Amy McGrath
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Mom of Teddy, George, and Ellie. Wife of Erik. Former Marine F/A-18 pilot. Proud American. Proud Kentuckian.
Ft. Mitchell, KY
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I’m running to replace Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Senate. Everything that’s wrong with Washington had to start somewhere—it started with him. With your help, we can defeat Mitch and defend democracy. Join us:
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Mitch McConnell has been in office since I was 9 years old. We need term limits.
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It’s just sickening what Mitch McConnell is doing to our democracy.
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I'd rather defeat Mitch and drain the swamp.
Amy McGrath now qualifies for July’s Democratic presidential debate
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A Democrat defeated one of the most unpopular Republicans in the country in a statewide election in Kentucky.
This year, it was Matt Bevin. Next year, it'll be Mitch McConnell.
Join our team 👇🏻
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Hours after the El Paso shooting, Mitch McConnell proudly tweeted this photo. I find it so troubling that our politics have become so nasty and personal that the Senate Majority Leader thinks it's appropriate to use imagery of the death of a political opponent (me) as messaging.
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At the end of the first day of my kids being out of school after our attempts at “homeschooling”... my conclusion... teachers are superheroes. The end.
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Since McConnell first went to DC to join the swamp, I’ve
✅Graduated from the
@NavalAcademy
✅Joined
@USMC
✅Flew fighter jets
✅Served in Iraq & Afghanistan
✅Served in the Pentagon
✅Got married & had 3 kids
Now I'm running for Senate to defeat Mitch.
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American servicemembers are being targeted with Russian bounties. As a Marine, I'm disgusted that nothing's been done about it. Mitch, you get regular security briefings. What did you know and when did you know it?
Man up and tell the truth.
#MoscowMitch
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It’s clear now more than ever, Mitch McConnell has broken our system and put our democracy and our nation in peril.
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Hey
@TuckerCarlson
, I’ve logged 20 years in the Corps, 2000 flight hours, 3 combat tours, 3 kids delivered on active duty. How about you?
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(1/7) I'm humbled that KY Democrats have nominated me to take on Mitch McConnell in November, and I can't wait to get started to send him into retirement.
Thank you to this team. Without you, we wouldn’t be getting ready to give Mitch the fight of his political life.
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Sen. McConnell is going away for a long weekend without considering legislation to curb this public health crisis. In the Navy, the captain doesn’t leave the bridge when the ship is under duress. It’s a pretty basic leadership principle.
Mitch McConnell is taking a 3-day weekend during a pandemic.
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When I was 13 years old, I wrote my Senator—I wanted to be a fighter pilot, but women weren’t allowed to do that. Mitch McConnell never wrote back, and I know I’m not the only Kentuckian he’s ignored in his years in Washington. Let’s defeat him together:
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Mitch voted at least four times AGAINST pay raises for our troops, while voting for pay raises for himself. Mitch doesn’t represent Kentucky. He represents himself and special interests.
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Congrats to
@JoeBiden
for winning the electoral college and the popular vote. Now, let’s get rid of the electoral college.
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Maybe we need to take away General Flynn's rank and pension from Uncle Sam. He took the 5th when asked whether he believed in a peaceful transfer of power. Maybe the US government (that he wanted to overthrow) should not still be paying him.
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We're facing a national crisis.
There's nothing funny about 214,000 Americans dying.
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I wrote to Sen. McConnell when I was 13, asking him to change the law so that women could be fighter pilots.
He didn't reply.
I became the first woman Marine to fly a combat mission in an F/A-18.
How it started How it’s going
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Vote like our democracy depends on it. Because it does.
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Thank you for your endorsement.
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First Black Female tactical jet pilot in the Navy - awesome!
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When you can't run on your record, this is all you got.
@barrforcongress
I sat on a runway on Sept 11 with missiles strapped to my F-18 awaiting POTUS orders to shoot down civilian aircraft to defend our homeland. What sacrifice have you ever made for our country over your party?
My opponent is a radical progressive who will serve as a rubber stamp for the Democrats' agenda. Simply put, she's too liberal for Kentucky. Watch my new ad now!
#KY06
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If I got this done with the first debate, wonder what I could do with a second.
McConnell said today he will bring the Senate Republican COVID-19 relief package back up for a vote in the Senate Monday, after spending last night getting criticized by McGrath for not doing enough to get a covid relief bill passed.
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Is this the country we want to live in? That whoever is in power in any given year can simply rewrite the rules that we’ve followed for a few hundred years? Mitch McConnell is destroying our democracy. Right now. Today. He must be defeated.
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Senator McConnell says he’s done a great job on COVID. What would a BAD job look like?
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FWIW - At least 2 million military personnel, diplomats, US citizens overseas and their families vote by mail every year. I voted by mail for 24 years while in the military. It works just fine. America, we can do this, and in 2020, we should do this.
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By the time one reaches the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, you take the oath five times to support and defend the Constitution of the US against all enemies, foreign and domestic—not to defend a political party nor a president. It’s an oath to defend the nation.
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I've been looking forward to tomorrow for the last four years.
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(1/2) On September 11, 2001, I was sitting in the cockpit of a fighter jet at the end of the runway 24L in Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in Southern California, awaiting orders to engage any aircraft that might be en route to another attack.
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A detailed analysis on Mitch McConnell’s health care plan:
He doesn’t have one.
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Dear
@tedcruz
- you have no idea what being a warrior is all about.
Signed, all women who have worn the uniform to protect your right to be an ass.
Holy crap.
Perhaps a woke, emasculated military is not the best idea....
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Mitch had no problem ramming through trillions in tax cuts for millionaires, but when it comes to helping Kentucky families, he's suddenly worried about the budget.
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Anyone else get hardly any sleep last night but woke up feeling really good this morning?
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This is the first international crisis in 100 years in which no one in the world is looking to the United States for leadership.
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It is just a damned shame in this country that a US Army LtCol who told the truth feels forced to resign while a political operative who lied to federal officials gets his sentence commuted. Truth, justice and the American way... not so much this week.
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It's been 100 days and Mitch refuses to investigate reports that Russia placed bounties on American service members. He doesn’t care about our troops. Just himself and his rich donors.
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Why is Mitch pushing for this SCOTUS nomination? Because he’s trying to take away your health care.
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It’s been 6 hours since I announced that I’m running for Senate, and Mitch McConnell is already lying about me and my record. This isn’t new—this is how McConnell operates after 34 years running the swamp. Let’s fight back ➡️
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Mitch abandoned bipartisan work on the COVID-19 bill, then tried to pass a no-strings attached corporate bailout that didn't sufficiently help health care workers, first responders, and working class families. Focus on the PEOPLE,
@senatemajldr
, not Wall Street.
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While Mitch tries to slam through a Supreme Court nomination, 1.4 million Americans filed jobless claims last week. He cares about power, not people.
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My 6-yr old son wanted to go hiking today with just me. It was rainy and cold, but we went anyway. Packed our lunch and saw not a single other person on the trail. We loved every minute of it.
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Proud to say I kept my campaign promise to my kids. Introducing our newest addition to the family ... 8-week old Oscar!
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Covid relief sitting on your desk for 157 days.
Last week, Judge Barrett proved she has the deep legal expertise, judicial temperament, and intellectual horsepower that Americans deserve to have on the Supreme Court. The Senate will turn to her nomination as soon as it comes out of committee later this week.
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.
@senatemajldr
has no honor, no moral compass, no guiding principles other than sheer power for power’s sake... and he is, bit by bit, destroying our democracy.
He must be defeated. Kentucky, it’s on us. Let’s do it.
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“So Harris is still a senator. Pretty on brand for America to elect its first woman vice president and still make her do her old job too, and only pay her for one of them.” - Steven Colbert 😁
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Mitch McConnell has built a country where the rich and powerful can pay less in taxes than a Kentuckian who makes $20,000 a year. That's what happens when you look out for billionaires, donors, and lobbyists, instead of working Americans.
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If you honorably serve a full tour of duty in the armed forces, you should be granted US citizenship. It’s that simple.
Ramon Castro, a U.S. Marine veteran, is taking part in the ‘Walk the Line’ walk, a 2,000-mile trek along the U.S.-Mexican border, to protest deportation of veterans
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McConnell just confirmed a new Director of National Intelligence who has NO experience in intelligence and very little background at all in national security. Terrible, yet predictable.
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The pharmaceutical industry gave Mitch McConnell over a million dollars.
Now, he’s blocking action to lower drug prices for everyday Kentuckians.
#SenatorForSale
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When I was 13 years old, I wanted to be a fighter pilot, but women weren't allowed to do that. I wrote to my senator, but he ignored me. That senator was Mitch McConnell.
Nevertheless, I became a fighter pilot.
Has Mitch ever ignored you? Let me know:
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Reminder that one month ago Mitch decided it was better to shut down the Senate and take a long weekend instead of working to pass emergency legislation the nation needed. When every day mattered, he was AWOL.
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A unanimous vote to condemn white supremacy blocked by Mitch’s allies... Kentucky, please
#VOTE
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Everyone in line should be able to vote. We're also filing an injunction to keep the polls open in Jefferson County. Stay in line.
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Seriously? You just allowed $62.6 million to be raided directly from Ft. Campbell, one of the largest military bases in the country, harming military families.
Our nation must continue investing in the readiness and modernization of our military. Russia and China aren’t slowing down to wait for us. It would be a grave mistake if Democrats block the Senate from moving forward with defense funding legislation this week.
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We need a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
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...Says the man who stopped legislating a long time ago and won’t act on hundreds of bills that the House has passed. How about doing your job, for once?
Washington Democrats in the House and the Senate cannot simply stop legislating because of one hearing in the House. The American people deserve progress: Funding for the national defense. Key legislation to support our armed forces. The USMCA and the new jobs it would create.
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Too bad Mitch McConnell won’t allow a woman moderator at our debate...
The woman moderating the Jaime Harris Lindsay Graham debate is seriously good. Just. Hard. Core.
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Did I miss something or did we just find out that the Chair of the GOP House Oversight Cmte
@RepJamesComer
colluded with a Russian spy to try and impeach a US president? or was Comer just a useful idiot for Putin?
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“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."
RBG - you were an American patriot. Rest In Peace.
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In the past three years, more kids have been killed in school shootings in our country than American military troops have been killed in combat over the same time period.
Young military hopefuls are willing to go to war for their country.
Instead, many are losing their lives in school shootings
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If you’re a billionaire coal baron, Mitch McConnell pushes for your wife to be UN ambassador.
If you’re a sick coal miner trying to get Congress to fully fund the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, he gives you less than 10 minutes of his time after a 10 hour bus ride.
#KYSen
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Who was president in 2019 again?
61 percent of workers report living paycheck-to-paycheck in Biden's America
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This is a great day for our democracy. Congrats to
@ReverendWarnock
! Looking good for
@ossoff
. It’s so critically important for our country that McConnell is NO LONGER the majority leader. 🇺🇸
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I am shocked and saddened by the actions of the protesters in Frankfort today. Never did I think I would see this type of behavior on our Capitol lawn. Today’s events should be condemned by every Kentuckian and American. Kentucky is better than this. I stand with our Governor.
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We will pass it next year after McConnell is out.
In December John Lewis presided over House vote to restore Voting Rights Act. Bill has been sitting on McConnell's desk for 225 days. Best way to honor Lewis is for Congress to revive law he devoted his life to & call it John Lewis Voting Rights Act
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Mitch McConnell on TV: “What I want to do is spend our time accomplishing things for the American people.”
Mitch McConnell in the real world:
Just a quick reminder about all the bills Mitch McConnell is still blocking.
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I voted by mail for 24 years in the military. It works just fine. VOTE!
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We’re a few weeks from the end of 2019 and there are still more than 400 House-passed bills sitting on your desk...
We’re a few weeks from the end of 2019 and Congress is feeling the impact from months of Democrat heel-dragging. The impeachment obsession has brought us into December with core, routine governing duties still unfulfilled. It is past time to get serious and pass these key bills.
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Hope over fear. Country over party. People over politics. U.S. over B.S.
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Hey Tulsi, I realize you didn't deploy to Afghanistan.
But I did twice and I can tell you that our NATO brothers and sisters were right there alongside us for two decades.
Tulsi on NATO: They expect us to put up the lives of my brothers and sisters in uniform to protect them when they are not even willing to do that for themselves.
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Can any lawyers out there explain to me how a case can get all the way to the Supreme Court without someone doing basic fact checking on the credibility of the plaintiff’s actual claim?
WaPo confirms The New Republic: One of the central figures at the heart of the LGBTQ+ rights case out of Colorado that the Supreme Court ruled on this week was a fabrication.
"The court filing in Stewart's name has left many baffled, including Stewart himself, who said he was…
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Leadership is not only acknowledging the brutal facts but having the courage to stand alone and make the tough decisions, with heart, even when you might suffer for it. You can't BS sailors. They also know real leadership when they see it.
These sailors know their Skipper sacrificed his career to get their sick shipmates evacuated to safety. They appreciate their leader.
Listen to this send off.
CAP-TAIN CRO-ZIER!
CAP-TAIN CRO-ZIER!
CAP-TAIN CRO-ZIER!
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We'll never be able to make progress in this country with Mitch McConnell in the Senate. Over his 34-year career in Washington, he's reveled in his ability to obstruct even the most common sense measures. We can't stand for kicking the can down the road any longer.
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I’m tired of the fear mongering Mitch has normalized in the Senate chambers. The only way to end it is to vote him out.
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Our coal miners risked their lives to fuel our country—but Mitch McConnell would only give a group of them with black lung disease a scant minute when they rode 10 hours to visit him in Washington. My question for McConnell: Which side are you on?
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A gentleman approached me in the gym today. He said he was a retired Army First Sergeant with a son in the Air Force.
He told me I was the first candidate he ever donated to.
I said, “Thank you. Me too.”😁
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After a scorching backlash Mitch is pretending he doesn't actually think - and didn't say - that states should go bankrupt rather than get desperately-needed federal aid. You’re trying to gaslight us yet again Mitch. Play the tape.
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Let's be very clear here: Mitch McConnell is blocking responsible election security measures that the House already passed. No matter how much he complains from his perch on the Senate floor, that’s the reality of the situation.
Have not seen McConnell this angry in public in some time - now on floor defending his decision to block election security bills last week when Ds tried to bring it up by UC
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Sen. McConnell is personally holding up relief aid to Kentucky.
What would Kentucky look like if Mitch used his power for good?
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This is what betrayal looks like.
Picture from Syria’s Ras al-ayn following Turkish airstrikes, broadcasted on Turkish TV
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McConnell makes the Senate wait until Monday to vote because he took a long weekend.
Boy, I’m glad he never signed up as a first responder.
Dems are calling on McConnell to bring Senate back ASAP. Why?
Next vote, on a motion to proceed to FISA, isn’t scheduled till 530pm Monday. Any senator can object to to speeding things up on FISA, as well as the coronavirus bill, meaning it might take days till a final vote.
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Welcome back to work 🙄
It is my intention that the Senate will not adjourn until we have passed significant and bold new steps, above and beyond what the House passed, to help our strong nation and our strong underlying economy weather this storm.
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I know a little something about dogfighting 🛦
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This is a huge national security risk.
Trump insists he’s “allowed” to take foreign money to pay his bond
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I’m so proud of what this grassroots campaign achieved. This race was never about me - or Mitch McConnell - it was about Kentuckians. The legacy of this campaign will be that we don’t have to accept politics as usual. I look forward to building a better future for Kentucky.
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My faith taught me the importance of service to others. That’s why I joined the military and why I’m running for Senate.
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It's symptomatic of what is wrong with our system. I'm fine with the ordinary rough and tumble of politics, but this strikes me as beyond the pale.
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This epidemic of gun violence is only going to be addressed by fundamentally changing our government—electing people who can’t be bought off by the gun lobby. Mitch McConnell will never meaningfully address this crisis, even though there are measures many gun owners support.
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Mitch still has not said when he knew about Russia putting bounties on the heads of American service members.
Sure would be nice if we had a Senator who would stand up for our troops overseas and hold Russia accountable.
#MoscowMitch
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My fellow Americans - we must not only vote this election but make sure that all our friends and family vote. Help them to register. Help them to get their ballots. Step up now. Our nation’s democracy depends on it.
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You worked overtime to pass tax cuts for the rich 3 years ago. You waited 2 months to start working on another COVID relief bill. Benefits for real people are expiring TOMORROW. Nope, it's not time for a long weekend.
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I know this is going to be a tough fight—Mitch literally invented modern negative campaigning and he’s got $7M in the bank to spend on it.
We’re building a grassroots movement to defeat Mitch and defend democracy. Can you chip in?
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