The TNGOP had the power to expel @JustinJPearson & @BrotherJones_ only because they have a Supermajority in our TN Statehouse. @Future901 is an organization dedicated to destroying that Supermajority by recruiting and training Candidates.
Contribute:
https://t.co/njs2x4KZ8f
Proud to support my friend @JesseForTN97 in his race to flip State House District 97. Our campaign is not just focused on the gubernatorial race—we'll be working hard to support Democrats all the way down the ballot. Let's flip some seats!
It’s official. I have pulled my petition to again run for TN-97. Come and sign my petition tomorrow, (Saturday) at the Huey’s at Poplar by Mendenhall from noon til 2pm.
Hope to see you tomorrow, and if not, I’ll see you on the Campaign trail.
Today, while House Democrats were extending ACA tax credits for working families, all 8 TN House Republicans voted to increase healthcare costs by 114% for nearly 600,000 Tennesseans.
Democrats still fought and won. We’re fighting to lower costs and protect your healthcare.
Hold up. The corrupt president pardoned the corrupt Tennessee politicians? Absolutely unheard of. Totally unexpected. Completely shocking.
https://t.co/ijWq3VHSi7
Mention how you & your GOP pals have since thrown up roadblocks to EVs, delaying Lightning production indefinitely?
After the state gave Ford a $900M incentive pkg.
In a special session.
But funding SNAP, food for children is a bridge too far.
After you cut summer food prog.
Glad you care about helping Memphis, Mr. Speaker. May I suggest you start by listening to the voters who overwhelmingly said yes to the three referendums less than a year ago.
Memphians spoke loud and clear on what they wanted to make us safe:
- 81% for requiring handgun permits and mandated safe storage
- 80% to ban assault rifles in city limits
- 84% supporting red-flag laws
I would say you could also stop taking checks from the gun lobby & pushing policies that flood our communities with more guns, but we know that won’t happen. So perhaps, just GET OUT OF OUR WAY let us do the work to keep our families safe.
The suspension of @jimmykimmel and the promise to silence other Late Night hosts for criticizing the administration should disturb everyone on the Right, Left, and Center. It’s wrong and anyone with a conscience knows it’s wrong.
Did @govbilllee uproot TN National Guard personnel from their families and jobs to go to DC to pick up garbage and guard a yogurt shop? Does Lee even know what the individuals he sent to DC are being asked to do? Does he even care?
Last Friday @Future901, along with the Tipton and Lauderdale County Democratic Parties were proud to host Memphis City Councilwoman & Democratic gubernatorial primary candidate @JerriGreen.
Let's keep putting in the work to defeat Marsha next November!
Monday, June 23rd, the Shelby County Commission will vote on funding for a focused crime lab in Shelby County. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and I have worked to educate commissioners and the community about the importance of this lab.
Now we need your help.
Please email your county commissioner and respectfully ask them to fund the lab so we can increase the solve rate of crimes and hold offenders accountable.
The present system with a lab in Jackson, TN serving all of West Tennessee lacks the capacity to meet all of our needs timely. This is not a criticism of the hard-working people in that lab. It is simply a reality of the volume of evidence that needs to be tested to bring violent criminals to justice and drive crime rates downward.
#crimelab #ballistics #digitalforensics #rapiddna #Memphis #Publicsafety
Today, I had the pleasure of joining @mayorleeharris in asking the Shelby County Board of Commissioners to provide $5.5 million in recurring funding for a focused crime lab in Shelby County. I want to thank Mayor Harris for his support and the County Commission for their interest in the facility.
As I told the Commission, the most significant thing this lab can do for us is increase our solve rate. With ballistics testing, digital forensics, and rapid DNA, we can solve crimes faster and hold #offendersaccountable.
This is not a replacement for the work already being done by the TBI. This is an enhancement to bridge the gap between the available supply of forensic testing and the high demand.
#forensictesting #rapidDNA #PublicSafety #Memphis
NEW: Elon Musk’s massive xAI data center is poisoning Memphis.
It's burning enough gas to power a small city, with no permits and no pollution controls.
Residents tell us they can’t breathe and they’re getting sicker.
Join the TNDP and Senator Cory Booker for a Community Conversation and Town Hall this upcoming Friday, May 9th in Nashville, TN!
Doors open at 3:30 PM and the event begins at 4:00 PM Central. This is an intimate setting, so entry is NOT guaranteed. Address provided upon RSVP.
Please join us at the inaugural meeting of the East Memphis Democratic Club! Together, let's build a strong, engaged community dedicated to progress and collaboration.
We hope you can make it and look forward to an inspiring evening!
Today's The Daily Memphian reports that 2024 homicides in the City of Memphis are down 25% compared to 2023. That's a level not seen since 2019.
This is good news to start 2025, but we all know there is more to do. It is essential we work together to continue to drive down violent crime in our community.
My office will continue to prioritize violent crime, just as we have done since the day I took office.
#publicsafety #offendersaccountable #victimsrights #Memphis
“The citizens of Memphis are tired of their friends & family being victims of gun violence…,” said Green. “The only thing that is tying their hands is our legislature who are beholden to the NRA & not the citizens of the state of TN.”
I am sad, I am not ashamed. We ran one of the most aggressive Campaigns in Tennessee, dedicated to one thing: This District deserves better. Today, I’ll rest. But tomorrow, I’ll get right back to fighting for Shelby County.