Sunday, May 19, 2019

Some Tweets from Beto O'Rourke


  •  6 hours ago
    We will support rural America by partnering with rural communities so we invest in their schools, hospitals, infrastructure, and broadband. We will end these trade wars and make sure farmers can make a profit while they grow the food and fiber that so much of the world relies on.
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  •  9 hours ago
    Following the lead of those on the ground in Santa Fe, students walking out of their classrooms and marching for their lives, and all the moms demanding action, here are some ways we can work together to stop gun violence in our schools & our communities:
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  •  10 hours ago
    If there's not yet a watch party in your area, there's still time to host one. We'll make sure you have everything you need. Sign up here:
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  •  10 hours ago
    Looking forward to being back in Des Moines on Tuesday for a CNN town hall. Hope you'll tune in and join your neighbors at one of the many organizing watch parties taking place across the country. Find one here:
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  •  11 hours ago
    This is a campaign for America, all of America. Everyone matters, everyone counts, and everyone will be fought for.
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  •  12 hours ago
    Texas does not need yet another voter suppression effort. We must defeat SB9 and ensure every person is able to cast their vote, have their voice heard, and fully participate in our democracy.
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  •  12 hours ago
    Grateful for your leadership, your advocacy, and your commitment to standing with our fellow Americans over the NRA and the gun lobby who have purchased complicity and silence for far too long.
    Strong piece . Thanks for leading.
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  •  14 hours ago
    Our administration will not only fully protect Roe v. Wade, but we will do everything in our power to expand access to reproductive health care and stop these radical attacks on women across America.
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     20 hours ago
    Beto O’Rourke: Here’s how I’d stop gun violence [Opinion]
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  •  May 17
    We're meeting Americans across the country who are having to work a second or third job just to make ends meet. It's clear that we have an economy that works too well for too few and not at all for too many. Let's finally achieve a minimum wage that is a living wage for everyone.
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     May 17
    "They've lost the ability to organize, bargain ... and you're seeing a teacher shortage in Iowa. People working a second or third job." on .
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     May 17
    "We've got to show up first or nothing else is possible." on how Democrats can win in 2020.
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     May 17
    "It will not happen through walls, it will not happen with any of Donald Trump's scare tactics and racism and his paranoia about people who come from other places. It's got to be a realistic program." on immigration reform.
    151 replies479 retweets1,745 likes
     
     
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     May 17
    "We've got to show up first or nothing else is possible." on how Democrats can win in 2020.
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  •   Retweeted
     May 17
    . and I passed the Honor Our Commitment Act to make sure veterans were able to access the mental health care they desperately needed. The VA needs to step up and make sure veterans know they can get these services.
    Our efforts made more veterans eligible for mental health services but new reporting shows the VA has done little to spread the word and ensure these veterans get this lifesaving care. It's unacceptable. We know what's wrong, we know how to fix it, and now we need the VA to act.
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     May 17
    TONIGHT ON : 2020 Presidential candidate, joins for a live interview. Watch “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” tonight at 7pm ET pm .
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  •  May 17
    Let's strengthen our unions, protect collective bargaining, and guarantee that one job is enough by paying every working American a true living wage. We stand with organized labor in Iowa and across the country.
    Working women and men in Iowa will continue to stand strong for collective bargaining rights and dignity in the workplace. and his campaign stands with them.
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  •  May 17
    And as president, I will only nominate judges who respect, affirm, and defend Brown v. Board. Andrew Oldham doesn't get nominated. Neither does Wendy Vitter. If you don't believe in civil rights, in equity, in opportunity, you don't belong in a position of public trust.
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  •  May 17
    We will also decriminalize truancy. States like Texas have taken the first step by repealing laws that prosecute children for truancy, but the fines their parents face still loom large in a system that disproportionately targets black and brown students. I will take this on.
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  •  May 17
    It continues by finally achieving universal pre-k for every three and four-year-old, securing affordable childcare, signing into law paid family leave, and ensuring our country's minimum wage is a living wage so no parent has to work a second or third job to make ends meet.
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  •  May 17
    But I am committed to meeting this challenge with everything we've got. It starts by increasing public school funding for low-income and underserved communities, guaranteeing the equitable distribution of resources, and ensuring teachers reflect the diversity of this country.
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  •  May 17
    The work continues when we see shameful race-based disparities in HS graduation rates, in who can access higher education or skills training, and in who earns a degree. Happening as we fail to invest equitable resources in education and fail to make higher education affordable.
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  •  May 17
    The work continues when in that same kindergarten classroom, children of color are five times more likely to be disciplined, suspended, or expelled as a white child -- impacting their opportunity and potential. A school to prison pipeline in full effect at five years old.
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  •  May 17
    The work continues when we see an unconscionable achievement gap in our classrooms that is already in full force on the very first day of kindergarten -- where black children are already 10 months behind in math and 12 months behind in reading compared to their white classmates.
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  •  May 17
    Brown v. Board was decided 65 years ago but our fight for equality is not over. The work to ensure we have equity and full opportunity in our classrooms, our schools, and our education system must continue.
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  •  May 17
    Our thanks to the advocates, activists, and LGBTQ champions across the country who lead the way each day, kept the march for justice going year after year, and ultimately passed the Equality Act in the House today. Together, we will secure full civil rights for LGBTQ Americans.
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