The Infrastructure Bill invested in America’s decaying highways, bridges broadband, ports and other critical infrastructure.
Lee voted against it.
The Safer Communities Act will make it harder for the dangerously mentally ill to get firearms but doesn’t ban any types of guns or inhibit the Second Amendment rights of any law abiding citizen.
Lee voted against it.
The CHIPs act will bring the manufacturing of microchips, essential in almost everything we buy, including cars, back to America, which can eventually lower costs and simplify supply chains.
Lee voted against it.
Here’s the thing. Most of the 50 current Republican U.S. Senators voted for at least one of these bills.
Only 21 of them voted against all three major bipartisan pieces of legislation. This includes Mike Lee along with Ron Johnson, Tim Scott and Marco Rubio.
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Is it possible for the parent of a biracial child to be racist?
Well, George Wallace had one. As did quite a number of outspoken segregationists. It was relatively commonplace.
Also, is it possible for someone to say things that are racially inflammatory simply for the purpose of getting elected even if they weren’t anywhere as racist as people thought they were?
Yes. George Wallace pandered to racists but wasn’t a huge one in private.
For as long as America has existed there have been people who have, for various reasons, compartmentalized their complex feelings on race.
Even if an immigrant crossed the border right now and were allowed to apply for citizenship (which wouldn't happen), they'd need to do the following things to become citizens so that they could vote:
- Be a permanent resident (have a green card) for 5 years.
- Be able to read, write and speak English.
- Have a basic understanding of US history and civics.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the US Constitution.
You have to do this to become a Naturalized Citizen.
You have to be a Citizen to vote in any federal election and most others
A person who agrees with you only 70% of the time, including on core issues of morality, is not your adversary. In fact, when you find someone who agrees with you 70% of the time, you should probably buy them a beer.
We need broad coalitions of good people. Not clones.
And here’s something that a lot of politicians and their extended food chain don’t want us to know.
Even among people who aren’t on our so-called “team,” whatever that is, even the rest of us agree on more than we think we do. We’re not different species.
If we could get away from the parties, tribes and labels and just talk about what we want, a lot of the stuff we want is similar or the same.
Want your kids to get a good education? Yeah, so does everybody.
A 2014 survey showed that only 36% of Americans could name all three branches of Government. And 35% couldn’t name even one of the three branches.
As of a couple of years ago, only 37% of Americans could name their own Congressman.
A 2018 Johns Hopkins survey showed that a third of Americans didn’t know who their own Governor was.
Less than half of Americans know that every state has two U.S. Senators.
Only 23% of millennials could name their state’s Senators.
In 2020, 81 million Americans voted for Joe Biden and 74 million Americans voted for Donald Trump. But a larger number of American citizens who couldn’t vote didn’t vote - about 80 million - than voted for Trump.