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" You're more likely to see someone fatally struck by lightning than witness a case of in-person voter fraud. "
Tom Perez
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Tried
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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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I Am
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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 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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Job
Powerful
" The 3.5 million people in Puerto Rico are American citizens. They deserve fair and equal treatment as Americans. "
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" I've said that we need to elect Democrats from the school board to the Senate. "
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Need
Said
School
" I think our big tent is our greatest strength. "
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Tent
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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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Think
Same
Positive
" There is no price tag on an American life - whether it's in Florida, Texas, or Puerto Rico. "
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Texas
Tag
" Sometimes you have to push the envelope in pursuit of the right thing. "
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You
The Right Thing
Sometimes
" Donald Trump is anathema to America. "
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America
Anathema
Donald Trump
" 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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Place
Job
Identity
" We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. "
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Privilege
Health
Care
" Frankly, what we need to be looking at is whether this election was rigged by Donald Trump and his buddy Vladimir Putin. "
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Need
Donald Trump
Looking
" We're the party that's fought for increased wages, fought for the union movement, fought to make sure that collective bargaining is not eviscerated, it's strengthened. And when we communicate those messages, we succeed. "
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Movement
Party
Union
" 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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Opportunity
Think
Service
" The Democratic Party has learned from the terrible mistakes of the past. Our platform requires that we honor, fulfill, and strengthen the federal government's trust responsibility to American Indians. We take this responsibility seriously. "
Tom Perez
Responsibility
Past
Trust
" 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. "
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Donald Trump
Women
Work
" Responding to a natural disaster is a complex problem. "
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Disaster
Problem
Complex
" People are so sick of these Twitter tirades. They want leaders they can be proud of. "
Tom Perez
Want
Sick
Leaders
" 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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Energy
Change
America
" 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. "
Tom Perez
Support
Woman
Health
" 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. "
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Opportunity
Immigrant
Relationship
" Organizing has to be a 12-month endeavor. "
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Organizing
Endeavor
" Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success. "
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Tools
Her
Reality
" It's not only inhumane to treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. It's deeply un-American. "
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Puerto
Treat
Citizens
" If Donald Trump wants to raise the minimum wage to $15, yes, I will work with Donald Trump. "
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Minimum Wage
Yes
Work
" 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. "
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Opportunities
People
" The politics of division are not what we want in New Jersey and Virginia and elsewhere. "
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Virginia
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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.' "
Tom Perez
Crazy
Vote
Side