Environment which was lax when it came to normal, standard procedures associated with covid, wearing a mask, social distancing, trying to take as much outdoors as you can, and working from home. And none of those things were Standard Operating Procedures at the white house. I think that the American Public is getting a look at, when you take risks, you are going to have to pay the piper, and thats whats happening. David before any of this happened, one of the Big Questions in the election coming up just a month from now was, do we trust President Trump more than we trust former Vice President biden to handle this crisis . The president was already behind in most of the polls on that score. We are getting conflicting, sometimes ambiguous or confusing briefings from his doctor at walter reed. There was a lot of working things walking things back. We also saw the president get into his suv, a closed and contained suv, with two secret service agents, to drive past the people inside. He say
Guest senator ron wyden from oregon and senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota, two of the biggest voting champions in the senate to talk about the challenges we face during the pandemic around voting. After a discussion with the senators we will be talking with alayna who is the director of state operations and ballot measure under major strategies, we will be talking about the Gold Standard of voting reform that she helped pass and we will also be talking about what reform looks like across this country. We know these are extremely challenging times and many people are enduring significant struggles, i really appreciate you spending sometime this evening with us. As you know the covid19 pandemic threatens not only our economy and our health but also the health of our democracy. It is shocking that even during the covid19 pandemic some states and localities are actively trying to disenfranchise certain voters especially from communities of color. What we saw in wisconsin several weeks ago
Klobuchar of minnesota and oregons ron wyden suggest voting amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over the next hour, they talk about voting by mail and what Congress Needs to do to make it nationwide. All and welcome those of you who are joining us on zoom and those on facebook life. I am president of common cause. We havely 50 years, been Holding Power accountable through lobbying, litigation, grassroots organizing and 1. 2 million members have helped with hundreds of reforms at the national, state and local levels. Thank you for joining this evenings webinar. We have two special guests senator ron wyden for morgan and senator Amy Klobuchar from minnesota. Oregontor ron wyden from and senator Amy Klobuchar from minnesota. After a discussion, i will be talking with our director of state operations and ballot measure strategies. We will be talking about the Gold Standard of voting reforms that she helped pass and we will talk about what reform looks like across the country. We know these are
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Media or around the world there is a monarch who could serve as head of state and we in this country have combined sort of head of state and head of government in the one office. Therefore, the president , first lady do everything from turn the lights on the Christmas Tree at the holidays to roll the easter eggs on the holiday to welcome heads of state. We do have a fixation on this in this country. I do think the highly feminine aspect of this will be minimized when we have a first female elected and the first man will try to define what his role is. The idea also of matterial infidelity if the office and high matterial infidelity of the office and wilson had affairs. We all know about about john kennedy, president johnson and president eisenhower and his terrorist. There is a long history of both parties with this. There is a long history of scant scandals. Mary todd lincoln was scandalous. She was shopping buying tons of dresses and gloves and she even bought a very expensive China