Shoshana Hershkowitz
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If Kathy Hochul had campaigned for governor half has much as she's pushing
#LaSalle
, she might have won by more than 6 points.
Also, we might have kept the House and other down ballot seats.
I said what I said.
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The part where they scream at the Proud Boys “Go back to Long Island” stings as a Long Islander. Because it’s true.
Long Island needs to stand up to the hate and white supremacy in our suburbs. We can’t act like
#GeorgeSantos
was an aberration. He’s not. He’s a symptom.
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This is why I'll be phone banking for
@JamaalBowmanNY
. Because elections shouldn't be bought by megadonors.
WATCH--
@chrislhayes
on the historic spending in the Democratic primary for New York’s 16th congressional district:
“This is what Citizens United has wrought: enormous swarms of big money from anodyne-sounding groups, pounding a candidate while concealing what their own
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As a Jew, I live by the tenets of tikkun olam (repairing the world), and pikuach nefesh (saving a life). This brutality runs counter to all that I value as a Jew.
Let Gaza eat. End this war. Bring the hostages home.
#CeasefireNOW
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As a Long Islander, I can attest that we've borne the brunt of the failed leadership of Jay Jacobs (and Rich Schaffer). Last year was a disaster in our local elections. Botched the propositions, botched redistricting. (1/6)
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Thanks for clarifying that my post about saving lives and repairing the world is not hateful conduct, Twitter. Carry on with allowing actual hate speech to go unchecked on this platform.
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Now that
@leezeldin
has to actually run on his record for governor, let's talk about that record. (1/)
1. Voted against equal pay for women
2. Voted against background checks
3. Voted against union organizing
4. Voted against environmental protection
5. Voted to repeal the ACA
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The
#GeorgeSantos
story is outrageous, but it isn't shocking if you're from Long Island. Over the years, the incompetence of local Democratic Party leadership and the ruthless tribalism of Republicans made this a breeding ground for this kind of situation. 🧵
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And now, for your viewing pleasure, all the Long Island Republicans who are scrubbing their social media to pretend they never met
#GeorgeSantos
. That you,
@nicklalota
,
@GarbarinoforNY
,
@ANTHONYDESPO
,
@leezeldin
?
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While in Albany, I was asked where I was from. When I said I'm from Long Island, they said, "You didn't elect
#GeorgeSantos
, did you?". And I had to laugh. Because I used to think
@leezeldin
was the worst thing to come out of here. Those were the days.
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While the
#InflationReductionAct
is historic, it isn't close to what we need. I'm glad we got something. But things shouldn't hinge on the whims of two senators and an unelected parliamentarian. Time to
#EndTheFilibuster
and give the American people what they need and deserve.
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@VP
@POTUS
Every single Republican would rather kick 23 million people off of health care than work with Democrats to improve the ACA.
#hypocrite
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Jamaal Bowman is a class act and deserves so much better than what was done to him by AIPAC and Latimer.
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@RepLeeZeldin
I don't LOL often. But
@DevinNunes
and "warrior for truth" in the same sentence? That's comedic gold, bro.
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You’re next,
@nicklalota
.
#NY03
#NY03
Get Out Today and Vote for
@maziforcongress
!
We need her to join me in D.C. to stand up for Long Island values and help keep the American Dream alive.
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@brycetache
@RavMABAY
I'm a Bernie supporter. I've called it out, and would never do that myself.
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An important note about
#MitchMcConnell
: he won't have to worry about paying his hospital bill, because he's got fantastic government healthcare, paid for on the taxpayer's dime, the kind he and the
#GOP
have voted to deny the rest of us time and again.
#MedicareForAll
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Reading today's
@Newsday
and my fury is bubbling at Suffolk Dems leadership for blaming their failure on "Albany Democrats". How are suburbs like Westchester holding on as LI goes red? The failure lies with leadership. Enough is enough. Time for accountability and rebuilding.
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There's lots of hubbub that
#GeorgeSantos
being sworn in today. But I'm going to focus on the fact that
@MaxwellFrostFL
, the first
#GenZ
member of Congress, a survivor of gun violence, and a March For Our Lives organizer is getting sworn in today. I choose hope over cynicism.
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Proud to be quoted alongside leaders including
@Biaggi4NY
@NYSenatorRivera
and
@jessicaramos
about the need for change and accountability in New York State’s Democratic Party.
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We in NY's 1st Congressional District have been pushing back against the bigotry of
@leezeldin
for years. Today, New York, finish what we started. End his political career.
#VoteHimOut
#RoevemberIsHere
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I don't feel any safer as a Jew with
#ClaudineGay
resigning. In fact, I feel more frightened that white supremacists like
@EliseStefanik
are weaponizing anti Semitism to go after institutions of higher education and Black women.
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@GovKathyHochul
, you won by very close margins, which cost us down ballot on Long Island, where there was no ground game from your campaign. The least you can do to help us rebuild here is replace failed leadership so that we have a fighting chance in the suburbs. (6/6)
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I'm so tired of Long Island being an aberration. As the rest of the state and nation makes Democratic gains, a lack of vision, year round organizing, and strong messaging is causing the LI Dems to lose, cycle after cycle.
It's time for new leadership.
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I've seen enough: Janet Protasiewicz defeats Daniel Kelly for Wisconsin Supreme Court. The result flips ideological control of the court from conservative to liberal, a huge victory for the pro-choice side.
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"You win elections by taking stances on issues that don’t concede ground to the right...centering Republican narratives about crime and socialism only helps, well, Republicans."
Louder, for the NY Dems in the back.
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@RepLeeZeldin
@realDonaldTrump
It's like you're not even trying to be a real congressman anymore. Please just go be the press secretary for the Trump White House. Like everyone there, you'll last all of five minutes, and then fade into obscurity. Let someone who actually cares about this district do the job.
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My nine year old got his first dose of the
#vaccine
today! I'm proud of him doing his part for public health.
#CovidVaccine
#VaccinesWork
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@NassauExec
Instead of making Nassau more affordable for families, you target lgbtq youth, hang signs with your name, and spend Covid money on parties. Truly shameful.
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@JayJacobs28
@NYGovCuomo
@CurranNassau
People are struggling to feed their families this season. Daniel Prude, who was murdered by the Rochester police, his family will spend this holiday without him. And this is what you post This is in really poor taste.
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Wow. NY3, you really got yourself a winner here.
@Santos4Congress
is an embarrassment. I can't wait to watch
@nicklalota
,
@GarbarinoforNY
, and
@ANTHONYDESPO
do the delicate dance of acting like they never met this fraud.
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Today's the day people wax rhapsodic over the "I Have A Dream" speech, but completely fail to recall "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
If you haven't read it, do it today, and stop being the white moderate who stands in the way of progress.
#MLKDay2023
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Let's be clear. This isn't about left vs. center. It's about a lack of leadership and poor organizing and strategy from our leadership, who happens to be centrist. When leadership would rather make deals with Republicans than grow the party, it's time for new leadership. (5/6)
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5 years ago,
@leezeldin
hosted a fundraiser with Steve Bannon. I led our district in calling out hate in front of Zeldin's office. Last night, the NY Young Republicans did it again, bringing in speakers with ties to the Nazi Party. 🧵
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Long Island is a hot mess. There's no organizing within the party between elections, no outreach to youth voters, no recruitment of new committee members in the towns (with a couple of exceptions). It's a crumbling apparatus. (2/6)
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I'm pleased to share that my father has arrived home from Israel. My heart goes out to the millions of Israelis and Palestinians for whom there is no escape from terror and violence.
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🧵on the bloodbath that was Long Island elections.
Last night was a difficult night with very few bright spots. I've gotten used to waking up the morning after Election Day on Long Island and processing bad news. That's a sign things need to change.
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It's gonna get more and more difficult for the Suffolk Dems leadership to blame the "Albany Democrats" when Democrats outside of Albany seem to be doing just fine. Except here.
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Our Suffolk County Party chair literally runs as a Democrat AND a conservative in his town. How on earth can you grow a party when you're in bed with its ideological opposition? This is Long Island, and it handed Republicans the House. (4/6)
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At this point, I think I may be in better financial shape than Donald Trump.
#TakingDownTrump
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The next generation of Republicans in NY are cool with Nazis. Got it. Not surprised that
@Santos4Congress
is a speaker. To our other LI MOC's:
@nicklalota
,
@GarbarinoforNY
,
@ANTHONYDESPO
,
@RepLeeZeldin
are you cool with Nazis? This is YOUR party. Speak up or you're complicit.
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Fuck every legislator who proposes banning books to "protect kids" but insists on keeping guns that kill kids. Literally. Y'all can go fuck yourselves.
Looking at you,
@GOP
.
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They trade patronage jobs. They run paper candidates. They don't build a bench. They make backroom deals. They stack the committees with loyalists who vote them in year after year. (3/6)
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Debate tip for
@KathyHochul
:
@leezeldin
has a tell. He gets red when he's getting rattled by a woman who's smarter than he is. Trust me. I've been pissing him off for years in NY1.
#NYGov
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When all 4 of Long Island's reps aren't filing financial disclosures correctly or on time, it makes the case for campaign finance reform. And for better representatives.
Looking at you,
@nicklalota
,
@RepGarbarino
,
@ANTHONYDESPO
. Not bothering to tag the hot mess that is Santos.
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"Long Island has bled seats for several election cycles, at the local, state, and federal level. Democrats deserve better leadership. In any failing organization, the leaders must be held accountable. It is past time for new leadership."
My op-ed today in
@TBRNewsMedia
.
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Hey, Suffolk Dems. Looks like George Santos is doing the oppo research you can't be bothered to do yourself.
On Monday the 3rd ethics report I’ll be submitting to the Office of Congressional Ethics is on
@RepLaLota
.
It has been raised in the local media that congressman Lalota obtained his JD attending Hofstra in day school while he was supposed to be working at the Board of elections
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One year ago, I took to the streets to demand
@leezeldin
be expelled from Congress for being a seditious traitor. Now he's running for governor. Either way, I'm determined to make sure that he is retired from public office in 2022.
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My father, who was visiting his brother in Tel Aviv, has landed at a layover in Switzerland and will be flying home. I’m relieved.
My heart aches for the millions of Israelis and Palestinians for whom there is no flight out. I wish them peace.
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Honored to accept this award alongside some of the best people I know!
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All of us in NY1 know all too well what a corrupt garbage human
@leezeldin
is. Don't make the mistake NY1 did. On November 8th, end Lee Zeldin's political career.
Trump just endorsed
@leezeldin
in the NY governor's race.
Zeldin, a GOP congressman, made one appearance in Mark Meadows' texts.
On the day before race was called for Biden, Zeldin texted Meadows "2 ideas" for promoting baseless conpiracy theories and fighting Trump's loss.
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I wrote this piece one year ago calling for an immediate course correction in the Long Island Democratic Party. The failure to do so resulted in our losses in Congress and ultimately cost us the House.
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The
#nysbudget
is a great motivator to make sue
@JumaaneWilliams
and
@AnaMariaforNY
win the June primary.
@GovKathyHochul
sold us out for the billionaires, while these two stand with workers.
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This week, my rep
@RepLeeZeldin
voted against my family getting relief checks. He voted against my right to organize as a unionist. He voted against background checks.
@leezeldin
is a right wing extremist. He has to go. And I'm going to make sure that happens.
#GOPTraitors
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@brianschatz
So if you take the Senate back, abolish the filibuster. Expand the courts. Grant statehood to DC and Puerto Rico. Don't get mad. Get even.
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Oh,
#GeorgeSantos
. Our relationship was short, but I'll never forget you and the inane reporting from the Post about it.
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Proud to stand up to the xenophobia and bigotry of the Suffolk County Republican Party.
#smallbutmighty
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Hot takes:
1.
@leezeldin
is a garbage human who shouldn't hold any elected office.
2. If your kid is using a mask as a diaper, you've got big problems.
3. Long Island Loud Majority are insurrectionists.
4. This is a bunch of racist, self entitled whiners whose times is up.
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When a business fails, the CEO is held accountable. But the Suffolk Dems chair is still blaming "crazy people from New York City" and "progressives", even as he earns 6 figures to lose seats every year.
Make it make sense. Because this progressive can't.
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This one hits hard. As someone who has lived with mental health struggles, I stand with
@JohnFetterman
. He will get through this, and he will represent the 1 in 5 Americans who live with mental health struggles.
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Now that Cuomo has resigned,
@leezeldin
will actually have to run on his record. His white supremacist, seditious record.
I am here to watch you implode, Lee. With popcorn.
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The NYS budget will be late again this year. because
@GovKathyHochul
is relitigating bail reform AGAIN.
@SenatorASC
and
@CarlHeastie
must hold the line and reject her proposal. Despite her publicly acknowledging that bail reform hasn't led to a spike in crime. 🧵
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The media seems to be shocked that
@Santos4Congress
could have been elected and his sketchy history not picked up by the media or political operatives. Clearly, they don't know Long Island or the sham that is the state Democratic Party. 🧵
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I mean, let's be honest. This never really existed in the first place, because in 8 years in Congress,
@leezeldin
didn't do much more than name a couple of post offices. I guess this just makes it official.
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My 10 year old has created a presentation titled “Why I Should Get A Hamster “. And it’s a really solid presentation.
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Hey, New Yorkers, let me introduce you to
@leezeldin
. He's my congressman. He votes against environmental protections, union organizing, reproductive rights, and gun safety, to name a few. Also, that coward hasn't held a real town hall in years. He's unfit to lead.
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Around the country, Democrats did very well. NY was a different story. A lack of organizing, outreach, and refusing to evolve cost us the House. NY deserves better. That starts with replacing Jay Jacobs. Your move,
@GovKathyHochul
.
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No one's denying that Jay Jacobs was elected State Party chair. They're just saying he's not very good at the job.
#ReplaceJayJacobs
According to NYS Democratic Chair Jay Jacobs, questioning his leadership (which led to multiple Dem losses even across his home county) makes you akin to an election denier - and he'll only take criticisms in private.
The one in denial here is
@JayJacobs28
.
#ReplaceJayJacobs
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I'm proud of my letter that is in today's
@TBRNewsMedia
, where I tell the truth about the successes of bail reform, call out the racist lies of
@leezeldin
and elected officials like
@Eflood29
, and demand that elected leaders pursue true justice for all.
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@leezeldin
@POTUS
So not a "nothingburger"? That's quite different from your tweet yesterday.
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It's officially
#Roevember
, which means only one thing: time to go smash the patriarchy that took our rights away.
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#MerryChristmas
to al who celebrate! When our kids were little and didn’t eat Chinese food, we started our family tradition of baking a chocolate cake on Christmas Eve and eating it Christmas morning for breakfast. Here’s this year’s cake.
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A reminder as
#HouseRepublicans
whine about how unfair this is. These folks attempted to take healthcare away from 22 million Americans behind closed doors. With no Democrats, and no women. So sit down and let the adults do the work of the people.
#ImpeachAndRemove
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For the love of God, New York, do not let this man become our next governor.
The US government needs to start recognizing natural immunity. It’s wrong to deny the science.
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6/ Dems must organize and win the suburbs. It's not about being Republican lite. If it was, y'all would be dominating out here. It's about embracing our values and playing offense more often than defense. There's no excuse for the incompetence that allowed
#GeorgeSantos
to win.
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I'm a parent. I want:
-schools to teach truth.
-my kids to inherit a livable planet.
-to reduce gun violence.
-every child to have healthcare, enough to eat, and a safe place to live.
-every child to be accepted for who they are.
There,
@HouseGOP
. I fixed your stupid bill.
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I thought when we got rid of
@leezeldin
, I'd get a break from lying seditious Long Island Republicans in my news feed. Then
@Santos4Congress
was like, "Hold my beer". And then he was like, "Hey. Did you know I invented beer?"
#SantosResign
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This is political malpractice on the part of
@nydems
. The fact that this is only surfacing now and was never part of the campaign is more proof that we need new leadership. NOW.
A DCCC memo entitled "The Case Against George Santos" dated Aug. 24 (the day after the primary) actually does scratch the surface of the reporting in the NYT piece:
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When my children were little and didn’t like Chinese food or sitting through movies, we started the tradition of chocolate cake for breakfast on Christmas Day. These q, there’s cake, movies, and Chinese food! Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating!
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We need to be clear here. The
#GOP
's newfound concern for children is a lie. They've done nothing to prevent school shootings, taken away the funds for universal lunches in schools, threatened CHIP and SNAP funding. Republicans don't care about your kids. They never have.
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My most recent letter calling for
@RepLeeZeldin
's expulsion for his role in the
#SeditionCaucus
.
#SeditionHasConsequences
#ExpelTheSeditionists
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As an American Jew, I find this ridiculously offensive and anti Semitic. Also, that "before it is too late" line. What exactly does that mean? Gross.
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