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Sep 5 17 tweets 10 min read
Proud to be marching with @ibew! Happy #LaborDay
Excellent tattoo #wiunion #LaborDay
@AFLCIO president @LizShuler is in the house in Wisconsin! #LaborDay #laborfest #wiunion
Nobody brings the energy like @Gwen4Congress!
“There has never been a more pro-worker, pro-labor president in the history of the United States!” – @SecMartyWalsh
Huge welcome for Governor Tony Evers! #1u #wiunion #LaborDay @Tony4WI
It’s @JoeBiden! Wisconsin workers roaring a huge hello
“The truth is, I wouldn’t be here without UNIONS.” – @POTUS @JoeBiden
Milwaukee has a ton of lead pipes.

@JoeBiden: “Because of the infrastructure law, we’re going to replace those lead pipes!”
Why are manufacturers from around the world bringing jobs to America?

“Because we have the safest environment—and the best workers in the world.”

@JoeBiden
@POTUS: “15% of veterans become union workers when they come home. We have a responsibility to take care of them and honor their service.”
…”I just signed the PACT Act to take care of these veterans, and provide for their families when they’re gone. It’s the least we can do.”
@JoeBiden explains how Ron Johnson has been shilling for huge pharmaceutical companies to kee prices high.

Explosive booing.

Then: “We beat pharma this year!”

Folks jump to their feet, cheering, pumping fists
@JoeBiden explains how @RonJohnsonWI helped pharma block a $35 cap on insulin costs. “But I’m coming back and getting it.”

Insulin costs $10 to make. But pharma jacks up prices so much that many parents can’t afford it for their kids with diabetes. “It’s WRONG.”
“When FDR signed the National Labor Relations Act, he didn’t say it was *okay* to be in a union. He said he *encouraged* unions.

Folks, I’m encouraging unions!”
“Rick Scott wants to put Social Security up for a vote every five years—to change it, cut it, and eliminate it.”

“And then along comes Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. He wants to put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block in Congress EVERY SINGLE YEAR.”

@POTUS
“You can’t be pro insurrectionist and pro democracy.” – @JoeBiden
“We have to be more determined and committed to saving democracy than the MAGA Republicans and the other guy are to destroying American democracy.” @JoeBiden

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Aug 31
DEADLINE: In Wisconsin’s Gov race—which shapes voting rights in the tipping-point electoral college state—we’re showing voters how radical the GOP candidate is. It’s working. Our end-of-month goal = $7k by midnight 8/31. Read on, chip in, & RT!
secure.actblue.com/donate/auguste…
Tim Michels is the GOP nominee for Governor of Wisconsin. The core of his whole primary campaign was Trump’s endorsement—which he got by championing a near-total abortion ban, AR-15s for 18yos, and subverting election administration.
nytimes.com/2022/08/09/us/…
Now, Tim Michels wants to forget his radical positions–because he’ll say anything to win. But it won’t work, because we’ve got the receipts, and we’re not afraid to use them.

Read more: TimMichels.com
Read 29 tweets
Aug 28
Clinton Anderson—45th Assembly District candidate—started his career working with a shelter for survivors of domestic violence. Because the Wisconsin GOP opposes red flag laws that could restrict abusers’ access to guns, his clients were at higher risk. clintonforassembly.com
Now @MarkForWI — Mark Spreitzer, running for state Senate — is up, explaining how Gov. Evers @Tony4WI has a plan to use our major state budget surplus to send folks a tax cut and bring down gas prices… but WI GOP gerrymandered legislature is blocking it.
Leah Spicer—@leahspicerforwi—moved home to the small farm where she grew up, became her town clerk, and runs a restaurant with her husband, all while raising 3 kids… and running for the 51st Assembly seat! spicerforwisconsin.com
Read 7 tweets
Aug 22
VIDEO THREAD: Wisconsin’s governor’s race is one of the most important elections happening anywhere. Republican Tim Michels @michelsforgov is a Trump-backed extremist. Governor Tony Evers does what’s right for our state. 1/
The Evers campaign’s first ad laid out where we’ve been—a time of tremendous challenge—and how Governor Evers aka @Tony4WI helped us get through it, by doing the right thing.
Governor Evers has shown up for *all* communities across our state. Just ask this farmer near Dodgeville.
Read 16 tweets
Aug 12
Hey there! @TheOtherMandela here, taking over Chair Wikler’s account for the day.

Be sure to follow along throughout the day as I share a little bit about me and why I got in this race to make real change for working people and to send Ron Johnson packing this fall.
@TheOtherMandela On Tuesday, Wisconsinites showed up and showed up BIG. I'm honored to be your Democratic nominee for Senate.

Now, this race isn’t going to be easy. But nothing worth doing ever is. It’s going to take all of us coming together to beat Ron Johnson. But more on that later.
My path here is different than most. I’m the proud product of a middle-class household in the heart of Milwaukee.

My mom was a public school teacher and my dad worked third shift at an auto factory. Those jobs were my family’s ticket to the middle class.
Read 11 tweets
Aug 11
Beautiful day at Hinchley Family Farm, where Tina Hinchley is laying out why she’s so enthusiastically supporting Mandela Barnes—who will fight for what family farmers need Image
The great @tammybaldwin has stepped up on the hay bale to introduce Mandela Barnes. “Wisconsin deserves TWO Senators who serve the people of Wisconsin,” she says, to hearty applause Tammy Baldwin speaks while ...
“We deserve someone who is a public servant at heart—not just someone who is out to serve himself. And that someone is Mandela Barnes!” Image
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Aug 10
BREAKING: Trump-endorsed extremist and twice-failed candidate Tim Michels is the GOP gubernatorial nominee and will now face our great Democratic Governor, Tony Evers, in the general election. Read on and join us to defeat @michelsforgov: secure.actblue.com/donate/michels…
Tim Michels has run his campaign claiming that he’s a political “outsider.” Wrong. He is, in fact, an insider—a lifelong would-be politician, embracing the most divisive positions possible to appeal to Donald Trump & his base. No wonder Trump endorsed him.
Watch this video to get a sense of Tim Michels, the radical Republican who is now his party’s nominee for Wisconsin governor:
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