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Some of biggest applause at
#CAPIdeas today comes when Parkland survivor Ryan Deitsch says he's putting off going to college to work to elect gun-control candidates running in the US midterm elections. pic.twitter.com/zM0ZHILy5Y
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Who said that education should be a right for everyone between the ages of 5 to 18, but not before 5, or after 18? At
#CAPIdeas, I discussed my vision for NJ to become the first state to lock-in access to a free education for everyone from pre-K through to an associate’s degree. pic.twitter.com/MVJ6ZPKgeM
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“There were all these guys on the House floor saying ‘Nancy Pelosi thinks she knows more about having children than the Pope.’ “When you have 5 children in 6 years, then we’ll talk.” - Nancy Pelosi
#CAPideas#StoptheBans#TrustWomenpic.twitter.com/cGIUDmeY6e
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Great opening
@amprog conf w @staceyabrams Amazing passionate speech on voter suppression & what needs to be done
#CAPIdeas @neeratanden
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Washington Gov Jay Inslee, sporting a green tie, at
#CAPIdeas: "We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation that can do something about it." pic.twitter.com/YAlWfutV9c
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Today I announced at
#CAPIdeas that I’m sending $175,000 to organizations working to win back state legislatures and fight for fair redistricting. We all need to do our part. pic.twitter.com/kHxUK2uLg1Elizabeth Warren's #CAPIdeas Redistricting AnnouncementSenator Warren announced at the 2018 CAP Ideas Conference that she's sending $175,000 to organizations working to win back state legislatures and fight for fair redistricting. -
The room is rapt as
@staceyabrams gives a direct, comprehensive, compelling address on voter suppression in Georgia and why it's the greatest threat to our democracy overall. Just bringing facts.#CAPIdeas -
This is why I don't care if we tortured terrorists. If we had to spray a little water on their face to get information considering what they did to us, then so be it.
#MAGA#CAPIdeas#tcot#WednesdayWisdompic.twitter.com/kyZYFI4PnF
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Speaker Pelosi just called Senate Republicans "handmaidens of the gun industry".
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Rep. Katie Porter is star at
#CAPIdeas -- funny, incisive, candid. Talks about implicit bias toward women and single mother in Congress, staunch defense of prochoice (recommending they msut use the word "abortion") -
Stacey Abrams kicking off
#CAPIdeas, with a lower-key version of the speech she gave to activists yesterday; not calling Brian Kemp a "cartoon villain," but saying that Georgia has "the best voter suppression system" in America.Show this thread -
The last five months have seen a whirlwind of energy as
@HouseDemocrats delivered on our promises to work#ForThePeople. I’ll be sitting down with@neeratanden to discuss at approximately 12:45 pm ET.#CAPIdeas Watch here: https://capideas.org/live-stream.html … -
Democracy hangs on the idea that those who get the most votes wins. Politicians are supposed to compete over how many voters they can persuade, not how many they can disqualify or demoralize.
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It was great sitting down with
@neeratanden@BetseyStevenson and@DarrickHamilton at#CAPideas to talk about what we have to do to achieve prosperity for all. Step one? Getting corruption out of government by ending gerrymandering, voter suppression, and dark money influence. pic.twitter.com/3xmqi8TgXX
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"I'm here to tell you there's a solution, and it is not everyone in America running for president." --
@staceyabrams



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We need to stand up against voter suppression efforts like racist voter ID laws & early voting restrictions. We need to make it easier to register & vote – from automatic registration to felon re-enfranchisement. And we need to put an end to partisan gerrymandering.
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Rep. Sharice Davids, one of the first two Native American women in the House, says at
#CAPIdeas that she still gets stopped by security in the House. "I mean, it's May. And there are not many members who look like me."Show this thread -
What strikes me about the impeachment debate is that there are folks for and against it who are 100% unyielding behind their position, and yet, this is far more complicated than most want to admit.
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“This president is obstructing justice, and he’s engaged in a coverup, and that could be an impeachable offense.” —
@SpeakerPelosi at#CAPideas pic.twitter.com/Nb2sqRT7JP
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