Top 82 Quotes & Sayings by Richard Ojeda - Page 2

My state was blue through and through. The reason why my state went red is because my state is a hard labor state, and the Democratic party pulled pitch and ran away from this place and left our people to fend for themselves with nothing.

Once I got into politics, I saw the real fight, where big money controls everything, and where politicians care more about campaign contributions than the people they're supposed to represent.

I'm nothing but a ball of energy.

We have elected officials who say they're going to run for office to serve the people. But in reality, they legislate themselves into wealth. They go into office, and after one, two terms, they're worth millions upon millions of dollars, and that has to stop.

We need to diversify our economy, but I also think we still have a future in coal.

I was raised here in Logan County, where I was blessed to be in a family that had over 200 years of United Mine Workers of America experience.

I will not take corporate money. I don't want it.

I will strengthen our unions and our middle-class families so that no longer will they be pushed around by employers but will finally have a seat at the table.

I come from a family of coal miners.

The coal industry in West Virginia, when it is down, people can't buy cars; people can't eat in restaurants. Everything suffers.

Families in Logan, West Virginia, were going through the same struggles as families in the Bronx, San Francisco, and Houston. This was not a West Virginia problem. This is an American problem, and it has to change.

If you have a great idea, I'll support your great idea. But if you don't have a great idea, I won't.

That border wall's not going to put one single West Virginian to work.

I ran in the reddest state of the United States of America. I turned almost 35 percent of the people that voted for Donald Trump back to voting for a Democrat.

Back when I was in high school, being a Republican was like cursing. Republicans were greedy people who didn't take care of the workingman.

The coal miners are working. But there's more than just coal miners in West Virginia.

There's a purpose for me. And my purpose is to wake people up.

Get rid of Betsy DeVos.

You want to win races? You've got to get out there, and you've got to be vocal, and you've got to work. When you win, you've got to actually represent. You've got to be willing to fight your party.

I'm a stubborn individual.

In Iraq, I listened to David Petraeus speak every day about how we had to rebuild Iraq's oil infrastructure and protect it. But, if we're going to go trillions of dollars in debt over Iraq, why can't we go billions of dollars in debt and make every single coal-producing plant clean in West Virginia?

Just because I support somebody doesn't necessarily mean I'll agree with them always. If they do not do something that's correct, I have the right to make comment.