I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education – that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.
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We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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I don’t think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live.
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I don’t like having people do little things for me.
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I wake up every day, and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.
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We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed.
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Not all Democrats are the same.
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There is no such thing as talking about class without there being implications of the racial history of the United States. You just can’t do it.
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I was born in a place where your ZIP code determines your destiny.
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It is unacceptable to be disrespectful of Congressman Crowley. He’s done some phenomenal, phenomenal work for the Bronx and Queens.
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The only time we create any kind of substantive change is when we reach out to a disaffected electorate and inspire and motivate them to vote.
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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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I’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
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The Republicans galvanize their base by inciting a lot of fear; they operate on a lot of mythmaking. So we have to have something compelling. We shouldn’t be afraid to be bold.
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When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like… they’ll do things like turn out in an off-year, mid-year primary.
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Democrats are a big-tent party. You know, I’m not trying to impose an ideology on all, you know, several hundred members of Congress.
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