Barbara Lee claims Trump has perpetrated an 'all-out assault on our civil & human rights'

The Washington Examiner ^ | August 10, 2017 | Emily Jashinsky

[2ndDivisionVet]

In her keynote address to the opening plenary of Netroots Nation, an annual gathering of progressives, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said the first seven months of the Trump administration represented an "all-out assault on our fundamental civil and human rights."

President Trump, she told the audience, has "wasted no time in implementing the hateful agenda that he ran on." Lee pointed to the so-called Muslim ban, transgender military ban, healthcare reform efforts, and Commission on Election Integrity among other recent Republican actions to illustrate her argument.

Like Jason Kander, who addressed the crowd only moments earlier, Lee encouraged activists to go bolder and resist calls to dilute their message. "Coming from the Bay Area, of course, as a community leader with the Black Panther Party, I just have to say progressives understand the power of the people," she said. "We must be bold and not back down on who we are as progressives in the era of Donald Trump and Steve Bannon."(continued)

[2ndDivisionVet]

Yes, because the Black Panther Party is such a powerful force in America.

[BenLurkin]

What “hateful agenda”?

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I call it getting rid of some of the BS that should not have ever happened in the first place, so I’ll beg to differ.

[JennysCool]

She needs to clarify this “our” she speaks of. Exactly who does she mean?

[nothingnew]

Barbara "LEE"????....That's racist and I demand she change her last name!

FMCDH(BITS)

[PGR88]

hyperbole much???

[Mastador1]

Someone got butthurt that old maxine was getting all the liberal adoration.

[Popman]

Wow, I must have missed the fundamental assault on my civil and human rights congresswomen Lee is ranting about.

I must have been sleeping when that happened...

I came that close...

[nothingnew]

Barbara "LEE"????....That's racist and I demand she change her last name!

FMCDH(BITS)

[Pontiac]

In her keynote address to the opening plenary of Netroots Nation, an annual gathering of progressives, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said the first seven months of the Trump administration represented an "all-out assault on our fundamental civil and human rights."

If true, it shouldn’t bother her too much.

It would mean that Trump is a lot more like Obama than I would like.

She never raised her voice about the abuses of fundamental civil and human rights committed by Obama.

[rockrr]

Hey kids - you know what time it is? It's Nutroots time!

[nothingnew]

Barbara "LEE"!!!!....That's racist and I demand she change her last name!

FMCDH(BITS)

[Lurkinanloomin]

Reintroducing sanity is what they call a “hateful agenda”.

[morphing libertarian]

Don’t you hate it when someone is elected and then they try to implement the agenda that got them elected?

[Lurkinanloomin]

You are so right, it never should have happened.

Barack Hussein Obama is not a natural born citizen.

He never should have been President.

BOTH parties colluded to violate the Constitution.

[LegendHasIt]

Hey, Barbara Lee:

The fact that you haven’t been ‘disappeared’ and are able to open your yap to spew this idiocy is prima facie evidence that your premise is a lie and that are a granstanding, racist political hack.

[Bullish]

There are names that are very descriptive of people like Barbara Lee but I'm not going to use any of them here.

I can't help but think them though.

[hal ogen]

Dearest barbara, you racist political hack: Society and civilization would be better if you shut your considerable, hate-filled yapper. I know it upsets you that you are completely worthless, but it is what it is.

[Bullish]

Well said. I don’t waste much of my time worrying about ugly, stupid, racist pigs like Barbara Lee or Maxie Pad Waters.

[hal ogen]

I also don’t worry about them...but they are good for a laugh. I guess it is OK to laugh at lunatics after all.