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Hosted LIVE-stream: Bernie Sanders - Care Not Cuts Rally - Morgantown, WV - July 9th, 2017
Scheduled for Jul 9, 2017
Join the conversation as we watch Bernie Sanders in Morgantown, West Virginia rally for healthcare. This is a hosted live stream. Source stream provided by Our Revolution:
https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders/
In order to stop Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to prevent a horrific Republican health care plan from being enacted, Bernie Sanders will be in Morgantown, West Virginia on Sunday. At the "Care Not Cuts" rally, Sanders will highlight the devastating consequences of the Republican "health care" bill on West Virginians and call on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to drop his efforts to take health care away from 22 million Americans.
Morgantown Event Center, Platinum Ballroom (Morgantown, WV)
Three Waterfront Place
Morgantown, WV 26501
Bernie Sanders: Here's why I chose Covington for health-care rally
Updated 6:10 p.m. ET July 7, 2017
Excerpt:
Sanders, I-Vt., told The Enquirer he chose the convention center in Covington for a pro-Affordable Care Act rally on Sunday for multiple reasons. The "Care Not Cuts" rally in Covington is part of Sanders' tour of states controlled by Republicans. It's clear Sanders wanted to send a message to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in his home state.
"There's no state in America that would be harder hit by McConnell's legislation than the state of Kentucky," Sanders said.
Kentucky had the most success of any state under the Affordable Care Act, Sanders said. Former Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat, in 2012-2013 expanded Medicaid and implemented a health-care exchange called kynect, allowing more than 500,000 Kentuckians to gain health insurance. Current Republican Gov. Matt Bevin is shutting down kynect and is seeking federal approval to make Medicaid a more limited program with cost-sharing and reduced health services.
Covington's location on the border of Ohio also made it ideal. "We're concerned about both states," Sanders said. "We'd love to have as many people from Kentucky coming out as well as the Cincinnati area."
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/07/07/bernie-sanders-heres-why-chose-covington-health-care-rally/460269001/
#2020Vision: Sanders hits the road
Updated 4:52 PM ET, Fri July 7, 2017
Excerpt:
(CNN)Many Democrats expect Bernie Sanders to sit 2020 out because he'd be 79 on Election Day. But the reality is, Sanders hasn't quit campaigning yet.
The Vermont senator is back on the road this weekend. On Sunday he'll visit West Virginia and Kentucky -- two red states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act -- to make the case that the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare would devastate rural America. The following weekend, he'll be back in Iowa, speaking at a populist group's political convention.
Sanders' latest moves come a few days after Our Revolution, the political organization borne out of his 2016 campaign, joined with a handful of progressive and leftist groups to organize nationwide sit-ins protesting the Senate Republican health care bill.
Vox's Matt Yglesias makes a case that Sanders is Democrats' 2020 front-runner. There's no question Sanders has the biggest megaphone in progressive politics. He's also the only potential candidate with a nationwide network. And, quietly but importantly, he is moderating on some key issues.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/politics/2020-democratic-presidential-plans/index.html
LIVE-Stream July 15 - Revolution Iowa: From Protest to Power with Bernie Sanders
Scheduled for Jul 15, 2017
Join our hosted live stream from the CCI Action Fund 2017 Convention with Keynote by Bernie Sanders.
http://cciaction.org/july15/
Are you ready to get fired up for the future of Iowa?
On July 15, Des Moines will host a moment in history: A day when everyday Iowans from across the state will gather to build a future that works for all Iowans for generations to come.
Keynote by Sen. Bernie Sanders
Featured Speaker: Alicia Garza
Don’t miss these workshops:
— From Protest to Power: Where’s My Place in the Movement?
— Undocumented and Unafraid: Rising Up in Trump’s America
— The Fight for Our Lives: Medicare for All!
— Co-Governance: Doing Politics Differently
— Climate in Crisis: Building the Movement for a Just Transition
Our event – REVOLUTION IOWA: From Protest To Power – will feature:
Engaging issue-focused organizing workshops
Powerful speeches from movement leaders
Opportunities to connect and have fun (yes, fun!) with like-minded Iowans.
Join us in July for an energizing, uplifting, and powerful day that will take the resistance of today to the revolution for tomorrow. With more than 500 attendees expected, and movement doers and thinkers from across the country lined-up, this year’s event is not to be missed.
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