Will McDonald

Communications Director @RepShontelBrown | Was: Comms for @GiveDirectly, Rep. Sara Jacobs, Rep. John Delaney, Sen. Amy Klobuchar

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

This week, I introduced the Thriving Community Gardens Act, bipartisan legislation to make federal grants available for school gardens that help students learn about agriculture and ecology. Thank you to @RepMikeCarey and @StaceyPlaskett for cosponsoring.

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

Congress is back in session and the first thing I did today was go straight to the House floor to speak.

We need to look around at what is happening, from Trump's military patrols in US cities to attacks on due process - our freedoms are at stake.

https://t.co/HLM80uPw4J

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

As a member of the Oversight Committee, I spoke w/ MSNBC on the latest on the Epstein files. What happened to the victims is a tragedy and Trump's coverup is a travesty. @OversightDems are demanding transparency.

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

Today, I was in Cuyahoga Falls to announce the start of cleanup work at Gorge Dam - making the Cuyahoga River healthier from here to Cleveland.

That’s good for our economy and our quality of life. It’s another win for NE Ohio, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

More price hikes caused by Trump's tariffs. From clothes to electronics, life is more expensive under Trump.

Now even coffee prices in Cleveland are up.

https://t.co/UZTsVy76wj

[GiveDirectly💸 @GiveDirectly]

"A new study found cash payments were associated with a 48% drop in infant mortality, from roughly 40 deaths per 1,000 births to about 21 deaths." @NPR
https://t.co/MTpQGrd9M7

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

At our town hall in Shaker Heights a constituent recommended legislation by @RepSaraJacobs. We checked it out and now I’m cosponsoring the bill! Your feedback matters - thank you.

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is a bad deal for NE Ohio. Trump’s friends get massive tax cuts, while 500,000 Ohioans lose their health care and 98,000 lose SNAP benefits.

It’s a scam.  

This week, I held a town hall in Shaker Heights to lay out the facts and set the record straight.

[Will Stancil @whstancil]

But seriously, shouldn't it be news that Trump met with the holdouts and said "Look, just don't cut Medicaid because then you'll lose reelection" and then had to be informed by the holdouts that the bill actually severely slashes Medicaid?

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

On the House floor I spoke out against the devastating SNAP cuts in Trump’s Big Ugly Bill. This isn’t good policy, it’s plunder.

This bill takes from the hungry, to give to the wealthy. I’m a NO on this cruel bill.

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

Democrats in Congress are fighting Trump's Big Ugly Bill because it punishes the poor to serve the powerful.

In our district alone, 43,000 people could lose health care coverage and 35,000 could lose SNAP.

I had to call it out in the Plain Dealer ⤵️

https://t.co/Dw1uDa1ZuX

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

Today, I called out Trump’s reckless and lawless immigration agenda.

This isn’t about public safety—it’s about stoking fear, trampling due process, and unleashing ICE on immigrant communities with no accountability.

[Will McDonald @willismcdonald]

They watched the landscape, sitting side by side
—An Odeon went past, a cooling tower,   
And someone running up to bowl—and none   
Thought of the others they would never meet   
Or how their lives would all contain this hour.

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

Hair products. Lotions. Makeup. Many contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to fibroids, infertility and more.

That’s why I introduced the HER Act — to fund federal research, raise awareness, and push for safer standards.

All women deserve to use safe products.

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

Hate speech directed at any race, at any religion, at any ethnic group, or any identity is an attack on all of us.

[Kent Smith @KentKSmith]

Yesterday I joined area leaders for a policy briefing on hate speech and policy-driven harm led by @RepShontelBrown. Following the briefing, she hosted a press conference featuring @esyns State Rep Eric Synenberg to reaffirm Northeast Ohio's opposition to hate in all its forms.

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

During today's committee debate on SNAP cuts I spoke about my experience growing up.

My mom didn't wake up wanting us to be on food stamps - but that was the assistance we needed to survive.

[Will McDonald @willismcdonald]

Early Electric! Maybe even here
They met that evening at six-fifteen
Beneath the hearts of this electrolier
And caught the first non-stop to Willesden Green

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

The Trump Administration has broken the economy, broken the law, and broken our alliances.

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

Supporting small business growth is about expanding opportunity. Thank you to everyone who attended our Small Business Expo - and if you weren’t here this year we want to see you next year. #SBE25