I am proud to endorse
@BernieSanders
for President of the United States.
After three years of Trump, Wisconsinites want someone who they can trust with values they share.
Bernie never stopped fighting for working families & I am joining him in the fight to defeat Donald Trump.
I was with
@JamaalBowmanNY
in Israel/Palestine a few years back. We weren’t allowed through a checkpoint in Hebron. Very young men with guns asked if we were Jewish or Muslim. Tense as they refused to answer questions. Guessing kids with guns as security is bad idea period. True.
An outrageous lie from
@RepBowman
: "Myself, as a sitting member of Congress, could not walk through certain checkpoints in the West Bank because I wasn't Jewish!" There isn't a single checkpoint like this. He hates the Jews so much. He really does.
What
@AIPAC
doesn’t tell you is they raise money from big Republican donors & spend it in Democratic primaries against Democrats. It’s a cynical, undemocratic strategy. And since they clearly don’t care about dead, kids, it’s all about backing a conservative Netanyahu position.
Got to admit,
@MarkPocan
is a hypocrite.
Singling AIPAC out for doing the exact same thing PACs supporting him do.
Surely, for the sake of consistency, he will condemn them too and return the six-figures he took from those PACs last cycle, right?
The truth:
@AIPAC
is a conservative org, raising money from rich Republicans & tries to buy Democratic primaries with it. It distorts campaign finance law in the worst way. Their big money influence is toxic to democracy. Forget what they claim, look at their record. Toxic money.
AIPAC supports candidates of all races, genders, or backgrounds—including progressive women of color—who support a strong U.S.-Israel alliance.
We oppose anti-Israel candidates, no matter their race, gender, or background.
Because I’m not a bought-and-paid-for monkey like you want me to be,
@AIPAC
I’ve already said it many times. Likely will again.
I just don’t say it when you tell me to.
So strange how free elected officials can be when they aren’t purchased by conservative groups like you.
Big thanks for a great job done by
@AOC
@RepAOC
on our amendment to cut the Pentagon budget by 10%! Watch it and learn why we need to reduce their excessive, unaudited spending. (I got called to the White House and AOC took the lead and crushed it!)
Impossible. I get
@IsraeliPM
wanting to go after Hamas. But international standards must apply, protection of innocents must be respected, and unrealistic demands like moving 1.1 million people in 24 hours is ridiculous. Israel will lose public support & hurt innocent people.
BREAKING: Israel’s military has directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people, within 24 hours, according to a U.N. spokesman.
This is a really powerful video about
@RonJohnsonWI
charging taxpayers for his private flights to Florida for visits to his vacation estate. THIS is what RoJo is all about. Vote
@TheOtherMandela
!
Today, we face a critical moment.
We can accept a status quo that works for the wealthy & powerful.
Or we can move forward with a vision built on the needs of working people everywhere.
Vote like the future of our nation depends on it. Because it does.
Vote
@BernieSanders
.
Hey
@AIPAC
, how come a leader of Hamas can be strategically taken out in Beirut by a drone, but Gaza is in rubble? And now famine threatening?
Can you say “collective punishment” yet to the 22,000 dead’s families and friends?
PS Use that campaign cash to buy a conscience. ☮️
UN warns Gaza is now ‘uninhabitable’ as war continues
Humanitarian chief fears ‘famine is around the corner’ with 85% of population displaced and more than 20,000 dead
Reminder, it’s not just
@realDonaldTrump
who lost today. We’re also saying goodbye to Bill Barr, Betsy DeVos, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, Eugene Scalia, Ben Carson, Jared Kushner, Steven Miller, as well as Don Jr., Eric, and Ivanka. Today is a good day!
Stopping “collective punishment” bombing means thousands of kids stay alive. How terribly unreligious of a position by
@AIPAC
. Thanks for pulling the mask off.
Progressives united to defeat Donald Trump. 💪💪💪
Proud to work alongside
@PramilaJayapal
every day and excited stand with her in the fight for working people to ensure
@BernieSanders
is our next president!
I'm all in for
@BernieSanders
for President! Bernie has the bold passion, authenticity & clarity that working people across this country desperately need.
We are building the progressive movement that will bring justice & opportunity & transform our country. Join us!
By killing children before they could potentially become a terrorist? That, in and of itself, IS terrorism. Killing kids is NEVER OK. Excuse time is over. Accountability time is here.
Our race has been called! Thank you WI-02, representing you in Congress has been an honor. I look forward to continuing to fight for you in Washington!
My new colleague is classless. I hope she decides to be more professional when she gets sworn in. So far, she’s off to an awful start. You were elected to be a member of Congress not a spokesperson for QAnon lunatics. Try growing the f up, please.
AIPAC endorsed scores of Jan 6th insurrectionists. They are no friend to American democracy.
They are one of the more racist and bigoted PACs in Congress as well, who disproportionately target members of color.
They are an extremist organization that destabilizes US democracy.
I can’t believe this is still up for debate. But we have reached FAMINE in Gaza.
According to Oxfam, the average daily caloric intake in Gaza today is only 250 calories.
This. Must. Stop.
Anyone of good conscience must speak out and act. That includes
@POTUS
.
Getting attacked twice in one-day yesterday by
@AIPAC
tells be they are feeling the heat about their toxic money gaining traction.
Raising dark money from big GOP donors & spending disingenuously in Dem primaries is toxic. Because it is.
Don’t let elections become auctions. 🇺🇸
Came to Las Vegas for the magic and stayed for the movement. ✊
So excited to be making my first stop for
@BernieSanders
in Nevada today.
Together, we're making sure the voices of working families are heard from coast to coast.
#Bernie2020
Voted NO on the $17 billion dollar package for Netanyahu and Israel. No humanitarian aid. No restrictions on collective punishment. No requirements for rights for Israelis and Palestinians.
No more of the same. No.
@RepMTG
I nominate this post as the dumbest of the day. At some point, you are just the congressional equivalent of the old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn.
My bad.
@AIPAC
has no conscience. When you raise conservative money from big Republican donors & spend it in Democratic primaries, disingenuously, there is no conscience or moral compass. You’re just one of the conservative special interests that pollutes DC. Toxic dark money.
Morally confused
@MarkPocan
keeps deflecting blame from Hamas instead of unequivocally blaming Hamas.
Try saying this to clear your conscience:
Hamas brought death and destruction to Gaza by starting this war and hiding among civilians. It must surrender & release the hostages.
Thank you,
@AIPAC
, for giving me another chance to tell everyone that you are not a regular PAC like nurses, but instead a conservative dark money PAC that raises its money from Trump donors & spends disingenuously in Dem primaries. Bottom feeders not nurses. Your lies don’t work
Big FEC filing day for
@MarkPocan
.
Has he announced his press conference to return the 66 checks, refund $123,300, and condemn his top supporters?
And that’s just this cycle.
Toxic hypocrisy.
Even more, revealing…
@AIPAC
is a conservative, dark money group that spends money from Republican donors disingenuously in Democratic primaries. They skirt campaign finance law in the sleaziest way. Their money should be toxic to whoever takes it. Pass it on.
(Busted
@AIPAC
!)
Well, Wisconsin. You could have had two Senators in the Majority. Now you have one. At least
@SenatorBaldwin
is used to doing the work of two people. Congrats Senate Dems for maintaining and possibly growing the Majority in the Senate!
How do I know Tim Michels is from Connecticut? Because he thinks you can get from Madison to Kenosha in 90 minutes. I grew up there. It’s not 90 minutes away. Spend some time in our state, Tim, before your run for Governor. Vote
@Tony4WI
I'm coming to Iowa!
This weekend, I'll be coming down to campaign for our next president,
@BernieSanders
.
I'm kicking it off in Cedar Falls, joining
@AOC
&
@MMFlint
for a Town Hall, then 5 more stops across the state.
Join our movement! ✊👇
I agree with
@AOC
. 12 workers have been fired for possible involvement out of 13,000 employees.
And
@UNRWA
feeds 1.2 million people a day, as well as helps distribute aid now to all Palestinians in need.
Aid needs to be restored now to help the displaced millions in Gaza.
Cutting off support to
@UNRWA
- the primary source of humanitarian aid to 2 million+ Gazans - is unacceptable.
Among an organization of 13,000 UN aid workers, risking the starvation of millions over grave allegations of 12 is indefensible.
The US should restore aid immediately.
Messina lies off the bat here, saying that "not one single swing state member of the House and Senate has endorsed Bernie."
@MarkPocan
and
@IlhanMN
have endorsed Bernie and are in swing states.
Big night in Wisconsin last night. Two out-of-touch, multi-millionaires won the GOP nominations for Governor (Tim Michels) & U.S. Senate (Ron Johnson). Michael’s is from out-of-state, Johnson from out-of-planet. Time to put
#PeopleOverPolitics
. Support
@Tony4WI
@TheOtherMandela
@neeratanden
Please clarify. You are not taking issues like Medicare for All or Green New Deal, are you? Because in every exit poll they do extremely well. Can you please clarify?
No question the attack was horrific. But your justification for killing 4000 kids is equally barbaric. The fact you’re ok with killing innocent Palestinians in Gaza in retribution, rather than attacking Hamas, is inhumane. A soulless AI bot must be writing these tweets.
@AIPAC
In 2019, Liz Cheney decried Democrats as “the party of anti-Semitism, the party of infanticide, the party of socialism.” In 2020, she said Kamala Harris "sounds like Karl Marx." Cheney's rhetoric has often been more vitriolic than Trump's. She's no hero.
Once again,
@AIPAC
lies.
I don’t want Hamas to stay armed or in power. Unlike Netanyahu, or apparently AIPAC, collective punishment of all Palestinians could make this a regional war that empowers Hamas. What an awful idea.
How about let’s stop killing kids & try for peace?
For everyone’s sake,
@MarkPocan
, stop calling to let Hamas stay armed and in power, able to fulfill its promise to repeat October 7 again and again.
For a better future for Israelis and Palestinians - for peace to be possible - Hamas must be destroyed.
#FreeGazaFromHamas
Ridiculous! Any church that decides to be this overtly political is making a case against their tax exempt status. Political organizations are not tax exempt. This organization has to decide what it is, religious or political.
Every Catholic pastor in WI should have done what my pastor did—and put a message in the bulletin about our Supreme Court race. THANK YOU, Fr. Brian!
#VoteLikeThereIsAHeaven
Here’s Kim Guilfoyle speaking at an indoor event in South Dakota, no masks in sight, that was also attended by Kristi Noem the day before it was announced Guilfoyle tested positive for Covid (video from Facebook)
BREAKING: House GOP just quietly submitted an amendment to increase Pentagon spending by $25 BILLION.
That would bring our defense budget to $778 BILLION.
They want billions more for war even as we WITHDRAW FROM AFGHANISTAN.
We HAVE TO stop this amendment. Please share this.
@BernieSanders
Bernie has already proven he's got what it takes to win Wisconsin. In 2016, he won:
✅ 71/72 counties
✅ 73% of young voters
✅ 72% of independents
✅ A majority of women voters
✅ A majority of union voters
And in 2020 we'll make sure he wins again.
@RepMTG
@Riley_Gaines_
Marjorie‘s favorite pressure points – trans people, African-Americans, young people with values. If Marjorie wasn’t such a snowflake, she might actually have a conversation with them and learn something. Instead, she demagogues and breeds hate. Want to bet she’s fundraising also?
Sorry
@NoLabelsOrg
, but you are a con. I joined, thinking it made sense to work across party lines. But when I asked who funded you, you said I could quietly be removed as a member. There’s something completely scammy about that. So glad I got the hell out. No labels = no values.
.
@AIPAC
’s call for ending Hamas is code for its ok to kill Palestinian kids. 4500 so far. Pathetic.
The Hamas attack was horrific & Israel has a right to respond to Hamas. The Netanyahu govt (who you make daily excuses for) is collectively punishing 2.3 million. That’s inhumane.
Accusing Americans’ support for Israel as being “equally barbaric” as Hamas’ massacre is a grotesque libel,
@MarkPocan
.
Soulless is Hamas deliberately putting kids in danger to get you to condemn Israel.
Instead of falling for their despicable tactics, call to destroy Hamas.
So I hope your corporate funders never audit your books w/ bad math like this. Clearly there were more candidates total dividing the vote, w/ very strong turnout overall. So sorry for your establishments chums when
@BernieSanders
wins, they’ll have to treat workers more fairly.
Four years ago, Bernie Sanders won 151,584 votes in the NH primary—his best primary state in total votes and winning percentage other than VT.
Last night he eked out just 72K votes. But MoMENtuM???
Look closely: it's moving in the wrong direction. 🧐
#thread
Time for
@AIPAC
to address their skirting campaign finance laws by raising big dark money from Republicans & spending it in Dem primaries against Dems.
Elections aren’t auctions. Unless you are
@AIPAC
.
Sounds like toxic money candidates should avoid to me. Lose votes w/ it. 🤮
Rape is abhorrent. Whether committed by Hamas or whitewashed by former Israeli administration officials.
Now you do the murder of 10,000 children. Surely, you can admit that’s bad? Right,
@AIPAC
? Right??
I am pleased to endorse
@TheOtherMandela
for the U.S. Senate. Now more than ever, we need elected officials who will put people over politics. And Wisconsin needs 2 working U.S. Senators. I am confident Mandela Barnes is the right person to beat Ron Johnson in November.
What
@AIPAC
purposely fails to mention is they also support 100 election deniers and 200 anti-choice incumbents, in addition to spending money against some Dems for other Dems, yet have the audacity to call that spending “on behalf of Dems”. Toxic money. Conservative dark money.
The same tired lies from
@JamaalBowmanNY
.
AIPAC is the top fundraiser for Democrats and Black members of Congress.
We proudly endorse progressive leaders, including progressive women of color, who support a strong U.S.-Israel alliance. And we oppose those who don't, like you.
I voted FOR aid to Ukraine & AGAINST offensive weapon aid to Netanyahu.
Unfortunately, he has proven to not have United States interest in mind in his punishment of Gaza, fighting a two-state solution, denying famine exists, & more. He doesn’t serve peace or Israel well. ☮️🇮🇱🇵🇸
I spoke on the House Floor against giving Benjamin Netanyahu a blank check for more offensive weapons to continue his indiscriminate bombing campaign in Gaza.
2 groups put millions into individual Dem primaries for Congress, spending more than the candidates themselves. Cryptocurrency &
@AIPAC
. The Crypto mastermind was just convicted.
@AIPAC
wants you to think their big GOP money in Dem races is normal. Bull. It’s toxic to democracy.
AIPAC raised more for Democrats last cycle than any other PAC in America.
If you're not going to be honest at least be consistent,
@MarkPocan
.
Why are you singling AIPAC out for doing the same thing PACs supporting you do?
When will you also condemn them and return the money?
If you’ve seen me post on
@AIPAC
day after day, but not really sure who this shadowy conservative dark money group is, watch this video and learn more. In my opinion, their big money approach towards campaigns threatens democracy.
We're still waiting on the results for Iowa, but we're not done fighting.
Whatever happens tonight, our movement is stronger, bigger & ready to beat Donald Trump in November.
It's time for a president that fights for all of us.
It's time for
@BernieSanders
.
If we didnt have a political class (establishment) we'd have cheaper prescription drugs, healthcare as a human right, and no more endless wars.
But we do.
I was glad to help lead 40 members of Congress today in writing the President to stop arms transfers to Israel and protect aid workers in Gaza.
Enough is enough.
Thanks to
@RepMcGovern
and
@janschakowsky
for leading the letter with me.
☮️🇮🇱🇵🇸
The Israeli airstrike that killed seven
@WCKitchen
aid workers, including an American citizen, was absolutely horrifying and unacceptable.
Today, I called on the Biden Admin to withhold offensive arms transfers to Israel with
@RepMcGovern
,
@Janschakowsky
and 37 other colleagues.
For some of you who don’t know who
@AIPAC
is, here’s a shot of their website. Did I mention they also endorsed over 100 people who supported overturning state’s electoral college votes to keep Trump President in early 2021? And then there is the GOP dark money…
Sound fun, huh?
Today is the day. Polls are open til 8:00 pm. EVERY vote matters. And the future of Wisconsin is at stake. Please make a plan to vote TODAY!
@janetforjustice
Today would be a great day for
@AIPAC
to stop raising millions from Republicans & spending disingenuously in Dem primaries, at levels exceeding the spending of candidates themselves. (Leader of other group doing this was convicted.)
Elections aren’t auctions. Democracy matters.
I’ve called out the horrific attack by Hamas & the collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza by Israel. Done.
But
@AIPAC
, where is your respect for democracy in the US when you actively endorse insurrectionists? Some types of terrorism are ok? Just like kids deaths? Sad.🐘
If you,
@MarkPocan
, really cared about the children, Israeli or Palestinian, you wouldn’t be calling for an end to the fighting, you’d be calling for the end of Hamas.
PS - have you returned the PAC money yet?
Campaigning today for
@BernieSanders
in my home state of Wisconsin. First in Madison at
@OurRevolution
WI event, then in Milwaukee at a Bernie barnstorm. Ready to win it in Wisconsin!
Your turn
@DemMaj4Israel
. Do you think US tax dollars should go to demolishing houses in the West Bank? Do you think essentially imprisoning people in Gaza leads to a safer Middle East or does that radicalize starving people without clean water? Asking for a nation.
@SenSanders
Two questions for
@SenSanders
:
1. Did you know the U.S. already has a say in how its aid is used by Israel? See:
2. Do you believe U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority should pay special salaries & benefits to terrorists who murder Americans & Israelis?
Today
@JamaalBowmanNY
& I visited w/ Nasser of Susia in Palestine today to discuss Israeli settler violence to his village. We will be watching to make sure no violence occurs this weekend or anytime. Thanks
@jstreetdotorg
@BtSIsrael
!
@Israel
@IDF
He may be mega wealthy but ideas like this - firing half the teachers and doubling class sizes - are poor and intellectually despondent. Hoping richer ideas are on the horizon.
@BernieSanders
Little sisterish groups of
@AIPAC
are now running false & racially-charged ads against
@RashidaTlaib
.
We need to demand they take them down.
Lies and distortions won’t save the lives of children in Israel or Palestine. No member supports Hamas attacks. We need to be better.
We're airing a new TV ad in the Detroit area.
Democrats support Israel’s right to defend itself, but Rep.
@RepRashida
sides with those who want to destroy it.
Israelis & Palestinians deserve to live in peace, dignity, & security — that will never happen with Hamas in power.
How can sitting members of Congress act like it’s the 1950’s and it’s ok to be all KKK? Disgusting.
Hoping
@SpeakerJohnson
is planning on addressing this. Will be interesting to see what punishment is given. (High fives don’t count, in case you have to ask)
Nazis in Madison, Wisconsin are clearly a group of serious losers who want attention, but won’t take their masks off. Ridiculous a**holes of the highest magnitude. Small minds.
There’s no place for Nazis anywhere but in history books, so they never actually have power again.
One more stop for
#IowaForBernie
with
@RoKhanna
in Des Moines.
We have a chance to transform our nation, to remind those who have been forgotten that every voice matters. No one is left behind.
Iowans, if you don't know your caucus location, call 515-400-4924 to find it out!
@SenRonJohnson
Doesn’t that tell you something? The so-called “experts” you brought before your committee are crackpots to the rest of the knowledgeable world. Ron, I’m sending a pattern here. Maybe the problem is...you?
Just so there is no confusion,
@SpeakerRyan
may be from WI, but his tax plan benefits almost no one here (ultra rich excluded). This plan helps the Trump family, members of Mar-a-Lago, & the top 1%. Not Wisconsin values! Paul Ryan (R-Wall Street)
@IronStache
(D- WI)
False narrative. As cease-fire was ending without renewal, Hamas shot missiles into Israel that fortunately didn’t kill anyone. Awful.
To justify that with Israel randomly bombing Palestinians in Gaza as retribution is sick.
@AIPAC
cares about Netanyhu, not Israel or peace. ☮️
@realDonaldTrump
To manipulate words from a sitting congressperson to enrage your base and stoke division is beneath the dignity of your office, even for you. I miss when Presidents of both parties were statesmen and leaders, not tax cheats and obstructers.
#IStandWithIlhanOmar