Since Matt Gaetz is trending, now would be a good time to remind y'all that David Byrd is a Republican State Representative in TN accused of Sexually Assaulting 3 teenage girls.
He continues to serve in the Legislature.
@saribethrose
@VoteGloriaJ
This is Tennessee. Up until 2010, Dems were in charge. In a short 13 years gerrymandering and Voter suppression have placed Republicans in a Supermajority.
The office of Glen Casada, Republican Speaker of the TN State House, and one of the most powerful men in the State, allegedly altered an e-mail in order to frame a local activist.
This needs to be National News.
In Tennessee House committee last night, GOP leadership did NOT have the necessary two-thirds vote to end debate on school vouchers. They did it anyway.
My father is nearly 70, and suffers from lung cancer.
If he died, and literally millions cheered, I can't tell you how much that would hurt.
But that's not going to happen, because he isn't a shitbag like Rush Limbaugh.
#GoodRiddance
In my capacity as an elected Committeeman of the
@TNDP
, I will do all to ensure that any Shelby County Commissioner who does not vote to re-appoint
@JustinJPearson
to the position the people of District 86 elected him, will be expelled from the Party.
"A bill currently making its way through the Tennessee legislature would impose new restrictions on groups that hold voter registration drives and subject them to potential jail time and massive fines."
When you think of the movement to privatize/destroy public education, think of this idiot...
A TN State Senator who wants to abolish higher education because he sees it as a
"Liberal Breeding Ground."
SMDH.
It’s official y’all! As of today my petition has been accepted and I’m a Democratic candidate for Tennessee House of Representatives District 97!
#ServeThe901
Republican and disgraced former State Senator Brian Kelsey wants to withdraw his guilty plea because he "didn't understand the consequences of becoming a convicted felon."
Y'all...
He's an attorney who served on the Judiciary Committee.
If this attack on
@CNN
, The
@WashingtonPost
& the Free Press is as worrisome to you as it us, Fight Back.
We're just one Small State Legislature Campaign, working to Flip 1 seat from Red to Blue.
Contribute to a more sane TN State Legislature Here:
This Campaign is dedicated to the Cause of Reproductive Freedom.
The Incumbent for this Seat (which we narrowly lost to by 5 points in 2018) Voted FOR this Bill. The likely Republican Nominee supported it as well.
You Can Contribute to our Campaign here:
Conservative America wanted the wife to stay home, and only the husband to work.
In the last 50 years, Conservative politicians have ensured wages have not kept up with inflation, and now most families need two incomes to survive.
Make sense to anyone?
As a State Legislator, I will advocate for the following:
1. Medicare & Medicaid Expansion in TN.
2. More regulations on Predatory Lenders.
3. Respect for the LGBT Community.
4. The knowledge that family planning decisions should be between a woman and her doctor.
For Alexa, and every child like her.
For every Senior and Veteran who deal with Daily Pain.
For every person who has become addicted to opioids when they should have a better option.
I Support Medical Marijuana.
Let me put this in a way I know my fellow Southerners and Tennesseeans will get.
Having our governor reopen our State before we
#FlattenTheCurve
is akin to spiking the ball on the 50 yard line.
"Even closer was fellow Democratic newcomer Allan Creasy, who won 10,073 votes against incumbent Jim Coley's 12,298 in District 97...
Unmistakably, Democratic sentiment in Memphis and Shelby County is again on the rise, after a decade or two of slumber."
If you organized an Anti-Mask "Freedom Rally," and now find yourself in the hospital from a supposed "hoax," then no way in hell should anyone be able to setup a GoFundMe for your Medical Expenses.
Conservative: "There's No such thing as a Singular Gender-Neutral Pronoun."
Me: "Y'all."
Conservative: "That's Plural."
Me: "Nope. The Plural is 'All Y'all.'"
Ken Starr is dead. He will be primarily remembered as the man who allowed sexual violence go unchecked at Baylor University, and as a staunch defender of Jeffrey Epstein.
TN ranks 45th in Education.
Highest in Bankruptcies due to Medical Bills.
Highest # of citizens working for a $7.25/hr.
Highest # of hospital closures per capita.
Yet, this is our legislature's top priority...
Legalized Discrimination of Gay Couples.
SMH.
Driving through small towns in rural Tennessee, I notice a disturbing trend: A lack of small banks, and a growing number of Payday Lenders.
How will rural America grow and thrive, if every loan has to be paid back with 200% interest?
"The surging calls are on trend with what's being seen nationwide. Across the country, calls to poison control lines related to cleaners and disinfectants have jumped 20%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
As someone who knocks on doors, and encourages folks to
#GetVaccinated
; we target Zip Codes based on low vaccination rates, no one knows specifically who is and who is not vaccinated unless they choose to tell us.
GTFOH with your HIPPA, better known as HIPAA, scare tactics.
Knocked on 134 doors today in North Memphis on behalf of
@MemphisForAll
, letting folks know they could get vaccinated at the local community center.
Plenty of vaccinated fist bumps and thumbs up.
Several, "I'll be there's."
But not one, "Are you here to take my Bible?"
Weird.
@Marmel
I am running in TN District 97, the most flippable District in Western TN. I am what the local papers call a "Democratic Party Activist," over the last 2 years I have knocked on over 7,000 doors to help other Democrats elected.
Tennessee Could & SHOULD add Tampons and Feminine Hygiene Products to its annual Sales Tax Holiday.
However, State House Republicans balk at the idea because underprivileged women
"Might buy them in bulk."
This is why we need your help to flip State Legislature Seats in TN.
NEW: Sen. Joey Hensley Vs. Tampons & Feminine Hygiene Products
As
@SaraforTN
&
@SenatorGilmore
push for a brief tax holiday for feminine products,
@joey_senator
says girls may buy too many, laments $130,000 in lost💰— but backed a $40 MILLION tax break for brokers/lawyers.
When you are a TN State Legislator who has repeatedly voted against the rights of the Gay Community, caught trying to have sex with men half your age...
This is apparently the face you make.
5 Million
#ToxicMasks
purchased in a "No-Bid" Contract by the State of Tennessee, treated with a pesticide that is "harmful if inhaled."
Cost to Tennessee Taxpayers:
$8.2 Million
This applies to the 9 members of the 13 member body who ran in a Democratic Primary, 7 of whom ran in Districts so Democratic they did not have Republican opposition in the General Election.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — FBI agents have begun interviewing Tennessee lawmakers about whether any improper incentives were offered to pass Gov. Bill Lee's school vouchers bill in the state House, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has learned.
Removing funds from public education through vouchers, sending public money to out-of-state corporations, and refusing federal dollars is all part of the radical right's plan to destroy public education.
And make no mistake, that is their plan.
Soon to be a dozen hospitals have closed in TN because our State Legislature's refusal to accept Federal Funds to
#ExpandMedicaid
, and our legislators occupy their time with THIS?
SMH.