03/09/2011
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"I am going to stand up for him. My failure to stand up for him would be a failure to stand up for myself."
"Your failure to speak up and speak out is putting your brand at risk, because conservatism is being conflated with racism, sexism, antisemitism, and all of the invidious phobias."
"So it is very dangerous and it is divisive and it corrodes up the fabric of our democracy."
"I proudly say that I am a descendant of enslaved people. Slavery existed in this country for some 246 years."