Pat Ryan 🇺🇸
@PatRyanUC
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| Dad & Husband | Veteran | Democrat | Alumni of @WestPoint_USMA and @GeorgetownCSS | Proudly Representing NY-18 in Congress |
Joined July 2010
Choice was on the ballot. Freedom was on the ballot, and tonight choice and freedom won. We voted like our democracy was on the line because it is. We upended everything we thought we knew about politics and did it together. #NY19, it will be my honor to serve you in Congress.
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As someone who carried an assault rifle every day in combat, I can confirm that these weapons have no place on our streets or in our classrooms.
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Today, I showed up excited to be sworn into the new Congress and do my job. But Republicans made it clear they aren’t interested in delivering for the American people.
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Imagine a country where our kids aren't afraid to go to school, where our parents know their children are safe, where our teachers don’t hide their students in the dark, and where our leaders put kids first -- not gun manufacturers. We can and must do better. #EnoughIsEnough
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Tonight, I'll be sworn into Congress. But Lindsey Graham & GOP extremists JUST introduced a national abortion ban. So, right here, right now, no excuses: We're going to fight like hell for every single seat. Now and in November, choice is on the ballot.
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As one of their first orders of business, the House GOP wants to roll back price caps for insulin. The cruelty is the point.
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I voted from Iraq in 2008. It was during my second combat tour. I’ll be damned if I’m gonna let a bunch of traitors stop our troops from voting.
A group of House Dems, led by @PatRyanUC called on DOD to guarantee Americans abroad, including US troops, retain the right to participate in US elections after GOP suits were filed challenging the legitimacy of overseas ballots. W @AmyEGardner & @DanLamothe:.
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The weapons of war I carried in combat have no place on our streets or in our schools.
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Tomorrow’s hearing with Pete Hegseth is a HUGE deal. I believe every American should care deeply about the person who holds the lives of our men and women in uniform in their hands. Here’s 10 questions we need answers to – and yes, I'm going to be pretty damn blunt:. 🧵.
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I’m the father of two boys. The scariest part of my day is drop-off time at school and daycare. I hear the same from parents everywhere. It’s got to change. Weapons of war intended for mass casualty have no place on our streets or in our schools.
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It’s going to take time to sort through what happened Tuesday. But I've read a lot of takes the past few days (some good, many bad), and I've had a lot of people ask how I won one of the toughest districts in the country by over 13%. Here are some thoughts: 🧵.
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When you go to the ballot box in November, I want you to remember how it felt when news broke that 19 children were shot and killed in another school shooting. Then, please vote for the candidate who will do anything and everything in their power to prevent another tragedy.
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Police planned to confront the Uvalde shooter until they learned he was armed with an AR-15. Our cops have protective gear, years of training, weapons of their own, and backup. They were scared. Now imagine what our kids feel. Ban weapons of war.
1/ Officers responding to the Uvalde shooting said they were afraid to immediately engage the gunman because he was using an AR-15, a Texas Tribune investigation has revealed. This drove their decision to wait over an hour for a Border Patrol SWAT team.
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If Republicans take back the house, they won’t stop with Roe. They have already made clear their intentions to make changes to Social Security, Medicare, and more. We can’t let it happen. We must win. RT.
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I served two tours in Iraq, where I carried an assault rifle daily. The M-4 I carried (just like the AR-15) is designed for one purpose: to kill humans en masse. These weapons have no place on our streets or in our classrooms.
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Recently, the DCCC added our race to their Red to Blue list, meaning this race is one of the BEST opportunities we have to hold the House majority. RT if you’re with me.
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I'm Pat Ryan. Last week, with your support, I won a HUGE special election in #NY19. Now, I have to run again in November. Can you RT, follow, and ask your friends to do the same? . Please help us spread the word!.
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What Trump did at Arlington is a disgrace. I served two combat tours in Iraq. I have friends & fellow soldiers – heroes who gave their lives to protect our country – buried in Section 60. This is sacred ground. We must not allow anyone to sully it with campaign theatrics. 🧵.
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The weapons I carried in combat have no place on our streets or in our schools. RT: We need an assault weapons ban, and we need it now.
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I got into this race because the very foundations of our democracy are under attack. Last night, The Hudson Valley stood up and held the frontline for democracy. Thank you, #NY19. I'm humbled to serve as your next Congressman.
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First and foremost, if you're using the words "moderate" or "progressive," you're missing the whole f***ing point. It's not ideological. It's about who fights for the people vs. who further empowers and enables the elites.
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I served two tours in Iraq, where I carried an assault rifle daily. The M-4 I carried (just like the AR-15) is designed for one purpose: to kill humans en masse. These weapons have no place on our streets or in our classrooms.
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Exxon Mobil reported $17B in profit last quarter alone. The highest profit reported by an oil and gas company in history. Yet, families are getting raked over the coals at the pump. (1/2).
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It’s a freedom issue. I fight on the side of patriots.
@PatRyanUC Pat, abortion is a state issue. Give it a rest!.
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My name is Pat Ryan. I’m the Democratic nominee for Congress in the special election for #NY19. As a combat veteran, I’m committed to getting weapons of war off our streets and passing gun safety laws. Please consider retweeting, following, and getting me to 10k followers today.
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New Yorkers elected Santos under false pretenses. His lies are a massive violation of public trust. He should immediately resign.
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How can we be a free country if the government tries to control women's bodies? . That's not the country I fought to defend. Freedom includes a woman's right to choose. Period. Watch our first ad:
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I put affordability front and center every day. Most importantly, I told folks exactly who it was that was ripping them off, and I grounded it locally. It's the billionaires and big corporations making record-breaking profits while the rest of us struggle.
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One party in this country is hell-bent on breaking the promises we made to retirees. RT: Hands off Social Security.
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I called on Biden to step down and gave him hell for failing to secure the border. That doesn’t make me a “moderate.”. I campaigned with AOC and called out big corporations for screwing us over. That doesn’t make me a “progressive.”.
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George Santos says he will be honest now. He will be effective now. Bullshit. When people show you who they are, believe them. George Santos is a liar, willing to cater to white nationalists and hate-filled bigots to bolster his political ambitions. (1/3).
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There is no negotiation on Medicare and Social Security. We must keep the promises we’ve made to seniors.
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As I took my oath tonight, you stood with me, with a shared mission; protect democracy, the right to choose, and our freedom. Battles we will only lose if we fail to fight. Time to suit up. We're getting in the fight.
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If you want to call me a lefty for thinking my community deserves to drink clean water, go ahead. If you want to say I'm a progressive for saying polluters should pay to clean up their mess, feel free. I don't give a sh*t about labels. I care about delivering for my.
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The weapons I carried in combat have no place on our streets or in our schools. RT: We need an assault weapons ban, and we need it now.
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We have an affordability crisis in this country. We can debate who's to blame, but to ignore both the macro trend of increasing economic inequality and the more immediate crisis caused by the pandemic and inflation is to lose credibility entirely.
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I served two tours in Iraq where I carried an assault rifle every day. The M-4 I carried (just like the AR-15) is designed for one purpose: to kill humans en masse. These weapons have no place on our streets or in our classrooms.
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And through it all, a love for my community. A love for our country. An undying and passionate patriotism, the belief that this is the greatest country in the history of the world, that those freedoms are worth fighting for. And that they always will be.
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I’ve thanked many people over the past few days, but no one deserves it more than my wife, Rebecca. Through a handful of campaigns, most of them in just the last 6 months, and in every part of life, she’s my partner, my rock. Theo, Cam, and I are the luckiest guys in the world.
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I've made clear over and over again to my constituents that I fight FOR them and AGAINST anyone who would do them harm. Period, full stop.
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The freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water. The freedom to marry who you love. The freedom to worship how you want. The freedom to make your voice heard in our democracy. The freedom to live as who you are, wherever you are. The list goes on.
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I called on the CEO of our billion-dollar utility monopoly to resign, and we forced them to pay back customers over $60M. I went after the Wall Street speculators driving up the price of housing. I built a coalition to push my bill to stop Big Pharma from ripping off families.
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Reproductive freedom – because I served 27 months in combat abroad and didn’t come back to watch freedom be ripped away from women here at home by an unelected, extremist court and their far-right allies in Congress.
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You bankrupted an organization of 10 people with a budget of under $10 million. How the f*ck can the American people trust you to run an organization of nearly 3.4 million people, with a budget of nearly $850 billion?!.
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By your own admission, you’ve cheated on your spouse(s) multiple times. Under UCMJ, adultery is punishable by a Dishonorable Discharge. Why should any active duty soldier trust you to enforce the rules you yourself have broken?.
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I’m Pat Ryan, and four years ago, I made this ad; outraged by gun violence across our country. Since then, nothing has changed. Now I’m running in a special election this August because if Congress can’t pass basic laws to protect our kids, then what the hell are they doing?
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You can’t be Putin’s puppet and call yourself a Patriot. I served two combat tours in Iraq. I don’t take advice from bow-tie-wearing bozos who’ve never served a single day in uniform. @TuckerCarlson, you’re a traitor.
First you allow your country to be invaded, then you hand automatic weapons to the people who invaded it. Doug Macgregor on the worst idea congress has ever had.
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Economic freedom – because no teacher, firefighter, or police officer should be paying more in taxes than Jeff Bezos. Freedom from gun violence – because, regardless of what the NRA says, the weapons I carried in combat don’t belong in our schools or on our streets.
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Finally, on a lighter note. You hosted a Fox News weekend program. Don’t you think the Secretary of Defense should at least have had a weekday slot?.
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The GOP rules package:.-Threatens Democracy.-Guts ethics and oversight .-Puts Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block . This is the first plan from GOP leadership, and it's bad.
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And yeah, I rallied with AOC for clean water and climate action. 100,000 of my constituents get their drinking water from the Hudson River. We have some of the worst lead pipe and PFAS crises in the entire country in the Hudson Valley.
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I’m hitting the ground running, getting to work to deliver for #NY19. In the meantime, we have a race to run and can’t take our eye off November. Will you help me get to 40,000 followers today?.
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Three weeks ago, I was sworn into Congress. Today, I passed my first bill to expand VA home loans to Reservists and National Guard Members. The bill passed with incredible bipartisan support. As a veteran, it's personal; as a representative, it's my responsibility.
House passes bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan
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I went on Fox News – like, a lot – to call out Biden for not doing enough to restore order at the border. To be clear, Trump's approach isn't right either. But when the system is broken, you call it out and you work to fix it, no matter who is in charge.
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I will never vote to cut funding from Medicare or Social Security. I won’t allow Republicans to privatize them, either. End.
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You hit a member of the Army Hellcats band with an axe on live national TV. No real question with this one. Just thought everyone should know that.
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You’ve chanted “kill all Muslims” and repeatedly praised the Crusades. How can you possibly expect to broker alliances with key partners in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia?.
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The non-profits you ran into the ground both sought to privatize the VA. How can we possibly expect to meet our recruitment goals when you’re ripping healthcare away from millions of our fellow veterans?.
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You’ve been accused of sexual assault so many times I’ve lost count. Why should survivors of sexual assault in the military believe you will fight for them?.
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You’ve said one is “hard pressed” to find positive military outcomes from women serving in combat. Do you think it was a mistake to put Senators @SenDuckworth and @SenJoniErnst in combat roles?.
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You’ve said you’re going to go on a firing spree of top generals and admirals involved in “woke sh*t” (still unclear to me what that means). Are you concerned about the precedent set by purging our most decorated military officers for political disagreements?.
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From day one, we made it clear: our fight is to protect fundamental freedoms and democracy. To deliver relief and results for families. Twice in as many months, we stood together on the side of freedom. I am honored to continue serving you in Congress. Thank you, #NY18.
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My opponent cheered on insurrectionists, took campaign cash from Guiliani, and refused to call out Proud Boys & Oath Keepers. He stood by while kids got gunned down in school and pushed to criminalize doctors who perform abortions. When I tell you the stakes are high, I mean it.
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You’ve made it clear you regret not fighting the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”. What do you say to the families of LQBTQ men and women who gave their lives in service to our country?.
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#ICYMI: I’ll be on the ballot in November. The district numbers and the opponent may have changed, but the reasons remain the same. Freedom, choice, and democracy are on the ballot. I’m not backing down. RT: Help me get the message out.
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In the budget, we could cut veteran services by 22%. -OR-. Hear me out: we could close tax loopholes that allow hedge fund managers to pay a lower tax rate than Hudson Valley nurses.
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It's not enough to throw these seemingly disparate policies at people. We must articulate a unifying principle, and clearly tell folks who’s at fault. For me, it was Freedom. and Patriotism. And the fault lies with the same elites, in both parties, who've run this country for.
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The weapons I carried in combat had one purpose; mass casualties. Those same weapons are killing our kids. No more excuses. We need leadership.
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🚨 It’s Election Day and polls are open from now until 9PM!. The path to taking back the House and making @hakeemjeffries Speaker runs through the Hudson Valley — time to get out there and vote 🗳️!
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🧵Our victory in #NY18 and the special election was a tremendous months-long effort, and I certainly didn’t do it alone.⤵️.
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My opponent believes doctors should be thrown in jail for providing abortions. I believe my opponent should stay out of women’s healthcare decisions.
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I ran to protect freedom, democracy, and access to abortion. I’m fighting every day to deliver on those promises, but I have to win again in November. Can you RT, spread the word, and help me reach 45,000 followers?.
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MAGA Republicans told you they would stop at nothing to overturn Roe V Wade and made good on that promise. Now, they are telling you they will sunset Social Security. We will fight back.
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There is no excuse for billionaires and big corporations to pay a lower percentage in taxes than teachers, nurses, or police officers.
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I spent 27 months in combat. I put my life on the line to defend American freedoms, including reproductive ones, across the globe. I’ll be damned if I sit by and watch them stripped from millions here at home. Get in the fight.
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I'll tell you about freedom. Parents in this country, myself included, are dropping their kids off at school and are worried that they will be gunned down by the same weapons I carried for 27 months in a combat zone. Ban assault weapons--lift that burden. That's freedom.
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For the good of our country and the future of our kids and grandkids, I am asking Joe Biden to step aside in the upcoming election and deliver on his promise to be a bridge to a new generation of leaders.
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I’ll vote to ban assault weapons; .Support universal background checks;.Fight for red flag laws. In turn, I earned an ‘F’ from the @NRA. You get what you deserve, and I’m honored.
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The ground is shifting in the country. The American people are smart. We believe in our democracy and won't stand for it when rights and freedoms are being ripped away from millions of Americans. The Hudson Valley proved this in August, and we will do it again in November. RT⤴️.
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Trump and MAGA Mike Johnson’s funding bill leaves the VA $12B short of what it needs to provide healthcare for my fellow veterans. To repeat. The bill DOESN'T fund healthcare for American heroes who put their lives on the line for our country. Consider me a f**k no.
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This is straightforward: As an Army intelligence officer, if I did what Trump has already admitted to, I’d be in jail. Now it’s time to uphold the rule of law, hold Trump accountable, and finally move past the chaos so we can come together as a nation.
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There are 5.8 million Puerto Ricans in our country. Almost 30,000 of them live in #NY18, including my good friend and fellow veteran, Manny Tirado. Trump doesn’t know the fury he just unleashed.
🇺🇸🇵🇷Puerto Rican U.S. Army Veteran Manny Tirado isn't holding back. He's outraged by the vile, disrespectful remarks Trump’s campaign allowed. "There are 5.8 million Puerto Ricans living in the United States. Come election day, we will remember this."
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From our country’s founding, this community has served as a bulwark in the fight for our democracy—where patriots dragged an iron chain from West Point across the Hudson River to stop British forces. We held the line for democracy then and now. Because that’s who we are.
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I am honored to co-chair the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. The weapons I carried in combat have no place on our streets or in our schools. Full stop.
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Trump doesn’t understand what it means to serve this country because the only person he’s ever served is himself. He is not fit to be President, and certainly not to be Commander-in-Chief.
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When you go to the ballot box, I want you to remember how it felt when news broke that 19 children were shot and killed in another school shooting. Then, please vote for the candidate who will do anything and everything in their power to prevent another tragedy.
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Hey @SpeakerJohnson (and every other traitor in the GOP). Spare us the sanctimonious BS today. We haven’t forgotten what you did 4 years ago. Being a Patriot means loving your country and respecting the Constitution when you win AND when you lose.
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Republican leaders like Kevin McCarthy and Elise Stefanik are supporting my opponent – they know he’ll be in lockstep with their right-wing agenda, which could include a nationwide ban on abortion. I won’t let them win.
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Gun violence is the number one cause of death for kids in the US, yet my far-right opponent says we don’t have a gun problem in our country?!?. News Flash Alison: We do have a gun problem in this country, and you’re part of it.
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This election is about Patriotism. It’s about Freedom. Reproductive Freedom. Economic Freedom. Freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water. @KamalaHarris is fighting to protect and expand these fundamental freedoms. Trump wants to rip them away.
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Rent, gas prices, and consumer costs are too high. Unfortunately, instead of solving these problems, Republican members of Congress vote against every single solution.
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🧵 Speaker Pelosi broke glass ceilings while working tirelessly to give Americans a sturdy floor. The ACA expanded healthcare care for millions.⤵️.
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The Hudson Valley is my home; I will fight for it with everything I have because that’s what you deserve.
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I raised my right hand and swore an oath to defend this country from all enemies, foreign and domestic. I'm running for Congress because our democracy is under attack. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for NY19 and our country. Polls are open until 9 PM. Have you voted?
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.@SenTuberville: It's time to end your MAGA culture war. Our staunchest ally Israel is fighting in a real war for their very survival, and we must stand with them. Drop your nomination hold now. The safety of US troops and Israeli families depends on it.
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Early this morning, I took my oath to represent #NY18. You sent me here to fight for our values, protect fundamental freedoms, deliver economic relief, & to bring home the results you deserve. We'll do it together. That's who we are. Hudson Valley, I am humbled to serve you.
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