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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 2d

Hard work and opportunity for all. This is at the forefront of the New American Dream. #southcarolina

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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 2d

My heart is with the families and loved ones of those lost and injured in the St. Helena Island tragedy.
This kind of violence has no place in our Lowcountry or anywhere in America. #southcarolina #sthelena

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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 2d

I am So glad we had the opportunity to show Congressman #Rokhanna around the Hispanic Expo today on the last week of Hispanic Heritage Month. We are doing some exceptional work in the Low Country to showcase the Talent that the Latino Community has. #southcarolina

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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 3d

The militaries job is to protect us from foreign enemies, not to police american streets. #Charleston #SouthCarolina #mayra4congress #hiltonhead

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone thats effected by the shutdown should get paid when its over. Its inexcusable and Unfair to say otherwise. #southcarolina #governmentshutdown #Charleston #Hiltonhead #fyp

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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 5d

The Supreme Court is starting a new session and their judgements could have decades long effects on

our lives. #fyp #Charleston #Hiltonhead

#southcarolina

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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 6d

Threatening to fire Federal Workers and threatening to use the Military against American Citizens is not us. #hiltonhead #mayra4congress #southcarolina #charleston #greenville

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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 8d

I am deeply alarmed and saddened by the news of the fire at Judge Goldstein’s residence, an attack that may have been deliberately set and that left people injured. My heart is with Judge Goldstein, her family, and all those affected by this terrifying act. #southcarolina

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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 8d

The Truth about the government shut down. This has nothing to do with Immigration and everything to do with control and power. #charleston #southcarolina #mayra4congress #hiltonhead

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Mayra Rivera-Vazquez @mayrarv.bsky.social · 8d

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This Will Hold @thiswillhold.bsky.social · 9d

ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN have left the building.

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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 9d

The Gullah Geechee people are the heartbeat of our state with their rich culture and experience. It was my pleasure to be at their festival today!! #Gullahgeechee #gullah #geechee #SouthCarolina

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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 9d

The Gullah Geechee people are the heartbeat of our state with their rich culture and experience. It was my pleasure to be at their festival today!! #Gullahgeechee #gullah #geechee #SouthCarolina

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Mayra Rivera-Vazquez @mayrarv.bsky.social · 12d

mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 12d

After testifying against SC 323 Many people were asked to speak to the crowd that showed up! Including myself #southcarolina #columbia

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mayra4congress.bsky.social @mayra4congress.bsky.social · 12d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17d

NEW: I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines.

What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.

By @tilleckert.com