[Bernie] Sanders tapped into that [trade issues]; that was part of his support. And then when he didn't make it, some of those Sanders people went to [Donald] Trump.

There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it.

I always run ahead of the ticket [compared to Democratic presidential candidates]. But this time there were a lot of people that just voted party line, a lot more than usual.

You can't have a majority party in Minnesota or throughout the country without [support from] the people in these [rural] districts. Given the position [the Democratic Party] has taken, it's very hard to see how you can do that.

It appears to me that no one has learned a thing; that Wall Street is still operating as if 2008 never happened.

The New York Federal Reserve is a tool of the big banks.

What's happened is the Republicans have been smart.