Tom Perriello

People became more polarized.

I think there’s a chance this is going to be the first election of the post-Trump era.

When you’re having to drive a couple of hours to get healthcare at $4.25 a gallon, that’s a life-altering cost.

The speed of people turning on Trump and the people that are enabling him in a district like this has been phenomenal to watch over the last 10 months.

A member of Congress does not work for the president. A member of Congress works for the people in the district.

We’ve got to get to universal affordable care, whether that’s through Medicare for all or another plan.

People care about their families more than they care about their party affiliation.

People who had thought they belonged to the red team or the blue team for some time … are looking at the landscape and wondering whether they have a team at all.

It is not right that Virginians are working harder and harder just to afford the rising cost of food, electricity, and health care.

It seems that the Administration is making such a significant investment in anti-corruption efforts as well as other things that make for a vibrant democracy, and I am grateful for that.

Who`s moving us forward and who is presenting kind of a divisive chaos we can`t afford.

The country needs a plan on manufacturing. It needs to plan on affordability, on clean energy.

The good of American families, the good of country, was put ahead of the perfect bill, the perfect bill for progressives, the perfect bill for Joe Manchin.

I think it`s been a disaster for Republicans. They`ve had months to put forward a proposal addressing inflation and costs. And instead, they`ve really been focused on conspiracy theories and chaos and, and culture war.

What parents were clearly saying in this election was they want these schools open. They want to be listened to. Instead, Governor Youngkin has made moves that probably significantly increase the chance that schools will have to shut.

When voters are angry, they want something that`s different from that.

It is not hard for Democrats to be the party of public education.

Simply being anti-Trump is not enough. Democrats are going to have to show the results that they`re producing for everyday folks.

I think it is a warning in time for Democrats to avoid next year the losses that we had in 2010.

We have seen a Democratic Party that has delivered at the state legislature all the things that Congress we hope is going to do.

We still have off-year elections that have been protected in Virginia to try to minimize African-American votes.

At the end of the day, you’ve got to focus on what gets the job done and he has a chance to make that happen in a way that doesn’t just build back our economy better but builds back our democracy better.

Americans are so deeply cynical about Washington that the only way to build support from a broad bipartisan set of voters is to err on the side of the boldest possible reforms. Watering down reform does not strengthen support from…

People don’t want bipartisanship to be defined by elite senators on the Republican and Democratic sides agreeing on a deal. They want a deal that actually puts both parties in check and returns power to the people.