Chelsea Manning in 2018 MD Senate race
On Civil Rights:
No more asking for rights, we need to fight for them
We live in trying times. Times of fear, of suppression, of hate. We don't need more or better leaders. We need someone willing to fight. We need to stop asking them to give us our rights. They won't support us. They won't compromise.
We need to stop expecting that our systems will somehow fix themselves. We need to actually take the reins of power from them.
Source: YouTube video on 2018 Maryland Senate race
Jan 31, 2018
On Government Reform:
Government is not helping us; we need to help ourselves
We need someone willing to fight. We need to stop asking them to give us our rights. They won't support us. They won't compromise. We need to stop expecting that our systems will somehow fix themselves.
We need to actually take the reins of power from them. We need to challenge them at every level. We need to fix this. We don't need them anymore. We can do better. You're damn right. We got this.
Source: YouTube video on 2018 Maryland Senate race
Jan 31, 2018
On Immigration:
Believes all immigrants should be allowed into the U.S.
I also believe that people have an absolute right to come into this country. The immigration system is being used today to go after minority groups.
The immigration systems have been weaponized against minority communities in our country and we need to roll back on that and we need to stop.
Source: Baltimore Magazine on 2018 Maryland Senate race
Jan 18, 2018
On Crime:
If you live in wrong neighborhood you are in a police state
She touched on her time on prison and the effects imprisonment had on her life. She also touched on mass incarceration and the expanding population of American prisons. "We're not just in the police state. We're also in the prison state," said Manning.
"If you're in the wrong neighborhoods in this country, it looks the same as a military occupation in a foreign country." She assured the audience the only way to fix any of these problems is to set apart all of our differences and work together.
Source: Free Press Houston on 2018 Maryland Senate race
Dec 20, 2017
On Homeland Security:
Stop sending soldiers overseas for nationalist fairy tales
Former soldier Chelsea Manning said that the United States should stop sending its troops overseas for the sake of "nationalist fairy tales.""Want to support veterans!?"
Manning asked on Twitter. "Stop sending us overseas to kill or be killed for your nationalist fairy tales. We can do better."
Source: The Hill E-zine on 2018 Maryland Senate race
Nov 12, 2017
On Technology:
Business is collecting data on us, creating a life pattern
The real power of mass data collection lies in the hand-tailored algorithms capable of sifting, sorting and identifying patterns within the data itself. When enough information is collected over time, governments and corporations
can use or abuse those patterns to predict future human behavior. Our data establishes a "pattern of life" from seemingly harmless digital residue like cellphone tower pings, credit card transactions and web browsing histories.
Source: N.Y. Times on 2018 Maryland Senate race
Sep 13, 2017
On Budget & Economy:
Entire economy needs overhaul; human labor obsolete
The entire economy is going to need to be restructured,
especially when human labor is obsolete.
Source: Twitter posting on 2018 Maryland Senate race
Jul 28, 2017
On Jobs:
Figure out what to do when jobs are replaced by robots
All jobs are going away replaced by automation the jobs are not coming back,
we need to figure this out ! we need each other.
Source: Twitter posting on 2018 Maryland Senate race
Jul 9, 2017
On Health Care:
Expand healthcare to include prisoners & transgenders
"Health-care is something that prisoners have a right to," Manning said, when asked why taxpayers should cover the cost of hormone therapy,
going on to explain that "trans health-care is necessary because if we don't get our treatment, we die."
Source: The Daily Beast on 2018 Maryland Senate race
May 16, 2017
On Homeland Security:
Became whistleblower for patriotic opposition to wars
While back in the U.S. on leave in January 2010, Manning said she "began to become depressed" by the U.S. military situation in Iraq and Afghanistan and felt that if the public had access to the information she possessed, that it "could spark a
domestic debate on the role of the military and foreign policy.""I understand that my actions violate the law. When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty for others."
Source: ABC News on 2018 Maryland Senate race
May 16, 2017
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