Our democracy is fragile. It's why I wrote the bill to ban Jan 6 insurrectionists from serving in office and fought to enshrine abortion rights in VA's Constitution. It's why I'm running for Congress in
#VA10
. Thrilled to release our first ad today:
52 GOP just voted to keep a prohibition on gay marriage in VA’s Constitution. 2 days after voting against protecting teachers ability to teach about the Supreme Court ruling that recognized gay marriage. Apparently they don’t believe Virginia is for Lovers.
I want to thank the President-
@BarackObama
- for the largest pay raise in military pay in the past 10 years.
And also, for not lying about military pay.
If you ever wonder whether elections matter, here’s the sign that just went up on the park by my house because we flipped Virginia and then we passed a bill that allows localities to keep firearms off public property
My name is Dan Helmer. I am a veteran, father, and proud Virginia Delegate.
Last week, we flipped the Virginia Legislature blue, and today, I am proud to announce that I will be running for Congress to keep Virginia's 10th Congressional District blue.
Struck by reporting that Judge Amy Barrett did not wear a mask while meeting with the President, Senators, and senior White House officials.
Does that reflect the judgment of someone who should sit on the Supreme Court?
In Afghanistan, we wore body armor because Al Qaeda & the Taliban carried AK47s.
You shouldn’t need body armor to shop at Walmart. We’re ready for leadership who will fight for change.
#EnoughIsEnough
#DaytonShooting
#ElPasoShooting
#HD40
Wow - I miss the days (was it only a month ago) when Virginia had an Attorney General who thought that women ought to be treated equally under the law.
.
@GlennYoungkin
wrote Day 1 “We must equip our teachers to teach our students the entirety of our history – both good and bad.”
GOP just voted against teaching 3/5 Compromise. Literally in the Constitution. Patriots fought to change that
So much for teaching history
#TeachTruth
SB 739 passed. Ends ability of school boards to employ public health measures to combat COVID. Like everyone, I hate wearing a mask. I do it because I hate prospect of harming others more. As a parent of 2 public school students & husband of a teacher, I'm deeply saddened.
My wife has a heart condition that means she could die if pregnant. She & every other Virginia woman deserve the right to choose. Supreme Court will overturn Roe & the clock is ticking.
Thank you
@TheLastWord
&
@CapehartJ
for having me on to discuss how Democrats must act now.
Over 100 doors knocked already today and still going strong 👊
Neighbors excited to vote because they believe women should make their own healthcare decisions and students and teachers should be safe in school
Beyond grateful to my family, our campaign staff, the countless volunteers who made this campaign possible—and the voters of
#HD40
for putting your trust in me. I look forward to serving you in Richmond.
I'm proud to announce my endorsement of
@PeteButtigieg
. A fellow Afghanistan veteran, he encouraged me to run to serve my community. Our country deserves a Commander-in-Chief who, unlike our current president, understands the sacrifice we ask of our troops and their families.
Humbled to receive the endorsement of 44th President
@BarackObama
. His leadership is an inspiration, and he knows how critical these elections are not only for Virginia but our whole country — let’s get out and VOTE.
It’s long past time for universal background checks.
Bans on high capacity magazines.
Bans on silencers.
Grateful to
@shannonrwatts
for your support—when we
#FlipVABlue
on Nov 5, we’ll *finally* pass meaningful gun safety legislation in our state.
#EnoughIsEnough
#HD40
“I think folks are ready for representation that's going to put the security of our families and our schools first, rather than the interest of the NRA. I have an F grade with the NRA...." ~
@HelmerVA
, candidate, Virginia’s 40th House of Delegates district
Want to know what the new
@GlennYoungkin
@JasonMiyaresVA
Administration is all about?
Just fired: Tim Heaphy who investigated the Nazis who led the Unite the Right rally
Just hired: Elizabeth Schultz who says we should teach “both sides” of the Holocaust
Congrats to Sydney Barber for becoming the second Black woman (after Virginia’s own Simone Askew at West Point) to command the student body at a Service Academy!
I hate Qasem Soleimani.
He helped kill my friends and was a force for evil.
Yet assassinating him is the single most irresponsible action of the
@realDonaldTrump
Administration.
Congress needs to act now to stop this descent into war with Iran
My wife Karen, a public school teacher sees too many kids go hungry. It’s why I brought Republicans & Democrats together to pass my bill that puts food on the table for 25K families. Whether in Afghanistan or in
@VAHouse
, I'll always fight to keep our community safe and healthy.
Ideas should stand on their on merit, not on the backs of armed mobs. Thanks for all those from all over the country standing up for common sense. We feel you.
#IStandWithVirginia
If
@GlennYoungkin
were here in Virginia instead of campaigning with a white supremacist in Maine, he'd hear that Virginians aren't going to back down in protecting women's access to healthcare
My wife is a 3rd grade Public School teacher.
Friday she’s teaching her 8 & 9 year old kids about Ruby Bridges. Gives them opportunity to see Civil Rights movement through a child’s eyes.
Last night GOP voted against protecting a teacher’s ability to teach about Ruby Bridges.
Proud to have served side-by-side with many
#LGBT
service members who had the courage to do what this five-time draft-dodging coward did not: put their lives on the line for our country. All patriots should oppose
#TransMilitaryBan
.
#VetsResistSquadron
Let us be VERY blunt, and VERY clear:
Our transgender service members have the bravery and guts to sign up for what Donald "Cadet Bonespurs" Trump ran away scared of.
They serve honorably and bravely in a way Donald Trump is incapable of comprehending.
#TransMilitaryBan
My forebears came here as refugees from anti-Semitic mass murder. Trump has unleashed dogs of hate and discord across the country. We’re going to work tirelessly until every single one who failed to stand up to hate, who stood by timidly, is out of office.
Thank you to my friend
@AVindman
for joining us this morning to get out the vote.
Our Democracy is on the ballot. Make sure to go out and vote. If you've already voted, make sure you get your friends and family to vote!
Find your polling location:
NEW: The historian tasked with teaching about slavery at the Virginia Governors Mansion just resigned after finding the Youngkins converted her classroom into a family room - and emptied her office. Shameful.
VA GOP arguing you need a gun everywhere to be able to defend yourself. I’ve served in war zones where a firearm is your only means of protection. VA is not a war zone. I hope it never will be. Keeping firearms out of our parks & playgrounds is not dangerous. It’s common sense.
“Change is coming. No one, not even our President, is above the law. And it’s time to make sure that we have a Congress that holds him accountable.” Watch part of the
@foxandfriends
interview from this morning below.
#VA10
#VetsResistSquadron
In addition to a vaccine requirement for all of our staff, our campaign instituted weekly testing for me and all staff to keep our community safe as we go door to door. Just got my last rapid test of the campaign back.
Negative.
Let’s go win!!
Our democracy is worth defending. I've spent my life doing that, including in service in our wars overseas, and I take seriously the oath I swore to defend our country. What's abhorrent is that
@realDonaldTrump
doesn't take his oath to defend our Constitution just as seriously.
Keeping it 💯 after my 100th door today—a huge shoutout to our incredible grassroots team which won’t let 🌧 get in the way of participating in our democracy.
#HD40
#FlipVABlue
No,
@realDonaldTrump
, you don't. And because we want the President to hear from the American people that no one is above the law, tomorrow morning we're airing an ad during
@foxandfriends
, on the cable network that covers the
@WhiteHouse
, that says exactly that.
#VA10
#Resist
As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong? In the meantime, the never ending Witch Hunt, led by 13 very Angry and Conflicted Democrats (& others) continues into the mid-terms!
As I said to
@realDonaldTrump
on
@foxandfriends
yesterday, no one is above the law. The President still doesn’t get it. That’s why we need people in Congress that aren’t scared to hold him accountable.
#VA10
As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong? In the meantime, the never ending Witch Hunt, led by 13 very Angry and Conflicted Democrats (& others) continues into the mid-terms!
In PA-18, GOP is struggling in a red district to take on Democrat and fellow
@VoteVets
candidate
@ConorLambPA
. Turns out that vets know how to take on the GOP attack machine.
When March for Our Lives students reached out needing a safe place to sleep, we were happy to share our office with them. Grateful for
@MaxwellFrostFL
and everyone who came out in 2020 to support commonsense gun safety legislation. As Congressman Frost said — Virginians, go vote!
In 2020, after many death threats, we slept overnight in the Virginia Capitol to both stay safe and lobby for gun laws while surrounded by thousands of armed protestors. Sweeping gun laws were then passed to save lives. Today is Election Day in Virginia. Please head to the polls.
Proud to champion the bill to ban weapons of war like those I carried in Iraq and Afghanistan from our communities.
Everyone deserves to be safe, and we’re going to get it passed.
Tonight, we took back the majority in our House of Delegates because Virginians across the Commonwealth stood up for our democracy, for women’s reproductive rights, for our kids’ safety. We stood up for a freer, fairer, and more inclusive Virginia.
@Madabip
@stonermc
I rendered the gun inoperable, and the parts are in locked storage until we turn them in to a police department that will not resell them
Glenn Youngkin mentions gun violence tragedies across Virginia — and then just moves on with not a single policy proposal. The State of our Commonwealth is that we deserve politicians who put people before the NRA and we’re going to fight to elect them.
Trump says he would have run into the gunfire. But really, we know his “bone spurs” would have gotten in the way. The real cowardice, however, belongs to the politicians too afraid to stand up to the NRA and the gun lobby.
#VetsVsTheNRA
.
@GlennYoungkin
says he is concerned about wage stagnation.
Me too. We can work together on that.
Support a $15 minimum wage and the right of Virginia workers to join a union and demand higher wages.
Used to be that Russian intelligence paid their assets to spread misinformation.
Now, you got some folks in Congress repeating Putin’s propaganda for free.
Paid or free, it’s still working for the Russians.
SCOTUS has ruled that retired military can be charged under military law. Insurrectionist retirees who stormed Capitol should be recalled, tried, dishonorably discharged and stripped of rank and pay. They are traitors to the oath we swore & uniform we wear
It’s a sad state of affairs when the Speaker of the House was a lead architect of trying to overturn the will of voters in the 2020 election. He can’t even admit that Joe Biden was elected President of the United States
Reject attacks on our Democracy. Vote between now and Nov 7
.
@foxandfriends
thinks we're "devoid of ideas." Well, here are some:
--Ensure all Americans can see a doctor
--Protect our children from gun violence
--Defend our Constitution from
@realDonaldTrump
These aren't just ideas - they're the essence of progressive patriotism.
#VA10
Amazing canvass w/
@TerryMcAuliffe
@shannonrwatts
&
@MomsDemand
. B/c of these fearless moms we've been able to:
✅ Pass universal background checks
✅ Prohibit domestic abusers from accessing guns
✅ Keep guns from dangerous people
So much at stake, so let's go out & vote!
While the NRA is off at their convention this weekend, let's show them that we're not scared of their attacks. See what
@DLoesch
had to say and fight back here:
This is true. I was there. There shouldn’t be two sides to the worst attack on our Capitol in 200 years nor partisanship in appreciating the Virginia women and men who deployed from their homes and day jobs to protect our Democracy.
Heard
@GovernorVA
went to an event with the National Guard and mentioned all their deployments except for their heroic actions on Jan 6th when they went to the U.S. Capitol to stop an insurrection.
Virginia has an ugly history with insurrectionists. Add this to the list.
It’s 6 AM. RECAP
@JoeBiden
leads in the electoral college
He leads in the popular vote
And there are lot of votes still to count that are likely to be for Biden
You think when voters went to the polls this November they were hoping for:
❌Pistols on playgrounds
❌Less pay for veterans
❌Defunding public schools
❌Voter suppression
❌Campaign cash for lawmakers personal use ?
And we’ve still got a week to go for Republican bills
This is disgusting.
@pwcdanica
is one of the best public servants in Virginia, and
@WinsomeSears
should grow up and show the Senator the respect SHE deserves.
NEW: hearing
@WinsomeSears
referred to
@pwcdanica
on the
@VASenate
floor as "sir."
Chamber has gone into recess twice after reportedly "Sears refused to apologize."
"I'm not here to upset anyone, I'm here to do the job the ppl of VA have called me to do."
#VALeg
.
@TimHugo
- we called last week for a debate on gun violence prevention & haven’t heard back from your team. Wanted to give you a chance to respond so
#HD40
voters can hear our approaches.
While
@RepComstock
likes to wrap herself in the flag with veterans events, we’re not going to forget that she took food off the table of active duty families and veterans.
A
#VA10
division is going to be voting for
@JenniferWexton
to replace her this November.
Today the House GOP voted to rip food away from the 1.5 million veteran and 23,000 active duty households who rely on SNAP benefits. We won’t forgot this November.
Glenn Youngkin proposed an abortion ban. We flipped the Virginia House.
Now Trump is proposing an abortion ban. Let’s flip the US House.
The stakes couldn’t be higher
Honored to have
@davidhogg111
’s endorsement in our race for
#VA10
! David is a tremendous leader for the movement to stop gun violence, and I look forward to partnering with him in Congress to deliver on the gun safety legislation America needs! Join us -
Tragedy has become commonplace. We can’t accept it.
Not at UVA
Not in Chesapeake
Not in Virginia Beach
Not at Virginia Tech
Nowhere in Virginia
We won’t stop fighting to keep our Commonwealth safe.
I am absolutely heartbroken that America’s latest mass shooting took place in a Walmart in my district in Chesapeake, Virginia tonight. I will not rest until we find the solutions to end this gun violence epidemic in our country that has taken so many lives.