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LongTomH

(8,636 posts) Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:52 PM Mar 2016

Cori Bush - a proud Bernie Sanders supporter is running for US Senate

MO-SEN Cori Bush -- Ferguson Activist Running for US Senate as a Bernie Sanders Democrat:

Cori Bush is running as an unapologetic Bernie Sanders supporter. She is running on his issues and his platform. When Bernie appeared earlier this week in Edwardsville, Illinois, Cori crossed the Mississippi to open for Bernie and she electrified the crowd of thousands. Cori is running against the Front Page’s Any Democrat Will Do Campaign’s candidate, Jason Kander, Missouri’s Secretary of State, for now. The winner of their contest will face Republican incumbent and mostly useless waste of organic molecules, US Senator, Roy Blunt.

I think her platform is one we can all get behind:

As United States Senator, Cori Bush would immediately work to:

Increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour
Enforce legislation that punishes corporate criminals
Repeal trade deals that reduce jobs for the middle class
Uphold rights of privacy for women
Enforce equal pay standards for women and minorities
Pass reasonable immigration legislation
Repeal NCLB, increase curriculum reform, and decrease costs for college tuition
Increase environmental justice regulations and enforcement for poor and middle class communities
Introduce legislation to reform police practices and policies including demilitarization
Eradicate the school to prison pipeline and over-incarceration through education reform, more funding to youth job programs, and reduction of funding to prisons

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Cori Bush - a proud Bernie Sanders supporter is running for US Senate (Original Post) LongTomH Mar 2016 OP

Thanks for posting, you beat me to it! Nt Rebkeh Mar 2016 #1

Just kicking this up. I'm getting emails from establishment Dems supporting her opponent. LongTomH May 2016 #2

Rebkeh

(2,450 posts)

1. Thanks for posting, you beat me to it! Nt

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:58 PM

Mar 2016

There's one more in St. Louis that I plan to get to later.

I'm having some trouble getting things done today.

LongTomH

(8,636 posts)

2. Just kicking this up. I'm getting emails from establishment Dems supporting her opponent.

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Wed May 4, 2016, 03:50 PM

May 2016

I've started getting emails from establishment Democrats: Claire McCaskill and Chuck Schumer - endorsing Jason Kander for the Senate from Missouri.

As far as I'm concerned, an endorsement from Hillary's hitwoman amounts to an endorsement for anyone running against Kander.

"Cori Bush is running as an unapologetic Bernie Sanders supporter. She is running on his issues and his platform. When Bernie appeared earlier this week in Edwardsville, Illinois, Cori crossed the Mississippi to open for Bernie and she electrified the crowd of thousands. Cori is running against the Front Page’s Any Democrat Will Do Campaign’s candidate, Jason Kander, Missouri’s Secretary of State, for now. The winner of their contest will face Republican incumbent and mostly useless waste of organic molecules, US Senator, Roy Blunt."

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