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catbyte

(34,467 posts) Sun Aug 11, 2019, 09:38 AM Aug 2019

This is what empathy and humanity looks like, something today's gop is complately devoid of.

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Andrew Yang breaks down after a woman says her 4-year-old daughter died after being struck by a stray bullet: "I have a 6- and 3-year-old boy, and I was imagining..." Fighting back tears, he adds, "I was imagining it was one of them ... I'm so sorry."

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This is what empathy and humanity looks like, something today's gop is complately devoid of. (Original Post) catbyte Aug 2019 OP

I get teary just reading headlines of news stories, so for anyone who remains "human" not surprised. hlthe2b Aug 2019 #1

I teared up listening to the poor mother recant her heartbreak onetexan Aug 2019 #3

10 recs BeyondGeography Aug 2019 #2

K&R brer cat Aug 2019 #4

hlthe2b

(102,404 posts)

1. I get teary just reading headlines of news stories, so for anyone who remains "human" not surprised.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sun Aug 11, 2019, 09:45 AM

Aug 2019

How did the Democratic party maintain their humanity, while those of the Republican party clearly cast off theirs?

onetexan

(13,066 posts)

3. I teared up listening to the poor mother recant her heartbreak

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 11, 2019, 09:54 AM

Aug 2019

& more so when Andrew broke down. Thank God there are still leaders with a sense of empathy and sensibility. This gun culture has got to be curtailed. It cannot be allowed to continue defining who were are as Americans.

BeyondGeography

(39,384 posts)

2. 10 recs

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sun Aug 11, 2019, 09:51 AM

Aug 2019

Yang is a good man.

brer cat

(24,621 posts)

4. K&R

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sun Aug 11, 2019, 02:22 PM

Aug 2019

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