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Jul 7, 2021 10 tweets 4 min read Read on X
THREAD: This morning I stood once again in front of the Lucerne Hotel where men who were homeless were housed until last week. There I announced the end to my campaign for Mayor. 1/10
I went back to Lucerne because it was a moving and miraculous model of a community coming together in an historic crisis of the pandemic to solve another crisis.
Homelessness. 2/10
Yesterday's updated results mean Eric Adams will be poised to become the 2nd Black Mayor in the history of NYC. It was a hard-fought race and this outcome has real meaning for many who feared rank-choice voting would mean less representation for Black voters. It didn't. 3/10
Make no mistake. I ran to win and am proud that we earned hundreds of thousands of votes for a Black woman civil rights leader who didn't take a dime from real estate developers or lobbyists. We were outspent but we were also outspoken. 4/10
We built up a policy platform through People’s Assemblies and in partnership with advocates and communities. We showed a new way to run for a major political office. Together. I am so very grateful for all of you who helped us get this far. 5/10
From the young man in Harlem who cried on my shoulder when I answered his question about mental health care, to the parents of children slain by gun violence and by police officers to the out of work actor who couldn't afford the rent… 6/10
I hold on to the hopes, fears and resilience of all the New Yorkers I had the privilege to meet on this journey. 7/10
And I carry with me the inspired gleam in the eyes of little girls who seemed to look at me and see a different possibility for themselves. I wouldn’t trade the gift of those eyes for anything. 8/10
My father was a civil rights activist, and a friend once asked him, "When do you stop?" He replied, "When no one else is hungry." His friend was incredulous and told him that would never happen. And my father told him: "Well, then you never stop." 9/10
Our fight for the respect and dignity of all people is not done. And I will not stop.

I hope you won't either.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you 10/10

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Dec 16
1/4 ABC News had a strong defense in Trump defamation claim. 2x in 2023 a fed’l judge said the common understanding of what Trump did to E. Jean Carroll was “rape.” The judge threw out Trump counterclaim that E. Jean Carroll defamed him by saying it, months before Stephanopoulos
2/4 The judge found that when E. Jean Carroll said Trump “raped” her after the jury found he sexually abused her, it was “substantially true” “…the common understanding of rape includes sexual abuse” - what the jury found implicitly that Trump did with his fingers.
3/4 To protect free speech & independent news, it is harder to prove defamation against journalists. Trump would have to prove Stephanopolous knew or was reckless in using the word rape. But here a judge said it was “substantially true” when Carroll said it.
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Sep 26
Thank you for the outpouring of kind and humbling support so many of you have shared on this dark, rainy day. I walk thru it feeling the weight of history. The history I believe so sincerely NYC can make clashing with the current history unfolding. 1/14
We have been shrouded in darkness before - September 11th, Sandy, COVID. In hard times we see our strengths & our challenges. We have seen the strength of unity & sometimes the ugliness of fear-driven hate. There are some clouds now & we have choices. 2/14
We are a powerful when we come together and we are fiercely proud of our city even when we have reasons to complain. I have been proud of our strengths and our grit and our determination. We need it all now - for unity & to refuse hateful divisions. 3/14
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Sep 17
1/5 We’re all shaped by our experiences. Mine were powerful, painful & precious. They made me who I am. “Remember You Are A Wiley” - my grandmother’s command to her 6 children, is what I do, as best I can. Hope, holding on & moving forward. bit.ly/3X9cqJy
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2/5 From my fiercely religious grandparents - my grandfather who was a postal worker with no college degree but still a community leader through the Black newspaper he edited on his own time - they set the bar and made it high!
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3/5 To my singular parents who did the unthinkable a decade before the SCOTUS said their love could not be banned by any state, ..and dove in heads first into the roiling waters of the civil rights movement…I always fear failing to live up to their compassionate courage.
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Aug 10
1/4 TY @KatiePhang for having @cliff_notes highlighting how GA, a purple state, has some powerbrokers - the State Elections Board - allowing challenges to election certification! The #CivilRights community is fighting back! Keep scrolling TO help or FOR help!
2/4 GA has a history of trying to make it harder for people of color and many citizens to vote. The @NAACP has made it plain and is demanding #DOJ intervene! Petition here: support.naacp.org/a/em_pet_b1_08…
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3/4 @LawyersComm has sent a “cease & desist” ltr. Advocates are taking action! GA voters can get help from them & @splcenter. Also @BlackVotersMtr and @NAACP_LDF are great resources Image
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Apr 4, 2023
THREAD: 55 yrs ago 2day, #MLK was murdered in Memphis standing w sanitation workers in their strike 4 better working conditions. He said of the strike, “We’ve got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end. Nothing would be more tragic than to stop.” We still have! (1/4)
2/4 Unions help workers come together to bargain with bosses over safety, health benes, pay. Unions also co-founded & support civil rights coalition @civilrightsorg . The nations oldest & largest. bit.ly/3GDjOof
3/4 Unions are under attack in FL & other states BECAUSE union members fight to support families, ensure kids can learn Black history & for #votingrights. Unions mean people who work hard can have more of a say, including civil rights. bit.ly/40ZKOG8
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May 1, 2022
1/4 Tonight was my last appearance on @MSNBC as a Legal Analyst. It has been a great honor to join the smart, gracious hosts, the other contributors & guests, & to work w/ the producers, camera & sound crew, make up artists & security who made it family. And YOU the audience!
2/2 You supported me, defended me, loved my cats with me, and have become like family too! I always worried about letting you down because you never let me fall.
3/4 Even when I lacked all ability to control my face when I heard foolishness!.. and our #SamNunberg moment!
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