Campaigns are so much more expensive than people think they are. Just to keep the lights on is several thousand dollars a month.
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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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We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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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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We know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
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We are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the United States.
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Capitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.
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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I’m not going to do that. That takes away my power. I’m not going to compromise who I am.
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I’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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I wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
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Not all Democrats are the same.
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I felt like the only way to effectively run for office is if you had access to a lot of wealth, high social influence, a lot of dynastic power, and I knew that I didn’t have any of those things.
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We have to stick to the message: What are we proposing to the American people? Not, ‘What are we fighting against?’
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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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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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