Thread by @AbdulElSayed

Never mind what the insiders & powerbrokers tell you, if you’re SERIOUS about solving Michigan’s problems, @BernieSanders is THE ONLY real choice for
- union rights
- healthcare
- racial justice
- education
- Great Lakes protection
And SO many more...

A thread:

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Nobody stands with unions like @BernieSanders. He opposed NAFTA, recognizing it would fundamentally destroy our manufacturing economy by giving corporations carte Blanche to exploit foreign labor.

He came to Detroit to picket w/ @UAW & helped put #Fightfor15 on the map.

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Even after our “comeback,” economists estimate we lost 250K jobs during the recession that are NEVER coming back.

Why? Wall St played fast & loose w/ our economy.

@BernieSanders wants to hold them accountable so it never happens again.

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100s of 1000s lost healthcare then.

Today, @BCBSM—whose CEO made $21M last year—controls 70% of our insurance market, & negotiates sweetheart deals w hospitals to spur consolidation, locking out docs, & exploiting nurses.

Its why @BernieSanders fights for #MedicareForAll

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We sit on 21% of the world’s fresh surface water. Our #GreatLakes are a global treasure. Yet they face threats from corporate greed:

- @Nestle bottles unlimited h2o for $400/yr
- @Enbridge runs a pipeline thru the straits of Mackinac that could rupture & do irreparable harm

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Meanwhile ppl in #Flint still don’t trust their water and 10s of 1000s of Detroiters get their water shutoff every year.

This is OUTRAGEOUS.

The #GreenNewDeal is about solving that. It’s about building out the infrastructure we need to protect our air and water—and globe.

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It’s about ending the chokehold fossil fuel corps have on our energy system—so that we don’t have to rely on gas pipelines in Great Lakes. And it would create millions of green #unionstrong jobs that pay a real living wage.

It might also finally “fix the damn roads.”

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Michigan remains one of the most segregated states in the country - the consequences of oppressive, marginalizing economic & social policies have left Black Michiganders with less employment, lower wages, higher poverty, more incarceration, & lower life expectancy.

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.@BernieSanders has faught for justice & equity in our country since the civil rights era. He recognizes that structural racism perpetuates these inequalities & is committed to rooting them out.

It’s what the #GND & #m4a are at their core.

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.@BetsyDeVosED decimated our ed system before @realDonaldTrump appointed her to do the same federally.

She’s driving the system of predatory charter education. @BernieSanders plans to #deDevos public ed by freezing federal funds for new charters.

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College and trade education are too expensive for too many. Even public universities like my alma mater @UMich have seen massive tuition hikes.

How to solve it? Free college. Because, you know, free K-12. And for those already in debt, he would cancel it.

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Michigan is a border state. Its home to immigrants from ALL over the world, like my parents who came from Egypt.

@BernieSanders understands we have to curb ICE & create a path for citizenship for undocumented folks

Oh, & a Dabke troop danced at his rally today in Dearborn

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Too many immigrants in Michigan were forced to immigrate as refugees from wars we should never have fought. @BernieSanders realized that at the time and voted AGAINST war in Iraq. He realizes that our values have to be our values at home AND abroad.

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And above all, these aren’t new positions for @BernieSanders. He didn’t just find his moral North Star yesterday because he decided to run for #POTUS.

He’s been saying these things and leading on these values since before I was born.

#Bernie is the only choice for MI on 3/10.