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Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: Primaries over!!~ D.C. Polls close NOW at 8pm ET--! Yay!!! ~~ (HRC GP) [View all]Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)20. Yes we do because many of us work for the federal government and have witnessed
firsthand how he has gone to back for federal employees. Many of us are also people of color and have seen firsthand how this president has been treated. And most of us have worked our asses off only to be told by the Republicans in Congress that we are lazy, no good, overpaid and unworthy---you know, all the racist code words that they love to use as proxies. We'd work our asses off, sometimes working 10 to 12 hours a day putting together the administrative budget, for instance, only for the Rethugs to run to the Corporate Media, lying about Obama not giving them a budget. This has happened every single year since Obama has been in office--not to mention the sequestration and government shutdown.
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Primaries over!!~ D.C. Polls close NOW at 8pm ET--! Yay!!! ~~ (HRC GP) [View all]
Her Sister
Jun 2016
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Yes we do because many of us work for the federal government and have witnessed
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2016
#20
Hah. I posted that video about a week ago when he lost 4 of 6, figuring he'd come out and say...
George II
Jun 2016
#18
I live in MD, so all my friends are taking the afternoon off to go vote. It's so quiet at work today
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2016
#19
Can watch results here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/2016-election-results/washington-dc/
Her Sister
Jun 2016
#33
There was a point when only 200 votes had been counted that Bernie was ahead.
teamster633
Jun 2016
#40
Don't technically live in DC (might be moving within the city limits soon)
forjusticethunders
Jun 2016
#42