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" I happen to think Donald Trump is crazy, but that's not an economic message. "
Tom Perez
Think
Crazy
Donald Trump
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" Our economic future and our energy future are one in the same, and it's a future America can't shrink from. We must shape it, just as we've always done. We have to protect our planet from the threat of climate change and ensure that workers have the skills to compete for good middle-class jobs. "
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" Trust is not something that's given because you win an election; it's something you have to earn. "
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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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" Michigan is a state we should have won in 2016, and we didn't, and I want to understand why. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Me
" Growing up in Buffalo, I saw shuttered factories that once housed thousands of steel manufacturing jobs. I remember the hollowing-out of the middle class in our community. I witnessed hope turn to hardship as a once-thriving city reckoned with a fast-changing world. "
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City
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Good
" 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. "
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" The 3.5 million people in Puerto Rico are American citizens. They deserve fair and equal treatment as Americans. "
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Health
Care
" Smart growth is having the courage to say yes and having the courage to say no. "
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You
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