No. of Recommendations: 4
“I’m getting close to a record, folks, but— there’s a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond. to hate him is wrong. maybe my ego got too caught up, and if I stood here maybe, just maybe I could break this record of the man who tried to stop the right upon which I stand. I’m not here, though, because of his speech. I’m here despite his speech. I’m here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful.”
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“I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that have given a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say ‘we will do better.’ and it’s not just defining ourselves what we’re against. we, the next generation as the baby boomers are leaving the stage, we have to say that we’re going to redeem the dream.”
