THREAD πŸ“Œ In 4yrs NO ONE reached out to Hillary voters. We were treated to endless interviews with Trump supporters, but never a word from the people who were cheated out of a president. For 4yrs we were terrorized by the Trump regime and its racist, misogynist, abelist policies.
For 4yrs Republicans and their enabling cohort in the MSM lied to us and about us and never gave us a platform to refute their claims. They continued their assault on Hillary Clinton, whose only seeming crime was calling out white supremacy and institutional racism and misogyny.
While countless Black men, women, children and #disabled were murdered by police, the GOP either sat silent or demonized the victims. While sick and disabled Americans were desperate for #healthcare, Trump and the GOP drove an assault on the #ACA, #Medicare and #Medicaid.
And now they are committed to standing with their rogue president who has shattered every norm aas he fights an honest, fair election. So do not fall into that politeness politics trap again. That only buys us more abuse. Stand with Dems, not the folks who let 240k Americans die.
Millions of Americans are sick with #COVID and the GOP won't even wear masks. QAnon proponents were just elected to Congress. There are FOUR HUNDRED House bills sitting on McConnell's desk. These are not fair, honest or reasonable people. Look what they did when #RBG died.
In the midst of a global #pandemic, Trump & the GOP are fighting MONDAY in the #SCOTUS to end the #ACA and they have NOTHING to replace it with. 131M Americans have a #PreExistingCondition. 81M are #disabled. We have to survive these maniacs until Jan. 20. Do not play nice.
Democrats poured millions into The Lincoln Project & Amy McGrath. If you want to take back the power ceded in the 2014 & 2016 elections, fight with Stacey Abrams for those Georgia seats. That's a fight we can win. We have much to do, but none of it involves playing with the GOP.

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Important clarifying thread from @jbouie. He notes that it would be good if folks read what AOC said rather than hear something else. Why she never gets credit for her work is a factor of misogyny +racism. But she is 100% right that we should be focusing on Democrats not GOP.
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The AME church behind our house has a big service every Sunday. Lots of gospel music, lots of preaching. The loudspeaker system puts it right in the room with us. This morning they also have a band. The joyful noise is clear: A new day dawned with the election.
The emotion is palpable. History happened yesterday and today we are living a different reality: A whole new future lies before us. The Wife says everything feels lighter. And it's true--it is a gorgeous sunny morning, unnaturally warm for November. But yes--we can breathe again.
Right now the preacher is singing "Thank you Jesus" repeatedly. "Thank you G-d, we have won the election. We have been given the hope. In this crucial battle between Good and Evil, between Right and Wrong, against Hate."

And now I am crying again.
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I was paralyzed 2mos before the 2016 election. Every day of Trump's assault on #healthcare has harmed me personally and put terrible stress on my family. Trump ending the #ACA mandate raised the premiums of 56M Americans. Mine went from $231 a month to $1,978.10.
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My wife had to take a 2nd job & take out a loan to pay this incredible amount of money: I was too sick to not have health insurance. The past four years have assaulted our mixed race lesbian family every day. Trump also targeted our sanctuary city and some of our friends.
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Earlier Wednesday evening I called out Bakari Sellers for saying Hillary was the most unpopular candidate on CNN. We have to quit that GOP narrative about 2016. I had to go back to work, but Bakari reached out to me privately to clarify his point, saying that he "loves HRC."
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Bakari said he was referencing Hillary's unfavorables, and noted they were a factor of Benghazi, misogyny, etc. I said I appreciated his reaching out, but that was not what was actually said. I wanted to share this because Bakari is such a good guy and we love him so much.
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