Why Progressives Own The Future

SO IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THE CRAZINESS OF DONALD TRUMP
AND THE NEWS OF THE DAY, I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO LOSE TRACK
OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE WINNING.
YOU MAY BE THINKING, WAIT A MINUTE?
IF BY WE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
PROGRESSIVES, UNFORTUNATELY OUR PARTY THESE DAYS IS THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THEY ARE LOSING AT A RECORD PACE ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IN ELECTIONS AND CERTAINLY IN POLICY.
THAT IS CERTAINLY TRUE BUT IF YOU MEAN WE AS IN THE MOVEMENT
OVERALL AND THE TIDE OF HISTORY I HAVE GREAT NEWS FOR YOU GUYS.
SOME OF THIS YOU BEGIN TO SEE THROUGHOUT ALL THE YEARS OF
COURSE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN ONE MOMENT IN TIME,
GIVES YOU A REALLY GREAT WINDOW INTO HOW MUCH WE ARE WINNING.
I SAY WE IN THIS CASE MEANING PROGRESSIVES.
MY DEFINITION OF PROGRESSIVE IS PEOPLE WHO WANT TO EXPAND
THE CIRCLE OF LIBERTY.
CONSERVATIVES WANT EVERYTHING TO STAY THE SAME.
PROPERTIES WHITE MEN HAD ALL THE RIGHTS AND THEY WANT THEM
TO ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHTS IT.
THAT WAS CONSERVATIVES BACK IN THE DAY.
AND THEN THEY HOLD ON AND THEY SAY OKAY, NON-PROPERTY
WYMAN AS WELL AND THEY SAY THAT IS THE NEW TRADITION AND
HERITAGE AND CULTURE, I WANT TO HOLD ONTO THAT.
PROGRESSIVE SAY LET'S GO FORWARD, EXPAND THAT LIBERTY
TO WOMEN, AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AND OF COURSE GAY AMERICANS.
THAT BRINGS ME THE STORY.
HOW MUCH ARE WE WINNING ON THIS ISSUE?
WELL, WE CHANGE THE
COUNTRY'S MIND.
IT'S A BOLD THING TO SAY ALMOST COMPLETELY, BUT KIND OF
THAT NEW GALLUP POLL OUT, 64% OF AMERICANS SAY SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE, AND A CIVIL UNIONS, NOT A HALF MEASURE, NOT
SOME RIGHTS, SIX SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEGAL.
THAT IS A MOST TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY.
IF YOU'VE GOTTEN TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY TO AGREE WITH
YOU ON ANY ISSUE, THAT IS A GIANT WIN.
THAT IS NOT A SMALL NUMBER.
THAT IS FAIRLY IRREVERSIBLE AND THAT TREND CONTINUES IN
THAT DIRECTION AND HAS NOT ABATED.
TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT HERE, BACK IN 1996, BILL CLINTON IS
PRESIDENTÖ BACK IN THE COUNTRY WAS ALREADY HEADED IN A
PROGRESSIVE DIRECTION, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
AMERICANS THOUGHT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEGAL?
ONLY 27%.
IS THAT AMAZING?
WE MOVED IT FROM 27% TO 64% IN ABOUT 20 YEARS.
AMAZING.
DON'T LOSE TRACK OF THE PROGRESS.
YES, THE ARC OF HISTORY DOES BEEN TOWARD JUSTICE.
LIMIT GIVING OUT THE PARTIES LINE UP ON THIS.
74% OF DEMOCRATS ARE NOW IN FAVOR OF THAT.
THE NUMBER SHOULD BE HIGH BUT WE WILL TAKE IT THAT MOST
IMPORTANTLY, SOME TO 1% OF INDEPENDENTS NOW THINK
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEGAL.
IT IS OVER.
WE WENT ON THIS ISSUE.
IF YOU HAVE 71% OF INDEPENDENTS ON YOUR SIDE, OVER.
LOOK AT THIS.
EVEN 47% OF REPUBLICANS.
WE'VE ALMOST GOT A MAJORITY OF REPUBLICAN SAYING YES,
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEGAL AND OF COURSE, IT IS.
SUPREME COURT RULED IN 2015 THAT IT IS NOW LEGAL THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY, BUT IT IS ONE THING TO WIN ON THE LAW OR ON A RULING,
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS AND WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW WHY?
WE HAD AN EXCELLENT CASE TO MAKE.
IT IS BECAUSE OF COURSE EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD HAVE THE SAME
RIGHTS THAT NOBODY'S ASKING FOR EXTRA RIGHTS, GAY AMERICANS WERE
ASKING FOR THE SAME EXACT RIGHTS AS STRAIGHT AMERICANS IN THE
CONSTITUTION IS ON THE SIDE, THEY HAD LOGIC AND REASON AND
DECENCY ON THEIR SIDE THAT IT ALSO HELPED THAT THIS IS A RATIO
WHERE THE REPUBLICANS DIDN'T CARE TO SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY
AGAINST IT SO THANK GOD AND SO NOW ONE LESS THING ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOVES TO TAKE CREDIT FOR
STUFF LIKE THIS, AND SOME CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN AND I THINK
IT WAS REALLY MORE PROGRESSIVES WHO WERE AGGRESSIVELY
PUSHING IN THIS DIRECTION, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, GAY RIGHTS
ACTIVISTS ARE PUSHING THIS DIRECTION, BUT SOME FOLKS
WHO WERE JOHNNY-COME-LATELY'S AND DECIDED THEY WERE FOR
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AS LATE AS 2013
OR RECENTLY PASSED LAWS IN THEIR STATE, THEIR LIKE LOOK AT
THIS, I AM SO PROGRESSIVE.IN FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
I KNOW, THAT PARADE STARTED A LONG TIME AGO.
JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T IN FRONT OF IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU LET IT.
NO MATTER WHO LET IT, THANK GOD IT IS GOING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION AND I DON'T THINK IT IS EVER GOING TO TURN
AROUND.
DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THESE GREAT VICTORIES.
WHEN I TELL YOU WE'RE GOING TO WIN ON A DIFFERENT ISSUE, YOU
WILL SEE WHY I SAY THAT.
IT IS BASED ON ACTUAL FACTS AND
HISTORY ALTHOUGH IN THE SHORT TERM WE GET HER LAW, HISTORY IS
ON OUR SIDE.
WE OWN THE FUTURE.

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