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@unumfund
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@CNN
Political Commentator | Former Mayor of New Orleans | NYT bestseller, In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History
Hey y’all! 👋 Mitch Landrieu here,
@WhiteHouse
Infrastructure Coordinator. Follow along as we deliver good jobs, better roads, faster internet, and cleaner water across the country (and have some fun along the way).
#BuildingABetterAmerica
Well bless your heart Nikki. I know you understand what you’re doing. The confederate flag is meant to honor and revere the Confederacy whose mission was to destroy the United States in order to preserve slavery. It’s that simple. Anything else is false, pandering BS.
#lostcause
The
@JoeBiden
town hall was just another showcase of what we can have if we all vote. We don't have to make this all about Trump. We can bring back honor, decency, truth, science, and empathy. We can have a healer, someone who will look to bring people together.
#VOTE
The Cult of the Lost Cause had one goal - through monuments and through other means – to rewrite history to hide the truth, which is that the Confederacy was on the wrong side of humanity.
We’re in a special moment in our nation’s history. It is clear that a dagger is pointed at the ideals that have made this country great. We cannot allow ourselves to be divided by anger or hate or fear. Make sure you’re counted. Vote November 6th.
It is self-evident that the Confederacy did not fight for the United States of America. They fought to destroy it. They may have been warriors, but they were not patriots.
Spent the morning campaigning for
@espyforsenate
along MS Gulf Coast. This race can be won. The other side is counting on division and subtraction. We need to focus on addition and multiplication. Do whatever you can to help get out the vote in this final week. Or donate below.
En route to New Orleans with President
@EmmanuelMacron
. Cannot wait for him to be on the ground, soaking up all ways the French have influenced our unique city— history, architecture, food, music, language and more.
This is outrageous. Make food supply chain a national security priority now. As stimulus checks dry up, food security will become most important battle.
@nokidhungry
@foodfundamerica
@chefjoseandres
The best thing we could do for Joe is to get him a Democratic Senate. There should be coordination of resources. Everyone who campaigned for Joe should get ready to head to Georgia. I’ll go. It’s the only way to sideline Mitch and give Joe a unified government.
Harry, I’ve struggled with a stutter all of my life. Thank you for telling me about yours, and don’t let anyone tell you it will stop you from achieving your dreams.
I’m proud of you.
The indelible die has been cast for all time and for all to see.
@SenBillCassidy
voted his conscience and put it simply: he voted to convict because Donald Trump is guilty.
@SenJohnKennedy
on the other hand is an embarrassment.
Nike ban by Kenner mayor is unpatriotic.The ad is about inclusion. Our nation's diversity is our greatest strength. E pluribus unum-we are a sum of many parts. America’s strength comes from our ability to work together – people from different races & backgrounds into a nation.
Must watch. Donald Trump talked a lot but only delivered for the rich and himself.
@JoeBiden
has delivered for the hardworking men and women of this country. Grateful to have friends like
@NABTU
in this fight.
Wow. You may have seen a short version of the North America Building Trade Union (
@NABTU
) video endorsement of Biden. The full video is incredible and absolutely devastating for Trump. They did not hold back. A must watch till the end.
We have to be truthful about the use of force by police against unarmed Black people in America. We must hold those responsible accountable. We must address the institutional racism that created these conditions.
#GeorgeFloyd
#JusticeinPolicingAct
Donald Rouse, Sr. (right), the co-owner of the Louisiana-based grocery chainstore Rouses Markets, and former Rouses HR Director Steve Galtier traveled to DC to protest election, according to a public post on Galtier's FB.
He claims they were alongside "millions" of "patriots."
I am so sad. My hero. A legend. He never stopped believing in America or in each of us. We can honor him by following his lead and moving forward together.
Proud of what
@PeteButtigieg
did in this race- breaking barriers, winning against the odds, showing that mayors get stuff done. Excited for what comes next. Sky is the limit.
#2020election
Until more white Americans—including white Democrats—come to grips w/ the country's past, we will remain stuck. We must redesign the systems that have kept us divided for so long. This we includes leaders at all levels in the Democratic Party to push forward boldly
#DemConvention
There are still over 1,000 Confederate monuments and symbols that dirty the soil of this country. It’s time for them to come down from public spaces. There’s a difference between reverence and remembrance.
"The President is way stuck on stupid right now. There is no mayor in America in his/her right mind that would ever think about shutting down the government."
@MitchLandrieu
on the shutdown.
#Hardball
Today’s your last chance to protect Medicaid expansion and criminal justice reform. Today’s your last chance to vote for a Governor who will work to help New Orleans, not hurt us.
@JohnBelforLA
deserves
#4MoreYears
. Geaux vote Louisiana!
Senator John McCain was an American hero. For sixty years, he served our country with honor and integrity. His attempts to forge consensus and compromise is something missing from today's Washington. We will miss his leadership and love of country. May he rest in peace.
News for
@realDonaldTrump
: tweeting about a new Civil War isn’t funny. The Civil War wasn’t a football game where people simply picked a team to root for. It was a war fought to destroy our country for the purpose of preserving slavery. Over 600K died. Among our darkest moments.
These statues are not just stone and metal. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy; ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement, and the terror that it actually stood for.
Many times when you take confederate monuments down, one of the first defenses is ‘where is this going to end?’ My answer is I don’t know, but it should begin with the confederate generals who were put up specifically to intimidate & make a statement about who was in charge.
🚨History lesson for
@LindseyGrahamSC
. NONE of the more than 1800 people that died in the wake of Hurricane Katrina would have been saved by an AR15. 0. Zilch. Nada. But had the federal government invested in infrastructure like the federal levees, we could have saved lives.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham invoked a Louisiana disaster in his argument for assault rifle access this week.
"Remember Hugo, where people were isolated for days? Remember Katrina?"
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Others have said the entire weight of the government will be used to quell the riots. But what the African-American community wants to hear is that the entire weight of the government will begin to address the institutional racism that created these conditions.
#dividedbydesign
I always enjoy conversations with
@donlemon
on race. The truth is it is the responsibility of white people to initiate honest & tough conversations about racism in America. It is our problem to fix. It is not the responsibility of Black people to have to educate white people.
"At the end of the day, the most extraordinary leaders are people like
@ChefJoseAndres
... What he has done, at scale, not asking for permission, just forgiveness, to meet this moment is really inspiring." —
@CAGovernor
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It is unconscionable and unforgivable that Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacy. This is the disgusting, unpatriotic and anti-American. Trump demonstrated in clear and certain terms that he is not fit to be our President. He is a disgrace.
The president referring to the confederate monuments as “our heritage” when he is from Queens is simply a dog whistle. It's not our heritage. And certainly not his.
Keep your eyes peeled for double standards. If a group of white people protest inside a southern state capitol armed with rifles, they’re “exercising their 2nd Amendment right”. If a Black person appears to have something resembling a gun, they’re assumed to be a threat. Why?
This is the
@JoeBiden
we know and love. Strong, honest, authentic, empathetic, compassionate, decent. Focused on working people. A healer, not a divider. 75 days to go to restore the promise of America to everyone.
Kudos
@MJGerson
. Truth is bias permeates every facet of our lives- from buying a house to where the bus line runs. It’s jobs, schools, criminal justice, housing. It was designed intentionally and worked. So it must be redesigned completely.
Always a pleasure teaming up with
@chefjoseandres
&
@WCKitchen
. They are always one of the first Orgs on the ground after a disaster. We’ve been all over but spent a good amount of time in Lafitte today. We’ll get through this together.
#IdaAftermath
#LouisianaStrong
.
@POTUS
incited insurrection, stoked a mob to attack democracy. Since leaving office, I've withheld commenting on LA officials but this must be condemned in strongest terms. Sen. Kennedy, Reps. Scalise, Higgins & Johnson enabled his erratic behavior, putting our country in peril.
Let’s be clear. Again. The Confederacy’s mission was to destroy our country for the cause of preserving slavery. This needs to penetrate. The fact that white nationalism is allowed to infiltrate and assault our democracy is stunning. Never again!!
14 yrs. ago,
#HurricaneKatrina
made landfall, destroying our lives in the blink of an eye & changing communities along the coast forever. But, we rebuilt our city together, stronger than it had ever been. Let’s remember the souls of 1,800 brothers & sisters of ours who perished.
You can support the 2nd Amendment and still be for reasonable gun ownership. Not every American needs any kind of gun at any time for whatever they want.
#gunreformnow
We saw this with Katrina. The communities that had generational wealth came back much faster. You’ll see that with the people that have access to transportation and health care. The same is true with food security. Focus on equitable response.
Cannot be said more clearly. Thank you Dr. Fauci. When this crisis is over, there will still be underlying disparities that must be addressed. And I hope that Americans of all races can now see this as a problem all of us need to fix.
Dr. Anthony Fauci says that when the COVID-19 pandemic is over, “there will still be health disparities which we really do need to address in the African-American community.”
White Americans- do not look away. White supremacy & nationalism are stains on our country and a threat to democracy. The disparate and deferential treatment we saw yesterday is but yet another example of the bias and systemic racism in law enforcement in our country.
Joe Biden is not at odds with his faith or his church. Some Bishops, no matter how loud or wrong are not the faith or the Church. They are entitled to there opinion but they don’t get to decide who gets into heaven. Just consider prayerfully how many times they have been wrong.
In the South, we have lost a huge amount of talent & intellectual capital, because we refuse to reconcile with our past. Sometimes we pridefully dismiss this, but we should learn from our mistakes. Let's
#buildbackbetter
than the South has ever been to make it better for us all.
There's a lot of room in our democracy for debate about policy. But one thing we cannot countenance in this country is the rise of white supremacy. It needs to be called out. Today we remember Heather Heyer and commit to stand up to hate.
When my father was in the LA legislature, he was one of the only people to vote against segregation laws. He was told by several prominent segregationists that he was a “marked man.” All these yrs. later, race still permeates our lives. Pick up a copy of
@O_Magazine
today.
@Oprah
Joining
@Morning_Joe
to talk
@POTUS
trip to Kansas City and how his Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help communities across America.
We’re talking good jobs, better roads, faster internet, cleaner water. Real results for real people. Building a better America.
When people hear “rural”, they think “white”, and when they hear “urban”, they think “Black". We know from our travels that that’s not true. Investment in rural America is a good thing, especially in the South. It’s an investment in people of color.
It is this simple-- not every American should have access to any kind of gun, at any time, for whatever reason they want. We need common sense gun safety laws. Responsible gun ownership is possible. Thank you
@GabbyGiffords
for helping lead the fight.
#DemConvention
Once I understood the facts surrounding the momuments, I knew I had to figure out how to get them down. I stood on the shoulders of lots of people who had already tried to do this. Listen to
@Oprah
& I on
@SuperSoulSunday
#IntheShadowofStatues
History will render its verdict on Kennedy's votes to overturn the election and to acquit Trump. But it should not come as a surprise- Kennedy has always been a pandering politician. The case of Donald Trump’s impeachment was open and shut. Trump abused the power of his office.
Spent the day in Pointe-Aux-chenes in Terrebonne Parish with
@WCKitchen
again. Despite total devastation, our people are strong. The power of community is palpable.
#LouisianaStrong
Joe Biden has demonstrated once again that he is decent, smart,knowledgeable empathetic and wise. All good characteristics that we need in a President to restore balance, stability and justice to our great nation. It’s in our hands. Let’s get it done.
Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana, including Calcasieu and Sabine Lakes. This surge could penetrate up to 30 miles inland from the immediate coastline.
#Laura