I believe in the Democratic Party of FDR and lbj, the party that defeated fascism around the world, built Social Security and Medicare, passed the Fair Labor Standards act, the minimum wage overtime laws, created The Democratic Party passed the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act. stood shoulder to shoulder with organized labor to build the damn middle class in this country. That's the party that we can be and that's the government that we deserve. (00:02–00:24)
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Asserts that the Democratic Party was responsible for passing major civil rights legislation.
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