I’m a fighter. And I ain’t gon back down…I’d rather fight than eat.
— Richard Ojeda, Could this 'military guy' Democrat find a magic formula to win back blue-collar voters?
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I’m sick and tired of people telling me America is the greatest country—because we can whip your ass?
— Richard Ojeda, ‘You’re Going to Know My Name! I’m Richard Ojeda!’
On several occasions, you came here to speak for Carol Miller! You called me a stone-cold crazy wacko and then you mispronounced the way I say my name! But make no mistake about it! You’re going to know my name! I’m Richard Ojeda! I’m Richard Ojeda! I’m Richard Ojeda, and I’m not done fighting, and…
— Richard Ojeda, ‘You’re Going to Know My Name! I’m Richard Ojeda!’
I know coal is dirty, but that’s all we got,. So as much as I’d love to have clean energy – solar panels everywhere – right now all we have is coal. The people I love and the people that I grew up with, that’s their livelihood, and I don’t want to see them starve.”
— Richard Ojeda, Could this 'military guy' Democrat find a magic formula to win back blue-collar voters?
The Democrat that is a real Democrat, the Democrat that says, ‘Look, you’re a working-class citizen, and I respect you. I’m going to do everything in my power to protect you. I’m going to do everything in my power to fight to make sure you have a seat at the table.’ This is the blueprint. This is th…
— Richard Ojeda, ‘You’re Going to Know My Name! I’m Richard Ojeda!’
Please don’t fall for the garbage and the lies. My military service has been attacked by people who have never picked up a rifle and manned a post.
— Richard Ojeda, ‘You’re Going to Know My Name! I’m Richard Ojeda!’
I don’t give a shit who you are. I’ll fight you in the damn street right now.
— Richard Ojeda, ‘You’re Going to Know My Name! I’m Richard Ojeda!’
We always keep saying ‘we’re the best, we’re the best.’ Other countries offer healthcare for their people. We don’t, so how are we the best there? We’ve got poverty all over the place and it’s the haves and the have-nots, so how are we the best there? Just because you have a military that could kick…
— Richard Ojeda, Could this 'military guy' Democrat find a magic formula to win back blue-collar voters?
Put me in a room with 50 people and I guarantee you 48 them are going to walk out saying ‘Ojeda’s my guy.’…And if they’re Republicans I can still get ’em.”
— Richard Ojeda, Could this 'military guy' Democrat find a magic formula to win back blue-collar voters?
Had the president not come down here and stuck his nose into this race, I would be the winner. I will tell you right now. I’m not scared of the president of the United States. And I’m not scared to stand up against the president of the United States. We’re going to sit and think about what the way a…
— Richard Ojeda, ‘You’re Going to Know My Name! I’m Richard Ojeda!’
On several occasions, you came here to speak for Carol Miller! You called me a stone-cold crazy wacko and then you mispronounced the way I say my name! But make no mistake about it! You’re going to know my name! I’m Richard Ojeda! I’m Richard Ojeda! I’m Richard Ojeda, and I’m not done fighting, and…
— Richard Ojeda, ‘You’re Going to Know My Name! I’m Richard Ojeda!’
Look, Schumer and Waters and Pelosi, they are not in line with what the Democratic Party is supposed to be. The Democratic Party is supposed to be the party that looks out for the working-class citizens. That's what they do. We don't have that today. They're the party that believes that we got to ta…
— Richard Ojeda, Dem running for president says party misaligned with America
A person can only absorb so much sadness at one time before the mind breaks down or deflects.
— Elizabeth Weil, He Helped Build an Artists’ Utopia. Now He Faces Trial for 36 Deaths There.
The fact that Donald Trump has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual assault and sexual harassment alone has infuriated women enough to do something that they might otherwise have not done. Taking the risk to actually run for office.
People do not like President Trump and they are concerned and they would like to change that.
— Kirsten Gillibrand, Fresh Off Re-election, Gillibrand Says She Is Giving ‘Long, Hard Thought’ to 2020 Run
I believe right now that every one of us should figure out how we can do whatever we can with our time, with our talents to restore that moral decency, that moral compass and that truth of who we are as Americans. So I will promise you I will give it a long, hard thought of consideration.
— Kirsten Gillibrand, Fresh Off Re-election, Gillibrand Says She Is Giving ‘Long, Hard Thought’ to 2020 Run
I’ve seen the hatred and the division that President Trump has put out into our country, and it has called me to fight as hard as I possibly can to restore the moral compass of this country.
— Kirsten Gillibrand, Fresh Off Re-election, Gillibrand Says She Is Giving ‘Long, Hard Thought’ to 2020 Run
I believe her. Her story is credible. If you listen to everything about it, the fact that she told her therapist about it five years ago. A friend, most recently, she told a reporter before Kavanaugh was even named to be a nominee, this is a woman who has endured trauma and experts have said, this i…
I realize that for many New Yorkers, this is the first time you've heard my name, and you don't know much about me. Over these next two years you will get to know me, but more importantly, I will get to know you.
— Kirsten Gillibrand, Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews
We’re [the US Senate] here to help people, and if we’re not helping people, we should go the fuck home.
— Kirsten Gillibrand, Kirsten Gillibrand Is Becoming a Progressive Champion. Is a 2020 Run Next?