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Tom Malinowski

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6 Nov 20

You could say this was a close election, except that Biden will have won the popular vote by more than 5 million votes, plus victories in states few thought were truly winnable. This election will be remembered as a powerful statement.

You could say that we're dangerously divided, and that's partly true, except that this election was won by a coalition of decent Democrats and McCain/Romney/Bush Republicans who put aside differences on policy for the sake of the country.

You could say that our democracy is fraying, except that civic participation is at an all time high, and a leader who tried to subvert our democratic institutions was just beaten by entirely peaceful, democratic means, thanks to free elections, a free press, and the rule of law.

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Tom Malinowski

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30 Sep 20

If you've seen extra vitriol on my social media, here's why: the "Q" persona dropped a statement targeting me, citing the discredited NRCC (GOP SuperPAC) attacks on me & my resolution condemning QAnon.

My office has gotten 6 death threats since yesterday. buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahm…

In my first debate with Tom Kean, I warned him that he was playing with a dark and dangerous current in our politics with these vile attacks. He and the NRCC have refused calls from fact checkers, religious leaders, even local Republicans, to disavow them.

Now QAnon, an anti-Semitic conspiracy mongering cult that the FBI views as a potential terrorist threat, is directly amplifying the NRCC's press releases to its millions of online followers.

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Tom Malinowski

@Malinowski

26 Sep 20

I've been puzzling over why my opponent thinks this is a good argument (disparaging my refusal to accept corporate contributions to my campaign). All I can come up with is that he doesn't understand how political corruption in America works.

Let me explain.

First, it's true that both Senator Kean and I have received campaign contributions from sitting members of Congress who support us. And some of those members (including all backing him) accept corporate PAC checks.

But in those cases, neither Senator Kean nor I have any reason to feel indebted to a corporation that at some point made a campaign contribution to someone else, who then in turn chose to back us. We never solicited it from a corporation, and they never directed it to us.

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Tom Malinowski

@Malinowski

14 Sep 20

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Here's a link to my first debate with Senator Kean. I obviously have some views about how it went. But I really hope everyone will watch and judge for themselves. via @YouTube

The main point I tried to get across is that our problem in Washington is not one bad person, but all the weak people who let him get away with what he says and does.

If you want to represent our district, you've got to take a stand, and say what's right and wrong.

On the issues, it was clear who stands for what NJ values:

I'm for the ACA; Kean is against it. I'm for strong gun laws; he got an A grade from the NRA. I'm delivering $ for Gateway; last night he continued to defend Chris Christie's disastrous decision to cancel the ARC Tunnel.

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Tom Malinowski

@Malinowski

12 Aug 20

I've spoken to dozens of school superintendents and principals in the last few weeks.

My takeaway is that if we truly cared about our kids and opening school safely, we'd shut down the country, all of it this time, for 3 weeks and get this over with. npr.org/sections/coron…

Of course that could only happen with bipartisan buy-in, including from the president, and that won't happen. So we're stuck with Plan B: prolonging the pain and saddling our educators and parents with impossible choices.

What, then, should be done?

My main priority as a member of Congress has been to fight for relief for our state & local governments, so our schools have the resources to do the impossible, whether learning is remote or in person.

This is the key issue in our negotiations with the president right now.

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Tom Malinowski

@Malinowski

8 Aug 20

My opponent's first whackadoodle attack on me got a warning label from Twitter. Oh well, nice try.

Want to know what the next attack ad will be? You can. Just look at his "Red Box."

Let me explain how this works.

Political candidates aren't allowed to coordinate with the PACs and dark money groups that run ads on their behalf. So they post their opposition research and suggested "hits" on a website called a "red box," which the PACs can read and use to shape their message.

In 2018, #CD07 voters were told I was a "lobbyist for terrorist rights," because in my Human Rights Watch days, I'd worked with Senator McCain on legislation to ban torture and indefinite detention without trial.

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