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(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com) |
from The Washington Post 2020s (number of quotes indicated): |
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Abortion Tiffany Smiley: Keeping your child shouldn't be a ticket to poverty. Glenn Youngkin: Protect the life of every Virginia child born and unborn. Glenn Youngkin: My religion teaches me protect life before and after. |
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Budget & Economy Alex Padilla: These aren't stimulus checks; they're basic survival checks. Lee Carter: Put economic power into the hands of working people. |
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Civil Rights Joe Biden: 1970s: Desegregating society ok, but not via school busing. John B. King: Great-grandfather enslaved; must grapple with racial equity. |
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Crime Joe Biden: 1990s: Supported tough-on-crime; 2019:considers those racist. Ketanji Brown Jackson: Pushed to commute uncle's sentence under "three strikes" law. |
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Education Joe Biden: 1970s: outspoken Senate critic of school desegregation. John B. King: Expand education access; seek universal preschool. |
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Environment Scott Pruitt: As state AG sued to block Obama's Clean Power Plan. |
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Families & Children Elizabeth Warren: Real money into schools & housing, to fight child poverty. Joe Biden: Focus on our children, to address child poverty. Ketanji Brown Jackson: 2018: Keep Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program. Scott Parkinson: Focus on parental rights in education. |
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Foreign Policy Joe Biden: $750M to Central America to address root cause of migration. Joe Biden: Revive Alliance for Prosperity with Central America. |
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Government Reform Alex Padilla: Yes to expanding Supreme Court; not sure on term limits. Bernie Sanders: Wealthy donors turn their backs on working families. David Perdue: OpEd: Refusal to debate seemed lordly and dismissive. Elizabeth Warren: FactCheck: prolific past presence with high-dollar donors. Kristi Noem: Summoned employee who denied daughter's license. Val Demings: Members of extremist groups shouldn't be in police, military. Jennifer McClellan: Worked to create Virginia Voting Rights Act. Justin Fairfax: Opponents accepted "false" accusation, no due process. Amanda Chase: If Trump not made president, declare martial law. Donald Trump: Says "mail-in voting is corrupt"--but Trump votes by mail. |
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Gun Control Creigh Deeds: Postpone ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Ralph Northam: Ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. Terry McAuliffe: Promises to ban assault rifles and high-capacity magazines. Glenn Youngkin: Against red flag laws, universal background checks. |
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Health Care Alex Padilla: We've got to better support our health care infrastructure. Howard Schultz: Single-payer health care is a false promise. Justin Fairfax: Cast tiebreaking vote for Medicaid expansion. |
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Immigration Howard Schultz: Hire 10,000 refugees from Trump's Muslim-ban countries. Joe Biden: Focus on refugee asylum seekers at home in Northern Triangle. |
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Principles & Values Alex Lasry: Being on the right side of history isn't bad for business. Alex Padilla: What drives my public service passion are issues of equity. Bill Weld: All states should hold primaries, not just re-nominate Trump. Danielle Allen: Will bring experience from academia to governing. Jeff Flake: Without principled fidelity to truth, democracy won't last. Jeff Flake: Today's GOP: where there's no greater offense than honesty. Jeff Flake: We did not become a great nation by espousing nonsense. Joe Walsh: All states should hold primaries, not just re-nominate Trump. Justin Amash: Father immigrated as Palestinian refugee. Justin Amash: I've disenchanted and frightened by hyperpartisanship. Justin Amash: Leaving the Republican Party to avoid partisan death spiral. Mark Sanford: All states should hold primaries, not just re-nominate Trump. Pete Buttigieg: Supports religious values and separation of church and state. Val Demings: Being unified nation doesn't mean giving up beliefs. Jennifer Carroll Foy: I don't have to empathize, because I understand. Ronald Reagan: 1965: Far right Birchers infiltrated by "lunatic fringe". Angela Alsobrooks: Endorsed by EMILY's list for pro-choice women. Republican Party: Use mail-in voting & ballot harvesting wherever legal. |
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Tax Reform JD Vance: �Eliminate SALT deduction: it's massively redistributive. Katie Porter: Cut taxes under $100,000, raise for big corporations. |
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Technology Mike Pence: Adversaries have weaponized space; solution is Space Force. |
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Welfare & Poverty Amy Klobuchar: Eradicate child poverty in a generation. Andrew Yang: Disentangle economic value and human value. Ketanji Brown Jackson: Continue pandemic-related eviction moratorium. Pete Buttigieg: Dow Jones doesn't measure performance of economy. Tom Steyer: Think much more ambitiously about poverty and how to end it. |
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