Rahm Emanuel

Not knowing who we stand for, not knowing whether we'll fight for who he thinks.

The reason I'm going around on these community colleges, 40% of the people in America go to community colleges that go to higher education.

These are the unseen, unheard, unrespected folks.

I know what I did to reform the community colleges of Chicago and what we did to make sure that people that went there can walk in and say, I went to Malcolm X and get that nursing job at Rush Presbyterian Hospital.

Or the guy I met in Spartanburg who's working on mechanical stills and he has a $33 an hour plus benefits job waiting at GE for him on May 11th.

To me, you can't just say these things that sound great in faculty lounges or papers.

You actually have to feel the people that are under the intense pressure.

Not only have an agenda for them, but they're willing to take on and break some eggs to get it done.

And our party hasn't.

Just hasn't.

It's not just about clicks.

It's about calculus.

It's not just about social media posts.

It's actually about social studies.

And we haven't prioritized the right things.

We just haven't.

And we have to be acknowledged about that.

And we got ourselves caught, I've said this before and I'll say it again, in a cultural cul-de-sac going around in circles.

We were off.

The American people, when their back's against the wall, they expect Democrats to show up.