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doing things @gpsimpact . former deputy ED @dccc , @harrisonjaime , @ewarren , @russfeingold , @dscc , @barackobama . red bull enthusiast. only righteous fights.

Joined September 2009
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@vrimjai
Vriti
2 years
so she wants to… defund the police
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2 years
Women registering to vote in record numbers after Republicans ripped away abortion rights:
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2 years
Imagine having the audacity to indefinitely delay democracy for days just to indulge your own ego.
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Vriti
11 months
I just hope every man (especially dem party consultants) who’s ever told me that abortion doesn’t matter gets visited by 3 hostile ghosts tonight.
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Vriti
2 years
What happened last night? Democrats overperformed 2020 in the NY19 special. Why? @patryanUC ran on Roe. Democrats turned out in huge numbers. What does this mean? Well, 222 House seats are better for Dems than NY19. This is not a red wave.
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Vriti
2 years
yes, the press releases hitting you guys for being the most dysfunctional and extreme Congress in modern history were sent by... a ghost
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NRCC
2 years
No @DCCC comms staff? Taking flak for House Dems’ extreme policies that lost the majority sounds tough. So tough they couldn’t find anyone to take the job?
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6 months
s/o to whoever got this through approvals because I gasped
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Vriti
2 years
None of us took the job of fighting for the House because it was easy. We did it because we knew it would be hard. And because of the incredible team at the @dccc , we made history with the best midterm performance since JFK. I couldn’t be prouder to be a part of this team.
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Vriti
1 year
*Some personal news* but I’m very excited to continue working with Tim and to join the talented team @gpsimpact
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@vrimjai
Vriti
1 year
some personal news / did a thing / etc couldn’t be more excited to live tweet @JerryRMT ’s wits and witticisms for the rest of our lives
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Vriti
2 years
When I started as a researcher, it was so many white men… and me. I am so proud to have so many women on this team as the next generation of research directors.
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@vrimjai
Vriti
2 years
Republicans in Congress don’t think women deserve the right to make their own medical decisions. Elect Democrats who do.
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@vrimjai
Vriti
2 years
This shouldn’t be normal. We should be able to keep kids safe from gun violence. We should be able to keep elders safe in grocery stores. We should be able to keep worshippers safe at their churches, synagogues, and gurdwaras.
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Vriti
2 years
Looks like racism has a seat at the table with Kevin McCarthy's GOP.
@MZanona
Melanie Zanona
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SPOTTED walking into @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy’s office: former Trump aide Stephen Miller
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8 months
Takeaways: -democrats have momentum going into 2024 -choice is still a powerful message -Dems have a massive pickup opportunity in New York to win back the House
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Emily Ngo
8 months
NEW: WOODBURY, New York — Democrats flipped the battleground Long Island seat last held by ousted Rep. George Santos, narrowing the already razor-thin Republican majority in the House. w/ @JCColtin via @politico
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Vriti
2 years
As promised, here's my take on the #takes . Before #ElectionDay I saw a lot of takes doubting abortion would be an issue that drove people to the polls. They were wrong. Our strategy paid off. 🧵
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Vriti
2 years
Not only did he try to throw out the results of the election, he also *lied* about his military service. The @NRCC must be so proud of @JRMajewski .
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@vrimjai
Vriti
1 year
After two incredible years @dccc , today is my last day. Together, we achieved historic results and elected some incredible democrats across the country. We succeeded because voters rejected MAGA extremism, but we could not have done it without this truly talented team.
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Vriti
8 months
Proud to have worked on this race!
@AP_Politics
AP Politics
8 months
BREAKING: Democrat Thomas Suozzi wins special election to U.S. House in New York's 3rd Congressional District, a seat once represented by George Santos before his expulsion from Congress. #APRaceCall at 10:03 p.m. EST.
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2 years
It’s an honor just to be Asian! So excited to host the first dccc Asian American heritage month celebration!
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@vrimjai
Vriti
3 years
what do we have here? the @dccc nearly doubled the @nrcc ’s fundraising in february?? you really do love to see it!
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3 years
NEW FEC F3X NRCC RCPT $10,007,189 EXPN $6,974,412 COH $85,031,790
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2 years
I don’t know why I’m on this email list but this subject line made me laugh out loud
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Vriti
2 years
I am much too tired to dunk on all of you tonight. But rest assured, I am coming.
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Vriti
2 years
First time I've seen a major party committee with ads specifically for our community. And the message is an important one: Republicans want to take away your freedom to make your own health care choices.
@nicholaswu12
Nicholas Wu
2 years
The DCCC has an ad out trying to appeal to South Asian American voters on abortion rights:
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@vrimjai
Vriti
2 years
I have it on good authority that a ghost drafted and sent this release. Coming soon to a haunting near you!
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2 years
There's still a lot we don't know, but what we do know is that we have wildly exceeded expectations. There is still a path to the majority, and @dccc is working around the clock to get us there 💪
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2 years
did she steal this coat from cruella de vil?
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Vriti
2 years
once again, a Republican candidate is seriously supporting literal DEATH PANELS
@dccc
DCCC
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Republican @BurnsForNH is proposing an actual death panel to decide if a woman's life should be saved. Truly disgusting. #NH02 #NHPolitics
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Vriti
2 years
This thread is almost entirely garbage, but the kernel of truth is that dem orgs and campaigns should invest in research - early. The best CMs/executive directors/leaders know this.
@JuddLegum
Judd Legum
2 years
2. In Democratic politics, research is considered an entry level job that you slog through on your way to something glitzier like press It's a task delegated to the most inexperienced and lowest-paid staff
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@vrimjai
Vriti
7 months
I met Rahul on the @russfeingold campaign back in 2016. I’ve always described him as a gem — for his incredible kindness, his ever-present wit, and his intelligence. It was a privilege to know him, and I’ll miss him every day.
@dccc
DCCC
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Statement from the Chopra family: It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Rahul Chopra, on March 11, due to undiagnosed diabetes and the resulting complications. Rahul’s tenacity and passion to make the world a fairer and more just place led him to a
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Vriti
2 years
couldn't have happened to a better guy
@GeoffRBennett
Geoff Bennett
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McCarthy on track to lose the third ballot for House Speaker
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Vriti
2 years
Just a little @dccc & @NGPVAN partnership to hit the doors for @SpanbergerVA07 today!
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Vriti
2 years
More Mikes than women on this slate.
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Josh Kraushaar
2 years
Also first in Sunday Sneak @axios : We’ve got the full list of senior NRSC staff for the 2024 (!) cycle — including deets that Steve Daines won’t be hands-off in primaries like Rick Scott:
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Vriti
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“Preachy females” prevented a red wave in 2022.
@thehill
The Hill
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Democratic strategist James Carville: "Too many preachy females’ are ‘dominating the culture of the Democratic Party"
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Vriti
2 years
Still not over how disgraceful it was to heckle the president while he was telling this tragic story and talking about the importance of tackling the opioid crisis.
@POTUS
President Biden
2 years
Doug joined my State of the Union tonight. He wrote Jill and me a letter about his daughter, Courtney. She had a contagious laugh and was only 20 years old when she lost her life from a fentanyl overdose. Doug, we're with you in starting the journey towards America's recovery.
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2 years
Wow, big bombshell today in #NH01
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Brian Slodysko
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NEW: Matt Mowers, a Trump WH official now running for Congress in New Hampshire, voted twice during the 2016 primary season, potentially violating voting law and leaving him at odds with the GOP’s intense focus on “election integrity.” w/ ⁦ @hramer
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@vrimjai
Vriti
3 years
unions make america strong
@dccc
DCCC
3 years
Statement from DCCC Executive Director Tim Persico: “Unions built this country, and the DCCC supports the rights of all workers, including our employees, to join a union. We look forward to working together toward voluntary recognition.”
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2 years
Absolute mess.
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Vriti
1 year
Reminder to non-organizing department heads to send your staff out to knock doors when time permits! My first research boss did this and I learned *so* much.
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Sophie Ota
1 year
A good percentage of comms/digital staffers have literally never knocked a door in their life and no this is not a subtweet
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Vriti
2 years
oh
@Grace_Segers
Grace Segers
2 years
Re: McCarthy appearing to shush members heckling Biden - McCarthy promised reporters that members of his conference would not act "childish" this evening.
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@vrimjai
Vriti
2 years
@dccc @allenzchen While too many people were quick to draw conclusions on Democrats’ messaging and the idea that people don’t care about reproductive freedom – this election showed that when you listen to people, use reliable data, and let voters vote, Democrats succeed.
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Vriti
2 years
I’m not shocked. Republicans have spent my entire lifetime (and longer) trying to take this right away. But I am horrified that women are going to have to sacrifice their jobs, lives, and economic security because of this radical decision.
@politico
POLITICO
2 years
The Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito and obtained by POLITICO. “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Alito writes.
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Vriti
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poorly aged republican takes
@daveweigel
David Weigel
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The new TRAILER is up! Our main story, how Democrats are using the end of Roe in special elections (and why Republicans think this is silly).
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Vriti
2 years
Let’s be clear – it was sexist and wrong to claim that the Supreme Court’s decision to strip basic bodily autonomy and the freedom to make our own health choices wouldn’t be a motivator at the ballot box.
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@vrimjai
Vriti
2 years
so those breathless denials from @nrcc were… lies?
@sahilkapur
Sahil Kapur
2 years
NEWS: ⁦ @maddow ⁩ has audio of Kevin McCarthy saying privately after Jan. 6 that he expects impeachment to pass and was considering asking Donald Trump to resign. Here’s the tape 👇
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2 years
this is amazing
@TheDemocrats
The Democrats
2 years
Did Josh Hawley really just say that? We’ve heard differently.
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Vriti
3 years
about as groundbreaking as florals for spring
@axios
Axios
3 years
Speaker Pelosi's decision to seek an 18th full term has added a new angle to GOP efforts to win back the House: tying swing-state Democrats to an even bigger bogeyman than Biden.
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Vriti
2 years
@dccc @allenzchen After the Dobbs decision, Democrats overperformed 2020 data & expectations in *five* special elections & a referendum in Kansas. This week, voters from Michigan to California, Kentucky to Montana turned out in droves and successfully protected abortion rights in their state.
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Vriti
1 year
Very happy to have done this instead of paying attention to the primary debate
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Vriti
2 years
So committed to the exception she can’t even remember it 🙄
@MiniRacker
Mini Racker
2 years
Asked about DCCC's recent ad on abortion, Steel said: “My record is very, very clear. I am pro-life, exception of three things: the mother's health, and what is that? The other one? The—” She paused. “Rape and incest,” her spokesman chimed in. “Yeah, yeah. Yeah, those three.”
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Vriti
2 years
@dccc After Dobbs, our data continued to show that we needed to communicate the stakes on abortion rights if Republicans took control of the House – and we were relentless and disciplined in this message across our battlefield.
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@vrimjai
Vriti
2 years
shorter GOP strategy on abortion: my wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife
@kirk_bado
Kirk A. Bado
2 years
. @natalie_allison on the GOP Senate wife guys:
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Vriti
2 years
Does she… think tortilla chips are made of potatoes?? 🤦🏽‍♀️
@JenKiggans
Jen Kiggans
2 years
Biden inflation is a disaster for hard-working Americans…! ✳️Chips in May: $4.79 ✳️Chips in July: $5.59 80¢ more for the same bag of chips a few months apart is ridiculous! At this rate I may be buying potatoes and making them from scratch! Anyone have any good chip recipes?!😡
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Vriti
3 years
Why is this the super bowl show for geriatric millennials
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Vriti
2 years
As @POTUS highlights the extremism that led to the January 6th insurrection, a reminder that *way too many* Republican congressional candidates were complicit in or even participated in 1/6. Take a look here:
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Vriti
3 years
The official position of the Republican Party is that a violent insurrection on the Capitol and attacking Capitol police officers is “legitimate political discourse.” Got it.
@blakehounshell
Blake Hounshell
3 years
G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’ - The New York Times
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Vriti
2 years
shocker: all white men
@Fritschner
Aaron Fritschner
2 years
The new House Republican leadership team
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@vrimjai
Vriti
2 years
they can run but they can't hide
@washingtonpost
The Washington Post
2 years
At least nine Republican congressional candidates have scrubbed or amended references to former president Donald Trump or abortion from their online profiles in recent months ahead of the post-Labor Day sprint to Election Day.
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Vriti
2 years
Arizona now has a ban on abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest. It would jail doctors. This is exactly what Republicans have wanted for the last 50 years.
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Vriti
2 years
After the #SCOTUS leak and before the Dobbs decision, the @DCCC had a strategy and message guidance already in place so that when and if the decision to overturn Roe came, Democrats could communicate effectively from the very beginning. And that is exactly what we did.
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Vriti
2 years
Shot/chaser
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Vriti
2 years
But we knew from the very beginning that we could walk and chew gum at the same time. We talked about real challenges like the economy AND reproductive freedom.
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Vriti
2 years
SO BASICALLY, HOUSE REPUBLICANS CALL THEMSELVES THE PARTY OF FREEDOM BUT HAVE VOTED AGAINST CODIFYING ROE V WADE INTO FEDERAL LAW, KEEPING BIRTH CONTROL LEGAL AND PROTECTING INTERSTATE TRAVEL FOR ABORTIONS
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Vriti
2 years
@dccc @allenzchen Democrats’ coalition and commitment to strong, consistent messaging made this election historic and as close as it currently is. So proud to be in this fight with @PPFA @emilyslist , @NARAL and other allies + the best comms/research team in the biz. United together, we can win.
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Vriti
2 years
@sophieota healthiest thing you'll eat all year???
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Vriti
2 years
@dccc @allenzchen And we did not allow ourselves to get bogged down by the GOP’s lies and distortion on the issue. We drew a contrast and made it clear that we would stand up for freedom.
@dccc
DCCC
2 years
WATCH: Congressman-elect @PatRyanUC on his big win, #RoeVWade , and the grassroots momentum behind Democrats as we head into November. #NY19
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Vriti
2 years
. @hulu is stonewalling on their policies because they know they're antidemocratic and wrong.
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Vriti
2 years
@dccc @allenzchen Abortion as a negative was salient enough against Republicans to keep many competitive races in play and allowed Democrats to fight to a draw against environmental and structural headwinds.
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@vrimjai
Vriti
2 years
Every single Republican must own up to their role in dismantling the right to choose. Let’s start with the 210 House Republicans who voted AGAINST codifying Roe v Wade into law.
@leiitontheline
Leila Mohaideen
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Every single Republican must own up to their role in dismantling the right to choose. Let’s start with the 210 House Republicans who voted AGAINST codifying Roe v Wade into law.
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Vriti
2 years
the big takeaway here: running on protecting abortion rights is a winner
@Redistrict
Dave Wasserman
2 years
I've seen enough: Pat Ryan (D) defeats Marc Molinaro (R) in the #NY19 special election. This is a huge victory for Dems in a bellwether, Biden +1.5 district.
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Vriti
2 years
Wow, @yestoyesli (VA-07) showing a real Todd Akin-level knowledge of biology here.
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Vriti
2 years
@dccc Democrats hammered Republicans in paid communications on abortion – making Republicans’ positions clear – even while Republicans ran from their own records.
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Vriti
2 years
For weeks, headline after headline suggested Democrats should not have leaned into talking about abortion.
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Helen Kalla
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good morning
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Vriti
2 years
do republicans hate jobs or something?
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Vriti
2 years
@dccc Communities of color – AAPI, Black, Latino – all overwhelmingly support reproductive freedom. Democrats ran culturally competent ads that would resonate. An example that is particularly close to my heart (h/t @allenzchen )
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Vriti
2 years
check out our latest ad -- part of a seven-figure investment targeting AAPI voters -- illustrating the consequences of the Dobbs decision
@dccc
DCCC
2 years
The Republican agenda poses a threat to people nationwide and especially women and families within the #AAPI community. Watch our latest ad calling out the GOP's dangerous government overreach:
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Vriti
1 year
Starting to think this account has become some sort of self-aware parody
@RNCResearch
RNC Research
1 year
BIDEN: "I'm sorry to go on, but as my grandpop would say, this gets my goat"
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Vriti
2 years
The head of the @NRCC supports a national abortion ban:
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Vriti
3 years
double woo-hoo for @sashanbaker - the very best!
@CraigCaplan
Craig Caplan
3 years
75-21: Senate confirmed Sasha Baker as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. She currently serves on the WH National Security Council and was national security adviser to Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
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Vriti
10 months
To be completely clear, Mazi Melesa Pilip is running as the NY Conservative Party’s candidate — which means she’s running on a platform of banning abortion with no exceptions for rape and incest.
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Vriti
1 year
It’s not just bad policy. It’s terrible politics. This is a gift to Democratic challengers across the country. Vulnerable republicans are now on the record voting to increase unemployment, increase taxes on working families, and slash health care for veterans.
@sahilkapur
Sahil Kapur
1 year
🚨 217-215, House Republicans pass Kevin McCarthy’s debt limit bill. Four GOP no votes. This bill now heads to the Democratic-led Senate, where it will die. Path to US averting default: Unclear.
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Vriti
2 years
Live look at the @NRCC today
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Vriti
2 years
I guess joking about choking women to death during sex wasn't exactly a winner for @alekskarlatos
@AP_Politics
AP Politics
2 years
BREAKING: Democrat Val Hoyle wins election to U.S. House in Oregon's 4th Congressional District. #APracecall at 5:47 p.m. PST.
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Vriti
6 months
This is what happens when abortion is left up to the states. Codify Roe now.
@alivitali
Ali Vitali
6 months
NEW: AZ Supreme Court rules that a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban still on the books in the state is enforceable, a bombshell decision that adds the state to the growing lists of places where abortion care is effectively banned.
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Vriti
8 months
happy FEC day to all who celebrate!!!
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Vriti
2 years
👋🏽
@JuddLegum
Judd Legum
2 years
Interesting that all the people objecting to this thread are Comms people or outside consultants. No one who actually does research.
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Vriti
2 years
Every time you think he can’t stoop lower…
@emrwilkins
Emily Wilkins
2 years
McCarthy fundraising off of giving Tucker Carlson access to 1/6 Surveillance tapes
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Vriti
1 year
@dccc @nshadsi can’t believe than Brandon Williams didn’t get some sort of truffle product
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Vriti
6 months
Found Carville’s burner account
@ijustplayedfort
turtle
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I feel so bad for women and democrats, they never get to know how good this feels
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Vriti
2 years
Republicans side with tax cheats and support increasing the deficit.
@RichardRubinDC
Richard Rubin
2 years
First CBO score of the new Congress is here. Says that the GOP IRS funding bill would reduce spending by $71.5B and reduce revenue by $185.8B. Net deficit increase of $114B.
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Vriti
2 years
real research erasure 😈😱👎🏽🥰
@NGPVAN
NGP VAN
2 years
Campaign staff as emojis: Comms: ☺️📱📧 Digital:😎💻📈 Events: 🥳🎟️🥂 Field: 😅🏘️👟 Finance: 🤑💰💸 Legal: 🧐📃🚫
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