Why can’t we elect a woman president in the U.S. when many other countries have? Well... “other countries have invested a lot more in closing some of these gender gaps," says Professor of Gender & Politics at Royal Holloway University Jennifer Piscopo, on with Molly Jong-Fast.
It creates “normalization." #Velshi
"It's natural to be distressed or upset, but what you shouldn't be is anxious or lonely, because that's the state which makes authoritarianism possible," says Timothy Snyder. "[Trump] can't do it on his own. He can't do it without us." #Velshi
"Please don't do that": Senator Bernie Sanders warns against sitting out this election or casting a protest vote. He says that Trump and Netanyahu are "in bed together" and that the GOP are "far, far worse" on many important issues. #Velshi
"I see this as a betrayal of the core principles of The Post," says the The Washington Post's legendary former Exec Editor Marty Baron of the paper's non-endorsement in the presidential race. The circumstances are "highly suspect." #Velshi
Robert Kagan, who resigned from The Washington Post over the paper’s decision to not issue an endorsement in the presidential race, called the move a “preemptive capitulation” to Donald Trump.
“This is how American institutions fail to protect us.” #Velshi
