What record do Republicans in Congress have to tout at home this recess? The biggest transfer of wealth from working families to billionaires in modern history. Here's what it has cost you. 🧵
Another tax cut won't fix the affordability crisis. People aren't asking to pay less taxes. They're asking why billionaires pay almost nothing, then get more tax cuts while gov services disappear. Tax fairness first. Everything else follows. https://t.co/gxwbcVvVbv
"Perhaps we are seeing a turning of the page in the party toward a focus on a bigger, better government that truly delivers for working people by providing more services while also lowering costs."
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New week, same fight:
💰 Make billionaires & corporations pay their fair share 🏥 Fund health care, food assistance, child care & clean energy
🗳️ Hold every politician who voted for the Big Ugly Bill accountable
Put Families over billionaires. Always.
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES: Since taking office in January, Gov. Abigail Spanberger has restored the voting rights of more than 66,000 Virginians who lost them due to felony convictions.
“The right to vote is foundational to who we are as Americans,” Spanberger said.
Virginia is one of three states that automatically strip someone’s right to vote after they’re convicted of a felony. The governor has sole authority to give someone these rights back, either through the restoration process once they’ve completed their felony sentence or via a pardon.
Spanberger sharply criticized the process used by her predecessor, Republican Glenn Youngkin, who faced intense scrutiny over a case-by-case review system that led to significantly fewer restorations each year he was in office.
“I’m proud that — after contending with my predecessor's efforts to deny Virginians their fundamental rights — we have restored the rights of more than 66,000 Virginians who have served their time,” Spanberger said.
“These Virginians deserve the right to use their vote, make their voices heard, and be recognized as contributing citizens to our Commonwealth and country.”
Read more here: https://t.co/lkzpVbhddv
#ProtectTheVote
"Because of Republicans who passed Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, an entire generation that was told that borrowing to get a college degree was the way to get ahead may be repaying that debt for most of their working lives."
Read more here:
https://t.co/4VKivmNUbQ
My prayers are with @RepRaskin and his family during this moment of challenge.
Jamie is a beloved member of the caucus, champion for his community and incredible defender of our democracy.
He will win this battle and we will be with him every step of the way.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Important message from Lincoln Project co-founder @reedgalen. 22 months to save democracy from the chaos crew (aka the Republican Party, aka the coup plotters). Democracy requires leaders who actually like democracy and the GOP clearly does not.
Greatest. Speaker. Of. All. Time.
Thank you, @SpeakerPelosi, for lifting our nation, protecting democracy, and boosting families! Historians are already saying what we know to be true: Best Speaker in our nation’s history. #ThankYouSpeakerPelosi#DemocratsDelivered4US
Today, Nancy Pelosi is stepping down as Speaker of the House. This is a woman who paved the road for countless, stood up to Trump when no one else would, & has done so much to protect democracy. A true leader & hero. Thank you, @SpeakerPelosi. We are indebted to your service.
So, as the Capitol was being overrun & democracy was on the line, Hope Hicks & Ivanka's chief of staff were texting to bemoan the fact that it would harm their future employment opportunities.
After six years of fighting for this day our committee has just released donald trump’s tax returns. It is a bittersweet moment that it took so long. I will read through them today and you should too. Every American deserves this sunlight. This is what democracy is about.
#DemocratsDeliveredIn22 for Democracy at home and abroad.
We passed election reforms after the Republican insurrection of January 6th and we have uplifted Ukraine after Putin’s illegal invasion.
WOW: in just two years, President Biden & Democrats have confirmed more federal judges than Trump & Obama combined based on new reporting. Even better: those judges are more racially & professionally diverse. A huge win for our rule of law & democracy. Thank you, President Biden.
As the war in Ukraine continues, here at home the @GOP continues to work against democracy by serving the goals of autocrats like Vladimir Putin.
We highlighted their complicity in 'Mother Russia', one of #LPsTop20 videos of 2022.
The Electoral Count Reform Act passed! It will be signed into law as part of the end-of-year funding bill. This is critical to safeguarding our democracy. And we got it done.
“The Electoral College now – which has given us five popular-vote losers as president in our history, twice in this century alone – has become a danger, not just to democracy, but to the American people.“
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