Keith Ellison: 'Women are dying because we are losing elections'
Source: The Hill
BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 04/16/18 09:49 AM EDT
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) is urging Democrats to the polls, saying women are dying because the left is losing elections.
The Democratic National Committee vice chairman spoke at a progressive training session on Friday and said the party needs to triumph at the ballot box for the sake of women's health.
Women are dying because we are losing elections, Ellison said. We dont have the right to lose a damn election. We have to win. We have to win. Maternal morality is rising in states like Missouri and Texas, Ellison said.
The United States has one of the highest rates of maternal deaths among wealthy and developed countries. In 2013, there were 28 maternal deaths per 100,000 births in the United States.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/383331-keith-ellison-women-are-dying-because-we-are-losing-elections
Girard442
(6,075 posts)We need a tidal wave of people hitting the polls demanding candidates who will work at fixing what's broke with this country. Why this is hard is a mystery to me, but it seems to be.
truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)Jeeze.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)I had to do a double take, then figure out what was actually meant.
calimary
(81,298 posts)The idiocy out there is just stunning. Don't any of these outfits PROOFREAD anything anymore?
efhmc
(14,726 posts)nt
CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)This is the kind of messaging that makes people sit up & take notice! The dems need more of this fight-back attitude!
BigmanPigman
(51,607 posts)affordable health care and they need a plan. The GOP base even likes this so it is a win in both parties.
SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)That is why I support reelecting Democrats like Joe Manchin and Claire McCaskill, and electing a relative centrist like Conor Lamb in Trump country. It's why I supported electing Democrat Heath Mello for Mayor in Omaha, although he lost. And it's why I support Independents like Bernie Sanders and Angus King who caucus with Democrats.
We can sort out our difference later. We must wrest power away from the Republican Party or people die.
mountain grammy
(26,622 posts)the GOP is killing us..
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Tell it Keith!
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)How do women's rights alone not make each and every federal election a rout?
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)meadowlander
(4,395 posts)Gutting Obamacare is also killing men and kids. Lack of gun control is killing everyone.
mountain grammy
(26,622 posts)Preach it!