Thread by @TheJewishVote

Why we’re #JewsForYuhLine: jewishvote.org/jewsforyuhline A letter from Jewish #NY10 voters expressing our strong support for Assembly member @Yuhline’s candidacy, to represent our communities in Congress. Read on:

She’s been fighting for NYers in gov & advocacy roles for over a decade, first serving as Chief of Staff to @rontkim. In 2016, she was elected in a historic landslide victory becoming the 1st AAPI woman in the NYS Assembly & 1st Asian-American to represent Chinatown in State Leg.

Since, she has built a movement in NY to fight for transparency, accessibility, and accountability in our government. In Albany, Yuh-Line stands up to systemic corruption and negligence and is a powerful voice for tenant protections, affordable housing, consumer protection,

long-term pandemic planning, a Green New Deal, and fair taxation of the ultra-wealthy to fund crucial social services.

At the height of the COVID pandemic, @yuhline was on the front lines with volunteers, bringing food, masks, & emotional support to people in her district, including delivering kosher meals to Jewish constituents in need. Through the ongoing crisis, she’s fought to stop evictions,

Yuh-Line will be an organizer in Congress who’s never afraid to acknowledge the depth of a crisis we face and take the level of urgent action we need to keep each other safe.

For years @yuhline courageously stood up to authoritarian-style leadership from bullies like Andrew Cuomo. She was among the 1st legislators to publicly challenge him over his abusive behavior and corruption, and she never backed down, even in the face of retaliation and threats.

Unlike the other leading candidates in the race, Yuh-Line doesn’t accept any donations from real estate, fossil fuels, or other corporate interests. Dan Goldman, by contrast, has taken donations from personal friends of Trump like Stephen Ross,

and Dan Goldman is prepared to spend $5 million of his own money on this campaign. He has wavered on abortion rights, opposed #MedicareForAll, and won’t commit to the actual Green New Deal. #GND

Carlina Rivera has taken money from corporate developers who are contributing to the lack of affordability in NY-10 & was recently endorsed by a PAC closely aligned w crypto-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, raising concerns about her position on the dangerous cryptocurrency sector.

For Yuh-Line, solidarity w/ Jews is a very personal issue. When she was a little girl in El Paso it was the Jewish community that befriended and included her family of Taiwanese immigrants. It was Camp Shamayim that gave her refuge from the bullying she experienced in school.

It is the Jewish community in New York City that has shown up in solidarity with @yuhline’s own AAPI community in response to the recent increase in hate violence. 
It’s the bravery of these two communities that modeled for Yuh-line what it means to fight. #JewsForAsians.

The person we send to represent us in Washington, more than anything else, needs to possess courage. & when it comes to courage, no other candidate in the race can hold a candle to Yuh-line.
So vote for @yuhline!
Join @KUngernyc @Elana_Brooklyn & sign here jewishvote.org/jewsforyuhline/