Deja Foxx
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He asked, how could these elected officials, these representatives, make these decisions if they had ever sat with people like us? And this is the frustration we're hearing on the ground in Arizona and I'll say across the country, right? I see it all the time on the internet and the TikTok comment sections and so much further that people are frustrated. They feel unseen.
He asked, how could these elected officials, these representatives, make these decisions if they had ever sat with people like us? And this is the frustration we're hearing on the ground in Arizona and I'll say across the country, right? I see it all the time on the internet and the TikTok comment sections and so much further that people are frustrated. They feel unseen.
He asked, how could these elected officials, these representatives, make these decisions if they had ever sat with people like us? And this is the frustration we're hearing on the ground in Arizona and I'll say across the country, right? I see it all the time on the internet and the TikTok comment sections and so much further that people are frustrated. They feel unseen.
and really are asking how can they make these inhumane decisions? And the answer is that they are catering to their billionaire buddies, not you.
and really are asking how can they make these inhumane decisions? And the answer is that they are catering to their billionaire buddies, not you.
and really are asking how can they make these inhumane decisions? And the answer is that they are catering to their billionaire buddies, not you.
Yeah, this is the American dream story that they all say they support, right? That because of good policy, you know, I was raised by a single mom. I'm a first-generation American, and I was raised in Section 8 housing, right? That's what put a roof over my head. SNAP benefits, food stamps put food on our table, and my mom worked every odd job. I mean, she delivered flowers.
Yeah, this is the American dream story that they all say they support, right? That because of good policy, you know, I was raised by a single mom. I'm a first-generation American, and I was raised in Section 8 housing, right? That's what put a roof over my head. SNAP benefits, food stamps put food on our table, and my mom worked every odd job. I mean, she delivered flowers.
Yeah, this is the American dream story that they all say they support, right? That because of good policy, you know, I was raised by a single mom. I'm a first-generation American, and I was raised in Section 8 housing, right? That's what put a roof over my head. SNAP benefits, food stamps put food on our table, and my mom worked every odd job. I mean, she delivered flowers.
She worked at a post office. She cleaned houses. to make ends meet. And we needed a little help to get by at the end of the month. I mean, there were times where we had to choose between bills and back to school clothes. It's something that so many families understand, but those social safety nets, those programs are not handouts. They're hand ups, right?
She worked at a post office. She cleaned houses. to make ends meet. And we needed a little help to get by at the end of the month. I mean, there were times where we had to choose between bills and back to school clothes. It's something that so many families understand, but those social safety nets, those programs are not handouts. They're hand ups, right?
She worked at a post office. She cleaned houses. to make ends meet. And we needed a little help to get by at the end of the month. I mean, there were times where we had to choose between bills and back to school clothes. It's something that so many families understand, but those social safety nets, those programs are not handouts. They're hand ups, right?
They made it possible for me to be the first in my family to go to college. And, you know, my first advocacy battle had everything to do with that American dream story. I think about during the first Trump administration when Republicans here in Arizona voted in lockstep with him. to defund Planned Parenthood centers, something else that was in that budget bill.
They made it possible for me to be the first in my family to go to college. And, you know, my first advocacy battle had everything to do with that American dream story. I think about during the first Trump administration when Republicans here in Arizona voted in lockstep with him. to defund Planned Parenthood centers, something else that was in that budget bill.
They made it possible for me to be the first in my family to go to college. And, you know, my first advocacy battle had everything to do with that American dream story. I think about during the first Trump administration when Republicans here in Arizona voted in lockstep with him. to defund Planned Parenthood centers, something else that was in that budget bill.
And these are the places where I got my health care, where I got birth control when I had no money and no parents and no insurance at 16 years old. I walked into a Planned Parenthood and walked out with the birth control I needed to take control of my body and my future and go on. to be the first in my family to go to college.
And these are the places where I got my health care, where I got birth control when I had no money and no parents and no insurance at 16 years old. I walked into a Planned Parenthood and walked out with the birth control I needed to take control of my body and my future and go on. to be the first in my family to go to college.
And these are the places where I got my health care, where I got birth control when I had no money and no parents and no insurance at 16 years old. I walked into a Planned Parenthood and walked out with the birth control I needed to take control of my body and my future and go on. to be the first in my family to go to college.
And I think about that as sort of this, you know, that subway door, elevator door moment in which things could have gone a different direction for me. But because of good policy, Title 10 funding, Planned Parenthood centers, I was able, to go the step further to achieve that American dream.
And I think about that as sort of this, you know, that subway door, elevator door moment in which things could have gone a different direction for me. But because of good policy, Title 10 funding, Planned Parenthood centers, I was able, to go the step further to achieve that American dream.