{"id":4772,"date":"2017-11-08T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T00:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/video-release-on-one-year-anniversary-of-trump-election-merkley-lays-out-plan-to-reclaim-we-the-people-democracy\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:08:34","slug":"video-release-on-one-year-anniversary-of-trump-election-merkley-lays-out-plan-to-reclaim-we-the-people-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/video-release-on-one-year-anniversary-of-trump-election-merkley-lays-out-plan-to-reclaim-we-the-people-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"COMUNICADO EN VIDEO: En el primer aniversario de la elecci\u00f3n de Trump, Merkley presenta un plan para recuperar la democracia &quot;Nosotros, el pueblo&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; On the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump&rsquo;s election, Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley today released a new video laying out how &ldquo;We the People&rdquo; can overcome special interests and reclaim American democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&ldquo;Our political system has been hijacked by the privileged and powerful, and we need to do something about it,&rdquo; said Merkley. &ldquo;We have to fight to reclaim the &lsquo;We the People&rsquo; government our nation was founded on.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the video, Sen. Merkley lays out the plan that he and Sen. Tom Udall have introduced with the &ldquo;We the People&rdquo; Act of 2017, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Overturning the <i>Ciudadanos Unidos <\/i>decision that has unleashed floods of special interest money into American campaigns, and putting small grassroots donations at the center of the campaign finance system;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Closing loopholes that let outside groups spend millions of dollars on elections without disclosing the true source of funding behind the ads;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ending partisan redistricting and establishing independent citizen redistricting committees;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">And establishing automatic voter registration to empower every American to participate in elections.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&ldquo;Today, on the one-year anniversary of the earth-shattering 2016 election, I&rsquo;m calling on all of you to stay hopeful and to stay strong,&rdquo; said Merkley. &ldquo;Together, let&rsquo;s restore the vision of government &lsquo;of, by, and for the people.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/span><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The video can be viewed on Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jeffmerkley\/videos\/10155017363056546\/\"><span class=\"s2\">aqu\u00ed<\/span><\/a> or on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJeffMerkley\/status\/928400921922588673\"><span class=\"s2\">aqu\u00ed<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; On the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump&rsquo;s election, Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley today released a new video laying out how &ldquo;We the People&rdquo; can overcome special interests and reclaim American democracy. &ldquo;Our political system has been hijacked by the privileged and powerful, and we need to do something about it,&rdquo; said Merkley. 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