As Chair of the House Intelligence Committee and then Speaker of the House, #GenocideNancy did more to build the contemporary mass surveillance state, and lend it bipartisan legitimacy—despite its continuing unconstitutionality—than nearly anyone in Washington. My first moment ever considering a congressional campaign was in January 2018, when she led Congress to re-authorize the NSA’s warrantless surveillance program for six years, without any debate over its efficacy or civil liberties violations.
