I had the most inspiring call today. A Democrat called the office just trying to reach anyone to find out if someone was running for State House in her district and if not if she could run for office. She said, “I don’t know if I’m qualified I’m just somebody’s mom.”
🚨 UPDATE: I told y’all about “somebody’s mom” who called the office wanting to know if she was qualified to run for office. Well meet Alexis Melton. She went from phone call yesterday to TNDP candidate training today. Next stop qualified candidate for State House District 35.
If you live in rural TN
@GovBillLee
is planning to replace the schools that you and your family have attended with government sponsored charter schools. He wants to alter the culture of your communities to help his powerful friends advance a national agenda.
She then begins talking about all of the reasons why she feels someone should be running in her district. She’s the kind of candidate that would inspire people in counties where voters feel there’s no hope.
TN Republican legislators have decided that their tribute to Black History month is to change part of the name of Rep. John Lewis Way in Nashville to President Donald Trump Boulevard— what a smack in the face to Black Tennesseans and to our nation. Their priority is hate.
We kept our word, an official compliant has been filed and TN Republicans are being sued. The maps they drew violate the law and now the courts will decide.
I am humbled and elated at the opportunity to serve as the
@tndp
Chair. This is not just a moment of accomplishment for my family and I but a historic moment for our party and indeed for our state. We’re ordinary people just like all of you and will always stay true to that.
Just a reminder that
@MarshaBlackburn
is one of the most incompetent U.S. Senators that has ever served. She’s been an absolute embarrassment to the state of Tennessee.
Tennessee’s new “House rules” for the special session clarify that small paper signs are no longer allowed in committee rooms, but guns are.
This is INSANE!
I’ll consider reading the TN GOP letter urging university officials to punish student athletes for kneeling, when it’s attached to a letter condemning the Washington insurrection and pledging to oust Terri Lynn Weaver for her involvement. Until then, get that BS out of here 🤡🐘
I’d be interested in seeing the comparison of communities most impacted by TVA’s rolling blackouts, specifically whether minority and rural communities were impacted more than more affluent communities.
The decision by the TN Department of Health to stop reporting COVID-19 data on a daily basis is undoubtedly a directive from
@GovBillLee
to shield him from criticism because of his failures. Over and over again he has failed to deliver as Governor — We’ve endured 4 failed years.
I know you’re thinking it so let me go ahead and say it,
@GovBillLee
is out of his damn mind. He’s the most dangerous threat to the health of Tennesseans. COVID-19 is not over! Don’t let this irresponsible governor mislead you. Take your health serious, mask up or get vaccinated.
Tonight, Bill Lee summed up his address by saying that “the State of our State is indeed hopeful” — That Mr. Governor you were right about. Tennesseans are indeed hopeful that we will rid ourselves of your failed leadership in 2022 and we will.
You never miss an opportunity to sow hate and division. During a moment when we should be glad that we could bring an American home, you’re trying to turn us against each other.
I had a chance to chat with
@VP
Kamala Harris today and on behalf of all of the Democrats across our state, I told her that we’re going to do everything that we can to make sure that folks in TN know how hard her and
@POTUS
are working for them.
If elected, Andy Ogles would undoubtedly be Tennessee’s mashed version of Majorie Taylor Green and Matt Gaetz. We can’t afford to send this radical extremist to Congress. I’m ready to make sure that
@Campbell4TN
defeats him in November.
It’s saddening to see
@MarshaBlackburn
jump from conspiracy theory to conspiracy theory trying to gain extremist traction. What a waste of a Senate seat.
"You can no longer bring a paper sign to committee rooms to protest, but you can bring a gun to committee rooms," Tennessee St. Rep.
@brotherjones_
tells Joy Reid on the Tennessee House approving rules appearing to limit free speech and more.
Watch more:
5 months ago
@AftynBehn
was inside of the State House protesting gun violence and outside of the State House organizing a rally to push back against the GOP during the Tennessee 3 expulsion hearings.Tonight, she’s made history and will now be a Representative in the State House!
Congratulations on your historic win Representative-elect
@AftynBehn
. We are looking forward to having your voice added to the fight for our Democratic values in the State House.
Something is happening in TN and it’s not good. TN Republicans have chosen madness over morals. They’re the most fringe group of legislators in the nation. A decade of GOP power has felt like a lifetime of hell in our state. Not to mention that
@GovBillLee
is spineless.
If TN had an antique store that specialized in segregationist memorabilia, I would expect Rep. Jerry Sexton to be the store manager. This guy shouldn’t be anywhere near the place where laws are being made for the State of TN. He’s toxic to the conversation of public policy.
Chatted with
@tndp
Chair
@hendrellremus
tonight … we are all in to support the young people in TN and our Democrats in the legislature as they fight back against GOP tyranny in TN!
Tennesee Republican wants to include “HANGING BY TREE” to an execution bill that will allow firing squads as a way to execute people in TN — can’t make this stuff up. This is the state that we’re living in. Republican control has turned into a full assault on human decency.
WATCH: “You know lynching’s a hate crime now, right? How racist are you exactly, Paul?”
Rep. Paul Sherrell (R-Sparta) — who wants to change part of John Lewis Way to “Trump Blvd.” in Nashville — just said he wants to bring “hanging people from trees” back to Tennessee.
We know the 2024 Senate race will be tough.
@MarshaBlackburn
is one of the slimiest politicians crawling around the Washington swamp but we are going to make sure that every voter in every corner of Tennessee knows her self-serving record. She’s been an absolute embarrassment.
The only thing holding Tennessee back is a radicalized MAGA Republican party. Out of touch and out of their damn minds. This extremist group of Republicans care more about power than they do about people.
Tennessee has become the test lab for the GOPs national agenda and it’s bad, it’s real bad. We easily have the worst Governor and Republican legislators in the country.
You cannot be timid with the Republicans serving in the TN legislature. They are not looking for civility nor bipartisan working relationships. They want to shred every drop of progress that we’ve made in TN and across our nation. We have to stand up and we have to fight back.
No one should be suspended from anything because of marijuana. No one should be denied a job or fired because of marijuana. No one should be prosecuted because of marijuana possession.Legalize it,expand access to it,and help the sick while investing tax revenue in our communities
🚨 BREAKING: UNION YES! 🎉
4000+ CHATTANOOGA VW workers just voted overwhelmingly to join the
@UAW
and unionize — despite pressure from
@GovBillLee
@CSexton25
and other powerful state Republicans pressuring them not to.
#UnionStrong
💪🏽
As TN faces a rapid increase in new COVID cases, remember that an incompetent Governor and Republican controlled legislature, prematurely pushed through legislation strictly limiting the authority schools, health agencies and businesses have over COVID-19 restrictions
We don’t just need candidates running in every state legislative race, we need candidates running and turning out Democrats in every race. That’s why we have more Democrats running in local races for the first time in decades.
From California to Virginia, 2024 Democratic Senate candidates are starting to emerge. Are y’all ready to start working to beat
@MarshaBlackburn
in Tennessee?
Since gaining power,TN Republicans have been kneeling on folks from across the state.They’ve been kneeling on poor whites and poor blacks.They’ve been kneeling on women’s rights and workers rights.They’ve been kneeling on rural and urban families.They’ve been kneeling on progress
The great American conspiracy theorist
@MarshaBlackburn
has voted against EVERY piece of legislation that has helped the people of TN. Every day that she spends in the U.S. Senate is a day wasted on spreading dangerous hate filled conspiracies.
You sure are interested in everything but the issues that are crushing Tennesseans.People are struggling like hell,many getting poorer and sicker but you’re priorities are everywhere and on everything except progress in TN. What state are you a Senator from exactly?
#TNNeglected
We don’t give them enough credit.Our Democratic State Legislators in TN go to work each session fighting an uphill battle and they never give up on doing what’s right,not just for the people in their districts but for all Tennesseans.Our Democrats will keep fighting for people.
In a state like TN where Republican Legislators are ready to pass gerrymandered maps and have a puppet Governor sign them into law, a strong voting rights bill from Congress that would rein in this type of recklessness should be passed immediately.
As a parent of two elementary school children, I can’t comprehend the rationale behind the reckless decision making of
@GovBillLee
. School districts across this state should now give parents the option for their children to attend class virtually at their current schools.
🚨BREAKING: President Biden & The Democrats’ POPULAR $1.9 TRILLION COVID RELIEF BILL to help working & unemployed Americans and fight the pandemic PASSES THE SENATE 50-49.
BOTH
@MarshaBlackburn
&
@SenatorHagerty
put politics over people and vote NO.
In Tennessee
@GovBillLee
is failing. He may have been a good business man but he’s been a dangerously incompetent governor. He’s ruined the lives of people in rural and urban areas. He’s made life harder for the people who voted for him and definitely harder for those who didn’t.
I looked across the South Lawn and saw people surrounding someone. In the middle of the huddle was our TN rock star
@SenAkbari
— she knows evvveerrybody. Great representing TN with you today.
The way that
@GovBillLee
@MarshaBlackburn
and
@BillHagertyTN
talk about immigrants coming to Tennessee, is nearly identical to the language and tactics that segregationist used to talk about Black people.
Bill Lee is proud of withholding TWO BILLION dollars in family assistance from Tennesseans, in a rainy day fund. Aye Bill, it’s pouring down on struggling families in TN, have you not heard how food banks have become the only meal TN families can count on.
TN Republicans set out on a dangerous course to defund and eliminate our public schools; nearly every community in the state joined us in opposing their efforts. Killing this voucher bill is a win for every citizen of Tennessee, especially public school students and teachers.
‼️ THERE IT IS —
@GovBillLee
makes it official, his voucher scam is dead for the year: “Unfortunately it has become clear that there is not a pathway for the bill during this legislative session."
He says he will try again next year.
The Shelby County DA race is one of the most consequential in our state this election cycle.
@SteveMulroy901
is working hard to defeat the current DA and bring much needed reform to the office — the entire nation is watching.
I’m inspired by the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Jacob Blake. I join them in endorsing Steve Mulroy for Shelby County District Attorney.
When
@GovBillLee
wakes up on Friday morning, he’ll finally have a Democratic opponent ready to remind Tennesseans in every corner of our state of his failures. Under his leadership our state has failed at nearly everything besides making life harder for ordinary people.
Knocking doors in Bolivar and what’s crystal clear is that the Democratic Party has been leaving votes on the table. These are Democrats disengaged and many unregistered. We’ve got work to do and it starts with local races and direct voter engagement.
Thank you
@GavinNewsom
for always making sure that the nation knows how rabid our Republican supermajority is when it comes to guns. Their advocacy for reckless policies continue to endanger the lives of the people of Tennessee, especially our children.
It’s obvious,
@GovBillLee
didn’t come to give a State of the State address,he used tonight to roll the opening credits of his 2022 campaign.He doubled down on his commitment to leave TN families behind,to weaponize religion as a political shield,and to avoid taking responsibility.
There’s an economic, healthcare, and poverty crisis right here in TN. Why are you and the Wild Bills (Lee & Hagerty) refusing to help struggling Tennesseans? — Ain’t no changing the story this time, Marsha. Lets talk about how you voted AGAINST these $1,400 stimulus checks.
As Republicans squabble about which flavor of crazy to support in District 5 in 2022, we’re busy making sure that voters in Districts 5 and 7 know that
@Campbell4TN
and
@OdessaKellyTN
are the best candidates for the people.
Tennessee Republicans have shown that they have nothing to offer the people of Tennessee. They sow hatred that leave communities fighting each other and struggling in every corner of the state.
Don’t get distracted. DEMOCRATS elected
@brotherjones_
and
@justinjpearson
and Democrats in Nashville and Shelby County will return them to their seats in the State House. We’ll use every resource we have to fight any effort by Republicans to violate the law by not seating them.
"We've been passing lawsuits not laws." -
@yarbro
shaming Bill Lee for the unconstitutional bills he pushes and cost the state money in lawsuits.
We need a Governor who passes legal laws and moves our state forward. Period.
Let us never forget that Republicans have been willing to sacrifice innocent children in order to feed their own addiction to extremism. Led by
@GovBillLee
they have created some of Tennessee’s darkest days.
What’s happening in Tennessee sets a dangerous new precedent for Republican state legislators to further erode democracy at the state level, across our nation.
We had an opportunity to chat with U.S. Senator
@ReverendWarnock
during his visit to Nashville. FYI I told him that we’re officially adopting him as our Democratic U.S. Senator until we vote Blackburn and Hagerty out.
There’s a reason why
@GovBillLee
won’t answer reporter questions and there’s a reason why he’s afraid to debate his record with
@jasonbmartin
. He knows that he’s been a failure as governor.
A decade of Republican control in Tennessee has created a lifetime of pain for too many Tennesseans. The damage that they’ve done to our state in such a short period of time has been crushing socially, morally, and economically.
In all due respect, sit this one out Senator. You’ve been in Congress for almost 20 years. You have only sponsored 3 bills that have become law: 2 were to rename post offices and the other to study a battlefield.
Senator, I hope you don’t think that’s governing.
#JustSaying
During the runoff elections “The coordinated GA campaign ultimately made 25 million voter contact attempts, with more than 40,000 volunteers engaged. They knocked on a million doors in just the final four days of the race.” — Who’s ready to put in some work in TN??
🤦🏾♂️
@GovBillLee
has moved TN one step closer to becoming the wild west.Once his signature is on the Republican legislation to make TN a permitless carry state,he’s taking full responsibility for every shot that’s fired from a handgun in this state.This is Tennessee’s man of faith.
Says the Senator from TN who votes NO on everything that would help to better the lives of Tennessee families. Despite
@MarshaBlackburn
standing in the way,
@POTUS
and
@TheDemocrats
are delivering for TN families.
You'd have to look long and hard to find a Tennessee family that's better off under Biden.
By the end of last year, Tennesseans were paying an extra $629 per month due to the Democrats' $6 trillion spending spree.
Since GoFundMe wants to exile Canadian truckers for protesting tyrannical mandates, will they also take BLM off their platform for the violence and destruction they have caused?
Abortion is officially banned in Tennessee today. What a sad day for personal freedom in our state. Women have been discarded as not smart enough or capable of making their own healthcare choices. We can fix this by sending more TN Democrats to Washington to codify Roe into law.
The relationships that we build with organized labor, social justice organizations, environmental protection groups, immigrant coalitions, and so many more Democratic allies will be critical to our success in making sure that TN is a blue state of prosperity for everyone.
It should be said over and over again—
@MarshaBlackburn
isn’t just an incompetent embarrassment, she continuously shows the world what it means to be a terrible human being.
TN Sen. Janice Bowling and her SB1510 is straight out of 1915 horror film. She wants to:
❌Abolish early voting
❌Prohibit the use of voting machines
❌Authorize voting on watermarked paper ballots
She thinks we’re Boo Boo the fool. 🤔
You think you look tough? You look absolutely f**king ridiculous. People are struggling in Tennessee and you’re on the border hoping that Donald Trump notices you. Your priorities are not the priorities of Tennesseans. We’re electing
@Campbell4TN
in the 5th.
1/ Our cities have seen a massive increase in violent crime because of the Biden Administration’s inaction at the southern border and the Democrats call to defund our police.
#tn5
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Welcome to good ole TN where our spineless Governor has gone missing, our House Speaker is auditioning for a role as a door man for any authoritarian who he can impress, and where both of our U.S. Senators don’t have a clue or a care about what’s happening in the state.
Today, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson begins her historic confirmation to the Supreme Court.
@MarshaBlackburn
will be in the room asking questions as a member of the Judiciary Committee, she’ll be the most unqualified person in the room.
It’s one thing to be reckless with your own life,it’s another thing to be reckless with the lives of others.The permitless carry law that
@GovBillLee
is hell bent on is dangerous.If we’re being honest,it’s becoming crystal clear that Bill Lee doesn’t give a damn about Tennesseans