CSPAN — Campaign 2026 U.S. Senate Candidate Peggy Flanagan Delivers Primary Night...

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[LIVE] U.S. Senate candidate Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D-MN) delivers remarks to supporters after polls close in Minneapolis.<br /><br />Sponsor: Flanagan (Peggy) Senatorial Campaign

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00:00:00SIDE. [APPLAUSE]
00:00:04[APPLAUSE]
00:00:09GOD BLESS YOU ALL. MY NAME IS NED LAMONT.
00:00:13[APPLAUSE]
00:00:33>> THE ECONOMIC GAINS THAT ARE
00:00:37MAKING A FEW AMERICANS WEALTHY BEYOND ALL IMAGINING OUR LEAVING TOO MANY AMERICANS OUT.
00:00:44THE COST OF EVERYTHING FROM HEALTHCARE TO HOUSING TO
00:00:46ELECTRICITY MEAN THE NUMBERS
00:00:50>> WE ARE GOING TO HEAR AS WE
00:00:53TAKE YOU NOW -- GOING TO LEAVE
00:00:57THIS HERE AS WE TAKE YOU KNOW TO
00:00:58LIVE COVERAGE -- TAKE YOU NOW TO
00:01:02LIVE COVERAGE. >> THANK YOU. MINNESOTA.
00:01:06FOR MONTHS NOW, I HAVE BEEN
00:01:10TELLING YOU THAT THIS CAMPAIGN WAS ABOUT THE MANY VERSUS THE MONEY.
00:01:16WELL, GUESS WHAT? THE MANY JUST WON.
00:01:27AND MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT,
00:01:29THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF ME.
00:01:33THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF YOU.
00:01:37THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE YOU SAID MINNESOTA IS NOT FOR SALE.
00:01:48NOT NOW AND NOT EVER.
00:01:55I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH
00:01:56CONGRESSWOMAN CRAIG AND SHE
00:01:59ENSURED ME THAT SHE IS IN THIS FIGHT WITH US.
00:02:08AND LOOK, IT IS NO SECRET
00:02:15THAT CONGRESSMAN CRAGG AND I HAVE NOT SEEN EYE TO EYE ON
00:02:18EVERYTHING AND THAT'S OK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PRIMARIES ARE ALL ABOUT.
00:02:25WE ARE BOTH PROUD DEMOCRATS,
00:02:26BOTH PROUD DFL'ERS AND WE LOVE
00:02:31THIS STATE.
00:02:37AND WE BOTH KNOW THAT WE JUST
00:02:39CAN'T HAND DONALD TRUMP ANOTHER
00:02:45SENATE SEAT.
00:02:46AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR TO
00:02:51EVERYONE THAT VOTED FOR ANGIE CRAIG, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU
00:02:54MADE YOUR VOICE HEARD, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS.
00:02:58THAT I WILL WORK MY TAIL OFF TO
00:03:02EARN YOUR VOTES, AND MOST
00:03:06IMPORTANTLY [AUDIO DROP]
00:03:12BECAUSE I NEED YOU IN THIS FIGHT. MINNESOTA NEEDS YOU IN THIS FIGHT.
00:03:19BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP HAS COST OUR STATE FAR TOO MUCH ALREADY.
00:03:25AND WE ARE NOT ABOUT TO GIVE
00:03:27DONALD TRUMP ANOTHER LOYAL
00:03:30SOLDIER LIKE MICHELLE TAFOYA TO
00:03:34TAKE HIS ORDERS AND DO HIS BIDDING.
00:03:37MICHELLE TAFOYA WAS ALL IN WITH
00:03:40TRUMP WHEN ICE WAS TERRORIZING OUR NEIGHBORS.
00:03:45SHE EVEN SAID ICE TREATED
00:03:50CHILDREN REALLY, REALLY WELL.
00:03:55WELL, MICHELLE, TELL THAT TO
00:03:59LIAM CONEJO RAMOS.
00:04:03TELL THAT TO THE PARENTS WHO WERE DISAPPEARED.
00:04:06TELL THAT WITH THE KIDS WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR MOM OR
00:04:10DAD ARE RIGHT NOW.
00:04:12BECAUSE THE LAST THING THIS
00:04:17COUNTRY NEEDS IS TO GIVE DONALD TRUMP ANOTHER YES SIR SENATOR.
00:04:22TRUMP TOOK 15 MILLION PEOPLE OFF OF THEIR HEALTH CARE AND
00:04:25MICHELLE TAFOYA SAID YES SIR.
00:04:28TAX BREAKS FOR BILLIONAIRES, YES SIR, YOU BETCHA.
00:04:34CRUSHING TARIFFS, YES SIR.
00:04:37AN ILLEGAL WAR THAT IS COSTING
00:04:41US BILLIONS.
00:04:43MICHELLE TAFOYA SAID YES SIR,
00:04:47MR. PRESIDENT.
00:04:50AND WHEN PEOPLE SAID THE WAR WAS
00:04:53DRIVING GAS PRICES TOO HIGH, SHE
00:04:55TOLD MINNESOTANS, AND I QUOTE,
00:05:04TAKE A STIFF UPPER LIP AND TAKE
00:05:06ONE LAST TRIP TO STARBUCKS --
00:05:10LESS TRIP TO STARBUCKS.
00:05:14WE ALREADY HAVE TOO MANY SPINELESS YES OR SENATORS THAT WILL NOT STAND UP TO DONALD TRUMP.
00:05:20MINNESOTA, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEND HIM ANOTHER ONE.
00:05:24AND MICHELLE TAFOYA MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE GOING
00:05:28THROUGH, BUT I DO.
00:05:34I WAS RAISED BY AN AMAZING
00:05:39SINGLE WORKING MOM STRUGGLING TO
00:05:43PAY HER FOOD AND RENT.
00:05:45SO TO ME, FOOD ASSISTANCE ISN'T
00:05:49JUST ANOTHER LINE ITEM IN THE FEDERAL BUDGET.
00:05:52IT'S WHY I WAS ABLE TO WALK OUT
00:05:54OF THE FOOD SHELF WITH A BLOCK
00:05:59OF COMMODITY SHE'S UNDER MY ARM LIKE A FOOTBALL. SECTION EIGHT WASN'T JUST A
00:06:04NUMBER, IT'S HOW WE MOVED INTO OUR APARTMENT IN ST. LOUIS PARK.
00:06:12AND MEDICAID ISN'T JUST SOME
00:06:13ABSTRACT PROGRAM, IT'S WHAT KEPT ME ALIVE AS A KID WITH REALLY
00:06:17BAD ASTHMA.
00:06:20AND THAT'S WHY I'VE SPENT MY
00:06:23ENTIRE CAREER FOCUSED ON HELPING FAMILIES LIKE MINE GET AHEAD,
00:06:26BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
00:06:30STRETCH $20 THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
00:06:34AS THE HEAD OF THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND, I LED THE CAMPAIGN
00:06:38TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE AND
00:06:41INDEX IT TO INFLATION AND WE WON.
00:06:47I WORKED FOR A DECADE TO PASS PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE
00:06:51AND WE WON.
00:06:57AND I HELPED WIN THE BATTLE FOR
00:07:02FREE SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR OUR KIDS.
00:07:05FOR EMERGENCY INSULIN FOR THOSE
00:07:09IN DESPERATE NEED.
00:07:10AND LET'S BE CLEAR THAT THESE
00:07:14WERE MOONSHOT IDEAS WHEN WE STARTED FIGHTING FOR THEM, BUT
00:07:17WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE WORTH THE FIGHT.
00:07:21AND WHEN DID WE STOP BELIEVING THAT OUR ELECTED LEADERS COULD
00:07:25IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES, NOT JUST TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE LESS LOUSY?
00:07:29RIGHT? WE NEED TO START FIGHTING FOR
00:07:33PEOPLE AGAIN. FOR CHILDREN.
00:07:39FOR CHILDREN LIKE MY BUDDY
00:07:43BENTLEY, WHO I FIRST MET IN BRAINERD.
00:07:46HIS MOM WORRIES ABOUT LOSING THE
00:07:51MEDICAID THAT KEEPS HER PRECIOUS
00:07:52CATO ALIVE -- KIDDO ALIVE, FOLKS
00:08:03LIKE JESSICA IN CAN BE WHO HAS A $16,000 DEDUCTIBLE AND PAID 600 BUCKS FOR A FIVE MINUTE MED CHECK. FOR THE MOMS IN THE CHECKOUT
00:08:07LINE WHO QUIETLY WHISPERED TO THE CHILD TO PUT SOMETHING BACK
00:08:09ON THE SHELF BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THEIR ACCOUNT.
00:08:13FOR THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS THAT I
00:08:17MET IN RIDGEFIELD WHO TOLD ME THAT SHE COULDN'T TO GO ON FIELD
00:08:21TRIPS, HER FAVORITE PART OF SCHOOL, BECAUSE OF ICE.
00:08:24SO, AS YOUR NEXT SENATOR, HERE
00:08:29ARE THE THINGS THAT I AM A YOU TO THROW DOWN FOR.
00:08:33-- THAT I AM READ EACH TO THROW
00:08:34DOWN FOR -- READY TO THROW DOWN
00:08:38FOR.
00:08:40ENDING THE DESPICABLE PRIORITIES OF AN ADMINISTRATION THAT HANDS
00:08:43OUT TAX BREAKS TO BILLIONAIRES,
00:08:45BUILDS GILDED BALLROOMS, AND
00:08:50SPENDS BILLIONS ON BOMBS WHILE SCREWING OVER WORKING PEOPLE.
00:08:58TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PAY THEIR RENT AND
00:09:01YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BUY THEIR FIRST HOME BEFORE THEY ARE MIDDLE AGED.
00:09:08PASSING RIGHT TO REPAIR SO THAT MINNESOTA FARMERS CAN FIX THEIR
00:09:11OWN DAMN EQUIPMENT.
00:09:15AND GETTING RID OF PRIOR
00:09:18AUTHORIZATION SO THAT SOME DUDE
00:09:19BEHIND A DESK, OR WORSE YET, AN
00:09:24AI BOT, IS NOT DETERMINING THAT
00:09:29YOU GET THE LIFESAVING HEALTH CARE THAT YOUR DOCTOR HAS PRESCRIBED.
00:09:36AND TAXING MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:09:44BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO MAKE HEALTH CARE AVAILABLE AND
00:09:48AFFORDABLE ONCE AND FOR ALL.
00:09:53AND NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT DONALD
00:09:57TRUMP'S OUT OF CONTROL ICE FORCE.
00:10:02WE NEED TO RIP ICE APART AND
00:10:08STOP THEM FROM TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITY.
00:10:13AND I KNOW THIS, I KNOW THAT WE
00:10:17CAN FIX OUR BROKEN IMMIGRATION
00:10:18SYSTEM, SECURE THE BORDER, AND
00:10:22CREATE A REAL PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR VALUES.
00:10:28AND WE ARE GOING TO STOP DONALD
00:10:31TRUMP'S BILLION DOLLAR A DAY
00:10:33ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN AND THE
00:10:36CRUSHING GAS AND FERTILIZER PRICES. WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT THE
00:10:41CORRUPTION, WHETHER IT'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE OR IN THE HALLS OF
00:10:45CONGRESS, BECAUSE THE DRIFT
00:10:47PASTOR STOP -- GRIFT HAS
00:10:54TO STOP.
00:10:55AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE ARE
00:11:00GOING TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY FROM THIS OUT-OF-CONTROL PRESIDENT AND ALL THE YES SIR SENATORS WHO ARE DOING HIS BIDDING.
00:11:06AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY FROM THE CORPORATE
00:11:10PACS AND DARK MONEY GROUPS THAT
00:11:13ARE TRYING TO BUY OUR POLITICIANS.
00:11:18BECAUSE YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THE
00:11:20BEST WAY TO END CITIZENS UNITED
00:11:24IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN RUN
00:11:24AND WIN GRASSROOTS
00:11:30PEOPLE-POWERED CAMPAIGNS. AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF THESE
00:11:34IDEAS ARE POSSIBLE.
00:11:37AND THEY ARE WHAT PEOPLE IN
00:11:40EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE, EVERY PERSON IN THE CORNER OF THE
00:11:46STATE, HAVE BEEN DEMANDING SO THAT THEY CAN AFFORD THE LIVES THEY WANT TO LIVE.
00:11:50AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I AM RUNNING FOR THIS SEAT.
00:11:58AND WE KNOW THE FOLKS THAT WE ARE UP AGAINST ARE GOING TO
00:12:02CAMPAIGN, THEY ARE TO CAMPAIGN, THEY'RE GOING TO RUN A CAMPAIGN
00:12:06OF DISHONESTY, DISTRACTION, AND
00:12:10DIVISION. AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THAT'S
00:12:13WHAT TRUMP'S CANDIDATES DO.
00:12:17THEY RUN THE SAME PLAYBOOK EVERYWHERE THEY GO. THEY LIE.
00:12:21AND SO, LET ME TELL YOU WHO I REALLY AM.
00:12:29I AM THE DAUGHTER OF MARVIN, AN
00:12:36ACTIVIST WHO WAS ALWAYS READY TO GET INTO GOOD TROUBLE FOR A GOOD CAUSE.
00:12:42AND OUR CLAN IS THE WHARF CLAN
00:12:45-- WOLF CLAN AND THE ROLE OF OUR
00:12:51CLAN IS TO LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND.
00:12:52I AM A DAUGHTER.
00:13:03>>[CROWD CHANTING "PEGGY1"]
00:13:13>> I AM THE DAUGHTER OF PAT
00:13:16FLANAGAN, AN IRISH CATHOLIC
00:13:20HEALTH CARE WORKER WHO SKIPPED MEALS SO THAT I COULD EAT.
00:13:25SHE HAD A COMPASSIONATE HEART FOR EVERYONE SHE MET.
00:13:29I AM SIOBHAN'S MOM AND TOM'S
00:13:37WIFE, AND WE ARE A FAMILY THAT IS SMALL BUT MIGHTY.
00:13:41AND THEY ARE THE CENTER OF MY WORLD.
00:13:44WE GO TO MASS EVERY SUNDAY WITH
00:13:49A CONGREGATION THAT LOOKS LIKE MINNESOTA.
00:13:54AND A CHURCH THAT REMINDS US TO
00:13:55LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND TO TREAT OUR NEIGHBOR AS WE WOULD
00:14:00TREAT OUR SELF.
00:14:05AND MY LIFE HAS BEEN GROUNDED BY
00:14:08FAMILY, BY COMMUNITY, AND IN MY
00:14:12FAITH AND SERVICE.
00:14:15AND I AM A PROUD MINNESOTAN WHO
00:14:19IS GUIDED BY THE BELIEF THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS DO THE NEXT GOOD THING.
00:14:27AND MINNESOTA, YOU KNOW ME.
00:14:31AND NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY
00:14:33TO TEAR ME DOWN TO BUY THIS
00:14:38SENATE SEAT, I KNOW YOU WILL BE
00:14:41FOOLED -- YOU WON'T BE FOOLED,
00:14:45BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHOICE AND IT'S A SIMPLE ONE.
00:14:49MINNESOTA CANNED SEND ANOTHER DONALD TRUMP YES SIR SENATOR TO DO HIS BIDDING.
00:14:53OR WE CAN INSIST ON CHANGE AND
00:14:58SEND SOMEONE WHO WILL ALWAYS PUT MINNESOTA FIRST.
00:15:04AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
00:15:05THOUSANDS OF INDEPENDENTS AND
00:15:09REPUBLICANS WHO AGREE WITH US.
00:15:13BECAUSE I HAVE MET SO MANY OF YOU ON THE ROAD.
00:15:17YOU'VE TOLD ME HOW YOU ARE DISAPPOINTED IN THE DIRECTION
00:15:20THAT TRUMP IS TAKING OUR COUNTRY.
00:15:22AND AS MY POLITICAL HERO, PAUL
00:15:25WAUL STONE, ONCE SAID, HE SAID I
00:15:31DON'T THINK POLITICS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH LEFT, RIGHT,
00:15:34OR ECCENTRIC. IT HAS TO DO -- OR CENTER.
00:15:39IT HAS TO DO WITH DOING RIGHT BY PEOPLE AND WE ALL KNOW THAT
00:15:42DONALD TRUMP IS NOT DOING RIGHT
00:15:43BY ANNUAL BUT -- BY ANYONE BUT HIMSELF.
00:15:48SO I AM ASKING YOU TO JOIN US.
00:15:52BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING MORE POWERFUL THAN MILLIONS OF
00:15:55MINNESOTA VOICES CALLING OUT FOR CHANGE.
00:16:02AND NOW, I WANT TO THANK
00:16:08EVERYONE OF YOU THAT HAS
00:16:12ALREADY LED THEIR VOICE.
00:16:14I WANT TO THANK TOM AND
00:16:19SIOBHAN. MY HOME TEAM.
00:16:25BECAUSE WE REALLY DID THIS TOGETHER.
00:16:32AND MY MOM, AND MY AUNTIES.
00:16:42AND ALL THE BAD ASS WOMEN THAT
00:16:48RAISED ME AND GAVE ME THE COURAGE TO FIGHT.
00:16:56I ALSO WANT TO THANK TIM AND
00:17:02ERINM SIOBHAN -- TIM AND ERIN,
00:17:12SIOBHAN'S DAD AND STEPMOM. WE RISE TOGETHER AND I AM SO
00:17:15GRATEFUL FOR TEAM SIOBHAN.
00:17:18TO SENATOR TINA SMITH, YOU HAVE
00:17:34BEEN ONE OF MY DEAREST MENTORS AND FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS.
00:17:39YOU HAVE SHOWN MINNESOTA WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ALWAYS PUT PEOPLE FIRST.
00:17:44AND YOU HAVE DONE IT WITH
00:17:45INTEGRITY AND COURAGE AND A
00:17:51SHARP SENSE OF HUMOR THAT I KNOW I WILL MISS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
00:17:57I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU AND I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE
00:18:01YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
00:18:06AND I WANT TO THANK THE DFL FOR
00:18:11YOUR ENDORSEMENT.
00:18:15AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERY
00:18:18DFL'ER WHO WON TODAY, ESPECIALLY
00:18:22MY BUDDY, ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON.
00:18:27>>[CROWD CHANTING "KEITH!]
00:18:34>> THANK YOU TO MY FIRST
00:18:39ENDORSER, STATE AUDITOR JULIE
00:18:43BLAHA.
00:18:49AND TO ALL OF THE ELECTED
00:18:54LEADERS WHO ENDORSED OUR CAMPAIGN.
00:18:58AND I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT
00:18:59OUT TO SCIU, THE NATIONAL NURSES
00:19:09UNITED, UFCW 663, THE FIRST
00:19:16UNION TO ENDORSE IN THIS RACE.
00:19:20AND TO ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND SIBLINGS IN LABOR.
00:19:30FAITH IN MINNESOTA, THE MUSLIM COALITION.
00:19:39INDIVISIBLE.
00:19:41AND TO EVERYONE IN INDIAN
00:19:45COUNTRY WHO HAVE BEEN LIFTING ME UP.
00:19:51I WANT TO THANK MY INCREDIBLE
00:19:56CAMPAIGN TEAM.
00:20:00THE THOUSANDS OF ORGANIZERS AND
00:20:03VOLUNTEERS WHOSE ENERGY POWERED THIS CAMPAIGN.
00:20:11TOGETHER, WE ARE GOING TO WIN IN
00:20:15NOVEMBER.
00:20:18AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT
00:20:20TO THANK EVERYONE WHO KNOCKED ON
00:20:25A DOOR, CARRIED A SIGN, SENT A
00:20:29TEXT, SAID A PRAYER, AND JUST
00:20:34FLAT OUT MOBILIZED, ORGANIZED,
00:20:37AND FOUGHT TO MAKE TONIGHT POSSIBLE.
00:20:43BUT FOLKS, WE ARE NOT DONE YET.
00:20:48MICHELLE TO FOIA IS GOING TO BE
00:20:52BIG -- MICHELLE TAFOYA IS
00:20:57GOING TO BE BANKROLLED BY EVERY
00:20:58SPECIAL-INTEREST, EVERY MAGA
00:21:01BILLIONAIRE YOU CAN THINK OF,
00:21:05AND THIS CAMPAIGN HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE MANY VERSES THAT MONEY.
00:21:10SO, IF YOU WANT TO HELP US BEAT
00:21:11MAGA IN NOVEMBER, GO TO PEGGY
00:21:21FLANAGAN.COM, BECAUSE THEY ARE DESPERATE TO GIVE TRUMP ANOTHER
00:21:23YES OR SENATOR -- YES SIR
00:21:27SENATOR TO DO HIS BIDDING. AND ANOTHER REPUBLICAN
00:21:31CHOCK-FULL OF YES SIR SENATORS
00:21:34WHO WILL SAY YES OR TO ANYTHING
00:21:36DONALD TRUMP -- YES SIR TO
00:21:42ANYTHING DONALD TRUMP WANTS AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM A
00:21:44REPUBLICAN MAJORITY,.
00:21:50FRIENDS WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THEM SLIP THIS SEAT. MINNESOTA IS GOING TO BE PART OF DEMOCRATS TAKING BACK THE SENATE, HOLDING DONALD TRUMP
00:21:54ACCOUNTABLE, AND HELPING WORKING
00:22:01PEOPLE BEFORE BILLIONAIRES AND CORPORATE SPECIAL INTERESTS.
00:22:08AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I KNOW?
00:22:10WE ARE GOING TO WIN.
00:22:15THE MANY ARE GOING TO BEAT THE
00:22:19MONEY ONE MORE TIME.
00:22:26BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HOW POWERFUL
00:22:28WE ARE WHEN WE STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR EACH OTHER.
00:22:32THIS YEAR, OUR STATE FACED
00:22:35INCREDIBLE CHALLENGES.
00:22:37BUT WE CAME TOGETHER AND WE CAME
00:22:40OUT STRONGER THAN EVER.
00:22:44AND WE ARE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN,
00:22:47BECAUSE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER,
00:22:50WHEN WE ORGANIZE TOGETHER, WHEN WE FIGHT TOGETHER, WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE.
00:23:01SO, TONIGHT, LET'S ENJOY THIS
00:23:04PARTY AT THE ICONIC 1ST AVENUE.
00:23:12BUT TOMORROW, LET'S FIGHT OUR
00:23:16HEARTS OUT TOGETHER FOR OUR
00:23:20STATE AND FOR OUR COUNTRY.
00:23:31MINNESOTA.
00:23:33>> WE LOVE YOU!
00:23:40>> MINNESOTA, I LOVE YOU SO
00:23:44MUCH.
00:23:54MY MOM IS SO PROUD.
00:24:03SHE HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE RECENTLY, ABSOLUTELY.
00:24:07SO, WE ARE GOING TO GO, WE ARE
00:24:12GOING TO WORK HARD, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP DOING THE WORK WE HAVE
00:24:15BEEN DOING BY RUNNING A CAMPAIGN
00:24:20THAT IS GROUNDED IN PEOPLE, OUR
00:24:24LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, FOR THE
00:24:28STATE, FOR THE COMMON GOOD, AND
00:24:33WE ARE GOING TO WIN.
00:24:36>> WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THIS HERE AS WE TAKE YOU NOW TO LIVE
00:24:40COVERAGE.
00:24:58>>
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