This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: HEALING THE SOUL OF AMERICA
Only one party has a specific plan for healing and uniting Americans after the last four tumultuous, chaotic, frightening years-the other party caused them 1/11
#Democrats believe in bringing the American people together, not stoking division and distrust. 2/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Healing #AmericaUnited
President Trump has denigrated virtually every segment of American society—and in so doing, he has insulted the very idea of America itself. 3/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Healing #AmericaUnited
Healing the soul of America means facing up to the deepest inequities in our society, from structural racism to misogyny to discrimination against people with disabilities, and enacting ambitious measures to fix them.4/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Healing #AmericaUnited
#Democrats are committed to ending discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, language, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status. 5/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Healing #AmericaUnited
#Democrats will appoint U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges who look like America, are committed to the rule of law, will uphold individual civil rights and civil liberties as essential components of a free and democratic society, 6/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Judiciary
And #Democrats will appoint judges and justices who will respect and enforce foundational precedents, including Brown v. Board of Education a​ nd​ Roe v. Wade.​ 7/11 #DemPartyPlatform #SCOTUS #Judiciary
#Democrats are committed to restoring the full power of the #VotingRightsAct and ensuring every citizen can access the ballot box. 8/11 #DemPartyPlatform #ProtectOurVote
#Democrats will enforce and strengthen the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and will end racial and religious profiling in law enforcement.9/11 #DemPartyPlatform #HateCrimes #LawEnforcementReform
President Trump’s words and actions have given safe harbor and encouragement to racists, anti-Semites, anti-Muslim bigots, and white supremacists.10/11 #DemPartyPlatform #HateSpeech #DomesticTerrorism
It’s time to root out domestic terrorism in all forms.Dems will use fed law enforcement tools &resources to address domestic terrorism &if necessary work w/Congress to pass a domestic terrorism law that is consistent w/the Constitutional right to free speech &civil liberties .11

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