/115th-con…
...which violated the nuclear deal and lead to the currently rising tensions

source: thinkprogress.org/media-outlets-…
MORE THREADS TO COME. FEEL FREE TO CHECK OUT HERE:

CREDIT TO --> @westonpagano

For writing this article that inspired me to make this thread. Follow him, check him out and check his article out.

medium.com/@westonpagano/…
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Nikola
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @niktaylorde see all

Profile picture
Nikola
@niktaylorde
Why You Shouldn't Support Pete Buttigieg For The Upcoming 2020 Election: a thread
1. Refused to investigate the apparent lynching of a 16 year-old black boy

source: tyt.com/stories/4vZLCH…
2. Fired South Bend’s black police chief for exposing racism in the police force

source: edition-m.cnn.com/2019/04/23/pol…
Read 37 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
April
@ReignOfApril
Robert Mueller today, in part: "If we had had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the President did commit a crime. #thread
Under long-standing Justice Dept policy, a present President cannot be charged w/ a federal crime while in office. That is unconstitutional. Even if the charge is kept under seal. The Special Counsel office is a part of the Justice Dept. and by regulation is bound by that policy.
Charging the POTUS with a crime was, therefore, not an option we could consider. The opinion permits the investigation of a sitting POTUS because the evidence and recollections need to be fresh and documents available.
Read 9 tweets
Profile picture
Dr. Jack Brown
@DrGJackBrown
THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4385: William Barr Testimony - PART II - Senate Judiciary Committee - 1 May 2019 • • #Nonverbal #EmotionalIntelligence #BodyLanguage #BodyLanguageExpert #WilliamBarr #KamalaHarris #MuellerReport #DonaldTrump
1/ This is the second nonverbal analysis of Attorney General William Barr's 1 May 2018 testimony.
2/ Barr was testifying under oath before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding the Justice Department’s Investigation of Russian Interference with the 2016 US Presidential Election.
Read 37 tweets
Profile picture
Victoria Brownworth
@VABVOX
Harris ran for DA as anti-death penalty. She was elected. Those who are pro-death penalty will always object. Harris is right. Reviving this 15yrs later panders to the #GOP.

How Kamala Harris' death penalty decisions broke hearts on both sides cnn.com/2019/04/08/pol…
Clarifying that I meant #Harris was right on her death penalty stance and that it is my stance that @CNN reviving this story is the pandering aspect.

One feels for the widow, but we are not served by the death penalty in a civilized society..
@CNN What should be the takeaway from this tragic story for 2020 is that as a young prosecutor--and the first woman, first black woman, first Asian American woman--#KamalaHarris stood up against literally everyone because she knew, as should we all, that the #deathpenalty is wrong.
Read 3 tweets
Profile picture
Leon Lidigu
@LeonLidigu
Dear parents , when you send your kids ABROAD to study , please check up on them and find out EXACTLY what they are doing , who they are relating with , demand to see transcripts , fee receipts e.t.c and be in constant contact with the institution / teachers . Here is why #Thread
Today , a mother to one of my Ugandan friends who studies around here called me . She was in so much pain , she cried on the phone for hours , she told me she hasn't eaten for days because she has not been in contact with her son.
Her son came here to do Political Science 3 years ago and is supposed to graduate this month . She almost fainted when I revealed to her that her son hasn't been seen anywhere near class for the last 2 years . He ONLY did 1st year of campus . She cried so bitterly , she wept .
Read 22 tweets
Profile picture
Dr. Waitman W. Beorn
@waitmanb
[Thread] The -isms: a very generalized guide. I've wanted to do this for a long time, sparked by how often "#socialism" is thrown about as a catch-all for a variety of vastly different philosophies. I hope BEGIN a #Threaducation here. So, let's talk about this.
First off, let me be CLEAR: These are complex ideas and I am just trying to give a brief overview of the basic distinctions for those who don't know and (hopefully) for those who throw all these ideas together. I make no real endorsements, just try to point out all sides.
It is my FERVENT hope that #AcademicTwitter, #Twitterstorians, political scientists, and philosophers will step up and contribute to this #Thread or use it as a jumping off point for deeper explanations (and/or corrections) of my admittedly general summaries.
Read 41 tweets
Profile picture
Upcoming Bill Gates©
@FavoredSinner
#Thread I was triggered to write this by a status I saw over the weekend which was figuratively calling people who aren't entrepreneurs fools.
You must have seen similar ones like it. The one where they will claim you're building somebody else's dreams if you work 8-4 or 9-5.
The earlier you people who peddle entrepreneurship realised that not everyone is cut out for the business world, the better it would be for everybody.
You think I'm not living the life I dreamt of just because I answer to a boss? *Just let people do what they love, man.*
How difficult is that for you to understand?

If you're truly an entrepreneur in Nigeria and you sell real goods and services, you can't paint entrepreneurship ( in Nigeria) as exciting, attractive and something only foolish people will not venture into.
Read 19 tweets

Trending hashtags

#Hamamiyat #JusticeComing #AlJazeera #France #ISOG #GunRights #Tucker #BigTech #Students #FOXNews #humanrights #MAGA #verbatim #RussiaRussiaRussia #WomeninSTEM #SecurityThreat #àsuivre #JusticeSoon #TickTock #WalkAway #JamesWoolsey #EnemyOfThePeople #DonaldTrump #grevedosjornalistas #convicted
Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!