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00:00:47HISTORY. MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC
00:00:50SENATE CANDIDATE ABDUL EL-SAYED
00:00:52SPOKE ABOUT HIS SUPPORT OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND ECONOMIC POLICY DURING A
00:00:56CAMPAIGN RALLY ALONGSIDE MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN AND MICHIGAN
00:01:00DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE
00:01:03DINGELL FROM ANN ARBOR. THIS IS
00:01:05ABOUT 45 MINUTES.
00:01:09>> [APPLAUSE] >> WHERE CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE DINGELL
00:01:12>> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:17>> SO GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY, AND STUDENTS,
00:01:21>> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:21>> WELCOME BACK A LITTLE SAD
00:01:26BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING HERE MEANS
00:01:27SUMMER IS OVER, BUT I'M A LOT
00:01:30HAPPY BECAUSE IT MEANS YOUR
00:01:31ENERGY IS HERE. ANN ARBOR LOOKS NORMAL, AND WE GOTTA GET OUT
00:01:35THERE AND VOLUNTEER AND WIN IN >> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:39>> NOVEMBER >> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:43>> AND, STELLA, DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT DOC COKE WAS
00:01:45ADDICTED TO ME? SO I'M REALLY
00:01:50GLAD TO BE HERE, AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY
00:01:54TODAY. FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING
00:01:55TO INTRODUCE MY DEAR FRIEND,
00:01:59WHO'S MY BROTHER. UH, IN A MINUTE. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, THIS IS JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:02:02SAY SOMETHING TO YOU. I'M DONE.
00:02:06THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT WHAT'S
00:02:10GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN WE ELECT
00:02:11ABDUL TO THE UNITED STATES >> [APPLAUSE]
00:02:15>> SENATE.
00:02:15>> [APPLAUSE]
00:02:21>> I AM DONE, SO DON'T ANY REPORTER ASK ME AGAIN ABOUT
00:02:25HASAN PIKER. IT'S NOT WHAT NOVEMBER >> [APPLAUSE]
00:02:29>> IS ABOUT. >> [APPLAUSE] >> REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO
00:02:33MAKE IT. THEY'RE TRYING TO DIVIDE US, AND WE GOTTA STOP
00:02:37LETTING THEM TRY TO DIVIDE US. I DON'T AGREE WITH HASSAN PIKER
00:02:40ON A LOT OF STUFF, AND I REALLY DON'T AGREE WITH HIM ON SOME OF THE WOMAN THINKS, HE SAID. AND
00:02:44I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT,
00:02:46IS IT THE REASON HE EXERCISED AND IT LOOKS BUFF, IS WHY HE HAS
00:02:50SO MANY FOLLOWERS? BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
00:02:53FOR A MINUTE ABOUT WHAT NOVEMBER
00:02:55IS ABOUT NOVEMBER, I LEAD
00:02:59MEDICARE FOR ALL >> [APPLAUSE] >> IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE.
00:03:03>> [APPLAUSE]
00:03:08>> ARE SICK IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. WHEN YOU NEED TO GO TO
00:03:11THE DOCTOR AND GET THE MEDICINE
00:03:12THAT YOU NEED. AND WE HAVE
00:03:17RIPPED HEALTH CARE AWAY FROM MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, AND WE
00:03:21HAVE HUNGRY CHILDREN IN OUR DISTRICT, IN OUR STATE, AND
00:03:24HUNGRY SENIORS, BECAUSE OF WHAT
00:03:27THE REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE. AND
00:03:28WE NEED TO WIN IN NOVEMBER, AND
00:03:32WE WILL REVERSE ALL OF THE
00:03:33THINGS THAT THEY HAVE A HUNDRED
00:03:39DAYS. >> [APPLAUSE] >> I HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> [APPLAUSE] >> AND THAT'S WHAT THIS
00:03:43ELECTION IS ABOUT. SO I WANT TO SAY TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE, IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY,
00:03:46PEOPLE OF MY GENERATION, IT'S A
00:03:50DECISION ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO
00:03:52MAKE THE RULES THAT SHAPE YOUR
00:03:55LIFE. AND WHETHER THOSE RULES WILL WORK FOR YOU OR AGAINST
00:03:59YOU, AND YOU NEED TO GO OUT
00:04:01THERE AND DEFINE WHAT THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT. DON'T LET
00:04:04OTHERS DO IT. THEY'RE TRYING TO
00:04:08DIVIDE US. THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE US OFF ON SO MANY OTHER
00:04:11ISSUES. WE DO NOT WANT A RUBBER STAMP FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN
00:04:15WASHINGTON. THE LAST TWO YEARS.
00:04:20>> [APPLAUSE] >> AND THAT'S WHY ABDUL IS
00:04:22GOING TO BE THE NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN.
00:04:26>> [APPLAUSE]
00:04:31>> HAVING SAID THAT TO YOU, I WANT TO INTRODUCE SOMEBODY WHO I
00:04:33LOVE, WHO'S BEEN TO ANN ARBOR
00:04:35SEVERAL TIMES. HE IS A BROTHER
00:04:39TO ME, AND HE IS A CHAMPION IN CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE
00:04:42CONSTITUTIAND WHEN WE WIN THE HOUSE BACK IN NOVEMBER, HE
00:04:45IS GOING TO BE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY >> [APPLAUSE] >> COMMITTEE. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:04:49>> AND MITCH, THE MOST PEOPLE
00:04:52>> [APPLAUSE] >> I'M GOING TO TELL STORIES.
00:04:56ONE, WHEN I WAS ON CAMPUS WITH
00:05:02THE BLACK STUDENT ASSOCIATION, WHEN THEY WERE PROTESTING, BECAUSE, OH, YES, DIVERSITY IS A
00:05:05BAD WORD ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CAMPUS. AND WE'RE
00:05:09GOING TO STAND UP TO THAT AS
00:05:11WELL THAT HOMELAND SECURITY WAS
00:05:14TRYING TO. WAS OVER AT WASHTENAW
00:05:19COUNTY AND WAS TRYING TO SUBPOENA ILLEGALLY SOME THINGS.
00:05:23AND I CALLED JAMIE, AND HE HELPED ME GET A LAW FIRM IN
00:05:27WASHINGTON WHEN EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID. AND LAST FRIDAY, WASHTENAW
00:05:31>> [APPLAUSE] >> COUNTY WON IN THE FEDERAL. >> [APPLAUSE] >> COURT
00:05:35>> [APPLAUSE]
00:05:42>> LAST SUMMER, MY. I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT HOW HE
00:05:44TRIED TO FIX ME UP, TOO, BUT.
00:05:47AND I TOLD JAMIE I WASN'T INTERESTED IN DATING. I'M NEVER
00:05:51INTERESTED IN DATING. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE 330 WOMEN
00:05:55ALL LISTENING AT TRYING TO WORK. I HAD MY LOVE AFFAIR AND MY. THE
00:05:59MAN I WAS MARRIED TO NEVER STOPPED FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE WE
00:06:03HAD HEALTH CARE FOR ALL. AND I AM NEVER GOING TO STOP UNTIL WE
00:06:06GET THAT OVER THE >> [APPLAUSE] >> FINISH LINE
00:06:10>> [APPLAUSE]
00:06:14>> LAST SUMMER, MY FRIEND JAMIE WROTE THE BOOK. WE, THE
00:06:17STUDENTS, UH, WHICH TALKED ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS. AND HE
00:06:20WAS BANNED IN TEXAS BY THE STATE
00:06:25BOARD OF EDUCATION. THAT SAME
00:06:26WEEK, HE WAS BANNED FOR LIFE
00:06:30FROM RUSSIA. ME TOO, BY THE WAY, FROM. SO I'M GLADLY STAND WITH
00:06:34MY BROTHER, UH, BY VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR PRO UKRAINE
00:06:37ACTIVITIES. SO HE'S BEEN BANNED
00:06:39IN TEXAS, AND HE'S BEEN BANNED
00:06:42IN RUSSIA, BUT HE'S NOT BANNED
00:06:43IN ANN
00:06:48>> [APPLAUSE] >> ARBOR. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:06:49>> WE LOVE
00:07:18>> STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS AND STAFF. EVERYBODY OUT THERE. UM,
00:07:22THANK YOU, DEBBIE DINGELL, THE GREAT CHAMPION FOR NATIONAL
00:07:25HEALTH CARE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AND WE'RE ABOUT
00:07:27TO ELECT THE GREAT CHAMPION FOR
00:07:29NATIONAL HEALTH CARE IN THE US >> [APPLAUSE]
00:07:33>> SENATE. >> [APPLAUSE] >> SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE
00:07:37BEAUTIFUL WEATHER HERE. UH, IT
00:07:39IS, UH, WELL, IT'S PERFECT COMPARED TO WASHINGTON, WHERE
00:07:42IT'S NOT JUST THE HEAT, IT'S THE STUPIDITY AND THE CREDIT
00:07:45WITH A KNIFE. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, UM, I'VE SPENT THE LAST
00:07:49THREE DAYS IN MICHIGAN, STARTING IN TRAVERSE
00:07:53>> [APPLAUSE] >> CITY AND THE UPPER PENINSULA WITH THE NEXT CONGRESSWOMAN FROM
00:07:56THE FIRST DISTRICT, KALEYBAR. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:07:58>> UM YESTERDAY I WAS WITH, UH,
00:08:03OUR WONDERFUL NOMINEE, THE NEXT CONGRESSMAN FROM THE FOURTH
00:08:06DISTRICT, SEAN MCCANN. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:08:08>> IN, UH, BEAUTIFUL AND I
00:08:11REALIZE YOU GUYS HAVE IT ALL GOING ON HERE. YOU GOT THE
00:08:14SUNSHINE, YOU'VE GOT THE
00:08:17BEAUTIFUL BEACHES ON LAKE MICHIGAN. YOU GOT THE WEATHER,
00:08:21YOU GOT THE CULTURE. SO MY
00:08:22QUESTION FOR YOU IS, WHY DOES
00:08:26MIKE ROGERS LIVE IN >> [APPLAUSE]
00:08:27>> FLORIDA >> [APPLAUSE]
00:08:31>> UM. UM, I CAME HERE TO
00:08:39ENDORSE ABDUL EL-SAYED FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE, AND WE
00:08:41NEED ABDUL IN THE SENATE BECAUSE
00:08:44HE'S AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST. HE'S A
00:08:47RENOWNED PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT.
00:08:48HE'S THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
00:08:52SERVICES AND VETERANS SERVICES
00:08:54OF WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN. HE'S THE PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY THAT
00:08:58WE NEED TO LEAD THE FIGHT
00:09:00AGAINST ALL OF THE SPECIAL
00:09:02INTERESTS TO PASS MEDICARE FOR ALL IN AMERICA. SO HEALTH CARE
00:09:06WILL BE A BASIC RIGHT FOR ALL
00:09:09CITIZENS, AND NOT A HIGH PRICED LUXURY >> [APPLAUSE]
00:09:12>> GOOD FOR THE WEALTHY.
00:09:15>> [APPLAUSE]
00:09:18>> HAPPEN. UM, WE'RE SPENDING MORE ON HEALTH CARE THAN ANY
00:09:21COUNTRY ON EARTH. $15,000 PER
00:09:24PERSON, DOUBLE WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING IN CANADA OR THE UK.
00:09:28OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE GETTING
00:09:29MUCH BETTER OUTCOMES THAN WE
00:09:32ARE. WE ARE BEING OUTPACED ON
00:09:36ALL OF THE CRITICAL, UH,
00:09:40MEASUREMENTS BY OTHER COUNTRIES, OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES,
00:09:41INCLUDING, UH, INFANT MORTALITY,
00:09:45MATERNAL MORTALITY, LIFE
00:09:47EXPECTANCY, CHRONIC ILLNESS, YOU
00:09:50NAME IT. WE NEED ABDUL, THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
00:09:53DIRECTOR, WHO STARTED OUT RIGHT HERE LOCALLY, UH, IN WAYNE
00:09:56COUNTY, MICHIGAN, TO STAND UP
00:09:58FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGAINST TRUMP'S SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
00:10:02HUMAN SERVICES, ROBERT F KENNEDY. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:10:04>> OKAY. UH, WE NEED, UH, A REAL
00:10:07DOCTOR IN CONGRESS BECAUSE THE
00:10:09TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS A STAPH
00:10:11INFECTION. OKAY. UM, DO WE HAVE
00:10:14ANY MEDICAL STUDENTS OR PRE-MED
00:10:18STUDENTS HERE? ANY. MAYBE THEY'RE NOT BACK IN YET. WE'VE
00:10:21GOT. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A FEW. WELL, WHO DO YOU WANT LEADING
00:10:25PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY IN AMERICA? A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
00:10:28MICHIGAN, THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MED SCHOOL, THE
00:10:32COLUMBIA SCHOOL WHO GOT LED OUT
00:10:35OF DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
00:10:36GOT FREE EYEGLASSES TO ALL KIDS
00:10:39IN DETROIT WHO NEEDED THEM, OR A
00:10:41GUY WHO PICKED UP A DEAD BEAR
00:10:46CUB THAT HAD BEEN HIT BY A CAR ON THE HIGHWAY IN UPSTATE NEW
00:10:49YORK TO BRING IT HOME AND SKIN
00:10:51IT FOR A FAMILY ROADKILL DINNER.
00:10:54OKAY. DO YOU WANT A GUY WHO'S
00:10:56WORKED EFFECTIVELY RIGHT HERE IN MICHIGAN TO IMMUNIZE THE
00:11:00POPULATION AGAINST ALL OF THE
00:11:03KILLER DISEASES, OR A GUY, THE
00:11:05SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
00:11:08SERVICES IN WASHINGTON, WHO'S DERANGED CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE
00:11:11CONTRIBUTING TO A SHOCKING RESURGENCE OF MEASLES FROM TEXAS
00:11:15TO PENNSYLVANIA. IT'S CLEAR THAT
00:11:19WE NEED. ABDUL. YES, I'M PROUD
00:11:22TO BE A DEMOCRAT. WE ARE A BIG TENT PARTY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN IT. AND MORE
00:11:26AND MORE EVERY SINGLE DAY. I
00:11:26WANT TO THANK MY FRIEND HALEY
00:11:30STEVENS FOR RUNNING A STRONG, VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN AND THEN
00:11:34STRONGLY ENDORSING >> [APPLAUSE]
00:11:37>> ABDUL FOR THE US SENATE YOUR
00:11:42ENGAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, A REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUE WHO SAID TO ME, THE PROBLEM WITH YOU,
00:11:46RASKIN, YOU'RE NOT A BAD GUY. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH YOU IS YOU'RE A LIBERAL. AND I SAID,
00:11:50YOU'RE RIGHT I'M A LIBERAL. THE HEART OF THAT WORD IS LIBERTY. AND I'M A PROGRESSIVE, BECAUSE
00:11:53THE HEART OF THAT WORD IS PROGRESS. BUT MY FAVORITE THING
00:11:57TO CALL MY CONSERVATIVE, BECAUSE I WANT TO
00:12:00CONSERVE THE LAND, THE AIR, THE
00:12:04WATER, THE CLIMATE SYSTEM, THE
00:12:05CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF >> [APPLAUSE]
00:12:11>> RIGHTS, SOCIAL SECURITY
00:12:16EVERYTHING THAT THIS PARTY OF NIHILISTS AND AUTHORITARIANS AND
00:12:20OLIGARCHS WANTS TO DESTROY IS
00:12:24EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DEFEND TOGETHER. THE LIBERALS,
00:12:26THE PROGRESSIVES AND THE
00:12:28CONSERVATIVES ARE GOING TO DEFEAT THE AUTOCRATS, THE
00:12:32PLUTOCRATS, THE THEOCRATS, AND
00:12:33THE KLEPTOCRATS IN
00:12:36>> [APPLAUSE] >> MICHIGAN AND ACROSS AMERICA.
00:12:39>> [APPLAUSE]
00:12:42>> SO I'VE FOR YOU, MICHIGAN.
00:12:44I'VE GOT A SLOGAN FOR YOU IN
00:12:47THIS MOMENTOUS CAMPAIGN WHERE EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE, AND WE TEACH IT TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE
00:12:50IN DEMOCRACY SUMMER, WE GOT SOME
00:12:54DEMOCRACY. SUMMER, FELLOW KIDS
00:12:55HERE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
00:12:58TODAY. LOOK SIMPLE. TEACH THE YOUNG PEOPLE THIS, EVERYTHING
00:13:02THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
00:13:05VOTING IS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DRIVING. IF YOU WANT
00:13:09TO GO FORWARD, YOU PUT IT IN D.
00:13:11IF YOU WANT TO GO BACKWARDS,
00:13:17>> [APPLAUSE] >> YOU PUT IT IN R, THAT'S ALL
00:13:19YOU NEED.
00:13:23>> [APPLAUSE]
00:13:23>> UNDERSTAND
00:14:12MEDICARE FOR ALL. ALLOWED OUR
00:14:14MONEY ALL RIGHT, WELL, CAN WE
00:14:20FIRST GIVE A HUGE >> [APPLAUSE]
00:14:23>> ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR TLAMS?
00:14:25>> [APPLAUSE]
00:14:29>> EVERYBODY HERE. >> [APPLAUSE] >> IN ANN ARBOR KNOWS THAT
00:14:32THERE'S NO A2 WITHOUT D2. SO
00:14:34SHE HAS BEEN LEADING THE FIGHT FOR, UM, FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
00:14:38AND I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL TO, UH, TO BE SO PRIVILEGED FOR HER
00:14:40MENTORSHIP AND HER LEADERSHIP.
00:14:43AND OF COURSE, OUR INCREDIBLE GUEST FROM THE GREAT STATE OF MARYLAND, JAMIE >> [APPLAUSE]
00:14:46>> RASKIN. >> [APPLAUSE] >> WHO.
00:14:48>> [APPLAUSE]
00:14:51>> I WANT TO PUT UP ON A COUPLE THINGS THAT CONGRESSWOMAN
00:14:55DINGELL AND CONGRESSMAN RASKIN MENTIONED. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY HELLO TO A
00:14:59COUPLE PEOPLE HERE. I THINK, UH,
00:15:02OUR FUTURE REGENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, >> [APPLAUSE] >> AMIR MAC. >> [APPLAUSE] >> IS
00:15:06>> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
00:15:13>> AND ANYBODY HERE BACK TO SCHOOL FOR FOR THE FALL.
00:15:17>> [APPLAUSE] >> YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.
00:15:21>> [APPLAUSE]
00:15:25>> SO, LOOK, WE'VE GOT QUITE
00:15:27POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIVES HERE IN
00:15:31MICHIGAN AHEAD OF US. ALL THAT WE BELIEVE IN, ALL THAT WE HOLD
00:15:35DEAR IS ON THE LINE. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT. NOW, I'LL
00:15:38BE HONEST WITH YOU. IT'S A LITTLE BIT CRAZY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I NEVER INTENDED TO RUN
00:15:42FOR OFFICE. SO THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT
00:15:45HAVE DECIDED ME TO DECIDED TO MAKE ME THE MAIN CHARACTER OF
00:15:49THESE MIDTERMS IS A LITTLE BIT ODD TO HAVE TO METABOLIZE.
00:15:53>> YEAH, YEAH. >> BUT I ALSO WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE SO WORRIED AND WHY
00:15:56IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO WIN. I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO RUN
00:16:00FOR OFFICE, BUT I WAS DEFINITELY NOT SUPPOSED TO WIN THIS PRIMARY. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
00:16:04BE ABLE TO BEAT $70 MILLION OF
00:16:07OUTSIDE SPENDING >> [APPLAUSE]. [APPLAUSE]
00:16:09>> YEAH
00:16:12>> YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS AND BEAT THE BIG
00:16:16MONEY. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
00:16:19BE ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE STATE
00:16:22CHAMPIONING UNION RIGHTS AND
00:16:25MEDICARE FOR ALL, AND WIN IN A COMPETITIVE PRIMARY STATEWIDE. IN A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN. THEY
00:16:28TELL US WHERE TO PURPLE. EXCEPT FOR. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY
00:16:31PURPLE. AND IF THEY ARE, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GIVE THEM A
00:16:33HEIMLICH MANEUVER BECAUSE
00:16:39THEY'RE CHOKING. THERE IS NOT RED OR BLUE. THERE IS NOT
00:16:42PURPLE. THERE'S NOT EVEN PROGRESSIVE OR LIBERAL. THERE
00:16:45ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING
00:16:49WITH BASIC THINGS. AND THE WHOLE REASON I RAN FOR OFFICE IS
00:16:52BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS ABOUT TRYING TO
00:16:56ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES, TRYING
00:16:59TO TAKE ON THE MONEY IN POLITICS THAT KEEPS RIGGING OUR SYSTEM TO
00:17:03RAISE THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING
00:17:04FROM GROCERIES TO GAS, RENT, TO
00:17:09A MORTGAGE, AND TRYING TO KEEP
00:17:11YOU FROM SEEING A DOCTOR IF YOU
00:17:15NEED ONE, ELECTION. AND I'M UP
00:17:20AGAINST A GUY WHO IS TRULY THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF ALL OF THAT. WE WANT TO GET MONEY OUT OF
00:17:24POLITICS. HE'S NEVER SEEN A CORPORATE DOLLAR. HE DIDN'T WANT
00:17:25TO BRING INTO POLITICS. >> YEAH.
00:17:29>> WE WANT TO PUT MONEY IN YOUR POCKET. AND HE IS USING HIS
00:17:32POSITIONALITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EMPOWER THOSE SAME CORPORATIONS TO FLEECE YOUR
00:17:36POCKET. WE WANT MEDICARE FOR
00:17:38ALL, AND IF HE HAD HIS WAY, HE'D HAVE MEDICARE. BUT THERE ARE TWO ISSUES I WANT TO BRING
00:17:42UP, AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT,
00:17:45BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CRITICAL
00:17:46RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE WHO HERE
00:17:51KNOWS A CANADIAN? CANADIANS ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE I KNOW WHO WILL
00:17:55PREEMPTIVELY APOLOGIZE FOR
00:17:58SOMETHING THEY NEVER DID. I'M
00:18:02SORRY. YOU GOTTA BE AN TO PICK A
00:18:04TRADE WAR WITH CANADA.
00:18:08>> [APPLAUSE]
00:18:11>> I'M SO SORRY. >> [APPLAUSE] >> LIKE, THEY'RE, LIKE, THE NICEST PEOPLE.
00:18:15>> [APPLAUSE] >> ON EARTH. >> [APPLAUSE] >> AND THIS TRADE WAR ISN'T JUST
00:18:18A TRADE WAR. IT IS A TRADE WAR.
00:18:21WE PAY FOR. THE TARIFFS ARE
00:18:25ALREADY COSTING US ABOUT $3,200
00:18:29A YEAR HERE IN MICHIGAN. AND THAT'S BEFORE HE JUST LEFT A 50% TARIFF ON CANADIAN GOODS.
00:18:33NOW, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND LITTLE ECONOMICS LESSON, BECAUSE WE ARE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
00:18:35MICHIGAN. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO
00:18:40TARIFF WORKS WHEN YOU TARIFF ANOTHER COUNTRY? WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOUR PEOPLE HAVE TO
00:18:44PAY THAT MUCH MORE FOR THE THINGS THAT COME FROM THEIR
00:18:47COUNTRY. SO LITERALLY, WE ARE
00:18:48NOW GOING TO HAVE TO PAY 50% ON
00:18:53THE THINGS THAT WE GET FROM
00:18:55CANADA ASKING YOUR PEOPLE TO PAY
00:19:00FOR YOUR VANITY IS NOT WHY ANYBODY ELECTED DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENT. AND WHAT'S WORSE IS
00:19:03THAT MIKE ROGERS HAS NEVER SEEN A TRUMP COMMAND. HE DID NOT WANT
00:19:07TO. ROGER. >> YEAH.
00:19:08>> AND SO WHETHER IT WAS TRYING
00:19:13TO KEEP THE GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE SHUT DOWN, OR IT'S SIGNING ON TO THESE ABSURD TARIFFS, EITHER
00:19:17WAY, HE IS GOING TO RUBBER STAMP
00:19:22ANYTHING THAT DONALD TRUMP TELLS HIM TO DO. WHEN HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE PRICE OF COFFEE, SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:19:25CONSUME, A LOT OF, I CONSUME WAY
00:19:31TOO MUCH OF HIS ANSWER WAS LIKE, OH, WELL, TOO BAD. PRICE OF
00:19:33COFFEE WENT UP. OH, TOO BAD.
00:19:35SOMETIMES THE. THE SHOE PINCHES. SOMETIMES I'M LIKE, FIRST OF
00:19:39ALL, GET SOME NEW SHOES $3,200
00:19:46IS NOT THE SHOE PINCHING. AND
00:19:48THEN THERE'S THE ISSUE SENTIMENTAL ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE
00:19:52I KNOW THAT. BUT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BORN AND RAISED IN THIS COUNTRY, MY
00:19:56FAMILY COMES FROM A PLACE WHERE
00:19:57DEMOCRACY DOESN'T WORK. YEAH.
00:20:00AND DEMOCRACY, WE, WE THINK, IS BOLTED DOWN WITH NUTS AND BOLTS.
00:20:03IT'S NOT IT'S HELD TOGETHER BY NORMS AND VALUES. IT'S SOMETHING
00:20:07THAT CONGRESSMAN RASKIN HAS BEEN WORKING ON HIS ENTIRE LIFE. AND WHEN YOU SHAKE IT VIGOROUSLY
00:20:11ENOUGH, YOU REALLY CAN BREAK IT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE
00:20:14TRYING TO DO. YOU KNOW, MIKE
00:20:17ROGERS INITIALLY WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BIG LIE.
00:20:20INITIALLY, HE WAS WILLING TO
00:20:24CALL OUT THE FACT THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS JUST STRAIGHT UP LYING ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION. BUT
00:20:27THEN HE REALIZED THAT MAYBE HE
00:20:30WANTED TO RUN FOR U.S. SENATE IN A STATE THAT'S NOT HIS, BECAUSE
00:20:33HE'S FROM FLORIDA. AND DECIDED
00:20:35THAT THE ONLY WAY FORWARD WAS TO GET DONALD TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT.
00:20:38SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE BECAME AN
00:20:41ELECTION DENIER, TOO, WHICH
00:20:42TELLS YOU TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE
00:20:46YOU THAT HE IS WILLING TO LIE TO
00:20:49GET THE POWER. AND NUMBER TWO,
00:20:52THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
00:20:55AND THEN THERE'S THE MATTER OF THE 2024 ELECTION, WHICH IS
00:20:58ACTUALLY JUST QUITE HILARIOUS, BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THE 2024 ELECTION HERE IN
00:21:02MICHIGAN. WE BOTH ELECTED ELISSA
00:21:06SLOTKIN AND HELPED ELECT DONALD
00:21:08TRUMP IN MICHIGAN MEANS. THEN
00:21:12THIS GUY COMES OUT OF 2024 SAYING THAT ACTUALLY, THE
00:21:15ELECTION WAS RIGGED AGAINST HIM.
00:21:19I'M LIKE, SO YOU THEY RIGGED IT AGAINST YOU, BUT NOT DONALD
00:21:23TRUMP. THAT'S WHAT YOUR ARGUMENT IS. HE SAID, THERE'S A BIG OLD VAN THAT DELIVERED A
00:21:26BUNCH OF VOTES IN DETROIT, AND
00:21:28THAT'S THE REASON HE LOST BUT
00:21:36THEN TRUMP WON, AND YOU LOST. SO
00:21:42ALL OF THAT IS TO SAY THAT IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR
00:21:46DEMOCRACY, WE CANNOT ALLOW PEOPLE WHO SECOND GUESS THE OUTCOMES OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS INTO PUBLIC
00:21:51>> [APPLAUSE] >> OFFICE. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:21:52>> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:21:58>> THEMSELVES FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEIR. >> EGOS. WHEN THEY LOSE INTO
00:22:01PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE POWER
00:22:03OVER OUR ELECTIONS THEMSELVES,
00:22:06WE HAVE TO DEMAND THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ELECTION, THAT YOU ABIDE BY THE
00:22:10OUTCOME OF THAT ELECTION >> AND WE NEED PUBLIC SERVANTS
00:22:14WHO ARE NOT GOING TO RUBBER STAMP >> WHETHER HE IS PICKING A TRADE
00:22:18WAR WITH CANADA, OR HE SECOND GUESSING THE OUTCOMES OF HIS OWN
00:22:22ELECTIONS. SO, LOOK, WE HAVE AN
00:22:24ALTERNATIVE IN THIS RACE OFFICE
00:22:28FOR POWER. I DIDN'T RUN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT'D BE
00:22:31FUN. IT IS DEFINITELY NOT THAT I RAN FOR OFFICE, BECAUSE AS A
00:22:35DOCTOR, I KEPT REALIZING THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T GET THE HEALTHCARE THAT THEY NEEDED WHEN
00:22:39THEY NEEDED IT, AND WE HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO BETTER, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE BUILDING A
00:22:43CAMPAIGN TO GET MONEY OUT OF. POLITICS AND MONEY. IN YOUR. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:22:47>> POCKET MEDICARE. >> FOR ALL. >> WITH THAT, I'M GONNA OPEN UP
00:22:51TO SOME >> [APPLAUSE] >> QUESTIONS. >> [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
00:22:54>> [APPLAUSE]
00:22:58>> ANYONE HAVE A. >> QUESTION THEY WOULD LIKE TO ASK? YES. YOU. OVER HERE. HOLD
00:23:01ON. LET ME WALK THE MIC OVER TO
00:23:06YOU.
00:23:10>> SENATOR, MY NAME IS MARK. I'M FROM MONROE COUNTY. WE WANT
00:23:12YOU AT OUR UNITY DINNER, DECEMBER 3rd. OKAY. BUT MY
00:23:15QUESTION IS, SINCE IT'S NOT
00:23:18OKAY, HOW CAN WE PAY FOR
00:23:21MEDICARE FOR ALL? THAT'S A NAGGING QUESTION. I'VE BEEN
00:23:24ASKED A LOT, AND I HAVE 35 >> FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HEALTH CARE FINANCING. SO
00:23:28WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY, I WILL UNDERSTAND IT. OKAY,
00:23:32>> MARK, I REALLY, REALLY LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE IT REALLY GETS TO THE
00:23:36HEART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
00:23:39DO RIGHT NOW. WE SPEND, AS, YOU KNOW, $0.19 ON THE DOLLAR FOR EVERY DOLLAR IN THE WHOLE
00:23:43AMERICAN ECONOMY, PAYING FOR
00:23:45HEALTH CARE. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE DOLLARS COMES OUT OF
00:23:49SOMEBODY'S BACK POCKET, WHETHER
00:23:51IT'S AN EMPLOYER OR AN EMPLOYEE
00:23:55OF A POCKET OF OUR TAXPAYERS. 60% OF ALL THE HEALTH CARE
00:23:58REIMBURSEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY IS ALREADY PAID FOR BY THE
00:24:01GOVERNMENT, THROUGH MEDICARE, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM WE OFFER FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES, OR
00:24:05MEDICAID, WHICH IS A PROGRAM FOR
00:24:07LOW INCOME AMERICANS. SO 60% IS
00:24:10ALREADY PAID FOR BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS THE OTHER 4% OR
00:24:1440%, RIGHT? AND RIGHT NOW, WHAT HAPPENS IS, LET'S SAY YOU AND
00:24:16I, I ASSUME YOU'RE A W2 EMPLOYEE SOMEWHERE. LET'S SAY I WAS A W2
00:24:20EMPLOYEE SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? W2 IS THE NORMAL WAY YOU GET PAID IF
00:24:23YOU HAVE A FULL TIME JOB. OKAY
00:24:29FIRST ONE WHO EATS ON YOUR W2 PAYCHECK IS FICA, YOU KNOW, FICA
00:24:32IS FEDERAL INSURANCE COLLECTIONS
00:24:35AGENCY. THAT IS SOCIAL SECURITY
00:24:37AND MEDICARE. YOU KNOW, WHO EATS
00:24:40NEXT? INSURANCE COMPANY. THEY
00:24:42TAKE MONEY RIGHT OFF THE TOP.
00:24:44OKAY. YOU PAY. THAT'S CALLED A PREMIUM. PART OF THE PREMIUM IS
00:24:48PAID BY YOUR EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYER.
00:24:51PART OF THE PREMIUM IS PAID BY YOU. OKAY. AND THEN ALMOST EVERY
00:24:54HEALTH PLAN IN THE COUNTRY HAS WHAT'S CALLED A DEDUCTIBLE. A DEDUCTIBLE IS THE MONEY YOU HAVE
00:24:58TO PAY TO GET THE HEALTH INSURANCE YOU ALREADY THOUGHT
00:25:00YOU PAID FOR. CALLED A COPAY,
00:25:05RIGHT? MEANING YOU HAVE TO PAY WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE PAYS. YOU
00:25:09ALREADY KNOW ALL THIS, BUT I JUST WANT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY, TO GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF THIS.
00:25:12AND THE REASON THEY MAKE YOU PAY A COPAY IS BECAUSE THEY SAY YOU WANT THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. THE FUNNY THING
00:25:16ABOUT IT IS WHEN IT'S CALLED HEALTH CARE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PAYING FOR HEALTH CARE, YOU LITERALLY HAVE SKIN IN THE
00:25:20GAME, OKAY? IT'S LIKE, ACTUALLY YOUR SKIN. AND THAT'S HOW WE PAY
00:25:24FOR IT NOW. THE PROBLEM WITH IT
00:25:27IS THIS. YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY GETS TO TAKE YOUR HEALTH CARE
00:25:30AWAY IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB.
00:25:32THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, RIGHT? AND
00:25:35EVEN THEN, THEY GET TO DICTATE WHAT DOCTOR YOU GO TO WHAT
00:25:38HOSPITAL. YOU CAN SEEK CARE AT BECAUSE THEY'VE NEGOTIATED
00:25:41SPECIAL RATES WITH SPECIAL HOSPITALS, AND THEY USE THOSE RATES TO HELP HOSPITALS BUY EACH
00:25:44OTHER UP. AND THE HOSPITALS USE THOSE RATES TO HELP INSURERS BUY
00:25:48EACH OTHER UP.
00:25:59SUSTAIN $225 BILLION IN MEDICAL DEBT BECAUSE OF THAT DEDUCTIBLE, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T
00:26:02REALIZE THAT IF THEY ACTUALLY GOT CATASTROPHICALLY ILL UNDER OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, THE MEDIAN
00:26:05DEDUCTIBLES $4,500 FOR THE
00:26:08AVERAGE FAMILY OF FOUR. AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT KILLS YOU.
00:26:10SO IF THE MEDIAN INCOME IS ABOUT
00:26:13$72,000 HERE IN MICHIGAN, A $4,000 DEDUCTIBLE IS MORE THAN A
00:26:17SINGLE PAYCHECK. TO GET THE HEALTH CARE YOU ALREADY THOUGHT YOU PAID FOR IN EVERY SINGLE
00:26:21PAYCHECK. SO HOW DO WE PAY FOR
00:26:22MEDICARE FOR ALL? WE WOULD PAY
00:26:25FOR IT THE SAME WAY WE PAY FOR MEDICARE AND AND SOCIAL
00:26:28SECURITY. IT WOULD COME OFF THE TOP OF OUR PAYCHECK. NOW,
00:26:32MEDICARE FOR ALL WOULD BE CHEAPER THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM. WHY? BECAUSE THE WHOLE SYSTEM
00:26:36RELIES ON US PAYING EXTRA MONEY INTO THE SYSTEM TO PAY THE
00:26:40OVERHEAD OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE
00:26:42SYSTEM. THAT OVERHEAD GOES AWAY.
00:26:45NO CEOS, NO MARKETING BUDGET, NO
00:26:51ARMY OF BILLERS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BILL FOR THIS CODE, OR THAT CODE, OR THE THIRD CODE FOR
00:26:55EVERY INSURANCE, THAT ALL GOES
00:26:56AWAY. SO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
00:26:59THAT I CARE ABOUT, WHICH IS OUR KITCHEN TABLE BUDGET, RIGHT?
00:27:02YOU'RE PAYING LESS FOR INSURANCE THAT'S MORE DURABLE
00:27:05BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOSE IT IF YOU
00:27:08LOSE THAT JOB WITHOUT A PREMIUM,
00:27:11A CO-PAY OR DEDUCTIBLE. AND WITHOUT BEING TOLD WHAT DOCTOR YOU CAN SEE OR YOU CAN'T SEE.
00:27:15NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO
00:27:18ASK, WELL, HOW MANY TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS IT GOING TO BE? THE
00:27:21BETTER QUESTION IS THIS. HOW MANY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IS IT GOING TO BE FOR THE AVERAGE FAMILY? IT'S GOING
00:27:25TO BE FEWER. AND FOR MORE DURABLE CARE, WITHOUT HAVING TO
00:27:29WORRY ABOUT OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS. THAT PUT >> [APPLAUSE] >> YOU IN. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:27:32>> BANKRUPTCY >> [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:27:36>> THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR FINAL QUESTION. UM, AS A. >> PREFACE, IF YOU ARE A MEMBER
00:27:39OF THE MEDIA, PLEASE FIND COLBY AFTER THIS EVENT. COLBY IS
00:27:42RAISING HIS HAND BACK THERE. UM, AND WHEN WE CLEAR HOUSE, PLEASE
00:27:45ENSURE THAT MEDIA LEAVES BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE. SO YOU MAY HAVE
00:27:48TO STAY SEATED FOR A LITTLE BIT. UM, BUT LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR
00:27:52FINAL QUESTION. DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION THEY WOULD LIKE TO
00:27:54ASK? OKAY. YEAH, LET'S, LET'S GO
00:27:58TO THE BACK.
00:28:06IT.
00:28:08>> ALL RIGHT. UH.
00:28:11>> IT'S ON,
00:28:18>> GOING TO STOP THE TARIFFS OR REDUCE TARIFFS IN WASHINGTON? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE
00:28:22SAYING. IT DOES AFFECT AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. OF
00:28:25COURSE, WE ALL SUFFERED THROUGH
00:28:28IT AS WELL. HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO STOP THE TARIFFS OR
00:28:30REDUCE IT? AND HELP GET
00:28:34WASHINGTON TO DO THE SAME THING
00:28:37TO, YOU KNOW, TO STOP IT? GREAT
00:28:43QUESTION. THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO
00:28:47ENFORCE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED >> [APPLAUSE]
00:28:51>> STATES. >> [APPLAUSE] >> OF AMERICA YOU KNOW, YOU
00:28:55KNOW, WE.
00:28:58>> ALREADY DEFEATED HIS ABSURD, RIDICULOUS, ILLEGAL,
00:29:00UNCONSTITUTIONAL ATTEMPT TO USE
00:29:02THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
00:29:05EMERGENCY POWERS ACT TO IMPOSE
00:29:08TARIFFS. LOOK, THE CONSTITUTION SAYS CONGRESS HAS THE POWER TO
00:29:12REGULATE COMMERCE BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. CONGRESS HAS
00:29:15THE POWER TO IMPOSE TAXES. HIS
00:29:18ILLEGAL TARIFF THAT HE STARTED OFF WITH, THAT COMPREHENSIVE
00:29:22TARIFF WAS THE BIGGEST TAX IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
00:29:24OF AMERICA. IT WAS SO OUTRAGEOUS
00:29:29THAT HE CIRCUMVENTED CONGRESS AND JUST IMPOSED THIS TAX.
00:29:33REMEMBER, ONE DAY IT WOULD BE 50%, THE NEXT DAY IT'S 30%, DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT YOUR COUNTRY'S NICE TO HIM OR NOT.
00:29:37THAT'S NOT HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS. NO PRESIDENT BEFORE IN
00:29:38AMERICAN HISTORY HAS EVER UNILATERALLY IMPOSED TARIFFS
00:29:42WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION TO DO SO. IT WAS
00:29:45SO BAD THAT EVEN HIS OWN GERRYMANDERED AND STACKED AND
00:29:49PACKED SUPREME COURT STRUCK IT DOWN. SO NOW HE'S GOING BACK,
00:29:52AND HE'S CITING OTHER STATUTES,
00:29:55SAYING IT'S THE BASIS FOR THIS
00:29:58ABSURD ATTACK ON CANADA. SO THE SECOND PART, OR THE SECOND
00:30:02ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, HOW ARE WE GOING TO STOP HIM? WE'RE GOING TO WIN BACK CONGRESS
00:30:05>> [APPLAUSE] >> IN NOVEMBER. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:30:07>> WE'RE GOING TO WIN LOW
00:30:14AGAIN. >> [APPLAUSE] >> BUT THIS IS WHY I'VE BEEN
00:30:18TRAVELING. >> NOT JUST DOWN IN THE SOUTH,
00:30:19IN FLORIDA AND TEXAS AND SOUTH
00:30:23CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA. THE REASON I'VE BEEN OUT ON THE
00:30:27ROAD STATES IS BECAUSE THE
00:30:28PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN STATES
00:30:31UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW CATASTROPHIC THESE POLICIES ARE. AND I'M
00:30:34MEETING PEOPLE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, IN THE ADIRONDACKS, AND
00:30:38MEETING PEOPLE, UH, IN MINNESOTA, IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE
00:30:41IN MICHIGAN, UPPER PENINSULA,
00:30:44UM, WHO ARE TELLING US THAT THIS
00:30:48CANADIAN BOYCOTT OF AMERICA,
00:30:52WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT, UH, FURTHER
00:30:54SOUTH AND THIS CANADIAN BOYCOTT IS PUNISHING SMALL BUSINESSES IN
00:30:58AMERICA FOR ALL OF THE SINS OF
00:31:01DONALD TRUMP. THE CANADA IS NOT
00:31:03THE 51st STATE OF AMERICA. OKAY?
00:31:08CANADA IS AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES. AND WE
00:31:10DON'T NEED ANY MORE OF DONALD TRUMP'S CATASTROPHIC, ILLEGAL,
00:31:14>> [APPLAUSE] >> UNCONSTITUTIONAL
00:31:18>> [APPLAUSE]
00:31:22>> ANSWER, AND I AGREE WITH. >> ALL OF IT. I ALSO WANT US TO
00:31:25THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S THE POINT OF A TARIFF IN THE
00:31:29FIRST PLACE, RIGHT? THE ONLY REASON YOU WOULD EVER HAVE A
00:31:32TARIFF IS THAT YOU WANT TO PROTECT AN INDUSTRY IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE
00:31:36SAYING, LISTEN, IF YOU MAKE SOMETHING THAT COMPETES WITH US,
00:31:39WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR OWN
00:31:41INDUSTRY. SO WE'LL TARIFF SO THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR OWN
00:31:45INDUSTRY. YOU GOT TO PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE IF IT COMES FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY. THERE IS
00:31:48A LOGICAL USE OF SOME TARIFFS.
00:31:50THIS JUST AIN'T IN THE ONLY
00:31:52VALUE OF THESE TARIFFS. AS HE IMPOSED UNILATERALLY WITHOUT ANY
00:31:55APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS, IS ABOUT
00:31:58HIS OWN GREED AND INTEREST. IT IS ABOUT IMPOSING TARIFFS AGAINST COUNTRIES. HE DOESN'T
00:32:02LIKE THAT HE WANTS POWER OVER
00:32:03AND THEN CARVING EXCLUSIONS FOR
00:32:07CORPORATIONS. HE DOES LIKE,
00:32:08BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS ABLE TO SKIRT ALL THESE TARIFFS, ALL
00:32:12OF THE BIGGEST CORPORATIONS WHO
00:32:14GAVE TO HIS CAMPAIGNS. AND SO THERE IS A LOGICAL USE OF TARIFFS. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO
00:32:18DO IT, YOU WOULD DO IT WITH THE LOGIC BEHIND IT. BUT HERE'S THE
00:32:21PROBLEM. ALL OF THE GROWTH
00:32:25INDUSTRIES THAT WE COULD BE INVESTING IN WERE NOT. SO IF
00:32:27YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TARIFF POLICY, INVEST IN SOME
00:32:31INDUSTRIES, PROTECT THEM TO GROW, AND THEN BRING THE TARIFFS
00:32:34DOWN. SO THERE IS A LOGICAL USE OF TARIFFS. IT'S JUST NOT THIS.
00:32:37THIS IS A HAM FISTED, CHAOTIC,
00:32:39SELF-SERVING USE OF TARIFFS FOR ONE PARTICULAR PRESIDENT WHO
00:32:42MADE $2 BILLION OFF OF HIS ROLE
00:32:48IN THE TOP SPOT OF OUR GOVERNMENT. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE
00:32:51ACTUALLY WANT TO BUILD TRADE
00:32:53POLICY THAT BENEFITS UNION WORKERS, THAT BENEFITS THE
00:32:57CREATION OF JOBS IN AMERICA.
00:32:59THAT IS THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGE WITH OUR TRADING
00:33:02PARTNERS, BUT IS NOT ABOUT PUNISHING THEM SIMPLY FOR A
00:33:06PRESIDENT'S >> [APPLAUSE] >> OWN VANITY >> [APPLAUSE]
00:33:10>> SO >> [APPLAUSE]
00:33:13>> I SO, SO APPRECIATE YOU. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. >> ONE OF OUR INCREDIBLE PARTNERS. WE'RE. STELLA.
00:33:17>> I'M RIGHT HERE. >> STELLA, TELL US WHO YOU ARE. >> HELLO, STELLA. WHO ARE YOU?
00:33:21OH, YES. HI. I'M STELLA. UM, I
00:33:24AM THE LEADER OF THE COLLEGE DEMOCRATS HERE AT >> [APPLAUSE]
00:33:27>> U OF M.
00:33:29>> [APPLAUSE] >> BUT, HEY.
00:33:33>> SO FOR FOLKS WHO ARE NEW ON CAMPUS, YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO.
00:33:36TALK TO STELLA. WE ARE BUILDING
00:33:41A MASSIVE ORGANIZING EFFORT ON CAMPUS. THEY THINK YOUNG PEOPLE
00:33:44DON'T VOTE. WELL, THE PROBLEM
00:33:46IS
00:33:51>> THIS CAMPAIGN. >> [APPLAUSE] >> WE BUILT. >> THIS CAMPAIGN LISTENING TO
00:33:55UNDERSTANDING, EMPATHIZING, AND EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE.
00:33:58>> YEAH. >> [APPLAUSE] >> LET'S SHOW EM WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU. >> GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE
00:34:02>> [APPLAUSE] >> SOMETHING TO VOTE. >> [APPLAUSE] >> FOR.
00:34:05>> [APPLAUSE]
00:34:09>> THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS, PUT MONEY IN OUR POCKET, PASS MEDICARE FOR
00:34:12ALL. IF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT
00:34:14SPENDING OUR MONEY TO DO SMART THINGS HERE, RATHER THAN DUMB
00:34:18THINGS SOMEWHERE ELSE, IF YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA OF TAKING
00:34:22IT TO TRUMP AND TRUMPISM, IF YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA
00:34:24OF AN AMERICA WHERE YOU HAVE ALL OF YOUR RIGHTS BECAUSE
00:34:27SOMEBODY'S NOT TAKING THEM AWAY, WE NEED YOU OUT THERE. SO I'M
00:34:30ASKING YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU TALK
00:34:32TO STELLA. YOU TALK TO OUR ORGANIZERS BEFORE YOU LEAVE
00:34:35TODAY. SIGN UP. WE NEED YOU ON CAMPUS. I WANT TO SEE THIS CAMPUS >> [APPLAUSE]
00:34:40>> TURNOUT AT, LIKE, 80%.
00:34:44>> [APPLAUSE] >> YEAH.
00:34:45>> [APPLAUSE]
00:34:49>> LEAST 20%. >> COLLEGE REPUBLICANS. THEY DON'T NEED TURNOUT. ACTUALLY, THEY SHOULD TURN OUT TO. BUT
00:34:53ANYWAY, ALL THAT IS TO SAY, LET'S GET THE FULL TURNOUT ON
00:34:57CAMPUSES LIKE THESE. I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU CAME >> [APPLAUSE] >> HERE TODAY. >> [APPLAUSE] >> SO APPRECIATE YOU. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:35:01>> TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WHO >> HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND LET'S GET MONEY OUT >> [APPLAUSE]
00:35:05>> OF
00:35:17>> LINDSEY GRAHAM IN LOS ANGELES
00:35:19TIMES. UM, REPRESENTATIVE RASKIN
00:35:22ASKING ABOUT ABDUL WITH PROGRESSIVES, WITHOUT FAIL, THEY
00:35:25ALL MENTIONED HIS FAITH. WHERE
00:35:30ARE YOU IN TERMS OF TRYING TO
00:35:30CONVINCE OR TALK TO DEMOCRATS
00:35:34ABOUT HAVING MORE COMFORT, VOTING FOR A MUSLIM VERSUS A CHRISTIAN OR SOMEONE A CATHOLIC OR ANOTHER DENOMINATION?
00:35:38>> OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT KENNEDY GAVE A GREAT SPEECH
00:35:40ABOUT THAT WHEN HE WAS BEING
00:35:43ATTACKED FOR HIS CATHOLICISM, AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE ONE
00:35:46LEGITIMATE QUESTION THAT HE THOUGHT WAS WHETHER ANYBODY IN A
00:35:50PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS FAITH WOULD BE TAKING ORDERS FROM SOMEONE ELSE. AND HE SAID, SO I'M VERY
00:35:53HAPPY TO SAY I'M NOT TAKING
00:35:56ORDERS FROM ANY PRELATE OR POPE OR WHATEVER. AND HE SAID, BEYOND
00:36:00THAT, WHAT MATTERS IS NOT MY PRIVATE FAITH, BUT MY PUBLIC
00:36:03FAITH. AND HE SAID, CENTRAL TO MY PUBLIC FAITH IS AN ABSOLUTE
00:36:07BELIEF IN THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS TRUE OF ABDUL, AND
00:36:10IT'S TRUE OF EVERYBODY IN THE
00:36:12DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I MEAN, WE'RE WE REJECT THE IDEA THAT ANY
00:36:16RELIGION SHOULD BE TAKING OVER
00:36:20ANY PUBLIC INSTITUTION >> THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? HANDS, PLEASE. WE'LL GO IN THE
00:36:23BACK. NAME AND OUTLET, PLEASE. GREEN SHIRT. >> UH, YEAH. NICO WILSON,
00:36:26MICHIGAN DAILY. UM. YOU HAVE?
00:36:28YEAH. YOU HAVE, UH, CHALLENGED MIKE ROGERS TO NUMEROUS DEBATES, BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE ONE
00:36:32SCHEDULED. UM, FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU THINK THAT ONE CAN HAPPEN?
00:36:35AND SECOND OF ALL, WHAT IS THE MAIN CONTRAST BETWEEN YOURSELF
00:36:39AND MIKE ROGERS THAT YOU WANT MICHIGAN VOTERS TO COME AWAY WITH ON THAT STAGE?
00:36:43>> UH, ANYWHERE, ANY TIME, ON.
00:36:45>> ANY ISSUE, IN ANY SETTING? >> I'M MORE THAN HAPPY.
00:36:49>> TO DEBATE YOU, MIKE. STOP DODGING US. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S DOING IT. I
00:36:52WOULD IF I WERE HIM, TOO. UP THE
00:36:54CONTRAST. ONE OF US HAS NEVER TAKEN A DIME OF CORPORATE MONEY
00:36:59TO RUN A CAMPAIGN. SPENT THEIR
00:37:02CAREER REBUILDING HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, PUTTING NARCAN
00:37:05VENDING MACHINES ON STREETS, ELIMINATING MEDICAL DEBT,
00:37:09HELPING PEOPLE AFFORD THEIR HEALTH CARE. THE OTHER ONE TOOK
00:37:12$5 MILLION IN CORPORATE MONEY. DURING HIS TIME IN CONGRESS, A MILLION ALONE FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY VOTED 19
00:37:16TIMES TO RAISE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES, HELPED TO ARCHITECT
00:37:20LEGISLATION THAT EXPANDED OPIOIDS. AT A TIME WHEN WE ALREADY KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN EPIDEMIC, HAS
00:37:24NEVER SEEN A CORPORATE DOLLAR HE DID NOT WANT TO BRING INTO OUR POLITICS, HAS SPENT MOST OF HIS
00:37:28CAREER, UH, THE MONEY HE'S
00:37:31MADE, PROFITING OFF OF HIS PUBLIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH
00:37:35CORPORATIONS, UM, YEAH, I THINK THE CONTRACT IS PRETTY
00:37:37SELF-EVIDENT. UH, I, THINK
00:37:41DONALD TRUMP IS THE WORST PRESIDENT OF OUR HISTORY. MIKE ROGERS THINKS THAT DESPITE THE
00:37:44FACT THAT HE LIED ABOUT AN
00:37:47ELECTION, UH, THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS A GREAT PRESIDENCY. MIKE
00:37:51ROGERS WANTS TO CONTINUE TRADE WAR WITH CANADA AND WAR IN IRAN. I THINK TRADE WAR WITH CANADA IS
00:37:55DUMB. AND I THINK WAR WITH IRAN IS JUST AS DUMB. UM, YOU COULD
00:37:58NOT HAVE, UM, COUNTERPOSING
00:38:02OPPOSITES. ONE OF US, UH, IS WILLING TO GO HAVE A
00:38:05CONVERSATION ANYWHERE WITH ANYONE. THE OTHER ONE DODGES CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO ALREADY AGREE WITH THEM. SO YOU
00:38:09WANT TO KEEP GOING? >> UH >> DON'T MIND? I THINK THAT
00:38:13THIS SENATE RACE IN MICHIGAN IS
00:38:17EMBLEMATIC OF THE POLITICAL STRUGGLE AROUND THE COUNTRY. YOU HAVE TWO RADICALLY CONTRASTING
00:38:20VISIONS OF GOVERNMENT. THE DEMOCRATS SAY THE GOVERNMENT
00:38:23MUST BE AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND THE WELL-BEING
00:38:27OF ALL THE PEOPLE. THE REPUBLICANS SAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE AN
00:38:29INSTRUMENT FOR THE PRIVATE SELF-ENRICHMENT AND CORRUPTION
00:38:33OF THE GUY WHO GETS IN, AND HIS
00:38:35FAMILY AND HIS CORPORATION. SO
00:38:39THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A VERY CLEAR CHOICE, NOT JUST IN MICHIGAN, BUT ALL OVER AMERICA.
00:38:42>> OTHER QUESTIONS? UH,
00:38:44STRAIGHTEN THE BLUE. NICK.
00:38:50>> HEY, NICK. WHAT? SEMAPHORE? I
00:38:54GOT A QUESTION FOR. >> HEY, IT'S A NEW OUTLOOK FOR YOU.
00:38:58>> YEAH. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> UM, I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT, UH, SOME CRITICISM YOU'VE
00:39:01BEEN TAKING IN RECENT DAYS FROM OTHER DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE. CONGRESSMAN COLTON HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF YOUR ASSOCIATION
00:39:05WITH HASSAN PIKER. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, UH, NESSEL SAID TODAY
00:39:06THAT, UM, SHE BELIEVED THAT YOU WERE PERHAPS MAKING EXCUSES FOR
00:39:10DOMESTIC TERRORISM. UM, ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK WITH THESE FOLKS? HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT CRITICISM?
00:39:14>> YEAH, I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS, UH, ACROSS MY PARTY AND ELSEWHERE. I
00:39:18THINK THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS, HOW DO WE GET TOGETHER TO, TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP? YOU KNOW, IF
00:39:22FOLKS ARE SERIOUS ABOUT TRUMP BEING THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT THAT I KNOW HE IS, UH, THEN I
00:39:25THINK IT IS CRITICAL FOR ALL OF
00:39:27US TO COME TOGETHER TO BE HIS,
00:39:30UH, CHOSEN LACKEY HERE IN
00:39:33MICHIGAN. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS, THERE'S A, THERE'S A
00:39:35NARRATIVE THAT HE'S TRYING TO PUSH THAT SOMEHOW WE'RE
00:39:38DISUNITED. THERE IS NO POLL JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT, NO
00:39:41EVIDENCE FOR THAT. AND I THINK THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:39:44STILL NURSING WOUNDS OR GRIEVANCES FROM THE PRIMARY. I GET IT, LOSING IS HARD. I'VE
00:39:47LOST BEFORE. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW,
00:39:49I HOPE THAT THEY'LL TAKE THEIR,
00:39:52UH, NOTES FROM, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN STEVENS, WHO, UH,
00:39:55WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A VERY HARD FOUGHT RACE, PUT IT
00:39:59BEHIND HER, AND FOCUS ON OUR SHARED GOAL, WHICH IS DEFEATING
00:40:03MIKE ROGERS IN NOVEMBER AND STANDING UP TO TRUMP FOR THE
00:40:05NEXT TWO YEARS. AFTER THAT. UH, AND PASSING LEGISLATION THAT'S
00:40:09ACTUALLY GOING TO EMPOWER AND SUPPORT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO FIGURE
00:40:12OUT HOW TO ALLOW A FEW TO
00:40:14PROFITEER OFF OF THE REST OF US.
00:40:18>> ALL RIGHT. LAST QUESTION.
00:40:21>> THANK YOU, ANDREW. JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY, UH, REPRESENTATIVE RASKIN, A LOT OF JEWISH DEMOCRATS, JEWISH
00:40:24LIBERALS, LOOK UP TO YOU. UM, THEY, A LOT OF THEM ARE VERY
00:40:28CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF WHAT DR. EL-SAYED HAS BEEN SAYING. UH,
00:40:32WHAT IS YOUR PITCH TO THEM AS TO WHY THEY SHOULD GET BEHIND THIS CANDIDATE TODAY? AND, ABDULLAH, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS YOUR
00:40:36RECENT, UM, DISTANCING FROM HASSAN PIKER REGARDING HIS LATEST COMMENTS, DOES THAT
00:40:40SIGNAL A SHIFT IN TERMS OF HOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR
00:40:42RELATIONSHIP TO HIM OR TO HIS MOVEMENT? >> SO LET ME MAKE TWO POINTS,
00:40:46OKAY? AND ONE IS ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE NATURE
00:40:48OF THIS ELECTION. UM, THOSE OF
00:40:52US WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING DONALD
00:40:54TRUMP AND HIS AUTHORITARIANISM
00:40:56AND CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS AND
00:41:00IMMIGRANTS FOR TEN YEARS NOW,
00:41:03UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN
00:41:05ESSENTIAL REFERENDUM ABOUT THE FUTURE, WHERE WE HAVE DEMOCRACY,
00:41:09OR WILL WE HAVE AUTOCRACY? THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO CUT THIS REIGN
00:41:13OF LAWLESSNESS AND TERROR IN HALF IN THIS ELECTION. THAT IS
00:41:16THE OVERARCHING QUESTION HERE.
00:41:21SO I'VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR DEMOCRATS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS UP
00:41:25YESTERDAY IN, UM, THE FIRST
00:41:28DISTRICT HERE WITH KELLY BAR.
00:41:31UM, AND I WAS WITH SEAN MCCANN
00:41:32IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT. I WAS IN
00:41:35COLORADO BEFORE THAT. I WAS IN
00:41:38US SENATE CANDIDATE IN MICHIGAN, IT WAS FOR ELISSA SLOTKIN. I
00:41:41CAME OUT AND CAMPAIGNED FOR HER. SO I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE
00:41:45A POLITICAL PARTY, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE DEMOCRATIC
00:41:49PARTY, WHICH FDR CALLED THE
00:41:50DEMOCRACY. HE SAID, WELL, THE ECONOMIC ROYALISTS AND
00:41:54PLUTOCRATS SAY JUST INVEST IN THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN
00:41:57AMERICA. BUT THE DEMOCRACY SAYS, INVEST IN THE GREAT AMERICAN
00:42:00WORKING MIDDLE CLASS. AND
00:42:02THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS A VERY
00:42:05BIG TENT. IT'S A VERY BIG TENT, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF
00:42:08PEOPLE IN IT, AND THEY'RE JUST
00:42:10LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANY BIG FAMILY
00:42:14THANKSGIVING DINNER, THERE CAN BE ARGUMENTS AND PEOPLE
00:42:17JOSTLING, AND THERE'S
00:42:19UNRULINESS. BUT FUNDAMENTALLY,
00:42:23WE ALL BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM AND THE PROGRESS AND
00:42:25PROSPERITY OF OUR PEOPLE. AND
00:42:29I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED BY, UH, ABDUL'S EXTRAORDINARY
00:42:32CAREER AS A PUBLIC HEALTH SERVANT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED HERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE
00:42:37THE NEXT BIG JUMP FORWARD FOR
00:42:40AMERICA IN TERMS OF MAKING PROGRESS FOR OUR PEOPLE. WE NEED
00:42:44TO MOVE TO A SYSTEM WHERE EVERYBODY GETS HEALTH CARE, AND
00:42:47HEALTH CARE IS MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE, AND WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY IN CRISIS ABOUT IT.
00:42:52MEANTIME, THE REPUBLICANS, UH, YOU KNOW, CUT MILLIONS OF
00:42:54PEOPLE, UM, OUT OF THEIR HEALTH
00:42:57CARE WITH THE MEDICAID CUTS AND
00:42:59WITH, UH, THE, UH, DRAMATIC
00:43:02REDUCTION IN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TAX CREDITS. UM, SO WE WANT
00:43:05TO MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. AND I SEE HIM AS A
00:43:08HUGE LEADER, AS THE LEADER FOR
00:43:11NATIONAL, UM, HEALTH CARE US
00:43:16SENATE. WHEN HE GETS THERE. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE JOINED BY TWO INCREDIBLE COLLEAGUES, FOLKS
00:43:20WHO I'VE LOOKED UP TO FOR A VERY LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, I
00:43:23KICKED OFF THIS CAMPAIGN BACK IN APRIL OF 2025. AND, UM, WE WENT
00:43:27ALL OVER THE STATE. SOME ROOMS,
00:43:29FIVE PEOPLE, 50 PEOPLE, UH, 100
00:43:33PEOPLE, AND RESOUNDINGLY EVERYWHERE I WENT, PEOPLE TOLD
00:43:37ME THE SAME THING. IT JUST SHOULDN'T BE THIS HARD. IT SHOULDN'T BE THIS HARD, THIS HARD. AND THE RICHEST, MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO
00:43:41AFFORD YOUR GROCERIES, OR PAY YOUR RENT, OR AFFORD A HOME, OR
00:43:43SEE A DOCTOR. AND IT'S, IT'S, I
00:43:47THINK FOR A LOT OF US WHO'VE
00:43:51BEEN WATCHING POLITICS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, FRANKLY, BEFORE THAT, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS
00:43:54QUESTION OF LIKE, HOW OR WHY ARE
00:43:58PEOPLE SO ANGRY AT ALL OF IT? AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE TOO
00:44:02OFTEN WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT POLITICS, YOU HEAR POLITICS COVERED AS SPORT, RIGHT? LIKE
00:44:06HASAN PIKER IS A STREAMER IN
00:44:09CALIFORNIA. YOU WOULD THINK IF YOU TURNED ON ANY MEDIA, THAT
00:44:13THIS WHOLE CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT A STREAMER IN CALIFORNIA, THAT'S
00:44:16NOT WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN HAS EVER BEEN ABOUT. THIS CAMPAIGN HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE ABILITY TO
00:44:20AFFORD YOUR GROCERIES IN MICHIGAN, THE ABILITY TO SEND
00:44:23YOUR KID TO A GOOD SCHOOL IN MICHIGAN, THE ABILITY TO SEE A
00:44:26DOCTOR IN MICHIGAN. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I'M INTERESTED IN
00:44:29ANSWERING AND ASKING. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ACROSS
00:44:32THIS CAMPAIGN. AND SO, YOU KNOW,
00:44:36I'M, I'M LESS INTERESTED IN GOING TO THE, THE SORT OF LIKE TABLOID VERSION OF OUR POLITICS
00:44:39WHERE WE COVER THIS AS LIKE, OH, WHO'S IN, WHO'S OUT, WHO'S UP,
00:44:42WHO'S DOWN, WHO'S TALKING TO WHO? AND I'M A LOT MORE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO THE
00:44:46PEOPLE IN THE STATE WHO'VE HAD A BUM DEAL BECAUSE OF DONALD
00:44:50TRUMP AND THE POLITICS THAT MIKE ROGERS HAS BEEN THE EPITOME OF FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, THIS CONTRAST
00:44:54COULDN'T BE MORE CLEAR. YOU GOT
00:44:57A GUY RIGHT NOW WHO'S GOING TO RUBBER STAMP EVERY SINGLE THING
00:45:00DONALD TRUMP DOES BECAUSE HE'S DONALD TRUMP, NOT BECAUSE HE AGREES WITH DONALD TRUMP, NOT BECAUSE HE THINKS DONALD TRUMP
00:45:04IS A SMART GUY WITH THOUGHTFUL IDEAS. IT'S BECAUSE HE'S AFRAID OF DONALD TRUMP'S POWER. AND IF
00:45:08WE WANT A SENATOR WHO'S AFRAID OF THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT,
00:45:10THEN WE DON'T HAVE A SENATOR AT ALL.
00:45:13>> THANK YOU, PRESS. APPRECIATE
00:45:19IT. IF WE COULD HAVE FOLKS CLEAR
00:45:21THE SPACE, PLEASE. >> TODAY AT NOON EASTERN C-SPAN 2 WILL BRING YOU THE THOM
00:45:25HARTMANN PROGRAM, HOSTED BY
00:45:27PROGRESSIVE COMMENTATOR AND
00:45:29AUTHOR THOM HARTMANN. MR.
00:45:31HARTMANN, WHO HAS BEEN AN
00:45:35INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN THE PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT, DEBUTED HIS PROGRAM IN 2003 AND FEATURES
00:45:38CONVERSATIONS WITH GUESTS ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES.
00:45:41WATCH THIS AND OUR OTHER SIMULCAST COVERAGE THIS WEEK ON
00:45:45C-SPAN 2. YOU CAN ALSO FIND IT ON C-SPAN NOW, OUR FREE MOBILE
00:45:48APP, OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
00:45:55>> [MUSIC] >> TODAY ON C-SPAN. CEASE A BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION ON THE
00:45:58STATE OF POLITICS. TODAY, THE FUTURE OF BOTH PARTIES AND THE
00:46:02MIDTERM ELECTIONS, FEATURING FORMER NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN
00:46:05GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU AND FORMER NORTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATIC SENATOR HEIDI HEITKAMP, JOINED BY
00:46:09POLITICO, PLAYBOOK COAUTHOR AND CEASEFIRE HOST DASHA BURNS.
00:46:12THEY'LL ALSO DISCUSS THEIR JOINT EFFORTS TO TACKLE
00:46:14CHALLENGES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES.
00:46:17WATCH CEASEFIRE TODAY AT 7 P.M.
00:46:24AND 10 P.M. EASTERN AND PACIFIC ONLY ON C-SPAN.
00:46:27>> BOOK TV EVERY SUNDAY ON C-SPAN. TWO FEATURES LEADING
00:46:31AUTHORS DISCUSSING THEIR LATEST NONFICTION BOOKS. HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING UP THIS
00:46:35WEEKEND AT 1:45 P.M. EASTERN. JOANNA STERN WITH HER BOOK I AM
00:46:38NOT A ROBOT, DESCRIBES THE YEAR
00:46:41SHE SPENT USING AI AND ROBOTS IN
00:46:43ALL ASPECTS OF HER LIFE. THEN AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST CORY
00:46:47DOCTOROW AND HIS BOOK, THE REVERSE CENTAUR'S GUIDE TO LIFE
00:46:51AFTER AI. HE OFFERS GUIDANCE ON HANDLING THE INTRODUCTION OF AI
00:46:54INTO OUR LIVES AND WORK. AT 5:45
00:46:57P.M. EASTERN, ALSO AT 10:30
00:46:58P.M., JOURNALIST ANNIE JACOBSEN, AUTHOR OF THE BEST SELLING BOOK
00:47:02BIOLOGICAL WAR A SCENARIO,
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00:47:23OR WATCH ONLINE ANYTIME AT
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00:47:27>> TWO REMARKS NOW FROM COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK OUTSIDE
00:47:31U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR D.C., WHERE AN EMERGENCY HEARING IS
00:47:35BEING HELD REGARDING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PROPOSAL TO RENAME THE
00:47:37KENNEDY CENTER. THE SECRETARY SPOKE ABOUT THE CENTER'S
00:47:41CLOSURE AND INTENDED RENOVATIONS BEFORE TAKING QUESTIONS ON THE
00:47:42RECENT TRADE DISPUTE WITH
00:47:47CANADA.