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Chair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin / @WisDems. Husband and dad of three amazing kids and one glorious doggo, Pumpkin.

Sep 4, 2018, 5 tweets

Outside the Capitol, Alaskan superstar Jeff King—4x winner of the Iditarod—and a group of fellow Alaskan leaders takes the stage and makes the case for Murkowski voting to #StopKanavaugh. He tells us they made the same case privately to her earlier today.

Soon to be first Native American woman elected to Congress, @Deb4CongressNM, takes the stage with a group of indigenous leaders. “I don’t want any of you to underestimate your power right now. Keep marching. Keep protesting. Make sure the rest of the country knows. Keep it up!”

“I stand before you as a young person wanting not to be shot.” Speakers from March for Our Lives Dani Miller & @shaheerajalil

Remember the Republican who confronted Paul Ryan at a CNN town hall last year & said he’s only alive because of the ACA? He’s here speaking out against Kavanaugh tonight, because the newest threat to Jeff Jeans’s health care—and yours—is a SCOTUS nominee.

businessinsider.com/paul-ryan-obam…

“Ben Sasse says it’s deranged to say people will die if Kavanaugh is confirmed. I will die an early death because I was locked out of the health care system due to a pre-existing condition. What’s deranged is my situation. What’s deranged is what they’re doing.” @KellyLGregory

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