🚨 🧵ALERT🧵 🚨
In Senate Rules today, we are hearing that Republicans are going to pass a constitutional amendment to say that Pennsylvanians have NO RIGHT to abortion. They want to put an extremist, outright abortion ban in our Constitution!
If they pass a ban this year, and then again in January - abortion could be totally illegal by this time next year.
Call your legislator and ask them to vote NO, and then donate to Democratic candidates who would never let this bill even be voted.
Pennsylvania state Rep. Stephanie Borowicz vows that she will never co-sponsor *any* legislation with a Democrat because everything they stand for is "vile [and] perverse": "They need to come a knowledge of their savior, Jesus Christ."
Today, we expect to hear a ruling from a federal judge to
#SeatBrewster
@brewster4senate
should have been seated one week ago.
Call your Senators & tell them you agree:
Here's how a constitutional amendment works:
Both chambers (which are Republican controlled) pass the bill in two consecutive sessions, and it NEVER has to go to the Governor's desk.
They use this to bypass a guaranteed veto on their far right legislation. ⬇️
Twitter, do your thing.
We’re the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Campaign Committee. We’re only 4 seats from flipping the Senate and putting an end to far right leadership in PA.
We’re 311 followers away from 2,000. Can you give us a RT and follow to help us
#TurnPABlue
?
The
@PA_SRCC
says we "can't be truly serious" and loan forgiveness is a "radical policy."
But was it radical policy when
@PASenateGOP
members had their PPP loans forgiven?
✨ A
@WhiteHouse
inspired thread 🧵
Seems like a PA Senate GOP staffer forgot to do his research. Let’s help him out!
2018: Rs lose 5 seats
2019: Rs lose 1 seat
2020: Rs post no gains
2020: Rs lose 1 more seat
The PA Senate GOP hasn’t had a winning cycle in *6 years*
We don’t envy the PA Senate Dems staffer tasked with attempting to make Tuesday look like a success. You can put lipstick on a pig, but at the end of the day it’s still a pig.
The bare minimum salary for a state legislator is $107,000 per year.
The bare minimum salary they set for you is $15,080 per year.
Senate Republicans are holding up your raise while they cash their own, year after year. After year. After year.
and if we send a Republican majority back to the PA Senate, we're going to continue to see them hold up every piece of legislation that would help working families. We need to flip the PA Senate, Trav.
BREAKING: Senator John Disanto (R) announces he will not seek re-election. Democratic Rep Patty Kim is running to replace him in seat now seen as more favorable to Democrats.
Pennsylvania is one of the only places in the country where you can be paid just $7.25 per hour. Everyone wants to change that - except Senate Republicans.
After decades of underfunding basic education, Senate Republicans are now suggesting that we decimate funding for higher education and send "poor kids" to the Army. An absolutely amoral position.
@nicole_ruscitto
Viewers will notice that Ruscitto's ad offers no citation for this supposed Devlin vote. That's because she's making this up. Most ads offer proof. She just makes stuff up.
Electing Democratic judges last month prevented Pennsylvania from what we're seeing in Texas with a woman appealing to receive essential care. Electing Democratic lawmakers ensures that no law ever gets between you and your doctor.
After a long day on the campaign trail yesterday,
@nicole_ruscitto
went to pick up dinner & was in a car accident when she swerved to avoid another car. Police came to the scene and thankfully, no one was hurt.
Thanks to everyone who checked in after hearing the news!
Democrats in Erie flipped a council seat, held 2 others, carried 3 statewide court races + 1 court of common pleas seat. This isn't a game, Danny. Erie is just tired of your party.
Yet another year when the PA Senate Republicans are stealing a raise from working people. For the 14th year in a row, minimum wage workers will see no increase even as every other state boosts their rate.
“I’m proud to endorse this diverse and hopeful collection of thoughtful, empathetic, and highly qualified Democrats.” Thank you, President Obama, for your endorsement of FIVE of our amazing candidates for State Senate!
We have to flip the Senate. There's no progress for Pennsylvanians with a Senate Republican majority in the way. We're ready for 2024, and we need you on our team.
We believe that you should be able to go to a parade
a movie
a synagogue
a school
a concert
a club
a picnic
without being the next victim of a mass shooting.
There have been 32,815 gun violence deaths in America so far this year.
Are Republicans doing anything to prevent that violence?
No, they’re raffling off semi automatic firearms at their political rallies headlined by right wing extremists.
First term
@SenatorSaval
's
#WholeHomeRepairs
program will be included in the
#PAbudget
at $125 million!
Good things happen when you send Democrats to Harrisburg. This November, send even more to the Capitol and see what they can accomplish.
Today, we expect to hear a ruling from a federal judge to
#SeatBrewster
@brewster4senate
should have been seated one week ago.
Call your Senators & tell them you agree:
Unless they make minimum wage
Or they want to access abortion care
Or they want protection from LGBTQ discrimination
Or they want tax credits for child care
Or they want clean air & water
But if they’re millionaire special interests, you definitely got their backs!
It’s always great to do my weekend
@Walmart
run after a busy week in Harrisburg. I love being able to see and hear from my constituents.
I will always have their backs!
Senator Devlin Robinson said a firefighter from Task Force One "looks like a d*ck," during a Senate hearing yesterday.
We deserve a Senator who respects our first responders. Not this.
Senate Republicans are happy to spend millions every year on their legal bills, but condemn $3m for young girls to have period products in school. Unconscionable!!
Under cover of night, when they thought nobody was watching, Doug Mastriano and his extremist Republican colleagues in the Senate passed a constitutional amendment banning abortion in Pennsylvania in committee ⬇️ 🧵
Did you know that private schools can reject students? Children with disabilities, who are gay, who have had an abortion - private schools can say no to teaching them.
Public schools teach and support every child.
But the GOP wants to give more $$$ to private ones.
It's a bittersweet day as our fearless leaders leave for new, exciting roles.
Our Exec Director
@melaniedrose
who led us to 2 successful cycles will head
@runforsomething
.
Our Deputy ED Taylor Brown will become
@nickmillerforpa
's Chief of Staff.
Thank you for everything! 💙
On the last day of Black History Month and the eve of Women’s History Month,
@Joanna4PA
has earned a major place in both celebrations.
She’s the first woman of color, and first woman at all, to become Speaker of the House.
CONGRATULATIONS 🎉
We will remember a legacy of infrastructure investment, capping drug places, taking on credit card junk fees, forgiving student debt, and the honesty & compassion with which
@JoeBiden
has acted every day of his public service. Thank you, Mr. President!
The Pennsylvania Senate is a NATIONAL priority to flip this year. State legislatures are too important to be left in the hands of Republicans, especially when your most basic rights are at stake.
Just saw the new
@Apple
iPhone commercial. Young girl, filming with phone, dressed suggestively, keying a car, trashing a room and so on. Pathetic promoting this is how a young women should act.
Just saw the new
@Apple
iPhone commercial. Young girl, filming with phone, dressed suggestively, keying a car, trashing a room and so on. Pathetic promoting this is how a young women should act.
No one has taken away your guns, no one has taken away your gas stove. But per usual, our friend Dan Laughlin is a bit *too online*
Your constituents are looking for more than tweets, Senator. When does that minimum wage bill run?
@PaSDCC
any Pa democrats want to weigh in? Let’s be clear folks, from the unconstitutional covid lockdowns to this, it’s always the same party taking your rights away. Gas stoves, guns, parental rights, no cash bail, take your pick. Always Dems.
84% of Pennsylvanians believe abortion should be legal, but Tracy voted to change our constitution to say we have "no rights related to abortion."
Is she *really* listening to constituents? Or is she just another extremist Republican pushing the rightwing agenda in Harrisburg?
Representative Tracy Pennycuick is the voice her community needs in the Senate. Her commitment to service and experience listening to constituents will help her when she's elected to the Senate.
Hey Senator Judy Ward, if this amendment "doesn't change anything" why do it at all? 🤨
Why amend it in the middle of the night?
Why use the constitutional amendment process to avoid a veto?
Us explaining that there are 3 Republican Senators in districts that
@JohnFetterman
and
@JoshShapiroPA
won last year.
Those 3 are up for election in 2024.
Scoop: A group of House Republicans are pushing to have Washington Dulles, DC’s main international airport, renamed — after Donald Trump
The bill’s being led by House GOP chief deputy whip Guy Reschenthaler & is co-sponsored by 6 other lawmakers
The one-two punch of the Trump presidency and Republican legislatures has led to the ban of abortion in 21 states.
Pennsylvania is not safe til we flip the Senate.
The down ballot draft on this conviction is going to be fun to watch. I predict the largest Republican turnout in decades. Every democrat on the ballot just shuddered. Come on folks, get in we’ve got a Democracy to save.
PA residents deserve is a democracy that works for everyone. 🗳️
#SB400
signals a departure from the outdated practice of closed primaries in Pennsylvania, promoting a more inclusive approach to elections.
Tonight,
@senatorlaughlin
voted against teachers, against public schools, and against our kids.
He supported a voucher plan hatched by Betsy DeVos and right wing special interests that would divert dollars from our public schools and hand them out to private ones.
If Democrats controlled the Senate, survivors would have the relief they've deserved for years.
Alas, Republican control means this bill will be stalled or turned into a cynical political ploy.
We don’t envy the PA Senate Dems staffer tasked with attempting to make Tuesday look like a success. You can put lipstick on a pig, but at the end of the day it’s still a pig.