X in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for #Xenial. Xenial means hospitable, esp. to visiting strangers and foreigners. Are you?
Bluebonnets are the state flower of TeXas.
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W in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for #WorkingFamilies. Families of whatever shape are like little societies. Not supporting them means not supporting our future.
Indian Paintbrush for Wyoming and Rhododendron for Washington and West VA.
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V in @RepJeffries@twitter.com ‘ #DemocraticABC stood for #votingrights. Voting rights are the essence of democracy. Is a state in which attempts to prevent some from voting meet other who can’t be bothered still a democracy?
Red clover for Vermont.
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U in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for #understanding. Trying to understand is a sign of acceptance and respect. But is understanding dependent on agreeing?
Sego lilies for Utah.
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T in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for #Triumph. Is triumph a place or is it the path?
Iris for Tennessee.

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S in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for #Substance. But how are we appreciating the substance of a matter if our attention span is shorter than a NY minute?
Yellow Yasmin for my host home state SC and Pasque Flower for SD.
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R in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for #Reason. As a pile of cells circling a pebble on a grain of dust in the eternity of space we need reason in so many ways. No?
Violets for Rhodes Island.
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Q in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for Quality of Life. It’s different from standard of living as it’s not solely focused on the bottom line. What a concept! What decides most your quality of life?
No states with q.
#art #illustration #politics #qualityoflife

P in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for #People. #Democracy is gov’ment of the people, by the people, for the people. Who makes up the people? Are companies really people?
Pennsylvania’s Mountain Laurel.
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O in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for #Opportunity. Opportunity is where luck meets the ability (money, time, space of mind, right kind of friends/acquaintances) to act on it. Creating O for all means to improve the ability side. Or do you disagree?
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N in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for #Normalcy. While I understand the sentiment, aren’t normalcy and diversity two antagonistic concepts?
Lilacs, yucca, sage, goldenrod, and dogwood colored outside the lines.
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M in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for Maturity. #Maturity shows in planning and consequential thinking. How much of it exists in today’s world in which everyone lacks time?
Maine’s White Pine cone & tassel.
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L in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for Liberty. It’s thanks to the fact that the English were once ruled by French Vikings that the same concept has two different words, both completely English today. Does this diversity limit your freedom?
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K in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #democraticABC stood for knowledge. Stop the spread of knowledge (facts) and you end democracy. Don’t you think there’s a connection?

Kansas’ sunflowers.

#art #illustration #democracy #knowledge #politics #bookbans

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K in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #democraticABC stood for knowledge. Stop the spread of knowledge (facts) and you end democracy. Don’t you think there’s a connection?

Kansas’ sunflowers.

#art #illustration #democracy #knowledge #politics #bookbans

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J in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for Justice. History is written by the winners, aka the powerful. We might say the same thing about justice. Your thoughts?

New Jersey’s Common Meadow Violets remind me of one of my fav Jersey natives @SRuhle@twitter.com
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J in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for Justice. History is written by the winners, aka the powerful. We might say the same thing about justice. Your thoughts?

New Jersey’s Common Meadow Violets remind me of one of my fav Jersey natives @SRuhle@twitter.com
#art #illustration #politics

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I in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for Inclusion. Inclusion needs to happen. That said I think diversity, equity, and equality create an area of conflict that inclusion needs to defuse to be advantageous to society.
Your thoughts?
#art #illustration #inclusion #politics

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I in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for Inclusion. Inclusion needs to happen. That said I think diversity, equity, and equality create an area of conflict that inclusion needs to defuse to be advantageous to society.
Your thoughts?
#art #illustration #inclusion #politics

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H in @RepJeffries@twitter.com’ #DemocraticABC stood for Hopefulness. I think hopefulness requires a vision of a better future, which requires the language, time, and space of mind to form it. Your thoughts?
Hibiscus for @maziehirono@twitter.com’s Hawaii.
#art #illustration #hopefulness #politics

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