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" We on the Left are very good at criticizing people, but we need to build the base to pull people to the Left. "
Pramila Jayapal
Build
Pull
People
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" I was on the committee that helped raise the minimum wage here in Seattle. I introduced a statewide bill to raise the minimum wage in Washington state my first year in the state senate, and I really believe that raising the federal minimum wage, while not the answer to everything, addresses a lot of the issues at the very bottom. "
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" The fact that the immigration issue was the first thing Trump took aim at was a good thing for me, because it's what I spent my life working on. It became a place to see what we've become as a country, and how overreach can actually serve to bring those of us on the Left and Democrats together. "
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" People who think that the immigration system is easy and people should just apply legally - it just isn't that easy. "
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" We the people are sick and tired of the criminalization of immigrants, sick to our hearts to see Trump's family separation policies rip families apart across our country. "
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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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" 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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Hope
" Fundamentally, I've always been a fan of actually looking at our whole state tax system and really figuring out how we reform our tax system so that everyone's paying their fair share but we don't have a lot of nickel and diming with 100 taxes that end up hitting people that maybe can't bear it the most. "
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People
" If you look at the future of the Democratic Party, things like raising the minimum wage - Democrats need to get behind raising the minimum wage and be clear on where we stand on trade deals. "
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Party
" Regardless of who is elected president in 2016, we all still live together. Each of us has a different role to play, but we all have to hold the collective space for movement-building together. It's the only way we move forward. "
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Forward
Live
" Ripping children away from their parents has a particular shameful history, both in this country and around the world. "
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Away
Children
World
" It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen. "
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Me
Took
Become
" I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight. "
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Young
Country
Feel
" 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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You
Race
Racism
" 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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Fear
Up
Time
" Before running for the Washington State Senate in 2014, I had spent 20 years as an activist. I had always believed that we needed to push for change on the outside, through community organizing and advocacy. "
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Push
Change
Community
" I am on the side of the working person across the country. "
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Working
I Am
Person
" As difficult as my story is, it's nothing compared to the people I've worked with. And so I just want to do everything I can to make sure that America continues to be a land of opportunity and hope for people and refuge for people from all over the world. "
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Story
World
Opportunity
" I've always believed that immigration is really about who we are as a country and what we're willing to stand up for. "
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Stand
Immigration
Stand Up
" What Republicans so cynically refer to as 'chain migration' is actually family-based immigration - a humane and compassionate policy of reunifying families. It allows spouses to be together, siblings to support each other, and children to be with their parents. It allows the immigrants who are already here to be successful. "
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Parents
Children
Together
" We need to incentivize states across our country to spend on higher education and ensure that we go back to allowing people to go to college tuition-free. "
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College
Education
People
" Certainly there are many Congress members who have been arrested in the past on immigration issues and will continue to because we all understand that staying silent is not an option. "
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Silent
Past
Immigration
" 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
" For immigrant women, the very act of immigration is about opportunity, equality, and freedom. Women immigrants come to America to care for their families, escape gender-based violence, or express their sexual identity. "
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Identity
Women
Opportunity
" 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
" Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud. "
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Proud
Some People
Some
" I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. "
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Elected
House
Woman
" The American people expect their leaders to condemn white supremacy in unambiguous terms. President Trump not only failed at condemning white supremacists and neo-Nazis, he stood up for them - for that, he must be censured. "
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" If someone tells me that something can't be done, that makes me more determined to do it. "
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