1 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, Welcome to Bleep with Anna Navarro. In this 2 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: week's episode, we have a great interview with Representative Analilia Mehia. 3 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: She's from New Jersey. 4 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: She was recently elected to replace Mikey Cheryl who is 5 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: now the governor of New Jersey. And Congresswoman Mahea tells 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: us about her priority, what she hopes to accomplish. We 7 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: talk about her visit to Delaney Hall Detention Center in 8 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: New York, and we ask her to define herself politically. 9 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: She's one of the new faces and names in Congress, 10 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: so let's get to know her. But before we get 11 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: to that interview, let's talk about somebody else in Congress, 12 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: or rather not showing up to Congress. And I am 13 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: referring to Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. So, in case 14 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: you've missed it, the former Senate Majority leader has been 15 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: in the hospital since June seventeenth, and we don't know why. 16 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: We don't know shit. They've released some vague statements saying 17 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: he's getting better. All of a sudden, on the same day, 18 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: three people Leader Thune Barasso in the Senate and Kentucky 19 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: Operative Scott Jennings all came out and said they'd held 20 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: twenty minute conversations with Mitch McConnell about the war, about. 21 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: Graham Platner, and about God. 22 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: They all said they had talked to him about the 23 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: same thing and the same. 24 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 2: Amount of time. 25 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: So yeah, not suspicious at all. But listen, this gets 26 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: to really a bigger issue, and it is this. It's 27 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: now kind of become commonplace that congress people go missing 28 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: for weeks and months without feeling any duty or responsibility 29 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: to be transparent to their constituents. We saw it happen 30 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: with Congressman Tom Keen of New Jersey. He was missing 31 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: for three months without any explanation completely mum as to 32 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 1: the reason why he wasn't there taking votes and being 33 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: present and representing his constituents. He came back later three 34 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: months later and said he had been suffering from depression 35 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: and had been in treatment for that. Listen, there are 36 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: a lot of people in America suffering from depression and 37 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: suffering from physical ailments who cannot go missing from their 38 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: jobs for a week or two weeks, or three weeks 39 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: or three months without giving some sort of explanation and 40 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: justification and speaking to their boss about it. In this case, 41 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: I would say, the people, the voters, are the boss. 42 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: We are the ones who elect the members of Congress, 43 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: We are the ones who elect the senators. We are 44 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: the ones who pay for their paycheck. So it seems 45 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: ridiculous and unacceptable to me that members of Congress and 46 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: members of the Senate like Mitch McConnell think that they 47 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: can be missing for weeks and months without giving any 48 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: any explanation. It's also the height of hypocrisy because we 49 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: all remember how Republicans were relentless in their attacks against 50 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: Joe Biden, saying that Joe Biden was too old to 51 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: hold the job, was too old to be an office, 52 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: was sick, was frail. Well, listen, Joe Biden is the 53 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:32,119 Speaker 1: picture of youth, vigor, and health in comparison to Mitch McConnell. 54 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: We have all seen Mitch McConnell freeze on camera. We've 55 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: seen him in a wheelchair. We know that he has 56 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: fallen on several locations. We know that nine to one 57 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: one was called out to his house. Yeah, I do 58 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: think that in the same way I would have to 59 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: explain it to my boss, in the same way you 60 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: would have to explain it to your boss. Mitch McConnell 61 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: and every other member of Congress. They give up the 62 00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: right to privacy once they become an elected official. So no, 63 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: not giving an explanation is simply not acceptable. Another piece 64 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: of news you may have missed from last week is 65 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: what happened with Donald Trump and the red card controversy. 66 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: So our idiot president mucked up one of the few 67 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: things bringing us all joy the World Cup. I personally, 68 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: I am enthralled by the World Cup. I have been 69 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: watching the games and thoroughly enjoying seeing fans from all 70 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: over the world, in the United States and in Mexicllan 71 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: Canada cheering on their teams. It's just been such a 72 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: joyful experience. But last week Donald Trump made himself part 73 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 1: of the action. Donald Trump made himself part of the 74 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: World Cup, inserted himself, as he often does where he 75 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: has no business. So you may or may not have heard. 76 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: There was this red card. Our red card is a 77 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: violation that's given in a soccer game, and when a 78 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: player receives a red card, they are eliminated from the 79 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: next game. So one of the US team's best player 80 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: was eliminated from the following game because he had received 81 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: the red card. So what did Donald Trump do? Of course, 82 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: he called his friend Johnny Infantino, the head of FIFA. 83 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 2: Remember, this is the guy. 84 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: Who has made it a masterclass to suck up to Trump. 85 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 2: He's made it like his second job. 86 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: This is the guy who made up that non existent 87 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: peace price and gave him the first ever FIFA peace 88 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: price to appease Trump's ego and get Trump to go 89 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: along with whatever FIFA needed. 90 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 2: In this case, I guess it was giving them visas. 91 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: So Trump calls Johnny Infantino, and that suck up overturns 92 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: the red card and allows the US player back into 93 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: the game. Listen, you could have all the feelings you 94 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: want about whether the guy deserved the red card or didn't, 95 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: whether the red card should have been overturned or didn't. 96 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 2: But the idea that the. 97 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: President of the host country calls the head of FIFA 98 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: and gets him to turn the card to overturn the 99 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: card is just pretty outrageous, and it's pissed off a 100 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: bunch of different countries and fans who have just founded 101 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: to be an unfair advantage by the United States and 102 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: just an unfair bullying by the political leader of the 103 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: United States. And what is supposed to be a sporting 104 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: event free of politics, and you know, let me just 105 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: tell you, so you know what happened after that. So 106 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: Donald Trump gets the red card overturned and the US 107 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: team plays, and of course they lose because you know, everything. 108 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 2: Donald Trump touches turns to shit. 109 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: And now, in addition to being the worst president in 110 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: the United States history, he is also the worst luck. 111 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 2: Charm in America. Let me just tell you. 112 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: When he attended Game five of the World Series two 113 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: thousand and nine, the Nationals lost. When he attended the 114 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: Commander game in November of twenty twenty five, the Commander's 115 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: lost by twenty two points. When he attended Game three 116 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: of the NBA Finals as a guest of Dolan, the 117 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: owner of the Knicks, the Knicks lost. And when he 118 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: got involved and got himself in the middle of this 119 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: soccer match during the World Cup, the US team lost 120 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,679 Speaker 1: and was eliminated. So the last thing anybody needs, any 121 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: fan wanting their team to win needs is for Donald 122 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: Trump to show up or insert himself somehow in the competition. 123 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 2: Okay, so those are. 124 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,559 Speaker 1: The thoughts for this week, and now stay tuned because 125 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: I want us to listen to the conversation with Congresswoman 126 00:07:50,400 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: an Aliya Mihika. Welcome to Bleep this week. I have 127 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: a great interview somebody that I've been wanting to talk 128 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: to since she got elected. I actually know very little 129 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: about her, but the idea of this spicy Latina getting 130 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: elected brought me some joy and I want to learn 131 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: more about her. So welcome to Bleep and Aliliya Mehea. Congresswoman, 132 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: you were elected in a special election. Yes, you were 133 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: elected to fill the seat that Mikey Cheryl, who had 134 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: left her seat in order to run for governor, left vacant. 135 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: So what drove you to run for office? 136 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 3: Well, first, thank you for having me on Prince Sipio. I. 137 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 4: You know, like many Americans have been watching what's been 138 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 4: happening in Congress and watching what's happening in our government 139 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 4: and just feeling disappointed with business as usual. I've been 140 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 4: an organizer for twenty five years, behind the scenes, helping 141 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 4: get bills passed and drafted and building power for everyday people. 142 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 3: And I've just kind of been fed up. 143 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 4: So I was like, you know what, I think that 144 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 4: we need to send organizers to Congress because the madness 145 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 4: that we've seen the democratic backslide that we're watching. It 146 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 4: just requires normal people to step up and step in. 147 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 3: So I jumped in. 148 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: And you are the daughter of two immigrants, Dominican and Colombian. Okay, 149 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: so are you? How do you even identify yourself? 150 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 4: Are you? 151 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: Are you Colombian American? Dominican American? Columb what are you? 152 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 3: You know? 153 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:42,079 Speaker 4: My parents both had this little battle on whether or 154 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 4: not my sister and I would be more Colombian or 155 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 4: more Dominican. I have to admit that new Jersey one, 156 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 4: So I think I'm a Jersey girl more than anything. 157 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 4: But I will tell you that I prefer my ada 158 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 4: bas colombianas and I prefer my avituelas dominicanas. 159 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 3: So I think I'm a little mix of both. 160 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: Do you prefer rum or aardiente? 161 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 4: I have to admit that I abstain for the most part. 162 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 4: They both give me a headache, so I can't do it. 163 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: All right, Carlo Vive or Mili. 164 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 4: Okay, I want to see that I danced both a 165 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 4: bachata and bayinato. 166 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 3: Back to back in my wedding. 167 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 5: I'm telling you I've already lived this with both my parents, 168 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 5: And how do what does it mean right now with 169 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 5: what we are living, with what the Latino community is living, 170 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 5: what immigrants in this country, the racial profiling, the inhumanity 171 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:41,359 Speaker 5: we have seen towards immigrants and documented and documented. 172 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: We have seen documented immigrants, legal permanent residents, and citizens 173 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: be detained. What does it mean to be the daughter 174 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: of immigrants at this particular time in our government? Serving 175 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: as a congresswoman. 176 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 4: You know, during the campaign, I actually traveled around with 177 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 4: my passport because you know, this past water. When we 178 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 4: were watching what was unfolding in Minnesota, many Latinos, myself included, 179 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 4: felt like we needed to be able to prove that 180 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 4: we belonged here. That it wasn't enough to be able 181 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 4: to take our word for it, that it wasn't enough 182 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 4: to be able to say, you know that we were 183 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 4: born here, that we're citizens. 184 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 3: And so I even took that extra precaution. 185 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 4: I got to tell you, when I think about where 186 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 4: we're at in this country, a nation of immigrants, the 187 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 4: fact that we are stripping people of due process, equal protection, 188 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 4: we're undermining our constitution, it's to me, it's disheartening, but 189 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 4: that also fires me up. It is what in part 190 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 4: made me jump into this race to be able to 191 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 4: represent my community and to be able to show that 192 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 4: in suburbia, in inner cities, in rural areas, Latinos are 193 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 4: across community. We are valuable to our communities. We have 194 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 4: a lot to say and do, and that we were 195 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 4: not content to just be in the margins. 196 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: So, you know, and I tell people all the time, 197 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: with what's happening right now, particularly against immigrants and brown 198 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: immigrants right because listen, the only refugees that are being 199 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: allowed into this country are white South Africans fleeing a 200 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 1: non existent genocide. But if you are a brown refugee 201 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: or a black refugee, you are a shit out of luck. 202 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: But with what's happening, I say to them all the time. 203 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: I say to folks all the time because I get asked, 204 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: you know, why do you keep going on? Why do 205 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: you keep these fights against Trump? And I say, because 206 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: I don't have an option. There are way too many 207 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: people in my community who don't have a voice and 208 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: who need those of us who do have a platform, 209 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: who do have a voice, to speak up. 210 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 3: Absolutely. 211 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: And one of the things that you've done since being 212 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,199 Speaker 1: elected is you went to visit Delaney Detention Center, that's 213 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: the the Immigration Detention Center, the Ice Detention Center in Newark, 214 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: New Jersey, where protests have erupted because family members and 215 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: community members are just so up in arms at the 216 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:12,839 Speaker 1: deplorable conditions that people are being held under in that center. 217 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: Were you able to go in. 218 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 3: Actually I was. 219 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,719 Speaker 4: I've actually been in about five times to both the 220 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 4: Elizabeth Detention Center and Delaney Hall. There are two detention 221 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 4: centers within less than a mile of each other where 222 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 4: many immigrants are being held. Here's the thing you know 223 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 4: to your listeners, whether you're an immigrant or not, the 224 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 4: child of immigrants or not, maybe three generations in, you 225 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 4: should be very concerned about what this government is doing. 226 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 4: This administration is doing because I consider this, there are 227 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 4: people that are being held in these detention centers that 228 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 4: just a few months ago had legal status, people who 229 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 4: had TPS protection or DACA protection, people who were going 230 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 4: to their court appointed dates, just following the rule, and 231 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 4: they were captured off our streets or even at these courthouses, 232 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 4: and then they have been placed under conditions that can 233 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 4: only be described as a jail. Okay, the way in 234 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 4: which they're treated, the way in which they're housed, even 235 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 4: the air that they're breathing. 236 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 3: It just leaves so much to be desired. 237 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 4: The part of Newark in which Delaney Hall is located 238 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 4: is an industrial center. There are sewage treatment plants very nearby, 239 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 4: so I'm not kidding. The smell itself is abhorrent. But 240 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 4: the thing that concerns me the most, Anna is what 241 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 4: looks like medical abuse, because there are individuals who have 242 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 4: chronic health conditions diabetes, thyroid conditions, congestive heart failure, pregnant 243 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 4: women who these centers, Geogroup, the contractor that runs Delaney Hall, 244 00:14:55,160 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 4: or DHS itself are not equipped to ensureeople's well being. 245 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 4: So I want you to know that there are people 246 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 4: in Delaney Hall who have chronic health conditions like insulin, 247 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 4: that aren't getting their medication in the way in which 248 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 4: their doctors prescribed. When they get into the detention center, 249 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 4: sometimes their medication is completely changed, stopped, lowered, all of 250 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 4: this costing people their health and well being. I met 251 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 4: one of my constituents there. I went to visit a 252 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 4: husband and wife that were following the law business owners, 253 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 4: you know, contributing members of society. Not only were they 254 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 4: violently ripped off our streets. But the woman, she has diabetes, 255 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 4: and she was given a quarter of her medication. When 256 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 4: I saw her, I could see estaid, I could see 257 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 4: that she was unwell. And so this is unconscionable. This 258 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 4: may cost people's lives. And I think we need every 259 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 4: American needs to be concerned. 260 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: What are happening, what's happening to the children that are 261 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: left behind when parents get the change reported. 262 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 4: The trauma of and again, you know, what we are 263 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 4: doing just doesn't make sense on any level. First and foremost, 264 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 4: we know the facts play out that the majority of 265 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 4: people who are now being taken off our streets are 266 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 4: not violent offenders. 267 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: Five percent of the people that are being detained and 268 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: deported have serious criminal convictions. 269 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 4: Yes, so, like you, like many people who are listening, 270 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 4: this isn't about protecting people who are doing wrong. This 271 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 4: is about protecting individuals who actually were following the law. 272 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 4: This is about protecting our constitution. You know, we're denying 273 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 4: people do process and equal protection through these like incredible 274 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 4: and violent raids that are happening across the country. And again, 275 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 4: every American should care because if our government could take 276 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 4: a group of people, make them illegal overnight, and then 277 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 4: put them in jail in conditions that could cost them 278 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 4: their lives. 279 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 3: That means that this government could do it to you. 280 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: Do you support deporting serious criminal convicts? 281 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 4: And I am raising a family in these United States, 282 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 4: and like you, I want to make sure that our 283 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 4: streets are safe. I know that I believe that we 284 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 4: should have the kind of fair immigration reform that is 285 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 4: able to assess who we want to embrace into the 286 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 4: fabric of these United States and who we think is 287 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 4: just not going to work because of the behavior that 288 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 4: they've exhibited. Now I'm not talking about someone that had, 289 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 4: you know, maybe has a parking ticket. I think there 290 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 4: are things that are just make sense that we shouldn't 291 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,239 Speaker 4: that we should be assessing people with fairness. But I 292 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 4: just don't understand how you and I could fill out 293 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 4: a credit card form and we could find out in 294 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 4: seconds whether or not we're credit worthy, and it takes 295 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 4: seven to ten eleven years to determine whether or not 296 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 4: someone is going to be embraced in these United States. Again, 297 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 4: we need to invest in the system, and we need 298 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 4: to make it fair, and we need to lean into 299 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 4: the fact that we are a nation of immigrants. 300 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 1: But you know, I always tell people. I don't know 301 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: a group more than immigrants who support more wanting criminal 302 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: aliens out of the country, because we are proud to 303 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: be immigrant, and and you know, and we hate that 304 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 1: there are immigrants who come here and do horrible things, 305 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: and so we want to get rid of those as 306 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: much as anybody else. But let me let me ask 307 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: you something, because can I. 308 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 4: Just say I am a proponent of stopping people from feeling. 309 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 3: The need to create a too committing crimes. 310 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 4: I also know that there are instances of desperation that 311 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 4: we can fight criminal behavior by investing in education. We 312 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 4: can fight criminal behavior by creating job opportunities, entrepreneur opportunities 313 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 4: for individuals. I think that if we invest in young 314 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 4: people and ensure that they're getting education a pathway towards earning, 315 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 4: that they won't turn to violent or any kind of crime. 316 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 4: I know again the facts show that when we invest 317 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 4: in the front end, we prevent a lot of pain 318 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 4: in the back end. 319 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 3: So I want to have not only the punitive. 320 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 4: But also the kind of investment that actually uplifts all 321 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 4: of our communities. 322 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 2: I want to. 323 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: Ask you because so in New Jersey, we saw Governor 324 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: Mikey Chryl get elected. She's described as a moderate Democrat. 325 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: That's the seat you're now filling. In Virginia, there was 326 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: also a moderate Democrat woman elected governor, and then you 327 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: were elected and you were described as kind of like 328 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:47,360 Speaker 1: a scary leftist progressive. Do you how do you describe 329 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: yourself politically? Like for people who haven't heard of Analiya 330 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: Mehea but know that you are filling in this seat, 331 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: describe yourself politically to me, I. 332 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 4: Would say that my focus isn't about left right, It's 333 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 4: about right and wrong. It's about knowing that when we 334 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 4: invest in our communities, we're able to have better results. 335 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 4: I know that when we focus on people who live 336 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 4: their lives on the margins, we actually uplift everyone. And again, 337 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 4: folks on the margin could be the margin of victory 338 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 4: for many of these races. I was raised by parents 339 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 4: who came to this country and love democracy, love the 340 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 4: United States. My father fled political violence in the Dominican Republic. 341 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 4: My mother fled economic and political violence in Colombia. They've 342 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 4: raised my sister and I to have a commitment to 343 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 4: this country that I cannot even really put into words. 344 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 4: I feel so committed to our nation that I will fight, 345 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 4: I will even fight with our own government to ensure 346 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 4: that we are creating opportunities. I think, if I had 347 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 4: to really boil it down, for me, it's not about 348 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,640 Speaker 4: equality and outcomes, because I know that when you put 349 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 4: a different effort, you have a different outcome. But for me, 350 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 4: I really believe in the idea of equality of opportunity. 351 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 4: We all should have an opportunity in the building to 352 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 4: access the building blocks of success. So we should have 353 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 4: equal opportunity when it comes to education. We should have 354 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 4: equal opportunity when it. 355 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 3: Comes before our laws. 356 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 4: We should have equal opportunity when it comes to access 357 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 4: to healthcare. 358 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 3: When you allow people to have an. 359 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 4: Equal shot at the front end, then their efforts get 360 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 4: to shine through. We know that's not the way that 361 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 4: that many, including this administration, prefers the system to work. 362 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:40,199 Speaker 4: It's rigged to ensure that billionaires and their children and 363 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 4: their cronies have a shot while everyone else doesn't. 364 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,360 Speaker 3: But to me, it really is this nation is incredible. 365 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 1: There's all of this, there's all of this debate amongst Democrats, 366 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 1: Like you know, I'm not a registered Democrat, and I 367 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 1: hear all of this, like soul searching and navel gazing 368 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 1: by Democrats, which, by the way, Republicans never do. And 369 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: it's like, you know, does the Democratic establishment represent the 370 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: basis leadership to establishment? We've seen that soor In Mandani 371 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: took on incumbents and a proxy of an incumbent in 372 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: New York and defeated all of the three congress people. 373 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: Nidia ave Alaskas thirty four plus years in Congress, a 374 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: bastion for the Latino community, Adriano Espayet like you also 375 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: Dominican roots and immigrant roots head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. 376 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 1: They've lost to Soori Mandani backed candidates. So there keeps 377 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,679 Speaker 1: there's all of this debate and all of this noise 378 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:52,199 Speaker 1: about you know, what is the real Democratic Party? This 379 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: is we are in a fight for the soul of 380 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: the Democratic Party. How do you see that internal fight? 381 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 4: I think, you know, especially probably because I've spent twenty 382 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 4: five years as a community and labor organizer, I actually 383 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 4: start from the other side of that, and I'm looking 384 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 4: at what are regular voters clamoring for. 385 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 3: What is this moment telling us? 386 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 4: And to me, what I see is that most Americans, 387 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 4: they are discontented with business as usual. They are so 388 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 4: fed up with a system that feels like it's failing 389 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 4: them that they're willing to try anything to make sure 390 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 4: that they get a different outcome. 391 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 3: I think you see that on both sides of the aisle. 392 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 4: Honestly, I think that's what resulted in, at least the 393 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 4: first time around, with the election of Donald Trump. I 394 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 4: think we all need to pay special attention to that 395 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 4: angst that everyday voters are expressing. 396 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: What are your voters telling you? What are they clamoring? 397 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 4: I mean vote My constituents are telling me that it 398 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 4: is about lack of affording ability, a rigged economy, and 399 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 4: a democracy that feels bought on both sides of the aisle. 400 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 4: I ran on this slogan of unbossed, big up to 401 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 4: Shirley Chisholm because I took the slogan from her. 402 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 3: But it's you know, most. 403 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 4: People are telling me, Look, I want to be able 404 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 4: to ensure them my kids have a shot. I have 405 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 4: constituents who, on paper, they seem like they're doing great. 406 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 4: They're middle class, they own their homes, they went to college. 407 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 4: But when I dig a little deeper and I speak 408 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 4: to them, they're like, look, I'm in credit card debt 409 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 4: up to my eyebrows. I'm pulling money out of my equity. 410 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 4: I'm house rich and cash poor. You had individuals who 411 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 4: were hit by these tariffs that Donald Trump illegally threw around, 412 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 4: like Marty Grbad's who found themselves losing clients, losing contracts, 413 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 4: losing businesses all because of it. 414 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: And now they don't you remember Donald Trump's Donald, one 415 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,639 Speaker 1: of Donald Trump's senior advisors, going on TV with a 416 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 1: shit grin face and actually smiling and saying that credit 417 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: card debt was actually an indication of a strong economy. 418 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 3: That is the most ridiculous thing. Ask anyone who is 419 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 3: paying upwards of. 420 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 4: Five hundred dollars in interest rates because they are so indebted. 421 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 4: I mean, I'm talking to people across New Jersey's eleventh 422 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 4: who are frankly so scared about what is coming around 423 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 4: the bend because you have this incredible debt, you have 424 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 4: this sluggish economy, and frankly, now around the corner, there's 425 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 4: the uncertainty of what will AI bring for most people. 426 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 4: So I think most folks are feeling a little bit 427 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:53,679 Speaker 4: of fear and trepidation, And like I said, they're voting 428 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 4: with their feet and they're throwing there like throwing spaghetti 429 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 4: at the wall in some places. I think this secret 430 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 4: for any representative in this moment is to go talk 431 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 4: to your people and make sure that you are uplifting their. 432 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 3: Voices, which is what I try to do every day. 433 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 3: In New Jersey's eleven. 434 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: What cities are within New Jersey's eleven. 435 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 3: Oh my god, it runs the gamut. 436 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,640 Speaker 4: So we have places that are just outside of Newark, 437 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 4: like Belleville and Nutley and Bloomfield. We have so that 438 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 4: first what I would call that first urban ring or 439 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 4: suburban light. Then you have places that are bedroom communities 440 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 4: where most people are taking the train into New York City, 441 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 4: including my hometown of Glenridge, New Jersey. You go into 442 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 4: Morris County and you have more suburban even rural spaces. 443 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,239 Speaker 4: So it runs the gamut, and you have you know, 444 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 4: it's not a Majordi Latino district. It's actually it has 445 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 4: some diversity. But again, where I think my election is, 446 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 4: aside for pointing to the fact that people want something different, 447 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 4: it also points to the fact that Latinos can win anywhere. 448 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 1: What do you want to focus on in Congress? What 449 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: do you want to do. 450 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 3: You know, I think a lot about the sandwich. 451 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 4: I think a lot about people like my family that 452 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 4: are caring for children and caring for elderly parents. 453 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 3: I think a lot about how. 454 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 4: We support our elders who are suffering from cognitive decline 455 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,120 Speaker 4: and cognitive issues. What are the different kind of supports 456 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,479 Speaker 4: we could give them and their family members. 457 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 3: I think about child's care, early education. 458 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 4: How do we ensure that our next generation has the 459 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 4: resources that they need. 460 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 3: I have to admit that I'm a mom. 461 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 4: I'm a working mom that thinks a lot about how 462 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 4: do we create the kind of support that allows families 463 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 4: to thrive. That's why my first bill was around raising 464 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 4: the minimum wage again with gradual steps and with different thresholds, 465 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 4: because I know that we need to support small businesses too. 466 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 4: It's why I'm a proponent of earned sick days and 467 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 4: expanding paid having paid family leave so that people can 468 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,159 Speaker 4: make balance their lives. And I'm a big proponent of 469 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 4: tax fairness because I believe that fair taxation is the 470 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:33,679 Speaker 4: price of admission to a decent society. And if we 471 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 4: want clean air, clean water, bridges that don't crumble and 472 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 4: fall apart underneath us, then we all have to contribute fairly. 473 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 4: And I know that when the Jeff Bezos of the 474 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 4: world take an eighty thousand dollars a year salary but 475 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 4: then millions of dollars in stock options just so that 476 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 4: they could pay less taxes than your average teacher or nurse, 477 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 4: that there's something wrong without the way our taxation work. 478 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 1: Did you see the interview where he kept saying, Jeff 479 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: Bezos that him paying more taxes, we're going to do 480 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: nothing for the nurse. 481 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 4: What a ridiculous man, and talk about like a self 482 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 4: centered kind of ideology. So you're going to tell me 483 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 4: that I have to pay, You have to pay, your 484 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 4: listeners have to pay taxes. Again, it is the price 485 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 4: of admission to a decent society. Okay, we contribute, but 486 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:30,719 Speaker 4: somehow you contributing an equal and fair share from your 487 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 4: millions and millions and millions of dollars that that somehow 488 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 4: isn't going to help our economy. Then maybe you shouldn't 489 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 4: drive on our roads. Maybe you shouldn't be allowed to 490 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 4: breathe this air that is protected by the EPA. Maybe 491 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 4: you shouldn't have the access to the public goods that 492 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 4: these taxes actually afford. 493 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 3: You. 494 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 4: I mean, if you want to live in a bubble 495 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 4: in the middle of nowhere, okay, then you can't use 496 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 4: any of these services if you're not going to contribute fairly. 497 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: As a as a Latina, uh, Dominican, Colombian. We just 498 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: saw elections in Colombia. There's a lot of things going 499 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: on regarding Latin America and this administration. We saw the 500 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: removal of Maduro from Venezuela. I don't even know how 501 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 1: to describe what's happening. 502 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 3: And it was a kidnapping. 503 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: Well, you know, I happened to hate Maduro and I 504 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: think that. 505 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 3: The matter still a kidnapping. 506 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: Well, he wasn't agree. 507 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 2: I agree with you. 508 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 3: I agree with you. 509 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: You know you know what I mean. For me, the 510 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: Maduro issue is to honestly, Venezuela's tried over and over 511 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: and over again to get rid of him. They went 512 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: out in the streets and voted against him massively, and 513 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 1: he just refused to accept his loss. Sound familiar, and 514 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 1: because the democratic pillars weren't there to sustain it, he 515 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: was able to stay in power despite the fact that 516 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: he had lost an election. 517 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 3: So agree with you. 518 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 4: Here's where my care teak is it's that the structures 519 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 4: that were underneath, that were in alignment with him, were 520 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 4: not also fully replaced. And so did we really replace 521 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 4: the ideology that Madudo trafficked in or did we just 522 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 4: replace the head. 523 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: That's a very relevant point, and that's a fair point. 524 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: Some of the worst members of the Maduro regime, who 525 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: were the ones that put people in prison and killed 526 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 1: people and targeted dissidents, are still roaming the streets of 527 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: Venezuela in you know, full military garb and doing And 528 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: so there's a lot of Cuban Americans who live in 529 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: New Jersey. I don't know how many you may have 530 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,719 Speaker 1: in your district, but there's a lot of Cuban Americans 531 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: who live in New Jersey. How are you seeing what's 532 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 1: happening in Cuba? I mean, the suffering is unsustainable, it is. 533 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 4: You know, I I have to say that my heart 534 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 4: leads I mean across our communities. But you know, the 535 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 4: idea of essentially starving and like strangleholding, like a stranglehold 536 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 4: on an entire people, you know, I it is such 537 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:18,959 Speaker 4: a difficult dance our international policy across the board. You know, 538 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 4: we have to we have to be able to do 539 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 4: better on behalf of innocent civilians. I can understand the 540 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 4: desire to create conditions that you know will topple or 541 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 4: will push a particular negative ideology, But when we have 542 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 4: to have some measures that don't in effect destroy the 543 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 4: lives of countless innocent civilians. 544 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 3: Whether it's Cuba, I feel that way. Frankly, I feel 545 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 3: that way in Gaza. I feel that way across the board, 546 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 3: that there has to be. 547 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 4: A way in which we we live aligned to our 548 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 4: values and the idea that we don't just write off 549 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 4: entire people because of who they are, where they're born. 550 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 4: I think that's unconscionable. What I want for me, I 551 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 4: want for others. When I look at the Cuban people, 552 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 4: I think about how you know it's unconscionable. Think about 553 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 4: the babies that are being born in an island that 554 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 4: there's no fuel, there's no food, there's no hope. 555 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 1: Well, sixty seven years of dictatorship, sixty seven years of 556 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 1: a cruel, oppressive dictatorship. But all I know, I don't 557 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 1: know what the solution is. All I know is that 558 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 1: the current state it is unsustainable and that people are 559 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 1: living in conditions that I can't even begin to describe. 560 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: But I also you know, I also feel that we 561 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:50,960 Speaker 1: have and it's not to make a comparison, because I 562 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 1: think it's to compare the US to Cuba, or the 563 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: US to Iran, or the US to Venezuela. Is. People 564 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 1: who do that, I think are ridiculous. But we do 565 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,880 Speaker 1: have a crisis of democracy in this country, and I 566 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 1: do feel like we have lost some of our moral 567 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: standing around the world to go around saying, you know, 568 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: you all need to act democratic, you all need to 569 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,359 Speaker 1: do this, you all need to do that, when in 570 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: our own house we're having a bunch of different problems. 571 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: We're seeing corruption like you see in third world countries. 572 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:29,399 Speaker 1: We are seeing the monetization of the presidency and the 573 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,360 Speaker 1: families getting rich like you see in places like Dominican 574 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,840 Speaker 1: Republic or Nicaragua or Cuba. You know, you're seeing the 575 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 1: attacks on the free press, the attacks on university, the 576 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 1: attacks on business. And so how do you reconcile that 577 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,959 Speaker 1: our role as a leader in the world with our 578 00:34:54,160 --> 00:35:00,200 Speaker 1: own existentialist democratic crisis going on in our own country. 579 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:04,439 Speaker 4: Share You know, my father was born in nineteen twenty six. 580 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 4: I lost him two years ago at ninety seven. But 581 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 4: My father was born in nineteen twenty six in the 582 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 4: Dominican Republic, so he lived through Throughillo, through the entire 583 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:21,320 Speaker 4: the entirety of the Thruhillo dictatorship. My father helped campaign 584 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 4: for Juam Bush, who was democratically elected. Although accused of 585 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,640 Speaker 4: being a socialist, my father would always say that wasn't 586 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:35,360 Speaker 4: true or a communist, But I will say that, you know, 587 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,279 Speaker 4: to grow up with a father who could tell me 588 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:43,800 Speaker 4: a carne viva garne propia what the experience of living 589 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,560 Speaker 4: under a repressive dictatorship, I have to share. My father 590 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:51,360 Speaker 4: used to watch Donald Trump and he would say, a 591 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:56,280 Speaker 4: citienegaade Truillo. That individual looks like he would be a dictator, 592 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:01,360 Speaker 4: just like Rafael Trujillo, because he We have to always 593 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 4: remember that that authoritarian is only a corrupt politician that 594 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:13,960 Speaker 4: loves has gotten a taste for stealing, stealing from their people, 595 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,839 Speaker 4: stealing from their government, stealing from systems, and they want 596 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,600 Speaker 4: to keep the grift going. And the thing that stands 597 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,960 Speaker 4: between an authoritarian that wants to squeeze out all the 598 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 4: juice for themselves is you, is me, is an informed populace, 599 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:34,520 Speaker 4: It's voters, So it is not surprising that an authoritarian 600 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:38,680 Speaker 4: in the making like Donald Trump goes after in the making. 601 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 4: The truth is, we still have the elements of a 602 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,400 Speaker 4: functioning democracy, but we're holding on by the skin of 603 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 4: our teeth if we allow this man to Just today, 604 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,600 Speaker 4: for example, we work to pass a bipartisan housing bill 605 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:01,880 Speaker 4: that would help ensure greater for us accessibility to affordable housing. 606 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,040 Speaker 3: It was a bipartisan. 607 00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:08,120 Speaker 4: Bill, okay, and hugely a hugely bipartisan bill. 608 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:09,600 Speaker 3: I mean, you had Bernie Bros. 609 00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 4: Like me and Republicans all voting in support, Okay, And 610 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,560 Speaker 4: Donald Trump is willing to upend it because we won't 611 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 4: allow him, or we won't give him like a blank 612 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:25,120 Speaker 4: check to destroy the last vestiges of voting rights in 613 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:25,640 Speaker 4: our nation. 614 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:27,280 Speaker 3: That's ridiculous. 615 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 4: So this this authoritarian, this man is only interested, in 616 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:38,960 Speaker 4: my opinion, he's only interested in stealing from the American people, 617 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:42,000 Speaker 4: whether it's issuing a mean coin, trying to pass a 618 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:47,400 Speaker 4: slush fund, whether he's giving, you know, playing the stock 619 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 4: game right in between his making decisions, whether it's enriching 620 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,839 Speaker 4: his sons and his daughter and their families. This man 621 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,719 Speaker 4: is corrupt, and the only way that we're going to 622 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:04,320 Speaker 4: reclaim this incredible American democracy is to say, jabasta, it's enough, 623 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,120 Speaker 4: and we have to oust not only Donald Trump, but 624 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 4: anyone that won't stand up. 625 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 1: And it's so weird, right, these obsessions of his. I mean, 626 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:16,800 Speaker 1: whether it's the ballroom or the reflecting pool, or the 627 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:20,200 Speaker 1: arch or the Save Act. I mean, he's he's I 628 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,520 Speaker 1: don't know how many times John Thune has told him 629 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 1: we don't have the votes to pass this stupid Save Act, 630 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:35,400 Speaker 1: even from Republicans, and he continues holding pieces of legislation hostage, 631 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:39,319 Speaker 1: holding America hostage because they don't pass a safe There's 632 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,600 Speaker 1: something that is at the same time that is so 633 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 1: infantile and at the same time, you know, it's like 634 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:48,200 Speaker 1: a tantrum. It's so infantile and at the same time, 635 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:53,239 Speaker 1: like the actions of somebody with who's just not cognizant 636 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,080 Speaker 1: of a you know, an adult who's not acting like 637 00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 1: an adult. 638 00:38:56,760 --> 00:39:00,520 Speaker 4: This man does not care about other human beings. I mean, 639 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,680 Speaker 4: let's just be plain about it. You know, my grandmother 640 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,800 Speaker 4: would say, I don't know why, I don't know, Sufi, 641 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,920 Speaker 4: and like you didn't get enough hugs, They didn't dance 642 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:16,000 Speaker 4: around with him. Something is makes him sadly deficient. And 643 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,239 Speaker 4: you know, I'm not a psychologist. I'm not even going 644 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:18,920 Speaker 4: to play, but it is. 645 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,360 Speaker 1: You don't need to be a psychologist to realize he 646 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 1: lacks empathy. 647 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:28,520 Speaker 4: He acts, and frankly, increasingly he seems less cogent, he 648 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:29,960 Speaker 4: seems more erratic. 649 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,320 Speaker 3: He's which is dangerous. 650 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,920 Speaker 4: It is a dangerous thing to have someone that has 651 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,600 Speaker 4: already told us he is immoral, has already told us 652 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,879 Speaker 4: he only cares about himself and is. 653 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,120 Speaker 3: Willing to destroy anything to get his way. 654 00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:47,879 Speaker 4: I mean, think about he's like a three year old 655 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,240 Speaker 4: who has this, who has access to the button. 656 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:51,520 Speaker 3: It is a problem. 657 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:54,440 Speaker 1: And with a problem is all your colleagues in Congress, 658 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,680 Speaker 1: your Republican colleagues in Congress, who've abdicated. 659 00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 2: Their duty to be a check and balance. 660 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,040 Speaker 1: But as we end, as we end this interview, and 661 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,279 Speaker 1: I hope to meet you in person. I hope you'll 662 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,719 Speaker 1: come and we'll sit here. I'll drink wine, you can 663 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:12,719 Speaker 1: drink iced tea. But I you know, and I'm sure 664 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 1: you get this as well. I every time I'm walking 665 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 1: through an airport, every time I'm in a supermarket, people 666 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: come up to me and tell me how sad they feel, 667 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,440 Speaker 1: how worn down they feel. They tell me that they 668 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:29,759 Speaker 1: have so much angst and hopelessness, and I think that's 669 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:30,440 Speaker 1: on purpose. 670 00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:31,959 Speaker 2: I think, you know, Donald. 671 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:35,680 Speaker 1: Trump is stealing our hope and our joy. Try, So 672 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:38,880 Speaker 1: what's giving you? What gives you hope and joy? 673 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,840 Speaker 4: First, I have to admit that organizers may be the 674 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:45,560 Speaker 4: most hopeful people on the planet, because we deeply believe 675 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:49,120 Speaker 4: that incremental, little change adds up to a tsunami. 676 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:50,919 Speaker 3: But I'll end with this. 677 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:55,839 Speaker 4: We are a nation in which it was acceptable and 678 00:40:55,880 --> 00:41:00,600 Speaker 4: sometimes celebrated, to string up human beings on trees and. 679 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,000 Speaker 3: Have a picnic underneath. 680 00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:06,760 Speaker 4: We are a nation in which we sold babies, women 681 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:11,200 Speaker 4: men like they were cattle. We are a nation that 682 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:15,920 Speaker 4: operated with such injustice, and yet we were able to 683 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:19,360 Speaker 4: find our way away from that. We are a nation 684 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:23,399 Speaker 4: that has climbed out of the darkness of hatred and 685 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:31,080 Speaker 4: climbed towards more egalitarian and more multi racial participatory democracy. 686 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:35,080 Speaker 4: So if we are that nation, that means that every 687 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:39,440 Speaker 4: individual American has the power to reclaim and write and 688 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:43,600 Speaker 4: course correct the soul of this nation. We have done 689 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:48,320 Speaker 4: it before. Fascism isn't new in the United States. Jim 690 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:53,000 Speaker 4: Crow and slavery were fascism, So if we could build 691 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:56,200 Speaker 4: out of that, then we can build out of this. 692 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,799 Speaker 3: I know it, We've done it before. It takes organizing. 693 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:03,960 Speaker 1: So thank you for those last words of hope, and 694 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,000 Speaker 1: thank you for spending this time with us. It's been 695 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:10,560 Speaker 1: a joy to speak with you. I'm sure we don't 696 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,000 Speaker 1: agree on everything, but I'm sure you don't have. 697 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:13,640 Speaker 3: To, sister. 698 00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,239 Speaker 4: You know what we agree on the main thing, which 699 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,120 Speaker 4: is we make America greet. 700 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:19,520 Speaker 2: Yes, we do. 701 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:23,080 Speaker 1: Thank you for being here, an Alia Maya, and congratulations 702 00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:23,840 Speaker 1: on your victory. 703 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:24,360 Speaker 2: Grass. 704 00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,560 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Congresswoman for joining us, and thank 705 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:39,560 Speaker 1: you all so much for listening. Remember to leave me 706 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,399 Speaker 1: your replies and thoughts. I am reading all of them. 707 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:46,359 Speaker 1: Thank you and see you next week. 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