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Aug 19, 2020 • 16 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
I'm just totally delighted by this roll call.
Montana crushed it
New Hampshire: strong tie game
Yes, New Mexico with the shout-out to tribal sovereignty!
North Carolina: words, unminced
Go @IBEW!
Hearing multiple indigenous languages during the roll call of the states is a beautiful reminder that this land has always been multilingual, and always will be
PA brings it home—literally, to Joe's actual childhood house.
I wish to eat the calamari on the screen
It's South Carolina's next senator, @harrisonjaime! secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_harr…
America, we are seeing and hearing ourselves, and it's astonishing and great #DemConvention #DemConvention2020
The Democratic Party has delegates from all 57 states and territories. And we're going to elect leaders that remember all 57.
WISCONSIN!
Mandela Barnes, @TheOtherMandela, the first Black Lt Gov in our state's history and a progressive champion, here to cast Wisconsin's electoral college votes. So grateful for your leadership, Mandela!
Folks, we've got a nominee.
That is the most adorable "congrats on being nominated for president" party of all time

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Feb 28
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind." – Hosea 8:7

Trump, Musk, and the entire GOP keep sowing the wind.

The whirlwind is here. 🧵
Howls of protest are rising from every corner of Wisconsin, and of the country. And we’ve got the first statewide test coming up in 32 days: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race. Help us beat Brad Schimel and Elon Musk—by chipping in to elect Susan Crawford:
secure.actblue.com/donate/wisdems…
Trump and Vance blowing up at Zelenskyy in the Oval Office today: sowing.
npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-…
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Feb 20
Elon Musk is shredding the United States government. But that’s not enough for him. Now, he wants to buy Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court as well. 🧵 Image
Musk’s plan: put his bag man, Brad Schimel, on the court—so he can suppress votes, lock in the GOP’s House majority, re-rig state legislative maps, and prevent any check on himself and Trump.

Our plan: stop him.

Chip in to help:
secure.actblue.com/donate/wisdems…
Musk is hellbent on firing dedicated public servants who look out for regular folks instead of serving far-right billionaires. No wonder he doesn’t like Judge Susan Crawford. And if he succeeds here, your state is next.

politico.com/news/2025/02/1…
Read 13 tweets
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Feb 7
A three-part strategy to respond to this crisis.

1. Fight back against the MAGA/DOGE assault on our country and hold all GOP politicians accountable.
2. Lift up Dems who are doing the right thing.
3. Win elections.

A chance to do #3 is coming in Wisconsin, 53 days from now. 🧵
The core thing to remember: right now, GOP politicians are terrified of crossing Musk/Trump.

They’re not yet afraid of the political consequences of betraying the public.

That’s how we get every GOP Senator voting to confirm Project 2025’s architect to run the federal budget.
Changing the fundamental political equation of this moment requires Republicans dividing, Democrats uniting, and voters rejecting the GOP at every level.

If—when—we make that happen, the Republican onslaught will begin to crumble.
Read 18 tweets
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Jan 28
We’re in the final stretch. On Saturday, the Democratic National Committee will elect our next chair. Here’s an update on where our campaign is now, and our path to victory. 

Our current count is 183 DNC members supporting me. Here’s how we got there, and where we’re going. 🧵
The momentum’s with us. Just today, we’ve earned public endorsements from the entire Kentucky delegation, Indivisible, and many more individual DNC members. Meanwhile, IUBAC & UNITE HERE joined AFSCME, AFT, NEA, and SEIU in endorsing our campaign—and nine governors.
When I talk to DNC members, I hear that they want a battle-tested leader who can out-organize and out-communicate the GOP.

Wisconsin politics can be brutal trench warfare. We see the worst the GOP has to offer. Now, the country faces that kind of fight—so we need to fight back.
Read 6 tweets
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Jan 21
He's only been in office a few hours, but it's already been a gut punch of a first day for the Trump presidency.

The TL;DR is that Trump has been focused on everything *except* making life better for working people.

Get ready. It's time to fight. 🧵
No time is being wasted when it comes to wiping away the progress we've made on addressing climate change. 

Key environmental regulations are already being rolled back while Trump clears the decks for more oil and gas drilling.
Then there's been a flood of actions aimed at immigrants and the trans community.

As @AdamSerwer wrote, the cruelty is the point. These measures won't create more jobs, or lower prices, or make the lives of working people better.
Read 12 tweets
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Jan 20
Trump takes the oath today. Expect him to start breaking it immediately. 

Trump was a disaster the first time. And this is the kind of movie where the sequel is worse than the original.

As Democrats, how we fight back will define who we are. 🧵
Trump is going to blitz the country in a million terrible ways.

As we fight for all of our communities, we have to make sure the country sees the core of what he’ll try to do: he’ll try to rig the country for far-right billionaires, at the expense of everyone else.
Trump passed just *one* major bill in his first presidency. A giant tax scam, shoveling trillions of dollars to billionaires and huge corporations.

That’s always been his con. He talks about all kinds of things. But his top priority is always bilking people like you, reading this right now, to enrich himself and his friends.
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