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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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Keith Ellison
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 4
Lawyer
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U.S. Representative
Detroit
Michigan
Keith Maurice Ellison
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After I win the job and even in the course of seeking it, we're going to be building bridges. And we're going to be meeting people and addressing the concerns that they have.
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I want to avoid sounding like I'm criticizing because I don't have all the facts in front of me yet. And I am trying to be a unifier.
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We think all over this country we need to rebuild everything from transit, fiber optic broadband in our rural areas and urban areas.
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[Coming back for Democrats] is simply a matter of energy and resources.
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I do believe that we should have to - make the voters first not the donors first.
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Worked hard on [our message of strengthening the middle class, working people], but it didn't come through in places like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania.It really should have, because people are struggling. And the Democratic message and the Democratic platform would help them, but somehow it didn't come up the way it should have. But it will.
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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 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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The most important criteria for a DNC chair is going to be vision.
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Americans used to be able to depend on their jobs to provide a stable retirement.
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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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We want to be making clear that if [Donald Trump] tries to deliver on his word, that we will be there to say no.
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Vehicle emissions standards directly sparked the development and application of a wide range of automotive technologies that are now found throughout the global automobile market.
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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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These folks are telling Donald Trump that if he tries to move out on his plan to have a deportation squad, to harm Americans, and if he does - and if he has - he tries to do that, we're going to be there to stand and say no. We don't - we oppose his misogyny. We oppose his picking on people of different ethnic and religious groups.
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What I'm saying is we [Democratic Party] need to get much more granular.
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