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" 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. "

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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. "

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

" 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. "

" Michigan is a state we should have won in 2016, and we didn't, and I want to understand why. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People are so sick of these Twitter tirades. They want leaders they can be proud of. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think our big tent is our greatest strength. "

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

" Organizing has to be a 12-month endeavor. "

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" The Republican playbook is voter suppression. "

" You're more likely to see someone fatally struck by lightning than witness a case of in-person voter fraud. "

" We have to have a conversation where we bring in all the stakeholders and say, 'What is the vision of the Democratic Party?' "

" 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. "

" Infrastructure done right can help working people; infrastructure done wrong is just more money for private equity. "

" You can't eat cake and lose weight. "

" 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. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

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

" The 3.5 million people in Puerto Rico are American citizens. They deserve fair and equal treatment as Americans. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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