I had the best time helping win back the VA House and keep the Senate, and now the fun continues!
📣 I'm so excited to join the
@DebbieforFL
team as comms director. Hit me up with your Miami recs and let's talk all things flipping Florida and holding Rick Scott accountable
When I first interviewed for my current job, I told
@HalaAyala
about how
@VP
's run for Senate inspired me to work in politics. Tonight onstage, she pulled her aside, told her my story, & pointed me out in the crowd. Work for women who uplift other women. That's all I have to say
In the last year, Democrats have flipped a Jacksonville mayoral seat, closed a Trump +17 gap to just 6 points in a Miami-Dade district, gathered enough signatures for an abortion ballot measure, and flipped a battleground state House seat.
Tell me again FL Dems aren't motivated.
A little bit of ~news~ for your Monday morning timelines — I'm so excited to be changing the game with the team at Mandela Barnes for Wisconsin as press secretary!
(As an aside: I am now also accepting any and all Midwest winter survival tips 🥶)
Happy first day of early vote!
Today, the son of a third shift auto worker and a public school teacher checked his own name on a ballot for U.S. Senator
#WiSen
✨Beyond proud to announce that today is my first day back at
@emilyslist
as deputy director of campaign communications!✨
If you know me, you know protecting choice and electing women are two of my biggest priorities. I'm so grateful to be in this fight with an incredible team.
I haven’t normally spoken up about Anti-Asian hate on here because I don’t want to take up space and I oftentimes feel like there are a lot of other really smart people who know more and can vocalize some of this more effectively than I ever could. 1/
NEW:
@TheOtherMandela
raises over $20 million in Q3.
He'll continue to build momentum and hold Ron Johnson accountable for his dangerous record of supporting abortion bans without exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
Some ~news~! Today is my last day with the amazing team at
@InvestNowUSA
. While I'll miss them dearly, I'm beyond thrilled to be joining team
@HalaAyala
as communications director!
We need more strong women of color in charge, and there is truly no one better than
@HalaAyala
"I'm not here to tell you it's going to be easy, but it wasn't easy 4 yrs ago when we got rid of Scott Walker with the highest midterm turnout in the history of the state. What I am here to tell you is that with your help, I promise you we will beat Ron Johnson."
@TheOtherMandela
Ma'am, your party introduced an infrastructure counter-proposal that cut $18 billion in funding for VA facilities so I'd sit this one out if I were you
The Biden defense budget will not provide our brave servicemembers with the resources they need.
Come on man, just give the military what they need to defend this country!
@POTUS
If anyone needed any indication of who I am as a person: I moved to Wisconsin today, and while I remembered to pack my house plants for the drive, I forgot to grab my parka — the ONE (1) thing I actually needed to survive a Midwest winter
Big endorsement alert! 🚨
From
@ValDemings
: “From her work keeping our communities safe to her leadership on health care and affordability, Debbie has proven time and time again that, unlike Rick Scott, she is a true champion for our communities."
Friendly reminder that research AND empirical evidence show that expanding UI benefits doesn't disincentivize work, and arguments that it does are predicated on racist stereotypes !
ICYMI:
@HalaAyala
on
@MSNBCweekends
this morning
"The Republican ticket has been using these dog whistles across the Commonwealth -- I'm sorry, I don't even know if you can call it a dog whistle when you can hear it"
Anti-choice Joe Morrissey has used Virginians' reproductive freedom as a bargaining chip to further his own political ambitions — but that stops today.
@EMILYsList
is proud to stand with
@PPAVirginia
and
@REPRORising_VA
to support
@LashrecseAird
, a senator Virginians can trust
Reminder that the Virginia Senate is at a 20-20 tie on the issue of abortion and the current Lt. Gov. has had to cast 2 tie-breaking votes on choice.
@HalaAyala
's opponent has said she'd vote for a Texas ban in Virginia.
Choice is on the ballot tomorrow.
I’m still in the process of learning that sharing my pain doesn’t negate or take away from anyone else’s experiences. I just came on here to say that I’m deeply sad but determined to keep fighting thanks to my AAPI heroes including
@yuhline
,
@PadmaKuppaMI41
, &
@meenaharris
6/6
If only little Lauren knew what the world had in store when she wondered where all the women leaders were who looked like her.
Grateful doesn't even begin to cover it. Love this team and love
@HalaAyala
always.
#HalaBack
So much of this pervasive anti-Asian sentiment comes from casual jokes — about our tourists, about our eyes, about our traditions. For years, this country has made a joke of Asian discrimination, rendering it so casual as to undermine its callousness. 4/
This kind of normalization of violence against women is yet another example of the toxic culture within the GOP that was on display when
@RepTedYoho
accosted
@AOC
on the steps of the Capitol last week
Today the
@NRCC
called a 911 domestic violence call a "private moment."
That wasn't a mistake on the phone. That was in a written statement about their candidate
@DanRodimer
in
#NV03
.
“You probably have an advantage in getting hired because you’re Asian”
“You’re really pretty for an Asian girl because you have big eyes”
“Well your good grades don’t count because you’re Asian”
“Do you eat dogs?”
All real things that have been said to me. 5/
But after talking to a number of my AAPI friends, I’m beginning to realize I’m one of the many who have that opinion, and that speaking up breeds awareness, which I think our country sorely lacks when it comes to discrimination against the Asian American community. 2/
NEW: Today,
@LashrecseAird
is launching her Roe Not Joe tour to hold her opponent accountable for his unacceptable anti-choice agenda.
If Joe Morrissey insists on being "unapologetically" anti-choice, then Virginians will unapologetically replace him with Lashrecse Aird.
The Virginia primary is a test for Democrats on an issue that proved to be highly effective for the party in the 2022 midterm elections. An Aird victory would, in addition, make it clear that Democrats are united in support of abortion rights.
Anti-Asian sentiment and hate crimes have been a part of this country’s culture and history LONG before the pandemic started and, imho, it’s complete and utter bullshit to act like these attacks are surprising in any way. 3/
This summer's hottest new show is LIBERAL FANTASY ISLAND.
The island has it all: Love. Drama. Clean drinking water and broadband access. But first, Congress has to vote for it.
Tune in to see if they'll make the bold public investments we need or get voted off the island.
Reminder that there are six (6) states in this country where there is only one (1) abortion clinic. For the entire state. If you think that choice is no longer a pressing issue in the United States, please check your privilege.
Friendly reminder: we would never say "no matter who wins, it'll be a white man." Let's please recognize that while it's exciting to have 2 women of color running for LG, one wants to take us forward and the other wants to take us backward. It very much matters which woman wins.
MPD is currently on the scene of a large black bear in a tree in the 1300 block of Franklin Street, NE. There are road closures in the area. Animal Care and Control is responding.
Standing room only at our Mandela Barnes for Wisconsin house party.
This is how change happens. In kitchens and living rooms, in backyards and on porches. This is how
@TheOtherMandela
will beat Ron Johnson.
Take a second and think about the fact 7 in 10 Americans support Roe v. Wade, yet we still can't pass legislation to protect the right to an abortion.
Our Senate is so deeply broken.
*DJ Khaled voice* Anotha one from
@HalaAyala
: "Democracy is a verb. It requires action and a willingness to make good trouble to ensure that every individual has a seat at the table."
And there you have it. Your next United States Senator from Wisconsin, Mandela Barnes.
I couldn't be prouder to work for a person who embraces being all the things out-of-touch politicians like Ron Johnson are not and who will never stop fighting for a better Wisconsin.
#WiSen
Sure, if you're a multimillionaire, Ron Johnson will look out for you. Meanwhile, middle-class and working people have been abandoned by Ron. But I believe better is possible. I believe hard work can pay off and we can give everyone a fair shot at the American dream.
#WISen
NEW: Winsome Sears waters down her website's issues page and hides her vigilante abortion stance. Once again, Sears acknowledges she's too extreme for Virginia
BREAKING: UAW Local 578 Tim Jacobson shares Ron Johnson promised to set up a meeting between UAW and Oshkosh Defense, then broke his word.
A month later, Johnson sided with Oshkosh Defense saying, "It's not like we don't have enough jobs here in Wisconsin"