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I think you have an enormous amount of fear and uncertainty in this country.
Millions of people who are in trouble today. They really are.
They're confused. They're working longer hours for lower wages.
They're seeing productivity going up, but their kids are worse off economically than they are.
And then you have demagogues like Trump come along.
And he says, I know what the cause of your problems is. Today, it is Muslims.
You all remember how many years ago - it was, you know, uppity women who were trying to take our jobs as men.
It was blacks who wanted to take white jobs.
That's what demagoguery is about. It is to obfuscate the real problems facing our society
and find somebody you can blame and rally the American people.
That's what it is, it's the immigrants, or the Muslims, and we got to take them on.
The antidote is a very strong progressive agenda that says yes, I know that you're angry
but Muslims are not your enemy. Who is your enemy?
What does it mean that 58 percent of all new income in America is going to the top 1%,
that we have massive income and wealth inequality?
You want decent jobs. You want your kids to have an opportunity.
We're gonna fight to give you that.
Don't go to the Dark Side.
It's not good enough to say that racism is at fault here, is bad.
We've got to reach those people today who are so angry,
who are so hateful, and say yes, you have a right to be angry,
don't take it out on the Muslims.
Work with us to create an agenda and a political movement
that will make your life better, not just other peoples' lives worse.
When we stand together, when we do not allow
the Donald Trumps of the world to divide us up,
there is nothing we cannot accomplish.
[Cheering]