Jason Kander Quotes
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I believe in President Obama.
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Voters are okay with you believing something they don't believe, as long as they think you genuinely believe it, and you believe it because you care about them.
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If an election doesn't go your way, you don't get to call a do-over. Part of respecting our democracy is respecting the will of the voters.
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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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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'm that dude from the ad about background checks where I put a rifle together blindfolded.
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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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Voters aren't asking to be pandered to and aren't asking to be tricked.
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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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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 believe that if you make it harder to vote, then we should make it harder for you to get reelected.
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This country is a place that you've got to stay invested in.
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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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Politicians never say never to anything.
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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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Whether it's intentional or not, Trump regularly makes news for unprecedented and nonpresidential behavior.
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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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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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You can protect the integrity of elections without stopping anyone from voting.
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I didn't get into politics to play a character on TV.
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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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Frankly, a lot of candidates have no problem being sold to the highest bidder if it means they will win.
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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.