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00:00:01CORPS DOG MASCOT. ON C-SPAN 2. WE CONTINUE OUR WEEK LONG RADIO SHOW SIMULCAST WITH THOM
00:00:05HARTMANN AT NOON EASTERN AND THE
00:00:07HOWIE CARR SHOW AT 3 P.M., AND
00:00:10THEN ON C-SPAN 3 AT 11 A.M. EASTERN. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL
00:00:13AWARD THE ARTEMIS II CREW THE CONGRESSIONAL SPACE MEDAL OF
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00:00:20FROM EARTH. YOU CAN ALSO WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THESE EVENTS ON
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00:00:32REMARKS NOW FROM ABDUL EL-SAYED. FOLLOWING HIS VICTORY IN MICHIGAN'S DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
00:00:35FOR U.S. SENATE, HE DEFEATED
00:00:37REPRESENTATIVE HALEY STEVENS IN THAT PRIMARY AND WILL GO ON TO
00:00:40FACE FORMER CONGRESSMAN MIKE ROGERS. IN NOVEMBER, THE
00:00:43NONPARTISAN COOK POLITICAL REPORT WITH AMY WALTER DESCRIBES
00:00:46THAT RACE AS A TOSS UP
00:00:49>> [APPLAUSE]
00:00:52>> I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW
00:00:54GRATEFUL I AM TO MY COLLEAGUE, SENATOR MCMORROW, CHAIRMAN
00:00:57HERTEL, TO ALL OF OUR INCREDIBLE
00:01:00SUPPORTERS HERE. UM, WHAT A RACE. YOU KNOW, IN THE WORDS OF
00:01:04MUHAMMAD ALI, WE SHOOK UP THE
00:01:07WORLD. AND I WANT TO SAY JUST
00:01:08FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, HOW
00:01:13GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY NOW! MY FAMILY
00:01:16IMMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY FROM A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NOT DEMOCRACY. YOU CANNOT JUST PUT
00:01:20YOUR HAND UP AND RUN. AND THE ABILITY TO DO THIS, TO HAVE OUR
00:01:24VOICES HEARD, TO SELECT OUR
00:01:26LEADERS. IT IS IT IS A GIFT THAT
00:01:30SOMETIMES WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. SO TO HAVE PARTICIPATED MEANS SO
00:01:33MUCH. AND TO MY FELLOW PARTICIPANTS, I JUST WANT TO SAY
00:01:37HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO YOU. SENATOR MCMORROW, YOU RAN AN INCREDIBLE RACE. YOU FOUGHT TO
00:01:40END CORPORATE CORRUPTION IN OUR POLITICS. YOU TOOK ON THE POWER
00:01:44OF AIPAC. YOU WERE WILLING TO
00:01:45SPEAK TRUTH TO A LEVEL OF POWER THAT SOMETIMES IS UNBEATABLE.
00:01:49AND I JUST WANT TO WANT TO SAY
00:01:50THANK YOU. AND HOW GRATEFUL I AM
00:01:54TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT HERE TODAY. UH, I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT
00:01:56YOU DO NEXT. AND I HOPE THAT FOR AS LONG AS I'M IN THIS WORK,
00:01:59THAT WE CAN BE IN THIS WORK
00:02:03TOGETHER. THANK YOU. TO MY
00:02:06COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND, CONGRESSWOMAN HALEY STEVENS. WE
00:02:09SHARED A GREAT CONVERSATION THIS MORNING, AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS
00:02:13A BITTER END TO THIS VERY LONG PRIMARY. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT
00:02:17HALEY BRINGS THE BEST OF HERSELF TO HER WORK. SHE IS ONE OF THE
00:02:21MOST COMMITTED PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT YOU'LL EVER MEET. UH, SHE
00:02:25LOVES DEMOCRACY. LIKE I LOVE DEMOCRACY. AND WHATEVER DIFFERENCES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE
00:02:28HAD IN THE PRIMARY, THEY PALE IN
00:02:30COMPARISON TO WHAT UNIFIES US. A RECOGNITION THAT SO LONG AS WE
00:02:34WANT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY, THAT DEMOCRACY BETTER BE WORKING FOR PEOPLE, AND THAT ALL OF US HAVE
00:02:37TO COME TO COME TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER LET MIKE
00:02:41ROGERS SEE THE INSIDE OF THE US SENATE. SO, CONGRESSWOMAN, THANK
00:02:44YOU FOR YOUR RACE.
00:02:47>> [APPLAUSE]
00:02:50>> AND I HAVE TO SAY, A FEW MORE THANK YOUS BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
00:02:52WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT. FIRST,
00:02:55I GOTTA THANK MY WIFE, SARAH. >> YEAH.
00:02:58>> [APPLAUSE] >> I. >> [APPLAUSE] >> UM. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:03:01>> I REALLY, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE DECIDED TO JUMP INTO THIS RACE,
00:03:04I KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR ME, BUT I ALSO KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE
00:03:08PARTICULARLY TOUGH ON OUR FAMILY. AND, UH, THE FACT THAT
00:03:10SHE HELD IT DOWN ALONGSIDE HER
00:03:12MEDICAL PRACTICE, ALONGSIDE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT OUR DAUGHTERS
00:03:16DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THIS WITHOUT THINKING LIFE WAS JUST NORMAL.
00:03:19UM, THAT TAKES JUST AN
00:03:21EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND SACRIFICE. SO I JUST WANT TO
00:03:25SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO YOU, LOVE. AND I'M, I'M SO, SO, UM, HONORED AND THANKFUL THAT WE, WE
00:03:29GET TO CONTINUE THIS 20 YEARS
00:03:31ON. IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A RIDE.
00:03:33UH, I OWE HER A 20th ANNIVERSARY ON OUR 21st ANNIVERSARY, BECAUSE
00:03:37WE DEFINITELY I DIDN'T GET ONE OF THOSE THIS YEAR. SO MY DAUGHTER'S, UM, I KNOW THAT
00:03:41THEY'RE NOT WATCHING. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WISH THIS, THIS
00:03:45MEANT I GET A LITTLE BIT MORE
00:03:47TIME, UH, WITH YOU, BUT, UM,
00:03:49GIVE ME THREE MORE MONTHS TWO,
00:03:52UH, EVERYBODY WHO PUT THEIR SHOULDERS INTO THE WORK, ANYBODY
00:03:55WHO MADE A CONTRIBUTION, WHO KNOCKED ON A DOOR, WHO MADE A
00:03:58PHONE CALL, WHO PUT YOURSELF
00:04:02INTO THIS DEMOCRACY? WHO GAVE US YOUR STAKE IN DEMOCRACY, THIS
00:04:05MOVEMENT, THIS MOMENT, IS FOR YOU. AND I JUST CAN'T SAY HOW
00:04:09GRATEFUL I AM TO HAVE EARNED THE VOTES THAT WE GOT. UH, WE TOOK
00:04:12ON A MACHINE. YOU'RE NOT
00:04:15SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO BEAT $70 MILLION OF OUTSIDE SPENDING, A
00:04:18RECORD AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT IN
00:04:21A CAMPAIGN AGAINST A DEMOCRAT,
00:04:23IN A PRIMARY, IN ANY CAMPAIGN, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE
00:04:27TO BEAT THAT. AND WHAT WE SHOWED IS THAT THE POWER OF OUR MONEY
00:04:30IS GREATER THAN THE POWER OF THEIR MONEY. WHAT WE SHOWED IS
00:04:34THAT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO BUILD A MOVEMENT, BRICK BY BRICK, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GO AND TRAVEL
00:04:38YOUR STATE AND HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS IN ROOMS BIG AND SMALL, STARTING IN MOMENTS WHEN
00:04:42PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN PAYING ATTENTION TO AN ELECTION, BUT ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
00:04:45PRICE OF GAS AND THE PRICE OF GROCERIES, AND THE PRICE OF HOUSING, AND THE PRICE OF HEALTH
00:04:49CARE THAT YOU CAN BUILD A CONVERSATION THAT BUILDS INTO A
00:04:52MOVEMENT THAT DEFEATS GOLIATH.
00:04:56THIS IS WHAT YOU ALL SHOULD. AND
00:05:00MY HOPE IS THAT OUR DEMOCRACY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. SO WHEN
00:05:04BIG PHARMA AND BIG TECH, WHEN D,
00:05:07T AND BLUE CROSS COME A KNOCKING SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS OUR DEMOCRACY, AND WE'RE GOING
00:05:10TO OWN IT FROM HERE ON OUT. WE CAN ALWAYS POINT AND SAY, NO,
00:05:13THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRACY,
00:05:15AND WE WILL ALWAYS OWN IT.
00:05:21>> [APPLAUSE]
00:05:25>> THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE INCREDIBLE
00:05:28EFFORTS OF SO MANY ALLIES AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS. I GOTTA
00:05:32GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MY
00:05:33FIRST ENDORSERS, BERNIE SANDERS,
00:05:36THE OG WHO CAME IN ON DAY ONE, PUT HIS ENTIRE SHOULDER IN THE
00:05:39WORK. I JUST HOPE THAT I CAN HELP TO CARRY SOME OF THAT LOAD
00:05:42IN THE FIGHT FOR WORKING PEOPLE AND MEDICARE FOR ALL THAT HE'S
00:05:45BEEN CARRYING FOR ALL OF THIS
00:05:47TIME. TO THE UAW, UAW A SON OF
00:05:54IMMIGRANTS, SON OF A FATHER WHO
00:05:57CAME TO THIS COUNTRY TO BUILD CARS, I GOTTA SAY THAT THIS IS
00:06:01STILL THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO MAKE AN AUTOMOBILE, AND
00:06:03THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE FIGHTING UAW. BUT IT'S ALSO THE BEST
00:06:06PLACE IN THE WORLD TO BUILD A
00:06:10FAMILY BECAUSE OF THE FIGHTING. >> [APPLAUSE] >> UAW. AND OUR WORK IS ABOUT
00:06:14>> [APPLAUSE] >> MAKING SURE THAT THE FOLKS
00:06:16WHO WANT TO SELL OUR DEMOCRACY OFF TO CORPORATIONS AND SPECIAL
00:06:20INTERESTS DON'T GET TO TAKE THAT AWAY. AND I STAND IN
00:06:23LOCKSTEP WITH OUR UAW SISTERS AND BROTHERS TO THE AFT, THE
00:06:27NATIONAL NURSES UNITED, THE A FGE THE AAUP. THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:06:31FOR YOUR WORK. TO ALL OF THE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS WHO MADE
00:06:34THIS POSSIBLE. ON THE GROUND, FOLKS LIKE THE P, TRIPLE C AND
00:06:38MOVE ON, FOLKS LIKE THE WORKING
00:06:41FAMILIES PARTY, ALL OF THE CONSTITUENCY ORGANIZATIONS WHO
00:06:45KNOCKED ON DOORS AND MADE PHONE CALLS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
00:06:49PUTTING YOUR SHOULDER INTO THE
00:06:50WORK. I ALSO HAVE TO THANK ALL
00:06:55OF OUR ENDORSERS, 300 STRONG WHO
00:06:58CAME IN, SPENT THEIR TIME WITH
00:07:01US, CAME FROM JUST DOWN THE STREET, OR CAME FROM ACROSS THE
00:07:04COUNTRY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BUILD A MOVEMENT
00:07:07OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE. I WANT TO
00:07:10SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO YOU. WE
00:07:14BUILT THIS CAMPAIGN, BRICK BY BRICK, BACK IN APRIL. I REMEMBER
00:07:16TALKING TO A ROOM OF FIVE PEOPLE
00:07:19IN A DISCUSSION THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL NEVER CLOCK, BUT IT WAS AN
00:07:23OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE A
00:07:25HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT PAIN
00:07:29AND ABOUT PURPOSE. AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE 500 MORE OF THOSE
00:07:31DISCUSSIONS OVER THE PAST 15
00:07:34MONTHS. I TRAINED TO BE A DOCTOR
00:07:36IN THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT
00:07:38MOMENT THAT MAKES A CLINICAL
00:07:42ENCOUNTER IS THAT MOMENT THAT SOMEBODY SHARES THEIR PAIN WITH YOU, BELIEVING THAT YOU COULD DO
00:07:45SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I DON'T PRACTICE MEDICINE, AS HAS BEEN
00:07:48WELL DOCUMENTED BY ALL OF YOU I
00:07:52GET TO PRACTICE THAT PART OF THINGS. AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
00:07:55PRACTICE IT, BUT IT REQUIRES PEOPLE BEING WILLING TO SHARE
00:07:59THEIR PAIN WITH YOU SO THAT YOU
00:08:01CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THAT
00:08:05A PIECE OF VULNERABILITY PEOPLE GIVE YOU BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE
00:08:07THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIX IT.
00:08:09IT'S AN INVESTMENT, SURE, IN A CAMPAIGN, BUT IT MORE IS AN
00:08:12INVESTMENT IN DEMOCRACY. AND AS
00:08:16WE TRAVELED OUR STATE, WE WERE IN LIVING ROOMS IN LANSING, VFW
00:08:19HALLS IN ESCANABA, BASEMENTS IN
00:08:22GRAND RAPIDS, CHURCHES IN DETROIT. I GOT TO MEET SO MANY
00:08:25OF YOU, MICHIGAN. SO MANY. AND
00:08:28YOU SHARED BOTH WHAT CAUSED PAIN, BUT ALSO WHAT BROUGHT
00:08:32PURPOSE. AND WE FORGED A MOVEMENT OUT OF THAT TO GET
00:08:35MONEY OUT OF POLITICS, PUT MONEY BACK IN POCKETS, AND PASS
00:08:38MEDICARE FOR ALL, TO GUARANTEE HEALTH >> [APPLAUSE]
00:08:42>> CARE IN THIS COUNTRY
00:08:43>> [APPLAUSE]
00:08:48>> AND FOR OUR TROUBLES, THE CORPORATIONS, THE SPECIAL
00:08:52INTERESTS, WHO WOULD RATHER GET TO DECIDE WHO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE THAN LET US DECIDE
00:08:55WHO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE.
00:09:00THEY SPENT AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BEAT US,
00:09:03ATTACK AD AFTER ATTACK, AD AFTER
00:09:05ATTACK, AD AFTER ATTACK. AD WALL TO WALL ADS. BUT IT TURNS OUT
00:09:09THAT THE COMMERCIALS ARE THE PART OF THE TELEVISION SHOW MOST
00:09:12PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WATCH. IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU CAN SPEND AS
00:09:15MUCH MONEY AS YOU WANT ON LIES,
00:09:17BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE THEM TRUE.
00:09:22IT TURNS OUT THAT WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND DIGNIFY SOMEBODY'S PAIN, PEOPLE
00:09:26REMEMBER THAT A LOT MORE THAN A
00:09:2732nd AD PLAYED ON A LOOP ON TELEVISION. AND IT TURNS OUT
00:09:31THAT WHEN THE PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING IN THIS DEMOCRACY OF
00:09:35OURS, THE PEOPLE CAN GET THAT THING. IF WE'RE WILLING TO DO
00:09:38THE WORK OF THAT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MICHIGANDERS UP AND
00:09:42DOWN THE STATE SHOWED. 12,000
00:09:45VOLUNTEERS KNOCKING NEARLY
00:09:4610,000 DOORS A DAY TO DEFEAT AN
00:09:49UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF OUTSIDE MONEY, >> [APPLAUSE]
00:09:52>> $70 MILLION. BUT RIGHT NOW,
00:09:56AS BITTER AND AS DIVISIVE AND AS
00:09:59CYNICAL AS THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST US MIGHT HAVE BEEN, I WANT US TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS SO MUCH
00:10:03MORE THAT UNITES US NOW, BECAUSE
00:10:08THE CAMPAIGN THAT MIKE ROGERS
00:10:11AND DONALD TRUMP AND THEIR GOP
00:10:14MAGA ALLIES ARE LAUNCHING IS ALREADY MORE BITTER. ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS LOOK AT THE ADS
00:10:18YOU'RE ALREADY WATCHING ON TV.
00:10:21STARTED TODAY. YOU KNOW, THEY THINK THEY WANT TO USE MY WHOLE NAME AGAINST ME. MIKE. LISTEN,
00:10:25MAN, IF YOU CAN'T SAY THE NAME, IT'S ABDUL RAHMAN. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:10:27>> KEEP THE NAME OUT YOUR MOUTH
00:10:31I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE
00:10:35>> [APPLAUSE] >> YOU LESSONS. BUT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY WAY
00:10:39THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN WIN IS
00:10:40TO DRAG US INTO THE MUD. TO
00:10:43BELIEVE THE WORST ABOUT EACH OTHER. TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT
00:10:46DIVIDES US IS BIGGER THAN WHAT
00:10:48UNITES US. THEY WANT US TO THINK
00:10:50THAT THE REASON SOME OF US AIN'T GOT IS BECAUSE OF OTHER
00:10:53PEOPLE GOT. BUT IT TURNS OUT
00:10:54THAT THE REASON SO MANY OF US
00:10:59AIN'T GOT IS BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM THAT HAS CORRUPTED OUR POLITICS. TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM US. AND THAT IS THE THING THAT
00:11:02WE ARE TAKING ON NOW, THAT MOVEMENT TO GET MONEY OUT OF
00:11:06POLITICS, PUT MONEY IN YOUR POCKET, PASS MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:11:09IT IS A BIG MOVEMENT. SO IF YOU SUPPORTED ME OR YOU DID NOT
00:11:12SUPPORT ME, IF YOU VOTED FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN 2024,
00:11:16OR YOU VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP, IF YOU BELIEVE, LIKE ME, THAT
00:11:20YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD YOUR GROCERIES. IF YOU BELIEVE,
00:11:22LIKE ME, THAT YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD YOUR HOME. IF YOU
00:11:26BELIEVE, LIKE ME, THAT YOUR TAX DOLLARS OUGHT TO BE INVESTED IN
00:11:29YOU, RATHER THAN SENT SOMEWHERE
00:11:31ELSE. IF YOU BELIEVE, LIKE ME
00:11:34THAT A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE
00:11:37PEOPLE, IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT IN
00:11:39THIS COUNTRY. IF YOU BELIEVE,
00:11:42LIKE ME, THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO STAND UP AND WALK WITH OUR UNION, SO THAT
00:11:46EVERYBODY HAS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS IN THIS
00:11:50COUNTRY. IF YOU BELIEVE, LIKE ME, THAT YOU OUGHT TO HAVE THE
00:11:52GUARANTEE OF GOOD HEALTH CARE IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT SOME
00:11:55CORPORATION TRYING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU CANNOT HAVE AND SHOULD
00:11:58NOT FIGHT FOR. I HOPE THAT
00:12:00YOU'LL JOIN THIS MOVEMENT. NOW.
00:12:03>> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
00:12:08>> I WANT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN
00:12:11FOCUSED ON IN THIS RACE TO MY
00:12:15JEWISH AMERICAN SISTERS AND BROTHERS, ONE OF THE MOST
00:12:17INDELIBLE MEMORIES OF THIS
00:12:21CAMPAIGN WILL HAVE BEEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK BREAD WITH
00:12:24YOU AT SEDER, TO WORSHIP WITH
00:12:27YOU, AT SHUL, TO EMBRACE, TO BE
00:12:30EMBRACED BY YOU AND LISTENING TO
00:12:35SISTERS AND BROTHERS WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO JOIN THIS
00:12:38MOVEMENT BECAUSE AIPAC DOESN'T
00:12:39SPEAK FOR ME, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT SELF-DETERMINATION, FOR ONE
00:12:43PEOPLE DOES NOT REQUIRE THE
00:12:46QUENCHING OF SELF-DETERMINATION FOR ANOTHER PEOPLE, THAT UNLESS
00:12:49ALL OF US ARE FREE, NONE OF US ARE FREE. I WANT TO TELL YOU THE
00:12:53GREAT GIFT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME.
00:12:55AND TO ALL OF MY SISTERS AND
00:12:58BROTHERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH, OR ANY FAITH AT ALL, OR NO FAITH AT
00:13:01ALL, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MY
00:13:04COMMITMENT TO YOUR SAFETY, MY COMMITMENT TO JEWISH SAFETY, IS
00:13:07THE SAME COMMITMENT THAT I HAVE
00:13:09TO THE SAFETY OF MY OWN DAUGHTERS. BECAUSE IF THERE IS
00:13:12ONE QUESTION OF A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY THAT OUGHT TO ANIMATE
00:13:16US ALL, IS WHAT WOULD WE BUILD?
00:13:17WHAT WOULD WE DO IF WE TREATED
00:13:20ALL OF OUR KIDS LIKE THEY WERE ALL OF OUR KIDS? WOW. HOW WOULD
00:13:24WE SPEND OUR MONEY? WHERE WOULD
00:13:26WE PUT OUR INVESTMENT? HOW WOULD
00:13:31WE EMBRACE ONE ANOTHER? WHAT KIND OF SCHOOLS WOULD WE BUILD?
00:13:33WHAT KIND OF HEALTHCARE WOULD WE
00:13:36OFFER? WHAT KIND OF JOBS WOULD
00:13:39WE PROTECT? AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE THERE COULD NOT BE A
00:13:42GREATER CONTRAST BETWEEN THAT
00:13:46PHILOSOPHY AND THE CYNICISM OF
00:13:48MIKE ROGERS. SEE, MIKE'S A GUY
00:13:52WHO SPENT 14 YEARS IN CONGRESS WITH ONE GOAL TO FIGURE OUT HOW
00:13:55TO CASH OUT THE DAY HE LEFT. AND
00:13:57GUESS WHAT? HE DID LEFT CONGRESS
00:14:01AFTER HAVING TAKEN CORPORATE CHECK, AFTER CORPORATE CHECK,
00:14:05AFTER CORPORATE CHECK TO EMPOWER
00:14:06THE CORPORATIONS TO PICK YOUR
00:14:09POCKETS. HE WENT. AND HE CASHED OUT. NOT IN MICHIGAN. NO.
00:14:12WINTERS ARE TOO COLD FOR HIM.
00:14:14HE'S GOT THIN SKIN, AFTER ALL
00:14:18HE WENT TO FLORIDA. SO, MIKE, IF YOU WANT TO BE A FLORIDA MAN, GO
00:14:21BE A FLORIDA MAN. FLORIDA. BUT I
00:14:25PROMISE YOU IN NOVEMBER, WE ARE GOING TO SEND YOU >> [APPLAUSE]
00:14:27>> BACK TO FLORIDA
00:14:30>> [APPLAUSE]
00:14:35>> MIKE ROGERS IS THE GUY WHO WANTS TO PUT A DATA CENTER IN YOUR BACK YARD, SO HE CAN MAKE HIMSELF FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE
00:14:38MANLY BY MAKING AN AI VIDEO.
00:14:42MIKE ROGERS IS THE GUY WHO HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM A DBT
00:14:44CHECK, SO HE COULD TURN HIS FACE IN THE DIRECTION OF FLORIDA.
00:14:48MIKE ROGERS IS A GUY WHO WILL DO ANYTHING. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
00:14:52WANTS HIM TO DO, INCLUDING RAISE
00:14:53YOUR RATES. MIKE ROGERS IS A GUY
00:14:58WHO INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO INCREASE THE FLOW OF OPIOIDS. HE
00:15:01DID THAT WHILE I WAS IN HIGH
00:15:03SCHOOL. MIKE ROGERS IS A GUY WHOSE POLITICS AND VISION AND
00:15:07PERSPECTIVE ARE OLD. MIKE ROGERS
00:15:11IS A GUY WHO HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM A CORPORATION. HE
00:15:15COULD DO A FAVOR FOR. MIKE ROGERS IS A GUY WHO, BELIEVE IT
00:15:19OR NOT, WENT BACK TO FLORIDA SO
00:15:21HE COULD LICK EVERY SINGLE BOOT.
00:15:25DONALD TRUMP OWNS TO BEG FOR HIS ENDORSEMENT. I'M SO SORRY. IF YOU WANT A SENATOR WHO'S GOING
00:15:28TO LICK SOME BOOTS, FINE. GO VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS. BUT IF YOU WANT A SENATOR WHO'S GOING TO
00:15:32STAND UP TO DONALD TRUMP, THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR OPTION RIGHT >> [APPLAUSE]
00:15:34>> HERE AND WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT
00:15:38MIKE >> [APPLAUSE]
00:15:41>> ROGERS IS THAT HE'S LIKE THE WORST OF ALL VERSIONS OF THE
00:15:45REPUBLICAN PARTY, RIGHT? HE'S THE WORST OF THE NEOCON VERSION.
00:15:49I MEAN, HE WAS IN THE HOUSE DURING THE ENTIRETY OF THE IRAQ
00:15:53WAR. HE LEFT BECAUSE HE GOT
00:15:57TIRED OF IT. AND THEN HE SWORE UP AND DOWN HE COULD NEVER
00:16:01SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP UNTIL, OF COURSE, HE WAS LICKING DONALD
00:16:04TRUMP'S BOOTS. SO NOW HE CARRIES THE BURDEN OF BOTH OF
00:16:07THOSE THINGS. IS HE MAGA? IS HE NEOCON? NO, MAN. HE'S JUST A
00:16:10CORPORATE SELLOUT
00:16:15>> [APPLAUSE]. [APPLAUSE] >> SO. MIKE, I'M GONNA SAY IT RIGHT HERE. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING
00:16:17TO SAY NO BECAUSE YOU'RE A COWARD. >> [APPLAUSE] >> FIVE DEBATES.
00:16:21>> [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT. IF YOU'RE WILLING TO STAND WITH ME AND HAVE A
00:16:24CONVERSATION, YOU, YOU AND I
00:16:26BOTH KNOW THAT YOU WILL WITHER IN FRONT OF YOUR OWN CRIMES. BUT
00:16:30I'M GONNA MAKE SURE MICHIGANDERS KNOW ABOUT THEM, BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE'RE DONE,
00:16:34YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE SAFE CORRIDOR FROM PEOPLE HOLDING YOU
00:16:38ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THEM HERE IN MICHIGAN. WE WILL SEND YOU BACK TO FLORIDA,
00:16:42WHERE YOU BELONG. FIVE DEBATES.
00:16:44I'M HOPING FOR AN ANSWER TODAY. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:16:46>> IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:16:50>> MY GOD. BUT I WANT TO FINISH HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT MIKE ROGERS. IT'S NOT EVEN
00:16:53ABOUT DONALD TRUMP. IT IS ABOUT
00:16:55WHO WE ARE AS A COUNTRY. I
00:16:59WORKED IN THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE. IN FACT, YOU CAN SEE THE
00:17:03WINDOW OF MY FORMER OFFICE THERE
00:17:08ARE MOMENTS I HAD TO PINCH
00:17:11MYSELF BECAUSE MY STORY IN
00:17:14AMERICA IS ABOUT AS UNLIKELY AS
00:17:18IT GETS. BUT FOR AN ACCIDENT OF HISTORY THAT ALLOWS MY DAD TO
00:17:20IMMIGRATE TO DETROIT, TO GO TO WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY. YEAH, I
00:17:24WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CAB DRIVER IN EGYPT, LIKE MY COUSINS. I
00:17:27WOULD SPEND A LOT OF MY
00:17:28CHILDHOOD SUMMERS IN EGYPT. I'D
00:17:33SPEND THEM THERE WITH A FRONT
00:17:34ROW SEAT TO WHAT MY LIFE SHOULD
00:17:38HAVE BEEN. EXCEPT FOR I GOT TO
00:17:39BE BORN IN AMERICA, WHERE I GOT
00:17:43VACCINATED AGAINST DISEASES THAT KILLED AN AUNT AND UNCLE. I NEVER GOT TO MEET. THEY DIED
00:17:46BEFORE THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY. I GOT TO GO TO AMAZING PUBLIC
00:17:49SCHOOLS AND INCREDIBLE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY. I GOT MY MEDICAL
00:17:52EDUCATION PAID FOR BY A PUBLIC
00:17:54AGENCY AT THE NIH. THAT'S WHAT AMERICA GAVE ME. NOT. THE CRAZY
00:17:58THING IS, I GREW UP NOT 20
00:18:00MINUTES FROM HERE AND THEN
00:18:04TRAVELING 20 MINUTES. I TRAVEL A TEN YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP. I
00:18:08GOT TO MEET KIDS WHO NEVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITIES I GOT, DESPITE
00:18:12THE FACT THAT THEIR FAMILIES HAD
00:18:12BEEN HERE FAR LONGER THAN ME. I
00:18:16KNOW WHAT AMERICA GAVE ME, BUT I ALSO KNOW WHAT AMERICA CONTINUES
00:18:19TO DENY. TO MANY OF HER OWN CHILDREN. AND A LOT OF MY WORK
00:18:22IN THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE WAS
00:18:24ABOUT TRYING TO ADDRESS EXACTLY THAT. AND I KEPT RUNNING UP
00:18:28AGAINST ONE THING. THE KIND OF
00:18:32POLITICS THAT TELL US THAT WE CANNOT INVEST IN THOSE CHILDREN
00:18:36BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE SENDING THEIR MONEY TO DENY RIGHTS TO
00:18:39OTHER CHILDREN ABROAD A POLITICS THAT TELLS US THAT THE
00:18:42CORPORATIONS SHOULD DO WHAT THEY
00:18:44CAN, AND THE REST OF US DO WHAT
00:18:46WE MUST, A POLITICS THAT TELLS US THAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS THERE
00:18:50FOR THE TAKING. IF YOU HAVE
00:18:51ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE IT. AND SO
00:18:55WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR US SENATE CAME UP, I REALIZED
00:18:58THAT THIS WAS A FIGHT, NOT JUST AGAINST MIKE ROGERS AND DONALD
00:19:01TRUMP. IT WAS A FIGHT FOR THE KIND OF AMERICA THAT CAN GIVE
00:19:05WHAT I HAD TO ALL OF HER CHILDREN. THAT IS THE WORK IN
00:19:09FRONT OF US. THIS COUNTRY OF
00:19:12OURS, THIS AMERICA OF OURS, IS MORE THAN A FLAG. IT'S MORE
00:19:16THAN A SET OF COLORS. IF YOU'RE
00:19:17A PATRIOT, THEN YOU BETTER FIGHT
00:19:20FOR AN AMERICA THAT IS AMERICA
00:19:22FOR ALL OF HER KIDS. THAT'S
00:19:25WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, BUILDING A MOVEMENT TO TAKE OUR DEMOCRACY
00:19:28BACK, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO
00:19:31ABSOLUTELY DESERVE THE BEST OF
00:19:32WHAT AMERICA HAS TO OFFER THEM.
00:19:36THAT'S THE COMMITMENT ALL OF US ARE MAKING. SO WHETHER YOU VOTED
00:19:37FOR ME OR VOTED FOR MY OPPONENT,
00:19:40OR DIDN'T VOTE AT ALL, WE'RE
00:19:42INVITING YOU TO THAT MOVEMENT TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS SO WE
00:19:46CAN PUT MONEY BACK IN POCKETS AND FINALLY GUARANTEE THE
00:19:49PROMISE OF HEALTH CARE THROUGH MEDICARE FOR ALL. AND I AM SO
00:19:52HONORED, SO HONORED FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO'VE ALREADY
00:19:56INVESTED, TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T, I CANNOT WAIT TO MEET YOU. AND >> [APPLAUSE]
00:19:59>> LET'S GO WIN IN NOVEMBER.
00:20:02>> [APPLAUSE]
00:20:08>> TONIGHT, A MARATHON PRESENTATION OF MEMORABLE
00:20:11MOMENTS FROM THE PAST YEAR, PART OF OUR 2026 IN REVIEW
00:20:15PROGRAMING. UP NEXT, AN ADDRESS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE U.S.
00:20:17IRAN WAR. 32 DAYS INTO THE
00:20:19CONFLICT. AFTER THAT, THE PRESIDENT AND ADMINISTRATION
00:20:23OFFICIALS SPEAK TO REPORTERS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED SHOOTING AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS'
00:20:27DINNER. THEN AN ADDRESS FROM KING CHARLES THE THIRD TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
00:20:31DURING HIS STATE VISIT, AND
00:20:33LATER, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
00:20:35CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING GIVE TOASTS AT A BANQUET DURING
00:20:39PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISIT TO BEIJING. THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
00:20:43AND FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE
00:20:45OBAMA AT THE DEDICATION CEREMONY
00:20:49FOR THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER IN CHICAGO. THAT'S ALL
00:20:52COMING UP TONIGHT ON C-SPAN 2.
00:20:55>> UP NEXT, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION IN APRIL