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Jason Kander

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 4, 1981

I believe there should be political consequences for politicians who commit voter suppression.

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To truly care about this country is to demonstrate that you care about her politics the same when you're winning as when you're losing.

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If I had the opportunity to give President Trump any advice, and I had to boil it down to one thing, I suppose it would be that nobody ever got better at any job by blaming everybody else whenever anything goes wrong.

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Politicians never say never to anything.

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In the Army, I learned how to use and respect my rifle.

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I signed up for military service in the months following 9/11, and later, as a military intelligence officer, I felt called, like so many others, to volunteer for deployment and service in Afghanistan.

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I'm proud to be a Democrat, and I feel pretty strongly that the country would be better off with Democrats in charge.

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As a former Captain in the Army National Guard, I trained hundreds of soldiers to lead troops into combat.

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The men and women of the American military have the courage to follow orders. They deserve a commander-in-chief with the courage to give them.

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Because President Obama had an overall strategy, military and civilian leaders under his command could make reactive decisions that advanced the president's goals. In the military, we call that commander's intent: When there's a decision to be made and you don't have exact guidance at that moment, you at least know overall what your boss wants.

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The president is in charge of the military so that a single individual - accountable to Americans - is responsible for its successes and failures.

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As Democrats, when we try to determine who or what allowed Donald Trump to become president, we should look in the mirror.

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Democrats fell in love with the idea that winning elections was a matter of talking to voters about the one issue we think impacts them, instead of our plan to move the country forward as a whole.

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When Democrats concede the idea that some voters are not our voters, we shouldn't be surprised when those voters agree.

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Voters are smart. They know the difference between a Democratic Party that wants their vote and a Democratic Party that believes in making their life better. They'll forgive you for pushing a policy they don't like as long as they believe you're doing it because you genuinely believe it's what's best for the country.

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When one donor can account for more than 70 percent of a candidate's money, there's obviously something wrong with the system.

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Americans want to be represented by the best candidate, not the one with the richest friends.

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Frankly, a lot of candidates have no problem being sold to the highest bidder if it means they will win.

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The sacrifices our warfighters make for us is simply astonishing in modern American society.

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To me, serving wasn't uncommon, and my service paled in comparison to so many of my friends who had done so much more. In my world - as a citizen soldier - I was surrounded by other soldiers just doing their jobs.

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