This weekend, tens of thousands of people poured into the streets of Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles — and right here in New York — to say one thing loud and clear:
Hands off our democracy. Hands off our jobs. Hands off our future.
These protests weren’t a flash in the pan. They were a nationwide response to the chaos erupting from Trump’s second term — and the dangerous influence of billionaire ideologues like Elon Musk.
Right now, Trump and his allies are launching mass deportations, gutting Social Security and Medicare protections, and tearing the federal government apart with reckless layoffs — all while Musk's Department of Government Efficiency axes entire agencies.
At the same time, Trump’s trade war is wrecking the markets. His tariffs are sending Wall Street spiraling, threatening the savings of working families, retirees, and small business owners — especially in communities like mine in Brooklyn.
And I’ve had enough.
As the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus — and the only Black woman representing New York in Congress — I’m fighting back with everything I’ve got.
🛡️ I’m defending Social Security and Medicare from being looted by Republicans.
🛡️ I’m standing up for working Americans targeted by Musk’s mass layoffs.
🛡️ And I’m protecting our economy from Trump’s reckless, anti-worker agenda.
They want us to feel powerless. But the truth is, we’ve got something stronger than billionaires and MAGA extremists:
People power.
That’s what I bring with me to Washington — the power of my Brooklyn community and the legacy of leaders like my mother, Dr. Una Clarke, who taught me never to back down from a righteous fight.
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