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11. The Escambia County School District didn't answer detailed questions about Baggett's behavior but provided this statement : "We categorically condemn any form of discriminatory speech. Our mission is to reach all students, regardless of race, background, or gender identity." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023
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10. Baggett added in a December 2022 interview that she was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy, which has been designated as part of the Neo-Confederate movement. https://t.co/0bAI79Rbed — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023
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9. Popular Information previously reported that, in 2015, Baggett posted an image of the Confederate Flag to her Facebook page. Baggett defended the posting, because "everyone in my clan fought in the Civil War" and she was not "ashamed of that." https://t.co/0bAI79Rbed https://t.co/rwvvNYLY86 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023
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8. A Black student in the class also alleged Baggett said that "she didn't understand why black people get tattoos in black ink" because "you can’t even see them" Sunday said Baggett questioned why a young woman wore hair extensions and asked if her hair "was heavy or hurt her." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023
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7. The incident was confirmed by one of the Black students targeted by Baggett. That student said Baggett "asked me and another girl of color in my class 'could we swim because black people usually can’t.'" Jacobs and Pressley also confirmed the incident https://t.co/fZGNFPY1mx — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023
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6. Sunday said that Baggett is known throughout Northview as an "openly racist teacher." According to Sunday, Baggett then asked two Black students if they "knew how to swim" because "most black people don't know how to swim." https://t.co/fZGNFPY1mx — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023
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5. Another student in the class, Hamza Jacobs, confirmed Baggett's comments opposing "race mixing." A fourth student in the class, who asked to remain anonymous due to the nature of the allegations and Baggett's standing in a small community, also confirmed the episode. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023
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4. Another student in the class, Stone Pressley, recalled the same incident. Pressley said that Baggett said she was opposed to "race mixing" because "she wanted to preserve cultures" and "didn't want everyone to turn the same color eventually." https://t.co/fZGNFPY1mx — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023
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3. "[Baggett] said in the Bible somewhere it says that it is a sin for races to mix together and that whites are meant to be with whites and blacks are meant to be with blacks," Sunday alleged. About 15 students, from a variety of racial backgrounds, were enrolled in the class. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023
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2. Peggy Sunday, who graduated from Northview High School in 2021, told Popular Information that, during a 10th-grade English class, Baggett said she opposed interracial marriage. https://t.co/fZGNFPY1mx — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023
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Judd Legum @JuddLegum

1. Florida English teacher Vicki Baggett is seeking to remove 150 books from school libraries She says it's her "responsibility to protect minors" from inappropriate content But her former & current students say Baggett openly promotes racist & homophobic beliefs in class 🧵 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2023
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Judd Legum @JuddLegum

RT @JuddLegum: 1. Two years ago today, https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ began its reporting on corporate PAC donors to the members of Congress votin… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023 Retweet
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I am not interested in reviewing anything I’ve purchased — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023
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Seems like McCarthy needs to work on his counting. — PolitiTweet.org

The Recount @therecount

Kevin McCarthy tells CNN's @mkraju he believes he will have the votes to be elected House Speaker tonight. Asked h… https://t.co/NWNgSLTLYU

Posted Jan. 7, 2023
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File under: Tweets that did not age well — PolitiTweet.org

Alyssa Farah Griffin @Alyssafarah

McHenry is the best vote-counter in the House. He wouldn’t be up there nominating McCarthy if he didn’t know the votes were there

Posted Jan. 7, 2023
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RT @JuddLegum: 1. @RonDeSantisFL blasted critics who dubbed a law he signed last year "Don't Say Gay" DeSantis insisted it was a "false na… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023 Retweet
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@mschlapp The staffer said he was speaking to the news media to make others aware of what he described as predatory behavior by Schlapp. "If he had made a polite pass at me and left it that," the staffer said, "only me, Matt and God would know about that." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023
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Judd Legum @JuddLegum

@mschlapp "Schlapp did not respond to text messages seeking comment, including one detailing each point of his accuser’s story. His lawyer, Charlie Spies, did not immediately return a call from NBC News seeking comment on the allegations." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023
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@mschlapp "He reached in between my legs and fondled me," the former Walker staffer told NBC News in a telephone interview Thursday night. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023
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Judd Legum @JuddLegum

"Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp), one of the nation’s most prominent conservative leaders and a top ally of former President Donald Trump, is being accused of sexually groping a male aide on Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s campaign in October." https://t.co/coeGEcKlOX — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023
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Judd Legum @JuddLegum

@mschlapp Through an attorney @mschlapp denied "any improper behavior." The staffer said Schlapp “groped” and “fondled” his crotch in his car against his will after buying him drinks at two different bars. https://t.co/GULIsWS5aC — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023
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Judd Legum @JuddLegum

A staffer for Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign told The Daily Beast that top GOP activist (and corporate lobbyist) @mschlapp made “sustained and unwanted and unsolicited” sexual contact with him while driving Schlapp back from a bar in October https://t.co/GULIsWS5aC — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023
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10. This project has been an enormous undertaking and would not have been possible without @rebeccabcrosby and @tesszeeks If you value this work, the best thing you can do is subscribe to the newsletter It's free to sign up https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023
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@Airbnb @BASF @CBS @Cisco @eBay @EversourceCorp @GeneralMills @HollandHart @lyft @Marriott @Microsoft… https://t.co/gCLkkmgYU8 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023
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@Airbnb @BASF @CBS @Cisco @eBay @EversourceCorp @GeneralMills @HollandHart @lyft @Marriott @Microsoft… https://t.co/2juToPteti — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023 Just a Typo
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@Airbnb @BASF @CBS @Cisco @eBay @EversourceCorp @GeneralMills @HollandHart @lyft @Marriott @Microsoft… https://t.co/dy8dQaNc21 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023 Just a Typo
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@Airbnb @BASF @CBS @Cisco @eBay @EversourceCorp @GeneralMills @HollandHart @lyft @Marriott @Microsoft… https://t.co/b0knQKRwTW — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023 Just a Typo
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5. Companies that kept their word and did not donate to GOP objectors in the 2022 cycle: @Airbnb @BASF @CBS @Cisco @eBay @EversourceCorp @GeneralMills @HollandHart @lyft @Marriott @Microsoft @MorganStanley @NewmontCorp @Nike @nrgenergy @PSEGNews @QurateRetailGrp — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023
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4. After tracking these donations for two years, https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ has identified 44 COMPANIES that kept their word from January 2021 to November 2022. These companies, according to FEC data, did not directly or indirectly support GOP objectors — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023
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@runningmeade there is no pay wall. I make all my content available for free — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023