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May 16, 2022 8 tweets 1 min read
🧵 Let's recap the last 96 hours of Elise Stefanik. On Thursday, she said she is “ultra-MAGA” and “proud of it.” On Friday, she advocated that babies who are in US custody at the border be denied baby formula, effectively starving them–in violation of basic morality and US law.
May 15, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
🧵I’ve had enough. Enough of the incitement, enough of the violence, enough of the GOP preventing anything from getting done in Washington. Enough of Elise Stefanik. We’ve paid Elise over $1M to work for us. In all the years she has been in Congress, she’s passed two pieces of legislation that minted a coin and named a local Post Office.
Sep 18, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
🧵While @EliseStefanik continues her vile attacks on immigrants to raise money & sow division, I want you to meet my great-grandmother, Caroline, who moved to Whitehall from Italy as a child in 1911. Near the end of her life, she had this to say about the immigrant experience: Caroline and her husband didn’t have a lot of money, and they had three children to feed. So, Caroline, who didn’t receive any education after 13, opened a grocery store in her home in 1927.
Jun 21, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
🧵#Thread: As an out gay person, I was really excited to announce my campaign for Congress during #pride and knew what I was getting into. Less than a week later, I got this anonymous voicemail full of hate and homophobia. [Trigger warning.] While I’m not surprised, it’s not ok. I struggled over whether we should release the voicemail. I don't want to give literal voice to hate. But, after a lot of thought, my team and I decided to release it.⬇️