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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sanders will lead Democratic drive to organize rallies in every state against Medicare/Medicaid cuts [View all]
Sanders will lead Democratic drive to organize rallies in every state against Medicare/Medicaid cuts
By Meteor Blades
Thursday Dec 29, 2016 · 10:55 AM EST
In what Tim Fernholz at Quartz calls the Democrats first major gesture of opposition to the incoming Trump regime, Senator Chuck Schumer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and Senator Bernie Sanders have put their signatures on a letter to congressional colleagues Wednesday that might have come as a surprise to many of them. It encourages them to join with Sanders to help organize pre-inaugural rallies in their states to rouse opposition to a Republican-driven budget bill that will severely undermine the health needs of the American people. Leftover money from the Sanders campaign will fund the organizing effort.
The expected budget bill provisions, as you see in the full letter below, are a direct attack on Medicare and Medicaid, the three say, and will likely include hikes in prescription drug prices and a threat to nursing home care for millions of Americans.
Called Our First Stand: Save Health Care, the resistance rallies are slated for Sunday, Jan. 15. Heres Fernholz:Sanders, whose run for the Democratic presidential nomination this year emboldened the left wing of the Democratic party, has seen his cachet rise in a party looking for leadership following Hillary Clintons defeat in November. Amidst the recriminations and a messy race to head up the partys national committee, it hasnt been clear who would be the face of Democratic opposition to Trump. Now, we have an answer.
While Sanders harsh critique of the millionaire and billionaire class turned off professional Democrats who benefit from the global economy during his primary run, the election results have convinced party leaders that they need to better articulate how their economic policies will lead to broadly shared prosperity...
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think
Dec 2016
OP
OMG, we will know the brainwashing is irreversible if the deplorables show up to protest!
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#76
Our electoral system is organized in such a way that a two party system is inevitable.
Act_of_Reparation
Dec 2016
#70
That's all they have... don't people realize Bernie gives us the best of both worlds, fighting for Democratic values, while appealing to independent-minded thinkers as well?
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#56
I'll make a note of that! ... that said, the democratic party needs all the help it can get!
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#28
Bernie transcends party labels... the sooner people begin to realize that, the better!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#58
This gentleman makes a thoughtful and cogent argument against Sander's leadership on this issue...
FailureToCommunicate
Dec 2016
#30
Well, he is more of a Democrat than a lot of them that have a "D" in front of their name.
Doitnow
Dec 2016
#41
THIS!!! You said it!! Bernie will NEVER bow to the money interests... that's for damn fuckin sure!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#61
lol, the poster did NOT say the parties are the same... but, a lot of Dems could afford to take a few lessons from Bernie on how to better distinguish themselves as a voice for the PEOPLE!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#64
It's a variation on a theme. Sanders on one side, the GOP and the Dems on the other.
baldguy
Dec 2016
#73
So Bernie, who leads by example in opposing the Fuhrer-Elect more vigorously than any other Senator, is somehow damaging to Democrats & acknowledging Bernie is RW bullshit?
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#79
You'd have to ask the Quartz reporter Tim Fernholz. Either he has a bias for Sanders or because
think
Dec 2016
#10
Bernie is the "heart and soul" of the Senate... just a fact and Schumer is smart to recognize that.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#54
You obviously have NO clue what's coming. Yeah, go ahead, call Bernie a "Back Bencher"... but, then, guess he'll be President "Back Bencher" to you!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#67
You gotta give Bernie credit... the guy's a dynamo with more energy than colleagues half his age!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#11
I think he does more than many of the democrats do. He reminds me of democrats from way back that
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#32
Yup, yup... Bernie is such an inspiration. Dems could take lessons from him on how to conduct themselves... beyond just issues.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#44
But many don't seem to want to hear from him, at least it seems that way on DU. I get baffled
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#45
Give it time... people slowly comin to the realization that Bernie was right on so many levels. It's just startin to sink in.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#50
Can't wait! So many I know are amped to take on Cheetoh Face! Thank you Bernie for leading the charge!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#52
But, but, but. . .according to a lot of people here, he's not a real Democrat, cost HRC the election
Feeling the Bern
Dec 2016
#20
Yeah, cuz Bernie leads by example on how not to take money from corporate America and represent Main Street...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#47
Woulda been nice if he had led rallies in ever state during the GE to get Hillary elected.
SunSeeker
Dec 2016
#23
But he went to California...that must have helped in the Rust-Belt with wwc voters nt
pkdu
Dec 2016
#35
Yes, Bernie is someone we should be able to unite around in fighting the racist policies of the Fuhrer-Elect.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#48