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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsClinton seizes the center on race and guns in wake of GOP's silence
Clinton seizes the center on race and guns in wake of GOP's silenceby Jonathan Allen at Vox
http://www.vox.com/2015/6/20/8818611/clinton-Charleston-race-guns
"SNIP...............
If Clinton is to win the presidency, part of the reason will be Republicans' unwillingness to seriously confront realities that threaten the stability and strength of American society, from race and gun violence to income inequality and climate change.
It's hard to come up with solutions if you refuse to identify the problems. Clinton didn't advance the ball much on the former Saturday, but she delivered on the latter putting tremendous distance between herself and field full of Republican gun-and-race deniers. One would think the GOP would have learned this lesson from the 1990s: If you give a Clinton the obvious middle ground, she'll take it.
Clinton on Race and Guns
Here's part of what she said on race.
"Bodies are once again being carried out of a black church. Once again racist rhetoric has metastasized into racist violence. Now its tempting, it is tempting, to dismiss a tragedy like this as an isolated incident. To believe that in todays America bigotry is largely behind us, that institutionalized racism no longer exists. But despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, Americas long struggle with race is far from finished."
.................SNIP"
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Clinton seizes the center on race and guns in wake of GOP's silence (Original Post)
applegrove
Jun 2015
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orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)1. Bernie was soliciting donations for the victims .
4now
(1,596 posts)2. Is Sanders really against gun control?
Any gun control?
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)5. Nnnnnnope.
Cha
(297,287 posts)3. Mahalo applegrove