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" We are a country that has always been known for providing opportunities to people. We have lost a lot of that opportunity. "
Pramila Jayapal
Lost
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People
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" Districts are really different across the country, but the more that people on the progressive Left show power at the ballot box - and reclassify some of the ideas that we've called 'progressive,' but that are really mainstream ideas, like college for all - the better. "
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" Trump can embrace dictators and gulags, but we the people stand for human rights, for dignity, for keeping families together. "
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