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Mar 1 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
About the House hearing on #fentanyl on Tuesday, Feb 29th...

This woman is VERY angry that the Trump admin provided COVID aid and didn't watch her sons.

It's the government's fault for helping people during an economic crisis?

The GOP is wasting taxpayer money.
Source for info about Ms. Kiessling's sons:
detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…
Source for info quoted from the CATO Institute:
cato.org/blog/fentanyl-…
Fact checking by Daniel Dale.

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Why is it important to avoid transphobic comments?

They hurt trans people, 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 trans youth.

🔹Data indicate that 𝟴𝟮% of transgender people have considered killing themselves
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A list of #GunControl bills Democrats introduced after shootings, which Republicans blocked:

#SandyHook, 2012. 21 killed.

Congress proposed bipartisan bill expanding background checks, a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity gun magazines.

Blocked by Republicans.
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The #FreedomToVoteAct was introduced earlier this week.

This is an original bill that address damage done by GOP voter suppression laws passed after the 2020 election.

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Feb 26, 2021
The CPAC 2021 stage is in the shape of an Odal rune, used by Nazi Germany.

These #WhiteSupremacist extremists are anti-democracy and anti anyone who doesn't agree with them.

It's a mistake to dismiss them as "crazy". This is CPAC. Not a small fringe group.

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In a May 2019 post, Cawthorn uses the hashtag “qualifiers.”

But McGrory told me, “There were no qualifying meets in 2019.”
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