Democrats Want to 'Change the Structure' of the United States to Win Elections

Continetti: Democrats Want to 'Change the Structure' of the United States to Win Elections - FreeBeacon

2020 Democratic hopefuls support policies such as expanding the Supreme Court and abolishing the Electoral College because they believe they cannot pass progressive policies unless they "change the structure" of the Constitution. "The Democratic argument is with the Constitution of the United States of America. The argument is because the left cannot win its arguments when they present them publicly, and in order to win, they need to change the structure."

Continetti went on to reference 2020 hopeful Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who said when it comes to the Supreme Court, "structural change is necessary." 2020 candidate Beto O'Rourke has also discussed the issue, saying at a rally last week that he thinks expanding the Court is "an idea we should discuss."

In addition to discussions about packing the Court and abolishing the Electoral College, some Democrats-including Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.)-have expressed support for lowering the minimum age requirement for voting to 16.

Could the "Twitter Primary" Cost Democrats the Oval Office? - National Review

In my lifetime, I've never seen more presidential candidates advocate breaking more American constitutional, economic, and policy norms than I've seen from the Democratic field so far in 2019. When you assemble their proposals, it's breathtaking.

End the Electoral College? Elizabeth Warren is for it, and Beto O'Rourke says there's "a lot of wisdom" in her proposal.

Pack the Supreme Court? Warren, Beto, Kamala Harris, and Kirsten Gillibrand are open to the idea.

End the legislative filibuster? Harris and Warren are thinking about it.

Remake the American economy with the Green New Deal? Virtually every significant Democratic presidential candidate is an enthusiastic yes.

Sweep away the private health-insurance policies of 150 million Americans? This is the emerging Democratic consensus.

This is only a partial list of Democratic power moves to the left, including calls to fundamentally transform longstanding constitutional structures and institutions. If a Democratic candidate breaks in even small ways from the emerging online orthodoxy, watch them trend on Twitter. This immediate feedback amplifies existing primary-season pressures to move leftward.

Beto O'Rourke seemingly endorses third-trimester abortions: 'That should be a decision the woman makes' - FoxNews

White House hopeful Beto O'Rourke seemingly endorsed the practice of third-trimester abortions at a campaign event in Ohio on Monday, less than a month after Senate Democrats blocked a bill that would have required doctors to provide medical care to newborns amid a swirling infanticide controversy in Virginia.

"Are you for third-trimester abortions?" an attendee of the campaign event in Cleveland asked O'Rourke, before describing the medical alternatives to such a procedure and disputing the medical necessity of late-term abortions. O'Rourke responded: "The question is about abortion and reproductive rights. And, my answer to you is, that should be a decision the woman makes. I trust her."

Alexandra Desanctis, a staff writer at the conservative National Review, characterized O'Rourke's remarks as a cynical sleight of hand. "Notice how Beto takes an articulate question about abortion *after fetal viability* and the medical details of these procedures and restates it to the crowd as a question about "abortion and reproductive rights," DeSanctis tweeted. "That's what they have to do to defend third-trimester abortion."

2020 Hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand: Expand Social Security to Illegal Immigrants - Breitbart

During a campaign stop in Davenport, Iowa, presidential hopeful Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said illegal immigrants in America should be allowed to receive social security benefits, along with a pathway to citizenship.

"First, we need comprehensive immigration reform," the New York senator stated. "If you are in this country now you must have the right to pay into Social Security, to pay your taxes, to pay into the local school system and to have a pathway to citizenship. That must happen," Gillibrand said.

Gillibrand also faced scrutiny earlier this week over comments she made during an MSNBC town hall Monday when she said, "Immigration is not a security issue. It is an economic and a humanitarian and a family issue." According to current law, only legal residents of the United States are entitled to Social Security benefits after they pay into the program for a certain amount of time.

2020 Democrats vow to re-enter Iran nuclear deal - AL-Monitor

Re-entry into the nuclear deal with Iran is fast becoming a litmus test for Democrats hoping to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. No fewer than five declared candidates have told Al-Monitor over the past few weeks that they would rejoin the deal without preconditions should they win the presidency.

These include well-known lawmakers such as Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who both voted for the deal in 2015, along with Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., who was elected in 2016. And former Vice President Joe Biden, who is expected to announce whether he is running next month, remains a champion of the pact negotiated under his watch.

Al-Monitor has learned that National Security Action, a group of former Barack Obama administration officials, has circulated a draft memo to all declared Democratic candidates asking them to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.

Democratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang's Most Bizarre Policy Proposals - The Federalist

In the crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates, Andrew Yang stands out with a lengthy and eccentric list of policy proposals. The backbone of Yang's platform is a Universal Basic Income, or what he calls the "Freedom Dividend." Yang says he wants the government to give $1,000 every month to every American over the age of 18.

Yang proposes creating incentives and funds to entice developers to reinvent uses for these empty [Mall] buildings. Marriage counseling should be free or heavily subsidized by the government. Yang proposes making tax day a federal holiday, or "Revenue Day," and, in an attempt to make it a celebration. Yang is convinced that there should be a "White House Psychologist group" responsible for monitoring the mental health of employees in the executive branch.

In what he calls the "American Exchange Program," high school seniors would be able to travel to different parts of the United States. He proposes a robo-calling text line, where you can report the phone number of any robo-call that you feel wasted your time. Community engagement would be encouraged through an app that tracks and rewards your volunteer hours. He would would push for "initiatives meant to inform parents that they don't need to have their infants circumcised for health reasons."