Keith Ellison, Bernie Sanders urge activists to stay politically involved

By WILSON RING , ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 09, 2017 - 9:48 PM

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BURLINGTON, Vt. — America's Democratic party must revitalize itself by paying attention to the people it represents all the time, not just during elections, the deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee said Thursday.

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, of Minnesota, and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, hammered home that message during a fundraiser before hundreds of the party faithful in Burlington.

Ellison said the Democratic party has to change the way it has been doing business by focusing on relationships between people who are united by shared values. Over the last several years, he said, the party has not been doing that.

"We have got to change our culture," Ellison said. "We have got to go from being a battleground state party to a every state, every county Democratic Party."

To accomplish that, the party needs to "de-emphasize the money and re-emphasize the people," he said.

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