Jess's ten minute stump speech consists of biography, Biblical values, health care, education, campaign finance reform, and a commitment to taking the 'servant' in 'public servant' literally. Jess: "I'm so thrilled that it's Friday night and you're..." Crowd: it's SATURDAY night!
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Reasons that brought Mennonite and Amish refugees here remain the same 400 years later. These are bedrock American values. The legal immigration process takes years to get through. We need a functional immigration system based on our values
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Follow-up from same questioner: "we've become captives of jingoism. We've stopped questioning whether something is true. How do we fix it?" Jess sees direct community involvement as a way around the impasse. Get off Facebook and Twitter (hey!)
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Jess talks about being inspired at seeing children attend her events, but "we have to make sure our civic discourse is appropriate for children," which is the most devastating indictment of Trump I have heard.
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Question: do you have any sense in terms of polling where you stand? No polls, anecdotal evidence and observation is very hopeful. [I would love to see a poll of PA-11]
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I attended three of Jess's five town hall events today and need to take about a week off. I have no idea how they do this.
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