Patrick Murphy

Patrick Murphy
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 March 1983
CountryUnited States of America
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Young people deserve stable employment opportunities and not mountains of debt. When young people can access the middle class, America is strengthened.
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Whether it's threats to Medicare, cuts in education spending, or Internet privacy, the ramifications got young people out to vote and should be enough to keep them involved in our political system.
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My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to register to vote. My dad's Republican, so that's what I decided to register as.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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The Tea Party movement went off on a more extreme agenda that I did not support at all, and was very frustrated by it, to the point that not only did I change parties, I decided to do something about it and run for Congress.
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I don't think 'my way or the highway' works, that mentality. And that's what the Tea Party has done: drawn a line in the sand. I'm sorry - that doesn't work in business, that doesn't work in your family, it certainly doesn't work in government and our Congress.
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The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make.
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As long as we are doing the job, the Iraqis are going to say, 'The Americans are here,' ... You need to give them the incentive to do it.
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There's all this resistance out there right now. The trend is to sell into any rally, so people feel like, 'Why should we buy?,' ... In terms of what's coming up, we have the Fed meeting tomorrow.
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So then he found the military. That surprised me too, 'cause he wasn't the military type. He became something great as a result. And I think he really liked it. So, he was doing what he wanted to do.
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I think we saw a little short-covering late in the day. Tomorrow should be a fairly slow morning and you might have a little flattening out of positions ahead of the Fed. I think overall, all eyes will be on the Fed.
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I think it was a mistake and I admit it. I should have voted more.
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Just because you're pro-choice doesn't mean you're a Democrat.
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I saw with my own eyes what's wrong in Iraq. That changed me. I came here to make a change.