"I don’t want us to be a party that just talks about problems; I want us to be a party that solves them"
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The subtext is triangulation without saying the word. “A party that solves them” implicitly contrasts two targets at once: Republicans caricatured as grievance managers, and Democrats caricatured as overly fluent in diagnosis. It’s also a gentle scold to activists and ideologues: if your politics is mostly about naming the problem correctly, you may be losing the voters who want a pothole filled, a prescription capped, a school staffed.
Context matters because Klobuchar’s brand has long been “Minnesota pragmatist” - competence as identity. This sentence keeps faith with that persona, pitching politics as service delivery rather than cultural combat. It’s the kind of line that plays well in a primary when the base wants values and the broader coalition wants results, and it reassures moderate and swing voters that the party isn’t merely a megaphone for outrage.
Rhetorically, the parallel structure (“party that... party that...”) is simple and sticky, built for repetition at a podium. It’s less a theory of change than a bid for credibility: let us be judged by outputs, not our rhetoric about them.
Quote Details
| Topic | Leadership |
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| Source | Democratic National Convention speech (July 18, 2016) |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Klobuchar, Amy. (2026, January 30). I don’t want us to be a party that just talks about problems; I want us to be a party that solves them. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-want-us-to-be-a-party-that-just-talks-184770/
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Klobuchar, Amy. "I don’t want us to be a party that just talks about problems; I want us to be a party that solves them." FixQuotes. January 30, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-want-us-to-be-a-party-that-just-talks-184770/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I don’t want us to be a party that just talks about problems; I want us to be a party that solves them." FixQuotes, 30 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-dont-want-us-to-be-a-party-that-just-talks-184770/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.







