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• I'm not here to say what [Clintons] did wrong. I mean, there's going to be plenty of post-mortem review of what should have gone differently.

  Keith Ellison

  Mean, Should Have, Gone

  Source: www.npr.org

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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.

  Keith Ellison

  Clinton, Knows, Has Beens

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I'd rather frame [Clintons] in terms of what I think we need to do going forward.

  Keith Ellison

  Thinking, Needs, Clinton

  Source: www.npr.org

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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.

  Keith Ellison

  Believe, Issues, Empowering

  "Rep. Keith Ellison On Why He Deserves To Be DNC Chairman". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. November 30, 2016.

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• If people are given a TV-educated idea of what Islam is, I have the opportunity to push back on that and say ISIS does not speak for the Muslim world, and in fact, you have people right here in front of you who are much more representative than homicidal maniacs.

  Keith Ellison

  Opportunity, Isis, Ideas

  Source: harvardpolitics.com

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• One time, the Library of Congress was giving books to local libraries around the country on Islam. The library of a guy named Walter Jones, who's a member of Congress from North Carolina, got some books and resource materials, and he got up in the press and said he didn't want any Muslim books in the library. And the people said, "Wait a minute, that's kind of anti-Muslim." He said, "Oh no, Keith Ellison is a friend of mine." And I said, "You know what? We are friends, but you're wrong about this.

  Keith Ellison

  Country, Book, People

  Source: harvardpolitics.com

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• I'm particularly good at turnout. So in my district, I had the lowest voter turnout in 2006. And now I have the highest turnout in the state of Minnesota. And Minnesota is the highest turnout state in the country.

  Keith Ellison

  Country, Voter Turnout, Minnesota

  "Rep. Keith Ellison On Why He Deserves To Be DNC Chairman". "Morning Edition" With David Greene, www.npr.org. November 30, 2016.

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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.

  Keith Ellison

  Together, Needs, Our Society

  "Rep. Keith Ellison On Why He Deserves To Be DNC Chairman". "Morning Edition" With David Greene, www.npr.org. November 30, 2016.

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• I'll just say, you know, over the course of the last quarter century I've learned a lot.

  Keith Ellison

  Lasts, I've Learned, Century

  "Rep. Keith Ellison On Why He Deserves To Be DNC Chairman". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. November 30, 2016.

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• Publicly criticizing people, even when I don't have the facts, is not that good of an idea.

  Keith Ellison

  Ideas, People, Facts

  "Rep. Keith Ellison On Why He Deserves To Be DNC Chairman". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. November 30, 2016.

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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.

  Keith Ellison

  Voters, Concerned

  "Rep. Keith Ellison On Why He Deserves To Be DNC Chairman". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, gpbnews.org. November 30, 2016.

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• Do you have the vision to help empower and channel the energy at the grassroots level?This is not about one person; this is about millions of people all working together to protect and advance the interests of working Americans.

  Keith Ellison

  People, Empowering, Vision

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• We need to invest at the local party unit and focus our energy on turn out. That's how we come back, and we can come back.

  Keith Ellison

  Party, Focus, Energy

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• I think that Donald Trump picked on people's fears, their anxieties and he gave them somebody to blame, and some folks just really turned out for him for that.

  Keith Ellison

  Thinking, People, Anxiety

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• We had Jesse Ventura in Minnesota win the governorship, nobody thought he was going to win. I'm telling you, stranger things have happened.

  Keith Ellison

  Winning, Minnesota, Stranger

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Our message of strengthening the middle class, working people, we just didn't penetrate well enough and we didn't have the kind of turn out that we really needed or expected.

  Keith Ellison

  Class, People, Messages

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Vision and the ability to mobilize and inspire people at the grassroots. That's what the most important criteria is going to be for any DNC chair.

  Keith Ellison

  People, Inspire, Vision

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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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.

  Keith Ellison

  Party, Cities, Levels

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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

  Keith Ellison

  Voice, America, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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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.

  Keith Ellison

  People, Support, Have Faith

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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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.

  Keith Ellison

  Technology, Development, Found

  "Spearing Sacred Cows" by Rep. Keith Ellison, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 15, 2011.

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• Americans used to be able to depend on their jobs to provide a stable retirement.

  Keith Ellison

  Retirement, Jobs, Able

  "Why Cutting Social Security Benefits Is Such a Big Deal" by Rep. Keith Ellison, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 15, 2013.

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