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Jason Kander

(1981) Politician

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Jason Kander points out that low wages and few benefits make it hard for many Americans to get a fair share. He calls climate change a moral problem that needs action, and he says politicians who suppress voters should face consequences. He also backs the right to keep a gun.

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Jason Kander is a politician.

Quick Facts About Jason Kander

Born: May 4, 1981
Profession: Politician

About Jason Kander

American attorney, author, veteran, and politician... | Jason David Kander is an American attorney, author, veteran, and politician. A Democrat, he served as the 39th secretary of state of Missouri, from 2013 to 2017. He had previously served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013. Before entering politics, he was an intel

Quotes by Jason Kander

Campaigning ain't tough.

Campaigning

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I believe in President Obama.

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Politicians never say never to anything.

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I believe there should be political consequences for politicians who commit voter suppression.

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I love this country, and I won't let losing an election force me away from the process.

Country

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Not everyone who goes to Washington becomes Washington.

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Senator Blunt genuinely sees everything through the lens of partisan politics.

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In order to change Washington, we're going to have to change the people that we send there.

Change

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Americans want to be represented by the best candidate, not the one with the richest friends.

Americans

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I didn't get into politics to play a character on TV.

Character

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He's like a bizarro me. One of us is working for good, and the other is Kris Kobach.

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A lot of states that pass voter ID laws have little to no evidence of in-person voter impersonation fraud, which is the…

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Unions continue to be important for raising the standard of living for working Americans, whether or not they happen to be in…

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I believe that if you make it harder to vote, then we should make it harder for you to get reelected.

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I obviously did not volunteer to go to Afghanistan solely to protect the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans.

Afghanistan

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The secret to adulthood is that 99% of the time, you actually know the right thing to do. Adults make it hard…

Adolescence

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Let America Vote will make the case for voting rights by exposing the real motivations of those who favor voter suppression laws.

America

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I realize there are a lot of folks in my political party who disagree with me on this, but I think the…

Country

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If you've been willing to put your life on the line to do something important for your country or your state, putting…

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To improve the standard of living for working folks, we have to raise the minimum wage and empower workers to fight for…

Fight

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Voters are smart. They know the difference between a Democratic Party that wants their vote and a Democratic Party that believes in…

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I'm a Democrat because I want every American to have a fair shot at the American Dream. That's what ties it all…

American dream

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No matter how many times the court shuts them down or how many Americans speak out to defend their rights, Republican politicians…

Change

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Democrats fell in love with the idea that winning elections was a matter of talking to voters about the one issue we…

Country

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We have got to zero in on the fact that all of us, no matter where you live, want our kids' lives…

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If I had the opportunity to give President Trump any advice, and I had to boil it down to one thing, I…

Advice

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Voting in our country has never been easy, and unfortunately, it has never been guaranteed for everyone. But through the work of…

Brave

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We have so much access to one another through technology and everything else, that we're very much used to people being real.…

Acting

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I'm a big believer in you make your argument to everybody, and you do it in a way that is real and…

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When we talk about something like student loans, what we should be talking about is the fact that every American wants their…

Coming home

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A lot of people will say to me, they'll say, "When is Trump going to be gone?" People who are thinking that…

Being the best

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Whether you have a hundred friends on Facebook or whether you're on TV or whatever, at every level, everybody has a platform.…

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You can protect the integrity of elections without stopping anyone from voting.

Democracy

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In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights.

Amendment

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Voter suppression anywhere hurts our democracy everywhere.

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We need Congress to do more than just engage in partisan games.

Congress

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The sacrifices our warfighters make for us is simply astonishing in modern American society.

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You've got to tell people how it is that you've come to believe what you do.

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There are states with photo ID requirements that don't disenfranchise eligible voters.

Eligible

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I'm that dude from the ad about background checks where I put a rifle together blindfolded.

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