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" It is always easier to have somebody to blame, but immigrants are not the cause of the country's economic woes. "
Pramila Jayapal
Immigrants
Always
Blame
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" I am grateful for my family, friends, and all those who send constant love and support - you are my energy and my hope. You teach me, love me even when I'm wrong, and let me ride the challenges and come out whole. "
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" This is the country that we are turning over to young people, and there is going to be no country left at this rate because Trump is destroying the soul of who we are. "
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" We must be clear: Donald Trump is lying when he conflates immigrants coming across the border with MS-13 gangs. "
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" President Trump has harnessed the fear and prejudice that have accompanied every wave of immigrants in United States history, and stoked those fears to further his own agenda. "
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" We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter what others may say. And sometimes, if that means taking a lonely road, if what we are standing for is true, then perhaps moonlight or sunshine will light our way and make it less lonely. "
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" If you're an opposition party, you are actively using the power you have to oppose the ideas of the other party. "
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Power
" What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all. "
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" There isn't really precedent for asylum seekers' being criminally prosecuted at the border before they've had a 'credible fear' hearing. You come seeking asylum. Seeking asylum is not illegal. "
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" Having a strong race lens means you understand racism is threaded through and institutionalized in all of our systems and our very perceptions, threaded through how someone looks at you, treats you, thinks about you and your potential. "
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" Corporations and special interests have their voice in Congress, and they have too many members scared of their power. What Congress needs is a progressive voice who is unafraid to take on these powerful interests - who is willing to fight for all Americans, not just the wealthiest 1 percent. "
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" There were not that many people who were willing to come out and stand up for Muslims or stand up against the abuses of the Bush administration. That was post-9/11, so I think there was a lot of fear at the time about exactly what that meant - were they unpatriotic if they stood up? "
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Up
Time
" When bosses, leaders, and powerful men and women ignore or deny the accounts of harassment victims, they reinforce the idea that harassers are playing the game as they should and that the rest of us should fall in line. "
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Game
Women
Fall
" I'm an organizer at heart. Organizers know that giving information, being in front of people, talking to people, to build our movement for the kind of country that we see is the most important thing. "
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Giving
Heart
Information
" I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. "
Pramila Jayapal
Elected
House
Woman
" Rather than name-calling and arguing about whether it is appropriate or not to employ radical tactics, we progressives need to start listening to each other. "
Pramila Jayapal
Arguing
Listening
Need
" I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight. "
Pramila Jayapal
Young
Country
Feel
" Statistics are just a compilation of people's stories put on paper, and legislation is our attempt to address those real challenges for people. "
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Real
Statistics
People
" Compromise for compromise sake is never good, unless it is grounded in principles. "
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Never
Compromise
Good
" I'm not a complainer. I'm a doer. So if I see something is wrong, then I feel like I have to get in there and try to fix it. "
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See
Fix
Try
" History has always judged silence and complicity harshly in these times of moral consequence. "
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Always
Silence
Moral
" As an immigrant, I have lived, in a way, the American dream, and I want to make sure that opportunity is available for everybody. "
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Opportunity
American
American Dream
" Can you be a progressive if you're anti-immigrant but pro-choice? No! "
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Pro-Choice
You
Progressive
" My message to women - including women of color - stand strong. Refuse to be minimized or patronized. Let all the small guys out there be intimidated by you. "
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Small
Stand
Strong
" I've always thought of the United States as a place where so much was possible and so many opportunities were out there. "
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Thought
Place
Always
" Getting a college degree used to be free or low cost because, as a society, we saw providing higher education to young people as an investment - in them and in the future of our own country. "
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College
Education
Future
" I would attend a State of the Union by a president with whom I disagree if I felt she or he was otherwise respectful and adhered to basic moral values or basic tenets of civility and respect. "
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Moral
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" Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud. "
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Proud
Some People
Some
" I never thought I would run for office. "
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Never
Would
Thought
" As we say we fight for working people, we have to make sure our policies reflect that. "
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" I've been told to go back to my country so many times, I can't even count. "
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