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THAT'S WHY WE SUPPORT SENATOR MARKEY AND HOPE YOU WILL AS WELL!

 A short story for you today.

My first job as a public servant was running an ice cream truck in my neighborhood.

(Yes this is really me!)

A few years down the line, I ran for office and was honored to be elected to represent my community in the Massachusetts State House — my official first job as a public servant.

I came into office with clear eyes, ready to reform the system where it didn’t work for my constituents. That included pushing for passage of a bill to eliminate part-time district court judgeships in Massachusetts.

According to the Harvard Crimson, “Part-time judgeships were lucrative for judges, who were allowed to maintain private law practices, and for politicians, for whom they were patronage gold mines.”

The idea of making judges work full-time for the people of Massachusetts ruffled a lot of feathers in high-up places, and the Speaker of the State House, a fellow Democrat, personally sought to kill the bill.

I got the votes and passed it anyway. And in retaliation, I was removed from the Judiciary Committee and had my desk moved to the hallway by the Speaker himself.

To this day I live by a simple motto: The bosses can tell me where to sit, but nobody tells me where to stand.

Right now we live under a corrupt coalition of far-right authoritarians, MAGA grifters and scammers, and the billionaire bosses who bankroll them. They’re trying to use every fascist intimidation tactic in the book to scare us away from the fight: ICE’s secret police, the DOJ’s political prosecutions, attacks on free speech and more.

But as long as I am a US Senator and a proud American, I will never back down to their threats. I will stand tall on my progressive values and fight back with every fiber of my being against the injustice, inequality, and corruption of this administration.

So let me ask you: Does Donald Trump tell you where to stand? I think I know the answer.

If you are ready to fight back, to stand up for our values, and to defeat the far-right, chip in to my campaign today. We are organizing a massive movement across this country to oppose billionaire-first authoritarianism and put America on track towards a bold, affordable, and just future. We need you with us.

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In solidarity,

Ed Markey

 

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