📢 The election of a President is not about one person
Moving millions of people to take action and vote doesn't happen over a few months. It's years of building relationships and coalition building.
The election of a President is not about one person. Like every election, this election is about the People of the United States and who inspires them to vote. Kamala Harris (and Joe Biden) has the receipts and has delivered in the past term:
Jobs Created: 15 million (more than the past two Republican Presidents)
Lowest Unemployment: Unemployment has been below 4 percent for the longest stretch in over 50 years
American Rescue Plan: Funded vaccination campaigns and reopened schools.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Rebuilt roads, bridges, and expanded high-speed internet.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: Appointed first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Significant gun violence prevention legislation.
CHIPS Act: Boosted American manufacturing and created jobs.
PACT Act: Expanded health care for veterans.
Respect for Marriage Act: Enshrined marriage equality.
Inflation Reduction Act: Lowered costs for families, promoted clean energy.
Marijuana Pardons: Removed barriers for simple possession offenses.
Protecting Reproductive Rights: Ensured access to reproductive care.
Climate Action: Rejoined Paris Climate Accords.
Support for Ukraine: Rallied international support against Putin.
Affordable Care Act: Strengthened and expanded coverage.
Criminal Justice Reform: Promoted accountable policing.
Student Debt Relief: Approved billions in loan forgiveness.
Diversity: In white house staff, cabinet, administration, and appointments
NATO: Strengthen the ties with Allies.
All of this has been with Congressional Republicans and MAGA setting our nation on fire with lies and misinformation. I see that list as the receipts for promises made and kept.
It's game on if we can elect as the next President Kamala Harris. I believe in the possibility of change and will do the work to make all of this happen:
Women's Health Protection Act (enshrines abortion rights into law)
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Environmental safeguard bills
Student debt relief bills
Supreme Court reforms like ethics, expansion, and term limits
Equality Act
John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Freedom to Vote Act
Immigration reform bills
Gun violence prevention bills
Affordable Housing bills
and make significant improvements to Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, and our healthcare system.
Remember, I started out by saying that 'this election is about the People of the United States and who inspires them to vote.' Well, it isn't just on Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to inspire people to come out and vote. It is on all of us.
What I see now with folks (check out Robert Reich's recent piece on donor class, pacs, and other activists) is what I see every election: It is really easy to complain. It is hard to dig in and do the work to inspire folks to act.
I hear every excuse in the book:
Our candidate does this. Our candidate doesn’t do this.
It's..... and on and on.
Look, I get it. There are some valid concerns with Democrats (and Republicans) and our candidate on some issues, but it is up to every one of us to hold them accountable for doing better. It takes a lot of work to inspire folks in our community and move them to take action. But there is no other path right now except to support the Freedom over Fascism candidate Kamala Harris.
Anything else is a distraction and exactly what MAGA Republicans want in a tight race—and it is an excuse not to do the work to pull folks in.
Moving millions of people to take action and vote doesn't happen over a few months. It's years of building relationships and coalition building. There is one last thing that I keep going back to, and it is to follow the lead of people who have been doing this work on policies in our communities for years, and they are all in for Kamala Harris for another four years as our President:
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Progressive Caucus
The Squad
Bernie Sanders
AOC
Unions
and thousands of other top leaders that can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kamala_Harris_2024_presidential_campaign_endorsements
I stand with them and anyone fighting the good fight to build an army of foot soldiers for justice.
I believe the day we give up on each other (Kamala Harris, those names above, the coalitions that have been built, etc) then that is the day that freedom falls and fascism rises.
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