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| Dad & Husband | Veteran | Democrat | Alumni of @WestPoint_USMA and @GeorgetownCSS | Proudly Representing NY-18 in Congress |
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Jun 24 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Trump just cancelled a classified House briefing on the Iran strikes with zero explanation. 
 
The real reason? 

He claims he destroyed “all nuclear facilities and capability;” his team knows they can’t back up his bluster and BS 

Here's what they're scared we'll ask: 

🧵 Immediately after the strikes, Trump claimed the nuclear facilities were “completely and totally obliterated.” 

He lied. And likely still doesn’t fully know the BDA. 

What he does know is that an unsuccessful strike DRAMATICALLY increases the chance Iran races to break out.
Jun 23 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Trump is claiming his strikes on Iran made the American people safer. He is dangerously wrong.

I served two combat tours in Iraq and am now on the Armed Services Committee.

His actions were not only unconstitutional, they have made America less safe – not more.

Here’s why:

🧵 Within hours of the strikes, Trump said the nuclear facilities were “completely and totally obliterated.”

This was literally impossible to know – a Battle Damage Assessment takes days or even weeks, especially given the secretive and fortified nature of all three targets.
May 4 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
On Friday, @realDonaldTrump released his proposed budget for the federal government. 

I read every page, with an eye specifically on how it would impact Hudson Valley families. 

I could barely contain my anger by the end. 

Here’s what concerned me the most.

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The defining theme of Trump 2.0 has been screwing over communities like ours to benefit the wealthiest 0.1% of Americans. 

Trump’s budget shows that the next year (and in all likelihood the next four) will be more of the same.

Okay, now let’s get into it.
Apr 29 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
It’s the 100th day of Trump 2.0.

Ignore the lies, BS, and spin you’ll hear from MAGA today.

I want to talk to you about REALITY.

Here’s how the chaos and cruelty have hurt our community (and our country!!) ALREADY.

🧵 Let’s start with Inauguration Day. 

I said at the time that Trump surrounded by his billionaire friends would be the enduring image of his Presidency. 

I didn’t know how quickly I’d be proven right.
Mar 26 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I served two combat tours in Iraq. I know how these operations are supposed to go.

Top takeaways: 

1) Hegseth definitively exposed CLASSIFIED war plans.

2) Hegseth must resign. IMMEDIATELY.

3) This is a cover-up at the highest levels of government.

Let me explain. 

🧵 This level of operational detail— timing, strike package, battle damage assessment, and more — is 100% definitively, unequivocally CLASSIFIED information.

Sharing that on an unsecured network, EVEN WITHOUT A REPORTER, is a crime and put the lives of service members at risk. Image
Jan 25 • 19 tweets • 5 min read
Trump’s first week was great if you’re a mega-billionaire or Oath Keeper. 

It wasn’t so great for the rest of us. 

I know a lot of folks are feeling down right now, & trust me, I get it. 

But the battle lines were drawn. And here’s why I'm confident we can win this fight. 

🧵 First, some important context. 

Democrats got our butts kicked in November. No two ways about it. 

We stopped meeting people where they were. We became the party of the elites, and folks felt that.  

I know that doesn’t sound like good news.
Jan 14 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Tomorrow’s hearing with Pete Hegseth is a HUGE deal. 

I believe every American should care deeply about the person who holds the lives of our men and women in uniform in their hands. 

Here’s 10 questions we need answers to – and yes, I'm going to be pretty damn blunt:

🧵 You bankrupted an organization of 10 people with a budget of under $10 million. 

How the f*ck can the American people trust you to run an organization of nearly 3.4 million people, with a budget of nearly $850 billion?!
Nov 9, 2024 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
It’s going to take time to sort through what happened Tuesday. But I've read a lot of takes the past few days (some good, many bad), and I've had a lot of people ask how I won one of the toughest districts in the country by over 13%.

Here are some thoughts: 🧵 First and foremost, if you're using the words "moderate" or "progressive," you're missing the whole f***ing point. 

It's not ideological. It's about who fights for the people vs. who further empowers and enables the elites.
Aug 30, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
What Trump did at Arlington is a disgrace. 

I served two combat tours in Iraq. I have friends & fellow soldiers – heroes who gave their lives to protect our country – buried in Section 60. 

This is sacred ground. We must not allow anyone to sully it with campaign theatrics. 🧵 Arlington Cemetery is the resting place for nearly 400,000 of our nation’s heroes, going all the way back to the Civil War. 

That includes men and women we lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, whose final resting place is Section 60.