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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. "
Tom Perez
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Me
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" I've memorized 'Hamilton.' "
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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
" We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. "
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Privilege
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Care
" As Republicans try to trample on our most sacred freedoms, Democrats will do everything we can to end discrimination and protect the one right that preserves all others - the right to vote. "
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End
" 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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" 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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Women
I Am
Diversity
" 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
" 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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Native Americans
Without
Policy
" Responding to a natural disaster is a complex problem. "
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Disaster
Problem
Complex
" We need bold leadership to bring America back to its first principles of diversity inclusion and opportunity for everyone in every ZIP Code, and music is that vehicle to summon our better angels. Music is that vehicle and always has been a vehicle to challenge us to build a better America. "
Tom Perez
Leadership
Opportunity
Music
" 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. "
Tom Perez
Remember
Good
Friend
" 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. "
Tom Perez
Talk
Fraud
Career
" 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
" I think our big tent is our greatest strength. "
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Think
Tent
Strength
" 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
" When my grandchildren ask, 'Where were you when Donald Trump took a sledgehammer to Lady Liberty?' I want to make sure I can tell them I was there protecting America. "
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Lady
America
You
" 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
" Donald Trump is anathema to America. "
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America
Anathema
Donald Trump
" I consider Keith Ellison a friend. "
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Friend
Consider
" 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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Values
Water
Moral
" 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
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Lose
Cake
You
" Donald Trump, you don't stand for our values. "
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Tom Perez
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See
You
" 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