This weekend we held our town hall, which went all right for a bunch of amateurs (long video here).
What was Mike Bost doing? Watch for yourself: [Link removed at the request of a family member of a participant.]
I spent the last two days creating a video putting these two “events” side by side, hopefully to humorous effect. I will be officially sharing tomorrow morning, but I thought you might be interested in breaking this bizarre video.
Here’s ours: [Link removed at the request of a family member of a participant.]
Enjoy!
* Well, since they went to all the trouble…
[Video removed at the request of a family member of a participant.]
Whew.
*** UPDATE *** From Congressman Bost…
On Saturday, August 5th, Indivisible activists hosted a town hall meeting at 2pm. From 10am-3:15pm that same day, Congressman Bost participated in a long-planned visit to Scott Air Force Base where he reviewed operations of the 932nd Airlift Wing. Later that weekend and on his own personal time, Congressman Bost recorded a lighthearted video at the request of family friends who were working to raise money for charity. While doing so in no way interfered with his congressional duties, we’re aware that some folks will never let facts get in the way of a good story.
Crisis Creatin’ Rauner released a new video today called ‘Get Educated,’ highlighting the fact that Bruce Rauner doesn’t know what’s in his own education funding plan, let alone how to pass it.
Over the past few weeks, Bruce Rauner and his team of “superstars” have stumbled over basic questions about his school funding plan. Rauner could not answer simple questions about where the numbers in his plan came from and did not know the basic legislative process needed to pass it. As Rauner would say: outrageous.
“Bruce Rauner and his team of ’superstars’ need to get educated on their own school funding plan and the basic legislative process needed to pass it,” said Pritzker campaign spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh. “It’s outrageous that funding for schoolchildren across the state is being held hostage to this incompetent administration and this failed governor’s radical agenda.”
Ameya Pawar, 47th Ward Alderman and Democratic candidate for Illinois governor, today released a new digital spot, “Stop the Violence.” The video, part of the One Illinois video series, features Pawar’s participation in Danville’s Three Kings of Peace March.
“It makes me feel good when I see people organizing for their communities when the cameras aren’t here, when the media isn’t here. They’re just doing their work. They are marching in the street, bringing community together, praying together, all in the hopes of stopping violent activity, showing that there’s a different path,” explains Pawar.
The Three Kings of Peace are a group of Danville pastors dedicated to promoting peace amidst a surge of gang violence. They hold regular marches, organize school activities, and provide training on keeping teens out of trouble.
“I talk about race and class, and about how we’re all one state, and that we’re neighbors. You can see that in the march today. You have communities in Danville that have been hard hit by violence and poverty. That’s the same thing that’s happening on the south and west sides of Chicago, and in other parts of the state like East St. Louis.
“So, when are we going to start talking about poverty, and helping people? Moving beyond dividing the state, and actually bringing people together, transcending race and class?”
As part of his plan to visit all 102 Illinois counties—not just the urban centers—to listen to Republicans, Democrats and independents, Pawar has traveled more than 8,000 miles over the last 8 months and visited more than 60 counties.
