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Speaker 2: Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Hey bam, You're about
Speaker 2: to hear a replay of one of our interviews from
Speaker 2: our live stream at the Democratic National Convention. Now. If
Speaker 2: you want to listen to or watch the full stream,
Speaker 2: be sure to check out links in the episode description.
Speaker 2: You can also find a full list of all the
Speaker 2: guests we've interviewed. Welcome home, y'all. We're joined now by
Speaker 2: Congressman Ayana Pressley. She is the first black woman to
Speaker 2: represent Boston in the House of Representatives, so another historic
Speaker 2: candidate during this time that we are making history here
Speaker 2: at the DNC. I have to we love you, Joe Taco.
Speaker 2: We thank you, Madam President. I have to tell you, guys,
Speaker 2: when you saw me the last time we were together
Speaker 2: on set, I was broadcasting from Martha's Vineyard and I
Speaker 2: camped out at the Congress on the home every day.
Speaker 2: I was trying to get Angela to come up there
Speaker 2: with me and Andrew and so at some point we
Speaker 2: will do a podcast, we hope, and from the Congress
Speaker 2: on all. But we're so happy to have you but honestly,
Speaker 2: because you yourself were a historic candidate, you took the
Speaker 2: office that belonged to Congress on the shirletism in Congress.
Speaker 2: What does this moment mean to you to watch another
Speaker 2: black woman ascend to the highest heights of the United
Speaker 2: States government?
Speaker 3: All right, I'm feeling this on so many levels. So
Speaker 3: first and foremost, actually, the dress that I'm wearing was
Speaker 3: is a custom piece inspired by a Shirley chishm dress. Wow.
Speaker 3: And so even though it is quite warm, that is
Speaker 3: why I'm wearing it in this full circle moment. And
Speaker 3: also though I have the humbling honor of being the
Speaker 3: congresswoman representing the Massachusetts seventh which includes the city of Boston,
Speaker 3: as the first woman of color, black woman, well personal
Speaker 3: color period to represent the comonwealth in the House. But
Speaker 3: a lot of people don't know Chicago is the city
Speaker 3: that raised me. So it is full circle in every way,
Speaker 3: and it is I won't call it a surreal experience
Speaker 3: because I think that denies us that it's real. It
Speaker 3: is attainable. So it is heady to be on the
Speaker 3: precipice of this historic moment when black women have been
Speaker 3: the backbone of the Democratic Party have been at the
Speaker 3: front line of ushering in every great movement throughout history.
Speaker 3: For us to take our rightful place at the top
Speaker 3: of this ticket, uh it is. It is long overdue.
Speaker 3: And everyone just keeps saying how joyful they feel, how
Speaker 3: hopeful they feel, and yeah, it's an incredible experience. And
Speaker 3: then to be here with you all, yes, yes, so
Speaker 3: it's like welcome home time too.
Speaker 4: Since street jump off text like hey, I got you,
Speaker 4: that was amazing, that was awesome that I didn't respond after,
Speaker 4: you know, but also.
Speaker 3: Shout out to Boston because your theme song, you know,
Speaker 3: one of the many incredible creatives and we have in
Speaker 3: the city of Boston.
Speaker 5: We are actually being joined. Well, he's handshaking. I don't
Speaker 5: know if he's coming up right now, but colleague, yes,
Speaker 5: your colleague, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who is the Democratic leader
Speaker 5: in the House, I think he is. He walking, he's
Speaker 5: terming here.
Speaker 3: Because we have to get people to understand that we're
Speaker 3: going to do everything to ensure that Kamala Harris is
Speaker 3: madam President. But she has got to have a Democratic
Speaker 3: majority in the House. We have to grow our numbers
Speaker 3: in the Senate in order to advance this agenda for
Speaker 3: more just America of freedom, and that's about the future.
Speaker 3: So it's so important that the Democrats get that gavel
Speaker 3: back and that a King Jeffries is our speaker to
Speaker 3: fully advance this agenda. Kamala can do it alone.
Speaker 4: Yeah, just y'all have y'all Democrats have been incredible the
Speaker 4: way y'all have held the line. The Republicans couldn't get
Speaker 4: together anyway these last couple of months that they've been
Speaker 4: in charge. But I'm curious to know, is there give
Speaker 4: us the prognosis on whether or not you think you
Speaker 4: all will have the opportunity to win back the House
Speaker 4: where we're.
Speaker 3: Oh, absolutely so. I'm you know, A national surrogate for
Speaker 3: the Vice President was recently in Pennsylvania, critical battleground state,
Speaker 3: and I was so encouraged by what I saw there.
Speaker 3: First of all, knocking doors, many Republicans have said they
Speaker 3: do plan to vote for Kamala. Secondly, in that eighteen
Speaker 3: to thirty five demographic, again a constituency that had been
Speaker 3: there was a huge enthusiasm gap that no longer exists.
Speaker 3: People said, I just feel again more hopeful Kamala's future focused,
Speaker 3: and I feel that I'm a part of something important.
Speaker 3: Women from every age and walk of life, and this
Speaker 3: is the thing that black women do uniquely. We want
Speaker 3: to acknowledge the power of this representation. It is transformative
Speaker 3: and it is meaningful. But everyone sees themselves reflected in
Speaker 3: Black women. So because we we live in intersectionality, her
Speaker 3: story is the story of multitudes, and so it is
Speaker 3: a deeply resonant vision for our countries, centering the humanity
Speaker 3: and dignity of every person, of every family model in
Speaker 3: contrast to institutionalized Trumpism in Project twenty twenty five, which
Speaker 3: will cause harm to everyone who calls this country home,
Speaker 3: control every aspect of your life from your bedroom to
Speaker 3: your womb, dismantle the federal government and our democracy as
Speaker 3: we know it. In contrast to Kamala Harris and Tim Walls,
Speaker 3: who are about your freedoms, you know, preserving your freedoms,
Speaker 3: expanding your freedoms, and about the future. So I think
Speaker 3: with this economic agenda they've just rolled out, they show
Speaker 3: that they have not forgotten the plot. They see the
Speaker 3: people and they want to mitigate the harm and the
Speaker 3: struggles of everyday people. But they also want to meet
Speaker 3: you at your aspiration, and that's the joy part. That
Speaker 3: is the joy part. Every great movement requires three things imagination, strategy,
Speaker 3: and stamina. And I see all of that being animated
Speaker 3: in real time, and we are going to get her
Speaker 3: across that finish line and into the Oval Office.
Speaker 4: I love it, get it.
Speaker 5: We absolutely love it. Congressman, we love you. We thank
Speaker 5: you so much for joining us. We know you got
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