Nina Turner
Politician
1967-12-07
Quotes by Nina Turner
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Every step of the way, life was hard. I was supposed to be a statistic.
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All of the great social justice advances that we ever had in this country have come not from people with big titles and not from people at the top, but just from everyday people getting together saying 'Enough is enough. I'm going to change this, and I'm going to get involved, and I am going to be engaged.'
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It is un-American, it is unjust to target any group of folks whether they are African-American, Hispanic, poor or elderly when it comes to access to the vote.
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Any Democrat worth their salt that doesn't unequivocally say Medicare-for-all is the way to go? To me, there's something wrong with them.
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It is a travesty for anyone who is elected to office, who serves in an elective office, to engage in voter suppression.
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Voter fraud is almost non-existent. People don't just show up on election day, trying to impersonate other people.
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Whether it is access to voting rights, representation in government, or the outsized influence of money in our political system, the opportunity to interact with and participate in democracy is available to some, but blocked for many.
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Global warming is a real threat to our communities, to everybody, to everything.
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Often in America, access to the freedoms and privileges guaranteed under the Constitution are determined by ZIP code.
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