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
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
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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This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Achieving Racial Justice and Equity/Only one party has a specific plan for healing the wounds of systemic institutional racism & the legacy of slavery and for achieving equity-the other party denies they still hurt 1/12
Historic wrongs & abuses against Native Americans, 2 1/2 centuries of slavery, a 100 yrs of Jim Crow & a history of exclusionary immigration policies have created profound & lasting inequities in income,wealth,education,employment, housing,environment & health care for #POC 2/12
#Democrats are committed to standing up to racism and bigotry in our laws, in our culture, in our politics, and in our society, and recognize that race-neutral policies are not sufficient to rectify race-based disparities. 3/12 #DemPartyPlatform#racialjustice#WealthGap
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This part is called: Investing in Health Science and Research/Dems have a specific plan for ensuring our scientific agencies &partners have the funding &support they need/the other has been openly hostile to science &medical expertise 1/11
Scientific research is at the heart of medicine—and of health care. #Democrats want the United States to be at the forefront of scientific research and discovery for the benefit of our people, our economy, and our global competitiveness. 2/11 #DemPartyPlatform#ScienceMatters
#Democrats will support increased &sustainable funding for health &medical research &federal grants across agencies, including at the National Cancer Institute &other components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),the CDC &the Agency for Health Care Research &Quality. 3/11
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Strengthening and Supporting the Health Care Workforce
Only one party has a specific plan for ensuring the safety of our brave healthcare workers & first responders the other party has no plan at all 1/11
The #COVID19 pandemic has made plain to people across the country that our health care workers are heroes. 2/11 (cartoon by Mike Luckovich) #DemPartyPlatform#HealthcareHeroes
Our doctors and nurses,our home health aides & physician’s assistants,our public health professionals,our home care workers and nursing home workers, and our cleaners and service workers have shown up to work every day despite dire shortages of personal protective equipment. 3/11
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Protecting LGBTQ+ Health
Only one party has a specific plan for ensuring that LGBTQ+ Americans will have access to high quality, affordable healthcare with protection against bias and discrimination .. 1/10
#Democrats condemn the dangerous and unethical regulations allowing doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies to discriminate against patients based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. 3/10 #DemPartyPlatform#healthcare#LGBTQ
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Securing Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
Only one party has a specific plan for ensuring EVERY American will be able to have high quality, affordable healthcare, family planning and reproductive healthcare 1/13
#Democrats believe unequivocally, like the majority of Americans, that every woman should be able to access high-quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion. 3/13 #DemPartyPlatform#ReproductiveRights#healthcare
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Protecting Native American Health & Protecting and Promoting Maternal Health
Only one party has a specific plan for ensuring EVERY American will be able to have high quality, affordable healthcare options.1/15
Native American tribes have for too long been forced to cope with insufficient access to health care and mental health services, nutrition services, and modern infrastructure. 2/12 #DemPartyPlatform#healthcare#Dreamcatcher