#WhyImVotingForJoe, a thread:

•SCOTUS nominations
•history of defeating the NRA (twice)
•$15/hr minimum wage
•universal childcare/ pre-K
•tuition free college for in need families
•student loan forgiveness
•Medicare expansion
• eliminate cash bail system

•a Green New Deal
100% clean energy usage/net 0 emissions by 2050
•invest $1.7 tril into protecting the environment
•rejoining the Paris Climate Accord
•wrote the first Congressional legislation on Climate Change
•expand public transportation

•wrote the Violence Against Women Act
•protect abortion rights/ expand access
•12-week minimum paid family leave
•LGBTQ+ Equality Act in the first 100 days of office
•forced the hand of the Democratic Party to support gay marriage (HUGE)
•long overdue trans rights

•decriminalize marijuana
•expand access to addiction treatment and recovery services
•end all incarceration for drug use alone and instead divert individuals to drug courts and treatment
•eliminate price gouging by drug companies
•protect Social Security

•support farmers and rural communities
•expand access to credit for new/small businesses
•GET KIDS ON THE BORDER OUT OF CAGES
•protect Dreamers and their families
•protect DACA/DAPA
•protect the rights of undocumented immigrations
•end for-profit detention centers

•constitutional amendment to entirely eliminate private dollars from our federal elections
•keep foreign money out of our elections
•restrict SuperPACs
•increase transparency of election spending
•establish the Commission on Federal Ethics

•require candidates for federal office release 10y of tax returns
•hold gun manufacturers accountable
•assault weapons ban/ buy back
•universal background checks
•close gun access loopholes
•end the online sale of guns/ammo
•regulate safe gun storage

•8 years of executive experience
•30+ years of working with Congress
•a history of actually getting things DONE and keeping his promises
•his ability to admit and learn from mistakes
•4 more years of Trump will irreversibly change our nation in the worst of ways

•protecting the world from COVID19
•LISTEN TO DOCTORS
•restore the White House National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense
•provide federal support of tests and PPE to states (because they’re fending for themselves now!!!)

Besides the fact that he’d be the most progressive POTUS we’ve ever had, the reason #WhyImVotingForJoe is because staying at home while people are dying is a privilege— a privilege that millions don’t have.

Biden will be a better POTUS than Trump. That’s why I’m voting for him.