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#AlisonBforTN
Shout-out to my OB for having these in exam rooms. Doctors know that this year is SERIOUS. Make sure you’re educated on down ballot races in your area. 💯
Do these men know how agonizing it is to learn a baby you desperately want isn’t viable? And on top of that agony she’s going through this? They’re putting her life at risk. She has two kids who can’t lose their mom.
But it’s about power and control so they don’t care.
BREAKING: Late tonight, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted a lower court ruling that would have allowed Kate Cox, our plaintiff with severe pregnancy complications, to have an abortion to protect her health and future fertility.
Parents lost their baby today. Their 6th grader who had a whole life ahead. Now a bedroom will be untouched. Laundry will be done only one last time. Deafening silence instead of hearing about school and life. I am heartbroken for them. I am so sorry. 💔
#Iowa
#schoolshooting
There was LITERALLY a mass shooting while Republicans were blocking an assault weapons ban on the Senate floor. I’d say what are the odds…but in this country it’s honestly not shocking. Praying for
#UNLV
. We need a reckoning in 2024.
No data supports these vouchers. They fuel inequity. They leave our most vulnerable kids behind. The voucher scam is impossible to reasonably defend, so they’re just removing voices of dissent like
@brotherjones_
from the conversation.
Today the Speaker announced that I was stripped from being on House Education Admin Committee, as they prepare to push their unpopular school voucher program.
My Republican colleagues know voters do not want their “Education for Profit” scheme and are trying to stifle dissent.
My 2-year-old’s very spot-on reactions while listening to
@NoahKahan
’s album:
“this song makes me sad”
“this song makes me sad too”
“this one is not too sad”
“this one’s a little bit sad”
“Me want another sad song!”
and when it ended…
“MOMMY, PLAY SAD SONGS NOW”
He loved his kids enough to die for them. He’s a hero, but he never should have had to be a hero like this. Educators deserve so much better. Rest in peace. 💔
Iowa high school principal Dan Marburger, who engaged a shooter to give his students time to escape earlier this month, has died of his injuries. Thinking of his family and Perry Community School today; he'd served the kids in Perry for over 25 years. He is a hero.
#RIP
@NASSP
I realized this when I started going to the Capitol all the time after the Covenant shooting. They’re not that smart AND they don’t care about everyday people. It’s why I decided to run.
Michelle Obama saying she's been at every powerful table you could think of and quickly realizing "they're not that smart." I think about how many women feel that exact same way while in male-dominated rooms/fields.
15 days gestational age? So basically ovulation and the egg hasn’t even been fertilized yet? All you can do at this time is ban ejaculation….
You’re already at least about 4 weeks pregnant when you get a positive test.
Do these people not know anything?
Protester Allison Polidor refused to leave the House gallery after some protesters called out and Speaker Sexton ordered the gallery cleared. Ms. Polidor kept telling the troopers that she had been quiet and had not done anything wrong. 3/
Did you know that even though we have speed limits, people speed every day? Run red lights. Drive w/o a license. No seatbelt. So because some don’t abide by these laws, let’s get rid of all the rules of the road! They must be worthless! That’s how some of y’all sound about guns.
Democracy dies in darkness, yes. But in TN, it also dies in the light, right in front of our eyes…because our corrupt supermajority cares more about their power than people. They abuse their power in ways so evil, it’s impossible to comprehend.
⚡️JUST NOW: “Tennessee House Republicans passed
@GinoBulso
’s (unconstitutional) legislation to block state courts from hearing challenges to any rules or policies the General Assembly passes…”
Checks & balances no longer a thing in Tennessee. 🤷🏻 🫤
Alrighty here we go. Tennessee is:
48th in violent crime
49th in opioid prescription
41st in drug deaths
40th in recidivism
44th for “financial well being” of families
45th in adults avoiding care due to cost
43rd in uninsured rate
(R)Jason Zachary introduced a bill that would criminalize anyone who brings a minor out of state for an abortion.
So, if your 10 year old was raped & you bring her across state lines to get an abortion, you’ll be charged. Let that sink in. Forcing kids to be parents. What a joke
I bled both of my miscarriages into the toilet/shower and it would have been nearly impossible to collect the remains. The audacity of these ignorant, cruel people is outrageous.
I'm so glad this woman was not charged. But the fact they prosecuted in the first place is rage inducing. Do these idiot prosecutors not realize that most miscarriages happen at home? What exactly are people who miscarry supposed to do with the remains?
We loved having
@VoteGloriaJ
visit Sumner County this morning! It will be so refreshing to have a decent, compassionate person who genuinely cares for the well-being of all Tennesseans representing our state in the Senate!
Welp. My opponent can’t seem to help Tennesseans or himself. What a waste of legislation, time, and taxpayer dollars…and they didn’t even care when they were told by the legal team the bill is unconstitutional. Pride and fragile egos on full display in the TN House!
ICYMI — tonight the retaliatory bill
@JohnnyGarrett4
was told by legal is unconstitutional, aimed at keeping
@Justinjpearson
&
@brotherjones_
to not let expelled reps get reappointed by their communities, passed the house.
Pulled my petition to represent TN HD45! Then I went to the Capitol & was promptly reminded of why I’m running. To heal & progress as a country, we have to realign our loyalty. It can’t be to politicians & political parties; it has to be to each other. I’m ready to fight for us.
The
@nytimes
published a front page/full-center spread story on parents’ advocacy in the TN legislature following the Covenant shooting.
Session starts on Jan 9 & we’re even stronger, more informed, & more organized. And now we’re coming for House seats. Get ready for 2024.👊🏼✊🏼
This voucher scam makes it LOUD AND CLEAR that (most) of the TN GOP is fine with completely disregarding children who learn differently, have disabilities, or who have fewer resources. What a disgrace. I will always fight for our most vulnerable kids.
WATCH: “They’re leaving our most vulnerable children behind… I saw a lot of dirty politics- people answering to outside lobbyists & privatization groups.”
CLINTON director of schools
@JohnsonKellyd
& MILLINGTON superintendent Bo Griffin after
#LeesVoucherScam
passed committee.
I personally don’t love people walking around schools with assault rifles and our police being unable to arrest them because our GOP leadership insists on allowing these dangerous things to happen.
Police checked out 911 reports about this man with a long gun, but because the open carry of loaded long guns without a permit, background check or training is legal in Tennessee, no arrest was made. Meanwhile, nearby schools in Memphis went into lockdown.
They’re taking advantage of blind loyalty to the Republican Party and using their power to serve the wealthy…and themselves. They are not serving everyday Tennesseans.
Chew on this…. A family of four making $56K isn’t eligible for free & reduced school lunch in TN. But with Jack Johnson’s Voucher bill, a family of four making $560K can receive more than 14K in private school subsidies.
#ReverseRobinHood
#EntitlementsJack
I’m writing a speech that I’m giving on
@GovBillLee
’s voucher scam and this is truly so outlandishly bad that it doesn’t seem possible that it’s real. Y’all the TN GOP is seriously insulting our intelligence by trying to pull this one over on us.
This right here. If we have so much money ready to spend on schools to “replace the federal dollars”…..why isn’t it already being spent on our struggling schools??? No matter how you look at it, it shows the TN GOP’s blatant lack of care for our kids.
WATCH — TN SUPERINTENDENTS SAY DON’T REJECT BILLIONS IN FEDERAL FUNDS: “Schools’ roofs are caving in… Memphis schools are 100 years old — this is 🇺🇸, if there’s💰to replace these dollars we’d ask they be in ADDITION. Our students deserve it.”
(cc:
@CSexton25
@TNGOP
)
WATCH: “I never set out to be a politician, but I bought my 3 year old a bulletproof backpack after Covenant, and I knew I had to do more.”
@AlisonBforTN
Beale tells a
#GirlPower
event why she’s running for state house in HENDERSONVILLE:
As
@AftynBehn
said, they won’t end the grocery tax, they won’t provide tax relief for disabled veterans, they won’t provide free breakfast for kids in public schools…but there’s room in the budget for this.
They don’t care about the people of Tennessee.
There are some things that really infuriate me. Giving a $700 Million tax cut to corporations is one of those things. A horrible and perfect display of corporate greed governing the
@tnhousegop
.
#ProfitsOverPeople
! We need to invest in education, healthcare, and our people!
Dragging a mother silently holding a sign out of the gallery is a terrible look no matter what but they also did it RIGHT IN FRONT OF
@NC5PhilWilliams
. Acting up in front of Phil isn’t exactly a subtle route to take.
I have two friends who have had to leave TN for this same reason. If this isn’t an “exception” then what will be? They’ll come after us for miscarriages. They’ll come after birth control. There is no end in sight to this evil until we VOTE THEM OUT.
UPDATE: After a week of legal whiplash and threats of prosecution from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, our client Kate Cox has been forced to flee her home state of Texas to get the time-sensitive abortion care needed to protect her health and future fertility.
Let’s not forget about her criminal record! Gabrielle Hanson is not fit for any office. Millersville is in District 45 where I’m running….please stay away.
Just so we’re clear…the party who forces women and raped children to carry (even unviable) pregnancies to term, refuses to make sure kids are fed, won’t expand Medicaid, and is disregarding our most vulnerable kids with their voucher scam SOMEHOW believes they are pro-life?!
Teachers in TN are making less today than 10 years ago when you factor in cost of living increase. They can't afford to live where they teach and we have a dire teacher shortage because of this and the constant demeaning of our teachers by the GOP.
I’m a former teacher and am proud to be District 45’s only pro-public schools candidate.
Education determines the trajectory of a child’s life. Our schools should be fully funded and our teachers paid well. No excuses.
➡️
Kids in public schools are outperforming participants in TN’s voucher pilot program….yet Gov. Lee is pushing to expand the program? They care about the money, not student achievement.
I went through TCAP scores for every district in the state for Math and ELA (Grades 3-8 and 11) compared to the ESA pilot group. There are 140 public school districts in this group.
In ELA, all but 11, so 129, outperformed the ESA group.
In Math, it's all but 2, 138 did better.
Showed up in solidarity with TN students today as they opposed Rep. Williams’ bill to arm teachers. HB1202 is a House floor vote away from passing and would be incredibly dangerous to our teachers and kids. We deserve solutions that don’t put us in more danger.
Thanks for taking the time to watch my campaign ad! I take no issue with responsible gun owners. Hope that clears things up. Have a wonderful night. ❤️
Meet another Democrat running for office in Tennessee who would like for you to give up your gun so you'll be defenseless when the criminals come to your house.
I’m honored to receive the Gun Sense Candidate distinction from
@MomsDemand
. My work in gun violence prevention advocacy led to me running for office, so data-driven, pragmatic gun safety measures are a top campaign priority. We deserve freedom from gun violence.
@shannonrwatts
Turned in my petition today so your girl is officially going to be on the ballot for District 45! I’m grateful for the opportunity to bring radical empathy and love for our neighbors to the Tennessee legislature. Forward together. 🩷
Republican orthodoxy is “our public schools are failing” —
@GovBillLee
& 💰-driven privatization forces created that narrative. It is at the root of the voucher scam.
Push back. They are not failing. The obstacles our underfunded schools face come largely from the legislature.
Hey
@JohnnyGarrett4
, it’s not a great look to have you, your son, your son’s fraternity, and your kids’ school followed by an account that’s doxxing my family.
Tennessee: Bill requiring public schools to teach children firearms safety is going to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk.
Starting in pre-kindergarten, students will be taught about guns.
Republicans voted down an amendment allowing parents to opt their children out of the instruction.
How about we make sure our veterans have housing and healthcare instead of this performative (and dangerous) way of “caring about their rights” or whatever the backwards reasoning is…
New Tennessee state bill would allow any active or retired military members to open carry guns on k-12 school campuses.
52 of the 197 mass shootings that killed 4+ people since 1966 were committed by current or retired members of the US Military.
.
@NC5PhilWilliams
is doing the WORK in Tennessee. So grateful for his dedication to truth and also for those on both sides of the aisle with the integrity to call the voucher BS what it is.
Regularly promoting or refusing to condemn fascism, hatred, and racism emboldens hate groups and we see things like the Nazi march today in Nashville. Hate has no place here. And neither does silence against injustice.
Just in case Sumner County folks weren’t aware, our (Republican) school board passed a resolution OPPOSING vouchers, but Johnny Garrett and William Lamberth are sponsoring the voucher bill. They’re not interested in what their constituents want.
@_ItsSavannah_
It's not about disrespecting our flag or military. It's knowing that our hard-earned freedom & rights should apply equally to all Americans.
The way the GOP House reps are silent and respectful when someone from their party is speaking but begin talking to each other AS SOON as a Democratic rep speaks is so rude and tells you everything you need to know about them.
Praying for a miracle. This one hits close to home. When I went to Belmont, I walked everywhere. This could have easily been me or anyone I knew. Gun violence can and will affect all of us. We have to keep fighting for responsible gun ownership - saving even one life is worth it.
PRAYERS 🙏 Metro Police have released a photo of Jillian Ludwig, the Belmont student who was shot in the head while walking at Edgehill Community Memorial Gardens Park. Police say she's in critical condition and is not expected to survive her injuries.
ok so the TN GOP doesn’t even consider bipartisan bills? About…*checks notes*…making sexual harassment proceedings transparent and impartial…
What a loud, clear, and disturbing statement they made with this decision. Gross.
The voucher scam leaves our most vulnerable kids behind without a second thought…as if they don’t matter and there’s no place for them. It’s infuriating.
If you can listen to this mom of a child with special needs and still be for vouchers, you seriously need to do some soul searching. Not one single private school said they would take her student - in writing. Vouchers are NOT for all. Certainly not our most vulnerable.
Johnny Garrett passes lawsuits, not laws. You’d think a lawyer would know better than to pass unconstitutional laws. Safe to say we need better leadership than this.
BREAKING: Three judge panel ousts new
@Fly_Nashville
board appointed by the state and immediately reinstates the old board appointed by the city of Nashville.
The ruling says, "Thus, the new Board is vacated, and the old Board is reinstated without the additional powers..."
@NC5
We’ve polled Tennessee parents the last 2 years about measures they would favor to make schools safer from gun violence. At the bottom of the list … arming teachers. The majority of parents do not support it.
Nashvillians of the Year: Gun safety advocates Sarah Shoop Neumann, Ibtihal Cheko and Maryam Abolfazli are at the center of a Nashville community calling for change.
I’m a mom and teacher running for TN House District 45 to protect our kids, fully fund our schools, and ensure women can receive the reproductive and fertility care they need.
Help me prove that we are fed up and ready for change.🔥
I’m not campaigning as some career move. I never wanted to run for office. I’d much rather these “opportunities to campaign” not exist at all. I’m running because our kids are getting killed at school and no one in power is doing a damn thing about it. THAT is what’s distasteful.
This is such a manufactured problem. Please focus on the actual issues in our state and country. There are so many ways you could help people with your platform and you’d rather just disingenuously create trans panic.
I am constantly in awe of our kids. These are some of the bold, courageous, and fed up high schoolers who shared their experiences as the lockdown generation today for the
@RiseAndShineTN
press conference. These kids are why I’m running and who I’m fighting for.
This is so traumatic for students, teachers, and parents - AND is happening right before the 1 year Covenant anniversary. Nothing will change in our state until we have leadership who actually cares about our safety.
Support gun sense candidates.
I’ve heard my opponent is giving me (and my ad) quite a bit of airtime in his circle. I’m running a campaign centered around compassion, empathy, and protecting our kids. My goal is to unite people, not divide us further. I can see why that scares the supermajority.
I’m a mom, former teacher, and gun violence prevention advocate who is ready to fight for our kids.
Join the movement today. Donate and sign up to get involved at
Let’s move forward together.
#AlisonBforTN
I’m beyond honored to receive an endorsement from
@runforsomething
.
Running as a young woman certainly comes with challenges, but I’m encouraged by the community support and grateful to be running alongside incredible candidates who are breaking barriers!
#AlisonBforTN
All kids deserve to eat. All kids deserve a fully-funded school. Cutting federal funds that are heavily relied upon by students in underserved areas, students w disabilities & rural districts fuels inequity in an already inequitable system and keeps disparities alive. It’s evil.
Highlighting
@TNAAPChapter
statement: "Tennessee pediatrics group urges lawmakers to maintain federal education funding."
The week in politics: Spurred by special session, new Democrat challenges GOP House whip in 2024 via
@tennessean
I shared this ignorant comment and got a bunch of donations, so thank you! 😘
Feel free to support a mom running for office and fighting for our kids (while having the audacity to have my children around me).
⬇️
WATCH: “He doesn’t have a second.”
@VoteBo
’s bill to repeal
@GovBillLee
’s private school vouchers program entirely dies as nobody seconds a motion to hear it.
Speaker
@CSexton25
puts only 1 Dem on many subcommittees to kill bills before they’re even heard.
#TheMoreYouKnow
New
@VanderbiltU
poll results are exactly why I’m running on education & gun safety. I’m a former teacher& gun violence prevention advocate,& as the TN legislature has its lowest approval rating ever, I’m ready to use my background to ACTUALLY represent what the TN people want🧵
WATCH: “It’s not funny. Every time you’ve presented this bill you’ve been smug, and I don’t appreciate it.”
@JohnnyGarrett4
&
@tnhousegop
vote to silence
@AftynBehn
for calling
@JasonZacharyTN
“smug” during his bill criminalizing helping raped kids get abortions in other states.
Senator
@yarbro
pointing out vouchers for all kids could mean $790 MILLION in public funds just for kids who aren’t even currently in Tennessee public schools👇🏽
The math ain’t mathin.
#LeesVoucheeScam
.
@repgillespie
, who lacks both integrity and a moral compass, lied to Tyre Nichols’ family and said he was postponing this bill…he passed it today instead. BUT
@JesseForTN97
IS GOING TO UNSEAT HIM & I KNOW GILLESPIE IS NERVOUS. Go donate to Jesse!
JUST NOW: “HE DID LIE!”
@RepChrisTodd
& the
@TNGOP
CUT OFF
@Justinjpearson
after he said
@repgillespie
lied to Tyre Nichols’ family — they had come to oppose the overreaching bill banning limiting police practices, so Gillespie delayed it then snuck it in today with them gone.
@jaybjackson
Hi! I support safe storage laws, background checks on all gun sales, red flag laws, magazine capacity limits, permit/training requirements, waiting periods, and an assault weapons ban.
TW: miscarriage.
I’ve had two miscarriages. It’s traumatic enough to bleed out what would have been my child into the toilet, shower, and adult diapers. The physical pain is excruciating. The emotional pain is unbearable. Govt involvement would be the highest level of cruelty.
@AlisonBforTN
There is no way to know if a miscarriage was natural or chemically induced, so every single miscarriage will have to be investigated. I can't think of anything more traumatic and demeaning for mothers who unexpectedly lose pregnancies.
Every. Damn. Day.
Today, Rep Keesling said that he was shocked the folks in this body didn’t whistle at the teenage girls who came into the room to be honored. Lord help us all, thank God they didn’t. Vote this nonsense out!
With HB2227, the TN GOP had a chance to clarify that contraception, IVF and fertility treatments are protected under TN law. They killed the bill instead.
What a heinous & offensive statement. The only discrimination comparison here is how you’re willing to abandon children with lEPs & special needs by only allowing them to access public schools that will be even MORE underfunded…so others can get private school coupons
Inspiring words from
@GovBillLee
at the RNC this evening! I completely agree with both the Governor and
@realDonaldTrump
when they say school choice is the civil rights issue of our time. We will make it happen here in Tennessee!
GOV. LEE HOARDS TAX DOLLARS
A new report shows the amount of our tax dollars held in state reserves has TRIPLED under Gov. Bill Lee. While the
@TNGOP
hoards our money, challenges affecting working families—child care, healthcare, commute times, crumbling schools—go unaddressed.
"...10-year-old Cayson McClung was shot in the face and arm as he tried to protect his mother."
This week, SCOTUS will hear a case that could make it easier for domestic abusers to access and own guns.
Early voting has begun! I went to my polling place this morning and got to vote for myself!😁 Extra fun bonus that I also got to vote for my campaign manager
@meganonsense
for Executive Committee!
Get out there and vote, y’all! It’s the only way to bring the change we need.🩷
Trump now has:
91 felony counts
11 aides convicted
4 indictments
2 impeachments
$83.3 million defamation verdict
$25 million fraud judgment
$5 million sexual assault verdict
$1.6 million tax fraud conviction
A university shut down
A charity shut down
And is on trial for fraud.
I had a great weekend knocking a few hundred doors & having a wonderful bipartisan gathering in our community. Vulnerable, kind conversations across party lines help us move forward together.🩷
Also, Old Hickory Bat Company isn’t in our district, Rep Garrett. Super close though!
WATCH: “If a private school can deny a voucher student access, how does that equate to parental choice?”
@TNedu
commish Lizzette Reynolds struggles to answer even the most basic question about
#LeesVoucherScam
from
@TNRepParkinson
TRUE FREEDOM IS BEING ABLE TO EXIST WITHOUT CONSTANT SHOOTINGS. Ugh. More families shattered. More people traumatized. We can take steps to prevent shootings and save lives…it doesn’t have to be like this.