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00:00:01EASTERN ON C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW,
00:00:05AND ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
00:00:07>> TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 ON C-SPAN,
00:00:13OUR CAMPAIGN 2026 COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH ANOTHER PRIMARY NIGHT IN AMERICA.
00:00:17VOTERS IN SIX STATES, ALABAMA,
00:00:20CONNECTICUT, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND WISCONSIN ARE HEADED TO POLLS IN
00:00:23PRIMARY RACES THAT WILL SET THE BALANCE FOR NOVEMBER'S GENERAL
00:00:27ELECTIONS AND CRITICAL HOUSE AND SENATE RACES THAT COULD TIP THE BALANCE OF POWER ON CAPITOL HILL.
00:00:32AFTER MONTHS OF FUNDRAISING AND CAMPAIGNING SEE THE RESULTS IN VICTORY AND CONCESSION SPEECH IS
00:00:36LIVE AS THEY HAPPEN. DON'T MISS OUR LIVE PRIMARY
00:00:40NIGHT COVERAGE TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, STARTING AT 7:00 EASTERN ON
00:00:46C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW, OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
00:00:50PRIMARY NIGHT IN AMERICA.
00:00:52EVERY MOMENT, EVERY RESULT, EVERY SPEECH.
00:00:55>> CAMPAIGN 2026 COVERAGE FROM
00:01:01MICHIGAN OR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES FOR GOVERNOR AND U.S. SENATE HELD A JOINT CAMPAIGN RALLY WITH
00:01:05FORMER TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PEAK BUTTIGIEG.
00:02:05TERRORIZING RESIDENTS, SHOWING UP EVERYWHERE WE DO NOT WANT IT
00:02:09AND KNOW WHERE WE ACTUALLY NEED IT.
00:02:13THIS ELECTION IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THAT.
00:02:16IT IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GROW OUR COALITION TO INCLUDE
00:02:20CITIZENS IN EVERY CORNER OF THIS
00:02:22STATE WHO BELIEVE AS WE ALL DO
00:02:25THAT THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE MUST ALWAYS BE GREATER THAN THE
00:02:28PEOPLE IN POWER. [APPLAUSE]
00:02:34MY LIFE'S WORK IS ABOUT MAKING
00:02:36THAT PROMISE, THAT HOPE A REALITY.
00:02:41I CARRIED THAT HOPE WITH ME EVERY DAY AS THE DAUGHTER OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.
00:02:46[APPLAUSE]
00:02:48THE WIFE OF A VETERAN AND THE
00:02:52MOM OF A 10-YEAR-OLD LITTLE BOY WHOSE FUTURE WILL BE VAPED --
00:02:55WHOSE FUTURE WILL BE SHAPED BY WHAT WE DO TOGETHER AND THAT IS
00:03:00THE QUESTION FACING VOTERS THIS FALL.
00:03:01WHO DO YOU WANT MICHIGAN'S LEADERS TO WORK FOR.
00:03:06THE PEOPLE OR THE POWERFUL.
00:03:12YOU ALL KNOW WHO I WILL WORK FOR
00:03:17. ALL OF YOU AND EVERY MICHIGANDER IN THE STATE, NOT THE HIGHEST
00:03:22BIDDER, NOT CORPORATE INTERESTS, NOT DONALD TRUMP. YOU.
00:03:26[APPLAUSE]
00:03:29I AM ASKING YOU TO JOIN THIS
00:03:32INCREDIBLE TEAM OF DEMOCRATS RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE TICKET
00:03:36THIS FALL TO ENSURE WE CAN BUILD A GOVERNMENT WHOSE LEADERS WORK
00:03:39FOR YOU AND WORK FOR THE PEOPLE.
00:03:42A GOVERNMENT THAT SAVES US TIME AND SAVES US MONEY AND MAKES OUR LIFE EASIER.
00:03:47A GOVERNMENT LED BY A TRIFECTA
00:03:49OF STATE LEADERS, ALL OF WHOM
00:03:55ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING MICHIGAN
00:03:59A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE CAN
00:04:01AFFORD TO LIVE AND THRIVE, WHERE
00:04:03CHILDCARE IS AFFORDABLE FOR ALL,
00:04:06WHERE HOMES ARE EASILY BUILT SO
00:04:14PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY WORK, SO
00:04:17EVERY MICHIGANDER HAS ACCESS TO
00:04:21QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE.
00:04:25AND WHERE NO YOUNG GIRL HAS TO WORRY WHETHER SHE WILL GROW UP
00:04:29IN A STATE WHERE HER REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS ARE PROTECTED.
00:04:37AND WHERE WATER IS SAFE TO DRINK
00:04:39AND AIR IS CLEAN TO BREATHE IN OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
00:04:43PREPARES OUR KIDS FOR THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE.
00:04:46THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR. [APPLAUSE]
00:04:51AS THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN
00:04:54, I WILL WORK WITH ALL OF YOU TO DRIVE DOWN COSTS WHILE EXPANDING OUR ECONOMY.
00:04:59I WILL WORK WITH ANYONE TO GET THAT DONE. I AM ALSO READY TO STAND UP TO
00:05:04ANYONE, NO MATTER HOW WEALTHY OR POWERFUL WHO GETS IN OUR WAY.
00:05:11I HAVE DONE THAT AS SECRETARY OF
00:05:14STATE AND I'M READY TO DO IT AS NEXT GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN. [APPLAUSE]
00:05:21I LOVE THIS STATE. LIKE ALL OF YOU I LOVE THE
00:05:26PEOPLE IN EVERY CORNER AND EVERY COUNTY AND I KNOW WHEN I TALKED
00:05:29TO THAT SINGLE MOM WHO HAS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO EAT OR PAY
00:05:34RENT, OR WHEN I SIT DOWN WITH SENIORS WERE ANXIOUS ABOUT
00:05:36PAYING FOR MEDICINE AS THOSE
00:05:40COSTS SKYROCKET AND THEY ARE ON A FIXED INCOME, I KNOW OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS MOMENT IS
00:05:44NOT JUST TO WIN THIS FALL BUT TO
00:05:46DO RIGHT BY THEM, TO DELIVER FOR
00:05:50THEM AND EVERY PERSON IN THIS STATE. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A
00:05:54DEMOCRAT THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO LEAD. [APPLAUSE]
00:05:59I WILL WORK FOR THAT VETERAN WHO DESERVES ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
00:06:03THEY EARNED. THE TEACHERS WHO DEDICATED THEIR
00:06:07LIVES TO REPAIRING OUR KIDS --
00:06:10TO PREPARING OUR KIDS FOR THE FUTURE AND DESERVE BETTER PAY AND MORE RESPECT. [APPLAUSE]
00:06:18OUR CAMPAIGN IS ULTIMATELY ABOUT
00:06:21ALL OF THEM AND ALL OF YOU AND THE KIDS WHOSE FUTURE DEPENDS ON WHAT WE DO TODAY.
00:06:26COSTS DOWN, WAGES UP, END
00:06:29CORRUPTION, PROTECT OUR RIGHTS AND BUILD A GOVERNMENT WHO WORKS FOR ALL.
00:06:33THAT IS OUR GOAL. [APPLAUSE]
00:06:37AND, BY THE WAY, ALSO ELECT A GOVERNOR WHO KNOWS HOW TO STAND
00:06:41UP TO POLICE. [APPLAUSE]
00:06:45AND BOY, DO I KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
00:06:49LIKE WHEN DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO PRESSURE ME INTO TURNING OVER
00:06:53YOUR PRIVATE VOTER INFORMATION I SAID NO AND I WILL SEE YOU IN COURT.
00:06:59[APPLAUSE] AND I WON.
00:07:04[APPLAUSE]
00:07:09I ENTER THIS MOMENT KNOWING
00:07:14EXACTLY WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO BE A GOVERNOR THAT IS A GUARD AND
00:07:18PROTECTOR AND ALSO WHO KNOWS WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR OUR
00:07:20DEMOCRACY AND OUR ECONOMY AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT NO MATTER
00:07:23WHAT IT MEANS, EVEN IF IT MEANS
00:07:25SHELTERING IN MY HOME WHILE PEOPLE WITH GUNS GATHER ON MY
00:07:28FRONT LAWN, I WILL NEVER BE AFRAID TO STAND UP TO ANYONE ANY
00:07:32TIME WHO WOULD TRY TO TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.
00:07:36[APPLAUSE]
00:07:40AND SO THAT IS THE CHOICE FACING VOTERS IN MICHIGAN THIS FALL.
00:07:45THAT IS THE CHOICE I'M ASKING YOU TO PRESENT TO THEM.
00:07:48THE QUESTION OF WHO YOU WANT YOUR GOVERNOR TO WORK FOR?
00:07:51WHAT YOU WANT HER TO STAND FOR?
00:07:54AND WHO WILL SHE FIGHT FOR?
00:08:02MY REPUBLICAN OPPONENT, JOHN JAMES --
00:08:05[BOOING]
00:08:09HE HAS ALREADY SHOWN US WHO HE IS FIGHTING FOR.
00:08:12HE VOTED NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES TO RAISE HEALTH
00:08:16CARE COSTS FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MICHIGANDERS.
00:08:20[BOOING]
00:08:24WHEN MICHIGAN FAMILIES NEEDED HELP LOWERING HOUSING COSTS HE STAYED HOME.
00:08:29WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIED TO OVERTURN FREE AND FAIR ELECTION
00:08:31THAT HE LOST IN 2020, MY
00:08:35OPPONENT WAS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HIM PARROTING THE SAME LIES IN
00:08:38THE SAME ATTACKS BECAUSE HE ALSO
00:08:39DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT HE LOST
00:08:43THAT ELECTION. I THINK YOU LOST A COUPLE OF
00:08:46STATEWIDE ELECTIONS -- I THINK
00:08:49HE LOST A COUPLE OF STATEWIDE ELECTIONS. [APPLAUSE]
00:08:53ARE YOU READY TO MAKE SURE HE
00:08:54GOES 3-3 AND LOSES THIS ONE, TOO?
00:08:59SO AM I. THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME IS THIS.
00:09:04MICHIGAN DESERVES A GOVERNOR WHO WORKS FOR YOU AND ANSWERS TO THE
00:09:07PEOPLE, NOT CORPORATIONS, NOT THE DIVORCE FAMILY, NOT DONALD
00:09:12TRUMP. YOU.
00:09:17HE WE GO INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION WITH THE WIND AT OUR
00:09:21BACK AND MOMENTUM ON OUR SIDE. MICHIGANDERS JUST MADE THEIR
00:09:24VOICES HEARD IN A PRIMARY OR MORE PEOPLE VOTED THAN EVER
00:09:27BEFORE IN A MIDTERM PRIMARY IN THIS STATE.
00:09:31THEIR MESSAGE WAS CLEAR.
00:09:33THEY VOTED FOR CHANGE, THEY VOTED FOR LEADERS WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THEM.
00:09:37IF THERE WAS ONE PARTY THEY TRUSTED TO FIGHT FOR THEM IT IS US.
00:09:41WE WILL STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE AND FIX WHAT IS BROKEN FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.
00:09:47I AM COMMITTED AS THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN TO MAKING SURE WE MEET THIS MOMENT BUT I
00:09:50CANNOT DO IT ALONE. I CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
00:09:54I NEED YOU TO KNOCK THOSE DOORS,
00:09:58MAKE THOSE CALLS, TALK TO YOUR
00:10:01NEIGHBORS, LEAVE YOUR READY TO REMIND PEOPLE WHAT IS AT STAKE
00:10:03IN WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND WE COME TOGETHER.
00:10:07WE CAN TAKE THE VICTORY WE SAW
00:10:10TUESDAY AND DELIVER ANOTHER ONE THIS FALL FOR ALL OF US. [APPLAUSE]
00:10:19I WILL ASK YOU TONIGHT, AS WE
00:10:22SHOW THE NATION WHO WE ARE AND
00:10:26WHAT WE STAND FOR AND WHO WE ARE FIGHTING FOR, ARE YOU READY TO
00:10:30WORK FOR DEMOCRACY? [APPLAUSE]
00:10:35ARE YOU READY TO FIGHT FOR
00:10:39DEMOCRACY? [APPLAUSE]
00:10:41ARE YOU READY TO VOTE FOR
00:10:50DEMOCRACY? VOTE FOR
00:10:53>> DEMOCRACY.
00:10:56>> VOTE FOR
00:10:59>> DEMOCRACY.
00:11:02>> WE WILL WIN THIS ELECTION AND
00:11:07WE WILL CHANGE THE STATE FOR THE BETTER. LET'S GET IT DONE.
00:11:12I AM EXCITED TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE WHO I HAVE KNOWN FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
00:11:15WE WERE STUDENTS TOGETHER LONG AGO. WE ARE COLLEAGUES NOW AND WE ARE
00:11:19FRIENDS NOW. YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS SECRETARY PETE.
00:11:25I KNOW HIM AS MICHIGANDER PETER
00:11:30BUTTIGIEG.
00:11:32LET'S BRING HIM OUT.
00:11:35♪
00:12:00>> THANK YOU, MICHIGAN.
00:12:06HOW ABOUT OUR NEXT GOVERNOR JOCELYN BENSON?
00:12:12THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT FEELS GOOD.
00:12:17USUALLY WHEN I AM ON THE ROAD I SAY IT FEELS GOOD TO BE AND I
00:12:20TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT STATE I AM IN. IT FEELS GOOD TO BE HOME IN MICHIGAN.
00:12:26THANK YOU FOR THE HUGE SHOWING TONIGHT.
00:12:29THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME ON A FRIDAY EVENING TO GET FIRED UP
00:12:32TOGETHER FOR THE WORK WE WILL BE DOING OVER THE NEXT 88 DAYS. [APPLAUSE]
00:12:40I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE GREAT LEADERS WHO ARE WITH US,
00:12:44PEOPLE WHO HAVE STEPPED UP AT EVERY LEVEL. PEOPLE WHO WILL NEVER MAKE THE
00:12:48MISTAKE OF TREATING THE PRESIDENCY LIKE IT IS THE ONLY OFFICE THAT MATTERS.
00:12:52WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO CLOSER TO HOME.
00:12:58I AM THANKFUL TO BE IN THE CITY LED BY MAYOR MARY SHEFFIELD. [APPLAUSE]
00:13:04TO BE IN THE TRADITION OF
00:13:07SENATOR SLOTKIN AND SENATOR PETERS AND THE STATE OF GOVERNOR
00:13:11GRETCHEN WHITMER, THAT WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN WHO GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SEE OUR STATE
00:13:15DIFFERENTLY. [APPLAUSE]
00:13:18MOST OF ALL, I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
00:13:23EVER SINCE MOVING TO BE CLOSER
00:13:24TO OUR FAMILY AT THE END OF MY
00:13:33RING FINGER RIGHT THERE, I HAVE
00:13:35SEEN HOW THIS STATE AFTER SO MANY DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF
00:13:38AMERICAN LIFE, FROM THE AUTO TOWNS THE AUTO TOWNS THAT REMIND
00:13:42ME OF WHERE I GREW UP TO THE ROLLING HILL AND CHERRY ORCHARDS
00:13:44WERE RELIVED NOW, TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT CITIES WHERE WE
00:13:49ARE GATHERED RIGHT NOW, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. [APPLAUSE]
00:13:55BEFORE I WAS YOUR NEIGHBOR YOU MAY HAVE GONE TO KNOW ME FROM
00:13:58SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE MAYBE WHEN
00:14:00I DID WHAT ANY SUCCESSFUL SECOND
00:14:04TERM MAYOR OF THE FOURTH CITY IN INDIANA WOULD DO AND SOUGHT THE
00:14:08PRESIDENCY IN 2020.
00:14:13OR MAYBE YOU KNOW ME FROM MY UNEXPECTED SPECIALTY OF
00:14:16APPEARING FROM TIME TO TIME ON FOX NEWS.
00:14:22OR MAYBE YOU KNOW ME FROM WHEN I
00:14:23HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING AS YOUR UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF
00:14:27TRANSPORTATION. [APPLAUSE]
00:14:32MAKING SURE WE GOT DOLLARS ON THE GROUND TO DO THINGS LIKE
00:14:36BUILD SAFER STREETS AROUND DETROIT OR RECONNECT COMMUNITIES
00:14:39AROUND I3 75 OR DELIVER THE
00:14:43STRONGEST EXPANSION OF AIRLINE PASSENGER RIGHTS EVER. [APPLAUSE]
00:14:50RIGHT NOW I AM HERE IN ONE
00:14:52CAPACITY AS YOUR FELLOW PROUD
00:14:54MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT TO MAKE SURE
00:14:56WE HAVE A GREAT RESULT THIS NOVEMBER.
00:15:05WE HAVE JUST 88 DAYS TO MAKE SURE THINGS GO RIGHT.
00:15:09THE STATES ARE HIGH AND PEOPLE
00:15:12FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD ARE WATCHING
00:15:15THE STATE OF MICHIGAN RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY
00:15:19TO PUT TOGETHER THAT COALITION TO WIN. WE WILL WIN.
00:15:24[APPLAUSE]
00:15:31WE WILL WIN BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO FOCUS ON WHAT IS AT
00:15:35STAKE, TO LOCK ARMS AS WERE
00:15:38ALLIES AFTER A SPIRITED PRIMARY,
00:15:41TO PULL TOGETHER IN A COMMON
00:15:43CAUSE THAT WILL DECIDE IN NO
00:15:46SMALL PART WHETHER THE AMERICAN DREAM COMES BACK TO THE AMERICAN PROJECT INDOORS.
00:15:50THE WORLD IS WATCHING. I WILL INVITE YOUR ATTENTION TO
00:15:54THE PRESS RISERS. NOT IN A CREEPY DONALD TRUMP
00:15:58KIND OF WAY BECAUSE WE RESPECT A FREE AND INDEPENDENT PRESS. [APPLAUSE]
00:16:06BUT RATHER TO AFFIRM WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THE CHOICES THAT ARE
00:16:09FELLOW MICHIGANDERS WILL MAKE AT THE BALLOT BOX IN JUST 88 DAYS.
00:16:15WE WILL WIN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT JUST OBSESSED WITH WHAT IT IS WE ARE AGAINST.
00:16:20WE KNOW WHAT IT IS WE OFFER AND WE ARE READY TO INVITE PEOPLE TO
00:16:23JOIN US IN A POWERFUL MAJORITY TO MAKE THAT REAL.
00:16:30WE WILL WIN BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT OF THE
00:16:34MOMENT IS NOT TO RETURN TO SOME PREVIOUS STATUS QUO, IT IS TO
00:16:38MAKE SURE THINGS ARE BETTER NOT JUST THAN THEY ARE TODAY BUT THAN THEY EVER WERE BEFORE.
00:16:43[APPLAUSE]
00:16:47I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE VALUES AND VISION TO DO THAT.
00:16:51I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO DO THAT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE CANDIDATES
00:16:55TO DO THAT. [APPLAUSE]
00:17:01TO PULL TOGETHER DEMOCRATS,
00:17:05INDEPENDENTS, AND A LOT OF WHAT I LIKE TO CALL FUTURE FORMER
00:17:08REPUBLICANS INTO THE PULLED -- INTO THE FOLD WITH US.
00:17:14IT IS NO SECRET THAT WE ALL MAY
00:17:17NOT HAVE VOTED THE SAME WAY ON TUESDAY. THAT IS OK.
00:17:22THAT IS HOW IT WORKS.
00:17:26HOWEVER YOU VOTED IN TUESDAY'S PRIMARIES, THERE IS A REASON YOU
00:17:29WENT OUT AND VOTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. I KNOW THAT WHAT BROUGHT US ALL
00:17:33OUT TO VOTE, WHAT BRINGS US ALL OUT HERE TONIGHT AND WHAT WILL
00:17:38PROPEL THE VICTORY IN NOVEMBER IS THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES WE
00:17:41CARE ABOUT, THE PRINCIPLES WE
00:17:45SHARE, AND THE NEED TO ELECT
00:17:46LEADERS WHO REPRESENT US AND THE
00:17:50CHANCE TO MAKE EVERY DAY LIFE BETTER IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:17:53[APPLAUSE] I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT
00:17:58THIS. WHEREVER YOU SIT IN THIS BIG
00:18:00TENT OF OURS, AND IT IS A BIG
00:18:04TENT, WHATEVER CORNER OF THAT TENT YOU THINK OF AS HOME, THERE
00:18:07IS A SET OF BIG THINGS WHERE WE
00:18:09AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, WE AGREE
00:18:12WITH MOST MICHIGANDERS, AND
00:18:15WASHINGTON AND LANSING REPUBLICANS DISAGREE WITH US.
00:18:20THAT IS WHAT IS AT STAKE.
00:18:21IT IS NOT ABOUT LEFT, RIGHT,
00:18:25CENTER, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN.
00:18:27YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT TO BELIEVE THAT ONE JOB
00:18:30OUGHT TO BE ENOUGH IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. [APPLAUSE]
00:18:37YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A BLEEDING HEART LIBERAL TO SEE THAT COSTS
00:18:40NEED TO GO DOWN AND WAGES NEED TO GO UP, NOT THE OTHER WAY
00:18:44AROUND.
00:18:49YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BELONG TO
00:18:50THIS POLITICAL PARTY OR THAT POLITICAL PARTY TO RECOGNIZE
00:18:54THAT GOD DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY
00:19:00POLITICAL PARTY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [APPLAUSE]
00:19:03OR TO INSIST THAT PEOPLE OF
00:19:06EVERY FAITH IN ANY FAITH ALL
00:19:09DESERVE EQUAL TREATMENT,
00:19:12RESPECT, DIGNITY, AND SAFETY IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:19:17[APPLAUSE]
00:19:19THERE IS SOME THINGS WE CAN SEE FOR OURSELVES.
00:19:23DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS A LOT OF PEOPLE USE TO VOTING REPUBLICAN.
00:19:28SO MANY OF THOSE THINGS ARE ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL.
00:19:31WAR IS ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL.
00:19:35WE ARE ALL PAYING MORE AT THE PUMP AND SERVICE MEMBERS ARE
00:19:39PAYING WITH THEIR LIVES BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP LAUNCHED A WAR ON
00:19:42IRAN WITH NO PLAN FOR HOW TO GET US OUT OF IT.
00:19:49CONGRESSMAN JOHN JAMES VOTED TO SEND YOUR MONEY INTO THAT CONFLICT WHICH TELLS YOU A LOT
00:19:54ABOUT THE KIND OF GOVERNOR HE WOULD BE IF HE GOT ELECTED.
00:19:58[BOOING]
00:20:02BUT JOCELYN BENSON SHOWED INTEGRITY UNDER ENORMOUS
00:20:06PRESSURE AS SECRETARY OF STATE WHICH SHOWS YOU THE KIND OF
00:20:08GOVERNOR SHE WILL BE WHEN WE SEND HER TO THAT OFFICE IN A FEW WEEKS.
00:20:12WE NEED TO GET JOCELYN BENSON ELECTED.
00:20:16CORRUPTION AND INTEGRITY ARE ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL.
00:20:20A FIRST FAMILY MAKING CRYPTO
00:20:24BILLIONS, WHICH IS NOT A SENTENCE I EVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO SAY.
00:20:29MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TRADING STOCKS BANG, POLITICIANS
00:20:33ENRICHING THEMSELVES ON THE JOB, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
00:20:37THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW OUR GREAT ATTORNEY
00:20:41GENERAL WITH A PROVEN FIGHTER WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW TO TAKE ON CORRUPTION.
00:20:45[APPLAUSE]
00:20:50AND WITH OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM,
00:20:52UNDER THE PRESSURE IT IS UNDER, WE NEED A PROVEN STATEWIDE
00:20:56LEADER OF INTEGRITY TO BE OUR NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE
00:21:00FOLLOWING JOCELYN BENSON. THAT IS SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT
00:21:04JUST STAND TALL, HE THINKS BIG. THAT IS GARLIN GILCHRIST.
00:21:08[APPLAUSE]
00:21:13COMMON SENSE IS ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL.
00:21:18WE NEED TO KEEP INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:21:22WE NEED TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS AND PROTECT CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN
00:21:24WATER AND WE HAVE A CLEAR CHOICE BETWEEN THOSE PRIORITIES IN
00:21:28LANSING AND THE ENDLESS CULTURE WARS THAT SEEM TO CONSUME THE
00:21:32CONSCIOUSNESS OF STATE LEGISLATIVE REPUBLICANS.
00:21:36ONLY ONE SET OF CANDIDATES IS IN LINE WITH THE PRIORITIES OF
00:21:39MICHIGANDERS WHICH IS WHY WE MUST PRESERVE THE STATE SENATE
00:21:43MAJORITY AND BRING THAT HOUSE INTO DEMOCRATIC HANDS SO THE
00:21:46GOVERNOR BENSON CAN WORK WITH THAT TRIFECTA. [APPLAUSE]
00:21:55WHEN IT COMES TO THE U.S. HOUSE IN THE U.S. SENATE THE CHOICE CANNOT BE CLEARER.
00:21:59WHEN IT COMES TO THE U.S.
00:22:01SENATE, WE HAVE ABDUL EL-SAYED,
00:22:05WHO INSISTS THAT MONEY IN POLITICS HAS GONE TOO FAR. [APPLAUSE]
00:22:12AND WE HAVE HIM RUNNING AGAINST MIKE ROGERS, WHO INSISTS ON
00:22:16BEING PART OF THE PROBLEM. [BOOING]
00:22:23WE HAVE ONE CANDIDATE IN ABDUL
00:22:23EL-SAYED WHO WANTS TO EXPAND
00:22:27AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AND KEEP MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.
00:22:30WE HAVE ANOTHER CANDIDATE IN
00:22:33MIKE ROGERS WHO LITERALLY VOTED AGAINST THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
00:22:36AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE HE WILL CUT HEALTH CARE ONE MORE TIME IF YOU GIVE HIM A CHANCE IN THE
00:22:41SENATE SO WE WILL NOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
00:22:44MIKE ROGERS HAS DISQUALIFIED HIMSELF FROM GOING BACK TO WASHINGTON.
00:22:48YOU HAVE MIKE ROGERS IN JOHN
00:22:52JAMES AND CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS ON THE BALLOT IN ALL OF THESE KEY HOUSE DISTRICTS WHO
00:22:56THINK IT IS PERFECTLY FINE TO
00:23:00CUT SCHOOLS AND CLOSE HOSPITALS
00:23:03AND SHUT DOWN ROAD PROJECTS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE
00:23:07THE RICHEST INDIVIDUALS AND THE
00:23:09LARGEST CORPORATIONS IN THE LAND PAY A LOWER TAX RATE THAN THE
00:23:13TEACHERS WHO TEACH IN THOSE SCHOOLS, THE WORKERS WHO PAVED
00:23:16THOSE ROADS, THE NURSES WHO SERVE IN THOSE HOSPITALS.
00:23:20WE KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. [APPLAUSE]
00:23:26WE KNOW THAT INVESTING IN HEALTH CARE AND FUNDING, NOT SLASHING
00:23:31SNAP, AND SUPPORTING NOT GUTTING HEAD START, AND MAKING SURE THE
00:23:36BEST AND WEALTHIEST ECONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES ACTUALLY HAS
00:23:40THE BEST FUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:23:42WE KNOW THE LEADERS WHO WILL DO THAT. [APPLAUSE]
00:23:51THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE WITH US. THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN ARE WITH
00:23:54US AND WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER ON ISSUE AFTER ISSUE AFTER ISSUE.
00:23:59YOU ARE FOR OR AGAINST A WOMAN'S
00:24:02RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND WE KNOW WHAT SIDE WE ARE ON IN THE STATE OF
00:24:05MICHIGAN AND IN THIS PARTY. [APPLAUSE]
00:24:09YOU ARE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THE RIGHT TO BE WHO YOU ARE AND
00:24:13LOVE WHO YOU LOVE WITHOUT SOMEBODY TELLING YOU WHAT YOU
00:24:16ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AND MOST PEOPLE ARE WITH US ON THAT. [APPLAUSE]
00:24:24I WOULD ADD THAT WE ARE A PRACTICAL PEOPLE IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.
00:24:29WE PAY ATTENTION TO RESULTS.
00:24:31TODAY WE WOKE UP TO NEWS THE U.S. ECONOMY IS LOSING JOBS.
00:24:35REMEMBER WHEN THEY PROMISED THOSE TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY WERE WORTH IT BECAUSE THEY WOULD
00:24:39SPEED UP THE ECONOMY? THE OPPOSITE HAPPENED.
00:24:43REMEMBER WHEN THEY TOLD US WE HAD TO PAY THE TARIFFS THAT COST
00:24:46US $1000 A HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE IT WOULD BRING BACK MANUFACTURING?
00:24:50THE OPPOSITE HAS HAPPENED. JUST LIKE WHEN THEY TOLD US THEY
00:24:54WOULD DRAIN THE SWAMP, ONLY FOR THE SWAMP TO BE THE SWAMP USED
00:24:58IT HAS EVER BEEN IN THE ONLY THING THEY DRAINED WAS THE
00:25:00REFLECTING POOL. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT,
00:25:04MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS. [APPLAUSE]
00:25:10THERE IS LOT OF FOLKS ASKING QUESTIONS.
00:25:13PEOPLE WHO DID NOT VOTE THE WAY WE WOULD'VE LIKED THEM TO VOTE THE LAST FEW TIMES.
00:25:18PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IT WHEN THEY HEARD NO NEW WARS. WHO BELIEVED IT WHEN THEY WERE
00:25:22TOLD COSTS WERE GOING TO COME DOWN. THE TIME HAS COME TO REACH OUT
00:25:26TO THEM AND WE ARE NOT THERE TO
00:25:28TOLD YOU WE TOLD YOU SO, WE ARE
00:25:31HERE TO SAY THOSE GUYS DON'T DESERVE YOU, JOIN US AND WE WILL DO SOMETHING BETTER. [APPLAUSE]
00:25:39NO TWO AND A PARTY OR A COUNTRY
00:25:43OR A COUNTY OR A FAMILY AGREE ON EVERYTHING.
00:25:46ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE BIG ISSUES
00:25:50, DEMOCRATS AGREE ON WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO. MOST MICHIGANDERS AGREE.
00:25:54WE GOT A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT SO WE KNOW IT WE HAVE TO DO THESE NEXT 88 DAYS AND
00:25:58THAT IS TO GET THE WORD OUT TO EVERYBODY WHO WILL LISTEN. [APPLAUSE]
00:26:04BASED ON THE ENERGY IN THIS ROOM I THINK WE WILL DO JUST FINE IN NOVEMBER.
00:26:09WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING THE WORK. AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE HERE I
00:26:12WILL HEAD BACK UP NORTH SO I CAN BE THERE FOR THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
00:26:16WE ARE THROWING FOR OUR TWINS TOMORROW MORNING BACK HOME. [APPLAUSE]
00:26:24THANK YOU.
00:26:28THEY ARE ABOUT TO BE FIVE.
00:26:31WHICH MEANS -- IF YOU EVER HAD
00:26:34KIDS THAT AGE -- THEY ARE STARTING TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
00:26:38SOME ARE EASIER THAN OTHERS. AS A PINEAPPLE BIGGER THAN A GRAPEFRUIT?
00:26:44WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR OLD DOG?
00:26:47IS TAYLOR SWIFT REAL?
00:26:51TO THE GOOD GUYS ALWAYS WIN?
00:26:56EVEN AT THIS AGE I AM STARTING TO FIND IT CHALLENGING TO ANSWER
00:26:58SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COME MY WAY.
00:27:04STARTING TO ASK ABOUT THE AMERICAN FLAG. WHY WE DON'T HAVE KINGS AND QUEENS.
00:27:10THEY'RE ASKING POINTED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY I KEEP GOING TO THE AIRPORT EVERY FEW DAYS.
00:27:13THIS IS WHY.
00:27:16I AM ON THE ROAD FOR THE SAME REASON YOU ARE WORKING SO HARD
00:27:19FOR THIS ELECTION BECAUSE ONE DAY THOSE QUESTIONS WILL GET EVEN MORE INTENSE.
00:27:23THEY WILL BE SAYING BACK IN THE
00:27:2620 20'S, WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
00:27:30WHEN THINGS WERE SO CRAZY IN THIS COUNTRY, WHAT DID YOU DO
00:27:33ABOUT IT? I WANT TO TELL THEM THAT BACK IN
00:27:37THE 20 20'S, BACK WHEN
00:27:40POLITICIANS DREW MAPS WHERE THEY COULD PICK THEIR OWN VOTERS
00:27:43INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND, BACK WHEN ONE JOB WAS NOT ENOUGH
00:27:47FOR SO MANY HARD-WORKING AMERICANS, BACK WHEN SOME PEOPLE
00:27:51BARBARIC LATE HAD TO CHOOSE
00:27:54BETWEEN HEALTH CARE AND EIGHT MORTGAGE PAYMENT.
00:27:56BACK IN THE 20 20'S WHEN THE
00:28:00AMERICAN DREAM WAS SLIPPING AWAY WE DECIDED TO TURN THINGS AROUND
00:28:03BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE. [APPLAUSE]
00:28:08WHEN WE STOP PRETENDING THINGS THAT COULD GO ON LIKE THAT WOULD
00:28:11GO ON FOREVER AND WE MADE SURE SOMETHING BETTER TOOK THEIR PLACE.
00:28:15I WILL TELL THEM ABOUT THE WORK
00:28:17WE DID IT HERE IN MICHIGAN AND THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 2026.
00:28:22MY ONLY QUESTION IS ARE YOU
00:28:25READY TO MAKE SURE THAT IS THE STORY WE GET TO TELL OUR KIDS ONE DAY?
00:28:29ARE YOU READY TO CALL PEOPLE INTO OUR COALITION WHILE THERE
00:28:33IS STILL A CHANCE?
00:28:35ARE YOU READY TO DO THE WORK, KNOCK ON DOORS, PICK UP THE
00:28:39PHONE AND CALL FOR SOMETHING BETTER?
00:28:43THEN WE WILL BE PROUD OF THIS MOMENT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ARE
00:28:45ABOUT TO DO NEXT.
00:28:48THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP, MICHIGAN.
00:28:51LET'S GET TO WORK AND LET'S GET THIS DONE.
00:29:00SPEAKING OF GETTING IT DONE, I NOW HAVE THE PLEASURE OF TURNING
00:29:02IT OVER TO SOMEONE WHO IS
00:29:05LEADING THE EXTRAORDINARY TEAM, THE STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, AND
00:29:09MEMBERS OF THE MICHIGAN
00:29:13DEMOCRATIC PARTY, PLEASE WELCOME YOUR DEMOCRATIC STATE CHAIR.
00:29:24♪ ♪
00:29:52>> HOW ARE YOU?
00:29:57WE HAVE SOME AMAZING CANDIDATES.
00:30:00YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, WHEN I RAN FOR CHAIR OF THIS
00:30:04PARTY, I SAID THAT WE WOULD GET
00:30:08OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF THE
00:30:09DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHOOSING
00:30:14CANDIDATES. THE PEOPLE SHOULD CHOOSE.
00:30:18I WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU DID A
00:30:23FINE JOB. I WANT TO SHOW YOU MY SHIRT WILL CLICK.
00:30:36[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:30:39YOU CAN GET THAT ON THE MICHIGAN DENS WEBSITE.
00:30:42HELPS APPROACH -- HELP SUPPORT
00:30:46THE WORK THAT WE DO.
00:30:49I WANT TO BRING UP THE REST OF
00:30:51OUR TEAM FOR A SECOND. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:31:13WE HAVE TIFFANY TILLEY, STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
00:31:20UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BOARD OF
00:31:20REGENTS MEMBER, AMIR MAGLIN.
00:31:28MSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES BREANNA
00:31:30SCOTT AND KELLY TIBAY.
00:31:36OUR NEXT BOARD OF GOVERNOR,
00:31:39SHAREEF AKIL.
00:31:43IN THE NINTH DISTRICT, OUR NEXT
00:31:46REPRESENTATIVE, RAY POOLEY. WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE THEM ON
00:31:49OUR TICKET AND ARE SO EXCITED
00:31:53FOR THEM TO BE A PART OF TAKING MICHIGAN BACK.
00:31:57THESE ARE YOUR CANDIDATES.
00:32:03GUYS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF
00:32:08MICHIGAN, OUR FIRST TIME THAT WE
00:32:09HAVE EVER HAD AN OPEN GOVERNOR'S
00:32:13RACE, OPEN U.S. SENATE RACE,
00:32:17OPEN ATTORNEY GENERAL RACE, OPEN
00:32:19SECRETARY OF STATE, ENOUGH SEATS
00:32:22THAT WE COULD FLIP CONGRESS RIGHT HERE IN MICHIGAN.
00:32:27WE ARE DOWN THREE SEATS AT THE STATE HOUSE AND HAVE A ONE SEAT
00:32:31MAJORITY IN THE STATE SENATE.
00:32:36TWO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES RIGHT HERE IN MICHIGAN.
00:32:40NO PRESSURE, EVERYBODY.
00:32:43BUT WE ARE LUCKY, WE HAVE A
00:32:44GREAT TEAM OF CANDIDATES.
00:32:47I AM SO PROUD OF THE CANDIDATES THAT WE HAVE.
00:32:53JOCELYN BENSON HAS BEEN A FIGHTER FOR MICHIGAN.
00:32:57EVERY SINGLE TIME THE TRUMP
00:32:59ADMINISTRATION HAS COME AND
00:33:01TRIED TO CONTROL OUR ELECTIONS,
00:33:04WE HAVE HAD ONE PERSON STAND UP
00:33:07OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND SAY NO AND I KNOW SHE WILL TAKE THE
00:33:10SAME PASSION TO INVESTING IN OUR
00:33:14SCHOOLS AND IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MAKING IT POSSIBLE
00:33:18FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO RAISE A FAMILY HERE IN MICHIGAN AGAIN.
00:33:27AND I GOT TO SERVE IN THE SENATE
00:33:29WITH GARLAND GILCHREST. I WATCHED THEM FIGHT EVERY
00:33:32SINGLE DAY. YOU KNOW, WE PASSED OF THE
00:33:36LARGEST TAX CUT FOR WORKING FAMILIES?
00:33:3930,000 KIDS OUT OF POVERTY.
00:33:41WE WERE THE FIRST STATE, THE
00:33:46FIRST STATE IN 70 YEARS TO REPEAL RIGHT TO WORK.
00:33:55WE IN MICHIGAN, YOU COULD HAVE
00:33:58BEEN FIRED FOR LOVING WHO YOU
00:34:01LOVE AND BEING WHO YOU WERE BEFORE GARLAND STEPPED UP.
00:34:07AND OUR NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL, ELLIE SATURDAY.
00:34:11[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOT ONLY HAS HE BEEN A
00:34:16PROSECUTOR, BUT HE HAS ALSO BEEN
00:34:18SOMEONE WHO HAS FOUGHT CORPORATIONS THAT POISONED OUR
00:34:22WATER, HURT OUR LAND, AND HELD THEM ACCOUNTABLE EVERY SINGLE
00:34:26TIME AND WE NEED A PEOPLE'S LAWYER LIKE THAT.
00:34:31[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:34:33AND A GREAT FIGHTER IN ABDUL
00:34:38EL-SAYED. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:34:43NOW, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM FOR A MINUTE.
00:34:47RIGHT NOW, REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO GO AROUND IN THIS
00:34:50WHISPER CAMPAIGN THAT ABDUL
00:34:55EL-SAYED IS NOT AN AMERICAN.
00:35:00[BOOING]
00:35:04THERE IS NOTHING MORE AMERICAN
00:35:05THAN ABDUL EL-SAYED.
00:35:12ABDUL WAS BORN HERE IN MICHIGAN
00:35:15AND WAS RAISED BY A DAUGHTER OF
00:35:19THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
00:35:21HE WAS A CAPTAIN OF HIS FOOTBALL
00:35:25TEAM. HE WAS A VALEDICTORIAN AT THE
00:35:29UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
00:35:34AS A SPARTAN, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ADMIT IT, BUT YOU GOT TO BE
00:35:39PRETTY'S -- PRETTY SMART FOR THAT. BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WHAT
00:35:41HE HAS DONE SINCE IT IS THE BEST
00:35:45OF AMERICA.
00:35:50HE HAS GONE AND TRY TO FIX OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS.
00:36:03IN PLACES THAT WERE BROKEN. HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS THAT WERE
00:36:07HURTING WHERE PEOPLE NEEDED HELP , ABDUL STOOD UP EVERY SINGLE
00:36:11TIME. THERE IS NOTHING MORE AMERICAN THAN THAT.
00:36:15[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:36:18AND I WANT TO SAY THIS, THERE IS
00:36:23NOTHING MORE AMERICAN THAN MEDICARE FOR ALL. [APPLAUSE]
00:36:28DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN
00:36:30A MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT FIGHTING FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL SINCE THE
00:36:331930'S IN MICHIGAN?
00:36:36NOW THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO
00:36:37TELL THE LIE THAT IT'S NOT AN AMERICAN IDEAL. YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:36:44IF I WAS MIKE ROGERS, I WOULD TELL THAT LIE. HE VOTED DIRECTLY TO TAKE HEALTH
00:36:48CARE AWAY FROM THOUSANDS AND
00:36:52THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN MICHIGAN.
00:36:56[BOOING BRACKET
00:37:02SO OF COURSE YOU WILL BE AGAINST
00:37:05IT, IF YOU WERE AGAINST THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT YOU WILL BE
00:37:09AGAINST EXPANDING IT TO ANYBODY. ANYBODY WHO COMES HERE TO TELL
00:37:13YOU THAT HIS IDEAS OR WHO HE IS IS NOT AMERICAN?
00:37:17I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT NOT AMERICAN IS.
00:37:20WHAT IS NOT AMERICAN IS HAVING A
00:37:23PRESIDENT IN A CONGRESS THAT
00:37:33GAVE BILLIONS IN TAX CUTS TO BILLIONAIRES WHILE RIPPING HEALTH CARE STATE.
00:37:40WHAT'S NOT AMERICAN IS GOING TO
00:37:42A WAR OF CHOICE, SENDING OUR
00:37:47SOLDIERS ABROAD SO THAT THEY CAN
00:37:49RAISE PRICES ON EVERY SINGLE
00:37:51PERSON IN THIS ROOM.
00:37:53YOU KNOW, THEY TALK ABOUT AMERICA FIRST?
00:37:56THAT'S IN AMERICA LAST POLICY.
00:38:00THEY SAY THEY ARE AMERICA FIRST,
00:38:03BUT WE ARE AMERICA FIRST. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:38:09I FOR ONE AM TIRED OF THEM
00:38:15TRYING TO DIVIDE THIS COUNTRY.
00:38:17YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ALL SAYING THAT DEMOCRATS ARE
00:38:21DIVIDING MICHIGAN. DO WE LOOK DIVIDED RIGHT NOW?
00:38:26I SAW HALEY STEVENS, WHO LOST,
00:38:27RUN A TOUGH RACE, HUGGED A SIAD,
00:38:32SAYING WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO TAKE THIS STATE AND COUNTRY BACK.
00:38:39[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW, THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP
00:38:43TRYING TO DO IT. FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, THEY
00:38:47ARE GOING TO SPEND TIME OVER AND
00:38:50OVER AGAIN TRYING TO TELL LIES
00:38:53ABOUT ABDUL. YOU KNOW WHAT THE BEST PART
00:38:56ABOUT THAT IS? WE JUST HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH
00:38:59ABOUT THEM.
00:39:01JOHN JAMES HAS RUN FOR GOVERNOR TWICE. SORRY, HE RAN FOR STATEWIDE
00:39:04OFFICE TWICE.
00:39:07HE'S A TWO TIME LOSER.
00:39:10MIKE ROGERS COULDN'T EVEN WIN
00:39:14WHEN DONALD TRUMP WON.
00:39:22MIKE ROGERS MOVED BACK HERE FROM FLORIDA.
00:39:26LAST TIME HE WAS LIVING IN A HOUSE THAT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE WATER.
00:39:33AND HE LOOKED PRETTY FANCY, SO HE WAS GOING SOMEWHERE, RIGHT?
00:39:39ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE HAVE
00:39:41GOT A RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK.
00:39:45AND I KNOW THAT WHILE WE MAY
00:39:46HAVE DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY WE
00:39:49WANT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, WE KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE.
00:39:54AND IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR
00:39:56YOU, DO YOU WANT DONALD TRUMP TO
00:40:00HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT?
00:40:03SO, WHAT DO WE NEED MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW?
00:40:08FIGHTERS. PEOPLE WILLING TO STAND UP AND
00:40:10SAY THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WILLING TO
00:40:13SAY THE STATUS QUO IS GOOD ENOUGH. IT'S NOT.
00:40:17WE ARE LUCKY THAT YOU HAVE SENT US A FIGHTER.
00:40:22I AM PROUD.
00:40:22I AM PROUD TO SAY, PROUD TO
00:40:27INTRODUCE OUR NEXT U.S. SENATOR
00:40:28FROM MICHIGAN, ABDUL AL SIAD.
00:40:36♪
00:40:55♪
00:41:24♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:41:33>> THANK YOU.
00:41:39CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR OUR DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR, CURTIS MOTEL?
00:41:46AND HOW ABOUT OUR NEXT SUPREME
00:41:48COURT JUSTICES, NEVITT -- MEGAN
00:41:52KAVANAUGH AND NICK HART? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:41:54OUR NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE WHO
00:41:59STANDS TALL FOR MICHIGAN, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GARLAND GILCHREST.
00:42:03[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:42:07WASHTENAW COUNTY PROSECUTOR AND
00:42:08SOON TO BE MICHIGAN'S NEXT
00:42:11ATTORNEY GENERAL, ELLIE SABAN.
00:42:16AND YOU ARE NEXT GOVERNOR, JOCELYN BENSON.
00:42:24I AM SO PROUD TO BE HERE. YOU ALL KNOW THE DRILL.
00:42:30MEDICAID FOR ALL? MONEY IN YOUR POCKET?
00:42:37MEDICAID FOR ALL? WE GOT THIS.
00:42:38MY NAME IS ABDUL EL-SAYED.
00:42:46I AM SO PROUD TO BE YOUR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR U.S. SENATE.
00:42:52AND ALSO, IN THE SPIRIT OF
00:42:54UNITY, IN THE SPIRIT OF THE WORK AND IN THE SPIRIT OF COMING
00:42:58TOGETHER, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO RAN.
00:43:05HALEY STEVENS, MALLORY MEANT TOMORROW, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE RACE.
00:43:09THEY DID INCREDIBLE PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND I CANNOT WAIT TO
00:43:13SEE WHAT EACH OF THEM WILL DO NEXT AND WE ARE SO BLESSED TO
00:43:17HAVE THAT CALIBER OF PUBLIC SERVANT HERE IN MICHIGAN.
00:43:21YOU ALL KNOW I WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO RUN FOR OFFICE?
00:43:23I'M SURE YOU HEARD THAT FROM MY OPPONENT.
00:43:29APPARENTLY, DONALD TRUMP. MY NAME IS [SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE]
00:43:38AND WITH A NAME LIKE MINE, I
00:43:39NEVER THOUGHT THAT RUNNING FOR OFFICE WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME.
00:43:45I WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR.
00:43:47I WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR BECAUSE
00:43:57IT SHOULDN'T MATTER WHERE YOU GROW UP IN THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE COLOR OF YOUR
00:44:01SKIN, OR WHAT YOUR PARENTS DO
00:44:05FOR WORK, YOU DESERVE A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:44:12[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:44:15I WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL TO
00:44:16LEARN HOW TO HEAL, ONLY TO REALIZE THAT TOO OFTEN OUR
00:44:21HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ISN'T JUST PART OF THE SOLUTION, IT'S PART
00:44:24OF THE PROBLEM. FOCUS MORE ON MONETIZING US
00:44:28BECAUSE WE GOT SICK.
00:44:30I REALIZE THAT WHEN I GRADUATED, AND YES, I DID GRADUATE MED
00:44:35SCHOOL, I WANTED TO WORK ON THE SYSTEM, NOT JUST IN IT.
00:44:40I WENT INTO PUBLIC HEALTH. I GOT TO REBUILD THE HEALTH
00:44:44DEPARTMENT IN THIS INCREDIBLE CITY. LET MY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
00:44:48FOR VETERAN SERVICES.
00:44:52PUT GLASSES ON KIDS, TOOK ON
00:44:54CORPORATE POLLUTERS, MAKE SURE
00:44:56OUR KIDS WERE NOT DRINKING LEAD IN THE WATER IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
00:45:03NONE OF THAT. NO.
00:45:07ELIMINATED UP TO $700 MILLION MEDICAL DEBT FOR 300,000 PEOPLE.
00:45:13IN A PROGRAM THAT IS ONGOING.
00:45:20I AM NEVER GOING TO FORGET THE DAY WHEN THIS ADMINISTRATION
00:45:23FROZE FEDERAL FUNDS.
00:45:26YOUR MOM -- YOU REMEMBER THAT?
00:45:28I TRIED TO MAKE SURE OUR CHECKS
00:45:31WENT OUT LAST WEEK -- NEXT WEEK, THAT OUR KIDS GOT THE VACCINES
00:45:34THEY NEEDED, THAT ARE FEDERALLY
00:45:38QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS DON'T
00:45:39SHUT DOWN AND I GET A
00:45:44NOTIFICATION ON MY PHONE THAT GARY PETERS IS NOT SEEKING
00:45:47REELECTION AND I HAD TO ASK, WHERE IS THE FIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH NOW?
00:45:51WHEN THEY WERE DOGEING OUR
00:45:56GOVERNMENT EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE.
00:45:59WHO KNEW THAT WE WOULD BE DODGING LETTUCE.
00:46:05BREATHING AIR QUALITY THAT IS WORSE THAN SO MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD.
00:46:10NOW, DODGING LETTUCE ISN'T SUMP
00:46:14-- IS SOMETHING I HAD TO WORRY ABOUT ABROAD, DIDN'T THINK I HAD TO WORRY ABOUT IN MICHIGAN.
00:46:20TURNS OUT GOVERNMENT DOES THINGS THAT HE NEEDS TO EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT.
00:46:27I REALIZE, I HAD TO ASK MYSELF WHERE IS THE FIGHT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH NOW.
00:46:32EVER WONDER WHY RFK JR. RUNS
00:46:35PUBLIC HEALTH IN THIS COUNTRY?
00:46:36I THINK THE FIGHT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO THE U.S. SENATE.
00:46:46SO, WE LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN. TOOK US TO COMMUNITIES BIG AND SMALL.
00:46:55WE WERE ALL HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE WANT
00:46:58TO BE WITH THE GOAL OF DOING
00:47:02THREE THINGS. GETTING MONEY OUT OF WASHINGTON,
00:47:05MONEY IN YOUR POCKET, AND MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:47:09YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEND TENS OF MILLIONS SELECTING A
00:47:14CANDIDATE OR PICKING A
00:47:15POLITICIAN USING CORPORATE FUNDS .
00:47:20THAT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHEN I GET TO
00:47:22THE SENATE I'M GOING TO WORK
00:47:25WITH MY COLLEAGUES, LIKE LIZ
00:47:27WARREN AND BERNIE SANDERS TO END
00:47:32OF THE CORPORATE CORRUPTION AND
00:47:33THE SYSTEM OF SUPER PAC'S IN
00:47:37501(C) FOUR'S AND ALL OF IT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:47:43AND WE ARE GOING TO PUT MONEY IN POCKETS.
00:47:45WE WILL STAND WITH OUR UNION
00:47:49SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND PASS THE ACT.
00:47:55WE ARE GOING TO TAX BILLIONAIRES THEIR WEALTH.
00:47:59YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:48:04YOU TAX A BILLIONAIRE, YOU KNOW
00:48:07WHAT THEY SELL? STILL A MILLIONAIRE.
00:48:09MAYBE THEY CAN PAY A FAIR SHARE
00:48:12SO THAT OUR KIDS CAN GET SOME GOOD SCHOOLS, FUNCTIONAL
00:48:15INFRASTRUCTURE, AND HEALTH CARE.
00:48:20WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ON AN
00:48:27OTHERWISE WE WILL GET PAID LESS FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO.
00:48:31OLIGOPOLIES, YELLOW. GOT TO REGULATE THEM.
00:48:34I NEED SOME MORE FOR THAT.
00:48:37PEOPLE ARE LIKE -- AND WENT REAL WALKING THERE.
00:48:41WE ARE GOING TO KEEP OUR TAX
00:48:41DOLLARS AT HOME INSTEAD OF
00:48:45SENDING THEM ABROAD TO FIGHT FOR US TO HAVE NO BUSINESS FIGHTING.
00:48:49[APPLAUSE]
00:48:54THEN WE ARE FINALLY GOING TO MEET THE UNMET PROVIDENT --
00:48:56PROMISE OF GUARANTEEING EVERY
00:49:01SINGLE PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY THE HEALTH CARE THEY NEED AND DESERVE THROUGH MEDICARE FOR
00:49:05ALL.
00:49:09THEY ASKED ME, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT?
00:49:12MAYBE INSTEAD OF $252 BILLION
00:49:16GOING TO ROGUE AGENCIES LIKE ICE, MAYBE WE CAN KEEP OUR MONEY
00:49:19HERE TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE HERE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:49:25WE CAN HAVE A SECURE BORDER IN
00:49:28ENFORCE IMMIGRATION POLICY WITHOUT SHOOTING PEOPLE IN THE
00:49:32FACE OR THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
00:49:35MAYBE WE KEEP OUR MONEY HERE INSTEAD OF FIGHTING A WAR THAT
00:49:39WE HAVE NO BUSINESS FIGHTING,
00:49:42RAISING OUR GAS PRICES TO FIVE DOLLARS PER GALLON, BURNING THEM
00:49:46TO TEACH THE AYATOLLAHS THEY
00:49:49HAVE A CHOKEPOINT ON THE WORLD'S
00:49:53ENERGY SUPPLY? A WAR HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW
00:49:55TO GET OUT OF BECAUSE HE
00:49:59SHOULDN'T OF GOTTEN INTO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
00:50:02NOW, I'M UP AGAINST A GUY NAMED MIKE ROGERS, WHO HAS DECIDED HE
00:50:04WANTS TO FOCUS ON MY NAME.
00:50:09MY 11 LETTER FIRST NAME. MIKE, I'M GOING TO REMIND YOU,
00:50:13IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THE
00:50:16NAME, KEEP THE NAME OUT OF YOUR
00:50:17DAMN MOUTH.
00:50:24OR JUST CALL ME ABDUL. BUT I GOT SOME OPINIONS ABOUT HIS NAME.
00:50:29ROGERS, VERY FITTING FOR HIM.
00:50:33THAT'S HIS ANSWER EVERY TIME A CORPORATION WERE DONALD TRUMP TELLS THEM TO DO SOMETHING.
00:50:38MIKE? WE NEED YOU TO PUT A DATA CENTER IN YOUR BACKYARD.
00:50:44ROGER.
00:50:44MIKE, WE NEED YOU TO HIKE THOSE
00:50:48PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES. ROGER.
00:50:51MIKE, WE NEED YOU TO RUBBERSTAMP
00:50:52THIS WAR WE SHOULDN'T BE FIGHTING. ROGER.
00:50:59MIKE, THIS ONE IS DONALD TRUMP, I NEED YOU TO LICK THESE BOOTS. ROGER.
00:51:22[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:51:25I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US IN
00:51:30MICHIGAN BY SAYING THAT WE ARE DONE WITH ROGERS.
00:51:33GO BACK TO FLORIDA, WHERE YOU BELONG. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:51:38TOO MANY ROGERS.
00:51:42HERE'S THE THING ABOUT IT, THOUGH.
00:51:46THEY ALL THINK WE WON'T STEP UP AND FIGHT.
00:51:49THEY THINK THEY ARE THE BIGGEST,
00:51:51BADDEST BULLY ON THE PLAYGROUND,
00:51:53THAT WE WILL SHOW UP -- THEY WILL SHOW UP AND WE WILL RUN
00:51:58AWAY. BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHO WE FIGHT FOR.
00:52:01WE FIGHT FOR THE FAMILIES WHO ARE BARELY ABLE TO PUT THE
00:52:04GROCERIES IN THE CART AND CHECKOUT.
00:52:08WE FIGHT FOR THE MOM WHO IS WORRIED ABOUT THE CHILD CARE SHE
00:52:13NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO WORK A JOB
00:52:15THAT BARELY PAYS ENOUGH.
00:52:18WE FIGHT FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE AFRAID OF WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY
00:52:21GET SICK. WE FIGHT FOR EACH OTHER.
00:52:26[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:52:30AND WE DON'T BACK DOWN.
00:52:34SO, WHEN THEY COME IN THEY ASK JOCELYN TO CUT THAT EDUCATION
00:52:39BUDGET, JOCELYN BENSON WON'T BACK DOWN.
00:52:46WHEN THEY TRY TO TAKE AWAY OUR
00:52:49CIVIL LIBERTIES, ELLIE SAVITZ WON'T BACK DOWN.
00:52:57WHEN THEY COME FOR OUR ELECTIONS, GILCHREST WON'T BACK DOWN.
00:53:02WHEN THEY COME FROM OUR UNION RIGHTS, WE DON'T BACK DOWN.
00:53:07WHEN THEY COME FOR OUR HEALTH CARE, WE DON'T BACK DOWN.
00:53:10LIMERICK -- WHEN THEY COME FOR
00:53:13ONE OF US, WE WILL STAND UP AND
00:53:14FIGHT TO BUILD THE AMERICA WE
00:53:17ARE PROUD TO HAND OFF TO OUR
00:53:21KIDS AND GRANDKIDS, BECAUSE WE
00:53:23WON'T RIP -- WON'T BACK DOWN.
00:53:26MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS, 88 MORE DAYS, WE WON'T BACK DOWN.
00:53:30WE WILL SEE YOU OUT THERE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE
00:53:34NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2026]
00:53:38\ >> AT 1 P.M. EASTERN WE WILL HEAR FROM THE OHIO U.S. SENATE
00:53:43CANDIDATE SHERROD BROWN AS HE MEETS WITH VOTERS IN
00:53:46STEUBENVILLE. THIS EVENING, REPUBLICAN
00:53:50REPRESENTATIVE MIKE COLLINS CAMPAIGNS FOR SENATE IN GEORGIA
00:53:54ALONGSIDE RICK ALLEN.
00:53:55LATER TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE THE
00:53:58CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE STEVE HILTON SPEAKING
00:54:03AT THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB IN SAN FRANCISCO BEGINNING AT 9 P.M.
00:54:06YOU CAN FIND OUR CAMPAIGN COVERAGE ON THE C-SPAN NOW VIDEO
00:54:09APP OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
00:54:16>> TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH ON
00:54:18C-SPAN, OR CAMPAIGN 26 COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH ANOTHER PRIMARY
00:54:22NIGHT IN AMERICA.
00:54:27VOTERS IN SIX STATES ARE HEADED
00:54:28TO THE POLLS TO SET THE
00:54:34POTENTIAL TIP OF THE BALANCE OF POWER ON CAPITOL HILL.
00:54:38AFTER MONTHS OF FUNDRAISING AND CAMPAIGNING, SEE THE RESULTS
00:54:41LIVE AS THEY HAPPEN. DON'T MISS OUR LIVE PRIMARY
00:54:44NIGHT COVERAGE TUESDAY, AUGUST
00:54:4811, ON C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW, HE OR
00:54:51ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
00:54:54PRIMARY NIGHT IN AMERICA, EVERY
00:54:57MOMENT, EVERY RESULT, EVERY SPEECH.