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CLIFFS from LSA:
Ebro is smarter than Envy and Charlemagne combined so he asks good questions, overall this was a good interview.
- Identifies as a Democrat but ran as an Independent in the past. Would not do anything to compromise the Democratic nominee against Trump.
- Believes that being a visionary who has moral leadership and true faith in democracy is the most important qualifier for the job of U.S. President.
- We need a massive realignment of resources directed to young children.
- Addresses wealth inequality and the truth of the negative state of the economy.
- Acknowledges that the border crisis is a racist hoax hatched by Trump. States that we are a nation of immigrants except for Descendants of Slaves and Native Americans.
- Talks about the fact that many Americans do not understand post-Civil War history and how the violence extended well past Reconstruction, and that there has never been any economic restitution. Germany has given $89B to Jewish orgs as part of reparations and Reagan gave Japanese internment survivors $20km so WHY ARE PEOPLE ACTING LIKE REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY IS IMPOSSIBLE. She sees reparations as a moral issue moreso than an economic issue and that we need more than small and random acts of kindness.When she talks to white Midwesterners about reparations and appeals to their sense of morality, they actually agree with her.
- Believes you have to be audacious to get power, changing the conversation is not enough because the status quo will co-opt the language.
- Colin Kaepernick is a great American, his protest was in a way beautiful and moving, and its un-American for people to put him down.
- The drug war is not working and the biggest drug dealer is Big Pharma.
- With regard to guns, the problem is not the American people the problem is the NRA.
- There needs to be a complete overhaul and evolution of the American collective consciousness. Believes the American people are ready to do the right thing.
- Ebro couldn't find any scandals but she admitted she could at times be "a bytch" to co-workers in the past. He asked about ex-boyfriends and she joked she's been lucky about not kissing and telling but would hope they'd say she was good lol.
- Originally from Houston, lives in NY now, lived in MI for awhile, but is moving to Iowa in preparation to run for president.
- She plans to work with as many people as possible to be an effective president and fully expects to be held accountable.
- Believes in standing for human rights in foreign policy including standing up to the Saudis. Speaks out against the war in Yemen, and wants to make sure our moral values stay in line with our relationship to the rest of the world.