Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Community attorney, neighborhood organizer, singer, husband and father, and current MO State Rep. for District 80!

peterformoprogress.comJoined August 2015

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

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It was a remarkable illustration of their fear of even hearing about the history of racism. Because a black rep began talking about the history of white legislators removing local control from black communities (like this bill), he was cut off, and all other black reps silenced.

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Rep Rasheen Aldridge. Jr (He/Him)

@RepSheenBean

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Republican cut off debate when a black Rep was up to talk. Theirs were 3 other black Reps stand to speak including myself and the floor leader ended the debate completely. It's a shame that we were discussing a bill about St. Louis and they silenced the voices of those Reps.

Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Feb 9

Every MO R voted that children can carry guns in public. They voted to defund police if a cop helps stop a fed gun crime. They voted to ban a 12 year old rape victim with major health risks from having an abortion. Bills to ban mentioning racism or LGBT issues, ban drag.……

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Feb 9

Kids carrying guns on the street or in a park is a matter of individual freedom and personal responsibility. Kids seeing a drag queen read a children’s book or sing a song is a danger the government must ban. Do I have that right MO GOP? #moleg

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Feb 9

That’s right. I choose not to own a gun so I can’t have opinions about gun laws. They CAN’T get pregnant but certainly don’t mind passing laws about pregnancy. And I bet most of them don’t know much about drugs but are happy to throw people in prison for those every day, too.

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Crystal Quade

@crystal_quade

Feb 8

Republican #moleg men: "Democrats don't understand guns so shouldn't be legislating them!!" Also #moleg Republican men: "What does trans mean? What's an ectopic pregnancy? Let's legislate it anyway!"

Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Feb 8

Right now Republicans in the MO House are fighting against an amendment that would say children can’t carry guns in public. (Yep it’s legal right now.) They’re saying it would violate the 2nd amendment to deny a 12 yr old the right to carry an AR-15 down the street. #moleg

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Feb 8

And yet how many proposals our governor celebrated in his state of the state are thanks to bills passed by Biden and the Dems? Infrastructure, broadband, CHIPS, and so much more! And celebrating the lowest unemployment rate in our history… under Biden’s “disastrous policies.” 🙄

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Eric Schmitt

@Eric_Schmitt

Feb 8

Biden’s dispatch from fantasy land tonight will fall on deaf ears in middle America, where Missourians are facing the real impact of Biden’s disastrous policies.

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Feb 1

Tune in to the livestream to hear Dem Senators like

@beedubyah1967

rail against this bill and force GOP Senators to hear some things about the Black experience of American history. senate.mo.gov/chamber

ICYMI The MO Senate today is spending their day debating a bill to censor schools’ teaching of the history of racism in America. Today is the first day of Black History Month. Yep, that tracks.

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Annnnnd that’s how the GOP manufactures a controversy.

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Missouri Independent

@MO_Independent

Jan 31

With a single tweet, Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden turned a local controversy over what Columbia Public Schools told parents about the drag performance at a diversity breakfast into a state issue. #moleg #mogov #mosen via @RudiKellerMI missouriindependent.com/2023/01/31/mis

Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 31

The amount of foolishness we’re hearing in this tax cmte about bills to get rid of the state corp tax is mind blowing. The truth is this would be a billion dollar corp giveaway that does nothing for small biz or regular people. Taking more $ from schools, infrastructure, etc.

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 31

A 16yo in MO can get thrown in prison for walking down the street with a joint, while police can’t even arrest them for walking down the street with an AR-15 or handgun. Because freedom.

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 25

Not a single person here to testify in support of these ridiculous drag ban bills. Not one. But a room full of drag queens and advocates to fight them. i guess the GOP legislators really just wanted an after midnight drag show in the Capitol? 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 25

These parents are who will beat this hateful stuff. The legislators seem to hear their ferocious love of their kids. Their internal struggles and journeys. They can relate to being a parent who loves their kid.

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 25

I just have to hope these Republicans are seeing this contrast. Who do you want to be on the side of? Pleading parents, kids, their doctors, and the overwhelming opinions of the medical community — or conspiracy theorists that want big gov to say we know better than all of them.

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Followed by a woman ranting about woke ideology and every medical association being a part of a vast woke conspiracy, and demanding government ban parents like Dan from supporting their kid and listening to him and to the advice of medical experts.

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Well that testimony just about shut down the room. Dan’s father getting emotional and expressing the ferocious love of a parent trying to take care of his kid to politicians trying to stop him. Then Dan simply asking, “Please stop.” Folks from all sides crying. They heard that.

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Oof. Again this year the bill sponsors of the government ban on parents, kids and doctors choosing gender affirming care begin by repeating lies about a Swedish study that even the study’s author has debunked. And lies about European laws. I had to explain this yet again. 😒

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 25

Also grateful STL mayor

@tishaura

’s office is represented here, with her rep preventing a letter in strong opposition to these bills, and speaking to the need to give support and love to our most vulnerable kids - not a policy of exclusion.

A witness just nailed the point. LGBTQ kids experience suicides and bullying at horrifying rates. GOP priority is making it worse in the name of “protecting girls” from playing sports with 6 trans girls. How about we protect the vulnerable kids instead of bullying them more?

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Mayor

is a leader I hope to see more and more of in this state. Grateful he was here lending his voice and representing KC not just in efforts to address violent crime, but also standing up against political bullies - and fighting for a state that welcomes all.

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Again with the bill sponsor saying “this bill has nothing to do with LGBT youth” and having to be reminded that ”the T is for trans. This bill is about trans kids playing sports.”

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 24

First hearing of the year now for this new committee on tax policy… and the bill sponsor starts off repeating the nonsensical claim that lowering state taxes is causing revenue to go up. He cited the Laffer Curve. Seems they always forget the “curve” part.

Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 24

Just heard the budget request for the big proposal for semiconductor research and development “right here in MO” that the Governor touted in his state of the state. Turns out it’s a federal program funded by Biden’s CHIPS Act. GOP taking credit while decrying fed spending. 🙄

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 24

Notably they notified the public of this hearing barely the required 24hrs in advance and on a day with a winter storm warning already. Clearly doing their best to make it harder for advocates to get here.

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 24

ALERT: Anti LGBTQ bills being heard tomorrow. Bills to take away freedom to access to gender affirming health care, to legislate kids’ sports and bully trans kids, and to attack drag shows. Big government at its worst — and trying to limit public participation in the process.

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Upgrades to interstates may be popular and needed to, but we should be leveraging as much federal money for those projects as possible (since they serve folks just crossing our state), and shouldn’t take priority over public transit, esp after decades of investment in sprawl.

Last year I proposed money to increase public transit spending statewide (ours is ridiculously low compared to other states), a north-south metro expansion, and statewide fare-free public transit. I also support overdue upgrades/repairs to roads and bridges.

I didn’t actually stand up for this one. I’m glad to see real infrastructure investment, but not sure it’s the best use of state dollars (not fed). Really wish we’d consider a serious investment in public transit. Just $50mil /year would get rid of all fares on existing systems…

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Jason Rosenbaum

@jrosenbaum

Jan 18

. @GovParsonMO's proposal to spend $859M for widening parts of I-70 got a bipartisan standing ovation.

Ok this is pretty fantastic. Thanks, Vermont!

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State Senator Becca White

@BeccaWhiteVT

Jan 17

Vermont legislators stand in solidarity (shoulder to unsleeved shoulder if you will) with our Missouri colleagues. Please support their fight by donating with link below. #vtpoli #Missouridresscode #rightobarearms #sleevelessinsolidarity

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 17

Session Begins... Rules Debates, Women's Dress Codes, Supplemental Budget, Bills Filed and More. Read my takes on the start of session - mailchi.mp/moprogress/ses

Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 17

We funded decent increases to most of these things last year, but they were still less than inflation - so increases were ultimately more cuts. The state of our state in MO is that we’re behind. It’s time we finally start investing again in the things that grow our state. 3/3

We still have the lowest paid teachers and state workers in the country, the lowest state funding for K-12 in the country, have made huge cuts in higher education funding in the past 10 years, and I could go on and on. 2/x

As we prepare for the state of the state tomorrow, this passage from a budget request by the Department of Higher Ed and Workforce Development this year jumped out at me. MO is basically at the bottom of our peer states by most economic indicators. 1/x

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Um, no, Twitter. The amendment made the dress code stricter, ensuring women that had previously worn long sleeve dresses without a blazer would have to wear a blazer. An amendment to THAT amendment expanded to allow cardigans. If you’re gonna fact check me, use facts.

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 12

Very glad to see the Governor’s proposed 8.7% pay raises for state workers. It’s an absolutely necessary start, but honestly doesn’t even catch them up to inflation. With the lowest paid state workers in the nation, I hope we can do much more to support (and keep) them this year.

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 12

Apparently having agents to enforce laws is government working “against us.” I guess that’s true if you are trying to break the law and avoid paying your fair share. Maybe like their president that avoided a required tax audit because the IRS “didn’t have the resources.”

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Kevin McCarthy

@SpeakerMcCarthy

Jan 10

House Republicans just voted unanimously to repeal the Democrats' army of 87,000 IRS agents

This was our very first act of the new Congress, because government should work for you, not against you. Promises made. Promises kept.

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 11

When it comes to opposing the concentration of power in the hands of a few (speaker, floor leader and budget chair), it seems many on the far right agree with us. It’s time we decentralize power in our gov and put it back in the hands of the people, esp in the “People’s House.”

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Rep. Ashley Aune

@Ashley4MO

Jan 11

A group of conservatives in the upper gallery just applauded @PeterforMO… what a time to be alive. #moleg

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Rep. Peter Merideth

@PeterforMO

Jan 11

Yep, the caucus that lost their minds over the suggestion that they should wear masks during a pandemic to respect the safety of others is now spending its time focusing on the fine details of what women have to wear (specifically how to cover their arms) to show respect here.

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Debating the house rules on the floor today, and the first amendment offered by a Republican is about making stricter the rules of what women have to wear in here.

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Last year while we were being sworn in we were getting national headline alerts about the active insurrection. This time we’re getting national headlines about disarray in House leadership elections. Definitely prefer these.

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