they need to be able to feel like they can call the police and not be in danger of being separated from their children. republicans talk about being the party of family values but right ripping children away from their parents. young kids in this country after donald trump was elected president that could not sleep at night, wet the bed in this country because of the fear that all of his rhetoric placed in them. we have to do better in this country. we are the land of the free and, you know, look at basement of the statue of liberty. bring me your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. that s what we are. nation of immigrants. not fear mongers. and we have to stop it. thank you. chairman we have to do better as democrats with effective messaging. i m sorry your question was wrong. when you enter this country
my job to say my opinion on that. it s american people s job in primary. that s what it s designed for. and i want to ask you about the question about not just hillary clinton, joe biden, bernie sanders, are you on the same page? me? chairm harrison. you can answer as well. i ll be happy to answer. anybody who wants to run should run. it is the role of the chair as i put on my website, first time it went up, that it is the role of the party chair per the charter to be impartial and even-handed with respect to all the candidates in all the campaigns. that s role of the party chair and what these people are saying. i made it quite clear that some of the future forums held earlier in number of cities, if i m chair i ll be impartial, all the people that work for the dnc
that s what we re doing every day in south carolina, going into communities, actually addressing the issues they re dealing with. that s really important for us to do as a party. chairman harrison, thank you. you know how to make a case. what is the case for the democrats right now? the case for the democrats right now is to reenergize the entire democratic party from the ground up. make the case that donald trump is unsuited for office. done a number of things that are illegal, which we re not about to stand for, violated number of rights and showing every inclination to continue violating them. it s not just an issue of taking on donald trump, the party has got there are a lot of reforms to engage to enable it
mr. chairman. specifically state parties. you said president obama s political arm organizing for america killed state parties. what did you mean by that? it killed state parties. but how? in 2006 howard dean started a 50 state strategy and he was architect but state party chairs pushed howard dean in order to start that program. we started that and invested in state parties and won in places with he never thought. i remember ruahm emanuel and den fights and in 2008 added to majorities in house and senate and won the white house. when barack obama had his hand on the bible taking oath of office we had majority in the house, senate, white house. had majority in governorships,
think about while you re there. democrats say every state should take care of itself, don t work with i.c.e. if it doesn t work for you? i sued a guy, former sheriff of mar maricopa county, words os police officers, he built a wall of distrust between the police and the community. most important currency that a police officer has is trust from the community. when ayou allow this to happen, undermine trust. person who is victim of sexual assault doesn t report it, victim of human trafficking doesn t report it. that s why it s bad public policy. chairman harrison? i totally agree. it s about trust and protecting vulnerable in these communities.