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Gloria Johnson

@VoteGloriaJ

1 Jul

@GovBillLee

Starting a thread with stories of folks who are unemployed and terrified of what will happen to them when their benefits are stopped July 3rd by @GovBillLee. As the deadline gets closer, they are more and more frightened. Here are stories of some of the lifelines he is cutting.

1. "Hello Ms.Johnson. I am a single mother to 3 beautiful childern. I am the only provider and caregiver to my childern. When covid hit, my children's preschool shutdown. At the time I was barely making ends meet anyways,

but with no child care and my oldest not being in school either, there was no possible way for me to continue to work. I filed unemployment then but did not qualify for the extra $600, but $300 a week at least kept household items in the home.

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Gloria Johnson

@VoteGloriaJ

23 Jun

Thread👇🏼 So as many of you know, when office assignments were given out at the beginning of this session, HD13 was not given one of the 99 member offices-all the other 98 members were assigned a member office.

Instead, HD13 was given a small conference room about 1/3-1/4 the size of the other 98 member offices-without an attached suite for the legislative assistant. It fit my desk and chair and one other chair for a single visitor.

It is important to note that I was the only member of the 99 who did not vote for Rep. Sexton as Speaker—and the only one who wasn’t assigned a member office.

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Gloria Johnson

@VoteGloriaJ

8 Apr

Well folks, there is a new low in petty in the TN legislature. Going to take my time and get my thoughts and facts crystal clear before I fill you in. It is truly unbelievable...or not, if you hang around this building.

So I thought I would see how it played out, and it did just like I thought it would. The GOP is nothing if not predictable. Here is the story of a bill jacking...

A woman from upper East TN reached out to me in summer about a glitch in out of state teacher certification process. She made a lot of calls but wasn’t getting anywhere, not sure how she found me as I am not her Rep, but she did and we worked to put this legislation together.

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Gloria Johnson

@VoteGloriaJ

3 Feb

https://twitter.com/tnhousegop/status/1357084347900297217

The GOP may not care much about truth, but parents, teachers and school officials don’t appreciate being gaslighted when it comes to their students. So here’s what their campaign video doesn’t tell you:

https://twitter.com/tnhousegop/status/1357084347900297217

I said $160 million is not enough and I stand by it. Under Republicans, Tennessee has dropped to 46th in student funding. If you want to understand why 3rd graders are not at level, start here.

I said teachers earn less today than they did a decade ago. The NEA’s 2020 Rankings show that Tennessee teachers earn 2.71% less today than a decade ago after you adjust for inflation. Perhaps the cost of living hasn’t increased for Republicans. nea.org/sites/default/…

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Gloria Johnson

@VoteGloriaJ

14 Jan

Thread👇🏼 Well, we got committees today. I had been told by Dem leadership, who talked to GOP leadership, that I wouldn't be getting anything I wanted.

I didn't vote for the speaker or the Secretary of State and I call out folks on social media for voting on bad bills or saying icky or racist stuff. I'll be honest, sometimes I feel like I am still teaching teens with behavioral disorders😉

If I was in the US Senate I wouldn't vote for Mitch McConnell and I would bet you $100 if Cameron Sexton was in the US House he wouldn't vote for Nancy Pelosi. We don't share the same values--I think healthcare is a right, he does not, and so on....

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