{"id":15938,"date":"2020-09-19T11:28:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=15938"},"modified":"2020-09-19T11:30:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T18:30:21","slug":"susan-sarandon-endorses-shahid-buttar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/09\/19\/susan-sarandon-endorses-shahid-buttar\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Sarandon endorses Shahid Buttar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It shocks no one to say that Nancy Pelosi is not working people\u2019s best friend. Her total disregard for our lives and livelihood during this pandemic, though, has hit a new low even for her.

In March, she openly opposed direct payments to Americans. After Republicans backed this popular idea, she had to join them in supporting it.\u00a0 But given progressives\u2019 $2,000 monthly Universal Basic Income plan and Trump\u2019s $1,200 one-time check, she chose the latter without putting up a single fight.

I don\u2019t know what Nancy thinks $1,200 would cover. As the 3rd richest member of Congress, maybe she doesn\u2019t understand the reality facing working people\u2013or maybe she just doesn\u2019t care.<\/strong>

After 4 rounds of legislation, Nancy also outrageously did NOTHING to protect renters, homeowners, or unhoused folks. Be it free COVID treatment, cancelling student debts, bringing Congress back to work…name any priorities for working people, Nancy threw up her hands and walked away.

The groups Nancy did make sure to take care of? Big corporations, the insurance industry, and lobbyists.

When we worked hard to flip the House in 2018, we were promised real progressive changes. Instead, Nancy has passed ALL of Trump\u2019s rapidly increasing military budgets, extended the PATRIOT Act again and again to give Trump unconstitutional spying powers, funded Trump\u2019s ICE and border camps, and supported Trump\u2019s coup attempts in South America. All at the same time, she publicly attacked the Squad and mocked the Green New Deal as \u201cthe green dream, or whatever.\u201d

This pandemic has made it absolutely clear that Nancy not only doesn\u2019t know how to wield her immense power to fight for working people, but she also isn\u2019t interested in fighting for working people, PERIOD.

That\u2019s why we must elect Shahid to Congress to replace her.<\/a>

Though I don\u2019t have the pleasure of living in San Francisco, what happens in this election has ramifications for me and my family.\u00a0 Social, racial, housing & environmental justice policy impacts all of us and that\u2019s why I support Shahid Buttar, a man who\u2019s record shows that he will make the necessary change that our country so desperately needs. We literally cannot afford any more of Nancy\u2019s let-them-fight-over-bread-crumbs politics \u2013 not when our planet is burning and a pandemic is threatening every single American\u2019s safety and livelihood.

Please donate whatever you can afford. We need real change and bold leaders to fight for it, NOW.

💌 46 days remain 💌<\/a> Will you join me and chip in $12.00 today to make sure Shahid beats Nancy in November?<\/a> If you have payment information saved with ActBlue, your contribution of $12 will go through immediately. Thanks for your support!<\/a>

In Solidarity,

Susan Sarandon<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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