Yemisi Egbewole

Senior Fellow, @ThirdWayTweet
Named Fellow, @uscpolfuture
Formerly @markwarner | @amyklobuchar | @joebiden

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

Linking the article as well. Really heartening to see CM Wanika Fisher (who I’ve met and think very highly of) trying to explain the economic challenges facing the county. Sooner or later, folks are going to have to have a serious conversation about revenue and where it’s going to come from. If you don’t want a data center, then what’s YOUR solution?

https://t.co/94dbtM0syX

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

We are reaching levels of mass hysteria over data centers I couldn’t have dreamed of. She helps block $5 billion in development on a lot that’s been abandoned for over 20 years, in a county already struggling with the closure of Six Flags, the (impending) departure of the Commanders, and federal job losses. And her father compares her to Medgar Evers, who was assassinated for his work as a civil rights leader. I mean, come on!

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Maryland activist helps block a $5B AI data center planned for the site of an abandoned shopping mall that closed 24 years ago, after gathering over 25,000 signatures.

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

@tbmvee A lot of these races were Republican majority communities! How do you expect Dems to raise money within them? Asking people to vote for you is totally different than an ask for funding. Swing districts don’t have that luxury.

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

So @Alyssafarah asked me for my unpopular opinion, and mine is that I’m actually ok with money in politics. Unless you’re prepared to cough up your own dollars, I really don’t see the utility in completely rejecting it. Republicans spend big. Democrats need to start matching that energy.

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

@FearInherent @Alyssafarah Imagine politicians preaching about an affordability crisis and then asking people for a reoccurring $50 donation. PLEASE. Go to a fundraiser in the Hamptons/Martha’s Vineyard like everyone else!

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

I agree with one person, one vote. But I want people to consider the races where Democrats flipped seats from red to blue. If you're a Democrat running in a Trump +10 district, you aren't going to raise enough money from your potential constituents alone. A lot of those voters simply aren't shelling out money to a Democrat! You need an influx of cash from somewhere. I'd rather candidates raise money from outside the district and spend it campaigning inside the district. Grassroots fundraising alone is just not feasible in a lot of competitive House races.

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

@FearInherent @Alyssafarah Imagine politicians preaching about an affordability crisis and then asking people for a reoccurring $50 donation. PLEASE. Go to a fundraiser in the Hamptons/Martha’s Vineyard like everyone else!

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

I see plenty of DSA diversity here: redheads, blondes, and brunettes!

[Candidly Tiff @tify330]

Y’all don’t see all that diversity? 🤭🤣 you have pale white, alabaster white, beige and like 3 brown people.

[Benceps @conro]

Trying to play by the rules of a world we want to live in won't help us get there.

Yemisi is 100% correct. Democrats have to stop limiting themselves for some false sense of honor. Losing an election doesn't get us anywhere closer fixing Citizens United.

[WhickTV - Bane of Christian Nationalists @WhickTv]

@yemisi @Alyssafarah The real truth nuke is everyone is okay with money in politics when their politicians are the ones getting the money.

Its only when the other guys are getting it does it become an issue.

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

And @DemGovs invested nearly $20 million in Keisha Lance Bottoms’ race, with a crucial boost in the final weeks. I, along with everyone in Georgia, am grateful for that investment.

[Stefan Smith @TheStefanSmith]

Insane aura at Le Dip tonight

@yemisi @Rodericka @AndrewMamo5

[Unmoderated News @UnmoderatedNews]

.@yemisi tells @sarahmccammon why newly elected Democrats from deep-blue districts are about to face the realities of governing in Washington.
“I felt like they were being handed a ghost gavel in a sense. And now with this majority, reality is really going to hit them.”

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

Smart of Warner, as per usual!

[Pavan Acharya @pavanmacharya]

NEW: Mark Warner (D-Va.) is a “yes” on the permitting reform procedural vote, he tells me.

Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is a no: “The Clean Water Act provisions as well as the tribal consultation provisions are problematic.”

So far Dem moderates are more open to proceeding.

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

@ChristopherHale Love how he presents faith as a path to redemption for these young men without shying away from being tough on crime. Accountability!

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

One of my favorite Scott Colom ads. Reminded me of begging my parents to grab food after church. You'd get to the restaurant down the street and find half the congregation there, still fellowshipping. Such a sweet tradition that's getting harder to afford as the cost of taking your family out keeps climbing. Also, give the whole family Emmys!!

[helen hare @helenhare]

Faith and family were central to @scott_colom's incredible campaign. We loved working with @RyanSayles_ @Gerard_Hen @MichaelJBrewer to introduce Scott to voters. This ad came together like so much else in the campaign, with the whole community pitching in to make it happen.

[Unmoderated News @UnmoderatedNews]

Sen. Raphael Warnock: "I believe that the road to a sustainable majority in the Senate for Democrats, it runs right through the South."

[Alyssa Farah Griffin @Alyssafarah]

Susie Wiles is out and Stephen Miller is in - our Table for Five panel breaks down what that means for the White House w/ @yemisi, @SarahAMatthews1, @jasonrantz, & @ForecasterEnten

[Unmoderated News @UnmoderatedNews]

.@Yemisi tells @SarahMcCammon how the religious left has gained prominence within the Democratic Party and reshaped the political landscape.

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

@Lis_Smith @JackieGRosa @ElectTheBench Law and order Dems coming back!!! And I don’t care how that makes people on here feel!