[Rural people] have a different lifestyle, and they don't want to change it. They're happy with the way things are. It's causing… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
There's no question about it. If you look at the map, there's hardly any [Democrats representing rural districts]. There's me, [Rick] Nolan,… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
Pushing gun control drives people [in my district] crazy, gay marriage, abortion, deficit spending.All of that stuff adds up to be a… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it. — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
So [Republicans] packed all the Democrats into districts, very Democratic districts. What that's done is made our party urban, more liberal, and so those… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
I don't know how you change that. There's hardly anybody left like me in the Democratic Party in Congress. These districts have been so… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
[Rural people] have a different lifestyle, and they don't want to change it. They're happy with the way things are. It's causing the party… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
I fought NAFTA when it passed; it has been a big disaster for us, in my opinion. If we can renegotiate that, it would… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture. — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
Republicans have spent a lot of money redistricting and everything, getting control of these governorships and statehouses. — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
It was kind of interesting: [People] didn't really want to talk about it too much. And then after the election, it's kind of like… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
I always run ahead of the ticket [compared to Democratic presidential candidates]. But this time there were a lot of people that just voted… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
If everybody in our caucus had a 50/50 [Democrat/Republican] district, we'd have a lot different discussion. But if they have a 90 percent Democratic… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
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