Afghan vet. Sorta ran for president. Houser of homeless vets
@VCP_HQ
, bestselling author, pod host
@Majority54
, baseball player
@KCHustlers
. Aspiring super dad.
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#InvisibleStorm
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Thank you for your incredible support!
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@VCP_HQ
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The President said he was going to run America like his businesses. Apparently we have reached the part where he would usually just declare bankruptcy and run away.
#TrumpShutdown
Elon Musk: Beware! If they can tax a billionaire like me, they can tax you regular people too!
Regular People: We've been paying our taxes this whole time, bro.
To summarize the NYT story: Trump got a bunch of $ from his daddy. He lost it all, but then he got paid hundreds of millions to play a billionaire on TV. He tried to use that $ to become a real billionaire, but he lost it all again.
Now he's starting over, but we're his daddy.
Substantial personal debt is one of the most common reasons security clearances are denied, because it’s so easily exploited or leveraged by foreign intelligence services.
Rep. Banks, You and I spent a few months in Afghanistan.
Rep. Omar grew up in war-torn Somalia before spending years in a Kenyan refugee camp on the Somali border.
It’s not up to us to decide who is and is not “worthy” of PTSD.
Trauma is trauma. A uniform is not required.
Rep. Ilhan Omar complained she’s “stricken with PTSD” because of recent events in the Middle East.
This is a disgrace and offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe.
Imagine being so powerful you could make one phone call and (BAM!) you’ve reunited thousands of scared, confused little kids with mommies and daddies who miss them.
Now imagine how sick and broken and empty you’d have to be inside to choose not to make that call.
Today, in a room full of kids, a brave young man stood up and, holding back emotion, told me he’s afraid to go to school. Then one by one the kids told of guns they’d seen at their schools.
These kids think the “grown ups” running America are insane.
I’m with the kids.
Sean Hannity this afternoon: Cohen has never been my lawyer.
Sean Hannity this evening: Everything I told Michael Cohen was subject to attorney-client privilege.
Sean Hannity tomorrow morning: I am not Sean Hannity.
The president says you need a photo ID to buy groceries.
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1. He’s lying.
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2. I didn’t go to Afghanistan for his right to buy groceries.
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3. This dude has never in his life bought his own groceries.
If I were Biden I’d answer every question about my age with:
I don’t have time to dye my hair, get a spray tan, and sit in a makeup chair for twenty minutes every day because I’m busy getting shit done.
If that makes me look old, I really don’t care.
I’ve lived in or within a few miles of Kansas most of my life and I’m telling you that if a straight up or down vote on abortion can turn out like this in Kansas, there won’t be many states in the country that would vote to outlaw choice.
GOP willing to pass unpopular tax bill and worsen their terrible standing with the public, because if they don’t, they’ll lose campaign funds.
When politicians fear donors more than voters, it’s time to get new politicians who want to change the system.
We’ve already won the argument over guns. The vast majority of Americans want sweeping reforms.
We don’t need new arguments. We need new elected officials.
Two 16 year old girls organized this protest in front of the White House to demand action on guns. This generation is already incredible. Makes me so hopeful.
Students lie down in front of the White House asking for gun reform. Two 16 year old girls organized this group in a matter of days. Social media helped spread the word.
Having been through US Army training scenarios in which we rolled up on an ongoing and escalating situation in which both the good guys and the bad guys had guns but weren’t wearing “Good Guy” or “Bad Guy” signs, I’m 100% positive arming teachers is the wrong answer.
Biggest reason people are still gathering and partying and spreading the virus is because most American leaders haven’t had the guts to tell them the truth about the severity of the situation.
You think your boss sucks?
Mike Pence once walked out of an NFL football game in his hometown despite having great seats because his boss asked him to and that boss STILL tried to have him killed.
Classified docs - a shopping analogy:
As Biden walked out, the buzzer went off and he realized he mistakenly failed to pay for an item in his cart. He went back in and returned it.
Trump stuffed items in his pockets. When the buzzer sounded, he ran to his car and peeled out.
Almost exactly 2 years ago today, I went to the VA hospital because PTSD had caught up to me. Diana was worried I might not be around for her and True.
It’s been quite a journey since, but today we leave a different hospital for a different reason.
Getting help is worth it.
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@JoeBiden
would be the first Commander-in-Chief since Eisenhower to know what it’s like to hug their child one final time before they head off to war.
That’s no small thing.
He’s the president of the United States not the Governor of New York. He didn’t propose, pass, sign, or even support this law. He didn’t prosecute the case either.
But you know all that. You learned it at Yale Law. What stands out here is how eager you are to mislead voters.
Not since the Alien and Sedition Acts in the 1790s has a president tried to CRIMINALIZE his political opposition. Congrats, Joe Biden. You’re the worst president ever
The leadership of the
@NRA
has an agenda and it ain’t got a damn thing to do with gun rights. It’s 100% about gun sales. This Republican Congress is trading the lives of children for campaign contributions.
We will win. This will not go on forever.
Kari, My uncle wrote that song. I assure you, he wasn’t thinking about Trump Tower, which didn’t even exist at the time.
Also, he supports
@RubenGallego
.
Thousands of formerly incarcerated Arizonans who have served their time can’t cast a ballot. Joe Arpaio - a convicted criminal who never paid his debt - can be on the ballot.
That’s wrong.
We required a drivers test and insurance, then we lowered speed limits, cracked down on drunk driving, and passed seat belt laws. Since we started actually trying stuff, about 17,000 American lives have been saved per year.
But please continue your analogy.
What
@AOC
did on IG tonight (talking openly about trauma) will save lives.
I’ve seen the power of this type of openness first hand and - especially given the fact that she’s under constant scrutiny - her decision to talk about it is commendable.
New rule:
Dudes who never served in the military who claim the military has “gone soft” must immediately walk into a tear gas training chamber and recite their age, hometown, and social security number to a drill instructor who is audibly laughing from inside their gas mask.
Wow.
@RickSantorum
chastised American kids for “looking to someone else to solve their problems.”
Rick, their problem is they’re afraid they’ll be murdered at school. We are the adults, man. Get a clue.
Tucker Carlson thinks diversity hurts the military because he’s never served and is therefore ignorant to how diverse backgrounds and perspectives make units stronger and more effective.
As for his view on marriage, I assume that’s just because he’s a racist.
A quick personal story about our next POTUS:
I became friends with
@KamalaHarris
and
@DouglasEmhoff
in 2015 when she and I were both preparing to run for Senate. She won her race and I didn’t but we remained friends and I would visit her sometimes during trips to DC.
We were
If anyone tells you the
#PACTAct
was filibustered because the Democrats were playing games please remind them that the Republicans have been called out on this by every veterans group including the ones that regularly endorse Republicans.
In the military and veteran community, the term “stolen valor” is a serious accusation on the highest level.
To steal valor is to commit one of the gravest offenses.
The fact that Vance threw it around so recklessly and so dishonestly is character revealing.
When discussing
@realDonaldTrump
, why say falsehood when you mean lie, inelegant when you mean racist, or erratic when you mean unhinged?
Euphemisms aren’t helping. Please just keep it real, America.
When
@realDonaldTrump
says the law requires him to rip children away from parents at the border, he’s lying.
Incidentally, if we had a law like that, a moral president would refuse to enforce it and say, “Sue me!”
In ten years, some politicians will treat the Trump administration like they do the Iraq war: Everyone will pretend they never really supported it.
I’m not cool with letting anybody get away with that.
In Syria (and in Ukraine), Trump basically switched which side we were on in a war. He switched us to the Russian side. Counter to America’s interest, over and over, he does what’s best for Russia. (1/x)
Bush sold war in Iraq to a shocked and frightened America. He presented a war of choice as if we had no choice.
Iran would be Iraq all over again, but much worse. Trump is stoking fear, telling us we have no choice.
We don’t have to repeat our mistakes.
We have a choice.