Subject: Digital Dems Sheet -- Thursday, May 19, 2016
From: Dem Leader Press Office <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 19:08:33 +0000

May 19, 2016

Sample TWEETS:

.@HouseGOP<mailto:.@HouseGOP> is so committed to discriminating against LGBT Americans, that they broke regular order to support their bigotry. #shame

Americans will not forget how hard @SpeakerRyan & the @HouseGOP worked to target LGBT Americans for discrimination. #shame #WeAreWithYou

Evidently @SpeakerRyan's promises of regular order mean nothing, if it means a majority of the House standing up for LGBT Americans. #shame

LGBT Americans, #WeAreWithYou! What happened today is a #shame. // Chaos in House after GOP votes down LGBT measure: http://goo.gl/wDjhLA

LGBT Americans, #WeAreWithYou! We are fighting for you! @AP: Amid Shouts of #Shame, GOP Defeats Gay Rights Measure: http://goo.gl/ee5khf

.@HouseGOP<mailto:.@HouseGOP> has doubled down on efforts to turn discrimination into law, using #NDAA as a vehicle for their agenda of hate. #NDAAForAll

#DoYourJob, @HouseGOP // @Slate: Republicans Really Need to Stop Withholding #Zika Funding → http://goo.gl/8zpsu5

.@HouseGOP<mailto:.@HouseGOP> voted twice last week to block vital new resources to address the #opioid epidemic that kills 78 Americans every day. #DoYourJob!

RT -- @NancyPelosi: #TBT to when @RepSeanMaloney's amdt had the votes, until @HouseGOP abused regular order to ensure discrimination.
Link: https://goo.gl/l5nSzs

RT -- How can a 2 min vote become an 8 min vote? When you need to work for 6 mins to keep discriminating vs #LGBT. Watch: http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4597013/republicans-hold-2-minute-vote-open-8-minutes-strip-lgbt-rights …
Link: https://goo.gl/3HcJsF

RT -- ‏@WhiteHouse: If you work more, you should get paid more. It's that simple. LIsten to @LaborSec explain the new #overtime update
Link: https://goo.gl/6wxUou

FACT of the day:

"Opioids were involved in about two-thirds of all the 47,055 drug-overdose deaths in 2014, and 18,893 of those were associated with prescription opioids."  - Ines Novacic, CBS News, As U.S. grapples with opioid epidemic, new ways to fight pain and addiction
Link: http://goo.gl/6N6a0A

CLIP of the day:

<http://goo.gl/n882yL>

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Holds Weekly Press Conference
Link: http://goo.gl/n882yL

QUOTE of the day:

"Evidently, Speaker Ryan’s promises of regular order mean nothing, when regular order means a majority of the House standing up to protect LGBT Americans from bigotry."  - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Link: http://goo.gl/4rW0WP

HASHTAGS to use:

#Budget
#Zika
#Opioid
#WeAreWithYou
#WeSeeYou
#EqualityForward
#MiddleClassFirst
#PuertoRico
#WomenSucceed
#20MillionStrong
#ACAworks
#DoYourJob
#SCOTUSnominee
#ProtectSeniors
#FlintWaterCrisis
#ActOnClimate
#RestoreTheVRA
#RestoreTheVOTE
#StopGunViolence
#HonorWithAction
#StandWithPP
#PeopleOverPolitics

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