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Hillary Clinton says country is in 'full-fledged crisis' for not electing her president


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2019 Mar 3, 4:20pm   1,282 views  8 comments

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Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton offered a stark view of the country on Sunday, comparing the current “crisis in our democracy” to the turbulence that occurred amid the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

Speaking during a reception in Selma, Ala. to mark the 54th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday” and to receive the International Unity Award at the Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King Unity Breakfast, Clinton said that the United States is facing a "full-fledged crisis in our democracy."

"This is a time, my friends, when fundamental rights, civic virtue, freedom of the press, the rule of law, truth, facts and reason are under assault," Clinton said, according to the Hill.

Clinton is one of a number of Democratic leaders in Selma this weekend for the ceremonies surrounding the “Bloody Sunday” anniversary.

Not to be confused with the “Bloody Sunday” massacre in Northern Ireland in 1972, the events being remembered in Alabama occurred on March 7, 1965, when peaceful demonstrators were beaten back by Alabama state troopers as they attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was a moment that galvanized support for the passage of the Voting Rights Act later that year.

While Clinton did not specifically mention President Trump in her speech, she said that “racist and white supremacist views” have been buoyed by the current administration and warned that civil and voting rights were under attack in the U.S.

"To anyone who has ever wondered what you would have done during those defining moments that we read about in history books -- whether you would have risked arrest to demand votes for women or bled on the Edmund Pettus bridge to demand voting rights for all -- the answer is what you are doing now could be as important as anything that anyone has done before," Clinton said.

Voter suppression emerged as a key issue in the 2018 midterm elections in states such as Georgia and North Carolina, where a Republican congressional candidate was accused of rigging the contest there through absentee ballots. House Democrats signaled they plan to make ballot access a priority in the new Congress, introducing legislation aimed at protecting voting rights in 2020 and beyond.

Clinton, who lost to Trump in the 2016 presidential election and has remained a staunch critic of the current administration, was one of a number of Democrats in Alabama over the weekend. 2020 presidential hopefuls Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and Cory Booker, D-N.J., are also slated to speak in Selma.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hillary-clinton-says-country-is-in-full-fledged-crisis-during-speech-in-selma-to-mark-bloody-sunday

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1   Goran_K   2019 Mar 3, 5:28pm  

I just hope she runs again. Please please run Killary.
2   HeadSet   2019 Mar 3, 7:02pm  

Odds today on the 2020 Elections (Lower number means expected to win). Note that Hillary (+5000) is considered more likely to win than Schultz (+6000) If you think Hillary will win, bet $100 and win $5,000.

Donald Trump +200
Kamala Harris +500
Beto O’Rourke +800
Joe Biden +800
Bernie Sanders +1000
Amy Klobuchar +1500
Elizabeth Warren +2200
Tulsi Gabbard +2500
Michael Bloomberg +2500
Sherrod Brown +2800
Mike Pence +3000
Kirsten Gillibrand +3000
Cory Booker +3500
Michelle Obama +4500
Nikki Haley +4500
Oprah Winfrey +5000
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson +5000
Hillary Clinton +5000
Howard Schultz +6000

https://www.oddsshark.com/other/2020-usa-presidential-odds-futures
3   REpro   2019 Mar 3, 9:39pm  

That would be entertaining to see another Hilary failed. She should run.
4   RC2006   2019 Mar 4, 5:03am  

Please Hillary make another go at it third times the charm lol.
5   FortWayneAsNancyPelosiHaircut   2019 Mar 4, 6:57am  

Didn’t work for Bill either.
RC2006 says
Please Hillary make another go at it third times the charm lol.
6   Shaman   2019 Mar 4, 9:21am  

I’d vote for Dan Crenshaw in 2024. Dude is an ex Navy Seal, has a sense of humor, and is generally a bad ass. Plus the patch he wears makes him look like a pirate. I’m guessing public interest in this guy will continue to rise. Don’t be surprised if he’s on the GOP ballot in 2024!
7   Goran_K   2019 Mar 4, 9:29am  

Quigley says
I’d vote for Dan Crenshaw in 2024.


I honestly can't find an argument as to why any leftist would vote AGAINST this guy. He's a true liberal in the classical sense through and through. Also a president with an eye patch would be awesome.
8   Shaman   2019 Mar 4, 9:40am  

Goran_K says

I honestly can't find an argument as to why any leftist would vote AGAINST this guy. He's a true liberal in the classical sense through and through


Well, I can. Leftists are NOT liberal. They’re left-leaning conservatives who (unlike liberals) can’t stand it when 1)people have different opinions, or 2)won’t do whatever they say. They’re authoritarian assholes, the opposite of a classical liberal! That’s why so many of us have a problem with those turd farm rejects.

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