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" Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman's right to make her own choices about her body and her health. That is not negotiable. "
Tom Perez
Support
Woman
Health
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" Donald Trump, you don't stand for our values. "
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" I've memorized 'Hamilton.' "
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" People are so sick of these Twitter tirades. They want leaders they can be proud of. "
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Want
Sick
Leaders
" 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
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" I've said that we need to elect Democrats from the school board to the Senate. "
Tom Perez
Need
Said
School
" Michigan is a state we should have won in 2016, and we didn't, and I want to understand why. "
Tom Perez
Want
Why
Understand
" 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. "
Tom Perez
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. "
Tom Perez
You
Will
Support
" If Donald Trump wants to acknowledge that we have a pay gap for women and we need to address it, I would work with Donald Trump. "
Tom Perez
Donald Trump
Women
Work
" 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. "
Tom Perez
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
" Our message in rural America is just as powerful as it is in urban America. But because we haven't been a physical presence there in any sustained way, we have a lot of voters there who no longer believe that the Democratic Party is working for them. "
Tom Perez
Way
America
Party
" If Donald Trump wants to raise the minimum wage to $15, yes, I will work with Donald Trump. "
Tom Perez
Minimum Wage
Yes
Work
" What you learn growing up in a place like Buffalo is that your job isn't just your paycheck, it's your identity. It doesn't just give you dollars, it gives you dignity. "
Tom Perez
Place
Job
Identity
" I'm a proud Dominican American. My folks always taught me that it's important to keep the ladder down and that to whom much is given, much is expected. That's why I have pursued a career in public service. I can't think of a better way to give back what this nation gave to us than to try to make sure that opportunity exists for everyone. "
Tom Perez
Opportunity
Think
Service
" 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. "
Tom Perez
Opportunity
Immigrant
Relationship
" You can't eat cake and lose weight. "
Tom Perez
Lose
Cake
You
" Smart growth is having the courage to say yes and having the courage to say no. "
Tom Perez
Courage
Yes
Smart
" 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
" Federal government has been a gateway to the middle class for people of color for generations. "
Tom Perez
Middle
Class
People
" Sometimes you have to push the envelope in pursuit of the right thing. "
Tom Perez
You
The Right Thing
Sometimes
" Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success. "
Tom Perez
Tools
Her
Reality
" Donald Trump is anathema to America. "
Tom Perez
America
Anathema
Donald Trump
" 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
" I met a person on my rural tour in northwest Wisconsin who said to me, 'I feel politically homeless.' And we need to re-engage that person. "
Tom Perez
Person
Need
Me
" There is no price tag on an American life - whether it's in Florida, Texas, or Puerto Rico. "
Tom Perez
American
Texas
Tag
" 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
" When you cut investments in worker training, you're cutting investments in the middle class. "
Tom Perez
You
Class
Worker
" It's not only inhumane to treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. It's deeply un-American. "
Tom Perez
Puerto
Treat
Citizens
" I happen to think Donald Trump is crazy, but that's not an economic message. "
Tom Perez
Think
Crazy
Donald Trump