Michael Bennet in The Atlantic
On Drugs:
Let states experiment with marijuana; address racial issues
What we're having right now is a tremendous experiment in federalism, and that's what we should continue to do. The states should look at this and ultimately we should decide as a country what we want to do, but I don't know that we're there yet.
I think the sentencing disparities suggest important issues that have to be addressed.
Source: The Atlantic, "Immigration," on 2020 Democratic primary
Jan 24, 2018
On Immigration:
Trump is anti-immigrant; immigrants are a positive force
Q: Are Trump's immigration policies driven by racism?A: I think they're driven by a profound anti-immigrant sentiment and a complete misapprehension of the contribution that immigrants and immigration has made to the United States of America.
They see it as a negative force, immigration and immigrants as a negative force. I think the history is that it has been a positive force.
Source: The Atlantic, "Immigration," on 2020 Democratic primary
Jan 24, 2018
On Immigration:
America is a unique place for refugees to succeed
There is not an immigrant in Colorado that has a thicker accent than my grandparents had. And there was nobody I ever met who were greater patriots than my grandparents. They loved this country. And they were astonished by our political system, by our
commitment to pluralism, by their ability to rebuild their shattered lives in the United States, and they truly believe they could never have done it anywhere else. I think a lot about them when we're having these immigration conversations.
Source: The Atlantic, "Immigration," on 2020 Democratic primary
Jan 24, 2018
On Principles & Values:
Most Democrats are not socialists and should say so
He warns that Democrats shouldn't make it easy for Donald Trump to write them off as socialists (he jumped up and applauded when the president said "America will never be
a socialist country" in his State of the Union address, realizing only later that Bernie Sanders was right behind him, scowling in his seat).
Source: The Atlantic, "Stop the Rage" on 2020 Democratic primary
Mar 2, 2019
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