- On having judgement to serve as Commander-in-Chief: "The very president who said he was going to end endless war...now has more troops go into the Middle East"
- On defeating Donald Trump: "when he gets to the tough talk and the chest thumping, he'll have to stand next to an American war veteran and explain how he pretended bone spurs made him ineligible to serve. "
- On building a diverse coalition: "Now, the biggest mistake we could make is to take Black votes for granted -- and I never will."
- on Climate Change: "Not just rejoin in the Paris climate accord -- that's table stakes -- but to actually move on from the fossil dependent economy we live in today."