Thread by @TiffanyBond

Wow. I woke up to a lot of notifications.

I would like to sincerely thank @redistrict for his highly dismissive tweet and point out to @CookPolitical what Dave is missing in this race by skimming candidates with a (hopefully brief) #sundaysoapbox.

https://twitter.com/ALT_uscis/status/1018280405814992896

I have a pretty niche skill set in a lot of ways - I'm grabbing skills that apply to Congress specifically.

I like reading bills (I know, right?)

I can translate said bills into mostly plain english

I am decent at recognizing unintended consequences before they hit

I tell the truth and deliver those truths in ways most people can hear it

I don't try to change people

I'm not shiny or polished, and don't want to be

I am not financially motivated

I am constitent and unapologetic in my beliefs, shifting only when data or perspective shifts

This bundle of skills leads me to a broad base of support. Last night hard right, through moderate, to far left saw your tweet and jumped in to support me.

Which is amazing, thank you all!

They all see me as their person, because I am.

MAGA hat, pussy hat, tin foil hat, hatless...there are a *lot* of overlapping goals.

We objectively have shared problems, and I am flexible to solutions as long as they are $ responsible, humane, and an improvement.

My followers know I have a range. They know they don't all like each other.

That's ok.

They don't have to trust or like each other. They can agree that I'm not out to screw anyone, I am reasonable, I am fair.

They agree on me.

Isn't that what is missing Dave?

Much like with family law clients, I tell them what to push for, what doesn't matter, when they are being ridiculous, when they are making choices that are hurtful, and when they are screwing up their kids.

I can say all those things and be listened to because I am their person.

Much like when I am a mediator, I am trusted to find those common goals and solutions that may not be perfect, but are palatable.

People aren't stupid.

They know government won't ever be perfect.

They know that we need to be flexible.

They know the other side won't go away.

Almost every person in this country wants:

Healthcare access

Infrastructure

Healthy communities

Small business to be able to thrive

To not be poisoned

To be safe

To be free to be themselves

For children to have a future

The vulnerable/forgotten to be cared for

Someone(s), somehow sold the US that they can only have these things in one political party.

30% ish are convinced it's GOP
30% ish are convinced it's Dem
40% ish think the parties are annoying AF and are somewhere between siding with least annoying and Go Anarchy!

It's not true.

We *know* it's not true.

Most of us feel the chaos and the ripping apart and want it to stop.

I have a challenge for you @Redistrict and anyone in the media.

Go ahead crew, tag in, DM, call your cousin that works for some show somewhere.

Pick 10.

Find 10 people kind of like me.

Maybe we struggle with exposure.

Maybe we don't all like attention (because let me tell you I so dislike this kind of attention, have a google at how much of an attention-seeker I have historically been, but I digress)

Find 10 people anywhere in the US that have the Willy Wonka golden ticket skill set:

✔Caring about government structure

✔Trustworthy

✔(at least seemingly) not corruptible

✔Able to get buy in from more than 1 party

Float us up.

Forget the money, the ratings, the drama - just for 10 people.

Pick 10 people you wish were doing the job, who shouldn't be a foot note. Think of us as your pro bono project.

Go ahead and pay your mortgage - Keep doing what you've been doing for everyone else.

If 5 of those 10 get in Congress, we'll be headed back to the us we like more.

I volunteer as tribute.

I'm boring.

I'm middle aged.

I'm not photogenic.

I could go my whole life without being on tv, but I'll do it.

I hate humidity, but I will tolerate DC.

Find 9 more.

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If media won't do it, you do it.

If 10k do a #MaineRaising, I will probably win no matter how much $ the men dump in.

So help my district and buy stuff from small businesses anywhere in the green and tell them I sent you like the sample.

It's a save democracy scavenger hunt.

Share your #MaineRaising, help the world find the businesses and products you find.

@ your favorite celebs, media, etc.

If @HuffPost can have several stories about what twitter said at any time, why not this?

If @FoxNews wants to show balance, here is your balance.