Ammar Campa-Najjar
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Honor of a lifetime. Thank you to the US Navy for the opportunity to serve and
@people
for sharing:
Only in America can the son of a Mexican woman from the barrio and an Arab man from a conflict zone become a United States Navy Officer. It’s why my
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@Sen_JoeManchin
has never had a more clear, moral choice:
Lose the filibuster, or lose our democracy. RT if you agree.
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We all have one job now: Focus on Georgia and win back the Senate.
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I condemn White Supremacy.
That’s it. That’s the tweet.
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Proud and historic moment for the Najjar family. My brother Kareem is officially a Commissioned Officer of the Navy🇺🇸⚓️ !
#NavyFamily
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RT if you want me to defeat Duncan Hunter!
It’s (been since January 1) official! I’m running for congress in CA-50.
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The same people who were outraged at
@Kaepernick7
kneeling and said it was disrespecting the flag...
Broke into the Capitol with a Confedate Flag and took down the American flag and replaced it with the Trump flag.
Is this about patriotism, or something else?
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My name is Ammar Campa-Najjar. I’m the first Latino-Arab American to run for Congress and a former Obama appointee. I ran against Duncan Hunter & Darrell Issa — we’re just getting started.
Passionate about diversity in government? Please retweet & follow this account to join me.
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For the record: Haven’t conceded yet. Voting is over, counting is not.
#CountEveryVote
🇺🇸
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Confused?
I’ll clarify:
@Rep_Hunter
is going to jail.
Duncan Hunter's wife pleads guilty to conspiring with husband to use campaign funds for personal use
@CNN
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For years, these people called me a “terrorist trying to infiltrate congress.”
Now we know who the real nation security threats are.
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INSPIRING LISTEN: A Republican Hunter voter called our office to say he’s going to vote for me! Why? Not despite Hunter’s attack ads, but BECAUSE of it.
Now wonder Hunter is worried — everything is turning against him. Hope this voter reads this and IDs themselves for our GOTV!
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ICYMI on
@MeetThePress
: “I’m appalled by the toxic masculinity in Washington.”
Hunter has abused his power. Instead of owning up, he blamed his wife who had nothing to do with his own actions and affairs.
I feel for Mrs. Hunter. My mom had to pick up the pieces too. Enough.
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We cannot allow this new low for negative politics to be rewarded.
I’m going to work as hard as I can for the next 22 days to prove we’re better than this as a country.
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INSPIRING: Vietnam Vet Danny Jackson knocking on doors getting out the vote!
#GOTV
🇺🇸
2 more days! We’re tied in the polls. All we need is 50% + 1 to win.
Come out and help us find our +1 voter!
YOUNG VOTERS 🚨 we need you to show up and vote 🗳 everything is on the line.
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Mom joined me for an emotional interview with
@CNN
español.
I wrote her a letter and made a promise to her and every woman.
Duncan Hunter, I intend to keep that promise.
#TogetherWeCan
#JuntosPodemos
#CountryOverParty
🇺🇸
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Here’s Duncan Hunter, flying first class on the taxpayer dime.
The nerve on this guy. Thanks to him, middle-class homeowners in
#CA50
owe thousands this year in taxes, rather than the refunds they usually receive.
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A lesson about personal accountability to
@Rep_Hunter
: I’m not responsible for someone else’s actions, just like your wife isn’t responsible for yours.
The voters will judge us by our own actions and merits. Onward to November.
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I’m not running AGAINST Hunter. I’m running FOR the people.
CA50 is lacking the full-time representation it needs. Our district deserves someone who can fully focus on constituents and deliver.
That’s why I’m running again. Hope you’ll join me.
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Filed ✔️ official announcement soon.
Thank you to the 125,000 (48.3%) of you who voted for me to be your congressman, I’m excited to run again.
I’m ready to pour my heart & soul into this race, community organize, listen, learn, and become the representative
#CA50
deserves.
Democrat
@ACampaNajjar
files for a second run in
#CA50
following his narrow loss this year against indicted
@Rep_Hunter
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Nobody‘s above the law, not even a sitting congressman. I was‘nt just running against
@Rep_Hunter
— I was running FOR the people of CA50.
I intend to earn every vote.
To those voting this November, know this: I’ll be voting for you & your family as your next congressman.
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Newly surfaced evidence: Congressman Duncan Hunter is a racist. Not only toward Muslims, but anyone of Middle Eastern heritage.
Given this newly surfaced information, a vote for Hunter is a vote for racism.
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@Rep_Hunter
it’s time to put country over party, not wives under buses.
I’m not responsible for a dead family member’s actions, and your family isn’t response for yours.
Stop dragging your wife + a guy who died 16 yrs before I was born into this. It's you & me on the ballot.
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BREAKING!🚨Leaked REPUBLICAN POLL has us beating
@DarrellIssa
by 3%!
After 4 years, our inclusive
#CountryOverParty
message is reaching our conservative district.
To the people of
#CA50
— thank you, for making me a better candidate & soon Congressman.
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76 years ago, President Truman signed Executive Order 9981, ending racial segregation in the U.S. military. That’s why the son of a Mexican-American mother and Palestinian-American father can become a United States Navy Officer today.
16 years before the 1964 Civil Rights Act
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Thank you, John Lewis. Because he marched,
@ReverendWarnock
@ossoff
ran, and America won tonight.
#Georgia
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Hunter robbed voters.
He should be ashamed. He’s gone from courageous Marine to coward in congress. He robbed voters of what would’ve been a worthy debate. I’ve attended 20 town halls & 5 debates. He’s attended none.
We deserve better. On Nov 6, CA50 will get what we deserve.
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The truth? Hunter is a security risk. He’d fail a FBI background check today.
A criminally indicted congressman known for “excessive drinking and extramarital affairs” is an ideal target for foreign actors.
That’s why
@SpeakerRyan
removed him from the Armed Services Committee.
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Indicted congressman Duncan Hunter is paying for ads to what should be his base -
@FoxNews
- to defend his embarrassing, criminal actions.
So we're airing this ad on Fox News & letting their anchors do the talking for us.
Help keep this ad running! ➡️
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@chucktodd
sadly predicted this 3 years ago, when leaders stayed silent after Congressman Hunter called me a “terrorist trying to infiltrate congress.”
Ilhan isn’t exaggerating, these statements are dangerous and lead to death threats by those who hang on the words of electeds.
Saying I am a suicide bomber is no laughing matter.
@GOPLeader
and
@SpeakerPelosi
need to take appropriate action, normalizing this bigotry not only endangers my life but the lives of all Muslims. Anti-Muslim bigotry has no place in Congress.
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Dear Santa 🎅🏼: there’s 72,000 uncounted ballots left in San Diego County and a few thousand in Temecula.
Can we pick up another 1.8%? That’s all I want for Christmas 🎄
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Thank you
@BarackObama
for inviting me to today’s rally and for your words of encouragement. Great catching up with my former boss.
My laser focus is on the people of
#CA50
and holding
@Rep_Hunter
accountable.
His message to me: “Win this thing — for civility. For all of us.”
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Thank you,
@KamalaHarris
!
The stakes couldn't be higher this November,
#CA50
has had to endure a public health & economic crisis without a Congressman this year. This endorsement raises the profile of a district that has long been forgotten by Washington.
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Richest man in Congress takes PPP loan meant to save closing small businesses. This is part of a pattern.
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750k ballots remain to be counted in SD and Riverside Counties. This election has been full of surprises, perhaps one last surprise still remains.
I have no regrets, in fact, I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat.
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@Rep_Hunter
’s behavior is UNETHICAL. ILLEGAL. EMBARRASSING.
That’s why
@GOP
@SpeakerRyan
removed Hunter from committee assignments. It’s over.
I’m running an honest, fair & transparent campaign. Voters deserve a lawmaker, not a lawbreaker.
Time to put country over party.
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Hunter claims I’m funded by terrorists, every grassroots donor of mine should be offended. It’s untrue/racist.
Prove Hunter wrong about who my donors are by donating today. Tonight’s the final major deadline of the election, let’s close strong together!
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Happy birthday mom! A little sad I couldn’t be with you today because of campaigning, but it put a smile on my face hearing you had “a whole big slice of carrot cake” 🍰
Love you mom, trying to make you proud and keep my promise ❤️
#ForeverTogether
#TogetherWeCan
🇺🇸
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Thank you
#CA50
! For the first time in 40 years, someone not named Hunter won an election in this district.
We won tonight! Now onward to November where the fight continues.
#WeThePeople
#CountryOverParty
🇺🇸
#PeopleOverPolitics
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About last night
@allinwithchris
, I held back zero punches. The gloves are off.
18 more days until we
#TakeItBack
and put
#CountryOverParty
🇺🇸
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#1
priority: challenge both parties
to train 6 million unemployed Americans to fill 6.7 million job vacancies.
Let’s invest in apprenticeship programs (AKA college without debt).
More people working = more tax revenue = more funds for affordable education, healthcare, housing.
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I have renewed faith congress will condemn Rep. Hunter for calling a fellow American a terrorist & an “infiltrator.”
As
@chucktodd
said, members of congress should be punished for spending campaign funds on TV attack ads that are racist and un-American.
Hope congress will act.
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Voting is over, counting isn’t. Yesterday, 14k additional votes were counted, we gained 0.6%.
3.7% more & we take the lead.
With 425k uncounted ballots in SD County 250k in Riverside County), experts say there‘s ~ 90k votes in CA50 that are being counted as we speak.
#Democracy
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@yashar
I went to Southwestern Community College, I took what I learned there and worked at the White House, started a business, and now I’m running for the United States Congress.
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Ballots drop tomorrow!
@TheDailyShow
covered
#CA50
yesterday. Our race may be the last one called on Nov 6.
This election is going to be close. Last week, 3 polls had me and Hunter neck-&-neck.
It’s going to come down to turnout! Help us
#GOTV
🇺🇸
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My friend Ryan was the first San Diegan to cast his vote today! 🇺🇸
Early voting 🗳 has begun in CA☀️
GET OUT AND VOTE TODAY THROUGH NOVEMBER 6. The earlier the better :)
#TogetherWeCan
#CountryOverParty
🇺🇸
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Help me wish the queen 👸 my gramma abuelita Campa a happy 93rd birthday! Te quiero muchísimo.
Thanks to her, I’m a 3rd generation American and Chula Vistan. These are the fruits of her labor, grateful she’s here to witness it all. Long live the queen La Reina Abigail Campa💗
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Running for Congress has been the greatest honor of my life.
#CA50
Thank you,
@BarackObama
, for believing in me. As a skinny guy with a funny name, you helped me navigate my own diverse journey, gave me the destination itself: A life of public service.
Hope to make you proud.
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The division, chaos & corruption in DC has gone too far.
Today’s indictment confirms just how deep this corruption can reach when reps like
@Rep_Hunter
is in it for himself, not people.
#TogetherWeCan
🇺🇸 rise above divisive politics & bring real representation to
#CA50
.
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Darrell Issa just broke FEC law, compromising the County Republican Party in the process.
The
@SDRepublicans
should distance themselves from Issa and remove him from today’s fundraiser.
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Thanks for having me
@TiffanyDCross
! Hope to be back :)
1.
#LetHerRun
2. Weed ≠ performance enhancer
3. Less dangerous than alcohol
4. She literally broke a WORLD RECORD after her mom died, still her dreams are dashed
5. She failed a drug test BECAUSE we failed at mental health
“I think it’s high time that the
#Olympics
and the world catches on with the 21st century…” says
@ACampaNajjar
, adding Sha’Carri should be given grace as she deals with this human mistake on the world stage.
#CrossConnection
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Sad.
@Rep_Hunter
is desperate. He has to dig back three generations to attack me, all I have to do is look back three days ago at his indictment.
This is the grandfather I knew and loved, his name was Celso Campa. Abuelito was an orphaned migrant worker turned police officer.
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Watch: Duncan Hunter’s next court date is July 1st — his wife is testifying against him!
Help me stand with my district, donate before June 30.
No corporate ❌💰! Just people. Donate here:
Let’s make sure people can live, work and retire with dignity.
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Dear
@realDonaldTrump
, walls don’t work — people do. Let’s invest $25B in a jobs program that sounds like your 📺 show: apprenticeship.
There’s 6 million jobs waiting to be filled in health, finance, IT, construction, manufacturing, etc. Let’s help America earn & learn again.
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@GOPLeader
Kevin McCarthy is a hypocrite for calling for further criticism of
@IlhanMN
.
I know for a fact, he doesn’t care about anti-semitism or any form of bigotry.
How do I know? He didn’t condemn Hunter’s ads calling me a terrorist. He FUNDED THEM.
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#HappyCampas
not taking this election for granted!
We’re not stopping until tomorrow 8pm November 6! GO
#VOTE
🇺🇸
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Last night on MSNBC’s
@allinwithchris
talking about
@realDonaldTrump
vs
@IlhanMN
& my experience w/
@Rep_Hunter
’s racist ads.
“We’re at a moral crossroads: We can either exploit division or explore unity.”
We must condemn hate speech of all kinds and embrace each other’s pain.
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Allowed myself a few tears, and a sigh of relief, when I felt the weight of our national trauma begin to lift as Biden took the oath.
These past four years have been damaging to our nation’s social fabric, identity and institutions.
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“I was born in this district to a single, working-class mom who made $16,000 a year – barely enough to raise two boys. I had to work as a janitor at the age of 15 to help her pay the bills. Hunter’s the complete opposite. He literally inherited the seat.”
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Hunter has a problem with the law... among other things.
He’s not going to hold himself accountable, voters will have to do that. 27 more days!
#TakeItBack
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Today is a sad day for this district, no constituent hopes to see their congressman plead guilty to corruption. But today is also a day filled with opportunity because it’s the first time in years people, not political scandals, will come first again.
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When they go low, we go local.
@NPR
came to our Temecula volunteer kickoff!
"We cannot in good conscience let a lawbreaker be our lawmaker anymore," he said. "We can't trust somebody to pass laws that he himself cannot follow."
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No wonder Hunter is panicking!
Ammar 44.4%
Hunter 45.1%
Let’s turn this virtual tie into an electoral victory this November! 33 more days, what are you willing to do?
*
@TulchinResearch
was the most accurate poll in the primary.
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I need your help. I‘m running against Darrell Issa (yes he’s trying to come back). We are less than 400 followers from hitting 36,000 on twitter. Can you retweet, & follow this account to join our campaign and ask everyone you know to do the same?
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My teacher changed my life and America: As the winner of the
#CA50
Primary Election, I got to appoint my community college professor to the
#ElectoralCollege
It’s official. Proud to call
@JoeBiden
&
@KamalaHarris
our next President & Vice President of the United States!
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“We debate a lot on ‘entitlements.’ I call them earned benefits,” Ammar added. “The only ‘entitlement’ here is Hunter inheriting his seat from his dad.”
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#FlashbackFriday
to when Rep. Hunter humiliated, used & threw his wife under the bus for his own actions. Read the indictment, who believes she approved campaign expenses for individuals 14, 15, 16, 17, & 18?
This is the kind of toxic masculinity voters must remove from office.
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As our nation battles
#Coronavirus
, my district is without a congressman.
As a native son of
#CA50
, I know the hardship we’ve endured.
We need a fighter and a healer. It’s time for new leadership to take on the old ways of Washington & meet this moment.
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Today's the day! The choice is clear:
Hunter is a partisan, I’ll challenge both parties to protect women, children & seniors (Hunter wants to raise retirement to 72 yrs), serve military/working families, protect pre-existing conditions.
Let’s restore the people’s trust.
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“Taking it out on his campaign manager, who happens to be his wife, it’s just another example of that toxic masculinity, that corruption, that infallibility he has about himself that has blinded him and made him unfit to serve.”
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“To the young and the young at heart, who felt inspired by this campaign — never give up. Stay in the arena. I know I will.”
The real stories, and people, behind our 4 year campaign. Let’s keep bringing change and hope to the unheard.
#ThankYouHappyCampas
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Thank you
@BarackObama
! He’s in, are you?
As a skinny brown guy with a funny name, Obama inspired me as a young man. He not only gave me the road map to navigate my own journey, but also the destination in self— a role in his admin. Let’s finish what we started.
#YesWecan
#Obama
Today I’m proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates – leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they’re running to represent:
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I can honestly say I love my job. 🇺🇸⚓️
When I was 17, I dreamed of joining — but life took a different turn that shaped who I am today. 17 years later, the
@USNavy
made my dreams of becoming a navy officer come true. I’m damn proud but even more grateful to serve my country!
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Unlike
@DarrellIssa
my business is above board. All my taxes are paid and current.
Anyone who’s heard of Issa knows that he’s a conman who bought a business with stolen car money, held his partner up at gun point, and burned down his office to collect insurance.
#IssaIsAConman
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I love this.
A veteran from rural
#CA50
made what he calls “this big ass sign” , threw it on the trailer hitch of his truck and is driving it all over God’s creation.
Damn, we’re gonna win.
#CountryOverParty
#TogetherweCan
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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After 40 years of the name
@Rep_Hunter
ruling our district, I’m fighting to give this seat back to you.
His corporate donors are going to come after me. Why? Because I believe in women’s right, universal healthcare, and working together.
Are you in?
#TogetherWeCan
🇺🇸
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This year, we MUST
#EndTheFilibuster
, pass
#VotingRights
legislation, & protect the will of the people.
2022 goes beyond losing or winning elections. We risk losing our democracy itself if the Senate fails to act.
This is THE “where were you?” moment in the life of our nation.
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Let us remember today, and everyday, the individual liberties and freedoms paid for by the sacrifices made by our fellow countrymen and women.
It’s time to put country over party, and people’s interests over special interest.
#TogetherWeCan
🇺🇸
#TakeItBack
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The
@AP
just called our race. I spoke with and congratulated
@DarrellIssa
on a hard-fought campaign. I pledge to continue working in service of the district I love.
#CA50
is a better place because of our supporters. Thank you, our people-led movement continues.
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It’s soul-crushing, losing this race. For the first time in 4yrs, I’m not a candidate. Reflecting back now.
The fact that these surreal past few years even happened at all, given the improbable journey leading up to it, is in itself a testament to America.
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As children, the world defined us by the parent we knew least.
As men, we found who we are in whose we are: Citizens of the United States. We belong to America.
#ThanksObama
, for helping me navigate my journey & giving me the destination itself — a role in your administration.
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Hey
@DonaldJTrumpJr
, before retweeting
@BreitbartNews
charged allegations — might want to check with POTUS.
I was given security clearance from the FBI in 2013 and met with
@realDonaldTrump
in 2015.
Do you think your father met with a terrorist sympathizer? Doubt it.
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This is a “where were you?” moment in the life of our nation.
Our children will ask “where were you when people were fighting for their lives, healthcare, their constitutional rights?”
In 32 days, we answer a question generations yet unborn will ask.
#VoteNov6
🇺🇸
#TakeItBack
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“It was an honor of a lifetime.”
75 years ago, Pvt. 1st Class Joseph Reilly parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and defeated the Nazis during WWII.
Today, Reilly lives in
#CA50
and has a special message for voters this
#VeteransDay
.
Truly, an honor of a lifetime.
#ThankAVet
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.
@POTUS
has been in office for exactly 1 year.
RT if you're thankful for all our President — America’s President — has accomplished for Dems & Republicans alike.
✔️ 200+ million fully vaxxed
✔️ American Rescue Plan
✔️ Historic Infrastructure Deal
✔️Ending America’s longest war
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Unlike Duncan Hunter, I’ll stand up for women’s rights in congress.
Make sure and vote by November 6.
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Dear fellow People of Color/allies,
When I first ran for Congress in 2017, here’s how I was introduced by my own party: “Our next candidate would be described from the outside as not a perfect fit for the district... half Mexican 🇲🇽 half Palestinian 🇵🇸”
Me: “100% American 🇺🇸”
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