DEMOCRATS MUST RECLAIM THEIR FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 6 December 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
For Americans, freedom is not only a sacred right and duty- it’s also the ultimate political marketing tool…and it’s past time for Democrats to take it back and claim it as their own!
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| 0:42.6 | This is the Tom Harbin Program. |
| 0:46.9 | I want to start with my op-ed today that I published over at HarbinReport.com. |
| 0:51.5 | Its title Democrats must reclaim their brand as the Freedom Party. |
| 0:55.1 | There was a time in this country when the Democratic Party was branded as the Freedom Party. |
| 1:02.1 | They called themselves that, the Party of Freedom. |
| 1:06.4 | Franklin Roosevelt said in his 1944 State of the Union Address, |
| 1:10.5 | necessitous men are not free men. |
| 1:13.5 | And what did he mean by that? |
| 1:14.7 | Well, it's pretty straightforward. |
| 1:15.8 | If you're hungry and you don't have access to food, you're not free. |
| 1:19.2 | If you can't afford decent housing and therefore don't have a safe place to live, |
| 1:22.8 | you're not free. |
| 1:23.9 | If you're out of work and can't support yourself or your family, you're not free. |
| 1:28.3 | If you're sick and you can't afford medical treatment, you're not free. |
| 1:31.9 | If you live in fear of right-wing violence or terrorism because of your religion or the color |
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