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Howard Dean

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Howard Dean is a prominent figure in the Democratic Party, best known for his tenure as the Governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003. During his time in office, he focused on healthcare reform, environmental issues, and fiscal responsibility, earning a reputation for his progressive policies. Dean played a significant role in the national political landscape as the chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009, where he was instrumental in the party's grassroots organizing efforts and the development of the '50-state strategy' aimed at increasing Democratic presence across the country.

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May 15, 2022

I think the whole Republican Party is in really been directed by Donald Trump with his brand of hate. And it’s very bad for the country, people have lost faith in our institutions, including the Supreme Court, which is a really serious…

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May 8, 2022

We can -- we have to be committed to that. We`re fail -- we`re failed creatures. We`re human beings. But we keep the trend going up. And that`s what we have to stand for. And that`s the big difference between Democrats and Republicans.

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May 8, 2022

We are the party of hope. They are the party of fear of anger.

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May 8, 2022

40 out of the 50 senators in the United States Senate or Republican senators don`t have an ounce of courage between them.

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May 8, 2022

I think we can add Georgia. I`d be very surprised Raphael Warnock doesn`t win reelection because the voters care about decency in Georgia.

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May 8, 2022

The American people are sick of the lying, they`re sick of the dishonesty.

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May 8, 2022

Republicans just nominated a lunatic who lies every day. And at some point, voters don`t like liars.

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May 8, 2022

We`re in some very serious trouble if it really does remind me of what Viktor Orban is doing in Hungary, control the courts, and the polls are doing it too.

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May 8, 2022

The Justice Department needs to be more active in places like Georgia, which is basically restored Jim Crow, or Florida and Texas, which have also done something similar with their limitation.

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May 3, 2022

We’re in big trouble, and I do ultimately have faith in American voters that they can tell when we’re in big trouble, and we are in big trouble.

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May 3, 2022

This is the first race in Ohio in a long time other than Sherrod Brown’s race where I thought we could win this.

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May 3, 2022

Do we want to live in an autocracy where somebody else gets to make the rules for women, for poor people, or for people of color? For kids who happen to be transgender? I think this kind of stuff is disgusting, and I`m betting the American…

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May 3, 2022

It’s up to the American -- the only people that can stop this are the American voters and they’re going to get a chance in about five months.

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May 3, 2022

We have probably not seen as much corruption in the United States since the 1920s.

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Feb 17, 2022

I actually think, in the long run, you are right to be optimistic. But I think it`s going to require all the anti-vax people and the 'Give me my freedom' people to finally cave in and start getting vaccinated.

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Feb 14, 2022

What I want to know is why in the world the Democratic Party leadership is supporting the president`s unilateral attack on Iraq.

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Jan 19, 2022

In closing, H.R. 1192 closes a loophole under current law by establishing disclosure requirements regarding actual or potential conflicts of interest in the bankruptcy process under PROMESA. In doing so, this legislation promotes…

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Jan 19, 2022

I figure we`ve got two years to go to trial. That`s not a lot of time from right now.

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Jan 19, 2022

Yes. I mean, look. Trump`s M.O. is to break the law, to brag about it and then to stall in court as long as possible.

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Jan 12, 2022

The court is a threat to the United States of America. This is actually a threat to individual lives, and there will be a great many of them, in seven figures, as a result of this.

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Jan 12, 2022

The government has a right and a duty to protect us.

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Jan 12, 2022

It does. And the disturbing thing about this court is, in their right-wing ideological zealotry, they have substituted their judgment for public health judgment, which they`re totally unqualified to do.

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Jan 12, 2022

This court is a threat to the United States of America. And it`s now a threat to women`s health, and it`s a threat to all Americans` health.

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Jan 4, 2022

It’s just ridiculous. It’s like saying, if the mumps got milder, you wouldn’t need the mumps.

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Jan 4, 2022

Probably never. I think what’s going to happen is, ultimately, this will be like the flu.

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