Turns out when your political party uses the power of the state to reduce poverty and expand the right of the most marginalized, more people like your political party.
"There's a lot of important things that we all have to be on the same page about, there are still over 20 states that have not voted in the primary in the presidential primary" @lsarsour#OnceAgain
"We are going to continue to cast our vote for @BernieSanders because our vote for Bernie during the presidential primary is a vote for our issues... and it's a message that that our voices will be heard, and that our communities still matter" @lsarsour#Onceagain
Larry Cohen explains the importance of getting to 25% of the delegates on the @onceagainpac launch call #OnceAgain
.@BernieSanders ON FIRE on the Senate floor: "And now I find that some of my Republican colleagues are very distressed they're very upset that somebody is making $10-$12 bucks an hour might end up with a paycheck for four months more than they received last week...
Oh my God. The universe is collapsing. Imagine that"
"but some of my Republican friends still have not given up on the need to punish the poor and working people, you haven't raised the min wage in 10 years. min wage should be at least 15 bucks an hour, you haven't done that, you've cut program after program after program...
.@AOC "And it's actually a fascinating progressive moment, because what it's shown is that all of these issues have never been about how are you going to pay for it. It's never been about whether we have the capacity to do these things or if the logistics have worked out...
...All of these excuses that we have been given as to why we cannot treat people humanely have suddenly gone up in smoke. And what has been revealed is that all of these issues were really about a lack of political will and who you deemed worthy to be in an emergency or not...
...Because to me in New York city, the highest rates of homelessness since the great depression has been in emergency for a very long time, and we have had to have been pushing for housing as a human right for a very long time...
#DearBernie "My name is Lauren and I’m an 18 year old believer in grassroots change to revitalize our democracy to humanity and stand up to the absurdity of our dehumanized political climate. More specifically, I am a believer in you. The day that Donald Trump was elected was....
... one of the most devastating and terrifying days of my life as a young woman in America. I vividly recall crying of shock that morning, “How could this be? How could a bully become our president?” Since then, for the past three years, I’ve felt more marginalized...
... and minimized as a woman than ever. I’ve felt silenced. I’ve felt belittled. But most of all, I’ve felt inspired to restore and revolutionize democracy in our nation. You have provided a platform for inspired folks - young or old, black or white, gay or straight, male or...
.@BernieSanders on #CNNTownHall: "To be for the Israeli people and to be for peace in the Middle East does not mean that we have to support right wing racist governments that currently exist in Israel...
@BernieSanders ...And let me tell you this also, and I feel strongly about it, as somebody who's Jewish, and knowing how much our people have suffered over the years...
...Take a look at what's going on in Gaza right now. You got youth unemployment 70%, you know people can't even leave the area...