“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind." – Hosea 8:7

Trump, Musk, and the entire GOP keep sowing the wind.

The whirlwind is here. 🧵 Howls of protest are rising from every corner of Wisconsin, and of the country. And we’ve got the first statewide test coming up in 32 days: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race. Help us beat Brad Schimel and Elon Musk—by chipping in to elect Susan Crawford:
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Elon Musk is shredding the United States government. But that’s not enough for him. Now, he wants to buy Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court as well. 🧵 Musk’s plan: put his bag man, Brad Schimel, on the court—so he can suppress votes, lock in the GOP’s House majority, re-rig state legislative maps, and prevent any check on himself and Trump.

Our plan: stop him.

Chip in to help:
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A three-part strategy to respond to this crisis.

1. Fight back against the MAGA/DOGE assault on our country and hold all GOP politicians accountable.
2. Lift up Dems who are doing the right thing.
3. Win elections.

A chance to do #3 is coming in Wisconsin, 53 days from now. 🧵 The core thing to remember: right now, GOP politicians are terrified of crossing Musk/Trump.

They’re not yet afraid of the political consequences of betraying the public.

That’s how we get every GOP Senator voting to confirm Project 2025’s architect to run the federal budget.

We’re in the final stretch. On Saturday, the Democratic National Committee will elect our next chair. Here’s an update on where our campaign is now, and our path to victory. 

Our current count is 183 DNC members supporting me. Here’s how we got there, and where we’re going. 🧵 The momentum’s with us. Just today, we’ve earned public endorsements from the entire Kentucky delegation, Indivisible, and many more individual DNC members. Meanwhile, IUBAC & UNITE HERE joined AFSCME, AFT, NEA, and SEIU in endorsing our campaign—and nine governors.

He's only been in office a few hours, but it's already been a gut punch of a first day for the Trump presidency.

The TL;DR is that Trump has been focused on everything *except* making life better for working people.

Get ready. It's time to fight. 🧵 No time is being wasted when it comes to wiping away the progress we've made on addressing climate change. 

Key environmental regulations are already being rolled back while Trump clears the decks for more oil and gas drilling.

Trump takes the oath today. Expect him to start breaking it immediately. 

Trump was a disaster the first time. And this is the kind of movie where the sequel is worse than the original.

As Democrats, how we fight back will define who we are. 🧵 Trump is going to blitz the country in a million terrible ways.

As we fight for all of our communities, we have to make sure the country sees the core of what he’ll try to do: he’ll try to rig the country for far-right billionaires, at the expense of everyone else.

Three days until Donald Trump’s inauguration.

It’s not just that he does bad things. It’s also that he’s bad at being president.

He’ll start betraying his promise, and his oath of office, the minute he’s sworn in. 🧵 Before I go on, the most crucial election of 2025 is in Wisconsin on April 1. Help stop a MAGA extremist from taking the tiebreaking vote in our divided Supreme Court by donating now to @WisDems. Chip in here:
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It was a pleasure to join @TheDemocrats first official forum for DNC Chair candidates earlier today where I shared my vision to Unite, Fight, and Win for the Democratic Party.

If you weren't able to watch, here's what you missed 🧵 I talked about how I will begin an audit of existing consultant contracts on Day One.

I’ll work with DNC members to set a new policy–our contracts should be based on results and our values instead of “who knows who.” 

No automatic renewals and no back-door deals. It’s time to clean house.

On this last day of 2024, look over the horizon: Trump’s inauguration is in 20 days. The DNC chair election is in 32 days. And the most important election of the spring, the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, is in 91 days. Are you ready? 🧵 At @WisDems, we’re getting ready for a Supreme Court race that’ll define the future of freedom and democracy in 2024’s closest state. If you can chip in now, you’ll help us spread the word that the Democratic Party looks out for all Wisconsinites. Chip in:
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The Trump storm is coming. And suddenly it’s very, very important that we’ve elected people who believe in democracy, freedom, and the plight of working people at the state level. 🧵 I’m going to dig in on the Wisconsin story. But before I do: electing candidates who believe in freedom, democracy, and working people is what @WisDems does. With your help, we’ll keep driving our year-round, grassroots organizing. Can you help?
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It’s a tale as old as kleptocracy: Trump ran a campaign of division and fake populism.

Now, he’s appointing a cabinet of billionaires and gearing up to rip off everyone who can’t afford a Mar-a-Lago membership. 🧵 This is always the con. The far-right candidate campaigns on a message to working folks that they understand their economic pain, and some voters, desperate for change, believe them.

If we’re going to take on Trump, Republican extremists, and move our country forward, the Democratic Party needs to be stronger. I'm running for Chair of the Democratic National Committee to unite the party, fight everywhere, and win. Join me. 🧵 The soul of the Democratic Party is the fight for working people. Ours is the party that built the middle class, that won breakthroughs on civil rights, women's rights, workers' rights, freedom and opportunity for all—and has so much more to do.

As we celebrate this Thanksgiving weekend with our loved ones, we have a lot to be thankful for, a lot to breathe through—and a lot coming that requires us to get ready. 🧵 Today is our end of month deadline. One thing I’d be thankful for: your help by donating to @WisDems, as we gear up for our pivotal spring Supreme Court election. Our end-of-Nov goal: 100 donations by midnight. Can you be one of them? Chip in here:
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The first critical election of the new Trump era is just 132 days from now: Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race. 🧵 This week, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin endorsed Judge Susan Crawford, the one pro-freedom, pro-democracy candidate. We’re in the fight. Join us.

As we enter a harrowing new chapter in American life, remember this: we are stronger than we think. 🧵 Before I dig in here, let me flag: donating to WisDems funds our year-round organizing and communication work—critical for elections here, including the state Supreme Court, in less than six months. Can you chip in?
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Here’s what happened in Wisconsin. And a note of gratitude. 🧵 On Election Day, I thought we were winning the presidential race.

We came up short. Losing was a gut punch. Enormous peril lies ahead.

As we prepare for what’s next, we also have to find space for curiosity about what just happened.

Just crunched some numbers.

Turnout generally dropped nationwide. But battleground states had slightly *higher* turnout among eligible voters than 2020—and a smaller-than-avg swing towards Trump.

Wisconsin had the highest turnout rise in the nation: +1.3% of eligible voters.🧵 The data here come from @ElectProject: election.lab.ufl.edu/2024-general-e…

Crunched in this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Some big states are still counting ballots, so left CA, WA, DC, MD, and OR out of this calculation.

Included AZ and NV even though they're still counting.

The red wave hit this year: a ~6% national swing to Trump, from 2020 margins.

In Wisconsin, thousands of heroes pulled the swing down to 1.5%. More D votes statewide & in 46 counties. Tammy Baldwin won. Huge wins in the state legislature.

Deeply grateful to all—it mattered.
🧵 This is a perilous moment, and a frightening one. Especially for the people in communities whose freedoms, livelihoods, and safety are now threatened by an emboldened, unfettered Trump and the extremists around him.

We fought to prevent this. We came up short.

Before Walz took the stage in Milwaukee tonight, I got a call from a number unlike any I'd ever seen. It ended with four zeroes. I picked it up.

It was Joe Biden. 🧵 The President was calling to say thanks—to all of us in Wisconsin who've been working our hearts out to make this moment possible.

If you're reading this, that might very well include you.

Five days left, here’s the state of the race in Wisconsin. 🧵 TL;DR
- Polls: tied
- Early vote: huge
- Ground game: Dem dominance
- Ads: Dem edge
- Vibes: Dem edge

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Ten days left.

Explosive turnout for Early Vote.

Tied polls.

Dire warnings.

Jubilant crowds.

An emotional roller coaster. How could there not be? 🧵 In these moments, focus on the next thing you can do. It’s the closest elections where resources matter most in the final stretch.

And this is the closest the polls have ever been.

Can you chip in to help WisDems tip toss-up Wisconsin to Harris-Walz?
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