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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary camp response to Dr. Ben Carson...& other RNC speakers.
Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 27m27 minutes ago
Last night's #RNCinCLE theme: "Make America Work* Again"
*Instructions not included
Make America Work Again was last nights RNC theme. We heard zero real ideas to create jobs.
But they DID have a former soap star making the case for a Hillary Clinton presidency.
July 20, 2016 by Elizabeth Chan
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Night two of the Republican National Convention was officially named Make America Work Again night.
But despite the fact that the speaking line-up included some of the most prominent Republicans in office today (well, at least the ones willing to attend Trumps convention), the RNC speaker who had the most to say about job creation was former soap opera actressturned avocado farmerKimberlin Brown.
Heres what she said:
It sounds to us like shes making the case for a Hillary Clinton presidency (and if you dont believe us, check out the footnotes). Kimberlin, if youre reading: You can join the official Clinton campaign right here.
Footnotes
Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 5h5 hours ago
"He won me over with that Mexican rapist speech." Ann Coulter on Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 16h16 hours ago
So...what exactly did we learn tonight about Donald Trump's economic plan? #RNCinCLE
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/755600468483551232
Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 17h17 hours ago
It's not brain surgery: Republicans tend to be a bit more truth-y when the presidency isn't on the line. #RNCinCLE
Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 17h17 hours ago
If Donald Trump wants to make America great again, he should start by actually making things in America.
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https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/755591516995805184
Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 17h17 hours ago
Hillary Clinton Retweeted Paul Ryan
Not according to your anti-woman, anti-LGBT, anti-immigrant @GOP platform. #RNCinCLE
Hillary Clinton added,
The above tweet is in response to Raul Ryan:
Paul Ryan @PRyan
In America, everyone has a place. No one is written off. Straight from the Declaration of Independence, that is the Republican ideal.
Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 18h18 hours ago
The Republican Party platform is so hateful, you'd think Donald Trump wrote it himself.
The Briefing ?@TheBriefing2016 18h18 hours ago
But @SpeakerRyan still endorses Donald Trump for president anyway. #RNCinCLE
Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 18h18 hours ago
The Republican Party platform is so hateful, you'd think Donald Trump wrote it himself.
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/feed/5-disturbing-things-republicans-just-voted-into-their-party-platform/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=20160719feed_gopplatform
5 disturbing things Republicans just voted into their party platform
This is officially the party of Trump.
July 19, 2016 by Kat Kane
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The Republican National Convention is underway in Clevelandand the party just approved a platform so backward and divisive, youd think it was written by Donald Trump himself.
Here are five disturbing things the GOP officially stands for (yes, in 2016):
1. Restricting womens rights and health care
Trump has said that he thinks women should receive some form of punishment for seeking an abortion, so perhaps its no surprise that his party is taking aim at womens health care and rights.
The Republican Party isnt just against abortionits also calling for Supreme Court justices who will undermine womens constitutional rights.
Only such appointments will enable courts to begin to reverse the long line of activist decisionsincluding Roe ...
They didnt stop there. The GOP platform also calls for defunding Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides millions of Americans with critical health services like cancer screenings, well-woman exams, and, yes, safe and legal abortion.
2. Allowing parents to force so-called conversion therapy on their LGBT children
The Republican platform doesnt specifically mention so-called conversion therapythe dangerous and unnecessary practice of trying to change a persons identity or sexual orientationbut it effectively condones it for LGBT youth:
We support the right of parents to determine the proper medical treatment and therapy for their minor children.
3. Building Trumps wall
Trumps signature policybuilding a big concrete wall between Mexico and the United Statesis cynical and divisive (and wont fix our broken immigration system.) But that hasnt stopped the Republican Party from endorsing it officially:
The border wall must cover the entirety of the southern border and must be sufficient to stop both vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
Trumps dehumanizing rhetoric also found its way into Republican lexicon: The GOP platform refers to undocumented immigrants as illegal aliens.
4. Denying marriage rights for LGBT couples
A year after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equalityand despite the fact that the majority of Americans support itthe Republican Party continues to oppose marriage rights for LGBT couples.
In Obergefell, five unelected lawyers robbed 320 million Americans of their legitimate constitutional authority to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
5. Attacking non-traditional families
And Republicans didnt stop at condemning marriage equality. They also went after LGBT families, claiming that children are better off raised in traditional households.
Traditional marriage and family, based on marriage between one man and one woman, is the foundation for a free society and has for millennia been entrusted with rearing children and instilling cultural values.
Other notable positions include barring women soldiers from serving in certain military roles, deeming coal clean energy, and teaching the Bible in public schools.
The Republican Party platform is alarmingand telling. And it shows exactly what a Trump presidency would look like.
Were better than this.
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Hillary camp response to Dr. Ben Carson...& other RNC speakers. (Original Post)
riversedge
Jul 2016
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riversedge
(70,215 posts)1. I have added a few more to the OP
rickford66
(5,523 posts)2. So what did Kimberlin Brown say?
My browser at work censors some stuff so I don't see anything other than she should join the Clinton camp.