Democratic Senators like @brianschatz@SenBrianSchatz would be well advised to think very long and hard about the irreparable damage they will unleash on their constituents and the nation - not to mention their own personal reputations - if they vote for cloture tomorrow.
I know follower count isn’t everything but Reichi Lee has been campaigning for school board for 6+ mos on full-time basis (no other job) and has spent over $50K. Doesn’t 170 followers seems like a pretty poor ROI? Even her #1 fan Peggy has more followers.
Here’s another @ReichiLee4BUSD supporter/donor. He thinks it’s “part of the job” for teachers to spend hours writing college recommendation letters w/o any comp time. I don’t know about you, but I am overwhelmed by all this heartfelt support for teachers!
.@ReichiLee4BUSD says her supporters do not oppose teacher pay increases yet 2 of her biggest fans @laurababitt and @LindsayNofelt did just that in 2021. Is she ignorant or lying? Hard to believe she didn’t know this. Is this how she plans to show ❤️felt support for teachers?
.@ReichiLee4BUSD’s supporters also include this fine gentleman who is definitely not racist or divisive. He just objects to BUSD’s BLM week curriculum and thinks it should be taught as a “controversial topic.” 👀👀
@peggyscottie@satiatekate@ReichiLee4BUSD This is from last week (you suggested conduct is continuing) and do you have evidence that other candidate(s) are involved? If you are going to publicly accuse other candidates of lying, I hope you have actual evidence…
.@TaplinTerry says he stands in solidarity with labor but he was repeatedly trashing the teachers union not even a week ago, on @ReichiLee4BUSD's behalf. If BFT were to go on strike, would you stand in solidarity with them as well?
@peggyscottie@ReichiLee4BUSD What are the toxic lies and who is spreading them? These are pretty serious accusations particularly if you are saying they are coming from other candidates.
@DyanaDelfinPolk Agree vandalism is uncalled for. But Terry's claims the union is engaged in racist/sexist/xenophobic gatekeeping are also low, esp b/c he knows they endorsed BIPOC/women candidates, just not the one he favors. To do this while saying he "rides hard" for labor is really something.
@peggyscottie@TaplinTerry i'm also curious - which candidate is being accused of running a dirty campaign here and is it clean + honest for one campaign to make accusations against another w/o any evidence? i thought "when they go low we go high" and "we're better than this"?
@peggyscottie@TaplinTerry i did not realize that one could "ride hard" for labor while accusing them of racist/sexist/xenophobic gatekeeping at expense of other qualified AAPI/WOC/single mother candidates.
@TaplinTerry@ReichiLee4BUSD@KaDijahBrown6 and if it's anti-AAPI/WOC/immigrant for a faction to not endorse your favorite candidate (as you have prev stated), can we apply same logic and say your subtweet about "inside ties" and "factioneering" is not only anti-AAPI/WOC but also anti-singlemotherhood and anti-union?
@TaplinTerry@ReichiLee4BUSD@KaDijahBrown6 hate to spoil your narrative here but Ka'Dijiah has been endorsed by the same faction (union) you are subtweeting and the 2 other candidates endorsed by same faction also come from community to serve the public good - are you saying they aren't?
@TaplinTerry@ReichiLee4BUSD You’re absolutely right - support is earned. And that includes union support. Vandalism isn’t ok but it’s insulting that you and Reichi continue to suggest this is an anti-AAPI/WOC/immigrant issue when other union supported candidates are AAPI/WOC (and another is a single mom).
@peggyscottie@AntoineGrondin@ReichiLee4BUSD And, by the way, the texts don't even mention Reichi's name. They could have been talking about Tatiana (not Asian) and/or Norma (white woman)
@peggyscottie@AntoineGrondin@ReichiLee4BUSD I do not support the texts, they are stupid and I hate blast texts from any campaign. But it's very disappointing to see Reichi/her surrogates try to make this about her race/gender or anti-AAPI hate when the candidates being endorsed by same texts are Asian and a Black woman
@TaplinTerry Further, one of the other candidates referenced in the texts is ASIAN and another is a Black woman. Again, the texts are dumb but I do not see any connection to race/gender or anti-AAPI hate. It's disingenuous for Reichi to suggest that and for you to amplify.
@TaplinTerry The texts are dumb and uncalled for but this is not about Reichi being WOC/AAPI and you know it. And I say this as a member of AAPI community. She has aligned w/some of the most divisive voices in BUSD - which is her right but also a legit reason why many don't support her.