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

" Trust is not something that's given because you win an election; it's something you have to earn. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 long as we're united, and as long as we continue to organize, invest, and lead with our values, we'll be unstoppable. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Our message in rural America is just as powerful as it is in urban America. But because we haven't been a physical presence there in any sustained way, we have a lot of voters there who no longer believe that the Democratic Party is working for them. "

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

" The Republican playbook is voter suppression. "

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

" 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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" I consider Keith Ellison a friend. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" Donald Trump is anathema to America. "

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

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