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“Candidates inspire you. When they inspire you, you believe in them. It becomes kind of cultish in some weird way and so you have to really be able to separate that.”
“Voters are excited about progressive candidates because they're fighting for our interests, not special interests.”
“Treating people the way you'd want to be treated is the golden rule for a reason! It applies to life and to networking.”
“I grew up in Hempstead, NY, and my very first job was working for an environmental organization.”
“Follow your passion. Follow what you believe in. And just keep that focus, because that matters.”
“I spent my whole childhood, my college years, thinking that I was going to be a doctor.”
“I wanted my book to be a guide for everyone who has been told 'no' in their life.”
“In its attempts to ruin the Iran deal, AIPAC supported the group that's credited with inspiring President Trump to enact the Muslim Ban and has been known to spread anti-Muslim racism.”
“Anti-Muslim and anti-Arab rhetoric doesn't simply sit in a silo. It interacts with the world, creating and fuming hatred that leads to hateful acts, whether the package is individual hate crimes - or collective - the Muslim ban.”
“Being a teacher was very important to me.”
“Nixon's impeachment-forced resignation gutted trust of the Republican party for years.”
“Donald Trump's legacy is not simply speckled with incidents of racism; it itself is racist.”
“Because I've worked in politics for decades, voting has always been on the forefront of my mind.”
“America is progressing towards a stronger, more inclusive future - and I know women of color are a driving force in that evolution.”
“Donald Trump entered the business world as a racist, he entered the 2016 election as a racist, and he entered the White House as a racist.”
“I'm proud of my accomplishments - but that's not why I've memorized them. It's because as a woman, and especially as a black woman, I've had to become comfortable with recognizing and articulating my own value just so that other people would value my knowledge and expertise, too.”
“If a person espouses hatred, we need to call that out.”
“When it comes down to it, AIPAC's policies are not progressive policies.”
“When you ask who I am, my parents are from Haiti. So we have an amazing history of the first Black republic... that is something that I hold very dear, very close to me.”
“The day of Trump's inauguration, he talked about 'American carnage.' I was providing political analysis for PBS NewsHour, so I had to watch it live. I felt hopeless. But then the Women's March happened.”