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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHillary Clinton: 'we are living through a full-fledged crisis in our democracy'
2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Sunday that "we are living through a full-fledged crisis in our democracy" and "racist and white supremacist views are lifted up" in the White House.
"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," said Clinton, who made the remarks in Selma, Alabama, as she accepted an award at an event marking the 54th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." "And make no mistake, we are living through a full-fledged crisis in our democracy."
Clinton went on to say that while there may not be "tanks in the streets," "what's happening goes to the heart of who we are as a nation."
"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," she said.
Clinton, who did not directly mention President Donald Trump in her remarks, took aim at the administration of her formal rival, suggesting his White House espouses racist views.
"When racist and white supremacist views are lifted up in the media and the White House, when hard-fought-for civil rights are being stripped back, when the single most important fight of our time, which makes it possible to fight every other fight and must be, as Frederick Douglass would say, our North Star -- the fight to protect our vote -- is not gathering the momentum and the energy and the passion it deserves, we have a lot of work to do, don't we?" she said.
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JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)There is no time for hesitation.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)bluestarone
(16,976 posts)Empowerer
(3,900 posts)She's probably sick and tired of saying his name. And now, because not enough people listened to her then, unfortunately, she doesn't need to say his name. Everyone knows exactly who she's talking about talking about.
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)Every Day millions of others rightly do not hesitate. Yet, it has not been enough. Yet.
still_one
(92,219 posts)brer cat
(24,576 posts)Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
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Oneironaut
(5,504 posts)They chose him to lead them at the moment. There is a rising anti-Democratic Fascist movement in the US that wants a Fuhrer instead of a President. This is an alliance of white supremacists, the alt-right, and the tea party. They've joined forces to multiply their strength against our institutions, and have enlisted the help of a hostile foreign power.
This isn't going to end with Trump. If and when he leaves office, they'll bring someone else who is just like Trump. They'll keep doing it until they get what they want.
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)crazytown
(7,277 posts)shocking the heart. Protesters have given their lives standing up for justice. What are we going to do?? Thank you Hillary. As always.