The so-called "Millionaires' Tax" is an income tax with a standard deduction of $1 million. A future legislature can, and will, amend the deduction to be much lower, impacting nearly every Washingtonian.
Call this what it is - an unconstitutional income tax to fuel out of control spending in Olympia.
@GovBobFerguson I’m pretty sure saying someone “should be in jail” is not authoritarian. Quit being so dramatic. I know Trump is your political crutch here in Washington but grow up.
Yes, I walked out.
I wasn’t going to listen to the man who was the last to give up emergency powers in the nation, and fought any legislative checks on his power, make false inflammatory claims about our incoming President.
Of all the pressing issues facing Washington State, “Project 2025” isn’t on the list. Trump has publicly disavowed it.
We need to focus on Washington State, not fake problems in Washington DC.
I’d rather have the endorsement of millions of Washington voters, but once again, you’re lying.
Just to name one, I’m endorsed by former Democrat State Senator & Pierce County Executive Joe Stortini.
.@BobFergusonAG is being underhanded and deceitful, yet again. He intentionally kept @letsgowa in the dark as a lawsuit to throw out ALL of the people’s Initiatives was happening from Bob’s leftist billionaire friends. Let’s Go WA didn’t even find out until YESTERDAY. Thank God the WA Supreme Court rejected this blatant attempt of undermining Democracy from Sideshow Bob and his hard left, billionaire friends.
#UnaccountableWA #RejectFerguson
Bob Ferguson’s office didn’t inform the initiative signature gatherer that the signatures were challenged in court. He wanted it secret.
Previously his office had been scolded and fined by a judge for withholding evidence in another case. And he wants to be our next governor?
AG Ferguson’s decision to not disclose this legal battle to the citizens that qualified these initiatives should terrify all of us.
After pressuring our Secretary of State to break the law to benefit him politically, Bob has lost the benefit of the doubt. He must come clean as to why he never informed the public that there was still an effort to kick these initiatives he doesn’t support off the ballot.
From Brian Heywood with @LetsGoWa: "Nick Hanauer and his rich cronies at Defend WA teamed up with Bill Gates and Steve Balmer and funded "No on 2117" to try executing a secretive attempt to invalidate the initiative process. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against them, exposing the anti-democratic tactics of those two groups. We will fight at the ballot box where the citizens voices will be heard."
More reaction on today's efforts to undermine voters from Greg Lane with @BIAofWA: "These frivolous attempts to keep the voters from having a voice when it comes to energy choice are undemocratic and nothing short of voter suppression. In essence, they are conceding through these desperate tactics that they know Washingtonians want energy choice. We’re pleased the over half a million people who signed our petition to stop gas bans in Washington will have the opportunity to vote on this in November."
28 individuals ran for governor in the primary—this means thousands of votes went to candidates other than me or my opponent Bob Ferguson. I want to speak directly to the folks that chose another candidate in the primary.
We may not agree on everything, but I promise you, there is more that unites us than divides us. I’m sure we agree that when it comes to cost of living and crime, Washington is on the wrong track. Bob Ferguson is the status quo—he will not correct course.
Bob Ferguson supported decriminalizing fentanyl. An average of 52 TEENAGERS die from an overdose in Washington each week. That’s more than double the national average.
Our cities have been taken over by tent encampments filled with drugs and sex trafficking. Mental illness isn’t being treated—and the cycle continues.
Our law enforcement has no support from Washington’s top legal officer, Bob Ferguson.
For the last 13 years, Washington has ranked 51st in the nation for officer to citizen ratio. Bob has been Attorney General for 12 years. Do the math. Police departments are understaffed and he’ll do nothing to solve that problem.
Washington needs a change in morale. We need a leader who will prioritize cleaning up our cities and getting people the treatment they need so the cycle of addiction and homelessness ends.
Washington needs a leader who will stop raising taxes and pricing out the next generation of Washingtonians.
I think we can all agree—we don’t want our children and grandchildren forced to leave the state we love because they can’t afford it.
I hope you’ll consider supporting me in November. Over the next few months, I’ll work tirelessly to earn your vote.