Betsy Hodges Quotes:
Betsy Hodges
People work hard for their money, and they expect services for the dollars they put into the city.
Betsy Hodges
We must shout out from the rooftops that Minneapolis is the best place on Earth.
Betsy Hodges
The nexus of Donald Trump’s hateful behaviors and policies around Muslim people and immigrants comes together right here in Minneapolis. I knew immediately that the people I represent were going to be very, very scared and very, very worried for their safety.
Betsy Hodges
Donald Trump has his Twitter account, but so do I, and so do millions and millions of Americans. So the way that we can organize around that is different than what we had in the past, and we can use that tool for good, not just for evil.
Betsy Hodges
When Donald Trump comes after any part of our community, he’ll find 419,000 Minneapolitans and me standing squarely in his way. That’s the kind of wall I can support.
Betsy Hodges
I pray and meditate first thing in the morning.
Betsy Hodges
I journal at the end of every day and just keep track of how things are going.
Betsy Hodges
I have people I talk to on a regular basis about what’s going on in my life, what am I struggling with, and where my faith is at.
Betsy Hodges
Politics is challenging for everyone’s integrity… I have to wake up with myself every morning, and I have to be OK with the person I wake up with. If I string together too many days of waking up with a person I’m not happy to be, I have a lot bigger things at stake in my life than an election or a job.
Betsy Hodges
As we are pursuing economic growth and economic development, we have to make sure it happens with and by and for everyone. That everyone gets opportunity.
Betsy Hodges
Since I’m a Minnesotan, that bragging thing is a little hard.
Betsy Hodges
When people are thriving, the city is thriving.
Betsy Hodges
My first and foremost consideration is the safety of the people of the city of Minneapolis. And my first and foremost consideration is making sure that people can also express their constitutional rights peaceably.
Betsy Hodges
I am very aware that I married up, and I’m lucky for it every day.
Betsy Hodges
I am very clear with people that I am willing and able to make tough choices, and I will do that.
Betsy Hodges
Donald Trump is out to destroy people’s lives, and he’s trying to take our democracy down. That is something we can fight with everything we’ve got, but having compassion for one another while we do it is going to get us a lot further.
Betsy Hodges
A tailor is a person’s best friend as far as I’m concerned, because you can take things that fit OK or look OK, and if you get them tailored, they can be fabulous.
Betsy Hodges
I’m a little obsessed with lip balm. When I go to a new place, I’ll find the locally made natural lip balms and buy them as my little memento.
Betsy Hodges