Here in La Crosse, WI, @RepRonKind opens up the program to welcome @JoeBiden to the Badger State with an impassioned argument for investing in infrastructure
Wisconsin’s @GovEvers tells how he ran on “fixing the darn roads,” and then got to work doing exactly that. He now has a partner in the White House who gets it!
And now, introducing the President of the United States, La Crosse bus driver and ATU Local 519 member Laurie Nederloe
President Biden lays out the plan for a historic investment in jobs and infrastructure—of a scale and impact comparable to the bill creating the Interstate Highway System, which President Truman signed on this day 65 year ago
President Biden makes vivid the cost of lacking internet access—kids doing schoolwork in fast food parking lots. Farmers losing business. The #AmericanJobsPlan invests in rural broadband to hook people up and make those stories a thing of the past.
Honestly, I could happily listen to @JoeBiden talk about trains all day
If you make less than $400k, you pay 0 pennies more in taxes to fund this infrastructure plan.
President Biden mentions potential new train stations in Madison, Eau Claire, and Green Bay, and I couldn’t be more excited westwisconsinrail.org/blog/2021/4/1/…
President Biden, being President Biden, making time for everyone!
We’re in the final stretch. On Saturday, the Democratic National Committee will elect our next chair. Here’s an update on where our campaign is now, and our path to victory.
Our current count is 183 DNC members supporting me. Here’s how we got there, and where we’re going. 🧵
The momentum’s with us. Just today, we’ve earned public endorsements from the entire Kentucky delegation, Indivisible, and many more individual DNC members. Meanwhile, IUBAC & UNITE HERE joined AFSCME, AFT, NEA, and SEIU in endorsing our campaign—and nine governors.
When I talk to DNC members, I hear that they want a battle-tested leader who can out-organize and out-communicate the GOP.
Wisconsin politics can be brutal trench warfare. We see the worst the GOP has to offer. Now, the country faces that kind of fight—so we need to fight back.
Trump takes the oath today. Expect him to start breaking it immediately.
Trump was a disaster the first time. And this is the kind of movie where the sequel is worse than the original.
As Democrats, how we fight back will define who we are. 🧵
Trump is going to blitz the country in a million terrible ways.
As we fight for all of our communities, we have to make sure the country sees the core of what he’ll try to do: he’ll try to rig the country for far-right billionaires, at the expense of everyone else.
Trump passed just *one* major bill in his first presidency. A giant tax scam, shoveling trillions of dollars to billionaires and huge corporations.
That’s always been his con. He talks about all kinds of things. But his top priority is always bilking people like you, reading this right now, to enrich himself and his friends.
It’s not just that he does bad things. It’s also that he’s bad at being president.
He’ll start betraying his promise, and his oath of office, the minute he’s sworn in. 🧵
Before I go on, the most crucial election of 2025 is in Wisconsin on April 1. Help stop a MAGA extremist from taking the tiebreaking vote in our divided Supreme Court by donating now to @WisDems. Chip in here: secure.actblue.com/donate/wisdems…
Trump has promised to do a lot of terrible things on Day One:
* Mass deportations
* Roll back federal regulations
* Defund schools with vaccine mandates
* End birthright citizenship
It was a pleasure to join @TheDemocrats first official forum for DNC Chair candidates earlier today where I shared my vision to Unite, Fight, and Win for the Democratic Party.
If you weren't able to watch, here's what you missed 🧵
I talked about how I will begin an audit of existing consultant contracts on Day One.
I’ll work with DNC members to set a new policy–our contracts should be based on results and our values instead of “who knows who.”
No automatic renewals and no back-door deals. It’s time to clean house.
I also shared how I’ll grow the DNC’s physical infrastructure and staffing presence outside of DC.
Our staff, our storefronts, and our Chair shouldn’t be confined to a DC bubble.
As DNC Chair, I'll lead from the front lines—in DC, on the road, and while raising my kids in WI.
On this last day of 2024, look over the horizon: Trump’s inauguration is in 20 days. The DNC chair election is in 32 days. And the most important election of the spring, the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, is in 91 days. Are you ready? 🧵
At @WisDems, we’re getting ready for a Supreme Court race that’ll define the future of freedom and democracy in 2024’s closest state. If you can chip in now, you’ll help us spread the word that the Democratic Party looks out for all Wisconsinites. Chip in: secure.actblue.com/donate/wisdems…
You might be looking with dread at January 20, the dark day of Trump’s second inauguration. We’re bracing for Trump’s sore-winner victory lap, as he crows about his attendance numbers (no matter what they are)—and then starts cranking out awful executive orders.