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00:01:26PETERS. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW
00:01:30GRATEFUL I AM, TO MY COLLEAGUES,
00:01:33THE CHAIRMAN, TO ALL OF OUR INCREDIBLE SUPPORTERS HERE.
00:01:36WHAT A RACE. WE SHOOK UP THE WORLD.
00:01:43I WANT TO SAY FIRST AND
00:01:47FOREMOST, HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY.
00:01:51MY FAMILY IMMIGRATED TO THIS
00:01:54COUNTRY FROM A PLACE WHERE YOU
00:01:57CANNOT JUST PUT YOUR HAND UP AND RUN. THE ABILITY TO DO THIS, TO
00:02:00SELECT OUR LEADERS, IT IS A GIFT
00:02:05THAT SOMETIMES WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SO MUCH.
00:02:10TO MY FELLOW PARTICIPANTS, I AM SO GRATEFUL.
00:02:16YOU FOUGHT TO END CORPORATE CORRUPTION IN OUR POLITICS, YOU
00:02:19TOOK ON A PACK, YOU ARE WILLING
00:02:21TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER THAT
00:02:24SOMETIMES IS UNBEATABLE.
00:02:27I WANT TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM
00:02:29TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO
00:02:34NEXT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:02:41TO MY COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND, CONGRESSWOMAN HALEY STEVENS.
00:02:45WE SHARED A GREAT CONVERSATION THIS MORNING.
00:02:48I KNOW IT WAS A BITTER END TO THIS VERY LONG PRIMARY.
00:02:51BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT HALEY BRINGS THE BEST OF HERSELF TO HER WORK.
00:02:56SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMITTED PUBLIC SERVANTS YOU WILL MEET.
00:03:00SHE LOVES DEMOCRACY LIKE I LOVE DEMOCRACY. WHATEVER DIFFERENCES WE MIGHT
00:03:04HAVE HAD IN THE PRIMARY, THEY PALE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT UNIFIES US.
00:03:09A RECOGNITION THAT SO LONG AS WE
00:03:10WANT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY, THAT DEMOCRACY BETTER BE WORKING FOR
00:03:14THE PEOPLE.
00:03:17WE MUST NEVER MAKE -- WE MUST MAKE SURE MIKE ROGERS NEVER SEES
00:03:20THE INSIDE OF THE SENATE. [APPLAUSE]
00:03:25I HAVE TO SAY A FEW MORE THANK YOU'S BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE GOING NEXT.
00:03:30FIRST I HAVE TO THANK MY WIFE. [APPLAUSE]
00:03:38WHEN WE DECIDED TO JUMP INTO THIS RACE, I KNEW IT WAS GOING
00:03:41TO BE TOUGH FOR ME, BUT PARTICULARLY ON OUR FAMILY.
00:03:46THE FACT THAT SHE HELD IT DOWN ALONGSIDE HER POLITICAL
00:03:51PRACTICE, ALONGSIDE MAKING SURE OUR DAUGHTERS DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THIS WITHOUT THINKING LIFE WAS JUST NORMAL.
00:03:58THAT TAKES AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND SACRIFICE.
00:04:01I WANT TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM.
00:04:07IT HAS BEEN A HELL OF A RIDE.
00:04:14I OWE HER A 20TH ANNIVERSARY BECAUSE WE DEFTLY DIDN'T GET ONE OF THOSE.
00:04:18TO MY DAUGHTERS WHO I KNOW ARE NOT WATCHING, I WISH I COULD
00:04:22SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOU, BUT GIVE ME THREE MORE MONTHS.
00:04:26TO EVERYBODY WHO PUT THEIR
00:04:30SHOULDERS INTO THE WORK. ANYONE WHO MADE A CONTRIBUTION,
00:04:33WHO KNOCKED ON A DOOR OR MADE A PHONE CALL.
00:04:37WHO PUT YOURSELF INTO THIS DEMOCRACY, GAVE US YOUR STAKE IN
00:04:41DEMOCRACY. THIS MOVEMENT, THIS MOMENT IS
00:04:42FOR YOU AND I CANNOT SAY HOW
00:04:45GRATEFUL I AM. WE TOOK ON A MACHINE.
00:04:52YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO BEAT A RECORD AMOUNT OF MONEY
00:04:56SPENT IN A CAMPAIGN, AGAINST A
00:04:59DEMOCRAT IN A PRIMARY. YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO BEAT THAT.
00:05:03WHAT WE SHOWED IS THAT THE POWER
00:05:05OF OUR MANY IS GREATER THAN THE
00:05:08POWER OF THEIR MONEY. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO BUILD A
00:05:11MOVEMENT BRICK BY BRICK, TRAVEL
00:05:15TO YOUR STATE AND HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS, STARTING WITH
00:05:18MOMENTS WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO AN ELECTION
00:05:21BUT TO THE PRICE OF GAS AND
00:05:23GROCERIES AND HOUSING, YOU CAN
00:05:26BUILD A CONVERSATION THAT BUILDS
00:05:28INTO A MOVEMENT, THAT DEFEATS
00:05:32THE LIAR.
00:05:35MY HOPE IS THAT OUR DEMOCRACY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
00:05:40WHEN BIG PHARMA AND BIG TECH,
00:05:43WHEN D.C. AND BLUE CROSS COME KNOCKING SAYING WE ARE GOING TO
00:05:46OWN IT, FROM HERE ON OUT, WE CAN
00:05:49SAY NO, THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRACY AND WE WILL ALWAYS OWN IT. [APPLAUSE]
00:06:00THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE INCREDIBLE
00:06:03EFFORTS OF SO MANY ALLIES AND
00:06:07ORGANIZATIONS. I HAVE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MY FIRST ENDORSERS.
00:06:10BERNIE SANDERS, WHO CAME IN ON DAY ONE.
00:06:16I HOPE I CAN CARRY SOME OF THAT IN THE FIGHT FOR WORKING PEOPLE
00:06:20AND MEDICARE FOR ALL, THAT HE HAD BEEN CARRYING FOR ALL OF THIS TIME.
00:06:23THE UAW! [APPLAUSE]
00:06:28AS A SON OF IMMIGRANTS, OF A
00:06:33FATHER WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY TO BUILD CARS, I HAVE TO SAY
00:06:36THAT THIS IS STILL THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO MAKE AN AUTOMOBILE.
00:06:39THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE UAW.
00:06:41IT IS ALSO THE BEST PLACE IN THE
00:06:44WORLD TO BUILD A FAMILY BECAUSE OF THE UAW.
00:06:49OUR WORK IS NOW MAKING SURE THAT
00:06:51THE FOLKS WHO WANT TO SELL OUR
00:06:54DEMOCRACY OFF TO CORPORATIONS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS DON'T GET TO TAKE THAT AWAY.
00:06:58I STAND IN LOCKSTEP WITH OUR UAW SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
00:07:04THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
00:07:07FOR ALL OF THE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE ON THE GROUND.
00:07:13FOLKS LIKE MOVE ON. FOLKS LIKE THE WORKING FAMILIES
00:07:17PARTY.
00:07:20ALL OF THE CONSTITUENCY ORGANIZATIONS WHO KNOCKED ON DOORS AND MADE PHONE CALLS.
00:07:24THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:07:27I ALSO HAVE TO THANK ALL OF OUR ENDORSERS.
00:07:31300 STRONG.
00:07:34WHO CAME IN, SPENT THEIR TIME WITH US.
00:07:38CAME FROM JUST DOWN THE STREET OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TO TALK
00:07:41ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BUILD A MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
00:07:46HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO YOU. WE BUILT THIS CAMPAIGN BRICK BY BRICK.
00:07:52IN APRIL I REMEMBER TALKING TO A ROOM OF FIVE PEOPLE.
00:07:55IN A DISCUSSION THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL NEVER CLOCK, BUT IT WAS AN
00:07:59OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE AN
00:08:01HONEST CONNOR FOR TATIAN --
00:08:04HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT PAIN AND PURPOSE.
00:08:06I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE 500I TRAE
00:08:13MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT THAT MAKES
00:08:15A CLINICAL ENCOUNTER IS THE
00:08:18MOMENT SOMEBODY SHARES THEIR PAIN WITH YOU BELIEVING YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
00:08:23I DON'T PRACTICE MEDICINE, AS HAS BEEN WELL-DOCUMENTED BY ALL OF YOU.
00:08:27I HOPE I GET TO PRACTICE THAT PART OF THINGS.
00:08:29I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRACTICE IT BUT IT REQUIRES PEOPLE BEING
00:08:32WILLING TO SHARE THEIR PAIN WITH YOU SO YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
00:08:38THAT IS A MOMENT, A PIECE OF
00:08:41VULNERABILITY PEOPLE GIVE YOU BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIX IT.
00:08:45IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN A CAMPAIGN BUT IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN DEMOCRACY.
00:08:50AS WE TRAVELED OUR STATE WE WERE
00:08:53IN LIVING ROOMS IN LANSING, VFW
00:08:57HALLS, BASEMENTS, CHURCHES IN DETROIT. I GOT TO MEET SO MANY OF YOU,
00:09:01MICHIGAN.
00:09:02YOU SHARED BOTH WHAT CAUSED PAIN
00:09:06AND WHAT BROUGHT PURPOSE. WE FORGED A MOVEMENT OUT OF
00:09:11THAT, TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS AND MONEY BACK IN
00:09:13POCKETS AND PASSED MEDICARE FOR ALL TO GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:09:17[APPLAUSE]
00:09:21FOR OUR TROUBLES THE
00:09:25CORPORATIONS, THE SPECIAL INTERESTS WHO WOULD RATHER GET
00:09:29TO DECIDE WHO ARE THE LET US
00:09:31DECIDE, THEY SPENT AN
00:09:36UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BEAT US.
00:09:40ATTACK AD AFTER ATTACK AT AFTER ATTACK AT. WALL-TO-WALL ADS.
00:09:45THE COMMERCIALS ARE THE PART OF THE SHOW MOST PEOPLE DON'T WATCH.
00:09:48IT TURNS OUT YOU CAN SPEND AS
00:09:52MUCH MONEY AS YOU WANT ON LIES BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE THEM TRUE.
00:09:55IT TURNS OUT THAT WHEN YOU ARE
00:09:58ABLE TO REACH OUT AND DIGNIFY SOMEBODY'S PAIN, PEOPLE REMEMBER
00:10:02THAT A LOT MORE THAN A 32ND AD PLAYED ON A LOOP ON TELEVISION
00:10:05-- 30 SECOND AD.
00:10:11PEOPLE CAN GET THAT THING IF WE ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK.
00:10:16THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MICHIGANDERS UP AND DOWN THE STATE SHOWED.
00:10:2012,000 VOLUNTEERS KNOCKING ON
00:10:2010,000 DOORS A DAY TO DEFEAT AN
00:10:24UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF OUTSIDE MONEY. $70 MILLION.
00:10:28RIGHT NOW AS BITTER AND DIVISIVE
00:10:34AND CYNICAL AS THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST US MIGHT HAVE BEEN, I
00:10:37WANT US TO REALIZE THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THAT UNITES US NOW.
00:10:41BECAUSE THE CAMPAIGN THAT MIKE
00:10:44ROGERS AND DONALD TRUMP IN THEIR
00:10:48GOP ALLIES ARE LAUNCHING IS ALREADY MORE BITTER.
00:10:53JUST LOOK AT THE ADS. YOU ARE WATCHING ON TV STARTING TODAY.
00:10:56THEY THINK THEY WANT TO USE MY WHOLE NAME AGAINST ME.
00:11:00IF YOU CAN'T SAY THE NAMES, KEEP
00:11:02THE NAME OUT OF YOUR DAMN MOUTH. [APPLAUSE]
00:11:07I WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU LESSONS.
00:11:12THEY UNDERSTAND THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN WIN IS
00:11:16TO DRAG US INTO THE MUD, TO BELIEVE THE WORST ABOUT EACH
00:11:21OTHER, BELIEVE THAT WHAT DIVIDES US IS BIGGER THAN WHAT UNITES US.
00:11:25THEY WANT US TO THINK THE REASON SOME OF US AIN'T GOT IS BECAUSE
00:11:29OTHER PEOPLE GOT. IT TURNS OUT THE REASON SO MANY OF US AIN'T GOT IS BECAUSE OF
00:11:32THE SYSTEM THAT HAS CORRUPTED
00:11:37OUR POLITICS TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM US. THAT IS THE THING WE ARE TAKING ON NOW.
00:11:40THAT MOVEMENT TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS AND IN YOUR POCKET
00:11:44IS A BIG MOVEMENT. IF YOU SUPPORTED ME OR DID NOT
00:11:48SUPPORT ME, IF YOU VOTED FOR
00:11:51VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN 2024 OR VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP, IF YOU
00:11:54BELIEVE LIKE ME YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD GROCERIES AND
00:11:57BELIEVE LIKE ME YOU OUGHT TO BE
00:12:00ABLE TO AFFORD YOUR HOME, IF YOU BELIEVE LIKE ME YOU ARE TAX
00:12:03DOLLARS OUGHT TO BE INVESTED IN YOU RATHER THAN SENT SOMEWHERE
00:12:06ELSE, IF YOU BELIEVE LIKE ME
00:12:09THAT A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE IS
00:12:13OUR BIRTHRIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY,
00:12:16IF YOU BELIEVE LIKE ME WE HAVE A
00:12:18RESPONSIBILITY TO STAND UP AND WALK WITH OUR UNIONS SO EVERYONE HAS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS
00:12:22IN THIS COUNTRY, IF YOU BELIEVE
00:12:24LIKE ME YOU OUGHT TO HAVE THE GUARANTEE OF GOOD HEALTH CARE IN
00:12:28THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT SOME CORPORATION TRYING TO TELL YOU
00:12:32WHAT YOU CANNOT HAVE AND SHOULD NOT FIGHT FOR, I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN THIS MOVEMENT NOW.
00:12:36[APPLAUSE]
00:12:43I WANT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON IN THIS RACE.
00:12:49TO MY JEWISH-AMERICAN SISTERS AND BROTHERS, ONE OF THE MOST
00:12:53INDELIBLE MEMORIES OF THIS
00:12:56CAMPAIGN WILL HAVE BEEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK BREAD WITH
00:12:59YOU AT SEDER, TO WORSHIP WITH
00:13:02YOU AT SCHOOL, TO BE EMBRACED BY YOU.
00:13:10LISTENING TO SISTERS AND BROTHERS WHO SAID I WANT TO JOIN THIS MOVEMENT BECAUSE AIPAC DOES
00:13:14NOT SPEAK FOR ME, BECAUSE I
00:13:17UNDERSTAND SELF-DETERMINATION FOR ONE PEOPLE DOES NOT REQUIRE
00:13:21THE QUENCHING OF SELF-DETERMINATION FOR ANOTHER PEOPLE.
00:13:24UNLESS ALL OF US ARE FREE, NONE OF US ARE FREE.
00:13:27I WANT TO TELL YOU THE GREAT GIFT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME. TO ALL OF MY SISTERS AND
00:13:33BROTHERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH OR ANY FAITH AT ALL OR NO FAITH AT
00:13:37ALL, I WANT YOU TO KNOW MY
00:13:38COMMITMENT TO YOUR SAFETY, MY COMMITMENT TO JEWISH SAFETY IS
00:13:42THE SAME COMMITMENT I HAVE FOR THE SAFETY OF MY OWN DAUGHTERS.
00:13:47IF THERE IS ONE QUESTION OF A
00:13:49POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY THAT OUGHT TO ANIMATE US ALL, WHAT WOULD HE
00:13:52BUILD OR DO IF WE TREATED ALL OF
00:13:56OUR KIDS LIKE THEY WERE ALL OF OUR KIDS? HOW WOULD WE SPEND OUR MONEY?
00:14:01WHERE WOULD WE PUT OUR INVESTMENT?
00:14:05HOW WOULD WE EMBRACE ONE ANOTHER? WHAT KIND OF SCHOOLS WOULD WE
00:14:09BUILD? WHAT HEALTH CARE WOULD WE OFFER? WHAT JOBS WOULD WE PROTECT?
00:14:15HI SAY THIS BECAUSE THEY COULD
00:14:16NOT A GREATER CONTRAST BETWEEN
00:14:19THAT PHILOSOPHY AND THE CYNICISM OF MIKE ROGERS.
00:14:25MIKE IS A GUY WHO SPENT 14 YEARS IN CONGRESS WITH ONE GOAL.
00:14:30TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CASH OUT THE DAY HE LEFT. GUESS WHAT HE DID?
00:14:34AS SOON AS HE LEFT CONGRESS AFTER HAVING TAKEN CORPORATE
00:14:38CHECK AFTER CORPORATE CHECK AFTER CORPORATE CHECK TO EMPOWER
00:14:42THE CORPORATIONS TO PICK YOUR POCKETS, HE WENT AND CASHED OUT.
00:14:45NOT IN MICHIGAN. IT'S TOO COOL FOR HIM.
00:14:51HE'S GOT THIN SKIN AFTER ALL. HE WENT TO FLORIDA.
00:14:56MIKE, IF YOU WANT TO BE A FLORIDA MAN, GO BE OF FLORIDA MEN.
00:15:00I PROMISE YOU IN NOVEMBER WE WILL SEND YOU BACK TO FLORIDA.
00:15:03[CHEERS] [APPLAUSE]
00:15:09MIKE ROGERS IS A GUY WHO WANTS TO PUT A DATA CENTER IN YOUR
00:15:13BACKYARD SO HE CAN MAKE HIMSELF FEEL A LITTLE MORE MANLY ABOUT MAKING AN AI VIDEO.
00:15:16MIKE ROGERS IS A GUY WHO HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM THE CHECKS
00:15:20SO HE COULD TURN HIS FACE IN THE DIRECTION OF FLORIDA.
00:15:23MIKE ROGERS IS A GUY WHO WILL DO ANYTHING BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
00:15:27WANT HIM TO DO, INCLUDING RAZOR RATES.
00:15:31MIKE ROGERS IS A GUY WHO INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO
00:15:34INCREASE THE FLOW OF OPIOIDS. HE DID THAT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
00:15:39MIKE ROGERS IS A GUY WHOSE POLITICS AND VISION AND
00:15:42PERSPECTIVE ARE OLD.
00:15:44MIKE ROGERS IS A GUY WHO HAS
00:15:47NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM A CORPORATION HE COULD DO A FAVOR FOR.
00:15:52MIKE ROGERS IS A GUY WHO,
00:15:55BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WENT BACK TO FLORIDA SO HE COULD LICK EVERY SINGLE BOOTH DONALD TRUMP OWNS.
00:15:59JIM BAKKER HIS ENDORSEMENT. I'M SORRY.
00:16:04IF YOU WANT A SENATOR WHO WILL LICK SOME BOOTS, FINE, VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS.
00:16:09IF YOU WANT A SENATOR THAT WILL STAND UP TO DONALD TRUMP, YOU HAVE YOUR OPTION RIGHT HERE.
00:16:13[APPLAUSE] WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT MIKE ROGERS
00:16:16IS THAT HE'S LIKE THE WORST OF
00:16:19ALL VERSIONS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
00:16:22HE IS THE WORST OF THE NEOCONS. HE WAS IN THE HOUSE DURING THE
00:16:27ENTIRETY OF THE IRAQ WAR. HE LEFT BECAUSE HE GOT TIRED OF IT.
00:16:33AND THEN HE SWORE UP AND DOWN HE WOULD NEVER SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP
00:16:38UNTIL HE WAS LICKING DONALD TRUMP'S BOOTS. NOW HE CARRIES THE BURDENS OF
00:16:41BOTH THOSE THINGS.
00:16:42IZZY M -- IS HE MAGA?
00:16:48IS A NEOCON? HE IS A CORPORATE SELLOUT.
00:16:52I KNOW YOU WILL SAY NO BECAUSE YOU ARE A COWARD. FIVE DEBATES.
00:16:56IF YOU ARE WILLING TO STAND WITH
00:16:58ME AND HAVE A CONVERSATION, YOU
00:17:00AND I BOTH KNOW YOU WILL WITHER
00:17:03IN FRONT OF YOUR OWN.
00:17:06I WILL MAKE SURE MICHIGANDERS KNOW ABOUT THEM. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE SAY
00:17:10QUARTER FROM PEOPLE HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT YOU HAVE
00:17:14DONE FOR THEM HERE IN MICHIGAN. WE WILL SEND YOU BACK TO FLORIDA
00:17:17WHERE YOU BELONG. FIVE DEBATES.
00:17:21I'M HOPING FOR AN ANSWER TODAY. [APPLAUSE]
00:17:26I WANT TO FINISH HERE, BECAUSE
00:17:27IT IS NOT ABOUT MIKE ROGERS
00:17:32OR DONALD TRUMP. IT'S ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A COUNTRY. I WORKED IN THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE.
00:17:37YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOW OF MY FORMER OFFICE.
00:17:43THERE ARE MOMENTS I HAD TO PINCH
00:17:45MYSELF, BECAUSE MY STORY IN
00:17:49AMERICA IS ABOUT AS UNLIKELY AS IT GETS.
00:17:52BUT FOR AN ACCIDENT OF HENRY THAT ALLOWS MY DAD TO EMIGRATE
00:17:56TO DETROIT TO GO TO WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
00:18:00A CABDRIVER IN EGYPT LIKE MY COUSINS.
00:18:03I WOULD SPEND A LOT OF MY CHILDHOOD SUMMERS IN EGYPT.
00:18:07I WOULD SPEND THEM THERE WITH A FRONT ROW SEAT TO WHAT MY LIFE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
00:18:13EXCEPT I GOT TO BE BORN IN
00:18:15AMERICA, WHERE I GOT VACCINATED AGAINST DISEASES THAT KILLED AN
00:18:19AUNT AND UNCLE THAT DIED BEFORE
00:18:23THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY. I GOT TO GO TO AMAZING PUBLIC
00:18:27SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY.
00:18:32THAT IS WHAT AMERICA GAVE ME. I GREW UP NOT 20 MINUTES FROM HERE.
00:18:36IN TRAVELING 20 MINUTES, I
00:18:41TRAVELED A 10-YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY DOWN.
00:18:43I GOT TO MEET KIDS WHO NEVER GOT
00:18:46THE OPPORTUNITIES I GOT DESPITE THE FACT THAT FAMILIES HAVE BEEN HERE FAR LONGER THAN ME.
00:18:50I KNOW WHAT AMERICA GAVE ME. I ALSO KNOW WHAT AMERICA
00:18:54CONTINUES TO DENY TOO MANY OF OUR OWN CHILDREN.
00:18:56A LOT OF MY WORK IN THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE WAS ABOUT
00:19:00TRYING TO ADDRESS EXACTLY THAT. I KEPT RUNNING UP AGAINST ONE THING.
00:19:06THE KIND OF POLITICS THAT TELL US WE CANNOT INVEST IN THOSE
00:19:11CHILDREN BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE SENDING YOUR MONEY TO DENY RIGHTS TO OTHER CHILDREN.
00:19:17A POLITICS THAT TELLS US THE CORPORATIONS SHOULD DO WHAT THEY CAN'T AND THE REST OF US DO WHAT WE MUST.
00:19:21A POLITICS THAT TELLS US OUR
00:19:25DEMOCRACY IS THERE FOR THE TAKING IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE IT.
00:19:29WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR THE SENATE CAME UP, I REALIZED
00:19:33THIS WAS A FIGHT NOT JUST AGAINST MIKE ROGERS AND DONALD TRUMP.
00:19:37IT WAS A FIGHT FOR THE KIND OF AMERICA THAT CAN GIVE WHAT I HAD
00:19:41TO ALL OF HER CHILDREN. THAT IS THE WORK IN FRONT OF US.
00:19:47THIS COUNTRY OF OURS, THIS AMERICA OF OURS IS MORE THAN A FLAG.
00:19:51MORE THAN A SET OF COLORS.
00:19:52IF YOU ARE A PATRIOT, YOU BETTER
00:19:55FIGHT FOR AN AMERICA THAT IS AMERICA FOR ALL OF HER KIDS.
00:19:59THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
00:20:03BUILDING A MOVEMENT TO TAKE OUR DEMOCRACY BACK TO SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO ABSOLUTELY DESERVE
00:20:07THE BEST OF WHAT AMERICA HAS TO OFFER. THAT IS THE COMMITMENT ALL OF US ARE MAKING.
00:20:11WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR ME OR VOTED FOR MY OPPONENT OR DID NOT
00:20:15VOTE AT ALL, WE ARE INVITING YOU
00:20:18TO THAT MOVEMENT TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS SO WE CAN PUT
00:20:22MONEY BACK IN POCKETS AND FINALLY GUARANTEE THE PROMISE OF HEALTH CARE THROUGH MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:20:26I AM SO HONORED FOR ALL THE
00:20:29FOLKS WHO ALREADY INVESTED. TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T, I CANNOT WAIT TO MEET YOU.
00:20:35LET'S GO AND WIN IN NOVEMBER. [CHEERS] [APPLAUSE]
00:20:41>> WE CAN TAKE THREE TO FIVE QUESTIONS.
00:20:47SEE YOUR NAME IN ALLOTT WHEN CALLED ON. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:20:55CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:20:58MR. EL-SAYED: SHE WILL
00:21:01ABSOLUTELY BE ENDORSING US AND FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE WE DEFEAT
00:21:03MIKE ROGERS IN NOVEMBER.
00:21:08>> LOOKING FOR LOCALS.
00:21:11>> THIS WAS A VERY TIGHT RACE.
00:21:17[INDISCERNIBLE]
00:21:33MR. EL-SAYED: I WOULD LOVE TO
00:21:35GET OTHERS' PERSPECTIVES ON THIS.
00:21:39YOU HEARD ABOUT THE HISTORIC TURNAROUND -- TURNOUT.
00:21:44SOMETIMES INTRAFAMILY SQUABBLES ARE THE BIGGEST ONE.
00:21:47WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE WALK OUT THE HOUSE, WE STAY UNITED.
00:21:52SOMETIMES WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE IT OUT ABOUT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE WANT TO
00:21:55BE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE THINGS
00:21:59THAT UNITE US ARE SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THE THINGS THAT DIVIDE US.
00:22:01IF ANYTHING, WHEN YOU HAVE
00:22:05500,000 MORE VOTERS WHO CAME OUT TO BE A PART OF A PROCESS TO
00:22:08PICK A NOMINEE, THAT MEANS THEIR VOICES HAVE BEEN HEARD.
00:22:12WE WILL BUILD A MOVEMENT THAT REACHES OUT TO EVERYBODY.
00:22:16I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY WILL AGREE WITH ME ON EVERYTHING. THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS.
00:22:20I KNOW THE AGREE WITH ME ON THE NEED TO BEAT MIKE ROGERS AND
00:22:23HOLD DONALD TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE AND THE NEED TO PROVIDE HEALTH
00:22:26CARE AND THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS TAKING IT SO THAT ALL OF US STRUGGLE
00:22:30SIMPLY BECAUSE WE PUMP GAS OR GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.
00:22:35THE NEED TO STOP FIGHTING STUPID WARS WE SHOULD NOT BE FIGHTING.
00:22:39I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO UNIFYING TOGETHER.
00:22:43WE HAVE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.
00:22:46WE CANNOT WAIT TO COME TOGETHER AND WIN IN NOVEMBER. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:22:50>> WE WILL LET THE CHAIRMAN ANSWER.
00:22:54>> AS OUR FUTURE SENATOR SAID,
00:23:021.5 MILLION PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO VOTE IN MICHIGAN ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
00:23:07THAT IS THE LARGEST, NOT ONLY IN HISTORY, BUT THE LARGEST GAP IN
00:23:11HISTORY BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
00:23:14ALL THE ENERGY IS ON OUR SIDE. [APPLAUSE]
00:23:18I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS.
00:23:20WE HOLD A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY
00:23:25AS DEMOCRATS IN MICHIGAN. AS MICHIGANDERS IN GENERAL.
00:23:29MICHIGAN LOOKS LIKE AMERICA.
00:23:31WE ARE THE MOST DIVERSE BATTLEGROUND STATE IN THE COUNTRY.
00:23:35WE KNOW WHAT THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT UNITES US.
00:23:39WE AS DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT
00:23:43EVERY PERSON SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.
00:23:47WE AS DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT WE
00:23:50THE LOWER COST FOR FAMILIES --
00:23:54WE NEED TO LOWER COSTS FOR FAMILIES. WE BELIEVE IT IS TIME THAT WE
00:23:58FOCUS OUR ATTENTION NOT ON
00:24:00FOREIGN WARS OF CHOICE AND
00:24:03RAISING GAS PRICES FOR EVERYBODY HERE AND THE PRICE OF GROCERIES FOR EVERY PERSON HERE.
00:24:07WE BELIEVE IT IS TIME TO FOCUS ON AMERICA FIRST.
00:24:12THEY SAY IT. WE ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT. [APPLAUSE]
00:24:17AND FINALLY I WILL SAY TO MY
00:24:19FELLOW DEMOCRATS, IF THAT IS NOT
00:24:22ENOUGH, IF EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY IS NOT
00:24:25ENOUGH TO UNITE, HOW ABOUT A
00:24:29DONALD TRUMP SUPER MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT THAT GOES ON
00:24:32FOR NOT JUST MY GENERATION OR MY KIDS -- BUT MY KIDS GENERATION
00:24:36AS WELL? WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO COME
00:24:40TOGETHER AND WE WILL. WE WILL UNITE TO TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK. I GUARANTEE IT.
00:24:45THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:24:55THE ISLAMOPHOBIA IS GOING TO RAMP UP. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO COMBAT
00:25:00THAT? MR. EL-SAYED: I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
00:25:04THEY WILL POINT ME IN MY NAME. WELL, HE'S DIFFERENT.
00:25:08THAT'S THE BEST YOU GOT?
00:25:12YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. ?
00:25:16MY NAME IS NOT RAISING YOUR GAS PRICES WERE TAKING US TOWARD. MY NAME IS NOT THE REASON YOU CAN'T AFFORD GROCERIES.
00:25:20YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? THEIR BS POLICIES.
00:25:25I WILL TELL YOU THIS.
00:25:28I HAVE BEEN AT ABDULLAH MICHIGAN MY WHOLE LIFE. THIS IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO BE ABDUL.
00:25:33MICHIGANDERS ARE BIGHEARTED AND OPEN-MINDED.
00:25:37THEY ARE EARNEST AND GRITTY. [APPLAUSE]
00:25:41MICHIGANDERS ARE SICK AND TIRED
00:25:45OF BS POLITICS COMING INTO
00:25:48DIVIDE US WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WE CAN UNITE TO ACTUALLY
00:25:51GUARANTEE IF WE ARE WILLING TO COME TOGETHER AROUND IT.
00:25:55IF ALL MIKE ROGERS HAS GOT IS HIS NAME IS ABDUL AND MINE IS
00:26:00MIKE, YOU WILL BE SURPRISE TO MANY PEOPLE ARE LIKE YEAH COME BUT THAT'S THE ABDUL THAT WAS TO
00:26:03BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF MY GROCERIES AND GAS AND STOP SENDING MONEY ABROAD AND MAKE
00:26:07SURE I HAVE HEALTH CARE.
00:26:08I LIKE THAT OF DUAL OVER YOUR MIKE FROM FLORIDA.
00:26:13-- THAT ABDUL. [APPLAUSE]
00:26:16>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:26:22YOU ADDRESSED TO JEWISH VOTERS [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:26:31THINGS YOU HAVE SET IN THE PAST.
00:26:33BACK IN APRIL AT THE SYNAGOGUE
00:26:37HERE IN MICHIGAN. [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:26:45IS THAT PART OF YOUR STATEMENT?
00:26:49THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN FROM JEWISH VOTERS [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:26:52MR. EL-SAYED: WHAT I MEAN IS
00:26:57HURT PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE. WE SHOULD STOP HURTING PEOPLE. THAT IS WHAT I MEAN.
00:27:01I CONDEMNED THE ATTACK. IT WAS A VIOLENT ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK.
00:27:06IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ASKING BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
00:27:11YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT
00:27:11IS MORALLY BANKRUPT AND
00:27:15ACTIVELY HURTING PEOPLE. IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE CRISES AS THEY
00:27:20STAND, STOP TRYING TO DIVIDE PEOPLE.
00:27:22STOP TRYING TO PASS POLICIES THAT HAVE IS GOING TO WAR
00:27:25INSTEAD OF INVESTING HERE. STOP TRYING TO NICKEL AND DIME
00:27:29PEOPLE AT EVERY TURN BECAUSE THE CORPORATIONS YOU SUPPORT AND DO FAVORS FOR.
00:27:35I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY JEWISH SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
00:27:38WE CAN CONDEMN ANTI-SEMITISM AND
00:27:41AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN BE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
00:27:46WE CAN BE TALKING ABOUT EVERYBODY'S PAIN.
00:27:49ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT WANT TO DO THAT IS NOT SERIOUS ABOUT ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE HURT WE SEE ACROSS THE BOARD.
00:27:54I'M TRYING TO UNIFY PEOPLE AROUND THE THINGS WE NEED AND DESERVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:27:58MY COMMITMENT TO JEWISH SAFETY IS THE SAME TO MY OWN KIDS.
00:28:03THAT IS THE HIGHEST COMMITMENT I CAN OFFER AS A FATHER. >> THANK YOU, PRESS.
00:28:29POLITICAL REPORT RATED AS A TOSSUP.
00:28:40>> CERTAINLY CONGRATULATE HIM. I TALKED TO HIM THIS MORNING AND CONGRATULATED HIM.
00:28:42WE HAVE TO WIN MICHIGAN TO KEEP THAT STATE BLUE.
00:28:48SO HE IS GOING TO WORK HARD, AND WE ARE GOING TO UNITE THE PARTY BEHIND IT.
00:28:52>> ABDUL GOT OUTSPENT BY 11 TO
00:28:58ONE.
00:28:59I NEVER HEARD OF A RACE WHERE
00:29:03SOMEONE GETS OUTSPENT 11 TO ONE,
00:29:06PERSON SPENDING 11 IS NOT THE ONE THAT WINS.
00:29:10THE WAY I SEE THIS, IT IS ALL
00:29:14ABOUT BUILDING A REAL GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT.
00:29:18>> WHAT HAPPENED IN MICHIGAN
00:29:22YESTERDAY [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:29:25WHAT ABDUL HAD TO DO WAS TAKE ON
00:29:30THE ENTIRE MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY.
00:29:32TAKE ON THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
00:29:36ESTABLISHMENT, AND THEN IN A WAY
00:29:37I HAVE NEVER HEARD, $60 MILLION
00:29:43IN SUPER PAC FUNDING. AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
00:29:51SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN.
00:29:55THEY MADE A GREAT CHOICE. I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING
00:29:57EVERYT