Pramila Jayapal Quotes

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Pramila Jayapal

Profession : Politician

Birth : September 21, 1965

Policy is about real people and real stories, and sometimes we forget that.

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Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud.

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I've been told to go back to my country so many times, I can't even count.

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Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it.

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I think what I learned is that just because somebody says you can't talk to them or just because somebody says they don't have an answer for you, you don't stop.

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If you're an opposition party, you are actively using the power you have to oppose the ideas of the other party.

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There were not that many people who were willing to come out and stand up for Muslims or stand up against the abuses of the Bush administration. That was post-9/11, so I think there was a lot of fear at the time about exactly what that meant - were they unpatriotic if they stood up?

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People who think that the immigration system is easy and people should just apply legally - it just isn't that easy.

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I never thought I would run for office.

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Diversity is not just about the fact that the pictures look better. I mean, they always do look better!

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My message to women - including women of color - stand strong. Refuse to be minimized or patronized. Let all the small guys out there be intimidated by you.

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Racism, sexism, and age-ism are all alive and well in the U.S. House.

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I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.

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I'm an organizer at heart. Organizers know that giving information, being in front of people, talking to people, to build our movement for the kind of country that we see is the most important thing.

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I actually had a number of different careers. I worked on Wall Street; I was a Master's in Business. I left that to work in the public sector.

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I became an immigrant, civil and human rights advocate, then the first South Asian elected to the Washington State Legislature and the only woman of color in the Washington State Senate, and then was elected in 2016 to the United States Congress.

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President Trump has harnessed the fear and prejudice that have accompanied every wave of immigrants in United States history, and stoked those fears to further his own agenda.

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What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all.

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Immigration is about more than just who comes here and who is allowed to stay. It is about who we are as a country and what we are willing to stand up for.

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I really get my best work done in the morning, so if I have to edit speeches or comments, that all happens before I get to work.

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