Looking forward to joining @jaketapper on @CNNSotu in the morning. Hope you’ll be watching at 9:00 ET.
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Out with my mini me listening to presidential candidates on their platforms. Tonight we met @BetoORourke hearing his plans on education, climate change, health care and mental health. #ADevineLife #momlife #worklifeintegration #2020election #TheRoadToTheWhiteHouseRunsThroughSC
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Enact automatic & same-day registration
Appreciate the veterans who joined me for a discussion in Sumter as they continue serving by advocating for those who they served alongside. We're going to fully invest in veteran resources and care. That's a promise this country must keep, and under my administration, we will. – at The Sidewalk Cafe
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@BetoORourke talking about ending workplace discrimination as one way to address the disparities in our economy. #PaycheckFairness #BlackPresidentialForum
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Speaking at Black Alliance presidential forum, Beto mentions his new plan to expand access to credit for minorities and minority-owned businesses and increase small business procurement by the federal government https://gallery.mailchimp.com/26e7511e243b1abdc9f1a6130/files/c2b4d79f-380a-4a53-a3e6-0dc782d6ebb4/Beto_ORourke_Small_Business_Plan.pdf …
I'm committed to continuing this work and to leveraging the full force of the federal government to expand access to capital and root out institutional racism, sexism, and bias in the small business lending market.
Read the full plan here:
In Congress, I voted for legislation to ensure minority & women owned businesses had a seat at the table in the government when it came to cracking down on discrimination and to make it easier for small business owners & entrepreneurs to access capital and navigate the tax code.
In 1999, I started a small business in El Paso that brought dozens of high-wage, high-skilled jobs to the border community. It helps me understand the day-to-day challenges small business owners face -- and those challenges are only amplified for women and communities of color.
Finally, my plan calls for shifting $100 billion in government contracts away from large corporations and to small businesses. Half of that opportunity will go to minority and women owned businesses. #BlackPresidentialForum
I will triple the federal government’s investment in the Minority Business Development Agency to ensure more entrepreneurs can access mentorship and resources to navigate the challenges of owning a business. #BlackPresidentialForum
We will root out racism and discrimination in the small business lending market so every business owner, no matter where they live or their background, can get that first loan to start their business or that capital investment to hire additional employees. #BlackPresidentialForum
The plan will spur the development of 200,000 new women and minority owned small businesses by the end of my second term. #BlackPresidentialForum
But these same entrepreneurs are locked out of the exact resources and capital they need to start their businesses, grow them, and create more jobs. My new plan will unlock half a trillion dollars in opportunity for women and minority owned businesses. #BlackPresidentialForum
Minority and women owned businesses have been the fastest growing businesses across the country for the past decade. These entrepreneurs helped pull our economy out of the Great Recession. They are staples of our communities, country, and economy. #BlackPresidentialForum
Our country has a wealth gap where the median white household is worth 10x that of the median black household. It's unjust, unacceptable & holding every single one of our communities back from reaching its full potential. Small businesses are no exception. #BlackPresidentialForum
To ensure this country can live up to its full potential, we must confront the fact that we have an economy that works too well for too few and not at all for too many. At the #BlackPresidentialForum, I announced a plan that does just that.
Read it here:
Grateful for the powerful discussion in North Charleston this morning about fixing a justice system that is patently unjust. We are committed to continuing the urgent work necessary to secure equity, opportunity, justice, and full civil rights for everyone in this country. – at park circle creamery
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In the Park Circle neighborhood of North Charleston, South Carolina, @BetoORourke is attending a round table discussion on criminal justice reform
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.@BetoORourke stands with fast-food workers demanding $15/hr, union rights in Charleston, SC. #FightFor15 #UnionsForAll
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The success of this country depends on environmental justice, economic justice and criminal justice reform – @BetoORourke with #FightFor15 workers in South Carolina. #UnionsForAll
Today and every single day, I’m standing strong with workers in SC and across the country to #fightfor15, to fight for a minimum wage that is a living wage, to fight for the right to organize at a time when unions are under attack, and to fight for an economy that works for all.
After meeting so many incredible organizers working on the ground across the state, I know that it’s time to #FlipVABlue. Grateful for everyone who is making it happen day after day, door after door.
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