Thread by @DLCC

Rep. @BeeForGeorgia wasn't going to let her constituents' votes be thrown out. When the Trump campaign alleged that thousands of voters weren't living in Georgia, Bee personally knocked on her neighbors’ doors to confirm they were in fact residents, demolishing claims of fraud.🧵

@BeeForGeorgia Bee was a champion for her community long before assuming office. She helped resettle refugees, founded a non-profit to empower girls in under-resourced communities, & worked for @SamforGeorgia, the first openly gay Asian-American man elected to the state’s General Assembly.

@BeeForGeorgia @SamforGeorgia In 2017, Bee became the 1st Vietnamese-American elected to Georgia's legislature, assuming the seat vacated by @staceyabrams when she launched her bid for governor. Bee too is a voting rights advocate who helped stop precinct closures & repeal the "exact match" registration law.

@BeeForGeorgia @SamforGeorgia @staceyabrams Criminal legal reform is another one of Bee’s top issues. Before her father came to the US as a refugee, he was a POW for 3 years. She’s introduced legislation to restrict the use of solitary confinement, eliminate private prisons, & hold police accountable for use of force.

@BeeForGeorgia @SamforGeorgia @staceyabrams Bee is an advocate for the Asian American community, which now represents 4% of Georgia’s population. She’s pushed for election & government resources to be provided in more languages, & has sounded the alarm on the terrifying rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.

@BeeForGeorgia @SamforGeorgia @staceyabrams After the March shooting targeting Asian women in Atlanta, Bee spoke out about the legacy of discrimination against Asian Americans, society’s minimization of violence committed by white men, & the intersection of racism & misogyny when talking about victimization of Asian women.

@BeeForGeorgia @SamforGeorgia @staceyabrams “There's a long history of Asian American violence in [the US]..& it is not told..very intentionally to make us keep our heads down, to pit communities of color against each other, to make us adhere to this model minority myth..that sense of invisibility has harmed our community”