This is a dangerous precedent for Dem leadership to not weigh in publicly on.
AIPAC is trying to set an example with Summer— if you dare speak out about Palestinian human rights + are young, progressive, and Black you will be crushed. Unless Democratic Party leadership steps in.
Oct 1, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
This election isn’t about our feelings. This is about the preservation of democracy, protection of marginalized people and everyone we love that calls America home. We must defeat the rise of fascism in the US and the world is counting on us.
And when we elect @karaforcongress on Nov 3, she will join @JamaalBowmanNY, @CoriBush, and @Marie4Congress in the incoming freshman class that will represent our movement in Congress to hold a Biden administration accountable. Together, we’ll have doubled the squad in two cycles
Aug 20, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Last year, as progressives launched campaigns to build on the momentum of AOC and Ayanna Pressley's victories, @SpeakerPelosi stood by the @dccc policy to blacklist any organization that worked on primary challenges against incumbent Democrats. huffpost.com/entry/dccc-pro…
For two years, Democratic Party leadership has endorsed incumbents over progressive primary challengers claiming it is their policy to always back incumbents -- even when the incumbent was anti-choice and endorsed by the NRA. texastribune.org/2019/09/29/nan…
Mar 4, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Live at press conference in Laredo.
“The decision to run was easy. I still saw so many families who were suffering like mine... We showed what is possible when our community invests in ourselves...The only way to defeat fear is with courage and determination” - @JCisnerosTX
“The corporate money and establishment fought back. They saw the hope we built in south Texas.”
Mar 3, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Y'all we have just surpassed 190k calls on the dialer for @JCisnerosTX. WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK - we have 8 hours until the polls close at 7pm CT. Hop on the dialer and ask a few friends to join you here: thrutalk.io/caller/login/j…
Wow! We already have 5 more callers but we need more English speakers. Please call/text your friends to hop on!!
Jul 28, 2019 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
This is a losing strategy. Like literally, Donald Trump is President.
Punditry and DC insiders like to say candidates in the ‘center’ like Biden want to win, and those on the ‘left’ or ‘progressives’ want purity. That is not the case.
Jun 19, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
As I type this, I'm overwhelmed with emotions thinking about what @justicedems supporters have done over the past week. You all have quite literally transformed the campaigns of @JCisnerosTX and @JamaalBowmanNY on day 1.
This time last year, we were lucky to raise $10k.
From the bottom of our hearts at @justicedems, thank you. Thank you for all of your sacrifices to volunteer and donate even when you can't always afford it; your constant support of our work; and deep faith that despite all the bad, America's best days are still ahead of us.
Jun 18, 2019 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Y'all didn’t think @justicedems was done announcing new candidates, right?!
NO WAY. As someone who has built a public school from the ground up and served his community + students for many years, we are so honored to endorse @JamaalBowmanNY for Congress. jdems.us/nylaunch
It’s time to usher in a new generation of progressive leadership into the Democratic Party -- from South Texas to NYC, people across the country aren’t going to accept a centrist approach to politics that maintains the status quo.
Jun 14, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
.@JCisnerosTX woke up this morning to almost $80k in her act blue.
I can’t really put into words what this means for her and for @justicedems. But I just wanted to say from the bottom of our hearts on staff here, THANK YOU 💗🙏🏽😭
We have shown the DC establishment, the media, and Henry Cuellar that we aren’t here to make a statement. We aren’t here to play. We are running to win and we will make sure our candidates have the resources to do it.
Jun 13, 2019 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
.@JCisnerosTX represents the voices we so desperately need in Congress right now -- millennial, working-class, Latina, first-generation immigrant, and dedicating her life to giving back to her community. vogue.com/article/jessic…
We’re so proud to announce her as our first new @justicedems of the 2020 cycle. Our movement has an opportunity to transform South Texas and the Democratic Party. I truly believe that this race is more than about one election.
Mar 28, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Thank you @RoKhanna for your bold leadership! It’s so refreshing to see JDs have each other’s back: “Let’s be clear. If this policy remains in place, it will mean that we will not allow new Ayanna Pressleys or AOCs to emerge. It’s simply wrong.” bit.ly/2FEjc2e?cc=3a7…
“It’s also hypocritical for a party that champions strong antitrust. The DCCC is acting as a monopoly by saying that anyone who does business with them can’t do business with any competition. It’s the classic antitrust violation and an unfair restraint on trade.“
