I think we all knew what happened today was coming, & if you didn't then you haven't been paying attention.

There are a number of things that led to the domestic terrorism that took place in our nation's capital today. 1/6
The things that encourage people to partake in these types of terrorism look like, but are not limited to, 70 members of a legislature sending a letter to the Arizona House Speaker to discredit their election results 2/6
It also looks like attorney general's signing on to a lawsuit against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, & Wisconsin challenging their election results. Some elected officials, at every chance they could, did everything in their power to discredit the 2020 election results 3/6
That sends a clear message to the people they represent & the people who align with their ideologies. That message is to do anything within their civilian power to also discredit the 2020 election..

That message leads us here to this dark day in American democracy. 4/6
All of this is on top of the dangerous rhetoric that has come from the highest office in the land. The office of the President of the United States of America and just gotten worse over the last 4 years. 5/6
I can only hope that going forward we'll get better from our elected officials & better for our fellow Oklahoman's and our nation as a whole. And I hope you'll join me in the work to make sure that we do.

Nothing About Us Without Us 💛💪🏿 6/6

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5 Jan
Frankly put:

I've been defending my right to show up & just exist as a Black, Queer, Gender-Diverse, Muslim-American for just about my whole life to rooms full of white cis-het men. Today wasn't new, but the hurt is different - 1/
it's always different when there is so much more than just you on the line.

Colleagues I've sat in rooms with since November 2020 that told me they would be committed to the use of proper pronouns, learning, & growing together, voted against our existence. 2/
Folks that behind closed doors wanted to show up & learn from me voted against our existence when it came time to do the same thing in public - and that is dangerous, but we new that. I knew that. 3/
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