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Aug 20, 2020 • 22 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
Night three!
Gavel down. Game on.
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS!
"Kindness, respect, empathy, and civility": @GovEvers knows it when he sees it, because he lives it.

"Holy mackerel, folks. Let's get to work."
Four years ago, Scott Walker—a failed presidential candidate—was governor of Wisconsin, determined to suppress the vote. Today, we've got a pro-democracy governor in Wisconsin. This fall, we WILL vote. And we're going to win.
Love seeing @KamalaHarris backstage! Make your plan to vote, folks.
Tonight's host... @kerrywashington!
SUCH a lineup tonight
Honestly, it's disgraceful that the major broadcast networks are only carrying one hour from each night's two-hour program.
Watching @Emma4Change, sitting next to my eight-year-old son, who has had to do active shooter drills at two successive schools and came with me to the March For Our Lives. Has never forgotten it. Neither will I.
This is wrenching. Real.

What an extraordinary movement that made this moment possible.

A sea of tragedy.

Untold thousands of people turning pain into hope.
Did you know Joe Biden introduced one of the first climate bills in Congress—in 1986? I didn't either. Now we both do. Pretty great.
Environmental justice. Climate justice. #ClimateStrike.

"When Donald Trump thinks about climate change, the only word he can muster is 'hoax.' When I think about climate change, the word I think of is 'jobs.'" – @JoeBiden
"...union jobs. Like mine." Great moment.
Seymour, Wisconsin wants climate justice. Farmers can be part of the climate solution. A powerful voice to hear.
Youth climate activists on TV: "Are you ready to vote for @JoeBiden? Are you ready to solve the climate crisis?"

The asthmatic eight-year-old aspiring climate activist leaning his head on my shoulder right now: "We're ready."
"The only way to be certain of the future is to make it ourselves." – @billieeilish
Shout-out to the @OutagamieCoDems, who knocked on tons of doors and signed up tons of Democratic volunteers in Seymour, Wisconsin in 2019—setting set the stage for a blue 2020.
"Every day that passes, you deport more moms and dads, taking them away from kids like me."
"We can never say it often or loudly enough: immigrants and refugees revitalize and renew America. It's not something to take for granted. It's something to cherish, and to fight for." – @BarackObama
If you're wondering "who is singing," the answer is:
As the chair of the @WisDems, I'd be remiss if I didn't invite you to chip in to help tip the tipping-point state towards justice. So I'm going to continue this thread in replies to this tweet:

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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.
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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.
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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.
Read 17 tweets
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Jan 17
Three days until Donald Trump’s inauguration.

It’s not just that he does bad things. It’s also that he’s bad at being president.

He’ll start betraying his promise, and his oath of office, the minute he’s sworn in. 🧵
Before I go on, the most crucial election of 2025 is in Wisconsin on April 1. Help stop a MAGA extremist from taking the tiebreaking vote in our divided Supreme Court by donating now to @WisDems. Chip in here:
secure.actblue.com/donate/wisdems…
Trump has promised to do a lot of terrible things on Day One:

* Mass deportations
* Roll back federal regulations
* Defund schools with vaccine mandates
* End birthright citizenship

Continued…👇
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Jan 12
It was a pleasure to join @TheDemocrats first official forum for DNC Chair candidates earlier today where I shared my vision to Unite, Fight, and Win for the Democratic Party.

If you weren't able to watch, here's what you missed 🧵
I talked about how I will begin an audit of existing consultant contracts on Day One.

I’ll work with DNC members to set a new policy–our contracts should be based on results and our values instead of “who knows who.” 

No automatic renewals and no back-door deals. It’s time to clean house.
I also shared how I’ll grow the DNC’s physical infrastructure and staffing presence outside of DC.  

Our staff, our storefronts, and our Chair shouldn’t be confined to a DC bubble. 

As DNC Chair, I'll lead from the front lines—in DC, on the road, and while raising my kids in WI.
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Dec 31, 2024
On this last day of 2024, look over the horizon: Trump’s inauguration is in 20 days. The DNC chair election is in 32 days. And the most important election of the spring, the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, is in 91 days. Are you ready? 🧵
At @WisDems, we’re getting ready for a Supreme Court race that’ll define the future of freedom and democracy in 2024’s closest state. If you can chip in now, you’ll help us spread the word that the Democratic Party looks out for all Wisconsinites. Chip in:
secure.actblue.com/donate/wisdems…
You might be looking with dread at January 20, the dark day of Trump’s second inauguration. We’re bracing for Trump’s sore-winner victory lap, as he crows about his attendance numbers (no matter what they are)—and then starts cranking out awful executive orders.
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