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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGreat Ad - SNAP kid takes on congressman who gutted SNAP, Jake Johnson for Congress
I was a SNAP kid. Now I'm running for Congress against the guy who gutted SNAP.
Join our campaign: https://www.jakejohnsonforcongress.com/.
rurallib
(64,394 posts)Mr. Jake Johnson gets it!
Nanuke
(879 posts)Iris
(16,768 posts)Amaryllis
(10,829 posts)Grim Chieftain
(909 posts)So powerful and so needed at this awful time.
As I posted here the other day, with Republicans it's about "me"; with Democrats it's about "we".
sboatcar
(665 posts)raccoon
(32,135 posts)Mysterian
(6,068 posts)Jake gets it. I hope more brainwashed republican cultists realize they are on the side of evil and repent.
nuxvomica
(13,774 posts)Imagine if all Americans behaved like their country was a small town.
Great ad indeed!
Skittles
(168,613 posts)try being transgender in a small town, for example
btw, I live in a metroplex and I help my neighbors who are on SNAP
it's not a "small town" thing, it's a Democratic thing, it's just being DECENT
NNadir
(36,920 posts)Go man, Go!!!!!
Fil1957
(372 posts)for shirking their constitutional duty, unleashing this hell (Big Beautiful Bill, ICE) on the country and people (more than you think) know it. They could win seats in some unexpected places, 'cause as bad as things are now, they're going to be much worse in a year, and most people of either party will know who to blame.
evolves
(5,672 posts)My state, Tennessee, has the worst voter turnout in the country, and it seems to me that the Dems have just quit trying here.
Wild blueberry
(8,003 posts)An actual public servant.
PatSeg
(51,448 posts)I can really relate to what he said.
AllaN01Bear
(27,996 posts)Uncle Joe
(63,642 posts)Thanks for the thread ihaveaquestion
Warpy
(114,187 posts)Yeah, I'd say he just won that campaign.
JMCKUSICK
(4,575 posts)Sogo
(6,822 posts)Good luck, Jake!
pattyloutwo
(493 posts)Thank you for being a great guy, Jake! Were pulling for you!
pinkstarburst
(1,832 posts)liberalla
(10,734 posts)Yes!!
Marie Marie
(10,703 posts)chowder66
(11,559 posts)orangecrush
(27,534 posts)Ocelot II
(128,249 posts)Ninga
(8,968 posts)Sequoia
(12,698 posts)I had SNAP when we used paper
certificates with the dollar amount on them. Sure helped out my family.
democrank
(11,929 posts)Shame on the Republicans that are enjoying weeks of paid vacation while children go hungry.
BidenRocks
(2,503 posts)Make him and his caring be on many billboards this Christmas.
He has a lot of messages there.