@MichaelAvenatti 1/ Let me introduce you to the “long history” of fighters in the Democratic Party.
Take notes.
@MichaelAvenatti 2/Rep. John Lewis (GA)
Organized student sit-in demonstrations. Freedom Rider, challenging bus and rail segregation laws. Keynote speaker at the March on Washington. Helped organize a voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery. Won the presidential medal of freedom from Obama.
@MichaelAvenatti 3/Rep. Barbara Lee became the first woman to represent the State of California’s then-9th (now 13th Congressional District in the U.S. Served as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. She Lee was nominated for the Alfred R. Nobel Peace Prize. In 2009.
1/ If anything “good“ came out of the 2016 election (besides the wonderful emergence of black, WOC, women lead political & activist groups) it’s that we no longer have to be forced to buy the lies coming from decades of Republican leadership:
2/For example, Lie #1: “That cutting taxes benefits everyone.” We know that the tax cuts don’t benefit everyone! The data has shown that the republicans #TaxScam is just that. We know that it only truly benefits the very rich. newsweek.com/republican-tax…
3/We know that those who do benefit from the tax cuts, the very wealthy, do not reinvest in their workers; they re-invest in stocks and bonuses for themselves. vox.com/2018/8/2/17639…