Mandela Barnes: “I`m going to be the 51st vote to expand voting rights because this is long overdue.”

The answer to most of our problems is simple. It’s just a tax on billionaires, tax the wealthiest, tax large corporations that have every tax advantage at their disposal.

I know firsthand that we’re living in a rigged system. Everybody in this room knows that we’re living in a rigged system, and we see the rich become richer and richer… Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in the history of our…

People know how much money was spent against me. People know that I was the most targeted Democrat in the entire country.

It is a politicized issue. The Republican party has become essentially the Republican party of one person and I don’t want to find myself in a place where I am validating bad behavior.