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00:00:03BOLTS.
00:00:03ON THE TURN, BOTH ON FOURFOLD.
00:00:26IF WE CAN DECREASE IN RUNNING
00:00:28TORQUE AFTER THE FIRST HALF
00:00:33TURN. OKAY, COPY. GOOD WORDS. YOU CAN STOW THE RATCHET WRENCH IN THE CREW LOCK BAG AND
00:00:38RETRIEVE YOUR P G T.
00:00:40AND SO IF HE IS, HE'S DOING THIS
00:00:43REMINDER THAT WHEN HE RELEASES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU IN A
00:00:46POSITION TO STABILIZE THE GASKET. WE'RE, UM.
00:00:48WE DON'T MIND IF YOU GO ON THE ZENITH OR NEAR SIDE.
00:00:52UH, BUT WE'RE THINKING MAYBE THE NADER SIDE TO GET DROPPED OUR DAY.
00:00:55LONG LIVE NASA SPACEWALK COVERAGE TO TAKE YOU LIVE TO
00:00:57MICHIGAN WHERE U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE ABDUL EL SAY IT IS HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON
00:01:03ANTI-MUSLIM RHETORIC. THIS IS LIVE COVERAGE. LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT.
00:01:06AND I STAND HERE TO REITERATE IT.
00:01:10MICHIGAN IS NO PLACE FOR HATE. MICHIGAN IS NO PLACE FOR HATE.
00:01:13WE MUST STAND IN UNITY. I, I TOLD YOU THOSE TWO PLACES
00:01:19THAT I STAND AS A PASTOR, AS A
00:01:23CHAIRPERSON, AND I STAND HERE AS A BLACK WOMAN THAT LIVES HERE IN
00:01:27THIS COMMUNITY AND I BELIEVE
00:01:29THAT WE ALL MUST STAND IN UNITY WITH ONE ANOTHER.
00:01:33THERE IS NO PLACE FOR DIVISIVE ACTS.
00:01:36THERE'S NO PLACE FOR DIVISION IN
00:01:38OUR MOTTO IS COURAGE.
00:01:40FOR THIS YEAR, COURAGE AND RESILIENCE IS WHAT WE'RE
00:01:44PUSHING. AND UNITY IS ADDED ON TO THAT.
00:01:48SO WE MUST BE UNIFIED ON ONE
00:01:51ACCORD, LOOKING AT EACH OTHER
00:01:53EQUALLY AND SHARING THE SAME
00:01:56IDEAS THAT THERE IS NO PLACE HERE FOR HATRED.
00:02:00THANK YOU.
00:02:06SALAAM ALEIKUM. PEACE BE UPON YOU ALL.
00:02:11I AM SAY IT'S. I LIKE US WANI FROM MECCA IN CANTON, MICHIGAN.
00:02:15AND AS A FAITH LEADER AND AS A
00:02:19MICHIGANDER, WE ARE GATHERING HERE TODAY TO ALSO MAKE THIS
00:02:24STATEMENT THAT THERE IS NO PLACE FOR HATE IN MICHIGAN.
00:02:28CERTAINLY ALL RELIGIONS STAND AGAINST HATE.
00:02:31NOWHERE DO WE SEE MOSES OR JESUS
00:02:33OR PROPHET MUHAMMAD CALL FOR
00:02:37HATE OR CALL FOR DIVISION. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT
00:02:41SOMETIMES WE SEE PEOPLE USE RELIGION TO PIT PEOPLE AGAINST
00:02:45ONE ANOTHER. BUT RELIGIONS, TRUE ESSENCE OF
00:02:49RELIGION HAS NO HATE AND NO ONE SHOULD HARBOR ANY HATE.
00:02:52FOR ANOTHER PERSON, ESPECIALLY
00:02:54IN THIS BEAUTIFUL STATE, THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, THAT HAS BEEN
00:02:58A WELCOMING STATE FOR MEMBERS OF ALL RELIGION.
00:03:02THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY HAS GROWN HERE.
00:03:04THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY HAS ENJOYED THE LIBERTIES OF AMERICA AND THE
00:03:08OPPORTUNITIES THAT AMERICA HAS GIVEN.
00:03:10AND THIS PARTICULAR STATE.
00:03:12AND WE WISH TO SEE THIS GROW AND
00:03:14WE WISH TO SEE PEOPLE LIVE
00:03:16TOGETHER AND LIVE IN PEACE WITH
00:03:19ONE ANOTHER, WHERE THERE IS NO
00:03:21HATE IN THIS STATE AND IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:03:23WHAT SALOMONE.
00:03:33ABOUT 2000 YEARS AGO, THE STORY
00:03:35GOES, A NON--- TRAVELS TO HILLEL THE ELDER, A GREAT SAGE OF
00:03:39JUDAISM, THE NON -- SEEKING CONVERSION, AND ASKS HILLEL, CAN
00:03:43YOU TEACH ME THE TORAH, YOUR
00:03:45HOLIEST BOOK, WHILE I STAND ON
00:03:48ONE FOOT TO THIS HILLEL REPLIES, LAUGHS.
00:03:51AND THEY LE HAVRE LA EVADE WHAT
00:03:54IS HATEFUL TO YOU DO NOT DO TO YOUR NEIGHBOR.
00:03:57THAT IS THE ENTIRE TORAH.
00:03:59THE REST IS COMMENTARY.
00:04:01NOW GO AND STUDY FRIENDS EVERY
00:04:05ONE OF US HERE SHARES THAT TORAH EACH IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE, OUR
00:04:09OWN FAITH. EVERY ONE OF US HERE UNDERSTANDS THAT GOLDEN RULE AND RECOGNIZES
00:04:13THAT HATE HAS NO PLACE HERE. NOT IN DEARBORN OR DEARBORN
00:04:16HEIGHTS OR MELVIN DALE, NOT IN DETROIT OR LANSING OR DC.
00:04:20THERE'S A REASON MY TRADITION
00:04:23STARTS OUR HOLIEST BOOK WITH THE CREATION OF ALL OF LIFE, A
00:04:27REASON WHY SOMETIME BEFORE
00:04:29LIFETIMES, BEFORE THE JEWISH
00:04:31PEOPLE ARE BORN AT MOUNT SINAI, OUR ANCIENT TEXT TELLS THE TALE
00:04:35OF ADAM. HUMANITY FORMED FROM THE EARTH
00:04:38BENEATH OUR FEET, CREATED UNIQUELY BUT SELDOM.
00:04:42ELOHIM, PRECIOUS AND HOLY IN GOD'S OWN IMAGE.
00:04:46EVERY LIFE, A UNIVERSE UNTO ITSELF. THERE'S A REASON WHY THE
00:04:49COMMANDMENT REPEATED MORE THAN ANY OTHER IN TORAH, IS DON'T
00:04:52OPPRESS THE STRANGER. LOVE THE STRANGER, FOR YOU WERE
00:04:56STRANGERS IN NARROW LAND. THERE'S A REASON WHY OUR MOST
00:04:59CENTRAL DECLARATION, THE SHAMAN AFFIRMS THE ONENESS OF YEA, THE
00:05:05INTERBREEDING OF OUR LIFE. BECAUSE MY PEOPLE KNOW, HISTORY
00:05:07KNOWS WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL INEXTRICABLY LINKED.
00:05:11INTERTWINED, DIVINE EMANATION.
00:05:14AND SO WHEN YOU, MY NEIGHBOR, ARE THREATENED, WE ALL SHOW UP IN LOVE.
00:05:18LIKE SO MANY FAITH TRADITIONS,
00:05:20WE KNOW THAT SEPARATION IS AN ILLUSION.
00:05:23WHICH IS WHY OUR FAITH DEMANDS
00:05:27INTERDEPENDENCE AS OBLIGATION. THANK YOU.
00:05:36WELL, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
00:05:38WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH WE'RE IN TODAY.
00:05:41YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS TO KNOW IN DEARBORN, WE'RE HOME TO OVER 30
00:05:45CHURCHES AND LESS THAN A DOZEN MOSQUES.
00:05:47BUT WHAT TODAY'S STORY IS ABOUT AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, THIS
00:05:50IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONTEXT, IS THAT A WEEK AGO, FOLKS WERE
00:05:54WALKING THROUGH OUR STATE OF MICHIGAN CARRYING NAZI FLAGS AND
00:05:58PASSING OUT KKK FLIERS, JOIN THE
00:06:01KLAN, TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY, TAKE BACK YOUR STATE.
00:06:04BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MOMENTS OF HISTORY THAT WE'RE IN
00:06:07RIGHT NOW, THE THE THEME AND THE LESSON THAT HAS ALWAYS PREVAILED
00:06:11IS SOLIDARITY. STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
00:06:14WITH OUR BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS, OUR JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS, OUR CHRISTIAN AND
00:06:18MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS AS ONE COMMUNITY.
00:06:21THAT'S WHAT'S MADE MICHIGAN RESILIENT.
00:06:23THAT'S WHAT'S MADE OUR STATES FLOURISH.
00:06:25THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR COUNTRY GREAT.
00:06:27AND THERE ARE THOSE THAT WANT TO REDEFINE WHAT GREATNESS IS TO
00:06:31THEIR VERY SMALL DEFINITION.
00:06:33BUT THE LEADERS STANDING BEHIND
00:06:35US HERE TODAY REJECT THAT IDEA. THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER
00:06:39FOR US TO BE A GREAT STATE, WE HAVE TO EXCLUDE PEOPLE. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN
00:06:43BRING EVERYBODY IN AND ALL FLOURISH TOGETHER.
00:06:45AND WHEN FOLKS COME TO OUR STATE CARRYING THE NAZI FLAGS IN THE
00:06:50YEAR OF 2026, WHERE THEY PASS OUT FLIERS, THEY JOIN THE KKK,
00:06:55JOIN IN THIS MOVEMENT TO TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY.
00:06:58THEY ARE PREYING UPON THE WEAKEST FEELINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE
00:07:02FEELING. INSTEAD OF APPEALING TO A HIGHER CALLING, A CALLING THAT TOGETHER
00:07:05WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE BETTER THINGS AND A BETTER SOCIETY. WE ALL STRUGGLE THE SAME,
00:07:09WHETHER IT'S PAYING YOUR BILLS OR FINDING GOOD SCHOOLS FOR YOUR
00:07:13KIDS OR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSE. BUT THERE ARE THOSE THAT WOULD WANT OUR SOCIETY TO GO DOWN THE
00:07:17PATH OF HATE AND DIVISION TO
00:07:19FIGHT YOUR NEIGHBOR, REJECT
00:07:21DIVERSITY, REJECT SOLIDARITY. AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE
00:07:25THAT THERE IS A BETTER WAY, THAT OUR SOCIETY IS GREATER AND AN
00:07:30INCLUSION OF ALL OF OUR DIFFERENCES AND NOT IN SPITE OF THEM.
00:07:33AND A THEME I WANT TO SAY HERE TODAY, BECAUSE I OUGHT TO SAY IT
00:07:37AND IT HAS TO BE SAID, IS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN FOLKS WHO ASPIRE TO LEAD OUR STATE, WHO
00:07:41WANT TO LEAD OUR STATE, WHO
00:07:43REFUSE TO CONDEMN THOSE WALKING
00:07:45AROUND WITH THE NAZI FLAG AND THE KKK SYMBOLS.
00:07:47THEY REFUSE TO DO IT. AND TODAY IS NOT ABOUT BEING
00:07:51PARTIZAN OR POLITICAL, BUT IT IS
00:07:53ABOUT OUTLINING THIS, THAT IF
00:07:55YOU ARE SEEKING PUBLIC TRUST, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BE SOMEBODY
00:07:58THAT LEADS OUR STATE, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BE SOMEBODY TO GUIDE
00:08:02OUR COMMUNITY, TO MAKE SURE MICHIGAN CAN SUCCEED FOR
00:08:05EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY CAN SEE HERE, WHY ARE YOU SILENT WHEN
00:08:08OUR COMMUNITY IS UNDER ATTACK?
00:08:10WHY ARE YOU SILENT WHEN KKK
00:08:13FLIERS ARE BEING FOUND ON THE FRONT DOORSTEPS OF COMMUNITIES
00:08:16IN DETROIT? MELVIN DALE IN DEARBORN, WHY ARE YOU SILENT?
00:08:19WHY ARE YOU SILENT WHEN THERE
00:08:21ARE NAZI FLAGS AND APPEALS TO
00:08:24ONE OF THE GREATEST HUMAN CATASTROPHES IN HISTORY BEING
00:08:27MADE IN PUBLIC AND YOU'RE QUIET. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
00:08:31AND IT'S UNBECOMING OF ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SERVE IN PUBLIC OFFICE.
00:08:34AND SO I STAND HERE PROUDLY WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE, FOLKS OF
00:08:38INTERFAITH, OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AND THE EXPERIENCES PLAINLY SAYING HATE HAS NO HOME
00:08:42HERE IN OUR STATE. DON'T BRING THAT HERE. MICHIGAN IS UNITED.
00:08:45WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH EACH OTHER.
00:08:48WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
00:08:50AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES US A GREAT STATE. THAT IS WHAT PUTS US APART FROM
00:08:54ANYWHERE ELSE THAT YOU CAN GO AND LIVE.
00:08:57THANK YOU.
00:09:05GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ABBAS ALAWI.
00:09:08I WAS SENT HERE BY THE PEOPLE OF
00:09:10SENATE DISTRICT TWO WHO RECENTLY
00:09:12ELECTED ME THEIR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR STATE SENATE.
00:09:16I AM FROM THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S A PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU
00:09:19TO CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, A CENTER FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING.
00:09:23I HAVE KNOCKED THE DOORS THAT ARE AROUND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
00:09:27HERE. AND THE MESSAGE THAT THE PEOPLE
00:09:29OF THIS COMMUNITY ELECTED ME TO
00:09:32LIFT UP IS THAT WE WANT A
00:09:34POLITICS OF UNITY AND JOY AND
00:09:36TOGETHERNESS AND NOT A POLITICS OF FEAR AND DIVISION.
00:09:40I ALSO HAPPEN TO BE A CHILD OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO GREW UP TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES
00:09:45CONGRESS. AND ONE DAY ON JANUARY SIXTH OF
00:09:472021, I WENT TO WORK AND A WHITE
00:09:50SUPREMACIST MOB WAS SENT THERE BY THE THEN PRESIDENT OF THE
00:09:52UNITED STATES WHO HAPPENS TO BE
00:09:54IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW TO STOP
00:09:57THE MOST DEMOCRATIC PROCESS OF CERTIFYING AN ELECTION.
00:10:01WHO WAS OUT THERE THAT THEY J. KLAN?
00:10:05WHAT HAPPENED TO JAQUELINE?
00:10:07HE WAS THEN PARDONED BY THIS
00:10:09SAME PRESIDENT AND HE TOOK UP A
00:10:13MANTLE THAT HE WANTS TO TELL US IS A NEW ONE.
00:10:16BUT HE IS COMING HERE TO SAVE
00:10:18AMERICA FROM ISLAM OR FROM
00:10:21JEWISH FOLKS OR BLACK FOLKS. THE REALITY IS THAT J.
00:10:25KLAN IS NOT SIMPLY ATTACKING
00:10:27MUSLIMS OR -- OR CHRISTIANS OR
00:10:30BLACK FOLKS.
00:10:31HE IS ATTACKING OUR DEMOCRACY.
00:10:34HE AIDED AND ABETTED BY THIS
00:10:36PRESIDENT AND BY THE MAN RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE NAMED MIKE
00:10:41ROGERS, WHO FAILS TO CONDEMN HIS WHITE SUPREMACY, HIS CHAMPIONING
00:10:45OF NAZI IDEOLOGY. AND SO I JUST WANT US HERE TO BE CLEAR.
00:10:49OURS IS A MOVEMENT THAT LOVES EACH OTHER. WE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER.
00:10:52WE UNDERSTAND THAT ANY ATTACK ON OUR JEWISH SIBLINGS IS AN ATTACK
00:10:56ON OUR MUSLIM SIBLINGS AND THE ATTACK ON OUR MUSLIM SIBLINGS IS
00:10:58AN ATTACK ON OUR CHRISTIAN SIBLINGS. ANY ATTACK ON ANY ONE OF US IS
00:11:01AN ATTACK ON ALL OF US. AND SO WE'RE HERE TO DELIVER THE
00:11:05POLITICS OF UNITY. DONALD TRUMP AND MIKE ROGERS
00:11:08WANT AN UNAFFORDABLE WORLD WHERE THEY MAKE THE PRIORITY BEING ON
00:11:12ACCOUNTABLE FOR ATTACKS ON OUR DEMOCRACY. THANK GOD FOR ABDULLAH SAEED AND
00:11:16THE MOVEMENT THAT HE'S LEADING FOR A PALETTA OF TOGETHERNESS AND SOLIDARITY.
00:11:20THANK YOU.
00:11:29GOOD MORNING. MORNING.
00:11:32I AM MARTHA JAMES SCOTT, WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN DISTRICT THREE.
00:11:36WE'RE HERE TODAY TO MAKE A
00:11:40DIFFERENCE IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES, ALL OF THEM.
00:11:43SO WE HAVE GOT TO ALL COME TOGETHER.
00:11:47WE'RE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN AND WE
00:11:49ALL HAVE TO BE TREATED ALIKE AND WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
00:11:52I'VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND DIFFERENT OFFICES,
00:11:56AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS GAVE ME A MISSION TO SERVE HIS PEOPLE
00:12:02AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. AND JUST A COUPLE HOURS, I WILL
00:12:06BE AT THE COUNTY WHERE WE WILL BE WORKING ON ISSUES.
00:12:10I SERVE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN
00:12:13SERVICE, WHERE WE ARE THERE TO
00:12:15HELP SERVE OUR CHILDREN AND OUR
00:12:17SENIORS AND THOSE THAT NEED OUR HELP.
00:12:21THERE IS NO TIME FOR US TO BE A PART.
00:12:25IT IS TIME TO COME TOGETHER. THIS IS OUR TIME.
00:12:29I BELIEVE THAT IT IS THIS MOMENT
00:12:33THAT GOD HAS PULLED US ALL TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN COME
00:12:38TOGETHER. I BELIEVE THAT HE'S ALLOWED ME TO SERVE IN ALL OF THESE
00:12:40DIFFERENT OFFICES, TO BE HERE,
00:12:43TO SERVE.
00:12:45WE COME HERE NOT FOR OURSELVES,
00:12:47BUT WE'RE HERE TO HELP EACH OTHER.
00:12:49AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THIS
00:12:53TOGETHER. I KNOW THAT BOTH OF THE TOP
00:12:57PEOPLE, DOCTOR ABDOOL AND I HAVE
00:13:01WORKED TOGETHER AT THE COUNTY.
00:13:03HE HAS HELPED OUR CHILDREN SO MUCH.
00:13:07HE COME TO HIGHLAND PARK WHERE
00:13:09OUR CHILDREN NEEDED GLASSES AND
00:13:12WE GOT GLASSES FOR ALL THE CHILDREN ALL OVER THIS COUNTY
00:13:16BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE NOT
00:13:18ABLE TO AFFORD THEM.
00:13:20AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH A TIME
00:13:22NOW WHERE IT IS NOT EASY BECAUSE
00:13:25FROM THE TOP DOWN IT IS IT IS
00:13:29ALL OF THESE HORRIBLE THINGS.
00:13:31THOSE ADS AND STUFF IS JUST TERRIBLE.
00:13:34JUST SAY WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
00:13:37I KNOW THAT MIKE ROGERS AND I
00:13:41SERVE TOGETHER IN THE MICHIGAN SENATE.
00:13:44I FOUGHT FOR HOME AND CAR INSURANCE.
00:13:48NOT ONE TIME THAT MIGHT COME OVER TO HELP ME.
00:13:52SO DON'T SAY THAT YOU'RE DOING THESE THINGS NOW.
00:13:54TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW TO HELP
00:13:59SERVE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT'S
00:14:00WHAT GOD HAS US DO TO HELP SERVE
00:14:05ONE ANOTHER.
00:14:07AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HELPED
00:14:09SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THIS COUNTY.
00:14:13THERE ARE STILL FOLKS THAT ARE ON DRUGS AND THAT.
00:14:17SO WHAT DO WE GET?
00:14:19WE GOT NARCAN, ALL AROUND THE
00:14:21COUNTY TO SAVE LIVES. LIVES.
00:14:24THAT'S WHAT DOCTORS DO HAS BEEN ABOUT.
00:14:28WE'RE NOW PAYING HOSPITAL BILLS
00:14:32FOR FOLKS WHO COULD NOT PAY THEIR HOSPITAL BILLS.
00:14:36THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS
00:14:38THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON, NOT
00:14:40THESE HORRIBLE ADS AND THAT THAT DON'T MEAN ANYTHING.
00:14:44IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE.
00:14:49IT'S WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME LATELY.
00:14:51SO JUST GET TOGETHER AND WORK
00:14:53TOGETHER FOR ALL OF OUR
00:14:56CHILDREN, ALL OF OUR SENIORS AND
00:14:58THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED US FOR MANY YEARS.
00:15:02SO I'M ASKING EVERYONE TO COME TOGETHER.
00:15:05IT IS OUR TIME NOW. I FEEL IT IN MY BONES.
00:15:09AND SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL DO
00:15:12THIS TOGETHER.
00:15:14SO MAY GOD CONTINUE TO SMILE ON US.
00:15:17BLESS US. AND IF WE DO WHAT IS RIGHT, IT'S
00:15:21OUR TIME. IT'S OUR TIME. IT'S OUR TIME.
00:15:26THANK.
00:15:36YOU. GOOD MORNING. IT'S HARD TO SPEAK EIGHTH WHEN
00:15:40MOST OF THE THINGS ARE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT I BELIEVE
00:15:43THE THEME OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS ABOUT HOW WE HAVE TO STAND
00:15:46WITH ONE ANOTHER AND LIFT ONE ANOTHER UP.
00:15:48I CAN TELL YOU, AS YOU PROBABLY SAW IN THE BACK ROW, I WAS
00:15:51STANDING ON A STAIR TO PUT ME AT THE SAME HEIGHT AS ELIE.
00:15:55AND I BEST, BUT THAT WHILE THAT STAIR LIFTED ME UP, IT DID NOT
00:15:59BRING THEM DOWN. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL
00:16:02HERE TO LIFT UP. YOU LIKE THAT ONE?
00:16:07MY UNCLE IS A PREACHER.
00:16:10WELL, THAT'S LIFTED ME UP. I DID NOT BRING THEM DOWN. AND I THINK THAT IS THE POINT OF
00:16:14COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO WALKING INTO
00:16:17THE DOORS OF THIS CHURCH, I DROPPED MY DAUGHTER OFF TO SCHOOL.
00:16:21AND AS I DO SO OFTEN ALONGSIDE MY WIFE, WE TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS
00:16:23TO THE PARK AFTER SCHOOL AND ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND. AND WE GOT TO TAKE A LESSON AND
00:16:27NOTE FROM THEM WHEN THEY'RE ON THE PLAYGROUND MAKING NEW
00:16:32FRIENDS, THEY HAVE NO PRECONDITIONS AND THOSE FRIENDSHIPS, THEY'RE NOT ASKING
00:16:36A YOUNG CHILD, WHAT DIRECTION DO YOU PRAY? WHERE DID YOUR FATHER COME FROM?
00:16:40THEY ARE NOT APPROACHING ACCENTS WITH CARICATURES.
00:16:43THEY'RE APPROACHING THEM WITH CURIOSITY AND THEY'RE LEARNING
00:16:47ABOUT ONE ANOTHER AND PLAYING WITH ONE ANOTHER. BECAUSE KINDNESS LEADS. AND THAT IS THE EXAMPLE THAT WE
00:16:52MUST SET FOR OUR CHILDREN. BUT FAR TOO OFTEN IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO BE TAKING LESSONS
00:16:55FROM THEM AND HOW TO TREAT ONE ANOTHER. AND THAT IS THE GREAT CITY OF
00:16:59DEARBORN. THIS IS A CITY WHERE IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN FED ALL YOU NEED TO DO
00:17:03IS KNOCK ON A DOOR AND YOU'D BE INVITED INTO THEIR HOME BECAUSE
00:17:07WE'RE A COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVES IN A LONG DINING ROOM TABLE.
00:17:09AND THE LONGER IT IS, THE MORE POWERFUL IT IS BECAUSE WE
00:17:13UNDERSTAND THAT HATE, IN ORDER FOR HATE TO FLOURISH AND IT'S
00:17:17DISTANCE AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE STANDING SO CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER
00:17:19TO ELIMINATE THAT DISTANCE, TO
00:17:23UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER, AND TO BUILD COMMUNITY WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND I THINK THAT'S THE
00:17:26RESOUNDING MESSAGE THAT HONESTLY WAS UPLIFTED THIS LAST WEEK. AND I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE
00:17:30PROUD OF ALL THOSE WHO CAME
00:17:32BEFORE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO AVOIDED
00:17:36THE RIOTS THAT WERE OUTSIDE THE HATE CAMPAIGN, THAT
00:17:40UNFORTUNATELY CAME TO OUR DOORSTEPS ONCE AGAIN, ONCE
00:17:43AGAIN, DEARBORN SUCCEEDED IN DEARBORN ONE AND DEARBORN WILL
00:17:46CONTINUE TO WIN BECAUSE WE ARE ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF
00:17:49AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM AND AS THE EXAMPLE THAT WE ALL NEED TO
00:17:52LIFT UP IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PROSPER AND FLOURISH.
00:17:55THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
00:18:04WELL WELL, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ALI SAVIT. I AM THE WASHTENAW COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY AND THE
00:18:08DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL. THIS FALL.
00:18:13HATE HAS NO HOME HERE IN MICHIGAN.
00:18:15THAT IS TRUE NOT JUST FROM A
00:18:17MORAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.
00:18:21WE MADE THE DECISION AS A STATE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN A
00:18:25BIPARTISAN WAY, BY THE WAY, TO
00:18:27EXPAND OUR HATE CRIMES LAW, TO
00:18:30MAKE CLEAR THAT CRIMES WHICH
00:18:32TARGET PEOPLE BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE, BECAUSE OF WHO THEY
00:18:35LOVE, BECAUSE OF HOW THEY PREY,
00:18:36ARE TREATED EVEN MORE SERIOUSLY
00:18:40THAN THE UNDERLYING CRIMES THEMSELVES. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS
00:18:44BECAUSE WHEN AN ACTION THAT TARGETS PEOPLE BECAUSE OF WHO
00:18:48THEY ARE, CROSSES THE LINE INTO
00:18:50ILLEGALITY, IT CREATES A PRONOUNCED SENSE OF FEAR, NOT
00:18:53JUST AMONG THE VICTIM, BUT IN
00:18:57THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
00:18:59AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M
00:19:01INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO THE
00:19:03MAYOR, THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR HAMMOUD AND THE DEARBORN POLICE
00:19:07DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO WHAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN ANY
00:19:12COMMUNITY. LAST WEEK AND I KNOW THAT
00:19:16MICHIGAN LAW PROVIDES THAT HATE
00:19:20HAS NO HOME HERE. AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT ANYBODY THAT CROSSED THAT LINE WILL BE
00:19:24BROUGHT TO JUSTICE AND WILL BE PROSECUTED.
00:19:28BUT THE FACT THAT HATE HAS NO
00:19:31HOME HERE IS NOT JUST A LEGAL MAXIM.
00:19:33IT'S A MORAL ONE AS WELL.
00:19:36AND EVEN WHEN AN ACTION OR WORDS
00:19:41DO NOT CROSS THE LINE TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THEY STILL
00:19:46IMPOSE REAL HARM. AND WE ARE SEEING THAT HARM PLAY
00:19:48OUT IN FRONT OF US, IN FRONT OF
00:19:50MICROPHONES LIKE THESE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FROM THOSE WHO WOULD SEEK
00:19:53TO DIVIDE US EVERY SINGLE DAY. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT FOR
00:19:57POLITICAL GAIN IN THIS STATE ARE
00:20:00TRYING TO SUGGEST THAT AN AMERICAN BORN AND RAISED LIKE
00:20:04ABDUL CAN'T STAND FOR ALL OF US.
00:20:08THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING
00:20:10TO SUGGEST THAT THIS DEARBORN, THE GREATEST OF AMERICAN CITIES,
00:20:14WOULD EPITOMIZES THE AMERICAN
00:20:17DREAM, IS SOMEHOW NOT AMERICAN,
00:20:19PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THE
00:20:21DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE HERE.
00:20:23THE CHURCHES AND THE MOSQUES AND
00:20:27THE FACES THAT WE SEE ON THE STREETS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:20:31WE'RE TRYING TO SAY THAT THAT'S NOT AMERICAN VOTE. THAT IS AMERICA.
00:20:35THAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM.
00:20:39AND WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS THIS.
00:20:41THOSE OF US IN POLITICS, THOSE
00:20:43OF US THAT STAND BEHIND PODIUMS
00:20:47LIKE THIS AND SPEAK INTO MICROPHONES LIKE THIS,
00:20:49ABSOLUTELY HAVE AN OBLIGATION
00:20:52NOT JUST TO CONDEMN HATE CRIMES, BUT TO CONDEMN THE HATEFUL
00:20:55SPEECH, THE HATEFUL RHETORIC THAT IS SEEKING TO DIVIDE US
00:20:58BECAUSE WE ARE FACING REAL CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW.
00:21:00BUT WE ARE FACING ALL OF THEM TOGETHER. WE ARE ALL FACING CHALLENGES
00:21:04AROUND HOW MUCH THINGS COST RIGHT NOW.
00:21:08WE ALL WANT OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE
00:21:10TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND DRINK FRESH WATER.
00:21:13WE ALL WANT OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO GROW UP SAFELY AND BUY HOMES
00:21:16OF THEIR OWN AND START FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN. AND WE NEED TO BE IN THIS FIGHT
00:21:22TOGETHER AS AMERICANS.
00:21:24AND ANYBODY THAT SEEKS TO USE
00:21:26RELIGION, THAT SEEKS TO USE RACE, THAT SEEKS TO USE SEXUAL
00:21:29ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY TO
00:21:30DIVIDE US, IS MAKING US WEAKER,
00:21:34NOT STRONGER. AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD
00:21:38NEVER BE IN POLITICAL OFFICE.
00:21:40THANK YOU.
00:21:47GOOD MORNING.
00:21:49MY NAME IS GARLAND GILCHRIST. I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS THE
00:21:52LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF MICHIGAN.
00:21:55AND I WANT TO TELL YOU A FEW
00:21:57THINGS THAT I THINK ALL OF US
00:21:59HAVE OBSERVED ABOUT HATE.
00:22:03THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HATE IT, UNDERSTAND IT THE BEST.
00:22:07IT'S HARD. THEY UNDERSTAND IT MORE THAN THE
00:22:10PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE HATING.
00:22:12EVERYONE WHO'S ADDRESSED THIS
00:22:14CROWD TODAY IS PART OF A
00:22:18COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN TARGETED IN SOME WAY.
00:22:21AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN TARGETED, WHAT WE
00:22:25UNDERSTAND IS THAT THAT'S
00:22:28TARGETING IS BASED OF FEAR OF
00:22:30SOMETHING THAT IS WILLFULLY MISUNDERSTOOD.
00:22:34BECAUSE WHAT HATE DOES IS IT
00:22:36ACTUALLY NARROWS WHAT'S VISIBLE.
00:22:40HATE SMOTHERS.
00:22:43IT DOESN'T EMBRACE IT DOESN'T EXPAND.
00:22:46IT SEEKS TO LIMIT WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
00:22:50IT SEEKS TO LIMIT WHO'S INCLUDED.
00:22:53IT LIMITS WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.
00:22:57THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT SOCIETY.
00:22:59THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT HUMANITY
00:23:02THAT IS MORE AVAILABLE WHEN FEWER PEOPLE ARE PART OF IT.
00:23:05BUT THOSE WHO HATE WHAT THEY
00:23:08SEEK OUT OF SELFISH GENIUS, OUT
00:23:11OF FEAR, AND ALL OF THE WAYS
00:23:15THAT SELFISHNESS AND FEAR EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
00:23:19THEY JUST MAKE US LESS.
00:23:21BUT I BELIEVE WE LIVE IN AN
00:23:23ABUNDANT, ABUNDANT COLLECTION OF COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
00:23:27DEARBORN IS CERTAINLY NO EXCEPTION, BUT THIS IS A STATE
00:23:30THAT HAS WELCOMED PEOPLE FOR GENERATIONS FROM ALL WALKS OF
00:23:33LIFE BECAUSE IT REPRESENTED OPPORTUNITY.
00:23:37OUR STATE MOTTO SAYS THAT IF ONE
00:23:40SEEKS A PLEASANT PENINSULA LOOK
00:23:43ABOUT YOU, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THIS IS A PLACE THAT IF YOU
00:23:46WANT TO SEE THE BEST OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN AMERICA, THIS IS WHERE YOU SHOULD LOOK TO FIND
00:23:50IT. AND SO IT IS UP TO ALL OF US TO
00:23:54PLAY OUR ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:23:57WE STOMP OUT NOT JUST CONDEMN BELOW.
00:24:00WE NEED TO BE AS ACTIVE IN OUR LOVE AS THEY ARE IN THEIR HATE.
00:24:03WE NEED TO BE AS CLEAR AND
00:24:07AGGRESSIVE AND PRESENT AND FORCEFUL WITH THE FACT THAT OUR
00:24:11ARMS ARE WIDE OPEN IN OUR EYES. OUR WIDE OPEN.
00:24:14BECAUSE OUR VISION OF COMMUNITY, OF A SUCCESSFUL ONE, IS ONE THAT
00:24:17HAS PLACE AND SPACE FOR EVERYONE.
00:24:20THE TRUTH IS, IF THEY CAN'T SEE
00:24:22YOU, THEY CAN'T LOVE YOU. IF THEY WON'T LISTEN TO YOU,
00:24:27THEY'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND YOU.
00:24:29BUT WE HAVE THE POWER TO GIVE OF
00:24:33OURSELVES AS, AGAIN, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED HAVE ALWAYS DONE IN THE HISTORY OF
00:24:37HUMANITY. WE ARE THE MOST GENEROUS.
00:24:40WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT
00:24:44AND EMBRACE. THIS GATHERING TODAY IS A
00:24:50RECOGNITION OF WHY THAT CONTINUES TO BE IMPORTANT IN THE
00:24:52FACE OF THE HATERS OF THE RACES OF THE ALARMIST ISLAMOPHOBES.
00:24:55THE ANTI-SEMITES AND NAZIS AND EVERYBODY ELSE, THAT WE HAVE AN
00:25:00OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM AND SHOW EVERYBODY ELSE WHY THEIR
00:25:05VISION TAKES US BACK. BUT OUR VISION WILL ALWAYS REPRESENT WHAT IT MEANS TO GO
00:25:09FORWARD. WE'RE ABOUT PROGRESS. WE'RE ABOUT OPPORTUNITY.
00:25:13WE'RE ABOUT CONNECTEDNESS. WE'RE ABOUT LOVE. AND WE ARE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER.
00:25:19I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING
00:25:21WITH ALL OF US ON THAT JOURNEY. THIS IS A TEAM SPORT.
00:25:25THERE'S MORE OF US THAN THEM. AND THE BIGGEST TEAM ALWAYS WINS.
00:25:29SO THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WE WILL DO
00:25:33TOGETHER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND I BELIEVE NOW I HAVE THE
00:25:37OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MY FRIEND AND BROTHER, DR. ABDULLAH
00:25:42SALEH.
00:25:46YOU KNOW, FIRST, I WANT TO THANK
00:25:50YOU, FATHER, FOR HAVING US AT YOUR BEAUTIFUL CHURCH.
00:25:54AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE LEADERS WHO COME HERE TODAY TO
00:25:56BE A PART OF A CONVERSATION THAT WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO HAVE
00:26:00YET AGAIN ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AMERICAN HERE IN A PLACE THAT
00:26:04COULD NOT BE MORE AMERICAN.
00:26:06AND I YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FOCUS ON
00:26:10THE DIFFERENCES THAT THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON. I ALWAYS JOKE ABOUT THE
00:26:14DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND MY BROTHER GALAN.
00:26:16AND MOST MOST FOLKS WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND I KNOW
00:26:20HE'S GOT A FOOT ON ME AND I ALWAYS HAVE TO ADJUST THE
00:26:27MICROPHONES. BUT THE THING ABOUT IT IS THAT HUMANS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.
00:26:31AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES US HUMAN. THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT US AND
00:26:35THIS COUNTRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE ACROSS OUR
00:26:39DIFFERENCES TOGETHER. IT PLURIBUS UNUM, THAT IS AN
00:26:42AMERICAN IDEAL OUT OF MANY ONE.
00:26:45I'M A KID WHO WAS BORN AND
00:26:49RAISED A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS
00:26:51RAISED BY MY DAUGHTER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
00:26:54STEP MOM RAISED IN THE PART OF
00:26:57OUR STATE WITH THE LARGEST
00:26:59JEWISH MINORITY IN THE STATE WHO
00:27:03LIVED WITH MY PRESBYTERIAN
00:27:05DEACON GRANDPARENTS IN COLLEGE
00:27:07AND BROKE BREAD AT THANKSGIVING
00:27:09DINNER WITH MY POLISH ATHEIST UNCLE.
00:27:13AIN'T THAT AMERICA? AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT AMERICA.
00:27:18EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ENRICHED MY LIFE.
00:27:20AND I'M SO, SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD THAT.
00:27:24NOW, WHEN SOMEBODY LIKE JAKE
00:27:26LANG COMES HERE, A CONVICTED JANUARY 6TH TERRORIST AND
00:27:30TARGETS DEARBORN, IT'S NOT
00:27:32BECAUSE HE HATES A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE IS BECAUSE HE
00:27:35HATES THAT THING ABOUT AMERICA. THAT AMERICA IS BIGGER THAN THE
00:27:40SMALL VERSION OF IT, THAT HE WANTS IT TO BE.
00:27:42HE HATES THE IDEA THAT HE
00:27:44DOESN'T GET TO DEFINE AMERICA TO
00:27:47BE SO SMALL THAT IT ONLY
00:27:49INCLUDES A FEW PEOPLE WHO LOOK
00:27:51AND THINK AND ACT JUST LIKE HIM. AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, ASK
00:27:55YOURSELF WHY SOMEBODY LIKE THAT WOULD VIOLENTLY ATTACK AMERICA.
00:27:59AND THE IRONY OF IT IS THAT HE USES THE WORD TERRORIST AND DOES
00:28:03TERRORIST THINGS.
00:28:05AND I, I SAY THIS BECAUSE
00:28:11UNFORTUNATELY, HE THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TUG OF WAR IN THIS
00:28:15COUNTRY BETWEEN HIM AND WHAT HE REPRESENTS.
00:28:17AND ALL OF US AND WHAT AMERICA REPRESENTS.
00:28:21THERE ARE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT THE PIE IS ONLY SO
00:28:25BIG AND THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT
00:28:27THE WAY THAT YOU BUILD A BIGGER PIE IS TO GET MORE PEOPLE BUILDING THE PIE.
00:28:31AND WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
00:28:33AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY NOT JUST
00:28:35AGAINST HATE, BUT FOR AMERICA.
00:28:39THE AMERICA WE UNDERSTAND
00:28:41AMERICA TO BE E PLURIBUS UNUM. A PLACE WHERE IT SHOULD MATTER. THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN SHOULDN'T
00:28:45MATTER HOW YOU PRAY OR IF YOU PRAY SHOULDN'T MATTER WHERE YOUR
00:28:49FAMILY COMES FROM, SHOULDN'T MATTER WHO YOU LOVE THAT YOU
00:28:51WILL GET TO BE JUST AS AMERICAN.
00:28:53AND I JUST SAY IN DEARBORN, WHEN
00:28:57YOU TALK TO SOMEBODY LIKE JAKE, THEY'RE GOING TO FIND DEARBORN AROUND A PARTICULAR ETHNIC
00:29:01COMMUNITY OR FAITH COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE.
00:29:03BUT THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT THIS
00:29:05IS ALSO THE PLACE WHERE THE ASSEMBLY LINE WAS BUILT, WHERE
00:29:09PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER DESPITE
00:29:13DIFFERENCES, BUILDING A THING TOGETHER.
00:29:18THAT IS THE BEST METAPHOR FOR AMERICA. PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO BUILD
00:29:22A THING TOGETHER. AND RIGHT NOW, THE REASON THEY WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
00:29:27ABOUT RELIGION, ABOUT RACE, THE
00:29:33REASON THEY'RE TURNING UP THE
00:29:34LIKES OF THE KKK IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A
00:29:39CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE
00:29:40FAILING TO PROVIDE RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA.
00:29:43THERE ARE PEOPLE SHOPPING IN GROCERY STORES, SECOND GUESSING
00:29:47WHAT THEY CAN INCLUDE IN THEIR CART. RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA.
00:29:51THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE OUTGROWN THEIR HOMES AND DON'T KNOW IF
00:29:53THEY CAN GET ANOTHER ONE. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO LOVE TO OWN A HOME, BUT
00:29:57UNDERSTAND THAT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN FOR THEM. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO CAN'T PAY OFF THEIR LOANS,
00:30:03WHETHER THAT WAS A CREDIT CARD LOAN TO AFFORD THOSE GROCERIES OR A STUDENT LOAN TO GET AN
00:30:08EDUCATION OR A CAR LOAN OR A
00:30:10MORTGAGE OR A LOAN THEY HAD TO
00:30:12TAKE BECAUSE THEY GOT SICK AND FELL INTO MEDICAL DEBT. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO
00:30:18ARE DRIVING BROKEN ROADS, BREATHING, UNCLEAN AIR,
00:30:21DRINKING, IMPURE WATER AND ALL THAT.
00:30:26THIS ADMINISTRATION AND ITS APOLOGISTS WANT TO DO IS FIGURE
00:30:29OUT HOW TO DIVIDE US RATHER THAN UNITE US AROUND THE THINGS WE
00:30:33COULD DO TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS TOGETHER. BECAUSE I DON'T CARE HOW YOU
00:30:36PRAY, WHO YOU LOVE, HOW YOU IDENTIFY, YOU DESERVE A GOOD HOME.
00:30:40YOU DESERVE GOOD HEALTH CARE. YOU DESERVE TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN
00:30:43SEE A DOCTOR WHEN YOU GET SICK. YOU DESERVE PROTECTIONS AT YOUR JOB.
00:30:47YOU DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR, DRINK, CLEAN WATER.
00:30:51THAT IS WHAT ALL OF US HERE ARE UNITED AROUND. I'M GONNA FINISH HERE WITH.
00:30:55WITH JUST A THOUGHT I HAD THAT
00:30:58KEPT COMING TO MY MIND AS I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT I WOULD SAY HERE TODAY.
00:31:01AND THERE'S A VERSE IN THE KORAN
00:31:04THAT SAYS, DO NOT LET ANOTHER
00:31:06PEOPLE'S HATRED FOR YOU STOP YOU FROM DOING JUSTICE.
00:31:12AND.
00:31:12IF THAT IS NOT THE GREATEST CALL
00:31:16TO UNITY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. BECAUSE THE THING ABOUT JUSTICE
00:31:20IS THAT JUSTICE GETS PEACE AND PEACE BEGETS PROSPERITY.
00:31:24PROSPERITY BEGETS OPPORTUNITY AND FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE.
00:31:27SO EVEN WHEN THERE IS HATE, THE BEST ANSWER IS JUSTICE.
00:31:32SO ALL OF US HERE ARE UNITED AROUND THE IDEA THAT WE DESERVE
00:31:35A KIND OF JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BASIC THINGS AND THE
00:31:39RICHEST, MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. AND WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
00:31:41SO I'M SO DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF OUR LEADERS WHO ARE
00:31:45STANDING HERE TODAY AGAINST HATE FOR AMERICA, FOR THE IDEA OF A
00:31:48PLACE WHERE IT SHOULDN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE, YOU DESERVE THE
00:31:51BASIC GOOD THINGS IN THIS WORLD, AND WE CAN HAVE NICE THINGS IF WE'RE REALLY WILLING TO REACH
00:31:55ACROSS THE DIVIDES THEY TELL US WE CAN'T BRIDGE. JAKE LANE JUST REMINDS US JUST
00:31:58HOW MUCH STRONGER WE ARE TOGETHER.
00:32:00THANK YOU.
00:32:12THAT FIVE MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS FOR OUR SPEAKERS FROM THE PRESS. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, CAN YOU
00:32:16RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
00:32:24THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT.
00:32:28FOR AMERICA. WHAT IS THAT?
00:32:30I THINK THAT.
00:32:38IT STARTS WITH THE IDEA THAT
00:32:41WHAT'S CENTRAL TO AMERICA IS WE HAVE DEMOCRACY.
00:32:45DON'T FORGET WHO JACK LANG IS. DON'T FORGET WHAT MIKE ROGERS
00:32:49HAS SAID, WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID. BOTH OF THEM QUESTION THE OUTCOMES OF THEIR OWN ELECTIONS,
00:32:53WHICH THEY LOST. SO MAYBE LET'S JUST START THERE. THE GUTTING OF THE VOTING RIGHTS
00:32:57ACT BY SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
00:32:59APPOINTED BY THIS PARTICULAR
00:33:01PRESIDENT AND THE NEED FOR US TO
00:33:03COME OUT TO STAND UP IN THE LAST ELECTION. AND MY BROTHER GARLAND CAN SAY A
00:33:07LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS. BUT IN THE LAST ELECTIONS, WE HAD OBSERVERS FROM THE
00:33:10DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE KNOW WHY
00:33:13WE'VE BEEN RUNNING SOME OF THE CLEANEST, BEST ELECTIONS IN
00:33:17MICHIGAN ANYWHERE.
00:33:19AND THE ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY IS
00:33:22AN ATTACK ON AMERICA ITSELF. SO MAYBE LET'S JUST START THERE.
00:33:25LET'S START WITH THE IDEA THAT IN AMERICA WE SOLVE OUR
00:33:29DISAGREEMENTS PEACEABLY BY WAY OF DEMOCRACY, CHOOSING OUR LEADERS, COMING TOGETHER TO
00:33:34BUILD THE THINGS WE NEED AND DESERVE.
00:33:39TO BUILD ON THAT.
00:33:43JUST YESTERDAY, WE SAW A
00:33:47DANGEROUS EXAMPLE THAT OPENED
00:33:50THE DOOR TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT
00:33:53THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN WOULD NOT GET A CHANCE TO FOLLOW THE
00:33:58CONSTITUTION TO MAKE POSSIBLE FOR MICHIGANDERS TO BE ABLE TO
00:34:02CAST BALLOTS, TO INSTEAD PUT THE
00:34:05CHOICE INTO THE HANDS OF THE
00:34:08PEOPLE WHO HAVE REJECTED OUR CHOICES.
00:34:10THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED TO
00:34:14OVER THROW THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE
00:34:16UPSET BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE VOTED IN A WAY THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH.
00:34:20THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST HATEFUL
00:34:24AND HEINOUS ACTS THAT COULD BE
00:34:26THRUST UPON THE PEOPLE OF THIS
00:34:28COUNTRY AS MICHIGAN'S NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE WILL HAVE A
00:34:31ROLE TO PLAY IN PROTECTING THAT RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND MAKING SURE THAT
00:34:35MICHIGANDERS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD IN THEIR
00:34:39POWER FELT REGARDLESS OF HOW WASHINGTON FEELS ABOUT IT.
00:34:42REGARDLESS OF HOW A PRESIDENT FEELS ABOUT IT.
00:34:45BUT TO SEE WHAT THE HATERS WANT TO DO IS, AGAIN SHRINK WHO GETS
00:34:49TO MAKE CHOICES.
00:34:53THEY ARE AFRAID OF FULL PARTICIPATION BECAUSE, AS I SAID
00:34:56BEFORE, HATRED NARROW. IT SHRINKS.
00:34:58IT SMOTHERS RATHER THAN EMBRACE.
00:35:02WE HERE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, LOVE OUR COMMUNITIES. WE WANT EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE.
00:35:06WE NEVER WANTED TO HAVE A SAY BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERYTHING IS
00:35:08BETTER WHEN MORE OF US ARE PART. THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
00:35:12I CAN'T STOP.
00:35:16YOU SAW SENATOR JEREMY.
00:35:19CASS COME AND GET YOU, AND HE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO,
00:35:23YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION INSTEAD OF STAYING
00:35:25ON THE WHAT'S THE STATUS OF
00:35:27THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO BE ABLE TO GET HIS ENDORSEMENT AND
00:35:31WHATEVER? WELL, LOOK, I LIKE TO KEEP
00:35:33PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS PRIVATE
00:35:37AND WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH
00:35:41CONGRESSMAN FUTURE CONGRESSMAN ELECT, GOD WILLING, JEREMY MOSS
00:35:43HAVE BEEN ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO COME TOGETHER,
00:35:47AGREEABLE, AGREEABLY ACROSS OUR DISAGREEMENTS. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO
00:35:50SUGARCOAT THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE DISAGREEMENTS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO FOREIGN POLICY AND
00:35:54THE BEST USE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS AND THE PLURALITY OF MICHIGAN
00:35:59DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS NOMINATED ME TO BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
00:36:05NOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE
00:36:09POSITION THAT I HOLD ON FOREIGN
00:36:11POLICY IS ABOUT TRYING TO UPLIFT
00:36:13AND EMPOWER ALL PEOPLE IS ABOUT
00:36:17THE KIDS IN A COMMUNITY NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE WHERE THE MEDIAN INCOME IS $14,000 A YEAR.
00:36:22AND THE FACT THAT DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY DISTRICT IS
00:36:25STILL NEARLY $1.7 BILLION BEHIND ON THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AND THE
00:36:29SCHOOL DISTRICT, DESPITE PUTTING $700 MILLION INTO THE SCHOOL
00:36:32DISTRICT OVER THE LAST YEAR. IT'S ABOUT KEEPING OUR TAX DOLLARS HERE TO INVEST IN THOSE
00:36:36SCHOOLS HERE. IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
00:36:40IN OUR FOREIGN POLICY WE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL RIGHTS TO PEACE, DIGNITY AND
00:36:45SELF-DETERMINATION FOR PALESTINIAN FOLK. AND I'D RATHER MY TAX DOLLARS
00:36:47NOT GET SPENT TO TAKE AWAY SOME PEOPLE'S SELF THE SORT OF
00:36:51SELF-DETERMINATION THAT COULD BE USED TO EMPOWER OTHER FOLKS HERE.
00:36:54THAT'S NOT ABOUT HATING ANYBODY. I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE GROWN UP IN
00:36:58A COMMUNITY WHERE I GOT SO MUCH
00:37:00EXPOSURE AND EMPOWERMENT FROM THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. I'M SO GRATEFUL.
00:37:04JUDAISM AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE A LIGHT UNTO THE WORLD.
00:37:08INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SOCIETY, OUR CULTURE, A
00:37:11BEAUTIFUL FAITH THAT RHYMES WITH SO MUCH OF MY OWN.
00:37:14AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
00:37:18AND SO FAR AS THERE ARE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY, MY HOPE IS THAT FOLKS
00:37:21UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE DISAGREEMENTS ALIGN.
00:37:23AND ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT DOES NOT COME AT THE COST OF
00:37:27JEWISH SAFETY. I'VE BEEN YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN ONE PERSON WITH WHOM I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION AMONGST SO MANY
00:37:31LEADERS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WHO'VE OPENED THEIR ARMS TO ME AND BEEN WILLING TO HAVE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD
00:37:36CONVERSATION. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AND I THINK ALL OF US AGREE THAT
00:37:39THE THINGS THAT DIVIDE US ARE SO
00:37:42MUCH SMALLER THAN THE THINGS THAT UNITE US AGAINST SOMEBODY
00:37:44LIKE MIKE ROGERS.
00:37:46DON'T FORGET THAT RALLY.
00:37:50JAKE LANG'S RALLY ATTENDED BY
00:37:52SOMEBODY WHO IS A PART OF THE ROGERS CAMPAIGN.
00:37:56DON'T FORGET THAT MIKE ROGERS
00:38:00QUESTIONED THE OUTCOME OF HIS
00:38:022024 ELECTION AGAINST A JEWISH
00:38:06AMERICAN. SO SENATE CANDIDATE AND NOW U.S.
00:38:09SENATOR AND LISTENERS LIKE HIM.
00:38:10DON'T FORGET THAT DONALD TRUMP,
00:38:14THE CHIEF SURROGATE FOR MIKE
00:38:16ROGERS, WINED AND DINED NICK
00:38:18FUENTES, DON'T FORGET THAT WE
00:38:22DESERVE UNION RIGHTS AND GUARANTEED HEALTH CARE AND
00:38:25OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD SCHOOLS.
00:38:27THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THAT JEREMY AND I AGREE ON.
00:38:31I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND MOVING FORWARD TO TAKE BACK THE U.S.
00:38:35SENATE AND START MOVING ON SOME LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS ALL OF
00:38:38OUR COMMUNITIES AND EMPOWERS EVERYBODY.
00:38:39LAST QUESTION.
00:38:44MIKE ROGERS IS IN DETROIT AND
00:38:48WAS ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE DEMOCRATS. HE CAME TO DETROIT.
00:38:51OH, MY GOD. IT MUST BE LIKE THIRD TIME MAYBE IN HIS LIFE.
00:38:54AND HE WENT BACK TO ARGUING
00:38:59THAT.
00:39:01WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE.
00:39:05WELL, I THINK HE YOU KNOW, HE GOT ALL A DEMOCRATIC CURIOUS
00:39:09FORMER REPUBLICANS TO STAND IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AND DO
00:39:13A PRESS CONFERENCE. I GET THAT.
00:39:14HE'S TRYING TO SPIN THE PUBLIC,
00:39:17YOU KNOW, IS A NICE NARRATIVE. I GET IT.
00:39:21AND IN AN ERA WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT
00:39:24YOU VOTED 19 TIMES THE RACE, PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES.
00:39:27WELL, YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR ROLE IN INFLAMING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE $5
00:39:31MILLION YOU TOOK FROM CORPORATIONS. YOU WANT TO PRETEND LIKE YOU'RE NOT TAKING PAC MONEY EXCEPT FOR
00:39:35YOU DID FOR EIGHT BACK FUNDRAISERS IN 24 HOURS. I THINK IT'S A RECORD IN CALIFORNIA, MIND YOU.
00:39:40I THOUGHT HE WAS FROM FLORIDA. YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S NICE THAT
00:39:44HE CAME TO DETROIT. I'M REALLY GLAD NEXT TIME HE COMES, I'LL BE GLAD TO SHOW HIM AROUND.
00:39:48ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GUYS.
00:39:57FOR THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US.
00:40:07YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
00:40:11SENATE CANDIDATE ABDUL EL-SAYED FINISHING A NEWS CONFERENCE ON
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