Donald Trump Jr. and Kevin McCarthy are attacking me. A local editorial board calls me ignorant. As a Black woman running for office, I’m used to these kinds of attacks. But let’s talk about ignorance. Let’s talk about what actually keeps our communities safe.
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Ignorance is paying Lockheed Martin more than $1 trillion over the course of a 60 year contract for a dysfunctional F-35 program. Ignorance is letting their CEO take a $20 million dollar salary while military veterans go homeless.
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@BernieSanders and@EdMarkey proposed a 10% cut on the Pentagon budget to use to fund health care, housing, childcare and educational opportunities for cities and towns experiencing a poverty rate of 25% or more. Ignorance is blocking this bill knowing it would save lives.Show this thread -
Ignorance is giving weapons of war to local police departments with no accountability or oversight. Ignorance is calling us radical for saying that’s wrong.
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Yes I want to change our priorities. We can fund Medicare for All, guarantee housing, and enact a Green New Deal. We can make sure no veteran goes unhoused or without care. We can have a government that actually works for us.
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Ignorance is insulting my intelligence because you’ve never had a Black Lives Matter activist like me making decisions in Congress. Ignorance is thinking I’m just a protestor or a single mom. But what they don’t realize is that those are my superpowers.
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At least 3 generations of my family have served this country in the military. My father’s been a public servant his entire life. I’m going to Congress to build a country they’ll be proud of.
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Yes! Finally someone is representing my voice. The spending at the Pentagon is out of control. Unlike every other govmt agency, the pentagon has never been successfully been audited.
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You might want to ask these people why Trump got billions more in War Budgetpic.twitter.com/t8WZeOoHRx
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I’m sure that is part of the reason why she’s there. One step at a time.
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