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1/ Who's Right About "freedom": Republicans or Americans? Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann
A spokesman for Donald Trump's campaign said-- on CNN this morning-- that they don't require people to wear masks at Trump rallies and events because "freedom--"
@Thom_Hartmann 2/ Republicans have a bizarre notion of what that word means--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann

As President Franklin D. Roosevelt [#FDR] pointed out in 1933-- "a necessitous men is not a free man--"Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann
@Thom_Hartmann 3/ If you're hooked up to a ventilator and can't breathe-- you're not free--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann

If you're sick and can't afford to pay for healthcare-- You're not free--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann
@Thom_Hartmann 4/ If you're hungry and can't buy food for your family-- you're not free--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann

If your landlord has thrown you out in the street because you can't pay your rent-- you're not free--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann
@Thom_Hartmann 5/ If you're afraid to hang out with your own family because you don't want to die from coronavirus and your government is refusing to do comprehensive testing and contact tracing-- you're not free--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann
@Thom_Hartmann 6/ The majority of Americans-- polls show-- want to join the truly free advanced democracies of the world--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann...
@Thom_Hartmann 7/ ...

They[Republicans] want a national healthcare program so that nobody will ever go bankrupt because they got sick--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann...
@Thom_Hartmann 8/ ... They[Republicans] want free education through college and quality primary schools so every young person's full potential can be developed for the benefit of all--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann...
@Thom_Hartmann 9/ ... They[Republicans] want food and housing to be rights-- not privileges-- as Franklin Roosevelt proposed back in 1944--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann...
@Thom_Hartmann 10/ ...

Right wing billionaires have hijacked the word "freedom" over the last few decades--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann...
@Thom_Hartmann 11/ ...

They[Republicans] [have]'ve told us that "freedom" means the right to die in debt-- to remain uneducated-- and to be hungry and homeless--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann...
@Thom_Hartmann 12/ ... They[Republicans] argue that "freedom" means the right of a small number of rich people to suck up all the assets and resources of society-- leaving almost nothing for the working class--Per bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann...
@Thom_Hartmann 13/ ... They[Republicans] say that the real meaning of "freedom" is more tax cuts for billionaires and more poison and pollution from industry--

It's time to take the word freedom back--

-ThomPer bit.ly/2B7Rxr0
By @Thom_Hartmann
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1/ Trump is not 'kidding--he's lying -- Per cnn.it/3i024p0 By Frida Ghitis @FridaGhitis via @CNNPolitics -- 2020Testing -- as CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta @drsanjaygupta explained in response to the lies in an op-ed by Vice President Mike Pence...
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