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Today at our DNC winter meeting, I had some sentiments I needed to share about this #FakeTrumpEmergency. And I want to share some of my thoughts with all of you.
Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Thursday. You want to know where there’s a national emergency? We have a national emergency of gun violence. We have a national emergency on climate. We have a national emergency on voter suppression.
There’s a national emergency on health care. If you can’t afford your insulin, that’s a family emergency, a community emergency, and a national emergency.
400 years after the arrival of slavery, we still have a national emergency — even after Charlottesville, we still have a president who can’t call racism racism. America has 5% of the world’s population and 25% of the prison population. That’s a national emergency.
Too many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. That’s a national emergency.
Americans are carrying *1.5 trillion dollars* in student debt. That’s a national emergency.
Americans are carrying *1.5 trillion dollars* in student debt. That’s a national emergency.
And frankly, we’re facing a national emergency when it comes to our values — I don’t understand how “compassion” became a four-letter word. “Immigrants” became a four-letter word. “Inclusion” became a 4-letter word. “Muslim” became a 4-letter word.
This is a moral reckoning as much as anything. My faith teaches me that that which we do unto the least of us, we do unto all of us. That’s a universal value — but it’s a universal value that’s on the chopping block.
The national emergency is coming from inside the White House. And where is Donald Trump? He’s in Palm Beach working on his backswing.
