Bernie Sanders: ‘Family values’ is Republican code for ‘let’s control women’s bodies’
At a rally in Littleton, New Hampshire on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took aim at a longstanding Republican talking point, “family values.”
“Many of my Republican colleagues who come through New Hampshire and Iowa and so forth,” said the 2016 Democratic nomination hopeful in video shot by Holly Owsianik, “they often talk about family values.”
“They just loooove families,” he quipped. “But all of you know what they mean by family values. And what they mean by family values is that the women of this country should not have the right to control their own bodies. I disagree.”
“What they mean by family values is that women are not smart enough to be able to purchase the contraceptives they need,” he continued. “I disagree.”
“And furthermore, what they mean by family values is that our gay brothers and sisters should not be able to get married or enjoy the other benefits of the American legal system. I disagree,” said Sanders as the crowd at the Littleton Opera House cheered uproariously.
He said of his family and campaign, “We believe in strong families, but our view’s just a little bit different than our Republican friends.”
“When we talk about family values,” he said, “what we mean is the United States should end the international embarrassment of being the only major country on Earth that does not guarantee family and medical leave to all of our families.”
Watch the video, embedded below:
Comedian DL Hughley torches Trump supporters: ‘You could worship the devil and be a better human being’
Comedian D.L Hughley said devil worshipers have stronger moral values than President Donald Trump and his supporters.
One of the comedian's listeners asked Hughley on social media whether he could be friends with a "staunch" Trump supporter, and he said "hell, no."
“You could worship the devil and be a better human being than if you worshiped Donald Trump,” Hughley said. "Look up the tenets of the Church of Satan ... and then go to a Trump rally, and you’ll feel safer around Beelzebub than this dude.”
Co-host Jasmine Sanders agreed, saying Trump supporters cannot consider themselves "good" people.
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GOP busted by CNN’s John Avlon for killing election security bill to ensure Trump gets re-elected
During his fact-checking segment on CNN's "New Day," contributor John Avlon blasted Senate Republicans for doing Donald Trump's bidding and killing two election security bills that could help hinder Russian interference in U.S. elections.
With Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) already taking heat (and being dubbed #MoscowMitch) for shutting down the two bills, Avlon asserted that it was obvious the GOP feels the president may need help being re-elected.
MSNBC’s Morning Joe buries ‘Moscow Mitch’ McConnell for selling out American democracy to Russia
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough went on an extended rant against "Moscow Mitch" McConnell for repeatedly blocking measures that would protect American democracy from Russian attacks.
The Senate majority leader blocked two election security bills twice this week, despite warnings from U.S. officials and former special counsel Robert Mueller that the Kremlin was actively engaged in efforts to interfere with the 2020 election -- and McConnell prevented the Obama administration from warning Americans about Russian meddling in 2016.
"Robert Mueller testified that not only did Russia try to interfere with our 2016 election and not only did Donald Trump's -- all of his intelligence community and Kirstjen Nielsen, when she was at Homeland Security, said Russia undermined American democracy in 2016," Scarborough said. "We remember back then the warnings came, but 'Moscow Mitch,' that being Mitch McConnell, of Moscow, Kentucky, actually blocked that and said he threatened the people that were going to try to get that information out to warn Americans."
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