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" California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity. "
Kevin de Leon
Political
Opportunity
Here
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" The D.C. playbook is obsolete. It's time for the people of California to bring the agenda to Washington, not the other way around. "
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" What we have done dramatically in California is lead the entire nation. For example, we have created more jobs in clean energy in California than there are coal-mining jobs in all of America. "
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" Domestic workers allow many people with disabilities to maintain independent, productive lives and live in their own homes - not in institutions. "
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" As Democrats, we will never be fooled into believing that if we are patient enough, that Donald Trump could be a good president. "
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" Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about. "
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" I don't believe other states should be in the business of luring production out of California. We've made it clear that no one is going to out-compete California. "
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" Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies. "
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" Lawmakers must stand up for companies that choose public safety over profit margins. "
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" Dependence on oil from volatile foreign markets undermines our economic security and threatens our national security. Moreover, that addiction is producing toxic air and a public-health epidemic. "
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" President Trump's threat to weaponize federal funding is not only unconstitutional but emblematic of the cruelty he seeks to impose on our most vulnerable communities. "
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" I want you to know that California is your sanctuary. We will always be a place where you can be whoever you are and become whoever you dream of being. California will always stand up for you. That's a principle that's bigger than partisanship, more powerful than any president. "
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" Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going. "
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" California serves as our nation's cutting edge on many fronts. "
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" It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins. "
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" I know - firsthand - that California works best when everyone has the opportunity to succeed. It's a lesson that's hard to learn from the back of a limousine, or behind gated walls. And it's a lesson that guided me every day as the president of the California State Senate - the most productive and progressive policymaking body in America. "
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Day
" I wouldn't have voted for the war in Iraq, which has cost us trillions we could have been spending on a carbon-free economy, affordable college, and single-payer health care. "
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" When you have a president who mocks our inclusivity, who demonizes our diversity... you can't ask for patience. "
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" California lost its way in 1994 with Prop. 187, but that tragic episode gave birth to a new California consciousness - one that will now do everything within its power to protect our diversity and the economic power it has created. "
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California
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" Our communities will become more - not less - dangerous when local police officers are pulled from their duties to arrest otherwise law-abiding maids, busboys, and day laborers for immigration violations. "
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" Clean energy isn't just good for the planet; it's good for consumers' monthly utility bills and for the economy. "
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" My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America. "
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" Banning plastic bags so that people use paper bags or imported reusable bags that will end up in local landfills soon thereafter is not the only solution to our plastic bag challenge. "
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" We carved it in stone: no matter the place of your birth or the hue of your skin, you can live in California in safety, dignity, and, yes, sanctuary. "
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" I don't like to move abstract theoretical policies that, on a white paper, sound good. If I wanted to do that, I'd be a professor. "
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" I've been surrounded by strong, hardworking women like my mother all my life. "
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" We will not lift a single finger or spend a single cent to be a cog in the Trump deportation machine, and we won't be complicit in his effort to make American great again by reengineering the legal immigration system. "
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" When people see the healthful impact this is having and all the hard hats constructing, their minds may change about high-speed rail. "
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" I worry about civil-rights activists being targeted as black-identity extremists. I worry about the government saying, 'I don't like this progressive blogger' and subjecting them to scrutiny. "
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