Ryan and other House Democrats are running–and winning–on fighting GOP extremism
Pat Ryan won the special election in NY-19 on Tuesday by taking on the threat to our democracy that Republican extremists pose to our fundamental freedoms: the freedom to vote and reproductive freedom.
Ryan on extremist threats to our Democracy:
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Washington Post – “Ryan also cited a recent poll showing that a top issue for voters has become threats to democracy. When he saw that poll, he said to himself, ‘That is exactly what I’m feeling on the ground.’”
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“There’s sort of this power grab of the far, far right,” Ryan [said]. “It’s just wildly out of step with where the vast majority of Americans are.”
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Alex Wagner Tonight – “The polling that we just saw a few days ago that threats to democracy are top of mind above all these other issues for people… [we see] just guardrails of democracy increasingly being hit, and that is a wake up call for folks.”
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Don Lemon Tonight – “We centered this campaign on choice, and freedom, and standing up at an existential moment in our democracy, and we saw the results… When these guardrails of democracy are hit and fundamental rights are ripped away from people, folks stand up and they fight and they rally to this cause, and it’s powerful.”
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Election night victory speech – “[I] got in this race because the foundations of our democracy were, and remain, under direct threat. And that is deadly serious.”
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Victory tweet – “I got into this race because the very foundations of our democracy are under attack.”
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Punchbowl News – “Ryan ran on abortion access/GOP extremism.”
Ryan also ran on taking on the corporate special interests exploiting working families, a message he described as “one of the most popular” in his district:
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Morning Joe – “One of the most popular things in my district, actually making corporations pay their fair share of taxes.”
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Pat Ryan ad “Power” – “I’m Pat Ryan and as Ulster County Executive, I used my power to hold greedy corporations accountable.”
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