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| 2020 Election: | Joe Biden's book | Cory Booker's book | Pete Buttigieg's book | Kamala Harris' book | Bernie Sanders' book | Donald Trump's book | 2018 Senate Debates |
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(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com) |
from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews during 2020 (number of quotes indicated): |
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details) |
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Abortion Bernie Sanders: Support pro-life Dems if they replace pro-life Republicans. |
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Budget & Economy Mike Pence: Great Recession tax-&-spend policy led to weak recovery. Rand Paul: Trillion-dollar deficits are bad, whether by Dems or by GOP. |
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Corporations Elizabeth Warren: Use anti-trust to break up anti-competitive businesses. John Hickenlooper: Market must allow entry to new businesses. Julian Castro: Top earners & corporations must pay fair share. Bernie Sanders: Americans in red OR blue states oppose enriching the top 1%. Bernie Sanders: Middle class needs tax breaks; top 1% does not. |
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Education John Hickenlooper: Reinvent bipartisan apprenticeships & workforce training. |
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Energy & Oil Bernie Sanders: No more debate on climate change; it's here & costs $100Bs. Marco Rubio: Climate change is reality, but we're a country, not a planet. Mike Bloomberg: America should be big part of climate solution. Mike Bloomberg: If some countries do right thing on climate, we all benefit. |
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Environment Lindsey Graham: Manage forest underbrush better, to avoid raging wildfires. Mike Bloomberg: EPA failing to focus on clean air and clean water. Bernie Sanders: Leave a planet to our kids that is healthy & habitable. |
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Foreign Policy Marco Rubio: Engage with Putin, but recognize he supports zero sum games. Donald Trump: European Union is a foe in trade, & in lack of NATO payments. Bernie Sanders: Gaza is humanitarian disaster; Israelis shouldn't over-react. |
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Free Trade John Kasich: Tariffs lead to acrimony among friends & going it alone. John Kasich: Tariffs slow down the economy and hurt 40 million jobs. |
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Government Reform Wanda Vazquez Garced: Calls for investigation into unused aid found in warehouse. Bernie Sanders: Russian cyber-attacks threaten integrity of US elections. Marco Rubio: Sanctions against Russia for interfering in 2016 election. |
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Gun Control Kirsten Gillibrand: Senate would pass gun laws if allowed to vote. Michael Bennet: Background checks work in Colorado, should work nationally. |
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Health Care Kirsten Gillibrand: Provide a public option to get to universal coverage. John Hickenlooper: Stabilize private markets & deal with high-cost pools. John Kasich: To Dems: let market work; to GOP: help people who need it. |
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Homeland Security Kirsten Gillibrand: White supremacists are domestic terrorists. Bernie Sanders: Don't privatize the Veterans Administration. Rand Paul: Fiscal conservatives must oppose unlimited military spending. |
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Immigration Jay Inslee: Illegal immigration not a national emergency. Kirsten Gillibrand: Pathway to citizenship for DREAMers. Julian Castro: Compassion for refugees, pathway for those here. Lindsey Graham: Change asylum law to not apply to illegal border crossers. Ted Cruz: Use all tools available to stop asylum for migrant caravan. Marco Rubio: Child separation policy at border is simply un-American. John Kasich: DREAMers are part of the fabric of America. Marco Rubio: Children are trafficked into US illegally by criminal groups. Bernie Sanders: The Great Wall was ok in 1600s; not so smart today. |
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Principles & Values Beto O`Rourke: Trump espouses racism & division, but problem predates him. Bernie Sanders: Learn from Gingrich in 1994: propose bold Democratic agenda. John Kerry: Let's get back to fact-based democracy. Mike Bloomberg: Trump was not a business manager; I ran large organizations. Jeff Flake: Republican Party needs to attract millennials & minorities. Bernie Sanders: Change direction of Democrats to grassroots & bottom-up. |
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Social Security John Kasich: Deal with all entitlements or we'll drown in debt. |
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Technology Marco Rubio: When Chinese companies steal I.P., put them out of business. |
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War & Peace Mike Pompeo: The Taliban has now made the break with terrorism. Chris Murphy: Executing foreign political figures opens Pandora's box. Marco Rubio: Imminent, credible threat obliges president to act. Mike Pence: Grateful Trump is always focused on safety of troops. Bernie Sanders: Withdraw US support for Saudi-led war in Yemen. Rand Paul: Cut off arms sales to Saudis; war in Yemen hurts US security. Marco Rubio: Selling arms to Saudi Arabia gives us leverage over them. Marco Rubio: Khashoggi: stop Saudi arms sales & reduce Yemen involvement. Mike Pence: Progress toward denuclearization & peace on Korean Peninsula. John Kerry: Change calculation in Syria by enforcing ceasefires. John Kerry: Use of force to respond to Syrian sarin gas attacks. John Kasich: Talk with North Korea, but reimpose sanctions if no results. Marco Rubio: North Korea should denuclearize, but I'm not optimistic. Lindsey Graham: Iran nuke deal allows a bomb after 15 years. Tim Kaine: Respond to Syrian chemical attack, but only via Congress. Rand Paul: Lesson of Iraq: unintended consequences from regime change. Rand Paul: We're actively in war in 7 countries, and none are declared. Marco Rubio: We cannot live in a world where North Korea can nuke us. |
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