10/30/2024
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"It continues to survive in the breath and in the idealistic human energies that still thrive beneath the canvas of neglect and of official and institutional corruption."
"I left the party to run as an independent, the mainstream of American politics and journalism derided my decision."
"Our party was a bulwark against big money interests and corporate power."
"I began this journey as a Democrat, the party of my father, my uncle, the party which I pledged my own allegiance to long before I was old enough to vote."