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Alessandra Biaggi
@Biaggi4NY
I talk a lot about the failures of the Democratic establishment, mostly bc I want them to be better at their jobs, but also to highlight that their fatal flaw is losing touch w/the people they are elected to represent & serve. When politicians are disconnected from the people…
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Adam Best
@adamcbest
Democratic leadership's lack of fight and unwillingness to do whatever it takes could lose the midterms if they don't pivot. This is why dissent is not only good but necessary right now. Politics is not a sport. Dems are not your team. They work for us. Pushing them is helpful.
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Alessandra Biaggi
@Biaggi4NY
they are disconnected from the issues they claim to fight for, and largely unaffected by the rights taken away from so many of us—namely the right to reproductive freedom.
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Allison Winn Scotch
@aswinn
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@Biaggi4NY
I agree with much of your theory but you lose me at "past child-bearing age." So many of the women leading the current fights on choice and gun violence, for example, are at mid-life and older, and to diminish our input and ferocity is unnecessary.
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Barb
@Barbhrmn
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@Biaggi4NY
You do sound ageist. I'm going to be 64 in less than 2 weeks, but I have a daughter-in-law of child-bearing age. I would fight very fiercely for her. Not only that, we who are past child-bearing age FOUGHT THIS ONCE ALREADY. We sure as HELL aren't letting it go down quietly.
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Jeri Wyatt
@JeriWyatt18
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@Biaggi4NY
Lady you have lost it. The women your talking about have daughters and grand daughters they fight for them. Next time try thinking before you tweet. You should be embarrassed.
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Mary Springowski
@maryspring
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@Biaggi4NY
That's a cop out! I'd fight even more fiercely for my adult daughters' right! I won't stand by idly for them to have less rights now than I did 35 years ago! And at the risk of sounding ageist, we've proven we have more staying power!
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