Omar Vaid
@omarvaid
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2nd Gen Union worker. Son of immigrants. Former pro labor candidate for Congress. Support: @BDSMovement @StopZionistHate
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.@realDonaldTrump, I’m a Muslim American running for Congress, and I demand you resign immediately for retweeting Islamophobic videos #TrumpResign #FireMiller #TheResistance.
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WE ARE LIVID. Ted Cruz & Pence snuck 529 into the tax bill, to undermine women’s abortion rights. New language declares human fetuses as legal persons, for tax purposes. A setup to repeal Row v. Wade #FirePence #GOPTaxScam #TheResistance.
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The New York Times has officially been busted. IDF soldiers masquerading as “unbiased reporters” as they run literal propaganda— from a reporter who won a pulitzer while there👇🏽
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New low: Trump WH permits ICE to destroy records relating to sexual assault and deaths in custody. I demand ICE be defunded. This is beyond reform #FireMiller #TheResistance.
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I’m sick and tired of Israel playing the victim card. They’re a nuclear nation with single payer healthcare. 13th wealthiest country in the world per-capita. How can you play victim when you’re committing a genocide!? Exterminating an entire group of people and stealing their.
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We are sick and tired of an America where John Kelly and Stephen Miller can collect WH salaries for emboldening hate groups .
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I demand the resignation of Stephen Miller. We will not tolerate WH scapegoating of immigrants. #FireMiller
Breaking: NYT reports WH, led by Stephen Miller buried contradictory evidence that refugees contributed +$83B over a decade. #FireMiller.
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I’m sick of living in a country where Trump refers to immigrants as “animals”, and Stephen Miller collects a WH salary, paid for by hard working Americans of every race, religion and gender. #TheResistance.
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We are sick of burying our children. We need leaders who have no loyalty to lobbyists. We demand change. If elected, I promise to never forget who I serve.
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.@realDonaldTrump, I demand your resignation for losing 1,500 immigrant children #FireMiller #TheResistance.
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Roy Moore said Muslims should be banned from serving in Congress. We believe it’s bigots, sex offenders & tax evaders who should not serve.
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Hands off Bears Ears. We join Native Americans and activists, to stop Trump’s exploitation of a national monument on behalf of the fossil fuel lobby #FirePruitt #TheResistance #BearsEars.
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Breaking: Trump employed 200 undocumented workers in building Trump Tower, to skirt unions. Was forced to pay over $1M in settlements. #ImpeachTrump #FireMiller #TheResistance.
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@RepMalliotakis Nicole, you are a proud leader and sympathizer of these terrorists, there is blood on your hands. You should resign now
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My opponent, Michael Grimm, kissed Bannon’s ring only to find out he’s the next Roy Moore. We will bear Doug Jones’s torch in the struggles ahead, and shine a light on divisive bigotry and hate. #DougJonesWon #ThankYouAlabama.
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Roy Moore - I’m a Muslim running for Congress and I demand you step down immediately from the Alabama Senate race.
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Block: The Sinclair-Tribune merger. We must reinstate the FCC Fairness Doctrine to strengthen our democracy.
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Breaking: NYT reports WH, led by Stephen Miller buried contradictory evidence that refugees contributed +$83B over a decade. #FireMiller.
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We thought CHIP was saved, but Congress left out a key element: 10,000 Community Health Centers. It’s giving children a health care card, but no place to use it. The vote is on Feb 8th. Time to mobilize. Call your Reps. #TheResistance.
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Unforgivable: Trump plans to separate undocumented parents from children. As parents attempt to regain custody, they will be targeted for deportation. #FireMiller #TheResistance.
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Bannon: I demand your resignation. I'm a Muslim running for Congress to contradict everything you believe! #Charlottesville #FireBannon #Now.
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Jake Tapper CNN —informing the mainstream on Israeli settler terrorism. This is why US needs to stop supporting genocide in Palestine #IsraeliNewNazism
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THIS WON’T FLY: Trump appoints an incompetent 24-year-old as America’s “drug czar,” an insult to every victim and family member affected by the opioid crisis. This, after the previous WH nominee, Rep Marino, was caught undermining the DEA in favor of opioid makers. #TheResistance.
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Not “very fine” people: Trump appoints a white supremacist to head State Department refugee bureau. I’m sick of living in a country where immigrants are vilified and Nazis are emboldened #FireMiler #TheResistance.
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.@LouDobbs We demand you apologize immediately for calling for the arrest of Barack Obama. Interesting that you are not calling for arrests of the Benedict Arnolds in the White House. #TrumpRussia #TheResistance.
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If elected, I will intervene in every single ICE raid in NY11, to ensure families are never torn apart for political gain.
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Failed priorities: Christmas came early for Mar-A-Lago guests, while tragic layoffs came for 150 steelworkers in a Conshohocken, PA mill. Trump has betrayed those he promised to serve. #TheResistance.
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@NikkiHaley So any criticism of Israel’s use of our tax dollars for genocide = antisemitism? This is a threat to freedom of speech. No foreign power should have this much control over our republic.
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Reject Trump’s bigotry. Please embrace peaceful Muslims as allies in the fight against ISIS. Our lives help destroy their evil narrative. #NYCTerroristAttack.
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One way to honor Erica Garner’s life (may she rest in peace) is to demand a DOJ Civil Rights investigation into the wrongful death of her father, Eric Garner. We will continue to seek justice for the family. We will make Erica proud. #ICantBreathe .#BlackLivesMatter.
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Steel scam: A US factory will pay a 30% tariff for buying imported steel, while a foreign factory will pay no tariff to export their finished steel product. This is a betrayal of US workers, marketed as protectionism.
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Trump phone home: Russian caviar at Mar-A-Lago while AT&T laid off thousands of workers. Trump has betrayed those he promised to serve. #TheResistance.
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SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY: Roy Moore’s cronies halt a court order to save digital ballot images, in preparation of a potentially rigged Alabama special election. #TheResistance #NoMoore.
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.@realDonaldTrump, let’s be perfectly clear. You have no right to obstruct Justice Dept or FBI investigations. We will protect rule of law and take back our country. #ProtectMueller #TheResistance.
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The Trump WH is a pig pen of racists, extremists and nefarious incompetence. We would rather visit a nation in Africa or Haiti, than step foot in the ‘shithole’ that has become the White House. #ShitholePresident.
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SAVE OUR CHILDREN: DeVos directs schools to report undocumented children to ICE. This is a violation of Constitutional protections outlined in Plyer v Doe; public schools must provide schooling, regardless of immigration status. #TheResistance.
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Trump must resign. We won’t tolerate a WH that emboldens hate groups: #ResignTump #FireMiller #TheResistance
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Obscene: Ben Carson bills taxpayers $31,000 for a dining set, slashes HUD funding. We need cabinet appointments who are qualified, and put the needs of people over finery.
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We won’t allow Trump’s Medicaid administrator Seema Verma, to get away with reffering to Obama-era policies as “bigotry”, while allowing Red State death panels to strip care from the disabled, frail & jobless. WH bigotry and cruely must end now. #TheResistance.
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Mike Pence got Mother’s permission to stay up past his bed time last night. #TaxScamBill #FirePence.
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Thank you @TeaPainUSA and everyone who stood up.
ALERT: Please let Twitter know that this account ->@MainStAmerican is threatenin' physical harm not only to @omarvaid, Michael Grimm's challenger, but all Muslim-American citizens. Thanks, Patriots!.
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If you’re wondering who in WH is calling for the deportation of 60,000 honest Haitian refugees:
Breaking: NYT reports WH, led by Stephen Miller buried contradictory evidence that refugees contributed +$83B over a decade. #FireMiller.
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40 Years ago Roy Moore told Beverly Young Nelson: .“No one will believe you.” .We will prove him wrong. #RoyMooreChildMolester #FireHannity #NoMoore.
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We choose Africa and Haiti to Trump’s WH, a shithole of incompetence and racism #ShitholePresident.
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Pure Evil: Scott Pruitt attempts to change EPA rules, a move to disqualify scientific research the fossil fuel lobby disagrees with. We will stop the dismantling of the EPA #FirePruitt #Now.
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Cops who took selfies with terrorists today, and held their hands walking into the Capitol should lose their pensions. White supremacy in law enforcement must end now.
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Doctors at Al-Shifa hospital make a plea to the world:. “to bomb a hospital means to terrify sleeping patients. To break windows over their heads, to make the walls tip onto their bodies…”
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We demand the resignation of Stephen Miller #FireMiller
Trump is guilty of collusion with Stephen Miller, a white supremacist who has no business collecting a tax payer funded WH salary. Seriously. #FireMiller #TheResistance.
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I’m sick of living in a country where ISPs can pay off the GOP to do their bidding. We demand equal access to the internet without blocking, throttling or paid fast lanes #SaveTheInternet #NetNeutrality.
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Today I am releasing my 1st political ad #SymbolsMatter. There are issues that transcend politics; good paying jobs, the American flag, and the example we set for our children. "I am here to fight for the American dream, and our children are going to see me do that." #NY11
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DOJ disgrace: Jeff Sessions to halt Obama-era policy to discourage Federal charges related to marijuana in legalized states. Incompetent WH undermines regulated marijuana industry, a move that which will benefit drug dealers. #FireSessions.
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We are sick and tired of living in a country where Trump vilifies NFL players, yet hands huge tax breaks to NFL owners, like Jerry Richardson (who is accused of harassment and discrimination, btw) #MeToo #BlackLivesMatter.
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Make Trump freak: Send a liberal Muslim American to Congress, with a donation of any amount:
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Date night: Taxpayers spent $6,250 on a helicopter so Interior secretary Zinke could go ride horses with Mike Pence. #FireZinke #TheResistance.
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We applaud Texas court's decision to uphold legality of sanctuary cities. Our immigrants are scared to death right now, we will offer help.
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.@RealMGrimm, I demand you step aside for courting Bannon’s endorsement. We will not allow the GOP and White House to embolden hate groups to divide us up. #NoGrimm #TeamOmar
The people of Staten Island and Brooklyn look to local leaders at times of global crisis, yet not one word on Iranian protests from @omarvaid. Wonder why?.
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We demand the renewal of the Federal assault weapons ban #GunReformNOW
“Compared with the 10-year period before the ban, the number of gun massacres during the ban period fell by 37 percent, and the number of people dying from gun massacres fell by 43 percent.”
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Moron Trump just activated the worst ever transfer of wealth, from the middle class and poor, to the wealthiest. People will lose their homes. The future of our country is in danger. #GOPTaxScam #TheResistance.
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We demand immediate Federal funding for the NJ/NY Gateway Tunnel. Amtrak has admitted the current 107 year old tunnel could fail at any moment. Lives are at risk. This is unacceptable.
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.@FLGovScott should resign immediately for choosing the NRA over the safety of our teachers and children. #ParklandStudentsSpeak.
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Trump is guilty of collusion with Stephen Miller, a white supremacist who has no business collecting a tax payer funded WH salary. Seriously. #FireMiller #TheResistance.
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.@MooreSenate said no Muslims in Congress. Let him know you support me in his comments. If he blocks you, I’ll retweet you. #RoyMooreBlockParty.#RoyMooreChildMolester.
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Save the EPA: Scott Pruitt uses fossil fuel front group that specializes in political hits, an attempt to silence career agents who speak out against nefarious activities and potential environmental disasters. #FirePruitt #TheResistance.
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Yes Bibi— the same court that was created to investigate crimes vs Jews during WWII, is now investigating you, the leader of Zionism. And no, it’s not anti-semitic to hold you accountable for the same crimes Nazis committed.
Netanyahu says ICC investigating Israel’s war crimes is “pure antisemitism” - Is he serious?
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Nefarious GOP holds #CHIP hostage for further Medicaid cuts. Hypocrites call the $14B children’s health care program wasteful, as they saddle us w/ over $1.5T in debt #GOPTaxScam #SaveCHIP.
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I’m sick of living in a country where bigotry is disguised as “religious freedom” and used to discriminate vs LGBTQ+. Equality means you can buy a wedding cake and feel respected in all 50 states #TheResistance.
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We stand with teachers that will walk out of school and refuse to return until things change #MarchForOurLives.
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@IsraeliPM You ruined Xmas in Jesus’s birthplace this year👇🏽.
There will be no Christmas tree in Jesus’s birthplace this year. Palestinan Christians in Bethlehem are in morning. Out of respect to the 20,000 killed in Gaza, they will not be celebrating this year. The tree lighting ceremony is so popular it’s often staged twice to.
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Just received a number of $20.18 donations, loving the Blue Wave symbolism! 🌊
Make a New Year’s resolution to support the Blue Wave! We won in Alabama, my challenge to Bannon’s Grimm is up next! Comment with a screenshot of donation + #BlueWave2018 & I’ll retweet you! 🥂🍾🎉
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6,800 Palestinians imprisoned, 1/3 with no charge. Military trail = 99% conviction rate. Minors held for decades. Evidence is sealed forever. This is the Jim Crow south. Meanwhile Americans are oblivious to settler terrorism. Rarely if ever are any held accountable for murder
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Hawaii missile alerts were a false alarm, a human error. Thank God. A real threat: Trump is unstable and cavalier. The White House is incompetent. We demand Trump resign immediately. #TheResistance.
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Breaking: A federal judge hands Trump WH another loss: Sanctuary Cities are not required to help ICE, in order to receive Federal funding #FireMiller #TheResistance.
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No deal: $200B in privatized infrastructure, a -50% cut to Amtrak, and a -20% cut to the Army Corps of Engineers. We need the Gateway tunnel, new water pipes in Flint, not deficit busting tax cuts.
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STOP THE GOP: Behind the scenes, moves are being made to set the stage for a repeal of Roe v Wade. We can’t let our guard down, ever #TheResistance.
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Trump endorsed Roy Moore, describing Jones as soft on crime, never mind that he prosecuted the KKK, and isn’t a child molester or tax evader #NoMoore #RoyMooreChildMolester.
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@Alyssa_Milano I’m a Muslim American union worker challenging Bannon-endorsed Michael Grimm. I’m running to promote equality, good union jobs, excellent public schools, mass transit and Medicare for All. Join #TeamOmar:
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Enough is enough: We won’t issue guns to kindergarten teachers. We will destroy the NRA #MarchForOurLives
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Resist: Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn a 40-year-old precedent to undermine unions. This is an attempt to undermine the US labor movement. #TheResistance.
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I’m honored that Americans in all 50 states have backed our campaign with a donation. I hear my opponent, tax-evader Michael Grimm, only has Bannon’s two cents.
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Trump’s dunce cap: GOP revokes tax-free status of colleges, adding pressure to financial aid, while stripping Obama-era protections for students graduating with crushing debt. #FireDevos #TheResistance.
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We saved CHIP, a sigh of relief for the parents of 9 million kids. Next we’ll stay strong on our promise to protect Dreamers, and further, to create a fair path to citizenship that we can all be proud of #BlueWave2018.
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Sanctuary union: Solidarity with 120,000 Teamsters in New York, who will prevent Federal immigration abuses on jobsites #UnionStrong.
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Pure Greed: CEO of Spectrum Cable was paid $98.5M to cheat IBEW Local 3 out of P&W. Trump rewards him with a tax cuts and the power to destroy the internet #NetNeutrality.
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Shameful: Trump WH attempt to privatize VA hospitals, seeking profits over improved care for veterans #TheResistance.
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FoxNews, we demand you refer to the Las Vegas shooter as a terrorist. Race or religion will not dictate the use of the term. #MandalayBay.
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Frank is a teacher in NY-11. While my opponent Michael Grimm blocked him, I serve him by amplifying his voice and marching with him. #MarchForOurLives
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