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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

" Donald Trump's vision of America, his nativist vision of America, his fear mongering - that's what we have to fight. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We're at our best when we put hope in front of fear. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. "

" 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. "

" The politics of division are not what we want in New Jersey and Virginia and elsewhere. "

" You can't show up at a church every 4 October and say, 'Vote for me,' and call that persuasion. "

Tom Perez

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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. "

" 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. "

" I happen to think Donald Trump is crazy, but that's not an economic message. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Smart growth is having the courage to say yes and having the courage to say no. "

" I've said that we need to elect Democrats from the school board to the Senate. "

" Frankly, what we need to be looking at is whether this election was rigged by Donald Trump and his buddy Vladimir Putin. "

" 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. "

" When you cut investments in worker training, you're cutting investments in the middle class. "

" Federal government has been a gateway to the middle class for people of color for generations. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was in the U.K. and Germany and went to Volkswagen and learned about their apprenticeship model - young people become paid apprentices in trades. It's not a coincidence that youth unemployment is far lower in Germany than the United States because there are paid opportunities for young people to get experience. "

" It's not only inhumane to treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. It's deeply un-American. "

" There is no price tag on an American life - whether it's in Florida, Texas, or Puerto Rico. "

" 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. "