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(14,316 posts)
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 12:52 PM Oct 22

Help someone break free from the cult. Tim Walz says we can do it.

Tim Walz makes GREAT points about republicans wanting to break free from the cult, but needing either social permission (as from Liz Cheney) or from one of the top issues that chap their hide.

https://democraticunderground.com/100219592590

29 republicans share why they switched.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/morgansloss1/republicans-voting-for-kamala-harris-share-why



Versus this garbage.



Buzzfeed posted reasons why 29 republican readers switched. Good Reading. SHARE.
Republicans Voting For Kamala Harris Over Donald Trump Are Sharing The Reasons Why, And This Makes So Much Sense

https://www.buzzfeed.com/morgansloss1/republicans-voting-for-kamala-harris-share-why


WANT MORE? I have a comparison for easy sharing.
https://democraticunderground.com/100219477450
(copied right here)

COMPARE AND SHARE.

Find out what whacks your relatives, friends, colleagues or social media acquaintances.
And let them know what’s in store, and how to beat the bastards down.


GOP agenda:
• A society that excludes and criminalizes necessary health care and personal sexual preferences.
• A society that warps the constitution to establish one religion and encourage violence against others.
• Americans pitted against each other along lines of race, color, religion, gender, sexuality, and income.
• Vilification of blacks, Jews, Muslims, lgbtq+ , homeless, and women of strength, encouraging violence against them.
• Destruction of public schools and the opportunity they provide to all, minorities included.
• Funding of private, religious schools to increase class division and unequal access and opportunity.
• Banning of books.
• Devastating climate change
• Leveling the Gaza waterfront to create a Hotel Strip
• A deadly all-out war on the rights of women.
• More welfare for the rich.
• Private health care companies replace medicare and deny needed treatments -- basically "death panels"
• Every civil right is eroded by clown judges living in the 18th century rewriting the constitution.
• Worker's rights and benefits reduced in order to create greater profits for businesses.
• Safety nets removed, so that homeless, and jobless people are left to die on the streets.
• More, more, more of culture war.
• GUNS, everywhere, with no limitations or requirements. Mob rule ( warms Putin's heart )
• Unbridled support of authoritarian regimes across the globe, who eagerly imprison, "re-educate", murder and commit atrocities on others.
• Lies, hate speech and threats are welcomed on "social media" and given support by government officials.
• Medical care and prescription drug costs skyrocket.
• Leadership by people with the lowest morals of all. Grafters and grifters. Not to mention convicted felons!


KAMALA’S AGENDA (as I see it)
Official issues page: https://kamalaharris.com/issues/
• Support of women's health care and sexual preferences.
• Separation of religion and state, and protection of minority rights.
• Americans of every race, color, religion, gender, sexuality, and income honored and treated fairly.
• The wealthy pay their damn fair share.
• Acceptance and embrace of blacks, Jews, Muslims, lgbtq+ , homeless, and women of strength.
• Zero tolerance of hate and violence.
• Strong action to reduce gun violence.
• Vigorous support of public schools and the opportunity they provide to all, minorities included.
• Getting private, religious schools off the dole.
• Slashing the divide in education, opportunity, internet access and access to the levers of power.
• Banning book bans!
• A local and global "Manhattan Project" to counter climate change
• Guaranteeing the rights of women.
• Support of Medicare, so that some day, we can have UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, SINGLE PAYER.
• Taking profiteers of "Medicare Advantage" plans to task.
• Restoring the Supreme Court to one that serves all people, and is not a religious tribunal or den of thieves.
• Worker's rights and benefits increased and guaranteed.
• Safety nets bolstered for homeless, jobless, and other needy people.
• Holding social media accountable for calls to violence that they harbor or actively foster.
• Sensible gun control
• Putting authoritarian regimes across the globe on notice.
• A better society by POSITIVE EXAMPLE


Full platform (PDF)
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_Democratic_Party_Platform_8a2cf8.pdf

And if you're tired of the orange mug. LOOK.
Flood the zone with REAL PEOPLE
https://democraticunderground.com/100219470335
And I'll copy it right here.

THIS





They're REAL PEOPLE, not Cosplay Bond Villains.





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https://democraticunderground.com/100219593112
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