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" If Donald Trump wants to pass comprehensive immigration reform, I will work with Donald Trump. "
Tom Perez
Donald Trump
Work
Will
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" 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. "
Tom Perez
Responsibility
Past
Trust
" 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
" 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. "
Tom Perez
Native Americans
Without
Policy
" 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
" Responding to a natural disaster is a complex problem. "
Tom Perez
Disaster
Problem
Complex
" 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
" When you recruit good candidates and you have a good message and you have energy and organization and partnership, you always have a fighting chance. "
Tom Perez
Chance
You
Good
" 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
" It's not only inhumane to treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. It's deeply un-American. "
Tom Perez
Puerto
Treat
Citizens
" I think our big tent is our greatest strength. "
Tom Perez
Think
Tent
Strength
" People are so sick of these Twitter tirades. They want leaders they can be proud of. "
Tom Perez
Want
Sick
Leaders
" You're more likely to see someone fatally struck by lightning than witness a case of in-person voter fraud. "
Tom Perez
Someone
See
You
" 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. "
Tom Perez
Values
Water
Moral
" Donald Trump's vision of America, his nativist vision of America, his fear mongering - that's what we have to fight. "
Tom Perez
His
Fear
America
" 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
" 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. "
Tom Perez
Women
I Am
Diversity
" We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. "
Tom Perez
Privilege
Health
Care
" The 3.5 million people in Puerto Rico are American citizens. They deserve fair and equal treatment as Americans. "
Tom Perez
American
People
Puerto Rico
" 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. "
Tom Perez
Social
Tried
Party
" Organizing has to be a 12-month endeavor. "
Tom Perez
Organizing
Endeavor
" I've said that we need to elect Democrats from the school board to the Senate. "
Tom Perez
Need
Said
School
" Talk about the issues that matter most to people. "
Tom Perez
People
Talk
Issues
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Tom Perez
Try
Vote
End
" We have to have a conversation where we bring in all the stakeholders and say, 'What is the vision of the Democratic Party?' "
Tom Perez
Conversation
Party
Say
" If Donald Trump wants to raise the minimum wage to $15, yes, I will work with Donald Trump. "
Tom Perez
Minimum Wage
Yes
Work
" 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. "
Tom Perez
Movement
Party
Union
" The Republican playbook is voter suppression. "
Tom Perez
Republican
Voter
Suppression