In December of 2017, my family and I made our 1st political donation of our lives. You can see AOC thanking us in this picture. Our Twitter handle was ELSandFamily back then in the name of Sammy. Today, our handle is @DWCompassion.
I’ve been following AOC since Hurricane Maria. She only had 2000 followers at that time. Her tweets had such an authentic tone to them. I’m not surprised she has 8 million followers now. AOC lost her grandfather during the Hurricane as some of you know. She was extremely vocal about the pain the island was experiencing.
Every Tuesday night AOC would throw fundraisers for 1 to 5 dollars. A pure grass roots organizer. We gave her 50 bucks. That was a lot of money back then. Still is to be honest.
Whether you like her politics or not, AOC proved the American dream is still alive, well and for the taking. She’s a future POTUS in my opinion.
I’d like credit Sammy for this nice piece of history. ELS stands for Everybody Loves Sammy as you know.