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I am brown, and Muslim, and Elizabeth Warren is one of the only senators I trust to fight for my rights and the rights of every community.
Here is why:
I am brown, and Muslim, and Elizabeth Warren is one of the only senators I trust to fight for my rights and the rights of every community.
Here is why:
To explain, Muslims are the most disliked group in America among the "minority faith and racial groups". https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/muslims-acism-america-most-disliked-group-discrimination-anti-mosque-a7311151.html
3.
20% of Americans don't even think Muslims should have the right to vote. https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/06/14/nearly-one-fifth-of-americans-would-deny-their-countrys-muslims-the-right-to-vote
20% of Americans don't even think Muslims should have the right to vote. https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/06/14/nearly-one-fifth-of-americans-would-deny-their-countrys-muslims-the-right-to-vote
4.
In Donald Trump's America, we worry about our kids, nephews, nieces, etc, being bullied.
Not just by the kids of Trumpers, but of those that are supposed to know better.
We worry about kids getting called terrorists, and not having friends in school to lean on.
In Donald Trump's America, we worry about our kids, nephews, nieces, etc, being bullied.
Not just by the kids of Trumpers, but of those that are supposed to know better.
We worry about kids getting called terrorists, and not having friends in school to lean on.
5.
Even ostensibly liberal shows like Bill Maher promote Muslimphobic stereotypes.
Even ostensibly liberal shows like Bill Maher promote Muslimphobic stereotypes.
6. In 2015, at the height of the Syrian refugee crisis, Elizabeth Warren visited Lesbos, the island in Greece, where refugees would seek shelter, en route to a safe residence elsewhere. https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/10/13/senators-elizabeth-warren-jeanne-shaheen-visit-island-lesbos-greece-and-view-syrian-refugee-crisis-close/73iAYYxuVYjHBwa18BQ2AI/story.html?event=event25
7. When Warren returned, she spoke powerfully about the plight of refugees.
Implored politicians unwilling to help to do something to help.
She spoke about little girls sent away by parents, because the journey to safety alone was safer than Syria.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-syrian-refugees_n_564b96e1e4b045bf3df17e4e?utm_hp_ref=tw
Implored politicians unwilling to help to do something to help.
She spoke about little girls sent away by parents, because the journey to safety alone was safer than Syria.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-syrian-refugees_n_564b96e1e4b045bf3df17e4e?utm_hp_ref=tw
8. Warren was among a handful of politicians on the side of refugees.
And she spoke powerfully on their behalf on the Senate floor. https://twitter.com/cenkuygur/status/667614604462194688
And she spoke powerfully on their behalf on the Senate floor. https://twitter.com/cenkuygur/status/667614604462194688
9. Here is that speech:
11. Warren sent out emails to her email list, asking not for donations, but for her supporters to support the cause of Syrian refugees.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/11/elizabeth-warren-syrian-refugees-email/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/11/elizabeth-warren-syrian-refugees-email/
12. She wrote an op-ed advocating for the refugees. https://commonwealthmagazine.org/politics/warren-we-cant-abandon-syrian-refugees/
13. Once Trump was in office, she led interfaith events to bring different faith communities together.
Promote community and understanding in the face of Trump's bigotry. https://twitter.com/nadeemtron/status/808088599606468608?s=20
Promote community and understanding in the face of Trump's bigotry. https://twitter.com/nadeemtron/status/808088599606468608?s=20
15. And when Trump imposed the Muslim ban, no senator fought it harder than Elizabeth Warren did.
https://twitter.com/splinter_news/status/825139971258331136
https://twitter.com/splinter_news/status/825139971258331136
16. Elizabeth Warren led the airport protest at Logan Airport.
To pressure the admin to release detained Muslim-Americans, and greencard and visa holders.
To pressure the admin to release detained Muslim-Americans, and greencard and visa holders.
17. Warren was the only Senator to show up to any of the airport protests. https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/825696292017836032?s=20
18. John Lewis went to ATL and sat there in protest for the civil rights of Muslims.
Leading, like he always did.
https://twitter.com/MarissaMtchll/status/825518468812398596
Leading, like he always did.
https://twitter.com/MarissaMtchll/status/825518468812398596
19. John Lewis stood for every community no matter how unpopular their existence was in the country.
He supported the LGBTQ community when it was unpopular to do so.
And Muslims when it's unpopular.
He was our champion.
Rest in power.
He supported the LGBTQ community when it was unpopular to do so.
And Muslims when it's unpopular.
He was our champion.
Rest in power.
20. Elizabeth Warren led the #MuslimBanprotest #NoBanNoWall protest in Boston.
22. Led a protest in front of the Supreme Court.
https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/826226343264264193
https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/826226343264264193
24. Warren delivered a powerful rebuke of the decision on the Senate floor. https://twitter.com/cspan/status/826237212593422336
26. Was in the fight every step of the way. https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/827924256445067264
29. Warren took an Iraqi refugee, Tiba Faraj, as her guest to Trump's address to Congress. https://twitter.com/KimberlyEAtkins/status/836311994198278145
33. Just prior to WWII, the U.S. rejected a ship of 900 German Jews.
A proposal to accept 20,000 Jewish children was also rejected.
Americans were against Jewish refugees by 2 to 1 margin. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/27/14412082/refugees-history-holocaust
A proposal to accept 20,000 Jewish children was also rejected.
Americans were against Jewish refugees by 2 to 1 margin. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/27/14412082/refugees-history-holocaust
34. What good are politicians who only protect human rights when it's popular to do so?
Who only look out for those than can vote for them.
Who only look out for those than can vote for them.
35. In 2018, emails from John Kelly's office from the previous year revealed that Kelly had referred to Warren as an “impolite arrogant woman”.
He said his conversation with her was, “absolutely most insulting conversation I have ever had with anyone" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/john-kelly-called-elizabeth-warren-an-impolite-arrogant
He said his conversation with her was, “absolutely most insulting conversation I have ever had with anyone" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/john-kelly-called-elizabeth-warren-an-impolite-arrogant
36. What had happened was when the Muslim ban happened, American residents were banned from returning, if not citizens.
Warren harassed Kelly's office to change their position.
When she finally got a hold of him on the phone, she gave him a verbal thrashing to remember.
Warren harassed Kelly's office to change their position.
When she finally got a hold of him on the phone, she gave him a verbal thrashing to remember.
37. After the emails were revealed a year later, Kelly's description of Warren became a news story.
So Warren responded.
Here is her thread on what happened: https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1050763411217424384
So Warren responded.
Here is her thread on what happened: https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1050763411217424384
38. When Donald Trump tweeted out a video of an old, edited Ilhan Omar speech which was spliced with footage of the 9/11 attack, many Dems didn't speak out.
Elizabeth Warren spoke up and pushed her colleagues to do the same. https://twitter.com/WajahatAli/status/1116917321724039168
Elizabeth Warren spoke up and pushed her colleagues to do the same. https://twitter.com/WajahatAli/status/1116917321724039168
40. When the Muslim Caucus held a forum, inviting all Democratic primary candidates to attend, to address the concerns of Muslim-Americans, only Elizabeth Warren appeared. https://twitter.com/Rowaida_Abdel/status/1152228087729442827
41. Some candidates ignored the invitation, some flat out declined, and others agreed to send videos.
How can Muslim Americans trust those that couldn't even be bothered to send a video to defend our rights?
How can Muslim Americans trust those that couldn't even be bothered to send a video to defend our rights?
43. To their credit, Julian Castro and Bernie Sanders attended the only other Muslim forum for presidential candidates held in Houston in August.
44. In America, Republicans like to talk about Judeo-Christian values, and make sure to exclude all other groups as not representing American values.
When Elizabeth Warren talks of faith, she includes all, in the most heartfelt way. https://twitter.com/BasmahNada/status/1219036463418966016
When Elizabeth Warren talks of faith, she includes all, in the most heartfelt way. https://twitter.com/BasmahNada/status/1219036463418966016
46. Recently, the right-wing government in Israel has announced its intention to annex parts of the West Bank.
This would make a future contiguous Palestinian state impossible.
These 12 Senators are pushing back.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/senators-propose-legislation-ban-us-aid-funding-israeli-annexation
This would make a future contiguous Palestinian state impossible.
These 12 Senators are pushing back.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/senators-propose-legislation-ban-us-aid-funding-israeli-annexation
47. The 2 state solution is the only viable solution to the conflict, and annexation forecloses the possibility of ending that conflict.
Annexation would mean endless conflict.
All Dems oppose annexation in terms of stated policy.
So where are the others besides these 12?
Annexation would mean endless conflict.
All Dems oppose annexation in terms of stated policy.
So where are the others besides these 12?
48. I would love to vote for someone with melanin.
But what good does it do mean to have someone in office who looks like me but doesn't fight for me?
I can't live vicariously through someone's successful, high-flying political career. https://twitter.com/matthewferner/status/1281669456188461056
But what good does it do mean to have someone in office who looks like me but doesn't fight for me?
I can't live vicariously through someone's successful, high-flying political career. https://twitter.com/matthewferner/status/1281669456188461056
49. Elizabeth Warren was the first national political leader to openly support Black Lives Matter.
https://twitter.com/DrJasonJohnson/status/622107474800218112
https://twitter.com/DrJasonJohnson/status/622107474800218112
50. This was back when Democrats didn't realize that saying "all lives matter" wasn't an appropriate response to #BLM and multiple people in the Democratic primary said "all lives matter". https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/622121008053506048
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54. Warren's latest accomplishment is probably pertinent here: https://twitter.com/AmziQureshi/status/1278441819479605248
55. A few months later, Elizabeth Warren gave the best speech on race I have ever seen.
https://amp.twimg.com/v/4bcf8e08-a735-4f8e-809e-d28a43ee3db5
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/648882071608233984
https://amp.twimg.com/v/4bcf8e08-a735-4f8e-809e-d28a43ee3db5
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/648882071608233984
59. This is a great thread with clips from different parts of that speech. https://twitter.com/TheLoveBel0w/status/1134129984396759041
60. The thing that Elizabeth Warren did crucially is she didn't engage in class reductionism, she specifically called it out.
Something many politicians on the Left engage in.
Economic justice is not sufficient to racial justice. https://twitter.com/AFJustice/status/648588085425344512
Something many politicians on the Left engage in.
Economic justice is not sufficient to racial justice. https://twitter.com/AFJustice/status/648588085425344512
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62. Two out of the three founders of BLM, Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors, endorsed Elizabeth Warren during the Democratic primary.
Opal Tometi didn't endorse anyone in the primary. https://twitter.com/aliciagarza/status/1230499681190338561
Opal Tometi didn't endorse anyone in the primary. https://twitter.com/aliciagarza/status/1230499681190338561
64. The civil rights advocate and scholar Kimberle Crenshaw, who coined the term "intersectionality", also endorsed Elizabeth Warren. https://twitter.com/sandylocks/status/1234924330040954880
65. As did, Roxane Gay, who needs no introduction. https://twitter.com/rgay/status/1235618553706868736?lang=en
66. In 2014 Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote his famous article, "The Case for Reparations" in The Atlantic.
He noted in an interview in May 2019 that Elizabeth Warren approached him after it came out, six years ago, not to ask for favors, but looking to learn.
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1132405470709407744
He noted in an interview in May 2019 that Elizabeth Warren approached him after it came out, six years ago, not to ask for favors, but looking to learn.
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1132405470709407744
68. In the 2015-2016 primary: https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/654078026121113603
69. Warren hasn't stopped talking about racial justice.
Netroots 2017. https://twitter.com/KumarRaoNYC/status/896402432711962624
Netroots 2017. https://twitter.com/KumarRaoNYC/status/896402432711962624
70. Elizabeth Warren at NAACP's 62nd Fight for Freedom dinner in 2017. https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/856632107824803842
72. Elizabeth Warren became a Senator in 2013, one of the first bills she introduced was to fight discrimination in employment.
https://twitter.com/hmcghee/status/414789320072257536
https://twitter.com/hmcghee/status/414789320072257536
77. Warren also introduced a bill with Cory Booker to address racism in our criminal justice system, the poor conditions of incarcerated women.
They wrote an op-ed about it. https://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/05/opinions/female-prisoners-dignity-act-booker-warren-opinion/index.html
They wrote an op-ed about it. https://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/05/opinions/female-prisoners-dignity-act-booker-warren-opinion/index.html
78. And they partnered with NowThis News to do a video op-ed to promote the bill. https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/885560728253374466
79. In 2017, Elizabeth Warren was one of the 4 cosponsors of the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2017.
Written to address mandatory minimums, and give judges leeway in imposing lesser sentences. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1127/cosponsors
Written to address mandatory minimums, and give judges leeway in imposing lesser sentences. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1127/cosponsors
80. Elizabeth Warren was also 1 of the 4 cosponsors of Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act 2017
To deal with the militarization of local police forces, and resulting use of excessive force. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1856/
To deal with the militarization of local police forces, and resulting use of excessive force. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1856/
81. Elizabeth Warren was one of the few politicians to speak out against the militarized police response in Ferguson in 2014. https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/499904279961149440
83. Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill with 4 other senators, the Solitary Confinement Reform Act.
To address the use of solitary confinement and improve conditions for inmates separated from the general population. https://twitter.com/civilrightsorg/status/987443445957562368
To address the use of solitary confinement and improve conditions for inmates separated from the general population. https://twitter.com/civilrightsorg/status/987443445957562368
84. Elizabeth Warren's speech at the National Action Network's 2017 legislative and policy conference. https://twitter.com/TheRevAl/status/926107273256230912
85. Elizabeth Warren fought her own party's admin to forgive the student loan debt for the majority Black and Brown kids defrauded by the for-profit Corinthians Colleges. https://twitter.com/RealBankReform/status/663835108433108992
86. The admin wouldn't budge.
It wasn't possible they said.
How Elizabeth Warren succeeded in getting the student debt forgiven is documented well in this article. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mollyhensleyclancy/elizabeth-warren-student-debt-for-profit-colleges
It wasn't possible they said.
How Elizabeth Warren succeeded in getting the student debt forgiven is documented well in this article. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mollyhensleyclancy/elizabeth-warren-student-debt-for-profit-colleges
87. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Chris Murphy are the reason why Black and Brown kids today have the federal gov ensuring, by law, that racist governors and callous school districts don't destroy their public schools and educational prospects.
https://twitter.com/bostonjonas/status/630013081683382272
https://twitter.com/bostonjonas/status/630013081683382272
88. This is another good article on the fight.
Because the Warren-Gardner & Warren-Booker amendments were added to Every Child Achieves Act 2015, there is some accountability for states & local authorities, so minority public education isn't destroyed. https://commonwealthmagazine.org/education/warren-hails-civil-rights-legacy-of-education-law/
Because the Warren-Gardner & Warren-Booker amendments were added to Every Child Achieves Act 2015, there is some accountability for states & local authorities, so minority public education isn't destroyed. https://commonwealthmagazine.org/education/warren-hails-civil-rights-legacy-of-education-law/
89. It was an incredibly lonely fight for the handful of people who fought it, they luckily had the civil rights groups backing them up.
I will have a section on Warren's work on education, to address disparities between the races, later in this thread.
I will have a section on Warren's work on education, to address disparities between the races, later in this thread.
90. Warren made the remark in 2018 that the criminal justice system was racist front to back.
She had spoken about it many times before, but because it was a few months before her Senate reelection, Republicans seized on it. https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1025518647937302533
She had spoken about it many times before, but because it was a few months before her Senate reelection, Republicans seized on it. https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1025518647937302533
92. And the MA police chiefs also seized on it. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/08/11/police-chiefs-criticize-warren-for-calling-criminal-justice-system-racist/Jz4PJJhfeFS3iVYD8KLsPN/story.html
93. Everyone tried their best to milk it. https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/08/13/charlie-baker-defends-cops-from-liz-warrens-racist-remark/
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