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    You know what's really scary about this group of democrat candidates? They're making Hillary look like a moderate.

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    Notice 2020 contender Kamala Harris calls for ban of 'right to work' laws

    By Sam Dorman | Fox News




    Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., indicated on Saturday that she would use the "bully pulpit" to fight "right-to-work" laws, describing them as an attack on workers' rights.

    "The barriers to organized labor being able to organize and strike are something that have grown over a period of time," the 2020 presidential hopeful said while speaking at the National Forum on Wages and Working People.

    At the event, Harris emphasized the bully pulpit and executive authority to fight for workers' rights and specifically mentioned right-to-work laws.

    "It has to be about, for example, banning right-to-work laws," she said.

    The event, organized by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Center for American Progress, sought to "provide an opportunity for thought leaders to go beyond talking points and share concrete plans to rebalance our economy and democracy," according to its website.

    Harris' comments came after years of states like Michigan and Virginia debating controversial right-to-work laws — which would allow workers to exempt themselves from joining a union or paying its fees — as well as last year's Supreme Court decision, in Janus v. AFSCME, which said mandatory public union fees violated the First Amendment.

    Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a fellow 2020 contender, also said in April that he would work to ban right-to-work laws, which exist in 26 states.

    Either could face off against President Trump, whom many saw as a more appealing candidate for workers and labor unions given his stances on immigration and trade.

    Trump has praised the Janus decision, describing it as a "Big loss for the coffers of the Democrats!"

    And during his 2016 campaign, Trump supported right-to-work legislation

    "We've had great support from [union] workers, the people that work, the real workers, but I love the right to work," he said. "I like it better because it is lower. It is better for the people," he added.

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    Gillibrand Reveals First Major Policy Proposal: Give Voters Money To Donate

    Molly Prince | Politics Reporter - The Daily Caller




    Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand revealed a plan Wednesday that would give every voter in the U.S. up to $600 to donate to political candidates running for federal office.

    “If you want to accomplish anything that the American people want us to accomplish — whether it’s health care as a right, better public schools, better economy — you have to take on the greed and corruption that determine everything in Washington,” Gillibrand told NBC News.

    The proposal, which the New York senator referred to as her “Clean Elections Plan,” is her first major policy initiative since announcing her bid for the presidency in January. The idea is purportedly to reduce the influence of big money in politics by giving voters “Democracy Dollars.”

    The “Clean Elections Plan” would provide every eligible voter the ability to register for vouchers to donate a total maximum of $600 per election cycle; participants would be able to donate up to $100 in a primary election and $100 in a general election for House, Senate and presidential races, according to NBC News. The “Democracy Dollars” could only go toward elections in a voter’s state, however, they could donate to congressional races outside their own district.

    Politicians would be required to forgo any donations larger than $200 per donor in order to participate in the “Clean Elections Plan.”

    “[Candidates] would campaign in all communities,” Gillibrand said. “They would be going to low-income communities, they would be going to rural communities, they would be asking people to support them not only with a vote, but with (financial) support for their campaign.”

    Gillibrand announced in February that her presidential campaign wanted to “reduce the influence of money in politics,” so she would not be accepting PAC money. Interestingly, she excluded political action committee money from labor unions in her pledge.

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    So how does this proposal work? Is she taking money from taxpayers to give out to everyone, regardless if they paid taxes or not, so they can give taxpayer money to a political candidate of their choice?

    What an asinine thing to come out with as your first official policy.

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    So how does this proposal work? Is she taking money from taxpayers to give out to everyone, regardless if they paid taxes or not, so they can give taxpayer money to a political candidate of their choice?

    What an asinine thing to come out with as your first official policy.
    Stay tuned. She'll propose worse than this.

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    Kirsten Gillibrand on being underestimated for 2020 Democratic nod: 'I think it's just gender bias'

    By Ryan Gaydos | Fox News


    Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said Saturday she feels like she’s being underestimated in the race for the Democratic nomination for president, who will likely go up against President Trump in 2020.

    Gillibrand is one of nearly two dozen major candidates who have declared their intention to run for president. She spoke about her campaign during her trip to New Hampshire.

    “I think it's just gender bias. I think people are generally biased against women. I think also biased against young women,” she said in an interview, according to CNN. “There's just bias and it's real and it exists, but you have to overcome it.”

    Gillibrand added that one of the ways for her, or any woman, to get a shot at the nomination is if the voters “get to know her.” There are six major female candidates in the Democratic field, including Gillibrand.

    “Voters will give a woman a shot. They just have to get to know her,” she said, according to CNN. “They might make a judgment without knowing her, but once they meet her and know who she is and why she's running, it will give her that opportunity.”

    Gillibrand added: “If I'm going to be the candidate of the women's vote, which I fully intend to be, those voters might not come home until October or November or December.”

    The senator also took a jab at the Democratic National Committee’s rules that a candidate must 65,000 donors in order to get into the first and second debates.

    “That's an odd measurable,” she said. “Like, why do you make that your measurable as opposed to have you won elections before and have you ever run statewide before and how many votes have you gotten before and have you passed legislation and are you effective in your job?”

    She went onto the call the rule “random and inaccurate” though admitted that she has to follow and play by the committee’s rules.

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    Oops Eric Swalwell Suffers An Awkward Moment During Speech

    By Ryan Saavedra - the Daily Wire




    Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) had an awkward moment in Cedar Rapids on Sunday at the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame event when he appeared to expect applause from the audience and didn't get one.

    "We need a president who lives like you live, we need a president that has the grit that you have, and we have a president right now that doesn't understand the dreams that you have," Swalwell said. "I will be that president because I have lived that struggle and I know how hard you work and what you expect it to add up to."

    "But I will always be real with you," Swalwell continued. "I will be bold without the bull."

    Swalwell paused, appearing to expect a round of applause from the audience.

    The crowd was totally silent.

    WATCH:

    Swalwell, who is polling at 0% in the polls, has made his campaign's primary message that, if elected, he will confiscate semi-automatic firearms from law-abiding Americans.

    Senior White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway responded by writing on Twitter: "He literally doesn't register in these latest #polls, either. A few candidates are at less than 1%. Swalwell is at less than less than 1%"

    Many on social media were quick to point out that Swalwell's awkward moment was similar to Jeb Bush's "please clap" moment during the 2016 presidential race.

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    Shocking Elizabeth Warren Surging Ahead of First Presidential Debate

    By Haris Alic - Breitbart




    Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is surging ahead of the Democrat’s first presidential primary debate.
    Two polls released on Sunday confirm Warren has momentum going into the first 2020 Democrat debate, scheduled for June 26 and June 27. The news comes after a week of polls showing Warren jumping over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) into second place behind the current frontrunner, former Vice President Joe Biden.

    A CBS News survey of the 18 states that make up the primary calendar through Super Tuesday, including the early contests of Iowa and New Hampshire, shows Warren in second place behind the Democrat frontrunner, Joe Biden.

    When respondents were asked which candidates they were considering supporting — and given the option of choosing more than one — Biden took a majority with 55 percent. Warren was not far behind with 49 percent, followed by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) with 45 percent, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) with 43 percent.

    The second place showing seems to indicate Warren is viewed as an overall more acceptable nominee if Biden falters.

    When respondents were asked which candidate they would vote for if their state’s primary or caucus was held today, Biden led by 31 percent. Warren at 17 percent narrowly edged out Sanders, who was at 16 percent. Harris trailed in fourth place with ten percent.

    CBS also translated each candidate’s preference with voters into convention delegates. Unsurprisingly, Biden led with 733 delegates to Warren’s 355 and Sanders’ 317. Although Biden led in the hypothetical delegate count, no candidate comes close to the 1,885 threshold that would be required for the nomination.

    The results were obtained by YouGov after surveying 16,624 registered voters between May 31 through June 12. YouGov included respondents from the 18 states currently scheduled to hold primaries and caucuses in 2020. The sample size took account for “gender, age, race, and education” based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the 2016 presidential election.

    The CBS survey mirrors a poll released this week by The Economist and YouGov showing that Warren has overtaken Sanders nationally for second place behind Biden.

    Warren’s momentum is only underscored by new numbers out of South Carolina. A poll released by Change Research and The Post and Courier on Sunday indicates Warren has slid firmly into second place in the Palmetto State. Change Research found Biden leading the field with 37 percent, Warren in second place with 17 percent, and Pete Buttigieg in third at 11 percent. Harris and Sanders tied for fourth place with nine percent each.

    The poll, conducted between June 11 through June 14 by surveying 2,312 registered voters, has a margin or error of +/- 2 percent.

    The results bode well for Warren but less so for Biden and Sanders. Both men dropped significantly — Biden by nine points and Sanders by six — among South Carolina voters since Change Research’s similar poll conducted in May. Warren, meanwhile, rose nine points from fourth place since last month.

    South Carolina, which has its primary directly before Super Tuesday, is considered a bellwether in the race for the Democrat nomination. Carrying the state and its large black American population signals that a candidate has strength among a core constituency of the Democrat Party — a lesson Sanders learned all too well in 2016 when he lost the state’s primary by more than 47 percentage points and faced calls to exit the race.

    The Change Research poll shows Biden leading among South Carolina’s black voters by a hefty margin of 52 percent. Surprisingly, though, Warren was ranked second place, followed by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Buttigieg, among the important demographic. Sanders, who has sunk time and resources into courting South Carolina’s black community to avenge his 2016 performance, was in fifth place narrowly ahead of Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ).

    Among white voters, Biden’s lead in South Carolina is much narrower. The former vice president (28 percent) leads Warren (20 percent) by single digits, with Buttigieg (17 percent) and Sanders (11 percent) following behind.

    Other polls released in the last week also show Warren surging into second place behind Biden in early caucus states like Nevada and delegate-rich Super Tuesday battlegrounds like California.

    On the campaign trail, Warren has attempted to downplay her campaign’s surging momentum.

    “It’s way too early to talk about polls,” Warren told reporters after an event on Saturday in Charleston, South Carolina. “What are we, eight months away from the first caucuses and primary elections?”

    “I’m out there doing what I believe in,” she added. “I get a chance to talk about what’s broken in America, how we can fix it, and build a grassroots movement to get that done. And I get to do it every day.”

    Not only is Warren rising in the polls, but her campaign is also garnering increased media attention. An analysis by FiveThirtyEight shows the number of times Warren has been mentioned on CNN, FOX News, and MSNBC has grown exponentially. Starting in the last week of May, Warren has overtaken Sanders as the second most mentioned candidate. Warren held the title, despite a small decrease, during the first week of June.

    Throughout the same time period, Biden continued to dominate the cable networks. Since jumping into the race in April, the former vice president has received more mentions than all of the other 2020 Democrats combined. The extensive coverage, however, has not always been positive.

    Although Biden garnered the most media mentions in the first week of June, the coverage was heavily colored by his flip-flop on the Hyde Amendment and revelations that his campaign reportedly plagiarized portions of its plan to tackle climate change.

    In comparison, most of Warren’s coverage has centered around her ever-expanding list of detailed policy proposals. One such proposal, which was noted for its similarity to President Donald Trump’s economic nationalism, seems to have coincided directly with Warren’s rise.

    It is unclear if Warren will continue surging after the first primary debate.

    Unlike other candidates polling near the frontrunner, Warren will not be on the same debate stage as Biden. Instead, due to a random drawing, Warren will be debating candidates averaging less than four percent in the polls — former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) — and those registering around or below one percent — Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA).

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    So is this going to be a trend like it was back during the republican primaries back in 2016? Every other week a new candidate will surge in the polls and then ultimately fade back down?

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    So is this going to be a trend like it was back during the republican primaries back in 2016? Every other week a new candidate will surge in the polls and then ultimately fade back down?
    It will interesting. The loud mouths are driving hard left, the wannabes are following. The moderate Biden is AWOL and leading. It's hard to follow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RBP View Post
    It will interesting. The loud mouths are driving hard left, the wannabes are following. The moderate Biden is AWOL and leading. It's hard to follow.
    I can't believe we haven't really seen anyone drop out yet, just more and more climbing on the wagon to get a shot at Trump.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    I can't believe we haven't really seen anyone drop out yet, just more and more climbing on the wagon to get a shot at Trump.
    Debates June 26/27. You might see some purge begin after that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RBP View Post
    Debates June 26/27. You might see some purge begin after that.
    I don't even know how they're going to run that debate, something like 20 candidates have qualified to be on stage for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    I don't even know how they're going to run that debate, something like 20 candidates have qualified to be on stage for it.
    Two days, 10 each day.



    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/u...ates-2020.html
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