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Former Congresswoman Val Demings

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Public Servant. Former Congresswoman for Florida's 10th. Former Orlando Police Chief. Christian. Wife. Mother. Grandmother. Harley Enthusiast.

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@RepValDemings
Former Congresswoman Val Demings
4 years
When we impeached this president, we warned that he was a dictator in waiting. I believe now what I believed then: this president is a threat to our democracy, our families, and to us.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Some of my colleagues are throwing tantrums because they have to go through metal detectors. Do they know that countless children have to do the same thing to go to school?
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
3 years
We cannot let the same people who inspired Wednesday’s attack tell us to “move on.”
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
4 years
Republicans are now saying "we can't have a 4-4 court on election day." But that's exactly what they did when Merrick Garland was nominated. Any reporter who takes this bad-faith argument seriously should be rightly shamed.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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It’s interesting to watch my GOP colleagues who refused to wear a mask or practice social distancing, and who attended “super spreader” events, jump in line to get vaccinated. Shameless.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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If you have to cheat to win, you shouldn’t be the president.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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If you’re angry about a speech being torn in half and not angry about families being torn in half...
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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All that these cabinet resignations say to me is that they don’t have the guts to hold President Trump accountable through the 25th amendment.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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I voted yes.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Who else agrees that additional direct pandemic payments to Americans would be the smart move?
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The same baby formula producer that had contaminated product and led to this shortage used billions of dollars to buy back stock instead of investing in their product safety. Putting profits before the safety of our children is unacceptable.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The second article of impeachment was for obstruction of Congress: covering up witnesses and documents from the American people. This morning the President not only confessed to it, he bragged about it: "Honestly, we have all the material. They don't have the material."
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Voting by mail is safe, secure, and good for our democracy. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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America is on fire right now, and the president of the United States is walking around with gasoline. We need healing. We need empathy. We need justice.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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This president, who wouldn’t lift a finger to help Americans dying of COVID-19, will gladly impose martial law. Resist.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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No woman – or man – owes anyone an explanation about their personal medical decisions.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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An attack on the U.S. Postal Service is an attack on democracy. We must fight back.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Do not claim to support the police and then vote against the January 6th Commission. Just don’t.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Women do not owe anyone an explanation for their medical choices.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
4 years
President Trump called his children “consultants” and gifted them $26 million in a tax scheme that probably broke the law.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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👩🏿📣WE JUST VOTED TO LOWER YOUR MEDICAL COSTS AND EVERY REPUBLICAN VOTED NO.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
3 years
Perhaps a U.S. Senator should not be sharing Russian military propaganda and disparaging our armed forces.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
4 years
When you see how much money President Trump has lost and how many bad business decisions he has made, you start to understand how America has the worst COVID-19 response of any country on Earth.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
4 years
We can’t become numb to the president saying dangerous things. Calling for the arrest of President Obama and Vice President Biden on invented charges is not just “there he goes again.” It’s the action of an aspiring dictator. Stay vigilant.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Say it with me: my body, my choice.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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I am a descendant of slaves, who knew that they would not make it, but dreamed and prayed that one day I would make it. So despite America's complicated history, my faith is in the Constitution. I've enforced the laws, and now I write the laws. Nobody is above the law.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Jerry and I are celebrating our 33rd Wedding Anniversary today. Feeling blessed.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
4 years
"It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important." - Dr. King
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The Voting Rights Act passed unanimously in 2006. What is different now?
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Forced pregnancy is unacceptable in a free country.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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To ensure everyone has the opportunity to vote, Election Day must be a federal holiday.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
4 years
For your to-do list today: buy a facemask and register to vote.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Today the United States lost the national defense expertise of a decorated war hero due to political retaliation from a president who dodged the draft and attacked Gold Star families.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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For hours now, my colleagues in the Judiciary Committee have been arguing against creating a code of ethics for Supreme Court Justices. AGAINST a code of ethics. C’mon guys.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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It’s called the Right to Choose for a reason. Some will choose yes. Some will choose no. But it’s your choice, not anyone else’s.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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We should totally ban police neck restraints.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Subpoenas are requirements, not requests. No one is above the law.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Tulsa was the site of the worst racist violence in American history. The president’s speech there on Juneteenth is a message to every Black American: more of the same.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The coverup of COVID data in Florida needs to be investigated by an independent body.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Women should not have to share horror stories in order to “earn” basic human rights.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Yes, our daughters are watching and they are proud. #FloridaProud
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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I am so proud of these four officers. They represent the best of America.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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You want to support babies and mothers? Me too. Paid family leave, the child tax credit, gun safety, quality health care, great public education – that is a pro-family agenda.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Today Senate Republicans blocked THREE election security bills. Two would require that illegal foreign election interference be reported to the authorities. The other would make voting machines harder to hack. All blocked.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
3 years
If it wasn’t for congressional Republicans you would be getting $2,000 in COVID relief.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Tonight, I’m proud that we impeached this corrupt, cruel, cowardly president, and I am gut-wrenchingly sad that the Senate GOP lacked the courage and honor to remove him from office.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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When we impeached this president, we warned that he was a dictator in waiting. I believe now what I believed then: this president is a threat to our democracy, our families, and to us.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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I asked our witnesses: "was Mr. Giuliani promoting official U.S. interests?" Both answered no. Said Mr. Kent: "I believe he was looking to dig up political dirt." Ambassador Taylor: "I agree"
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
2 years
We refuse to go back to being treated as second class citizens or as property.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
4 years
When we impeached the president, the Senate was GOP controlled. We hoped, we prayed, that they would do the right thing. But the most likely outcome was always a cover-up. We did it anyway. A lot of people asked: why? Because it was right. Now it's up to you.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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It is a right to vote, not a privilege to vote.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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My father was a hunter. I carried a gun for 27 years as an officer. I’m a gun owner today. I support common sense gun laws.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The point of the U.S. Postal Service is right there in its name. It’s a service, not a business. Its purpose is to bind us together as one country.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
3 years
With the deepest sadness but strongest conviction I will again vote to impeach this president for his crimes against the republic and the American people.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The U.S. military fights America’s enemies. The American people are not the enemy. Anyone who believes differently is not fit to lead us.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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As a woman of faith, I believe in the dignity and worth of every person. That’s why I will always defend a woman’s right to choose her own destiny.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
4 years
The federal government’s Inspectors General were created after Watergate. Their purpose is to prevent corruption. The president is firing and undermining them because they keep catching his administration engaged in corruption.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The GOP argument that they need another GOP member on the Supreme Court in order to contest the election results is a frank confession that they plan to try to steal the election.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Children should not go hungry in America. Extend the child tax credit.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The president has made a mockery of the Department of Justice and no one should care about that more than Attorney General Barr.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Women’s rights are human rights.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Retweet if you’re not ready to move on.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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It was pretty strange to see so many Republicans refuse to applaud the President’s announcement last night that we had cut child poverty in America by half.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Just a reminder that every Republican in Congress voted against the $1,400 checks and $300/month child tax credit payments.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
3 years
In the iniquitous Dred Scott decision, Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney ruled that Black Americans were not U.S. citizens. I just voted to remove a bust of him from the Capitol and replace it with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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I'm the daughter of a maid and a janitor and I worked my way through college. You should be able to do the same thing today.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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America, what is President Trump doing? He lost and is now trying to overturn the will of the people, while the GOP does nothing. History WILL remember those who did not have the courage to fight for our democracy.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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During the Attorney General’s testimony today it was clear that Mr. Barr thinks of himself as the president’s personal fixer, not the attorney for the American people.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The “deal making” president couldn’t make a deal, so instead he’s violating the Constitution. Congress has the authority to appropriate funds.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The Senate GOP chose to cover up for a criminal president. What else is there to say?
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Apparently, we need to explain that you can have a quid pro quo without the perpetrator literally saying the words “quid pro quo.”
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Why won’t the GOP work with us to protect their own constituents?
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Tell me: how is a shooter gunning down innocent people with an assault weapon the same thing as a “well-regulated militia?”
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The president just had peaceful protesters gassed and shot with rubber bullets for a photo op.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble." – John Lewis
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The president confessed to trying to cheat in the election, and said he would do it again. I was a law enforcement officer for 27 years. This is what we would call an open and shut case.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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It’s unacceptable that Florida is now the only state that hasn’t signed up for the federal funding we passed in our COVID relief plan to ensure that children don’t go hungry. Playing politics with hungry children is simply cruel.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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This is your reminder that wearing a mask will protect you and those around you.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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90,000 Americans have died. 33 million out of work. Yet President Trump can’t see past his vendetta against President Obama—like Captain Ahab, unable to look past his white whale as the ship is smashed to splinters around him. He has never been able to put the country first.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Is it really so controversial to say that you should be able to vote by mail during a pandemic?
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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We need more information on this troubling situation and we need it sooner rather than later.
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1/ There will be no update today. At 8:30 am this morning, state police came into my house and took all my hardware and tech. They were serving a warrant on my computer after DOH filed a complaint. They pointed a gun in my face. They pointed guns at my kids..
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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I am honored to have the opportunity to help defend our republic in this incredible moment in history. I hope that every American who believes in democracy will take a stand.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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I’ve tested positive for COVID and am currently isolating with mild symptoms. Thank you for the many well-wishes, and stay safe.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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34 years and still feel blessed every day. Happy anniversary.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Women must be free to choose their own destinies.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Impeachment, 25th Amendment, this president must go, and then must face criminal charges. Everybody counts, but everybody is accountable.
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Republicans who tried to overturn the 2020 election can’t lecture us about democracy, integrity, or American values.
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So far, the president’s defense has been that it’s unfair of us to present facts that demonstrate the president’s guilt.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Senate Republicans at this very moment are blocking a bill that will allow women to travel to another state for a safe, legal abortion. This is not freedom, this is control.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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The government shouldn’t have a say in who we’re allowed to marry. It’s not their business.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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As the nation cries out for leadership, the White House goes dark.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Don’t be fooled or distracted. The vast majority of Americans—both Democrats and Republicans—support the stay at home orders.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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There is no justification for voting against bringing down the cost of lifesaving drugs.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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With millions of Americans voting by mail, it’s an attack on our republic to try to dismantle the U.S. Postal Service.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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We should pass a new rule to prohibit Members of Congress from trading stocks while passing laws that affect those stocks. I’ve cosponsored legislation to ban it.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Sometimes your side loses elections. That’s democracy. To throw around baseless claims of fraud, with no evidence, undermines our republic and threatens our most precious freedoms. It’s time for the GOP to find their backbones and rein in this reckless president.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Why are GOP governors still suing to abolish the Affordable Care Act and strip health care from tens of millions of people during the middle of a pandemic?
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Still no response from the president to protect our service members from Russian-funded assassinations. Join us to demand action to protect Americans.
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Former Congresswoman Val Demings
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Access to healthcare is not a luxury, it is a basic human necessity.
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