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Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸

@AndrewYang

Jun 28

I was a Democrat for 25+ years. I left the party when I realized that the two-party system was breaking down and needed replacement - and if left unchecked would lead us to dysfunction, disintegration and/or Civil War. I sense that others are coming to the same realization.

People will say “the two parties are different!” Of course they are. But in this system no one will win - we will only grow more inflamed and frustrated as our quality of life declines. The numbers make it nearly impossible for either side to achieve a lasting governing majority.

But the parties do have a number of things in common: they are overrun by special interests. They detest true openness or accountability or competition. They gerrymander. They are largely financial operations with a political operation on the side. When they fail they fundraise.

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Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸

@AndrewYang

Jun 28

There are 25 states where we can switch to non-partisan open primaries and ranked choice voting via ballot initiative. Alaska made the change in ‘20. Nevada may follow this year. This is how we free ourselves to have our leaders answer to us rather than the extremes and insiders.

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is the only Republican Senator who is up for re-election this year who voted to impeach Trump. She is also pro-choice. She probably wouldn’t get through a Republican primary but in Alaska she can take her case straight to the general public.

Imagine if this were true of 10 - 20 more Senators who could then represent what most voters want rather than their party line. Could that make the difference between democracy living or dying? Yes. It’s the best real path forward.

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Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸

@AndrewYang

Jun 28

Dems are spending millions boosting more extreme and ‘beatable’ candidates in Republican primaries around the country. How much do you want to bet this backfires in some cases? They thought the same thing about Trump. It’s the perversion of the two-party system in action.

Tuesday’s races feature four races in which Democratic candidates or groups are seeking to influence Republican primary voters, including a more-than-$30-million effort in the Illinois governor’s race. politico.com/news/2022/06/2…

If one of the more extreme candidates wins Democrats will then ask “How did this happen?” when anyone could have told them that they were playing with fire. The losers will be the public.

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Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸

@AndrewYang

Jun 26

If the Democrats had spent as much energy on protecting and preserving or codifying Roe v. Wade as they have in asking for money over the last 48 hours we wouldn’t be facing this situation.

They’ve had years to do something - and it’s primarily poor women in red states who will pay the price. andrewyang.com/blog/roe-v-wade

Now Democrats’ recourse is limited to hoping they gain 2 or 12 Senate seats (unlikely) AND hold the House (highly unlikely) in November to codify Roe. There’s a higher chance of some bipartisan Collins-led compromise.

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