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October 16, 2019

Tarana Burke Launches #MeTooVoter Campaign Ahead of 2020
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Tarana Burke, the founder of the #Me Too campaign, is launching a new
effort to mobilize 2020 voters. The new campaign's hashtag is #Me Too
Voter, aiming to pressure candidates to speak about sexual violence and
harassment on the campaign trail. On Tuesday, Burke said, "You can't
have 12 million people respond to a hashtag in this country and they not
be constituents, taxpayers, and voters. We need these candidates to see
us as a power base. So many people engage with survivors from a place of
pity."


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