Jason Kander Quotes
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Voters aren't asking to be pandered to and aren't asking to be tricked.
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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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My experience in uniform has shaped my life and informed who I am like no other, and it's difficult for me to wrap my mind around the idea that I will no longer be a soldier.
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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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We need Congress to do more than just engage in partisan games.
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I could work with anybody. This is why we need more veterans in Congress.
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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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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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I believe in President Obama.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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You've got to tell people how it is that you've come to believe what you do.
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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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For far too long, Congress has been focused on the CEOs, the millionaires, the billionaires.
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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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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.