Thread by @trish_zornio

A few days ago I had the opportunity to speak with Ryan Knight (@ProudResister) on his podcast #AmpedUp — if you haven’t had a chance to take a listen here’s a quick play-by-play! Thread 1/24

https://twitter.com/ProudSocialist/status/1223335517720199168

Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) has made it clear he isn’t going to uphold the constitution. 2/24

In the 21st Century, healthcare is a right not a privilege, & fundamentally it should not be for profit. 3/24

Healthcare is a generational issue. We no longer hold only one job for life & we must decouple healthcare from work status. 4/24

There are zero scientists on the Senate science committee and on the healthcare committee Rand Paul is your only “expert” — he doesn’t count. This is why I’m running, to bring scientific, healthcare & education expertise to the US Senate. 5/24

What is progressive about providing universal healthcare in 2020? We should have done this decades ago. 6/24

We should be making each generation better off, not worse. 7/24

As a #Millennial who graduated at the height of the Great Recession I’m set to earn over $1M less in my lifetime than my parent’s generation. That’s not better off, & it’s due to bad policy. 8/24

The lifespan in the US is actively dropping — that’s not better off, either. 9/24

Colorado is now ranked 5th for worst air quality in the nation — that’s not leaving the next generation better off, that’s going backwards. 10/24

Flint still doesn’t have clean water!!! (Note: If that had happened in a rich white neighbor — which it wouldn’t, but anyway — the gov’t would send in same-day Whole Foods purified H20 by the truck loads & fix it next day. That’s what systemic racism looks like.) 11/24

We’ve put short term profits over the long term health of our planet @ProudResister — YES 12/24

The Top 10 happiest nations all have something in common — they have universal healthcare. Healthier people are happier. @ProudResister YES! 13/24

We may be the richest nation on earth, but what does it matter if we don’t have universal healthcare? @ProudResister YES! 14/24

Your voice really does matter — every time you don’t vote someone else is glad they get to make decisions for you. 15/24

We meet voters where they are. I’ll get up at 5:30am, be on the road with my staff/vols by 7am, & we’ll spend 16hrs some days traveling the state to meet voters. Our campaign is about people. YOU are my priority. 16/24

My grandfather resisted his own country in WWII because hey we’re on the wrong side of history — resistance is in my blood. 17/24

We have to have an economic message not only for Wall Street but Main Street. @ProudResister YES! 18/24

We get into high level politics but at the end of the day it’s simple: Did you get a raise at your job? Do you make a living wage? Do you have healthcare? Do you have clean air/H20? Can you put food on the table? Will you be discriminated against? Politics is personal. 19/24

The biggest political party in America isn’t D/R, it’s the non-voter party: 65M voted for Hillary, 62M votes for Trump, & over 100M who were eligible didn’t vote. @ProudResister 20/24

In over 140yrs we’ve never elected a woman to the US Senate from CO. I want to be the 1st & I want to build the bench behind me. 21/24

Scientists have been hesitant to get political, but when you have zero scientists on the Senate science committee, zero scientists on the White House staff, & the denigration of expertise with folks like @BetsyDeVosED running education — you’ve got to step up & engage. 22/24

Research conducted now is our cure for diseases in 30yrs. We need to not only reverse the trend of decline in scientific funding but increase it beyond existing levels to compensate for the many years it has been too low. 23/24

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3) Caucus for us on March 7th so we make the ballot! Email [e-mail] for details! 24/24