DNC Chair Tom Perez Reflects On Party Wins And Says Unity Matters | Morning Joe

IT WAS WAY UP FROM FOUR Y AGO AND WAY, WAY UP FROM EIGHT
YEARS AGO. >> I HAVE A FEELING IT WAS A LOT
OF WOMEN, TOO. WE'LL SEE.
>>> LET'S BRING IN TOM PEREZ. TOM, I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU'RE
GOING TO PLAY THIS. HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE WHAT
HAPPENED LAST NIGHT? >> WELL, I'VE LEARNED AT LEAST
THREE OR FOUR LESSONS, MIKA, FROM THIS.
NUMBER ONE, UNITY CONTINUES TO BE OUR GREATEST STRENGTH.
WE SAW THAT IN THE VIRGINIA PRIMARY.
EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN
VIRGINIA. PEOPLE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT
SOMEONE'S BOOKS. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH
CARE AND THE THINGS THAT MATTERED.
THAT WAS LESSON NUMBER ONE. LESSON NUMBER TWO, ORGANIZING
MATTERS. THIS WAS THE MOST EXTENSIVE,
COORDINATED GROUND GAME IN VIRGINIA HISTORY.
MORE EXTENSIVE THAN ANY PRESIDENTIAL.
KNOCKED ON TWICE AS MANY DOORS AS THE McAULIFFE CAMPAIGN.
AND TERRY McAULIFFE DID A SPECTACULAR JOB FOUR YEARS AGO.
33 PARTNERS HELPING RALPH NORTHAM.
HUGE ISSUE. IT'S NOT JUST ORGANIZING BUT
MAKING SURE WE HAVE CANDIDATES UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT.
88 CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR SEATS OF DELEGATES, THEY WERE SUPERB.
WE JUST ELECTED THE FIRST TWO LATINAS IN THE HISTORY, A
TRANSGENDER WOMAN WHO RAN A SPIRITED CAMPAIGN AND NO ONE
SAID SHE COULD WIN AND SHE WON. WHEN YOU LEAD WITH THOSE -- WHEN
YOU ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE AND YOU ARE COMPETING IN EVERY
ZIP CODE, YOU WIN. WHEN YOU LEAD WITH YOUR VALUES,
THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. RALPH NORTHAM HAS BEEN A HEALER
HIS ENTIRE LIFE. PHIL MURPHY, HE TALKED ABOUT HOW
HE'S GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY'S BACK.
WHEN YOU PUT THOSE VALUES ON THE LINE -- HEALTH CARE WAS ONE OF
THE TOP ISSUES FOR VOTERS IN VIRGINIA.
THEY SAW THAT RALPH NORTHAM'S VALUES WERE THEIR VALUES AND
THEY SAW THAT THE POLITICS OF DIVISION ARE NOT WHAT WE WANT IN
NEW JERSEY AND ELSEWHERE. >> SO, TOM, WE GET A LOT OF
PEOPLE ON SET -- I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO GET A CHANCE TO GET A QUESTION IN.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A SOFTBALL.
THIS MORNING I THINK IT'S IN ORDER.
IT'S NOT JUST -- YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VIRGINIA.
IT WASN'T JUST VIRGINIA. MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE
FIRST DEMOCRAT WIN FOR A MAYOR SINCE, I THINK, 1985.
YOU LOOK AT LONG ISLAND. DEMOCRATS WINNING REPUBLICAN
SEATS THERE. WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
YOU HAVE AN ENTRENCHED REPUBLICAN, INCUMBENT, EVERYBODY
THOUGHT WAS GOING TO WIN. PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES,
REPUBLICANS HAVE DOMINATED FOR A CENTURY WIPED AWAY.
THIS WAS ABOUT AS EXPANSIVE AS A WIN FOR ANY PARTY IN AN OFF YEAR
SINCE AT LEAST 2010. IS IT ABOUT TRUMP MAINLY?
>> NO. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT?
WHAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE RACES HAVE IN COMMON -- BY THE WAY, WE
FLIPPED TWO SEATS IN GEORGIA IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT IS THAT THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE
SUPERMAJORITY NECESSARY TO PASS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, WE FLIPPED THREE SEATS IN BEAT
RED OKLAHOMA, TRUMP COUNTRY. THE FORMULA FOR EVERY ONE OF
THESE RACES WAS ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, GET GOOD
CANDIDATES. TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT
MATTER MOST TO PEOPLE. FACTS MATTER RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WE LEARNED FROM ALL THESE RACES YESTERDAY IS THAT THIS
TALE THAT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IS A DISASTER, THAT'S NOT
THE REALITY ON THE GROUND FOR PEOPLE.
>> EDDIE? >> CHAIRMAN, THIS IS EDDIE
GLOUD. THE IMPORTANCE OF UNITY AT THE
TOP OF THE LIST. UNITY AS A PRACTICAL MATTER,
WHEN WE'RE CONFRONTING THE DISASTER THAT IS THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION. BUT WHAT ABOUT UNITY ON THE
BASIS OF TRUST, BUILDING TRUST AMONG THE VARIOUS IDEOLOGICAL
WINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THERE ARE SOME WHO BELIEVE THAT
THE CORPORATE WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY STILL REIGNS
AND THERE WILL NOT BE AN ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE MOST VULNERABLE
IN THIS COUNTRY HIDDEN BEHIND OUR ATTEMPT TO BEAT TRUMP.
HOW DO YOU BUILD UNITY BASED ON TRUST NOT JUST AS A PRACTICAL
MATTER? >> I COULDN'T AGREE MORE THAT
TRUST IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. WE DIDN'T SHOW UP IN ALL TOO
MANY ZIP CODES IN THIS COUNTRY. HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO EARN TRUST
WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN SHOW UP? THAT'S WHY TRUST MATTERS.
ONCE AGAIN, VIRGINIA, YOU MAY RECALL IN THE PRIMARY SEASON THE
MEDIA WAS WRITING ABOUT HOW THIS WAS GOING TO BE A BERNIE,
HILLARY REDO ELECTION. WHAT IT WAS WAS TWO HIGH-ROAD
CANDIDATES WHO RAN A SPIRITED CAMPAIGN.
THEY AGREE ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE CAME
TOGETHER. I HAD A NUMBER OF EXPERIENCES
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, I WAS IN VIRGINIA, WHERE PEOPLE CAME UP
TO ME AND SAID TOM, I SUPPORTED BERNIE SANDERS IN THE PRIMARY.
I WORKED FOR HIM HARD. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO
TO UNITE OUR PARTY. I SUPPORT THAT.
WE NEED TO KEEP COMING TOGETHER. KEEP IT UP.
THAT'S WHAT I SAW ON THE GROUND, PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREETS WHO
UNDERSTOOD THAT OUR UNITY IS OUR GREATEST STRENGTH, WHEN WE COME
TOGETHER. RALPH NORTHAM AND TOM PIRIELLO
AGREE ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. IT MEANS WHAT UNITES US FAR
EXCEEDS WHAT DIVIDES US. >> WILLIE GEIST, CHAIRMAN.
GOOD TO SEE THANK YOU MORNING. IT CAN'T BE ANTI-TRUMP.
WE HAVE TO RUN STRONG CANDIDATES WITH A STRONG MESSAGE THAT.
'S PROBABLY TRUE. THE RACES OF A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
YOU BEAT LAST NIGHT WERE ALIGNED WITH TRUMP, WHETHER YOU DID THAT
OR WHETHER THEY DID THAT THEMSELVES, ED GILLESPIE SHAING
TRUMP'S VALUES ON CONFEDERATE STATUES AND NFL KNEELING.
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION, HIS POLICIES
ARES GOOD BUSINESS FOR DEMOCRATS?
>> DONALD TRUMP WAS UNDENIABLY ON THE BALLOT ON A NUMBER OF
RACES. HE IS TRYING TO DIVIDE AMERICA.
PEOPLE ARE SO SICK OF THESE TWITTER TIRADES.
THEY WANT LEADERS THEY CAN BE PROUD OF.
THAT'S WHY RALPH NORTHAM AND OTHERS WERE ABLE TO WIN.
THEY'RE SPEAKING TO THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT.
THEY ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT FACTS. THEY ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT MAKING
SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE A GOOD JOB AND GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
THEY'RE NOT PLAYING THE POLITICS OF DIVISION.
WHEN WE DO THAT AND WHEN WE ORGANIZE, WHEN WE MAKE THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS, WHEN WE'RE RUNNING CANDIDATES, THEN WHEN
THE FALSE NEWS COMES OUT, IF YOU'VE ORGANIZED AND BUILT THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE, THAT FALSE NEWS DOESN'T PENETRATE.
YOU SAW THE ADS IN VIRGINIA AND ELSEWHERE.
THAT DOG DIDN'T HUNT. >> RIGHT.
>> PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT RALPH NORTHAM AND OTHERS WERE -- THEY
REPRESENTED THE BEST OF VIRGINIA.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. DNC CHAIRMAN TOM PEREZ, THANK
YOU. VERY GOOD POINT.
IT STARTS WITH BEING SANE.
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