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Aug 15Liked by Todd Beeton, The Big Picture

I didn’t just like this, I love it! This is a perfect example of how a special interest group can play a critical part in this and every election. Kamala and Tim don’t pander to this group’s members; they support its interests whole hog. And while support of one organization isn’t a guarantee of anything, it is a sign that the greater good will be better with inclusiveness rather than marginalization.

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Well said, Richard!

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Thank you for reading!

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Aug 15Liked by Todd Beeton, The Big Picture

It’s really encouraging to know more groups are working so hard (and perhaps at risk of harm) to mobilize to GOTV across the country. They are extremely intelligent and very brave.

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👏👏

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Aug 15·edited Aug 15Liked by The Big Picture

Thanks for this interview. As an ally, she gives me hope.

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Kelley is an inspiration to all!

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Thank you so much for all that you do! I'm a straight cis woman, but I have a beautiful, amazing transgender daughter, and so many of my friends are LGBTQ, and what a wonderful community my friends are. I am fortunate to live in Minnesota, a sanctuary state, and I am so excited to work to elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz! I'm also a retired L&D nurse, I've seen women die from complications of pregnancy, so I'm also a strong supporter of reproductive freedom. HRC is a fabulous organization.

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I live across the border in iowa. Thank you for being a sanctuary state. We need it. So much hate and division couched as Christianity here. And so many other people who don't care so long as their taxes are low.

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As an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, I am heartened to see this push for the party of freedom for everyone, including trans and pregnant people. It appears to me that these two groups are most at risk from the hate being advocated by the right. All of us who believe in equality and freedom, whether straight, LGBTQ+, white, black, or otherwise need to stand together to protect our freedoms as guaranteed by the Constitution, which tfg and his demented supporters have decided to undermine. Project 2025 is our worst nightmare, and we must beat it at the ballot box in numbers too big to ignore.

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I have a wonderful nephew who is highly educated, provides research and aid to those that are deaf or with compromised hearing. He is a very caring and compassionate man who used to be my niece. Thus, I’m in full support of fighting bigotry and religious intolerance.

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I have a trans granddaughter. I know how they struggle, it’s glorious to see them bloom when they realize their potential.

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Thank you, Jay. With folks like Kelley Robinson on our side, I can't help but think we will win!

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We can't help but agree.

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"Freedom" and "pro-equality"...there's your Harris-Walz ticket theme in a nutshell..and proving to be a big winner using just two words! Who needs long-winded, media-friendly "position papers" when this is working so well for the campaign.

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An anti-hate campaign. I'm very much a supporter in allowing people to wake up every day and get on with their lives, which has become targeted by Christian-facists.

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What message would you like LGBTQs and their allies to hear at this time? THAT YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTRY NOT JUST FOR YOUR VOTES BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR SOCIETY. BLESS THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.❤️

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Keep on getting the word out y’all.

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Make no mistake, SCOTUS has its sight set on stripping away all the progress that has been made in the last 100 years! As VP Harris says, 'We're not going back!'

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Thank you Kelley and Jay!

Freedom and Equality! Bring it!

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Coincidentally read this while wearing one of my five HRC shirts

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Thanks for focusing on HRC. I've been a monthly donor for years and LOVE the positivity Ms. Robinson shows. I'll take all the positivity I can get (and I am volunteering to get out the vote).

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Honestly, what still doesn't compute for me is how ARE there members of marginalized groups who support Republicans? Right now, supporting Republicans means supporting Trump, Vance, and their entire retinue of hangers-on. We all know what they said about the disabled, the LGBTQ+, the veterans, the women, the workers, the BEPOC. So HOW is it that they still have half of the voters supporting them?

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