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bills, but he did. progressive liberal causes, of repealing don t ask, don t tell is one of the major pieces of gay rights legislation in a decade, and i led that charge. same with finally passing the 9/11 health bill permanently a couple weeks ago. i do get things done, and i win in red and purple, which is why i m running, i m leading the national debate on reproductive rights, gay rights, family bill of rights with national paid leave. on the donor point, because you do need that, and i think it s only a couple more days to qualify, i read that you said in an interview, calling for al franken to resign has hurt you with democratic donors. how do you know that senator? have they told you that? yes, it s been widely reported in the president that certain donors are angry. and frankly that s on them. i did what was right. it was really hard, there s nothing easy about calling out a colleague, but the truth about
senator or governor ever. it s because i do so well in the red places, the purple places and the blue places. i think it s a false choice, democrats are struggling with, do we need the best progressive who has a base. repealing don t ask, don t tell. ask a green new deal. who can win those red and purple places that are necessary to win the general election. but that s why i decided to run. the but is this, you crushed it in new york in order to beat donald trump, you have to register with democrats. i m wondering why you think your numbers on this this national scale here, why aren t they hire in this current primary race. why are you not connecting? i think the measures today are name recognition, and whether you re a national
regardless of gender identity. i led the charge in repealing don t ask, don t tell to make sure lgbtq members could serve and not be denied based on who they love. and i just announced a broad based agenda on making sure we have equality in america for lgbtq americans. so, as you re there at that pride event in des moines, what does pride mean to you? it means being proud of who you are and who you love and being able to identify as exactly the person that you are. it s one of the reasons why, as president, i will make sure that if you would like to identify as an ex-gender on your federal ids, you can. i don t think that s a decision the state should be making. so pride is about being who you are and loving who you love, love is brave. so let s talk about marijuana now, shall we, because you rolled out a plan this week to legalize marijuana nationwide,
he punches down and he has demeaned our lgbtq community members, he has demeaned our transgender service members in our military. as president i will restore the rights of men and women to serve regardless of gender identity. i led the charge in repealing don t ask, don t tell to make sure lgbtq members could serve and not be denied based on who they love and i just announced a broad based agenda on making sure we have equality in america for lgbtq americans. taz you as you re there at t pride event in des moines what does pride mean to you? it means being proud of who you are and who you love and being able to identify as exactly the person that you are. it s one of the reasons why, as president, i will make sure that if you would like to identify as an ex-gender on your federal ids, you can. i don t think that s a decision the state should be making. so pride is about being who you