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" Donald Trump's vision of America, his nativist vision of America, his fear mongering - that's what we have to fight. "
Tom Perez
His
Fear
America
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" I've memorized 'Hamilton.' "
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" I am proud of our diversity, and when you attack the federal workforce, you are having significant impact on women - many of whom are single moms working to support their family - and you're having a significant impact on communities of color. "
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I Am
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" Budgets are moral documents. They reflect the values of any government and when you're compromising clean air, clean water, and lead, you're making a statement about communities you don't care about. "
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" We have to have a conversation where we bring in all the stakeholders and say, 'What is the vision of the Democratic Party?' "
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Party
Say
" Joe Arpaio built a wall. His was a wall of distrust, and when you don't have the trust of the community, you don't have anything. He claimed to be a law-and-order sheriff, but he was really lawlessness and disorder. "
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Anything
You
Wall
" If you're going to be a big tent party as we are, and you're going to help elect democrats who have generated support in their communities... the will of those voters is the will that we must respect. "
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Support
" We're the party that has fought for Medicare. We're the party that has fought for Social Security. The Republicans have tried to privatize Social Security and voucherize Medicare. "
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Social
Tried
Party
" Infrastructure done right can help working people; infrastructure done wrong is just more money for private equity. "
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Money
Done
Wrong
" Our message has been muddled, especially in 2016. Voters in Ohio heard from Trump, 'I'm going to save your coal jobs.' And while that was a lie, what it told them is, 'I'm going to feel your pain.' What they heard from the Democratic side was, 'Vote for us because Donald Trump is crazy.' "
Tom Perez
Crazy
Vote
Side
" As long as we're united, and as long as we continue to organize, invest, and lead with our values, we'll be unstoppable. "
Tom Perez
Lead
Values
Unstoppable
" Frankly, what we need to be looking at is whether this election was rigged by Donald Trump and his buddy Vladimir Putin. "
Tom Perez
Need
Donald Trump
Looking
" Our message of opportunity and inclusion is, I think, a very powerful message that does indeed speak to Americans, but we've got to do a better job of listening. "
Tom Perez
Opportunity
Job
Powerful
" Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success. "
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Tools
Her
Reality
" I was in the U.K. and Germany and went to Volkswagen and learned about their apprenticeship model - young people become paid apprentices in trades. It's not a coincidence that youth unemployment is far lower in Germany than the United States because there are paid opportunities for young people to get experience. "
Tom Perez
Experience
Opportunities
People
" There is no price tag on an American life - whether it's in Florida, Texas, or Puerto Rico. "
Tom Perez
American
Texas
Tag
" Every president since Nixon has embraced a policy of 'self-determination without termination' - the idea that Native Americans are best equipped to govern themselves. Trump is breaking with this position. "
Tom Perez
Native Americans
Without
Policy
" Sometimes you have to push the envelope in pursuit of the right thing. "
Tom Perez
You
The Right Thing
Sometimes
" The Democratic Party and DNC have to be a very conspicuous face of the opposition to Donald Trump and all his divisiveness. At the same time, we have to communicate our, I think, positive and inclusive message to everyone. "
Tom Perez
Think
Same
Positive
" Our universal message of access to economic opportunity resonates with the ironworker in northeastern Ohio and the immigrant in South Florida. And we sometimes have a relationship deficit with our voters, because we're not communicating that message. "
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Opportunity
Immigrant
Relationship
" I consider Keith Ellison a friend. "
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Friend
Consider
" You can't eat cake and lose weight. "
Tom Perez
Lose
Cake
You
" If Donald Trump wants to raise the minimum wage to $15, yes, I will work with Donald Trump. "
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Minimum Wage
Yes
Work
" It's not only inhumane to treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. It's deeply un-American. "
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Puerto
Treat
Citizens
" Donald Trump is a fraud. Listening to him talk about how he's going to put American first again, he's spent his entire career putting his own profits first. "
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Talk
Fraud
Career
" Donald Trump has shown no interest in working toward increasing the minimum wage, no interest in doing anything but immigrant baiting, no interest in doing anything but filling the swamp with a band of billionaires who are simply trying to help the wealthy. "
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Doing
Band
Trying
" Trust is not something that's given because you win an election; it's something you have to earn. "
Tom Perez
Trust
Because
You
" The Democratic Party has learned from the terrible mistakes of the past. Our platform requires that we honor, fulfill, and strengthen the federal government's trust responsibility to American Indians. We take this responsibility seriously. "
Tom Perez
Responsibility
Past
Trust
" People are so sick of these Twitter tirades. They want leaders they can be proud of. "
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Want
Sick
Leaders
" I remember a good friend of mine whose father worked at Bethlehem Steel for 40 years with just a high school degree. That was a remarkable pathway to prosperity that sustained generations of working families. "
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Remember
Good
Friend