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Sep 24, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read Read on X
I grew up on a farm in rural Ohio.

Church every Sunday, family dinner every night.

We were dirt poor, so we hunted so we'd have venison in the co-op freezer and grew a huge garden so we could put up vegetables for the winter. 1/
I still own guns, not for hunting, but for protection after getting credible death threats from the same people that Kristi Noem is hoping to rile up with this culture war BS.

Yes, Democrats live in red states.
Yes, Republicans live in blue states.

They want us divided. 2/
Because when we are divided, it's easier to discourage real conversations about how to move the country forward.

When we are divided, we are easier to conquer. Do you really want to be conquered by the people you elect to represent your interests?

3/
So, in honor of @govkristinoem's terrible ideas, a challenge:

Talk to someone who is politically different from you today, but don't talk politics. Ask them about their lives. About their struggles and hopes and fears. What they want for their kids. 4/
I can almost guarantee that the person you talk to will agree with you that they want:

affordable healthcare
clean air and water
quality education
safe schools
mental health care reform
common sense gun reform
a *real* plan to control coronavirus... 5/
...jobs programs to give people a hand up
safe cities and towns for *everyone*, not just some people.

The left and right have different ideas on how to get to there, but we all want to end up in the same place. We all want to end up in the country we thought we grew up in. 6/
I'm tired of the divisiveness. I'm tired of it and I want it to stop.

I talk with people who are different from me on a daily basis just by nature of my work, but I invite any rational Republican to a public conversation, either here or on my podcast. We have to start somewhere.
I'm not talking about calling up your local KKK chapter and asking to sit down for a chat with the Grand Wizard or whatever.

I'm talking about the conservative mom at your kid's soccer game, one of your church elders, etc.

Someone who can talk about political issues. Image

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🧵1/ I've been asked a lot recently why I have been tweeting less about politics and more about food on this here bird app.

Here's the scoop.

On 1/13/21, my husband was diagnosed with AML. He suffered a heart attack during the first day of his admission.
2/ Since then, he's endured countless rounds of chemotherapy, a stem cell transplant, and a stroke. As he's recovering from all of this, it's become clear that he will not be returning to work anytime soon.

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Today is the soft-open of my new business, Marcenet Mercantile, named after my grandmothers, Marcella and Neta.

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1/ My husband is officially 6 months cancer free, according to last week's bone marrow biopsy.

He had a stem cell transplant for AML last June.

The day he was diagnosed, his white count was 135k. (Normal is between 4k-11k.)
2/He went into respiratory failure, had a heart attack, was put on life support, and as he crashed, I was told his prospects were "not good" by his doctor.

I was told over the phone, because COVID was in full swing on 1/13/21, the day he got sick.

I could not be with him.
3/ To everyone's shock and delight, he woke up 3 days later.

He was in the hospital for 3 weeks, getting his first round of chemo, scared and alone. I was not allowed to be there. Because of COVID.

This was when vaccinations were mostly for people who worked in healthcare.
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