"Americans want the Democratic Party to stand up and fight and to take risks"
"I think Democrats in this country, but I think the broad middle of the public as well, want to see our party fighting in exceptional ways."
"If we don’t get that right, if we continue to work with Republicans, if we continue to hand Donald Trump more power, we are going to lose our democracy."
"Senator Schumer certainly can lead this caucus. He can lead this caucus. But we need to have a conversation inside the caucus about whether we are willing to stand up to Republicans."
"What’s important is that we meet this moment. And what I’m telling you is that if we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone."
"I don’t think we have a year to save American democracy."
"Americans want the Democratic Party to stand up and fight and to take risks."
"The only way that we are going to be effective as a caucus is if we change our tactics."
"But it would have sent a message that the Democratic Party is not going to be bullied by Donald Trump."
"The question is really for the members of his Democratic caucus: Are we willing to fight?"
"By passing a bill that makes their plan easier to implement, Democrats risk putting a bipartisan veneer of endorsement on their campaign to give our government to the billionaires and to destroy the r..."
"If our new reality is that a president can disappear an opposition protester, with no charges filed against then, we are not America any longer. Today it’s Mahmoud Khalil. Tomorrow, it’s me or you."