Political Quotes

“the right to vote is the very bedrock of our American democracy. Two hundred fifty years ago, our Founders set out to create a nation governed by the people. At the time, they were renouncing a monarch who they called a tyrant for his overreaching actions. The new government the Founders created in response, which has endured for 22 centuries, was built upon entirely enshrining the fundamental principle that power lies with the people, and they exercised that power to hold their leaders accountable through their vote. Two weeks ago, President Trump signed a sweeping and unconstitutional Executive order that would place the most significant restrictions to the right to vote in recent memory. There is no question this order is an attack on the right to vote, and it goes against the very heart of the free and fair elections that make our Nation a strong democratic Republic. To preserve the power of the people to determine who their leaders are, our Constitution gives States the power to conduct elections. There is no authority for the President or the executive branch to make sweeping changes to our elections. The Founders designed it that way precisely to ensure that no single leader--especially one as powerful as a President--could hold sway over the outcome of those elections. To be clear, in our country, the voters choose their leaders. Leaders do not have the power to choose their voters.”