Keith Ellison Quotes

Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.

The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's not their concern.

We must ensure American workers get the long-overdue raise they deserve.

I'm a progressive who knows how to talk to working-class people, and I know how to get elected in working-class districts. Because at the end of the day, the progressive agenda is what's best for working families.

Historically, it has required a combination of favorable employment trends and active government intervention to lower the percentage of people in poverty and raise living standards for the working middle class.

We believe that if you want a strong middle class, you have to vote for Democrats.

I know this: Secretary Clinton will fight for working families, and that's what I'm going to do as well.

Democrats may want working-class white Rust Belters to have good jobs at high wages with pensions and health benefits, but they can't make them vote that way.

When thousands of men and women work full time but need food stamps to put food on their tables, when they can't get health benefits, when they can't get paid sick days, then we must do whatever we can to stand up for them.

It's really Democrats who are fighting for working families and small businesses and trying to address the biggest problems that we have, which are huge disparities in incomes and wealth and money influencing the Democratic process.

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it's about jobs and it's about rebuilding America.

America's leaders need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.

It's time that America's government lived by the same values as America's families. It's time we invested in America's future and made sure our people have the skills to compete and thrive in a 21st century economy. That's what Democrats believe.

Ten cents a day is adequate pay for a workingman.

I'm not running from the left; I'm running from the bottom. I'm running in fierce advocacy for working-class New Yorkers.

American workers deserve a raise. I fully support the push for $15 an hour and a union. We also must raise wages for low and middle income families.

We need to show the voters left behind by Trump's tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations that our party represents them and that we're beholden only to them. We've got to give them a reason to go to the polls.

I stand with the working-class citizens.

Market-led globalization is leading to a race to the bottom, where efficiency and profit matter more than a fair share for working people.

The Democratic Party is supposed to be the party that looks out for the working-class citizens.

Once upon a time, it was the Democrats who claimed to be the party of the working man. No longer. They abandoned the working guy. They slammed the door in their face, and now, it's President Trump and the new Republican Party that is supporting working Americans, blue-collar workers.

Take care of your working-class citizens, and your working-class citizens will take care of you.

Unions continue to be important for raising the standard of living for working Americans, whether or not they happen to be in a union.

If you look at the future of the Democratic Party, things like raising the minimum wage - Democrats need to get behind raising the minimum wage and be clear on where we stand on trade deals.