Regardless of the Islamophobia, where we have gone wrong in the Democratic Party and the American left is to play wholeheartedly into identity politi….

You bring up identity politics and I think that this is really causing a divide in the American left where we're rallying too much around identities.….

It's been harder for me for sure being Muslim American, it's been harder for me for sure being the first Muslim ever elected anything here in Virgini….

We need to be fighting and rallying around the common American values. This is where the Democratic Party needs to learn and grow as we move forward..

We're fighting for LGBT rights and for women's rights and for Muslims and for refugees. Well, we shouldn't be fighting for those groups, we should be….

What happens with identity politics sometimes is there's a competition among the oppressed: You're more oppressed than me and if not, then unfortunat….

I think that our republic was created in a way that is meant to be as inclusive as possible. Obviously that means something a little different now th….

When I'm faced with difficult times, I actually usually remember the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This is a stark ….

As liberals are puppets in Donald Trump's show right now, all he needs to do is create any distraction and all of a sudden, the whole country is comp….

Falling into Donald Trump's trap, or being distracted every time he sends out a tweet is really not leadership. And, I would point you to a historica….

The lack of fairness that we have in the richest country in the world is something that hits my district pretty hard. Eighty-three percent free and r….

The Democratic Party says we're inclusive, but it's clear sometimes we are not as inclusive. People see hypocrisy, they don't see alignment and value….

We're here to defend the rights that are enshrined to us by the Constitution, as Americans..

When you're running, when you're in elected office, you're surrounded with power. And, so every single day, you have to remind yourself why you're he….

Losing elections all across America, and the American people clearly saying the Democratic Party is no longer the party of the people, I don't know h….

I think the Democratic Party is firmly in the wilderness right now and doesn't know exactly what to do. We talk about trust. Fundamentally, the Ameri….

When we talk about defending Muslims, defending women, we're automatically by default excluding someone, but when we talk about defending liberty, wh….

You'd be surprised how quickly our identities evaporate when we were able to connect with people on a very personal level because we're all really tr….