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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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Aug 26, 2021

This guy’s putting their children’s lives at risk. We’re going to have dead kids all over Florida in these districts that are following DeSantis. It is outrageous.

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Aug 26, 2021

This guy is not competent to serve in any capacity. You can’t - - if you’re the governor, you can’t do that. Once in a while, you have to understand that the public pays your salary and that you owe them your best, not some political…

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Aug 26, 2021

Well, I’m actually just shocked by DeSantis. I never thought I’d say this, but I think he may be more of a lunatic than Trump ever was. I mean, Trump has finally come around to understanding that the best thing he can do for his own…

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Aug 26, 2021

We have a vaccine that’s good, but against Delta, it’s not as good as we had hoped.

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Aug 26, 2021

I think, if I were Joe Biden, I would push FDA and CDC as hard as I could to take an emergency action and allow vaccines to go to the schoolkids.

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Aug 26, 2021

This started with the election of Trump, who exploited our divisions and our disagreements with each other.

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Aug 22, 2021

Yes, I think it`s important that he did that. And I think it was important that he said that in front of his core followers who he has created a tremendous amount of pain in.

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Aug 18, 2021

Biden is right. I don’t like what’s happening. But Biden is right. Four successive administrations have screwed this up by making friends with the wrong people.

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Aug 10, 2021

I just don`t like crackpots and I don`t like crackpot who espouse crackpot theories for their own benefit like Donald Trump, like Greg Abbott, and like Ron DeSantis.

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Aug 10, 2021

It`s not just bad medically, it`s not just bad ethically, it`s dumb politically.

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Aug 10, 2021

These men don`t give a damn about America and they don`t give a damn about anybody but themselves.

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Aug 10, 2021

I’d give him an F. You know, you’d like to call him a crack pot. No, he’s not. Rand Paul is a crack pot because he believes crazy things. DeSantis doesn’t even believe what he’s talking about. He’s totally unfit to govern in any way and…

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Aug 10, 2021

What he doesn’t realize is that COVID sank Donald Trump’s presidency and it’s going to sink DeSantis because the people of Florida -- I don’t think DeSantis could carry Florida if he ran for president right now.

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Aug 10, 2021

Nineteen people just -- in the Republican Party just voted for Joe Biden`s infrastructure bill. That should tell you --

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Aug 5, 2021

If this puts me in the same company as Obama and Biden, I am delighted. I tried to get into that company, but the voters didn’t have it.

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Aug 5, 2021

First of all, I actually think most of the Republican senators are for it. They just don’t dare vote for it because they don’t want to give Biden the victory.

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Aug 5, 2021

So underneath the victory lap at economics, and we are doing better, and the Republicans were terrible in Florida and Texas and places like that, and their governors are under water, but underneath all that is a real threat to our…

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Jul 29, 2021

I`m joined now by a medical doctor who understands the intersection of policy-making and medicine, of course, the governor of Vermont, the former DNC chair, presidential candidate.

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Jul 29, 2021

We owe it, we in politics owe it to protect the people who elected us and who pay our salaries.

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Jul 29, 2021

Science is science, and the facts are the facts.

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Jul 22, 2021

Last week marked a year since our country lost a giant and a friend to all, John Lewis. Republicans and Democrats of both Chambers rightfully used our platforms to memorialize a man who gave so much, and as many say, he was the conscience…

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Jul 22, 2021

I thank Chairman Nadler for offering me this minute and a half, and I thank him for his leadership for bringing this bill to the floor. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the ALLIES Act. This bill will save lives and protect our allies. It…

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Jul 20, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule. PFAS water contamination is personal for all of us. Nearly all of us have been contaminated without our consent, without our knowledge. We all have PFAS in…

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Jul 11, 2021

These guys are not interested in serving the country. This is like Jim Jones in Guyana. It really is.

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Jul 11, 2021

And the party, the Republican Party, would rather have power than do the right thing for America. And I think that`s a major problem.

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