Bobby Bauders

Public Education and Disability Rights Advocate • Former School Board Member • Autistic • Lover of History • Proudly Queer • he/him

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

I have to say something there. There is a clip circulating WILDLY among conservative commentators and right-wing pundits of a woman who spoke this morning at a press conference with myself and Abdul.

She had never spoken at a press conference before. Beforehand, she shared with me that she was really nervous. But she told me it was important for her to be there as a UAW member because she believed in using her voice for her fellow members and for working families.

Doing something new is HARD. And scary.

She started speaking and got stage fright. What you can't see in the video is that under the podium, she reached back. When I saw it, I grabbed her hand. Abdul did as well. We both stepped forward to stand with her.

But the way you all are tearing her apart. God forbid anyone ever step out of their comfort zone. God forbid anyone ever try.

It's callous, cruel, and it's no wonder why so many people absolutely despise this moment that we're in. Because God forbid you're not perfect. God forbid you show fear. God forbid you mess up.

I am always proud to stand with people using their voice even when they're scared, for trying something new, for stepping out of their comfort zones.

We need a lot more of her - people wanting to use their voice even when it shakes - and a lot less keyboard warriors who could care less about how needlessly cruel they are if it means getting a like or a retweet or some views.

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

@tamarawinter @Jrbacon50 Let’s just put everyone in prison. Then we’ll have no crime, right?

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

I don’t understand why she didn’t just run for Stevens’ seat. I don’t think she would’ve had much of a problem winning that primary.

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

Today, I'm announcing that I am suspending my campaign for United States Senate.

And I'm doing it with a deep, deep sense of gratitude. For our thousands of volunteers, for everyone who donated what you could — building a campaign with zero corporate PAC dollars. For my staff, who built this team up from nothing. I thank you.

For my family. For Ray, who believed in me long before I ever believed in myself. And for Noa. Our five-year-old, who presses her hands up against the window to wave goodbye every morning when I leave for work.

"Remember, Mom," she reminded me recently. "It's not about if you win. It's about trying hard and having fun."

She's right. So I want to be very clear about what this announcement is not. I may be suspending this campaign, but I am not leaving the fight.

I never planned on politics. After the 2016 election, I felt lost. I picked up my phone and typed five words into the search bar: "How to run for office."

And here's what I learned: when regular people get in the fight, things can change. In my very first election, we flipped a district against the incumbent. Four years later — with so many of you — we flipped the Michigan Senate for the first time in nearly forty years.

And we didn’t stop at winning. We repealed Michigan's abortion ban. We raised wages. We made sure every child gets breakfast and lunch at school. We made it easier to go to college. We expanded civil rights and voting rights. And so, so much more.

These wins took thousands of us — showing up every single day, refusing to give up when there were setbacks. That's why I'm staying in this fight. And why I need you to stay in it with me.

Now, I haven’t been shy about calling for new leadership and a better Democratic Party. I mean it. The energy is there. People are crying out for change. And we owe it to them to listen.

Then we need to build it up, together, from the ground up.

So here's what we do next. Every day through November 3rd. We win this Senate seat and send Mike Rogers back to Florida for good. Whoever wins this primary on August 4th will have my full support.

Then, let’s elect Jocelyn Benson as our next Governor. Let’s flip the State House, and expand our majority in the State Senate. Let’s elect Democrats up and down the ticket and show the rest of this country what it means to fight like Michigan.

Ten years ago, I started this work heartbroken, typing five words into a search bar. And I learned the only thing that has ever really changed this country: ordinary people who love something enough to fight for it.

I love this country. I love Michigan. And I love the little girl who waves at me from the window every morning, trusting the grown-ups to leave her a state and a country worth inheriting.

That's who I'm fighting for.

And I'm not going anywhere. I hope you'll join me.

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

@JLee2028 @kurtlash1 Yes it is crystal clear, so why do you not understand it?

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

It would take far more than a month to honor the contributions of queer and transgender New Yorkers.

From the Cercle Hermaphroditos in 1895, the first trans advocacy group in the United States, to the drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance, to the Stonewall uprising, to the Lesbian Herstory Archives, to ACT UP!, founded in 1987 as queer people fought for their lives while the Reagan administration looked away, New York City's history has long been shaped by queer and trans New Yorkers.

To all our queer and trans neighbors: you deserve a City where you can afford to live safely, openly, and joyfully.

Happy Pride, New York City.

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

Ousting an elected member by a simple majority, no matter the reason, is so grotesque

[Jeremy Duda @jeremyduda]

The Glendale City Council has voted 4-3 to expel Councilman @LupeConchas. The Cactus District seat is now vacant.

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

@NilesGApol Are you being sarcastic because yikes

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

“I have the part of the ceremony that doesn’t require AI” literally none of the ceremony required AI lmao

[FearBuck @FearedBuck]

College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

the va supreme court denied the results of the redistricting referendum. scotus gutted the voting rights act and tennessee carved up the last dem district destroying black voter power in the state.

those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

@dantypo Well for starters that was never the point of the minimum wage. The point was to establish a basic floor of pay to ensure basic needs were met no matter what job you worked.

[Zephyr Teachout @ZephyrTeachout]

Maine is the most dead-serious anticorruption states in the country (keep at it, Montana, you'll get there).

Maine passed publicly funded elections in 1996.

Two years ago Mainers passed a ballot measure last year to cap donations to super PACs.

Platner's anticorruption campaign would sing anywhere, but Mainers really, really hate big money in politics and they absoulutely know that they can do something about it.

[Qua Literam @asubparusername]

credit to the Iraqi government and people also, who have dismantled much of Saddam’s drainage infrastructure to allow for the swamps’ restoration.

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

@jimnance @LeDouxUSA Good job proving his point about living in a bubble.

[Jasmine @jasmineuphorie]

En l’honneur de la #lesbianvisibilityweek
À toutes les lesbiennes qui ont pris soin des hommes gays au début de l’épidémie de VIH-SIDA dans les années 80, alors que l’État, les médecins, familles les laissaient crever
Ce n’est pas pour rien que le L est la première lettre de LGBT

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

Tage Thompson is like fine I’ll do it myself

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

Establishment Dems getting outflanked on the left on labor issues by a billionaire sure is something to witness

[Tom Steyer @TomSteyer]

Farmworkers feed California. Why in the world would you exclude them from basic labor rights?

Of course farmworkers deserve overtime protections.

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

@tylerbowyer So now that you guys lost (there’s no way to spin this, you lost) suddenly you want all ratepayers to have voting power? Well, welcome to the party because the clean energy teams have always advocated bringing this electoral system into the 21st century. Cope more!

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

@Ben_Larrabee @TPAction Embarrassingly pathetic level of cope 🤣 You are deeply disconnected from reality

[Brendan Benedict @BBenedict33]

My plea to Democrats in Congress is this: get back to Washington. Even if you can't gavel in from recess. Even if you don't have a quorum. Even if another war powers resolution vote fails. It's not enough to Tweet. Get inside the building and show the world you are trying. NOW!

[Bobby Bauders @bobbybauders]

Good. More of this. Use the tools available.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

This is the moment Brian Schatz objected and then left, followed by five minutes of confusion among GOP senators about how to proceed, LMAO