2020 Democratic Primary Thread: Focus on House & Senate races

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tru_m.a.c said:
Voters who hate Hillary but like Obama confuse the fukk out of me
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While they are relatively the same in many issues Obama isn't nearly as corrupt as Hillary/Bill are. He seemed to be smart enough to wait and know the $ will come eventually and he can do it legally and you see he's cakng now.
Plus, being Black in America come on he's just an impressive likable person. I fell for his shyt hard. He just seems like a great guy. And more than anything he did the IMPOSSIBLE. We all know it, before him no one thought a Black dude could be president and he did the shyt. Give him his he is impressive and I do think he means well but uh step aside your shyt did not work.
 
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/22/stacey-abrams-talks-cap/

Stacey Abrams shows why she’s the most popular progressive not in the race

Stacey Abrams is the most popular progressive not in the presidential race. As she noted Wednesday morning at the Center for American Progress 2019 Ideas Conference in a speech focused on voter suppression, the answer to efforts to limit voting “is not … having everyone in America run for president — but that is also not an announcement.” It might, however, be letting Abrams set the agenda and challenge presidential candidates on voting rights.

Abrams gave a version of what would be a stump speech if she were in fact running. Recapping the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race, she cited her ability to turnout both African Americans and whites. “In 2018, I accomplished something no one has accomplished since Bill Clinton: I increased the white share of Democratic votes in the state of Georgia." She argued that by appealing to minority voters, she also juiced up the white vote for Democrats. She clearly acknowledged that Republican Brian Kemp is the “legal” elected governor but refused to endorse what she calls “one of the best voter-suppression systems in the country.” She detailed what is now a familiar litany of efforts to limit the ability of nonwhites to vote. Her state is afflicted with registration suppression, access suppression and counting problems (or, she wise-cracked, “which I like to refer to as Florida”). Abrams’s speech set down a marker for the candidates: Every candidate should talk every day about voter suppression.

The more interesting and controversial portion of her remarks focused on identity politics. Coming at a time when South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg recently criticized identity politics, her comments took on extra weight. She said “identity politics” is now “a dog whistle” used by people who do not want to see communities of color. In her nomenclature, identity politics is simply about seeing and understanding specific groups that have unique needs. Without that, there is a lack of trust between these communities and politicians, she explained, and without trust, "they have no reason to engage and no reason to show up.” Though not criticizing any presidential candidate, her emphasis on bringing in new talent and having candidates who look like the communities they represent could be seen as implicitly rebuking the old guard of white, male candidates.

Her speech was remarkable on several counts. First, she is a powerful presence in the room. Her intensity, focus and wit allow her to transfix a room, even without natural applause lines. Second, she is one of the few Democrats who can convince people of the connection between a system in which it’s considered a problem “when too many people can use democracy” and the negative outcomes that harm these voters, including failure to extend Medicaid, abortion bans and education funding. Unless marginalized voters can vote easily, the policy outcomes simply won’t change. Third, she dissects better than any politician the systemic problem of voter suppression which long predates President Trump. A system in which voting is not a burden especially for working people (Abrams noted that if you make Georgia’s minimum wage, $5.15 an hour, you cannot afford to take a half-day off from work to stand in a voting line for four hours) will not produce outcomes like the 2016 presidential race. It is not a coincidence that midterms with the historic turnout produced a Democratic takeover of the House and the most diverse House of Representatives ever.

Abrams’s message is simple but compelling: An electorate that looks like the United States will produce progressive outcomes.
 
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King Kreole said:

Very solid answer from Bern :salute:

I don't think any other candidate has said anything about this yet :francis:
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I’ve been back and forth on this. The issue about the facts Bernie stated is that the former president wouldn’t let anyone verify his numbers.

they are all self reported numbers without even letting in polling organizations that have socialist leanings to verify them

that’s why u don’t see other countries with the same model really going hard about him being ousted. If you don’t even allow your true allies to verify what you’re doing, you’re most likely lying
 
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