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Maya Wiley

@mayawiley

Mar 3

[1] Reading the #Jan6thCommittee court filing: “[Despite being told that his allegations of campaign fraud were false, [Trump] continued to feature those same false allegation ads seen by millions of Americans.” Translation: Trump knew he was lying.

[2] On 1/2/21 Trump w/ John Eastman who #Jan6Committee deems a co-conspirator, had a tele co defense w/ hundreds of state legislators in SEIU states trying to get them to decertify the election results. Translation: Trump personally acted to advance the conspiracy.

[3] Trump wanted to make minion Jeffrey Clark head of DOJ. Clarke willing to send letters lying abt possibility election stolen to state legislatures to pressure them to decertify. His own WH Counsel threatened to quit. Translation: More evidence Trump knew it was wrong.

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Maya Wiley

@mayawiley

Jul 7, 2021

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

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Maya Wiley

@mayawiley

Jun 22, 2021

“My 16-year-old son: He needs a future. Please. Please.” Those are the words that have been ringing in my ears since I heard them last week. They are the reason I am running for mayor, though I don’t know the name of the woman who spoke them to me and may never meet her son.

This has been a hard-fought campaign played out at a time of great turmoil in our city and our lives. But it is also a moment when New Yorkers are coming together and the city is alive with possibility.

And when New Yorkers come together, hold and care for each other, even when we are strangers, there’s nothing we can’t do.

My campaign has proposed bold, progressive ideas that will transform our city and ensure New York City doesn’t just recover, but rises.

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Maya Wiley

@mayawiley

Jun 21, 2021

Nothing makes me optimistic for the future of New York city more than talking to voters. Threading some of my favorite moments throughout the day today below! 🧵

“You keep me going!”

"You got 6 votes out of my family!"

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Maya Wiley

@mayawiley

Jun 20, 2021

If my father were alive he would be 90 years old. He only lived to be 42. But what he managed to do more fighting, more living, more loving in those 42 years than most of us get to do in a lifetime! He loved me and he was my world. 1/5

My father also worked ceaselessly with and for Black women! And he taught me that you never stop fighting for an end to poverty because for those who are given much, much is expected. 2/5

My father had been given much by grandparents, Olive & William Wiley. A US Postal Clerk, my grandfather wanted to be a journalist but he couldn’t afford college. But he edited a Black newspaper anyway and put 6 kids through college. 3/5

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