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" I think our big tent is our greatest strength. "
Tom Perez
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" I've said that we need to elect Democrats from the school board to the Senate. "
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" We're at our best when we put hope in front of fear. "
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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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" Sometimes you have to push the envelope in pursuit of the right thing. "
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" 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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" Infrastructure done right can help working people; infrastructure done wrong is just more money for private equity. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" Frankly, what we need to be looking at is whether this election was rigged by Donald Trump and his buddy Vladimir Putin. "
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" It's not only inhumane to treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. It's deeply un-American. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" You can't show up at a church every 4 October and say, 'Vote for me,' and call that persuasion. "
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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 happen to think Donald Trump is crazy, but that's not an economic message. "
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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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" Federal government has been a gateway to the middle class for people of color for generations. "
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" I've memorized 'Hamilton.' "
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" 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.' "
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" Organizing has to be a 12-month endeavor. "
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" 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'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. "
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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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" We're the party that's fought for increased wages, fought for the union movement, fought to make sure that collective bargaining is not eviscerated, it's strengthened. And when we communicate those messages, we succeed. "
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" 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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