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" The Republican playbook is voter suppression. "
Tom Perez
Republican
Voter
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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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" As long as we're united, and as long as we continue to organize, invest, and lead with our values, we'll be unstoppable. "
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" 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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" Donald Trump's vision of America, his nativist vision of America, his fear mongering - that's what we have to fight. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Sometimes you have to push the envelope in pursuit of the right thing. "
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" Smart growth is having the courage to say yes and having the courage to say no. "
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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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" If Donald Trump wants to pass comprehensive immigration reform, I will work with Donald Trump. "
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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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" 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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" We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. "
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Health
Care
" The politics of division are not what we want in New Jersey and Virginia and elsewhere. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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 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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" Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success. "
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