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" I consider Keith Ellison a friend. "

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The Right Thing

" Donald Trump's vision of America, his nativist vision of America, his fear mongering - that's what we have to fight. "

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" 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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" The politics of division are not what we want in New Jersey and Virginia and elsewhere. "

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" Donald Trump is anathema to America. "

" 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. "

" You're more likely to see someone fatally struck by lightning than witness a case of in-person voter fraud. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

Native Americans

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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?' "