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Thread: @WeAreUnidosUS conducted a national survey of the 2020 Latino Electorate focusing on what Latino voters want in a candidate and policies. Here is #KamalasPlan specifically for the #LatinoAgenda priorities and why she is the best candidate #ParaLaGente #ForThePeople #KHive
Kamala's #3AMAgenda tackles the top issues for Latino voters: jobs/economy, health care, immigration, gun violence, education,&housing.
With Kamala you get:
✅More 💰 in your pockets
✅Immediate action on immigration/gun reform
✅Medicare For All &more
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
For Latino voters, Jobs/Economy is their top issue. 59% surveyed support raising the minimum wage. Kamala proposes raising the min wage to $15 as original co-sponsor of Raise The Wage Act. Increasing the federal min wage will impact 6.8 million Latinos. #ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
#KamalasPlan to combat wage stagnation/ low wages for workers is her LIFT Act
✅$6K/yr or $500/mo tax CREDIT for families <$100K income.
✅$3K/yr or $250/mo individuals<$50K income
✅Adds to (not replaces) existing tax credits
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
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#KamalasPlan to combat wage stagnation and low wages for workers Pt 2- Equal Pay Proposal
✅The Gender pay gap for Latina women is $0.53/$1
⚫Lifetime cost of the pay gap avgs over $1 Million
kamalaharris.org/equalpay/
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
#KamalasPlan for working families:
✅Paid family/ medical leave
✅Child Care tax credit that ensures working families don't pay more than 7% of their income on child care
✅Crack down on corporations that exploit Americans
kamalaharris.org/issue/economic…
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
#KamalasPlan Ensure workers are not taken advantage of:
✅As AG she secured a $1M settlement from car washes underpaying workers
✅Supports ending right to work laws.
✅Introduced the Fairness for Farm Workers Act, & the Domestic Bill of Rights Act
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
#KamalasPlan Immigration Pt1 #KamalaWillAct IMMEDIATELY with Executive Actions:
✅End child separations
✅Shut down profit facilities
✅Reinstate/expand DACA
✅Eliminate DACA rule to apply before 31yo
✅Allow Dreamers under 15yo
kamalaharris.org/issue/immigrat…
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
#KamalasPlan for Immigration Pt2
✅Provide path to citizenship
✅Eliminate unnecessary green card barriers
✅Protect law abiding parents of US citizens/legal residents & those with community ties from the prospect of deportation
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
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#KamalasPlan
✅Medicare for All with Private insurance option
✅Everyone gets coverage
✅NO NEW TAXES on working/middle class
✅Covers medical, dental, vision, ER, doctors visits, mental health, prescription benefits
kamalaharris.org/medicare-for-a…
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente #Kamalacare
#KamalasPlan for Health Care Pt 2
✅Immediately strengthen Obamacare protections
✅Ensure ppl with pre-existing conditions aren't denied insurance
✅Prescription Drug Reforms
✅Stop corps from charging Americans more than other countries for same drugs
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
#KamalaWillAct on Gun violence
✅Work with Congress to pass assault weapons ban & reforms
EXECUTIVE Action to:
✅Ban the importation of assault weapons
✅Enforce comprehensive background checks
✅Close boyfriend loophole
kamalaharris.org/issue/action-o…
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
Latino voters surveyed identified Climate Change as a top 5 issue. #KamalasPlan:
✅Green New Deal
✅Build a clean economy w/good jobs
✅Confront environmental injustice (Kamala sponsored several bills)
✅Modernize infrastructure
kamalaharris.org/issue/climate/
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
#KamalasPlan for Education
✅Closing the Teacher Pay gap (increases recruitment/retention)
✅Increase Education funding
✅Free community college/debt free 4 yr public college
✅Increase pell grants
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
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#KamalasPlan for Housing
✅Close racial disparities in home ownership via down payment assistance. If eliminated it would grow median Latinx wealth by 29K per household
✅Rent Relief tax credit if rent/utilities >30% of income
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
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In addition to policy priorities the @weareunidos survey of Latino voters identified candidate qualities are very important in a presidential candidate. Keep reading for how Kamala checks those boxes.
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
"Values diversity and brings people together"
✅Kamala has the most diverse Pres campaign staff w/largest % of Latinos
✅Diversity & inclusion isn't a gimmick. Among the Senators running, Kamala's Senate office ranks #1 as the most diverse
#ParaLaGente
"Fights for my priorities"
✅Kamala got results as CA AG for Latino rights
✅Sponsored bills to ensure access to counsel, halt expansions of ICE detentions, and reunite families
✅Opposed Trump's border wall
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
"Has realistic, achievable policy ideas and goals"
✅Many of Kamala's Plans are bills she has introduced in Congress and have a solid detailed legislative groundwork
✅Kamala has detailed Executive Actions vs GOP obstruction
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
"Has prior experience in elected office"
✅Kamala has held elected office since 2004 in executive and legislative roles
✅2 terms as San Francisco District Attorney
✅2 terms as California Attorney General of largest state DOJ
✅Currently a US Senator
#ForThePeople #ParaLaGente
"It seems like politicians in Washington DC ignore people like me, they take Latino voters for granted"
Kamala serves a state with a 39% Latino population so she has worked closely as an ally for over a decade. Her record offers proof of her commitment. #ParaLaGente #ForThePeople
If you want to see the thread rolled up and for sharing across multiple platforms click here. Feel free to RT/Bookmark any/all parts of the thread. #Kamala2020 #ForThePeople #ParaLaGente #KamalasLatinoAgenda #KamalaHarris #KHive #KamalaWillAct #KamalasPlan
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