[My parents] were very interested in social justice issues, and there was a time, very early on, where my mother, I think, actually went to some demonstrations for integrating housing.

My campaign filed the bill back in 2002 in the Democratic legislature, 85% Democratic, they could have prevented any possibility of a split vote.

We the voters demand the right to be in charge here, to be informed, to be empowered.

Maybe Bernie [Sanders] lost his perspective because he became a part of the Washington culture. Maybe it's a generational thing.

The issues we address basically: We call for an emergency jobs program to address the emergency of climate change.

We must challenge to fight at every level, including Congress and to make that challenge political and to organize as a political party is how we get traction.

Regime change is not within that purview. And that has been an all-out disaster.