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If you’re a young democrat and you go to DC wanting to get involved with the party, they will give you many hoops to jump through. They will tell you you’re not good enough, you don’t have the right connection, too progressive, etc. They will then call you a year later to offer you a volunteer position on a campaign in Iowa with no way to make income to pay off your student debt or help you pay the bills between elections.
If you’re a Republican and you go to DC looking to get involved with the party, they will usher you right in to any number of think tanks or PACs with plenty of ways to make money while you help Republicans get elected.
So... Are you telling young people to just be republicans?
No, I’m diagnosing a problem with the Democratic Party. They tell enthusiastic youth to go pound sand when they want a job, unless they’re willing to work for free. But, Republicans have a pipeline that brings people in.
And we wonder why the Dems are out of touch with everyday people who live paycheck to paycheck.
What could we expect from a former SoH claiming her understands our struggles while eating $96 a gallon ice cream?
"I mean it's one banana Michael, what could it cost, $10?"