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Keith Ellison
@keithellison
Minnesota Attorney General | Fighting to help Minnesotans afford their lives and live with dignity
Minnesota, USAkeithellison.orgBorn August 4Joined March 2008

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Haircuts for women cost more than those for men. Also health care, car repairs, etc. That’s reality for the awesome and every other woman. It’s morally wrong and it threatens the economic security of women and everyone who depends on her income. It’s the "pink tax”.
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If you live in Georgia, Wisconsin, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina or Florida or anywhere. Anywhere at all. Check to see if you’re registered to vote. You might have been purged. Check it now.
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Trump backed Luther Strange, and he went down; then backed his bird-of-a-feather friend Roy Moore, and he just went down. Don’t fear these people. They are beatable.
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The war on drugs didn’t stop drug usage; it just ruined a lot of lives. Jeff Sessions is reviving it because he believes in using the criminal justice system as an instrument of racial and economic control of poor people and brown people.
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I have never seen supporters being unusually mean or rude. Can someone send me an example of a “Bernie Bro” being bad. Also, are we holding all candidates responsible for the behavior of some of their supporters? Waiting to hear.
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Ok, Dems kicked butt last night; now let’s go defeat the plutocratic Republican tax scam bill and organize in every zip code. Who’s down for it?
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Trickle down economics is a proven fraud. When you give the wealthiest few a big tax cut, they do 3 things with that money: 1) Give each other bonuses 2) Engage in mega-mergers to concentrate more wealth at the top 3) Spend even more money buying political influence
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“Kimberly-Clark, maker of paper products like Kleenex, Viva paper towels, Cottonelle bathroom tissue and Huggies diapers, announced earlier this month it would use its tax cut windfall to pay the costs of closing 10 factories and dumping as many as 5,500 workers.”
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Yes, we need to protest, sue, etc. but elections are coming soon. If ever voting were a civic duty is it now. Register, organize, right now.
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Thank you to the dozens of Jewish community leaders who sat-in for a DREAM Act and filled the halls of Capitol Hill singing "We will build this world with love." We reject Trump's cruelty. We stand with the 800,000 DREAMers.
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A candidate for Democratic nomination said slaveholders didn’t know slaveholding was wrong. Absolutely incorrect. In original draft of Declaration of Independence, Jefferson condemned King George for the African slave trade in American colonies. They did it for the money.
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Do these folks know they’ve stood by a Senate candidate who thinks I shouldn’t be able to serve in Congress, simply because of my faith?
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.@SenToddYoung says he agrees with McConnell, “we do not have religious tests for office in the United States of America. Period.”
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This should not be happening in the richest country in the history of the world. We need to stand up to the greed of Big Pharma, rein in the cost of prescription drugs and implement Medicare for All.
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Alec Raeshawn Smith, age 26, was found dead in his apartment on June 27. He was rationing his insulin after he aged out of his parent’s insurance coverage. bit.ly/2zYQtmi
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If we have to fight for healthcare, we shouldn't just defend the status quo. Why don't we fight for what we really want: Medicare for All.
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I spent 12 years in Congress. It’s not divided because people don’t know how to play nice. It’s divided because some think the rich don’t have enough money and everyone else has too much. Candidates who claim that they’re going to walk in and “mediate” are naive or dishonest.
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I just received unanimous consent from my colleagues to assume leadership of former Rep. John Conyers' historic single-payer health care bill. Health care is a human right, and Medicare for All is an idea whose time has come.
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“Universal public systems are designed to benefit EVERYBODY! Everyone contributes and everyone enjoys. We don’t ban the rich from public schools, firefighters, or libraries bc they are public goods,” ⁦⁩ explained.
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The money made by the wealthiest few in our society isn't just sitting there. It's being used by billionaires to buy the political process.
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Kamala, Julien & Pete all did very well. Elizabeth showed why she is a true leader; champion of working families everywhere. But dominated both nights with the force of ideas, which have been consistent throughout his service. I support him - like I did last time.
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If it looks like a Muslim Ban Sounds like a Muslim Ban And bans Muslims from entering the country… Shouldn’t we call it a Muslim Ban?
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Tax breaks to Amazon promised by New Jersey: $7 billion. Tax breaks promised by Illinois: $2 billion. Something is deeply wrong with our economy & democracy when local governments offer up their tax base to a corporation worth over $500 billion.
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The list is out for Amazon HQ finalists: •Atlanta •Austin, TX •Boston •Chicago •Columbus, OH •Dallas •Denver •Indianapolis •LA •Miami •Montgomery County, Md. •Nashville •Newark •NYC •Northern Virginia •Philly •Pittsburgh •Raleigh, NC •Toronto •Washington, D.C.
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YOU cancelled DACA! No amount of lyin’ and spinnin’ changes that.
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The Democrats just aren’t calling about DACA. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have to get moving fast, or they’ll disappoint you again. We have a great chance to make a deal or, blame the Dems! March 5th is coming up fast.
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Four massive telecom corporations—Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and Charter—control 76% of broadband access, and lobbied heavily to repeal #NetNeutrality. This isn't over. We can't let giant monopolies get away with taking away our freedoms for their own profit.
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BREAKING: The FCC just voted to dismantle #netneutrality. This represents a radical departure that risks erosion of the biggest free speech platform the world has ever known.
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I almost cannot fathom anything more abhorrent than giving the wealthiest few a massive tax handout to grease the wheels for cuts to vital programs the sick, the poor, and the elderly desperately need.
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Ryan promises Medicaid, Medicare spending cuts in 2018 to "tackle the deficit" hill.cm/27t5lpa
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This is a time for core beliefs. My heart is with the 800,000 DREAMers whose lives President Trump threw into turmoil in order to manufacture this shutdown crisis. Republicans in Congress have got to stop playing along with his cruel political game and do the right thing.
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Judge Gorsuch should never be seated as a SCOTUS. His legal views disturbing, and McConnell must be shown that 'Justice theft' is NOT ok.
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Ordinarily I wouldn't mention the Dodge Ram's Super Bowl Ad because I wouldn't want to draw attention to it, but exploitation of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech about servant leadership to sell trucks is a new low.
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Poor choices are not why people are poor. Poor policy choices (ex. Big tax cuts for rich, discouraging wealth & savings, no consumer protection, privatized health care, monopolization, low investment in housing, broadband, transit, retraining, etc.) are why people are poor.
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Regardless of your spin of HRC, she would never cut Meals on Wheels, CDBG, Weatherization Assistance, LIHEAP, Nat'l Endowment Arts, Big Bird
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If only we could have gotten a millionaire former First Lady w/ poor ethics record and a crooked charity foundation to save us… twitter.com/keithellison/s
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I am proud to say I do not receive any donations from the NRA & I strongly support a ban on high-capacity magazines, but we must go further. To address the gun violence crisis in this country, we need universal background checks and to reinstate the assault weapons ban.
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Last year Trump ended protected status for 2,500 Nicaraguans, 60,000 Haitians and 800,000 DREAMers. Now he's pulled the rug out from under 200,000 Salvadorans. We who believe in the United States as a refuge and a beacon of hope must stand against this cruelty.
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The Trump administration will end protected status for 200,000 Salvadorans bit.ly/2D9sKj7
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Opponents of immigration use the term “chain migration" to refer to what is actually Family Reunification. They’re trying to turn the public against immigrants re-unifying with their Loved Ones by rebranding it as something something bad.
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Look folks, I’m a hopeful person. An optimist. But we are facing climate crisis, historic inequality, Trump promoting racial and ethnic division. Time to elect & re-elect folks who are about real change. Vote for
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Thank you Minnesota, for the great honor of serving you as your Attorney General and for reelecting me last night. I promise to continue helping you afford your lives and live with dignity, safety, and respect—every day.
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