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@UofHartford @Harvard educated Legislative Director. Former Democratic Candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.🇭🇹 🇺🇲 #RepBX
Aug 22, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
On this campaign we recognize that Florida is one of the leading aggressors against the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals and the Ag Commissioner has the power to shield our communities from these acts. Image Florida leads the nation in crafting these dangerous laws to distract the public from its lack of action on many critical, pressing issues that need to be resolved, with “culture war” issues demonizing LGBTQ+ individuals. Image
Sep 2, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Florida GOP is preparing a similar abortion bill like the one in Texas. Elections have consequences.
Dec 30, 2020 8 tweets 5 min read
The #2000StimulusChecks is not dead yet in the Senate. It's a difficult path but not impossible. Please keep calling your senators. McConnell blocked an up amd down vote, a voice vote today.
Negotiations are still ongoing.
McConnell expects to bring the #NDAA bill & Democrats 1️⃣ will object. Then McConnell will bring up S.5085 (still being written) which includes the $2k stimulus checks. Bill also includes a repeal of section 230 of the communications act and set up a commission to investigate the 2020 elections.
Democrats have a few options with 2️⃣
Jul 8, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
.@terrycrews the violence in Chicago has nothing to do with #BlackLivesMatter. That violence is a direct result of years of systematic racism that has denied educational, job opportunities to black people. It's compounded by decades of political corruption on all sides. 1️⃣ Corrupt white people have held power for too long. Good white folks decided it was best to mind their business & keep their heads down. Most back folks who made it out left because once you become a parent it's about only protecting your children. There are two Americas. 2️⃣
Apr 12, 2020 6 tweets 4 min read
.@USPS is the only organization in America mandated to prefund 15years of retirement money for its employees. Imagine hiring someone and after 3 months. You put 225K in a retirement account for them. #SaveUSPS This is an opportunity reverse the mandated requirement 4 @USPS. The bill ought to reverse ridiculous law & allow a loan fr retirement funds that can be repaid by the @USTreasury in the case of any National emergency. The repayment in full mandated at the end of such emergency
Mar 24, 2020 11 tweets 2 min read
Read the bill That is for the people and thank @SpeakerPelosi #ForThePeople
documentcloud.org/documents/6817… Increases the amount of money being offered to individuals to $1,500, and up to $7,500 for a family of five. The same GOP income thresholds in the GOP bill would apply — $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 for couples,
Dec 23, 2017 8 tweets 2 min read
For Haiti 14.3% of visas get granted for Haitian citizens one of the lowest in the world. The majority of the 15,000 citizens that entered the United States between 2015 and 2016 94% of them were tourist visa and have gone back to Haiti. If the president said Haitians have AIDS This is an assault against people that suffer from a deadly disease. More importantly it's an assault against every haitian-american, every Haitian in the world and the president needs to be educated on the roll Haiti s played in securing the United States independence.