Antonio DelgadoVerified account

.@AlanChartock asked about my music, an art form that I worked on more than 10 yrs ago after law school. I knew back then that people, poor working middle class folks, were being shut out of the system & they were being marginalized.

The trends that I talk about now were the same that I focused on back then. People have felt for a long time that our government has been nonresponsive and they've checked out.

I was trying to figure out how to reach folks on the margins who feel disenfranchised from the system and pull them in and get them engaged and get them to take their voices seriously and to be heard.

I spoke about income inequality. I spoke about wealth disparity. I spoke about misogyny. I spoke about climate change. These are the things that I focused on relentlessly back then and I'm proud to be able to continue that mission now right here at home. #NY19

I told @AlanChartock, I've heard @JohnFasoNy suggest that my music is controversial. There's nothing controversial about any of that. I think what's controversial is voting to take healthcare away from your constituents when they need it most.

I think what is controversial is during your first term in office not having a single public town hall. What's controversial is promising your constituents that you will not defund #PlannedParenthood and then voting for a bill that does that.