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NowThis caught up with Rapper and Sanders supporter Killer Mike in the spin room following the democratic debate.
fruityfruityfruitloops-deactiva: I like Sanders' politics and history, but I worry that he won't be able to garner enough Congressional support to actually push through much legislation, especially seeing as how obstructionist Congress has become as of late. Do you think that he'll take the Obama route and just start writing Executive Orders for his biggest issues, or do you think he'll keep trying to work through a broken Congress?
I’ve met with him, and asked him exactly this question. He told me that he can’t do it on his own, and needs people to go to Washington and demand that Congress listen to them. His election would, in itself, send a loud and clear message to the entire political establishment in America: we’ve had enough of your bullshit, and we’re not going to stand for it any more.
It won’t be easy to get Congress on board, and it won’t be easy to get things done, but it’s going to be that way for any president who isn’t owned by the Koch brothers. So I believe we put a president in the white house who will fight for the people in America who can’t fight for themselves, because they don’t have lobbyists or millions of dollars to buy candidates, and then we help that president by staying involved and forcing change.
It isn’t going to be easy, and it may not even happen during one or two terms of that presidency, but I know that Bernie Sanders is the only candidate running now who can at least start to make the real changes we all hoped Obama would make.
Yes, I prefer Bernie Sanders. But if Hillary Clinton’s the nominee, I’m voting for her. I will be damned if I live in a country with a President Cruz or President Trump.
Important to remember. We must vote. If you choose not to vote because you prefer Bernie over Hilary or vice versa, then it essentially becomes a vote for the Republican party. Please vote.
The saying goes, “Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line.” That’s half the reason we had 8 years of George W. Bush. Don’t let apathy hand them another election.
** There are only SEVEN (7) states ** ** under unified Democratic Party control. ** “In what Democrats should take as a further bleak sign, four of the 11 states where they control both houses of the state legislature — Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Illinois — have a Republican governor. This leaves just seven states under unified Democratic Party control.” “Republicans have unified control of 25 states. Along with the usual set of tax cuts for high-income individuals and business-friendly regulations, the result has been: • An unprecedented wave of restrictions on abortion rights • The spread of union-hostile “right to work” laws into the Great Lakes states • New curbs on voting rights, to further tilt the electorate in a richer, whiter, older direction • Large-scale layoffs of teachers and other public sector workers who are likely to support Democrats” Democrats are in denial Matthew Yglesias October 19, 2015
I’ve been seeing a lot of conflict going around about the comparisons that are being made between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. Some people think the similarities are worth addressing, some people feel that comparing anyone to Hitler, even someone as unsavory as Trump, is in poor taste.
A few weeks ago, I had lunch with my grandfather. My grandpa is 87 years old (he’ll be 88 in November), and a Holocaust survivor. He lived through Nazi soldiers taking him and his family away, he lived through concentration camps, he lived through all the horrors that come to mind when you think of the Holocaust and far, far more. He is the last person to take casual comparisons to Hitler lightly.
My grandpa and I talked about Donald Trump over lunch that day, and he said something that genuinely scares me: he said that he does see the similarities between Trump and Hitler. He remembers Hitler’s rise to power firsthand, and he told me that its beginnings bear a striking resemblance to what’s going on with Trump right now.
People didn’t take him seriously enough. Yes, he had a lot of visibility, and there was certainly both public support for and considerable opposition against him, but no one really recognized just how dangerous he was. A lot of people took one look at his crazy ideas and blatant racism and assumed that there was no way he could actually get elected.
And then he did.
And no one could ever have predicted the horrors that would follow.
Am I saying that Donald Trump is equivalent to Hitler? No. Trump is a disgusting human being, but he has not committed mass genocide. But he needs to be taken seriously. Do not let it happen again. We cannot let someone like Trump into office.
Please, if you are able to vote, do so. Tell your friends and family to vote. Donald Trump potentially being in a position of power is a serious concern. Take this seriously. We all need to vote.
It doesn’t stop there though, you need to know how to vote and how each primary election type is different.
BLUE STATES: Anyone of any party affiliation can vote for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Primary.
RED STATES: Red states are closed primaries, meaning you MUST BE A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT. You need to be a Democrat if you want to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary.
PURPLE STATES: Are Caucuses and the party affiliation required differs by state.
GREEN STATES: Most Green states are mixed primaries, meaning INDEPENDENTS or NON-AFFILIATED voters and DEMOCRATS can vote for Bernie Sanders. You can not vote for Bernie Sanders as a registered REPUBLICAN, in one of the red states.
ONE MORE THING IN THE STATE HIGHLIGHTED BELOW YOU CAN VOTE FOR BERNIE SANDERS IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION IF YOU ARE 17 AND WILL BE 18.
EVERYONE REGISTER TO VOTE. WE CAN WIN THIS THING. WE WILL WIN THIS THING. BERNIE SANDERS 2016!
US Citizens
VOTE, REGISTER PLEASE I’M BEGGING YOU
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The facts that are very simple. Republicans win when there is a low voter turnout, and that is what happened last November.
Sixty-three percent of the American people didn’t vote, Anderson. Eighty percent of young people didn’t vote. We are bringing out huge turnouts, and creating excitement all over this country.
Democrats at the White House on down will win, when there is excitement and a large voter turnout, and that is what this campaign is doing.
“If you’re between the age of 18 and 25 and you want to scare the hell out of the people that run this country, this time around do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day and do what young people all around the world are dying to do. Vote.”
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