Boosting underfunded Democrats in TN, especially in the reddest districts. We're a non-profit grassroots community project by Every State Blue. #savedemocracy
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🥳Woo-hoo! $20,000 raised for TN Democrats!
We are thrilled to announce that in just 6 months, Blue Tennessee’s giving community has donated over $20,000 to underfunded Democratic candidates running for state office in some of Tennessee’s reddest and toughest districts.
THANK YOU for helping to make Blue Tennessee’s inaugural election cycle such a tremendous success!
P.S. It’s never too early to think about 2026, and we’d love to have you join us!
BlueTennessee.org
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"Democrats will take all our guns!" screamed conservatives for the past 50 years without it ever actually happening.
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Are you someone who says, "I'm a blue dot in a red state"? Let's follow each other and make one BIG bunch of blue dots 🔵 and then take over the world. #voteblue
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Tennessee Democrats are told all the time that our votes don't matter, that we shouldn't even bother to vote - by Republicans. Republicans say that.
Imagine if every Democrat in the state turned out to vote blue?
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Tennessee:
Lowest voter turnout in the nation in 2022.
People are *fed up* with TNGOP and want CHANGE.
More Democrats running in 2024 than we've seen in a decade.
Let's make some magic, people!
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Hoping it costs a lot of money for tires and any chance he can be charged with vandalism?
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To every man casting a vote for Kamala Harris in support of their wife, their daughters, sisters, friends, neighbors and women around the country, we thank you. #voteblue
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Pundits hold TN as "safe" for GOP in Nov.
But what if every Democrat in TN voted?
Turnout here is the lowest in the US, so GOP voters have been staying home, too. They'll probably stay home again, bec they feel "safe."
Imagine if we all voted like we could win? 💙
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"They're walking our streets, shopping in our stores, sending their kids to our schools. This is a disgrace."
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That was REAL money at that age. Oh, the crap we bought. Have things changed? Not really.
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Join Tennessee comedian Trae Crowder and rural firebrand Jessica Piper for a special fundraiser to launch Blue Tennessee! Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
#FightEverywhere #ContestEverySeat
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It feels hotter there, somehow. Here, you can pop in anywhere that has air conditioning, but if you're walking around and there is no a/c anywhere - the heat off the sidewalk and buildings, the crowds etc. and go inside & there is NO air circulation, it actually feels really hot
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Don't see many headlines from big media like Politico that say, "Trump evades questions about felony convictions."
Actually, we don't see "Trump" and "felony convictions" talked about much at all in mainstream media, do we?
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Somehow, they never seemed to understand that we knew if Joe couldn't "finish the job," Kamala would be there to take the baton. Isn't that what VPs are for? To be able to step in for the President? Of course we knew Kamala was the right person for the job 💙
#NoDemUnder1K
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In a state run by Republicans who refuse to expand Medicaid with federal grants so that more people could have healthcare. Somebody should ask the people in the counties that were helped by this church - some of the poorest counties in the state - why they keep voting for Republicans who don't support them, who let their hospitals close, who don't care if they live or die. They don't care if their citizens are burdened with crippling medical debt, either. Our neighbors deserve better.
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DNC may think not many people here care - we have the lowest voter turnout in the country. But that's precisely why the DNC needs to have the TN Three on stage - to show that Tennessee DOES matter, and that we are fighting back.
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Hey, Tennessee! Early voting starts today!
Is voting your super power? YES, YES IT IS.
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Let's rally, Tennesseeeeeeee #HarrisWalz2024
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What do you think Tennesseans could do to help win more Democratic seats in state government?
Tennessee used to be blue, we could be again, if we work together. What do you think we should do first? 💙
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Biden has been working on student debt relief since he took office, this is nothing new. Republicans only consider it "buying votes" when a Democratic policy helps the people. Republicans only believe in throwing money at Corporate America. Vote them out. #voteblue
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No Democrat in Tennessee is going to allow any bad talk about Dolly. Shame on Republicans for saying unkind and/or untrue words about her.
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Hey, Media - Get court records, get Republicans on TV to confront them with their lies. Afraid they won't come on your show anymore? Fine. Watch viewership skyrocket while you read transcripts aloud, act them out for fun, use hand puppets if you want. We promise we'll love watching you make fools of lying conservatives, there's nothing better. #voteblue
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"What are you willing to do?"
Grateful for so many who are stepping up and doing the hard work in the reddest states, and those in blue states who support that work. *FIGHT BACK*
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The medical community's confusion over "what to do" is the intended outcome set by Republican lawmakers. The GOP creates laws to bewilder & intimidate doctors & staff so they won't intervene on a woman's behalf, bec they do not value women's lives. Vote them all out. #voteblue
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"How dare women who can't get pregnant care about abortion? Only men who can't get pregnant are allowed to care about abortion." -- The Daily Show
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Fauci: I've dedicated my life to science and keeping people alive.
GOP: We don't believe you, bec why would anyone do that if they weren't making millions in royalties?
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Can't wait until Fox News, thru their famous thorough reporting, discusses how John Rose groomed a child bride he met through Future Farmers of America.
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Tennessee is home to some really weird Republicans:
• Rep Gino Bulso, who seems to hate LGBTQ people if you go by the laws he supports, advocated for *cousins* being able to legally marry this year
• Rep Scott Cepicky was caught on recording saying the entire TN public education system needs to be thrown in the trash, and TN should start over with school vouchers for private & religious schools with taxpayer dollars
• Lt. Gov & Senate Speaker Randy McNally was caught "liking" and interacting with some risqué social media posts by a young gay man, even though, like his party, he supports a lot of anti-LGBTQ legislation
• House Speaker Cameron Sexton has been accused of barely spending any time in his own district where he owns a tiny condo in a tiny town, but he and his family seem to live plenty of the time in a big house in the big city of Nashville
See? Tennessee Republicans are weird. #voteblue
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He broke the law, he was caught, he was tried, he was convicted by a jury. He didn't think what he did should be illegal, but it is. Don't like the law? Work to change it. That's how this works. #voteblue
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“Oh my God, are you kidding me? Can you say that again?”
The reactions we get after telling an underfunded Democratic nominee that we have funding for them are priceless, heartwarming, and sometimes even heartbreaking in their earnestness. Some sit in stunned silence. Some cry. Some laugh.
Most are just in disbelief that *we are there for them.*
You can be there for our underfunded TN Democrats, too.
Pitch in one time right here: contribute.bluetennessee.org…
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For anyone with legal questions on voting, check @866OURVOTE
866ourvote.org/about/
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"We have the emails! We just don't wanna show anyone. right now. Maybe never. But we have emails!"
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On the heels of Democratic successes in OH, PA, KY, and VA, help us launch Blue Tennessee! @ISTBlueOhio, our sister project, was instrumental in mustering support for Issue 1.
Join Trae and Jess tomorrow night to launch Blue Tennessee. Register tinyurl.com/bluetnfr
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This has been a horrible, scary, dangerous situation for your wife and for you. So very sorry you all had to endure it, and we are hoping Texas & the rest of the country takes note, and votes Democrat straight down the ticket, because women's lives matter. 💙
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If every TN Democrat shows up in Nov we could:
• save our public schools from voucher vultures
• help more Tennesseans have healthcare
• restore reproductive rights
• pass gun safety laws
51st in turnout means Rs have stayed home, too. Let's sneak up on 'em & #voteblue
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What's weird is when someone believes having kids is the only acceptable path for folks, has the belief you should get extra votes because you have children, and believes someone's life matters less because they don't have kids. That's definitely weird.
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Pssst - "red-state" Democrats -
A lot of Rs will be staying home in November, so if you make sure everyone you know is registered and gets off the couch to #voteblue straight down the ballot, we could see a LOT of upsets, get what we're saying?
🟥➡️💙 🔥
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In Tennessee, Republicans tried to pass a law that would outlaw any county from "looking into reparations." Democrats fought them LOUDLY and stopped it. If we want to start real discussions about reparations , we need to vote Democrat.
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We can change this. We can vote out the Rs who are in bed with the gun lobby, and vote in Democrats who will pass Extreme Risk Protection laws (and also make it harder to buy guns).
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If Trump can talk incessantly about his golf game & they can show him golfing every possible minute, we can hear about/watch Kamala cook, and WE CAN'T WAIT
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Bingo.
So grateful that in 2024, we have more TN Democratic candidates than we've seen in years.
When Democrats fail to field candidates in red states, "we're training people to vote Republican."
- @piper4missouri Jess Piper, Exec Director of Blue Missouri
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She has been saying that Biden has the "overwhelming support of the caucus," but media doesn't like to report that.
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"You think he's *pretending* to be a racist?" -- a generous question. Trump's not that great an actor, probably not a lot of pretending going on there.
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Tennessee, we've had 14 years of Republican rule, haven't we had enough? #voteblue
"Number of economically distressed counties in Tennessee rises" - @TNLookout
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You and your friends, due to paranoia and a bizarre belief that you were *entitled* to run the government with no evidence to support that notion, tried to overthrow the government on Jan 6th after a free and secure election. Maybe someday you'll be held accountable.
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Here are just a few examples of how TN House Democrats are so much cooler than TN House Republicans (who are just so weird):
Rep @AftynBehn wanted to help Tennesseans by eliminating sales tax on groceries – TNGOP said no.
Rep. @Justinjpearson wanted to help keep Tennesseans safe by requiring safe gun storage – TNGOP said no.
Rep. @VoteBo Mitchell wanted to protect Tennesseans’ tax dollars by requiring charter school financial transparency – TNGOP said no.
Rep @JRClemmons wanted to make it easier for Tennesseans to protect others by implementing a public firearm locks program – TNGOP said no.
Rep @TNRepParkinson wanted to ensure more Tennesseans had access to Medicaid for mental healthcare – TNGOP said no.
We need to elect more Democrats in Tennessee, y'all.
TN Republicans are so weird, they stop efforts to make Tennesseans safer and healthier, don’t want us to put some of our taxpayer $$ back in our own pockets (they’d rather give $2 billion to businesses in tax cuts and rebates). SO weird.
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Some ideas for allies who want to show support: enjoy Pride festivities, wear an "ally" shirt, and the best way of all to show support? Vote Democrat, every time, every election, straight down the ballot. 🙃 💙🏳️🌈
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🚨 We need to remind Tennesseans that we used to be BLUE here, and that Democrats are still the party that:
- supports unions
- wants to help get you a raise
- wants to get you paid family leave
- wants to get you affordable healthcare
- wants to protect your reproductive rights
- wants to invest in public schools
and we have Democratic candidates that will fight for us in Tennessee state legislature if we can get people out to vote - including candidates in many of our *red* districts!
You can help underfunded TN Dem nominees fight back against TN Republican super majority rule - throw in a few dollars monthly to support them here bluetennessee.org
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Hey Tennessee! Guess who wants to improve gun safety laws to help protect you and your family?
That would be Democrats. 💙
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YES @wonkette absolutely has it right - this is TN's year to elect a Dem to the US Senate! go @VoteGloriaJ !
From @Wonkette: “@VoteGloriaJ is the real deal— Could this be the year Tennessee shocks the nation and elects a Democrat to the Senate?” wonkette.com/p/gloria-johnso…
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Blame Republicans. Red states that *refuse to expand Medicaid* are experiencing high rate of rural hospital closures. Tennessee is one of those red states. #voteblue
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This election is a first for some Tennessee districts: a rare (historic?) all-woman Democratic ballot!
All TN districts can vote for Harris for prez, of course - but we can all vote for Gloria Johnson for US Senate, too.
As well, many districts have female Dem candidates running for TN State House & Senate spots.
Blue Tennessee is proud to support 16 Democratic candidates in 2024, 68% of whom also happen to be women. 💙 Thank you to our grassroots giving community for helping to make it all possible!
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Can't WAIT to #VoteBidenHarris, can't wait to #voteblue straight down the ballot.
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You'd think a Congresswoman would understand how the "free market" she loves so much works. This is what Republicans want, isn't it? The free market? Or is @RepDLesko suggesting the government have control over private businesses' pricing?
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"For the people."
Blue state friends - NEVER underestimate the determination of Democrats - even in the South.
In Tennessee, we have been bullied by Rs for so long, we've believed them when they told us "don't bother voting, you won't win."
So we've stayed home. And Democrats in TN stopped running for office.
But no longer. We are fighting back *for the people.*
We want state gov'ts that invest in public schools, public transportation, hospitals, and roads.
Just like folks in blue states, we want state governments that support reproductive rights, access to healthcare, unions, gun safety, and equality for all.
But we can't do this without our blue state friends.
No matter where you live, you can help Democrats in Tennessee run against Republicans - Rs who are so complacent, many never visit a single voter in their district.
But our TN Dems do - they're out knocking doors and talking about kitchen table issues that matter to rural voters. And rural voters are *waking up.*
YOU can help make this possible. Pitch in here: contribute.bluetennessee.org…
Thanks, y'all. 💙
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Tennesseans! If you're attending our fundraiser tonight with @traecrowder and @piper4missouri, please note we go live at 7pm EST/6pm CST. tinyurl.com/bluetnfr
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Tennessee is "not a red state, we’re a non-voting state.
It’s because of racial gerrymandering, because of the extreme legislation from our state legislature.
When you go out there and have real conversations with real people, you hear about real issues.
Almost every single day, we've heard people say they’ve never been asked a question from a campaign.
It comes down to listening to voters, listening directly to what the community cares about."
- Democratic candidate for TN House District 49, @VoteLuisMata
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Another letter confirmed. Recipient in Knox County, obtained drivers' license prior to becoming a citizen in 2016, registered and voted in last two elections. Middle Eastern name.
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In red states—when you think you're the only blue dot 🔵 around—spotting a house with a Democratic yard sign makes you want to drive by every day, hoping to catch the person who lives there actually outside, so you can finally slide your window down and yell, "I LIKE YOUR SIGN!"
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Are you a blue dot 🔵 living in a red state?
Or do you live in a *non-voting/low voter turnout* state?
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They aren't "pro-life," they're anti-human rights. I'm so sorry you are having to deal with them. We must vote Democrat.
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It's time for all of us to move forward, including Tennessee.
We are not going back. #HarrisWalz2024
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TN Republicans loudly proclaim "Democrats don't stand a chance in Tennessee" and that's practically a dare, no? A lot of Rs are staying home bec their guy's a felon anyway, so we may be able to sneak right past them into the state legislature. Who's gonna #voteblue in 2024?
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It wasn't that long ago that outside extremist Republican groups started to pour $$ into Tennessee and hijacked our state. But we can get it back if we work together.
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It's always "weaponize" and "activist judge" for Republicans when they don't want to follow the law.
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Republicans are desperate to pin something on Dr Fauci because they can't imagine there is a person on earth who isn't on the take, because Republicans are ALL on the take.
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"His" country. "Them." No sir. We are going to vote blue straight down the ticket, and respect all Americans.
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What's THE best untapped army of folks to get out the blue vote & increase turnout in Tennessee - the lowest voter turnout in the country - AND help up-ballot Democrats like US Senate candidate @VoteGloriaJ & @KamalaHarris?
Rural candidates.
Have we got a story for you -
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Likely ppl who say that don't have any concept of what 95 F feels like in a regular summer in the South. Everybody should travel a bit, both ways, we could learn how different things can be (and how similar).
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Sadly - no Tennessee Three tonight at the DNC. We are very proud of all the work done by @Justinjpearson, @VoteGloriaJ, and @brotherjones_ and are grateful for all they do.
Sources at the Democratic National Convention tell me the Tennessee Three has been pulled from the schedule tonight and will not be speaking. This is due to scheduling issues that have been prevalent through the convention, and because a special guest may appear.
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We've reached our limit for today - but we'll keep following back tomorrow - and pls follow each other! 💙
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Remember - even if #HarrisWalz wins, they can't protect us from the TN Republican school #voucherscam - that's on us.
Grab every person in our families, every neighbor, every friend and co-worker - and vote Democrat to #saveourpublicschools
Public dollars are for public schools!
#votelbue
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The State of Tennessee targeted Democrats only when asking for proof of citizenship? um. If true, this is... legal?
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#BidenHarris2024 Let's save democracy! #NOdemUNDER1k
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And "leadership" is gonna funnel allll that money to Trump for his legal bills, and down ballot Republicans are gonna be broke. Excellent. #voteblue
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