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AOC: there today for the H.R. 9495 vote (bill that would have allowed labeling nonprofits as terrorist supporting orgs) [View all]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@aoc.bsky.social
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Was there today for the H.R. 9495 vote (bill that would have allowed labeling nonprofits as terrorist supporting organizations).
Voted no, of course - but I do want to report that the activism DID work and persuaded members.
I thought it’d be a lonely NO vote, which we take often. It wasn’t.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@aoc.bsky.social
In comparison, a similar bill was brought up before the House earlier this year. There was much less organizing against it and it got further then.
Today’s vote was a very different story. The attention + organizing played a role.
If you can thank your rep for voting NO, please do so. It matters.
November 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM
https://bsky.app/profile/aoc.bsky.social/post/3laskw4vfds2d
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