Richie Floyd @richiejfloyd Twitter profile

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Richie Floyd

2 years

Housing should be built with human need in mind, not profits. I'm grateful to be able to present the idea of social housing in the @TB_Times today

St. Pete should treat housing as a public utility — like water and sewer | Column

St. Petersburg should build and maintain housing on city land, and collect rent based on ability to pay. This “social housing” provides a realistic and fiscally responsible path toward a permanent...

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

4 years

In a training on how we'll perform school shooter drills while maintaining social distancing

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

3 years

Ok so Brazilian Twitter has decided I look like a guy from Brazilian Big Brother, and my mentions have just exploded

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3 years

@Fla_Pol @richiejfloyd @kellyrhayes - pode copiar - ta - mas não faz igual - ta bom

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I could never be this cool

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3 years

#NewProfilePic VIGOREIIII

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3 years

Tchaki tcha!

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4 years

The 42 senators that voted to increase the min wage still represent more people than the 58 that didn't. What a ridiculous and archaic institution

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3 years

Honored. The people of Brazil have been so kind!

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Hello new Brazilian friends! Making the working people of the Americas proud and elect @LulaOficial !

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Where can I get this hat

Lula

@LulaOficial

3 years

⭐️ Fortaleça nossa luta, filie-se ao @ptbrasil ! Foto: Ricardo Stuckert

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

3 years

Seriously though vote for Lula. He is an inspiration

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

@gilnogueiraofc Thank you for the shout out my Brazilian twin! I have learned that you are a very inspiring person!

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

2 years

This man's at KFC begging for another intestinal blockage. He's gonna learn the hard way about the cost of American healthcare

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Yes! 👏👏👏

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@GilDoVigor

3 years

Muitos me questionam quando a crise vai acabar e o Brasil voltar a crescer, portanto decidi responder: QUANDO O BOLSONARO E SUA TURMA SAIREM DO PODER!!!!!!!

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@richiejfloyd

1 year

A derailed train in front of a patriotic comic sans billboard. This picture is art

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1 year

Amtrak in Florida. Hope everyone is okay after a crossing collision with an auto carrier truck.

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@richiejfloyd

4 years

It's actually really important that you're nice to people when organizing

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

3 years

You are not welcome

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@UrbanNathalia

3 years

Bolsonaro promised that if @LulaOficial wins the upcoming elections in the 1st round he will leave Brazil: “I’m going to the United States”

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

All labor is skilled labor!

Overtime

@overtime

2 years

The Steph Curry of propane 🔥

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

I hope this is correct lol

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@richiejfloyd

5 years

Lmao, Chris Mathews just said that Bernie has an advantage in Iowa because "a caucus is basically a meeting, and socialists love meetings."

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Not only do @GilDoVigor and I look alike and have similar tastes in shirts, but I just found out that we were born exactly 11 days apart! Happy birthday Gil!

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@richiejfloyd

1 year

They passed a law that could take kids from a supportive home and put them into this system

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@deonteleologist

1 year

The new law will allow the state to take custody of a child if they have been “subjected to or [are] threatened with being subjected to” gender-affirming care, which includes puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy.

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

4 years

This is not a joke Organize your coworkers. Talk to them about how they're feeling. Get their contact info. Make networks with teachers at nearby schools. Make a list of demands for your admins, districts, and states Things are bad, and no one is coming to save us but ourselves

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@richiejfloyd

1 year

Wrong

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@WFLA

1 year

Sen. Rick Scott issues travel advisory for socialists visiting Florida

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

We got some new hats to wear while campaigning 😁🇧🇷

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@richiejfloyd

1 year

You're from Massachusetts and made your money stealing from Medicare. Shut the fuck up

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@ScottforFlorida

1 year

I’m warning socialists and communists not to travel to Florida. They are not welcome in the Sunshine State.

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

2 years

If you the house speaker debacle is interesting, you should check out your local city council

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@richiejfloyd

4 years

I genuinely do not understand why we haven't gotten $2k checks yet, and I am literally a politician

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

10 months

It's one thing to openly campaign as a moderate. But to lie about being progressive during your campaign, while taking in gobs of money from working class people desperately hoping you'll fight for a progressive future... Despicable. The worst kind of politician

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

Leaving this by the tree tonight

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3 years

I'll try, but I don't think it's gonna happen lol

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

Bolsonaro and his coup plotting cronies should be arrested and extradited out of my state & sent back to Brazil to face justice

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

New yard sign just dropped

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

It is not normal to want to work 40+ hours a week just to exist. Anyone trying to make you think it's normal is either seeking to exploit you for their profit, or has had their brain poisoned by the exploiters

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

7 months

What if we didn't violently dispossess the people of Latin America of their resources and wealth, force them to leave their country in search of a better life, and then label them a dehumanizing term to score cheap political points? Has anyone thought of this?

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

3 years

Wow, what a night! Every bit of effort was needed in the end. This win belongs to the working people of St Pete, and every single person that supported and fought alongside us! A better world is possible, and it starts in St Pete!

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Our campaign is by and for working people, so I couldn't be more proud to have the backing of my union siblings across Tampa Bay!

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@Fla_Pol

3 years

West Central Florida AFL-CIO backs @RichieJFloyd in St. Pete City Council run, via @kellyrhayes #FlaPol

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

#ForaBolsonaro !

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@ptbrasil

3 years

O Partido dos Trabalhadores orienta seus militantes e dirigentes a se mobilizarem nas ruas nesse 19 de junho "Para juntos construirmos um #19J gigante, contem com o Partido dos Trabalhadores!”, @camilamoreno13_ #ForaBolsonaro

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3 years

I don't know what to say. Thank you so much to everyone who's supported us! You have shown that when working people come together, we can build a better world! On to the general!

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3 years

Coulda had a real one

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3 years

Remember when @BernieSanders called Netanyahu a reactionary racist on a debate stage?

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3 years

Officially a City Councilmember! I'm very grateful to have been able to share today with my amazing family and friends. Now it's time to get to work for St Pete's working people!

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@richiejfloyd

5 months

God we need to finish reconstruction

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@ashtonpittman

5 months

A white Ole Miss frat boy dances like a monkey and makes monkey noises near a Black woman who was protesting for Palestine. Is this heart warming? (Video: @StaceyJSpiehler )

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3 years

Happy to speak with @jacobinmag about my campaign and my new Brazilian friends!

Richie Floyd: Socialist City Council Candidate in Florida, Brazilian Reality TV Star Lookalike

Richie Floyd is a teacher and Democratic Socialists of America member running for city council in St Petersburg, Florida. He also became famous this week in Brazil for his uncanny resemblance to a...

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4 years

First day back in the classroom. Boss's mask below his nose. No paper towels at my sink.

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4 years

@politicsNdogs @lodgepolepines I'm sorry but I'm not kidding. This is what's happening in FL

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

I'm not exaggerating when I say today is a huge day for the entire world. Bolsonaro's ecocide and fascism must be stopped. Lula is a good and honorable man, and the right person to lead the incredibly important nation of Brazil!

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@richiejfloyd

1 year

This is serious. It's bare knuckle class war out here lately. The bosses have long since stopped giving a damn about the people that make the world run, and the UAW is standing up for all of us

UAW

@UAW

1 year

Just as in the 1930s, we’re living in a time of stunning inequality throughout our society. We’re living in a time where our industry is undergoing massive transformations. And we’re living in a time where the labor movement is redefining itself. #StandUpUAW #Local12

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3 years

I believe we will do this again

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

This man doesn't care about workers at all, but thanks to an asinine position taken by the president and other dem leaders, he has free range to pretend like he does

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@marcorubio

2 years

The railways & workers should go back & negotiate a deal that the workers,not just the union bosses,will accept But if Congress is forced to do it,I will not vote to impose a deal that doesn’t have the support of the rail workers

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3 years

The status quo doesn't want to change, but we've fought like hell, and we'll continue to fight until we build a better world. No matter what happens tonight, I'm proud of what we accomplished. The future of our movement is bright.

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@richiejfloyd

1 year

Socialists elected in FL when desantis became governor - 0 Socialists elected in FL now - 1

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@RonFilipkowski

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Desantis says Good Morning: “I will serve two terms, and I will be able to destroy leftism in this country.”

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3 years

Caught in DSA BBQ mode with @NeeNeinNyetNo

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

Bolsonaro better not move to Miami

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

This memorial day, like every other, I'm thinking of the working class kids that were forced by lack of opportunity into a career that ended up taking their lives, all due to the greed of imperialism and war profiteering.

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@richiejfloyd

4 years

Oh btw I'm running for city council to do my part in building a world where working people actually get a say. You can contribute here if you agree

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

Tomorrow is the day my Brazilian friends! It's time to vote for @LulaOficial to make the future better for the working class!

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Hello new Brazilian friends! Making the working people of the Americas proud and elect @LulaOficial !

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3 years

@LouieMonteir Where can I get this one too?

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@richiejfloyd

4 years

If you are a concerned FL teacher or educational worker, please fill out and share this form so that those of us organizing across the state can stay in touch!

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

2 years

You don't have to do this. I literally got famous for supporting the Latin American left in the middle of my campaign and still won in FL

Florida Democrats

@FlaDems

2 years

"However, I am concerned that the newly elected leader, Gustavo Petro, has in the past aligned himself with the policies of the Castros, Hugo Chavez, and Nicolas Maduro, which have brought so much pain and suffering to Cubans and Venezuelans."

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2 years

Sleeping a little easier tonight 🦑🦑🦑

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@richiejfloyd

4 years

The $600 is now in the past. I need 2000 new dollars if dems win this

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9 months

What is the democratic party's competing vision for immigration? Because tacit (& explicit) endorsement of criminalizing asylum seekers is going to continue producing polls like this

CBS News

@CBSNews

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A majority of Republican primary voters in CBS News polling — 81% — said that they agreed with President Trump's statement that immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country," and 47% of voters overall said they agreed with it.

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2 years

New profile pic 😁

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3 years

@mr_ian Done lol

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2 years

LULA

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

3 years

This is it. We are only *1 week* away from Primary Election mail ballots going out. We need your support for our movement to be successful. Please, chip in whatever you can at to help us get out the vote!

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

How do you live with yourself when over 600k people died of covid in your own country and yet you obsess over the pandemic conditions of a country with a miniscule fraction of that? What is broken in your head?

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

3 years

Excellent jackets. I Approve

Populism Updates

@PopulismUpdates

3 years

South American leftist presidents have a particular style

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

It was a good day for union teachers running for office. Let's keep it going 😉

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Spent the evening out and had a really nice time 😊

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

2 years

@onekade @MBTA To be fair, our train service in the US is so infrequent due to the war as well (the class war)

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

3 years

I got a few questions about the "box" I swore in on. Well inside the box was a bible that's been in my family since 1873. Likely one of the first things bought upon being freed from slavery. I'm grateful to have been able to bring so much history into this moment & this movement!

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

You can support our campaign for working people's issues in St Pete and beyond at

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

3 years

It's official. We're the only campaign in the city to qualify by gathering petitions! Nothing's more important to me than being in touch with the people of District 8, and I will take this same approach as your council member!

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

@GilDoVigor I can't wait!!

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Tomorrow night, music and fun with friends from across the state! Join us! Register here:

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Having a union contact is so incredibly empowering. Knowing exactly what's expected of you, being protected from bad bosses, fighting together with your coworkers. It's amazing. Everyone deserves this

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Our victory yesterday made one thing clear—the majority of District 8 believes a better St. Pete is possible. Now, we're going to spread our message to every corner of this city! It will take all of us to win in November. Sign up to join the campaign at

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

@LulaOficial @ricardostuckert @JanjaLula Congrats!!

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

We can build a city that works for everyone. With your help, today we'll take one step closer to making it a reality! Find your polling place at

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@richiejfloyd

8 months

Yeah I'm thinking the best time to finish reconstruction was 150 years ago, but the second best time is like right now

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4 years

Check out this piece I was interviewed for as to how we won $15 in FL. This is a winning issue that the people are demanding

Why the Minimum Wage Won Where Biden Couldn’t

In conservative Florida, where Trump edged out Biden last year by 51 percent to 48 percent, a ballot measure to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2026 passed with nearly 61 percent of the vote. By...

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Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

1 year

There are a bunch of fucking idiots in charge of this state

WPLG Local 10 News

@WPLGLocal10

1 year

"WOKE" INSURANCE? Florida's chief financial officer is slamming Farmers Insurance as "woke" on its way out of Florida, while Democrats are criticizing Republicans' handling of the state's insurance crisis.

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4 years

All of the water fountains at my school have been taped shut. There is no place to get a drink

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

In case you forgot... Billionaires shouldn't exist

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

I am once again begging you all to get involved in local politics

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8 months

Tomorrow at the council meeting I'm introducing this resolution calling for a ceasefire, and supporting peace for all in Palestine and Israel

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

YES!

Lula

@LulaOficial

2 years

Com o @SenSanders , que tive o prazer de conhecer ao vivo hoje. Já tínhamos conversado em reunião por vídeo antes. Falamos sobre sobre democracia, movimento sindical e melhores direitos e empregos para trabalhadores. 📸: @ricardostuckert

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2 years

I didn't think I was that important, but every article about the FL Dems chair race keeps blaming the party's misfortune on democratic socialism so I guess this is all my fault as the only elected democratic socialist. Sorry!

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3 months

@mindyisser Nice. They should get a pride colored American flag next

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Immigrants are what made this country a place worth living in. They contribute culturally and economically, and deserve dignity and respect

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@richiejfloyd

2 years

No one should get away with crimes against democracy. Not Trump and his sycophants, or Bolsonaro

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Council member Foster has been a strong advocate for working people, and tenants in particular. I'm proud to have her as a supporter and ally in our mission to build a city that works for everyone!

Florida Politics

@Fla_Pol

3 years

Incumbent Amy Foster endorses @RichieJFloyd for St. Pete City Council District 8, via @kellyrhayes #FlaPol

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

This man does not need our money. He doesn't even deserve his

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

@CasemanXP Go look at my last few tweets and you'll figure it out. I was very confused at first too lol

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1 year

Would be pretty cool if we thought about AOC (& congress) just a little less and the ~100 DSA cadre electeds just a little more

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Worker owned? Union made?

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6 months

My dad's workplace winning their union changed my family's life, congratulations & solidarity to these families for their bright future and the message they sent across the country today. The future belongs to the working class

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

6 months

BREAKING: Over 4,000 Volkswagen workers in Tennessee just joined the @UAW in a landslide. They’re the first American workers to win a union at a non-union car company in decades. This historic victory will change the auto industry, and the future of American labor.

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2 years

@AOC @LulaOficial Why wasn't I invited

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

Congrats to @gabrielboric and the people of Chile 🎉

John Bartlett

@jwbartlett92

3 years

Mind-blowing scenes in Santiago, where hundreds of thousands have flocked onto the streets to celebrate Gabriel Boric's victory

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3 years

Here's the thing, primary voting in St Pete is in district, but the general election is city wide. We have to reach 10x as many voters in a fraction of the time, and to do it we'll need your help. Chip in what you can at

Chip in to help Richie win!

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@richiejfloyd

3 years

In case you needed to see this. #ForaBolsonaro