Richard Ojeda Quotes

Richard Ojeda

Profession : Politician

Birth : September 25, 1970

I was raised here in Logan County, where I was blessed to be in a family that had over 200 years of United Mine Workers of America experience.

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We need to diversify our economy, but I also think we still have a future in coal.

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There's a purpose for me. And my purpose is to wake people up.

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That border wall's not going to put one single West Virginian to work.

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When the rich wage war, it's the poor who fight and die.

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I will not take corporate money. I don't want it.

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I will strengthen our unions and our middle-class families so that no longer will they be pushed around by employers but will finally have a seat at the table.

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Once I got into politics, I saw the real fight, where big money controls everything, and where politicians care more about campaign contributions than the people they're supposed to represent.

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Get rid of Betsy DeVos.

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My state was blue through and through. The reason why my state went red is because my state is a hard labor state, and the Democratic party pulled pitch and ran away from this place and left our people to fend for themselves with nothing.

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You want to win races? You've got to get out there, and you've got to be vocal, and you've got to work. When you win, you've got to actually represent. You've got to be willing to fight your party.

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The coal industry in West Virginia, when it is down, people can't buy cars; people can't eat in restaurants. Everything suffers.

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I ran in the reddest state of the United States of America. I turned almost 35 percent of the people that voted for Donald Trump back to voting for a Democrat.

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We have elected officials who say they're going to run for office to serve the people. But in reality, they legislate themselves into wealth. They go into office, and after one, two terms, they're worth millions upon millions of dollars, and that has to stop.

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Back when I was in high school, being a Republican was like cursing. Republicans were greedy people who didn't take care of the workingman.

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In Iraq, I listened to David Petraeus speak every day about how we had to rebuild Iraq's oil infrastructure and protect it. But, if we're going to go trillions of dollars in debt over Iraq, why can't we go billions of dollars in debt and make every single coal-producing plant clean in West Virginia?

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I'm nothing but a ball of energy.

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If you have a great idea, I'll support your great idea. But if you don't have a great idea, I won't.

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Just because I support somebody doesn't necessarily mean I'll agree with them always. If they do not do something that's correct, I have the right to make comment.

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I'm a stubborn individual.

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