Thread by @CCIAction

Packed house at @CCIAction for press conference on our endorsement of @BernieSanders.

Stay tuned to this THREAD for stories from Iowans on #MedicareForAll and #CollegeForAll

AND for updates on a direct action against CORPORATE POWER.

We Talk. We Act. We get it done!

#notmeUS

"This is an EPIC day for @CCIAction. After 7 months we have endorsed a candidate for President of the United States.  

AND THAT CANDIDATE IS @BernieSanders!

-- @CCIAction president, Cherie Mortice

#notmeUS

"@CCIAction's vision of Movement politics starts and stops with people. Working class people should govern their own lives. That’s why we organize day in and day out to build governing power for the working class.

"And that's why @CCIAction endorses @BernieSanders."

#notmeUS

.@CCIAction's endorsement was based on 4 criteria:

1. Are they with us on the issues?

✅ #MedicareForAll
✅ #GreenNewDeal
✅ End racial profiling and the private prison industry 
✅ #FightFor15
✅ Immigration Reform and Ending indefinite Detention 
 
#NotMeUs

2. Do they excite us?  

When @BernieSanders says that real change will never happen from the top down, but from the bottom up he is declaring the revolutionary demand of @CCIAction's membership has been shouting to rafters for years.  

#NotMeUs

3. Do they have a plan to win?  

@BernieSanders's campaign is building truly impressive infrastructure and continually demonstrating his ability attract and organize the people who have been left out by the political establishment. 

#NotMeUs

desmoinesregister.com/story/news/ele…

4.Will they be committed to governing with us once in office? 

This pillar distinguishes @BernieSanders above others. Throughout his political career his commitment to co-governance shows in joining strike lines, amplifying community demands, and introducing bold legislation.

We recognize the common threads we share with @ewarren and @JulianCastro. We will continue to share that common ground for the greater good of our country. 

We endorse @BernieSanders who has organized people who have lost faith in our broken political system.

#NotMeUs

We didn’t endorse @BernieSanders because we are with him on the issues.  
@CCIAction is endorsing Bernie because he is with US on our issues. 

That is Movement Politics! 

#NotMeUs

"I’m thrilled to stand here today on behalf of @IAStudentAction and follow @CCIAction in their endorsement of @BernieSanders because education is a human right." Denise Cheeseman

#NotMeUs

In Iowa, tuition has skyrocketed for the last 20 years. Our campuses are becoming whiter, wealthier, and more dangerous for Black and brown students. The violence has to stop. That’s why we’re fighting for a tuition freeze. That’s why we’re fighting for Free College for All #FC4A

"Education is sold to young people as the only chance they have to escape the class they were born into – yet we know that this system traps young people in a cycle of debt that they can’t escape – especially Black, brown and working class students."

#NotMeUs #freecollegeforall

.@IAStudentAction is fighting for #FreeCollegeforall students – including undocumented students,formerly incarerated students, queer students, and poor students and cancellation of student debt – all $1.6 trillion.

@BernieSanders matches our vision like no other candidate’s.

"Students stand with @BernieSanders because Bernie stands with us." -- @IAStudentAction

#NotMeUs #BigUs
#FreeCollegeForAll #FC4A

"@BernieSanders has a lengthy history of fighting for racial justice. Sanders. He listened to us and stood with @CCIAction, when he agreed to publicly call on the city of Des Moines to ban racial profiling."

-- @CCIAction member Dartanyan Brown

#NotMeUs
#BigUs

"Since 2014 when @BernieSanders first came to Iowa he paid it forward in time, attention and inspiration. Modern media misses the Sanders method of outreach. It is a 2-way street. Bernie has listened to @CCIAction. He has earned our endorsement." -- Dart Brown

#NotMeUs

"No candidate has responded to “we the People” and has taken @CCIAction's issues seriously like @BernieSanders has." -- Barb Kalbach

💧clean water
⚕️#MedicareForAll
🌅#greennewdeal

#NotMeUs
#BigUs

Factory livestock facilities have become a plague on Iowa's land. There are over 10,000 in Iowa now owned by corporations like Prestage, Iowa Select, Smithfield Foods. What we drink, & what we use for recreation is jeopardized with no end in sight.

#NotMeUs
#BigUs

Barb Kalbach talks about the factory farm tour that @BernieSanders joined with @CCIAction. He was the only candidate to do so.

"Sanders stands with us in calling for a moratorium on Factory Farms!

"Bernie trusts us to participate in government on an equal footing."

#NotMeUs

"I’m proud to be a part of @CCIAction and @IAStudentAction who are endorsing @BernieSanders because of his leadership in fighting for #MedicareForAll. I’ve seen and felt the pain of a healthcare system that puts profits over people.

"It is wrong, violent, and deadly."

#NotMeUs

"3 of my 4 grandparents had cancer, all 4 were diabetic. My parents were left with no choice but to take care of the healthcare bills first and my sister and me second ... Nobody can be protected from the pain of our for-profit healthcare system." -- Sara Castro

#NotMeUs

"We know who the enemy in this election is, it is corporate power.

"People’s lives are on the line. This election is our chance to save our lives and the lives of people all over the country.

"We need #MedicareForAll now and we need @BernieSanders to make it happen."

#NotMeUs

And now @CCIAction is off to take on that corporate power.

The Master Builders of IA (@MBIsince1912) are members of @P4AHCF, the dark money front group that has poured hundreds of millions into ads spreading lies about #MedicareForAll.

CUT YOUR TIES!
STOP THE LIES!

#MedicareForAll is still massively popular, but @P4AHCF is spreading hundreds of millions to spread lies so they can keep leaving us and the people we love to die.

Why? To preserve their billions.

@MBIsince1912 is the local front group in Iowa.

theintercept.com/2018/11/20/med…

At @CCIAction, our endorsement of @BernieSanders means we're taking on the corporate liars like @P4AHCF and members like @MBIsince1912 who want to let us suffer and die so they can keep turning a profit.

So we stormed The Master Builders of Iowa offices.

#NotMeUs

1/3 of all @gofundme fundraisers are for medical expenses.

More than 250,000 medical fundraisers are added a year and raise $650 million annually.

@P4AHCF wants to keep us begging to live and dying for corporate profits.

huffpost.com/entry/gofundme…

.@CCIAction asked the Master Builders of Iowa why they are part of @P4AHCF when small businesses like their members have the most to gain from not needing to pay for healthcare for their employees.

Do the members of @MBIsince1912 even know they're part of @P4AHCF?

We stormed The Master Builders and read them medical @gofundme requests from Iowans.

@CCIAction endorsed @BernieSanders because of these stories. Because @P4AHCF is spending hundreds of millions to lie to us and keep us sick.

The only solution is #Medicareforall.

As we read multiple heart wrenching @gofundme requests for urgent medical care, the leadership of the Master Builders of Iowa (@MBIsince1912) turned their backs, threatened us and even laughed.

@CCIAction endorsed @BernieSanders because we need a movement to save our lives.