Jason Kander Quotes
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I've stood in rooms in urban, rural, and suburban parts of my state and asked a room of middle class voters to raise their hands if the college debt of someone in their family is affecting their financial situation. Without exception, at least three quarters of the room will raise their hand.
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I am a person who cares deeply about what is happening in the country, and for me, in most ways since getting out of the service, at least, politics has been the way in which I see myself best serving and trying to make things better.
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Unions continue to be important for raising the standard of living for working Americans, whether or not they happen to be in a union.
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To improve the standard of living for working folks, we have to raise the minimum wage and empower workers to fight for their interests in an economic and political system that's stacked against them.
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When Democrats concede the idea that some voters are not our voters, we shouldn't be surprised when those voters agree.
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As the state's chief elections officer, it is my job to make sure that only eligible voters vote, but also that every eligible voter has the opportunity to vote.
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Americans want to be represented by the best candidate, not the one with the richest friends.
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A lot of states that pass voter ID laws have little to no evidence of in-person voter impersonation fraud, which is the only kind of fraud that voter ID laws could guard against.
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When one donor can account for more than 70 percent of a candidate's money, there's obviously something wrong with the system.
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What we believe is that health care should be a right in this country; I happen to believe that means that we should be for single-payer.
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The men and women of the American military have the courage to follow orders. They deserve a commander-in-chief with the courage to give them.
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Anyone can be something. Leaders want to do something.
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In order to change Washington, we're going to have to change the people that we send there.
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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has been an adviser to Trump, although he still very publicly couldn't land a job in the president's Cabinet, despite providing that counsel. And Kobach has a long history of making up facts to help him pass unfair voter suppression laws and push extreme anti-immigrant proposals.
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Not everyone who goes to Washington becomes Washington.
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A lot of millennials really want a company that signs their paycheck, or whoever it is that signs their paycheck, to be an entity that reflects to them in a way that is consistent with their personal idea of who they are.
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The option to recall elected officials is an important one. Our representatives should always be mindful that they answer to their constituents, and if they act in malfeasance, their job may be on the line. But using the recall as a way to reverse the results of an election, or to hold a snap election, is simply undemocratic.
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I realize there are a lot of folks in my political party who disagree with me on this, but I think the Patriot Act is an important law enforcement tool, and it makes our country safer.
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As a former Captain in the Army National Guard, I trained hundreds of soldiers to lead troops into combat.
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In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights.
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In the Army, I learned how to use and respect my rifle.
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I'll be working every day to help elect voting rights champions in Missouri and around the country.
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Doing things right in politics is no different than doing things right in life: Tell the truth, be yourself.
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I think that it's a good thing that you want to be part of making the world a better place, including between nine and five.