by MCDC | Aug 22, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Issues, News, Virginia, Voter Rights
Gov. Terry McAuliffe will announce today that he has restored the rights of more than 13,000 felons on a case-by-case basis, two sources said. During a noon ceremony at the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial on Capitol Square, the governor also is expected to detail his...
by MCDC | Aug 20, 2016 | 2016 General Election, History, News, Racism
In 1989 five young black men were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman jogging in New York City. Leading the charge against them was a real estate mogul whose divisive rhetoric can be found in his presidential campaign today. Yusef Salaam was 15 years old...
by MCDC | Aug 20, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 5th District, Issues, Virginia
“He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured? I like people who weren’t captured.” “You know, it really doesn’t matter what the media write as long as you’ve got a young, and beautiful, piece of ass.” “I will build a great wall. And nobody...
by MCDC | Aug 18, 2016 | 2016 General Election, News
This Tuesday, the FBI sent a letter to GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Rep. Elijah Cummings, the nation’s top Democrat on that Committee, telling them that Hillary Clinton did not compose and send any emails...
by MCDC | Aug 17, 2016 | 2016 General Election, News, Opinion
I’ve been an active Republican for all of my adult life. That this venerable political party, once home to visionary thinkers and leaders, could hand its presidential nomination to Trump, who seems not to know how much he doesn’t know and could not care...
by MCDC | Aug 12, 2016 | 2016 General Election, 5th District, Action Alerts, Social Security, Virginia, Wall Street
Exactly 81 years ago this month, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law. Since then, it has functioned as one of the most successful programs in our nation’s history, giving seniors the support they depend on during retirement. Today, Social Security...
