Thread by @TamikaDMallory

A thread.

We don’t play about @CoriBush. We got her back yesterday, today, tomorrow and every day after that.

She’s not alone and has her people with her.

I am tired of seeing Black women targeted & having to look behind our backs to protect ourselves, our colleagues and our families from white people who can’t fathom to see us in our rightful place - positions of power.

.@CoriBush has every right to be her full and unapologetic self. She’s in Congress to fight for the people of St. Louis and all of us by extension. She went to fight for BLACK people. She deserves to feel safe in her community and in the Capitol.

It’s so interesting that many members of Congress and organizations would spend days, weeks sometimes months going after Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib & other progressive leaders for basically nothing and are silent about Marjorie Greene’s blatant & direct racism & antisemitism.

It was headline after headline for Black leaders and activists accused of antisemitism. Literally dozens and dozens of opinion pieces, statements, articles and thousands of tweets targeting us and those who support us.

Marjorie Taylor Greene exposed the hypocrisy amongst some of these folks. It was never really about fighting against racism & antisemitism for them - it was about silencing progressive, powerful Black voices. Could not be clearer.

We are still here and will always be on the frontlines fighting the bigotry of people like Marjorie Taylor Greene who has actual influence over people’s lives as a member of Congress. Our fight against racism and bigotry is unconditional - we fight for all of us.