In December, they said we had no chance at all. Three weeks ago, they polled us at 6%. We got the phone calls, we heard the chatter, we just kept pushing. Head down and working hard to connect with THE PEOPLE.
We won over 140 precincts in New Orleans. We shook up the political establishment and if we had one more week of runway we’d be in a runoff today, heading to an upset.
The Senators had over $1 million a piece helping them via their campaigns or independent expenditures.
We raised $500k in small dollar contributions and we were inches away from an upset last night.
I know the typical person that ran for office disappears for a few weeks, and doesn’t publicly talk about the race much.
I’m not your typical anything, so I’m telling you today, we have the power to change Louisiana. We have the energy to build on this grassroots movement, and we will be back, one way or another.
Thank you to each individual who believed in this campaign. Thank you to every person who gave their resources, time, and positive energy in our direction.
Last night we came 1500 votes short of knocking out a sitting state Senator that’s been elected 20 years.
No one thought we had a shot. The polls said we were at 6%, we finished with 21.3% of the vote. That’s due to my amazing team, thank you for everything you sacrificed and have to this team. I appreciate you. We earned every single vote we got.
We had almost no institutional support, but we had a belief in progressive values and that THE PEOPLE deserve more.
To my family, thank you for sacrificing in ways most will never know so I can stand and fight for what I believe in.
Black Doctor forced by police to pay movers or go to jail. This officer had no reason to touch Dr. West, this matter should’ve been addressed in civil court, because it’s a dispute over payment.
Comments from the legal team give more clarity into this situation.
“On December 28, 2020, Dr. Threvia West was confronted with a bill from a moving company that grossly exceeded their previously agreed-upon price.
While the moving company had estimated her task as a three-hour job, it took them eleven hours to complete it, subsequently charging her triple the quoted amount. When Dr. West calmly and reasonably protested the excessive charges, the police were inexplicably called to the scene
My Grandma Emma passed away today at the beautiful age of 88.
This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions. This weekend it became clear my grandmother was starting to transition from this life.
I did my best to stay focused on our objectives while also trying to be a good grandson.
So on the day we announced I was running for Congress, I sat by her bed and let her watch the video. She couldn’t speak, but she watched the whole thing and attempted to give me a sign
of affirmation. My grandmother was just as direct as me, she never mixed her words and she meant what she said. My heart hurts because she’s gone, but my spirit rejoices because I know where she is.
Emma was my biological mother’s mom. My mother has been deceased 35 years now.
Yet we defund education and healthcare almost every year.
I live in a parish with 11 different police agencies, in the 2nd most incarcerated place in THE WORLD. It hasn’t solved crime.
Move the money. It’s not making us safer.
Call it defund.
Call it reappropriate.
Call it reallocate.
Call it reprioritize.
Call it whatever the hell you want.
Cops don’t need bigger budgets.
Cities need better plans to address the social ills of communities. That’s how we fix communities, not more cops.
People want us to pretend that we don’t have the consciousness or clarity of thought to know conservatives move money from important things all the time. Nearly every legislative session or council meeting.
Go tell somebody who doesn’t read a budget that moving money is wrong.
Mr. GoAuto @GoAutoInsurance Greg Tramontin thought it was appropriate to call the Vice President Elect Kamala Harris a “hoe.”
Greg benefits from many Black women who currently have auto insurance with his company. I think that everyone of the women who support his company >>>
and family by purchasing auto insurance should know this is how he thinks and speaks about Black women.
White men in power struggle to respect anyone else but other white men in power. They can’t grasp that anyone else is competent enough to lead.
Greg & his business should feel this. There should be Black men and women calling to cancel their insurance policies and going where they won’t be called a hoe when they reach the second highest office in America.