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This is what people do in America. They get out. They demonstrate. They let their voices with heard.

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Keith Ellison
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 4
Lawyer
Politician
U.S. Representative
Detroit
Michigan
Keith Maurice Ellison
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Voices
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America
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One of the most important things we can do right now is empower ordinary working Americans who really do deserve a fair shot in this economy. But I'm not afraid to talk about any issue. But I do believe it is a distraction.
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Here's the real thing. Democrats got to understand that the first line in the Republican playbook is going to be smear, you know? And there's nobody who's going to be able to avoid it.
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Over the course of the last quarter century I've learned a lot. And the main thing I've learned is that we're better together and that our society needs inclusion - right? - not exclusion.
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I didn't pay close enough scrutiny to some of the other things that Louis Farrakhan was saying, that's something I just live and learn.
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I think it's a good idea to be - to fairly identify where things could have gone better once you get the facts, once you get the data and once you're able to review.
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To strengthen the grassroots at the party - at the party unit, at the county level, at the precinct level, and then to help motivate and facilitate the local grassroots to get out there and turn out the vote and boost turn out. And then to help govern in places where we do hold city councils and state legislatures.
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Progressive economic policies lead to a sustainable economy.
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Environmental spending creates jobs in engineering, manufacturing, construction, materials, operations and maintenance.
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I don't feel that I've been hampered by [ racism or discrimination], and the reason why is that we reach out to people on the basis of where everyone meets, and try to build common cause on that basis. Because of that, I think we've cut through some of the issues that normally divide people.
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I hope what we can talk about is something that happened, you know, within the last 25 years, the things that are relevant to our country right here, right now, including all people, fighting for the rights of working people, fighting for the rights of people struggling for dignity and respect in our society.
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I - to say the word scared, I don`t know if I`m scared because, I have faith that we will see this through. But I take Donald Trump seriously. He has literally millions of people who support him.
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I was very proud to be part of the Million Man March. I think it's one of the best things that I ever did.
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We do know that [Hillary Clinton] was probably attacked and smeared as much as any candidate ever has been. We know that.
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For activists who want to preserve constitutional democracy, who don't believe in hereditary aristocracy, who believe that teachers ought to be able to deduct the 250 bucks of school supplies that they bring - they might spend their own money for in a classroom, then you still have time to fight a horrible piece of legislation.
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I've been winning with 70 percent of the vote, and if you look at my district, you know it's a majority Christian district, and yet we've still been winning with high margins, so I don't feel like I've had any disadvantages for being a minority.
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I'm particularly good at turnout. So in my district, I had the lowest voter turnout in 2006.
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The most important criteria for a DNC chair is going to be vision.
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Can't be all men, can't be all white, can't be all black, can't be all straight. [It has] got to be a wide range of people. Can't be all people of one faith group. We need diversity so we can have the views of all Americans reflected in congressional outcomes.
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We've got to build a durable relationship of trust with voters around the things that they are most concerned about.
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San Bernardino involved two killers were actually radicalized before they started courting or dating each other online, and online as late as - as early as the end of 2013, they were talking to each other about jihad and martyrdom before they became engaged and then married and lived together in the United States.
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