Don’t underestimate me.
Countering violent extremism and destroying ISIS must be done primarily by Muslim nations with the strong support of their global partners.
After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent over $5 billion in lobbying and campaign contributions to deregulate Wall Street.
I would say that the key doctrine of the Sanders administration would be no, we cannot continue to do it alone; we need to work in coalition.
Wall Street is greedy, reckless and they operate illegally. That’s fine. But what do you do?
Whether it is television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books or the Internet, a few giant conglomerates are determining what we see, hear and read.
I intend to introduce legislation that will make police accountable for their actions and limit uses of force in cases where it is unnecessary.
Do I consider myself a part of the casino capitalist process? No I don’t. I believe in a society where all people do well.
Who said that think we should normalize relations with Iran tomorrow? I never said that. I think we should move forward as quickly as we can.
The goal of real healthcare reform must be high-quality, universal coverage in a cost-effective way.
Washington is dominated by big money.
I want to know in this day and age, whether it is possible for any candidate who is not a billionaire or who is not beholden to the billionaire class, to be able to run successful campaigns.
In 30 years of public service, I have had no scandals. I have high ethical standards. I am most proud of my judgement, that kind of judgement is what we want in a president going forward. I want to be a peacemaker.
Any idiot, especially one who is prepared to die, who has a gun, can start shooting up people.
I fear very much for our kids, for low income people and for seniors.
People all over this country are shouting at each other. And what we need to do is bring people together to work on the agreement where there is broad consensus and that’s what I intend to do.
So what I have said with regard to Boeing and GE and other multinationals that pay zero taxes, you know what we’re going to do? We’re going to end that loophole. They are going to pay their fair share of taxes.
We did really, really badly with older African-American voters. I mean we got decimated.
Sometimes the media says, well, this state had an election, it’s the end of the campaign. It is not. We have dozens of more states to go. We’re feeling good about the future.
The middle class in America is at a tipping point. It will not last another generation if we don’t boldly change course now.