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Why we vote no
Over 700 National Delegates are voting “no” on the party platform and there is no ambiguity as to why
Bernie Sanders played an important role in transforming me from a political hobbyist, someone who engages in politics passively as a watcher/reader/Facebooker, to a political activist, someone who shows up in-person, donates their time and money, organizes with others, and works to accomplish clearly defined goals.
Today, along with over 700 other National Delegates, I will be voting “no” on the Democratic Party Platform.
On my first ever run for any political position, I was elected as both a State and National Delegate representing Senator Sanders and his voters. Today, along with over 700 other National Delegates, I will be voting “no” on the Democratic Party Platform. I see this as a necessary vote in my duty to represent Washington’s 7th Congressional District, the Bernie Sanders campaign, and the Democratic Party.
Sanders has now run two unsuccessful campaigns to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States and if there was one thing that defined both campaigns, it was single-payer healthcare, popularly known as Medicare-for-All.
