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Supporters in #Philadelphia are holding up #HarrisWalz signs w/the slogans “When we vote, we win” & “When we fight, we win” -a change in tone & energy from the Biden-Harrris rallying cry: “Let’s finish the job.”

My favorite:

Crowd chants “#WeAreNotGoingBack

#JoshShapiro immediately brings up Trump packing #SCOTUS

#HarrisWalz2024

#HarrisWalzPhillyRally

#HarrisWalzPhiladelphiaRally

#HumanRights #ReproductiveRights #WomensRights #LGBTQIA #BLM #Ally #Veterans #CommonSense #law #LetsDoThis


In May 2023, #Minnesota became the 23rd state in the nation to legalize recreational #cannabis use. 3 months later, people 21 & older could start to possess certain amounts of #marijuana at home & on their person, in addition to legally #growing up to 8 plants at a time.

Minnesotans w/minor #MarijuanaConvictions are also eligible to have their #CriminalRecords #expunged,

#CommonSense #law #Walz #HarrisWalz2024


& residents from #CommunitiesOfColor — which were disproportionately targeted for arrests & convictions for possession for decades — are given preferential status in applying for #cannabis-related #business licenses.

#Marijuana #CommonSense #law #Walz #HarrisWalz2024


#Walz also signed a bill into #law in March 2023 that allows #Minnesota residents of any #immigration status the ability to obtain a driver's license.

Advocates for the bill, which had strong backing from #law enforcement, #business & #religious groups, said it would lead to safer #roads & a stronger #economy.

#WhoCaresForUs #undocumented #ally #CommonSense #law #Walz #HarrisWalz2024


In that same watershed month, #Walz signed a bill that restored the right to #vote to >50k convicted #felons who had already served their time.

"We are in a country of second chances, we're a country of welcoming people back in. And the idea of not allowing those voices to have a say in the very #governing of the communities they live in is simply unacceptable," Walz said.

#VotingRights #CommonSense #law #HarrisWalz2024