Jason Kander Quotes
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Since winning the election, Donald Trump has jump-started voter suppression efforts at the federal and state levels.
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I wasn't out there pretending I was a conservative Democrat. I'm somebody who has talked a lot about and has done the act of running as who you are.
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With limited shifts, low wages, and scarce benefits, it feels almost impossible for many Americans to get their slice of the pie.
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Voting in our country has never been easy, and unfortunately, it has never been guaranteed for everyone. But through the work of brave civil rights leaders, some of whom died for the cause, by the early 2000s we were at a point where most, but still not all, people who wanted to vote could do so.
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I could work with anybody. This is why we need more veterans in Congress.
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As Democrats, when we try to determine who or what allowed Donald Trump to become president, we should look in the mirror.
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To me, serving wasn't uncommon, and my service paled in comparison to so many of my friends who had done so much more. In my world - as a citizen soldier - I was surrounded by other soldiers just doing their jobs.
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Whether it's intentional or not, Trump regularly makes news for unprecedented and nonpresidential behavior.
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I'm a Democrat because I want every American to have a fair shot at the American Dream. That's what ties it all together for me, and in my experience, that means recognizing that no one is dealing with life one 'issue' at a time.
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I launched more formal elections investigations than any secretary of state in Missouri history, and we didn't get a single complaint about voter impersonation fraud - not one.
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I believe in President Obama.
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I believe that if you make it harder to vote, then we should make it harder for you to get reelected.
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Politicians never say never to anything.
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Voters are smart. They know the difference between a Democratic Party that wants their vote and a Democratic Party that believes in making their life better. They'll forgive you for pushing a policy they don't like as long as they believe you're doing it because you genuinely believe it's what's best for the country.
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For far too long, Congress has been focused on the CEOs, the millionaires, the billionaires.
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I'm that dude from the ad about background checks where I put a rifle together blindfolded.
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The president is in charge of the military so that a single individual - accountable to Americans - is responsible for its successes and failures.
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I obviously did not volunteer to go to Afghanistan solely to protect the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans.
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Democrats fell in love with the idea that winning elections was a matter of talking to voters about the one issue we think impacts them, instead of our plan to move the country forward as a whole.
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This country is a place that you've got to stay invested in.
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You can protect the integrity of elections without stopping anyone from voting.
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We have to be willing to engage ISIS militarily, economically, and even on the Internet without delay. For instance, I think we waited too long to engage al-Qaida and the Taliban in Pakistan. And we should not make a similar mistake with ISIS elements throughout the world.
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The Democrats need to be confident about making their argument... and making sure that everybody knows we care about them.
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You've got to tell people how it is that you've come to believe what you do.