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Ayanna Pressley

Ayanna Pressley is an advocate, a policy-maker, an activist, and a survivor. On November 6, 2018, Ayanna was elected to represent Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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  Representative Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
April 28, 2026 at 2:39 AM

You're Invited: Dorchester Coffee with the Congresswoman (Sat. May 2)

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  Representative Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
April 17, 2026 at 11:16 PM

Our Haiti TPS Extension Passes the House

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  Representative Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
April 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM

Recap: Our Time in Community Last Week

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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
March 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM

Let’s send a powerful message from Washington

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Team, Tonight, our campaign will close our books on our fundraising numbers for the last three months. And in a few weeks, those numbers will go public according to requirements by the Federal Election Commission. What matters …
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  The A-Team · [email protected]
March 30, 2026 at 9:32 PM

Ayanna just defied Mike Johnson:

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress It can be hard to advance legislation when you’re in the minority party, but Rep. Pressley found a way. Here’s what just happened: This administration has been hellbent on attacking immigrants through any and all means — includ…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
March 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM

About TSA and Project 2025

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress I want to talk about what’s been playing out at our airports and how it’s all connected to Project 2025. Because Democrats are fighting to rein in Trump’s rogue ICE agency and refuse to send them MORE money until we can get them …
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
March 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM

Surprise! Elon Musk is meddling in our elections

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress I’ll get right to it — billionaires are trying to buy elections, including right here in Massachusetts. Special interest groups are spending more and more in our elections each cycle. They’ve made it clear that silencing pr…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
March 19, 2026 at 5:58 PM

Donald Trump is waging an endless war in Iran with no regard for human life

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress For the past few weeks, we’ve witnessed horrors in the Middle East as Donald Trump wages an endless war in Iran with no regard for human life. Little girls are being killed by U.S. bombs raining down on their schools. Parents are…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
March 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM

What’s happening in Burlington is inhumane.

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Last week I paid a visit to the ICE Field Office in Burlington, MA to conduct some real-time oversight. This ‘Field Office’ is detaining people for days at a time in an office building designed to process people for no more than …
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
March 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM

Emmanuel Damas died in ICE custody

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress My constituent Emmanuel Damas died in ICE custody last week. He was a 56-year-old Haitian asylum-seeker and Massachusetts community member who was being held at the Florence detention center in Arizona. In February, Emmanuel to…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
March 10, 2026 at 10:02 PM

I’m not sorry

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Have you seen this headline? [ [link removed] ]Squad member slammed for 'unhinged' take comparing ICE to White supremacist group. - Fox News FOX News is coming after me for comparing ICE to the KKK… but wh…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
March 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM

To women everywhere:

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress International Women's Day was yesterday — but I believe great women are worth celebrating a little longer. This year, I’m thinking about the women whose labor goes unrecognized. Women unjustly detained or incarcerated, separ…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
March 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM

Iran

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Last weekend, Donald Trump illegally started a war with Iran. It has already killed more than 160 children, and its impacts have spread across the Middle East. Regardless of the congressional procedures he did or did not follow to …
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  Representative Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
March 3, 2026 at 10:12 PM

Investing in Our Community: Applications Open

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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
March 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM

I’m on the ground in Texas

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress I’m here in Texas to get out the vote for Jasmine Crockett in today’s Senate primary. The energy on the ground is real, y’all. I have felt so encouraged by the people I’ve spoken with, from local diners, to canvass kickoffs, an…
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  Representative Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 28, 2026 at 12:50 AM

Investing in Our Community: Applications Open

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  Jasmine Crockett · [email protected]
February 27, 2026 at 2:10 PM

They’re flooding Texas with dark money

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Friend, it’s Jasmine Crockett. In just four days, Texas decides the future of our race — and right now, a Super PAC is trying to buy this out from under us. [ [link removed] ]I’m asking you directly: will you split a donation b…
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  Ilhan Omar · [email protected]
February 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM

My exchange with the President last night →

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress [ [link removed] ]Ilhan Omar telling Trump 'You have killed Americans' Friend, it's Ilhan Omar. I got into it with the President last night. I’m not going to stay silent while the most powerful man lies about my community and s…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 25, 2026 at 1:32 AM

I don’t need to watch to know what Trump is going to say

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Trump will be delivering the State of the Union soon and I won’t be there. Because we already know exactly what he’ll say. Tonight, the occupant of the White House will try to justify his terror campaign to separate families…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 24, 2026 at 10:03 PM

I’m boycotting the State of the Union

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress I cannot in good conscience attend tonight’s State of the Union, and I want to tell you why. The state of our nation is traumatizing our children. The heartless occupant of the White House has launched a terror campaign target…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 24, 2026 at 12:02 AM

Anti-Blackness on steroids

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress This Black History Month, let's call a thing a thing. When Republicans and Trump attack DEI, wokeness, critical race theory, or “BLM” — what they really mean is Black. Instead of calling it what it is, they co-opt terms for pro…
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  The A-Team · [email protected]
February 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM

What Ayanna’s been up to

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Team, We’re in an unprecedented moment for our democracy as our communities weather a targeted assault by the current occupant of the White House. The good news? Ayanna has been pushing back every step of the way to limit the h…
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  Representative Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM

You’re Invited: Black History Month Story Hour with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 20, 2026 at 7:02 PM

What we’re up against

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Friend, we need leaders who are ready to serve the people and hold the line against special interests in Congress. The current occupant of the White House is trying to rig the midterm elections by silencing Black and brown voices…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM

What the numbers tell us

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Even though Trump tried to hide the facts of his abysmal economy by firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, the numbers paint a very alarming picture. Under his leadership, the country experienced almost 0% job growth…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM

Jeffrey Epstein can rot in hell, and Ghislaine Maxwell can follow suit.

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Content warning: This message references sexual assault and violence. This week, I stood beside survivors of Epstein’s abuse on the Capitol steps, calling out Trump and the DOJ’s callous disregard for survivors in the Epstein files r…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM

My love language

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Happy Valentine's Day. Today I hope you take a moment to love on your self, your community, your chosen family and your village. Our movement is rooted in love. And I know we will continue to find moments of love and joy in our…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM

He just doesn’t give a damn about working families

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Unleashing rogue, masked agencies to kill our neighbors in the street. Ripping families apart. Imposing tariffs that drive up the cost of essential baby products. Dismantling federal agencies that protect our hard-earned dollars. Erodi…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM

Abolish ICE

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress +----------------------------------------------------------------+ |The Trump administration has made it clear that Minnesota is | |just the beginning. They're headed to Ohio next, and they won’t | |stop there. [ [link r…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM

re: The conversation around “abolish ICE”

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress I want to talk about the calls to abolish ICE. Some of us ran for Congress on a platform of abolishing ICE in 2018. We were maligned, called “radical” and “fringe” — but really, I was just the canary in the coal mine. Dev…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
February 4, 2026 at 12:12 AM

Bearing witness in Minnesota

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Last week, my sister-in-service Ilhan Omar invited me to Minnesota. I went to bear witness, to listen, and to help people process their grief and their trauma. I visited the sacred space where Alex Pretti was executed in broad da…
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  Team Ilhan · [email protected]
January 29, 2026 at 10:02 PM

Ilhan was attacked at a town hall Tuesday night

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Friend — Ilhan was attacked at a town hall in Minneapolis Tuesday night. We hosted a town hall to discuss ICE’s ongoing, violent occupation of our city. As Ilhan was giving her remarks, a man rushed up to her and squirted her wit…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
January 28, 2026 at 8:20 PM

ICE must be held accountable

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress In a deeply harrowing decision handed down by Trump's Justice Department, it was recently announced that there will be no civil rights investigation into Alex Pretti’s murder.  This is unacceptable.  What we are dealing with is…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
January 27, 2026 at 10:02 PM

Tell the Senate: Vote NO on more funding for ICE

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Friend, Alex Pretti was a beloved son. Renee Good was a compassionate community member and mother. Keith Porter was a proud and cherished girl dad. Masked ICE agents are killing people in the street for exercising their constit…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
January 26, 2026 at 11:58 PM

There is no reforming ICE

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Content warning: This message references violence. We are in a horrific deja vu. On Saturday masked ICE agents executed 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti in the street for simply bearing witness to their cruelty. For giving a damn ab…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
January 22, 2026 at 11:52 PM

We need to impeach Kristi Noem

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress On January 7, ICE agents brutally murdered Renee Good, a mother and poet, in broad daylight. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responded to this senseless act of violence, claiming that the agent shot in self-defense — a bold…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
January 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM

Abolish ICE

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Rogue, masked federal agents are violating people’s civil rights. They are terrorizing our communities in the name of so-called ‘law and order.’ They are abducting children from their classrooms. They are deporting families without due…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
January 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM

Accountability means nothing to these hypocrites.

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress It’s been a heavy week. To the family and loved ones of Renee Good — and everyone in Minnesota who is reeling from the violence of the escalating ICE presence in their community — my heart is with you. I want to take a beat for a…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
January 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM

This bill is for Renee Good

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress ICE agents are terrorizing communities across America. They are ravaging our communities, brutalizing families, and killing our neighbors on the street in cold blood. We’ve all seen the videos of ICE shooting and killing Renee…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
January 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM

The Trump Administration is attacking me for saying that ICE should be abolished

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress [1]57 Times Sick, Unhinged Democrats Declared War on Law Enforcement [2]Rep. Ayanna Pressley called ICE “a rogue, violent agency that “has no business in our communities” and “must be abolished,” and accused ICE of “terrorizing our…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM

ICE

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress ICE is a rogue, violent agency that moves with reckless disregard for human life and due process, and it has no business in our communities. Yesterday Renee Nicole Good was shot multiple times and murdered in broad daylight by an…
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  Representative Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
January 1, 2026 at 4:13 AM

What We've Accomplished Together in 2025

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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM

As we prepare to face 2026

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Happy New Year’s Eve, movement family. As we prepare to face 2026, I’m grateful that you and the entire A-Team are at my side. And I appreciate all the ways you’ve helped grow our movement. Thank you for being a …
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  A-Team · [email protected]
December 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Ayanna is grateful for you

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress This isn’t typical, team. Usually, Congressional candidates rely on contributions from special interests. But not Ayanna. She doesn’t take any money from corporate PACs. She isn’t beholden to anybody but the people she repr…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
December 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM

To: you From: The Pressley-Harris family

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress [1]Photo of AP, Conan, and Cora Happy Holidays from our family to yours. This year has asked many of us to carry grief and uncertainty. But alongside it all, we hold space for radical joy and hope. …
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
December 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM

I released a first-of-its-kind report last week

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Movement family, I’m all too aware that this holiday season, many families are coming together with an empty seat at the table, missing someone who is behind a wall. As a result of our country’s mass incarceration crisis, 5…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
December 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM

Re: Jasmine Crockett

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Movement family, She is a relentless fighter. A brilliant legal mind. Exactly the kind of authentic, bold, effective leader this moment demands, the people deserve, and the Senate needs. She is my sister in service …
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM

What the Department of “Justice” decided

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress This is not transparency. [ Fully ]Fully redacted document in the Epstein files release Over a month ago, Congress voted decisively: the Epstein files must be released. Releasing the Epstein files is a critical a…
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  Ayanna Pressley · [email protected]
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM

Glorified bullies masquerading as public servants.

[ [link removed]- ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Movement family, The cruel wannabe dictator who occupies the Oval Office has launched a terror campaign against our immigrant neighbors. And his cruelty is making all of us less safe. At the direction of the Trump White …
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  Jasmine Crockett · [email protected]
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM

It’s official: I’m running for Senate.

[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress Y’all, it’s Jasmine. I’m reaching out with big news, and I wanted you to hear it from me first: I’m officially running for the United States Senate here in Texas. Let me be clear: With our current wannabe dictator in the White Hous…
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