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00:00:00ME TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT THOUGHT PROCESSES.
00:00:03>> AWARD WINNING AUTHORS. >> I DON'T WRITE ABOUT POWERFUL.
00:00:07>> I WRITE ABOUT ORDINARY PEOPLE TRYING MAKE SENSE OF GLOBAL
00:00:11EVENTS AND POLITICIANS. >> ONCE I HAVE THOUGHT SOMETHING
00:00:13THROUGH, I'M ALMOST TRANSFORMED.
00:00:16HAVING ALL NEW AMERICA'S BOOK
00:00:18CLUB THIS FALL ON C-SPAN SUNDAYS
00:00:21AT 6 P.M., 9 P.M. AND MIDNIGHT EASTERN AND PACIFIC, AND ANY
00:00:25TIME AT C-SPAN DOORS A, B, C.
00:00:36C-SPAN CAMPAIGN 2026 COVERAGE CONTINUES NOW FROM LEWISTON, MAINE.
00:00:40>> THAT'S WHERE DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE TROY JACKSON
00:00:44HOSTED A RALLY WITH VERMONT INDEPENDENT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
00:00:47HERE'S A LOOK AT EVENT.
00:00:57>> PLEASE WELCOME DAVE, THE
00:00:59GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TERRITORY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
00:01:03ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND
00:01:04AEROSPACE WORKERS WORKERS.
00:01:11>> WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, LEWISTON.
00:01:13THANK YOU FOR BEING TO SUPPORT
00:01:16TROY JACKSON IN THIS RUN SENATE.
00:01:18>> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
00:01:21WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO. THIS DAY IS COMING UP PRETTY WE
00:01:24GOT 23 MORE DAYS AND WE KNOW WE CAN DO THAT. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS, ARE
00:01:27YOU READY? >> CHANGE HERE IN THE STATE OF
00:01:32MAINE. >> ALL RIGHT. IT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. >> ARE WE READY FOR CHANGE IN
00:01:36THE STATE?
00:01:37>> TO ME, RIGHT?
00:01:40>> I HOPE TROY CAN HEAR THAT ONE. >> SO IT'S TRULY HONOR TO
00:01:44INTRODUCE TROY. >> ME AND TROY HAVE BEEN PERSONAL FRIENDS FOR A LONG AND
00:01:48ALL THE UNION MEMBERS THAT ARE
00:01:50HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. >> WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH TROY, SO WE KNOW
00:01:54TROY QUITE WELL. BUT MY NAME IS DAVID SULLIVAN,
00:01:58THE GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR, THE EASTERN TERRITORIES. >> I JUST SAID, I'M HERE TODAY
00:02:02WITH MY WIFE, KIM, AND WITH A BUNCH OF MY UNION BROTHERS AND
00:02:06SISTERS HERE FROM ALL OVER IN THE IAM AND THE MACHINISTS UNION.
00:02:10FOR US, A GREAT PERSONAL PRIVILEGE FOR US TO BE HERE
00:02:14WORKING WITH TROY OVER THE YEARS, THE STATEHOUSE HAS BEEN
00:02:16NOTHING BUT AMAZING HE'S ONE OF THE BEST LEGISLATORS I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
00:02:20AND I THINK ALL THE UNIONS CAN AGREE WITH THAT. WE KNOW FIRSTHAND.
00:02:27YEAH. WE KNOW FIRSTHAND BECAUSE WE DEAL WITH IT ON A DAILY BASIS.
00:02:32SO KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW HE TRIES TO PROTECT EVERYTHING PERSON IN THE STATE OF MAINE.
00:02:35AND HE NEVER FORGETS WHERE HE COMES FROM HERE, HERE IN MAINE, THE MACHINISTS UNION, WE
00:02:39REPRESENT MANY DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, SHIPBUILDING, PAPER
00:02:43MILLS, MUNICIPALITIES, FEDERAL WORKERS AND THE LOBSTER INDUSTRY, TO NAME A FEW.
00:02:47SO WE COVER QUITE A BIT OF THE STATE, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE
00:02:49STATE, MYSELF. I'M A 40 YEAR SHIPBUILDER FROM
00:02:53LOCAL S6 FIREWORKS.
00:02:59I SPEND A LOT OF A LOT OF TIME NOW AS THE GENERAL VICE
00:03:03PRESIDENT WORKING IN DC AND, WORKING ACROSS THE ENTIRE WORLD,
00:03:06TALKING ABOUT SHIPBUILDING ISSUES AND WORKING WITH DIFFERENT.
00:03:09I DO THIS BECAUSE SHIPBUILDING NOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS A
00:03:13MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND THESE DAYS, IN THESE TIMES WE
00:03:16NEED TO BUILD MORE SHIPS, PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AS CHINA, TO
00:03:20BUILD THOUSANDS OF SHIPS YEAR
00:03:22AND I MEAN THOUSANDS THAT SHOULD MAKE THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF
00:03:25YOUR NECK STAND UP SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SHIPBUILDING AND WE
00:03:30TALK DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH AND HAVE THE
00:03:34RIGHT PEOPLE IN OFFICE TO GET THIS DONE.
00:03:36FOR ME PERSONALLY, I'M TIRED HEARING FROM ONE OF OUR CURRENT
00:03:40SENATORS PROBABLY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO MENTION HER NAME, BUT
00:03:42WILL SAY SHE LIKES ROAD SALT.
00:03:46AND SHE CLAIMS SHE WENT ONE WHOLE YEAR WITHOUT HEALTH CARE.
00:03:49THAT MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD. YEAH. YEAH.
00:03:54HEARTBROKEN. ANYWAYS, I'M TIRED OF HER USING
00:03:57MEMBERS AT BATH IRON WORKS AS, A POLITICAL PAWN IN HER COMMERCIALS.
00:04:01AND.
00:04:01AND IT'S GETTING REALLY BAD AND
00:04:05SURE, THE ENTIRE STATE IS SICK OF HER COMMERCIALS BY NOW, SO.
00:04:09BUT. BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PERSONAL THAT I HAD SIDE BY SIDE
00:04:13COMPARISON THAT I'VE DEALT WITH WITH TROY JACKSON AND SUSAN.
00:04:17SO I REMEMBER BACK IN THE STRIKE 2000, A BATH IRON WORKS.
00:04:21WE WERE ON STRIKE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. SUSAN COLLINS PULLS IN IN HER
00:04:25CAR. SHE JUMPS OUT WITH A FILM CREW, SETS UP.
00:04:27SHE TAKES A BUNCH OF PICTURES RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF HER CAR. THEY SET UP A COUPLE OF PEOPLE
00:04:31BEHIND HER WITH COLLINS SHIRTS. SHE DOES A QUICK VIDEO, GETS IN
00:04:35HER CAR AND LEAVES. IT WAS EMBARRASSING TO SEE THAT
00:04:38I DIDN'T TALK TO A SINGLE ON THE PICKET LINE.
00:04:43YEAH. SHAME. SO I DO THE COMPARISON THERE.
00:04:46TROY JACKSON, THE OTHER HAND, HE
00:04:48COME DOWN WEEK AFTER HE WAS THE SENATE PRESIDENT, COME DOWN WEEK
00:04:52AFTER WEEK AND ACTUALLY WALK THE
00:04:53PICKET LINE WITH A IN HIS HAND.
00:05:01AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE TROY
00:05:04WAS THERE TO TALK TO OUR MEMBERS, WAS THERE TO SEE HOW THEY WERE DOING.
00:05:08HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEIR ISSUES WERE AND HE WANTED MAKE SURE THEY WERE OKAY, BECAUSE
00:05:11WHEN YOU'RE ON STRIKE, IF YOU'VE BEEN ON STRIKE, YOU HAVE TO
00:05:14WORRY PAYING YOUR BILLS AND YOU GOT TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. TROY WAS THERE FOR THEM AND HE
00:05:17ASKED EVERY PERSON HOW THEY WERE DOING PERSONALLY AND ALL TROY
00:05:21GOT IT IS AS A BONUS FOR BEING THERE, WALKING THAT PICKET WAS
00:05:25PIZZA JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.
00:05:27BUT HE WAS OKAY WITH THAT. I GOT TO TELL YOU, MAN, THAT GUY CAN EAT PIZZA.
00:05:30SO BE CAREFUL.
00:05:33SO ANYWAYS, AS A SHIPBUILDER, I
00:05:35FEEL LIKE I CAN GIVE YOU SOME PRETTY ACTUAL FACTS ABOUT HOW
00:05:39ALLOCATION SHIFTS ARE DONE BETWEEN BMW AND. INGLES.
00:05:41INGLES IS OUR BIGGEST COMPETITOR DOWN SOUTH AND WE COMPETE WITH
00:05:45THEM ON U.S. NAVY DESTROYERS.
00:05:47SO FOR US IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE ALLOCATION OF
00:05:51SHIPS BETWEEN THE SHIPYARDS AND IN THE RECENT LAST TEN SHIPS
00:05:54THAT WERE AWARDED THAT WERE RECENTLY AWARDED.
00:05:58INGLES RECEIVED SEVEN BMW
00:05:59RECEIVED ONLY.
00:06:03THE TEN SHIPS BEFORE THAT BMW RECEIVED FOUR.
00:06:07INGLES SIX. THAT, LIKE THEIR SENATOR, HAS A
00:06:10LOT MORE POWER THAN SUSAN AND SHE'S THE CHAIR OF THE
00:06:13APPROPRIATE UNIONS.
00:06:15SO FOR ME, FOR US LOSING SHIPS
00:06:18TO INGLES AFTER YEAR SOUNDS MORE
00:06:21LIKE LOSING SUSAN THAN ANYTHING
00:06:23ELSE ELSE.
00:06:27AND WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH
00:06:29THAT LOSING SUSAN BUT YET SHE
00:06:33STILL TRIES TO PAINT THE PICTURE I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME WE WERE SHORT ON
00:06:37TIME. SHE STILL TRIES PAINT THE PICTURE. THE ONLY REASON WE GET SHIPS
00:06:41HERE, MAINE, IS BECAUSE OF HER COMPLETELY FALSE. MAINERS HAVE CAUGHT ON TO HER
00:06:46FACADE. WE HERE IN MAINE ALL KNOW THAT
00:06:48BUILT IS BEST BUILT BECAUSE OF
00:06:50THE MEN AND WOMEN AT BW.
00:06:57EVERY MEMBER OF THE DELEGATION FIGHTS FOR SHIPS BATH IRON WORKS BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
00:07:01EMPLOYERS HERE IN THE STATE. AND WE HAVE NO DOUBT, NO DOUBT EVERY ONE OF THEM IS FIGHTING
00:07:05WITH THE DEPARTMENT DEFENSE TO RELEASE MORE STRAWS.
00:07:08WE DESTROYERS AS WE SPEAK. AND THIS POLITICAL SEASON JUST,
00:07:12BEFORE A BIG ELECTION LIKE THIS, WE FULLY EXPECT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO ANNOUNCE
00:07:16ANOTHER SHIP TO BW. AND IT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE UNDERSTAND SENATOR KING HAS
00:07:20ALREADY TRIED TO GET THAT AUTHORIZED.
00:07:22AND IF THEY DO, I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO REMEMBER, IF THEY DO
00:07:26AWARD ANOTHER SHIP THAT SUSAN COLLINS WILL BE TRYING TO TAKE
00:07:30CREDIT FOR THIS. BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW IT'S THE COMPANY, THE UNIONS AND EVERY
00:07:33PERSON THAT WORKS AT BATH IRON WORKS THERE HAVE COME TOGETHER TO, GET THAT SHIPYARD ON
00:07:37SCHEDULE AND BACK TRACK.
00:07:40NOW, NOT SUSAN.
00:07:46AND ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LOBSTER INDUSTRY, BECAUSE I JUST
00:07:49HEARD RECENTLY IN LAST THING THAT SHE HAD TALKED ABOUT SAVING THE MAINE LOBSTER INDUSTRY.
00:07:53AGAIN, NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING TRUE. IT WAS A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR,
00:07:57MARIA CANTWELL FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, THAT SAVED MAINE
00:08:01LOBSTER INDUSTRY BECAUSE SUSAN, SHE HAD DONE ALL SHE COULD DO
00:08:05WITH A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. NO. AND THEY WERE GOING TO SHUT US DOWN HERE IN MAINE.
00:08:09THE MACHINISTS UNION WENT TO
00:08:11D.C. WE TALKED WITH CANTWELL.
00:08:13SHE STEPPED IN AND SAVED LOBSTER
00:08:15INDUSTRY BECAUSE SHE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE MAINE PEOPLE
00:08:18AND WORKING WATERFRONT. SHE HAS WORKED IN WATERFRONT SEATTLE, AND SHE SAVED US ALL
00:08:22THE WAY FROM THE WEST COAST.
00:08:29NOW, TROY JACKSON, ON THE OTHER
00:08:31HAND, HE NEVER GAVE UP ON THE MAINE LOBSTER INDUSTRY.
00:08:35TROY JACKSON HIMSELF CALLED NO DEMAND THEM TO COME TO AUGUSTA,
00:08:38TO HIS OFFICE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT HELPED US, THE
00:08:42VERY ARGUMENTS WE NEEDED TO BEAT. NO BACK IN THIS.
00:08:45THANK YOU, TROY.
00:08:53NOW FOR A HOT ONE, LET'S TALK ABOUT BRETT KAVANAUGH, ROE V WADE.
00:08:56IS ANYBODY HERE DEEPLY CONCERNED?
00:09:00I KNOW WE ARE. I STOOD IN HER OFFICE AND ASKED
00:09:03HER NOT TO SUPPORT HIM SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE HAD NO
00:09:07DOUBT HE WOULD OVERTURN ROE V WADE. AND IN THE MACHINISTS UNION, WE
00:09:11REPRESENT SISTERS ACROSS THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY. AND THEY AND WE WERE MORE THAN
00:09:15DEEPLY BECAUSE OUR SISTERS MEAN
00:09:17EVERYTHING TO US.
00:09:25SUSAN ME IN THE EYES IN HER OFFICE AND SAID SHE HAD SPOKE TO
00:09:27HIM ABOUT THIS AND THAT HE WOULD NOT TOUCH IT. AND SHE BELIEVED.
00:09:31I TOLD HER IN HER OFFICE THAT DAY SHE WOULD REGRET THAT DECISION.
00:09:34ONE DAY, BUT EVIDENTLY SHE DOES NOT.
00:09:37SHE IS DISGRACED TROY, ON THE
00:09:41OTHER HAND, HE CAME TO THE FOREFRONT.
00:09:44HE PROTECTED THE WOMEN HERE IN MAINE AGAINST ALL THE ATTACKS THAT SUSAN SUSAN COLLINS ALLOWED
00:09:48TO HAPPEN. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, TROY, FOR PUTTING MAINE.
00:09:54FIRST. I DON'T THINK SUSAN'S EVER TRIED THAT.
00:09:58AND THEN WE DO WE HAVE ANY ISSUES HERE WITH ICE. WE SURE DO.
00:10:03SUSAN WANTS TO GIVE A MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SHE WANTS HIM TO CONTINUE TO RUN
00:10:07UNCHECKED, UNTRAINED AND
00:10:09UNACCOUNTABLE FOR SHOOTING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:10:15SHAME TROY. ON THE OTHER HAND, HE KNOWS THAT
00:10:19THEY'RE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED.
00:10:23AND ALL AGREE.
00:10:27BUT TROY SAID THAT HE NEEDS WE
00:10:31NEED TO HAVE REAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ENFORCE THESE
00:10:34JOBS, TO ENFORCE THESE LAWS AND NOT HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S NOT
00:10:39TRAINED AS MAINERS.
00:10:40WE ALL KNOW WE ALL KNOW THE ONLY
00:10:44ICE THAT WE SHOULD BE DEALING WITH CAN BE HANDLED WITH WHAT
00:10:47ROCK SO.
00:10:52SO I LOVE THE ROCK. SO THAT'S STUFF.
00:10:55BUT I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TODAY, RIGHT? WE'RE HERE FOR SOMETHING BIGGER
00:10:59THAN JUST A CAMPAIGN. EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS HERE FOR BIGGER THAN THAT.
00:11:03WE'RE HERE FOR FOR WORKING PEOPLE OF MAINE. WE'RE HERE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
00:11:06WE'RE HERE OUR FAMILIES. WE WANT TO HAVE WE EVERY PERSON
00:11:09IN THE STATE OF MAINE THAT BELIEVES IF YOU WORK HARD IN
00:11:12THIS COUNTRY, YOU OUGHT TO HAVE A FAIR SHOT AT A DECENT LIFE.
00:11:16THAT'S WHAT THIS FIGHT IS ALL ABOUT.
00:11:22AND IF THERE'S ONE THING THE PEOPLE OF MAINE DO UNDERSTAND, IT'S THIS, THEY DON'T JUDGE
00:11:26PEOPLE BY HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE, HOW POWERFUL THEIR FRIENDS
00:11:30OR HOW IMPORTANT THE PEOPLE THEY ARE. THEY KNOW IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:11:34IT'S MUCH SIMPLER THAN THAT. THEY JUDGE THEM BY WHETHER OR NOT THEY STAND UP WHEN IT
00:11:39MATTERS. AND THAT'S IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE FOR. PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST AND THAT'S
00:11:43EXACTLY WHAT JACKSON DOES.
00:11:45HE PUTS US.
00:11:50WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO WORK HARD IN THIS STATE.
00:11:53WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO STRUGGLE TO PAY OUR BILLS, PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, RAISE A
00:11:56FAMILY, AND WONDER IF THE NEXT
00:11:58WILL HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES WE HAD.
00:12:01WE ALSO KNOW WHO KEEPS MAINE MOVING. AND IT'S NOT PEOPLE IN A BOARDROOM.
00:12:05IT'S THE PEOPLE THE SHOP FLOOR. IT'S PEOPLE BUILDING.
00:12:09SHIPS, CONSTRUCTION SITES WORKING IN OUR HOSPITALS, IN OUR
00:12:11SCHOOLS, TAKING CARE OF OUR VETERANS, OUR SENIORS WORKING ON
00:12:15THE WATER AND WORKING IN THE WOODS. THE IN MAINE ARE THE BACKBONE OF
00:12:17THIS STATE.
00:12:30MAKE NO DOUBT. IT'S -- TIME THAT WE HAVE WORKING PEOPLE IN MAINE, A VOICE IN D.C. THAT THEY CAN COUNT ON, A VOICE LIKE TROY'S. ARE YOU READY FOR THAT?
00:12:34IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE STILL NOT READY. SO LET ME YOU THIS.
00:12:37ARE YOU SICK OF POLITICIANS WHO MAKE PROMISES IN ELECTION AT
00:12:40ELECTION TIME AND FORGET ALL ABOUT WORK AND FAMILIES ONCE
00:12:43THEY GET TO D.C.?
00:12:46ARE YOU TIRED OF CORPORATIONS AND WEALTHY SPECIAL INTEREST
00:12:49GROUPS TELLING US WE NEED TO DO MORE WITH LESS?
00:12:52ARE YOU TIRED OF SEEING GOOD JOBS DISAPPEAR?
00:12:56COMMUNITIES STRUGGLES SENIORS SUFFER, SUFFERING. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CHILDREN AND
00:13:01GRANDCHILDREN IN LEAVING THIS STATE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO BUILD A FUTURE HERE IN MAINE.
00:13:07WELL, TODAY WE STAND UP AND WE FIGHT BACK.
00:13:09MAINE NEEDS A FIGHTER, SOMEONE THAT WILL PUT TRUMP IN CHECK,
00:13:13NOT SOMEBODY THAT WILL TAKE A CHECK.
00:13:18TRUMP. WE ALL HERE KNOW THAT THE STATE OF MAINE IS NOT FOR SALE.
00:13:21I WISH COLLINS KNEW THAT. WE NEED A LEADER THAT WILL
00:13:25REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE HE COMES.
00:13:27A LEADER THAT HAS NOT LOST TOUCH WITH THE STRUGGLES THAT WE HAVE.
00:13:30AND THAT'S A LEADER LIKE TROY JACKSON. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS
00:13:34FIGHT, WE NEED TO ORGANIZE. WE NEED TO KNOCK ON DOORS. AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THIS.
00:13:37WE NEED TO MAKE THE CALLS. TALK TO YOUR FAMILY. TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS.
00:13:41TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE I THINK WE'VE LOST TOUCH WITH THAT.
00:13:45WE NEED TO BRING THE ENERGY OF MAINE. MAINE'S FIGHTING SPIRIT TO THE NEXT 23 DAYS.
00:13:49IF WE WANT TO SAVE OUR FUTURE. I KNOW WE CAN DO THAT.
00:13:52DO YOU THINK WE CAN DO THAT? ALL RIGHT.
00:13:56IF YOU'RE READY, I THINK TROY NEEDS TO HEAR IT LOUD AND CLEAR.
00:13:59NOT SURE WHERE HE'S AT RIGHT NOW, BUT I NEED YOU ON YOUR
00:14:03FEET. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SOME NOISE. I WANT EVERYBODY UP.
00:14:06EVERYBODY MAKE SOME NOISE AND
00:14:08HELP US WELCOME THE NEXT SENATOR
00:14:10FOR THE US SENATE.
00:14:12FOR MAINE SENATOR, TROY JACKSON.
00:14:26>> WHOA.
00:14:35WOW.
00:14:40--. HEAD.
00:14:43>> NOW YOU GET TO RAISE IT.
00:14:53NOW, IF THE SENATE OVERRIDES TO
00:14:57THE SENATE.
00:15:03TIME. TO.
00:15:05WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, BROTHERS AND SISTERS. >> LEWISTON.
00:15:08THE STATE OF MAINE.
00:15:14>> I WANT TO THANK OUR GREAT
00:15:17MUSICIANS FOR GETTING US ROLLING.
00:15:19>> UP, UP.
00:15:23>> I WANT TO THANK CHRIS AND THE WHOLE MAINE DEM PARTY FOR
00:15:27ORGANIZING OPERATIONS FOR
00:15:28KICKING -- AND, TAKING NAMES
00:15:33AND.
00:15:33YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY JUST SAID,
00:15:37YOU KNOW, YOU'VE YOU'VE ALREADY KNOCKED ON HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
00:15:40OF DOORS AND I'M SO -- PROUD TO BE IN THIS FIGHT WITH ALL OF YOU.
00:15:45>> I WANT TO THANK MAYOR CARROLL, CHARLENE, WHO SPENT
00:15:48YEARS WORKING TO MAKE LEWISTON AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO CALL HOME.
00:15:51>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
00:15:52SUPPORT, KARL.
00:15:59>> AND I WANT TO THANK KATIE GRINNELL.
00:16:03>> ONE OF THE UNJUSTLY FIRED
00:16:05NURSES AT CMC. >> YOU KNOW, YOUR COURAGE IS NOT
00:16:09GONE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS.
00:16:12I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE WITH BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY
00:16:14WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN WORKING PEOPLE STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS.
00:16:18AND I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN FAR TOO -- OFTEN.
00:16:20>> AND.
00:16:29AND OBVIOUSLY, THANK YOU, SOPHIA
00:16:31CLINTON, CO-FOUNDER OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING ALLIANCE AND LEWIS
00:16:35FIRST SOMALIAN AMERICAN
00:16:41COUNCILOR.
00:16:48>> AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I
00:16:51WANT TO THANK MY BROTHER AND GREAT FRIEND, DAVE SULLIVAN OF
00:16:55THE MACHINISTS AND.
00:17:02HIS WIFE KIM. >> ALONGSIDE THEM.
00:17:04>> BUT DAVE AND KIM LONG, CHAMPIONS OF MAINE LABOR, WHO
00:17:08GOT HIS START AS A SHIPBUILDER
00:17:10AT BATH IRON WORKS, HAS DONE A
00:17:12LOT TO WELL, YOU KNOW GIVEN ME
00:17:16THIS FRIENDSHIP AND IT'S A REAL HONOR TO BE IN THIS FIGHT WITH HIM.
00:17:20AND AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, I'M
00:17:22PROUD TO HAVE YOU, MY DAVE.
00:17:29>> AND OBVIOUSLY, A LITTLE BIT YOU'RE GOING SEE MY GOOD FRIEND,
00:17:33SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
00:17:38I'M.
00:17:40I'VE BEEN INSPIRED BY SANDERS FOR A LONG TIME.
00:17:43I'M HONORED TO BE STANDING ALONGSIDE HIM TODAY, YOU KNOW,
00:17:47FOR FOR A LONG I MEAN, EVEN
00:17:49BEFORE BERNIE RAN PRESIDENT IN
00:17:522006, HE'S BEEN WILLING TO SAY
00:17:54SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE REALLY THAT CONTROVERSIAL
00:17:58WORKING PEOPLE BUILT THIS
00:18:00COUNTRY AND AND AND WORKING PEOPLE OUGHT TO HAVE GOVERNMENT
00:18:04THAT WORKS FOR THEM.
00:18:13AND THAT'S WHAT CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT.
00:18:17YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN ALLAGASH ABOUT AS FAR NORTH AS YOU CAN GO
00:18:19IN MAINE WITHOUT ACTUALLY ENDING UP IN CANADA.
00:18:23MY FATHER WAS A LOGGER.
00:18:25MY MOTHER WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER AND I FOLLOWED MY FATHER INTO THE WOODS.
00:18:29AND I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT POLITICS THEN.
00:18:31I WAS THINKING ABOUT GETTING THE
00:18:33DAY, MAKING A LIVING AND TAKING CARE OF MY FAMILY.
00:18:37BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING PRETTY QUICKLY.
00:18:39THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING HARDEST WORK DON'T ALWAYS THE
00:18:43MOST POWER. AND TOO OFTEN THE PEOPLE WITH
00:18:47THE MOST POWER DON'T GIVE A -- ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING
00:18:50THE HARDEST WORK AND.
00:19:00AND THAT'S REALLY HOW I GOT INTO THIS NIGHT, BECAUSE I DREAMED
00:19:04ABOUT BEING A POLITICIAN, I MEAN, I REALLY WAS QUITE NAIVE
00:19:06ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I GOT SICK AND TIRED OF WATCHING WORKING
00:19:10PEOPLE, GETTING SCREWED EVERY DAY.
00:19:12AND EVENTUALLY I DECIDED IF THE
00:19:14PEOPLE WITH THE POWER WEREN'T GOING TO STAND UP FOR US, THEN
00:19:18MAYBE WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING TO
00:19:20TAKE THAT POWER BACK.
00:19:33SO THAT'S WHAT I DID.
00:19:35AND FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN MAINE HAVE
00:19:39TRUSTED ME WITHOUT POWER. I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN WHAT THAT POWER CAME FROM.
00:19:43IT CAME FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND
00:19:47I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH IT.
00:19:50MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES BETTER.
00:19:55AND.
00:20:03YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.
00:20:06I SEE, MARGARET CRAVEN, I KNOW
00:20:11THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR THE LEGISLATURE AND I WANT TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE AND
00:20:16HOLD UP HOUSE AND SENATE MEMBERS.
00:20:18YOU KNOW, THIS RACE IS ABOUT THAN JUST TROY JACKSON.
00:20:20THIS IS ABOUT MAKING WE PUT GOOD PEOPLE IN POSITIONS UP AND DOWN
00:20:24THE STATE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
00:20:31YEAH.
00:20:36AND SO WHEN I SAY THAT'S WHY WE
00:20:40FOUGHT TO MAKE SURE EVERY KID IN MAINE CAN EAT BREAKFAST AND
00:20:43LUNCH AT SCHOOL AND.
00:20:51BECAUSE I DON'T GIVE A -- HOW
00:20:54MUCH MONEY THAT KID'S PARENTS
00:20:56MAKE, ONE KID CAN'T LEARN.
00:20:58AND THAT'S WHY WE FOUGHT FOR
00:21:01PAID FAMILY AND LEAVE AND.
00:21:11BECAUSE WHEN YOUR WIFE HAS A BABY WHEN YOUR HUSBAND GETS
00:21:15CANCER OR WHEN YOUR MOTHER IS DYING, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
00:21:18LOOK SOMEBODY YOU LOVE IN THE
00:21:20EYE AND SAY, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T BE HERE WITH YOU.
00:21:24I'VE GOT TO GO TO WORK AND.
00:21:37YOU KNOW YOUR FAMILY SHOULDN'T DEPEND ON WHETHER YOUR BOSS THAT
00:21:39YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOVE THEM BECAUSE YOUR TIME SHOULD BELONG
00:21:43TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
00:21:52WE TOOK ON BIG PHARMA TO LOWER
00:21:55THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
00:21:57WE PROTECTED A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO MAKE HER OWN DECISIONS ABOUT HER
00:21:59OWN BODY.
00:22:12AND WE STOOD WITH WORKERS. WE FOUGHT TO KEEP THE RURAL
00:22:16COMMUNITIES ALIVE. >> AND HERE IN LEWISTON, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE
00:22:20THAT WE DID. >> I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE. AND I'M REALLY THAT SENATOR
00:22:23SANDERS AGREED TO COME TO
00:22:25LEWISTON BECAUSE HAPPENED HERE
00:22:28IN LEWISTON IS SOMETHING THAT DID CHANGE ME.
00:22:30YOU KNOW, I GREW UP AROUND GUNS.
00:22:33I'M SPORTSMEN AND FOR A LONG TIME I OPPOSED SOME OF THE GUN
00:22:37LAWS THAT PEOPLE IN MY OWN PARTY WANTED ME TO SUPPORT.
00:22:42THEN 18 OF OUR NEIGHBORS WERE MURDERED HERE.
00:22:44AND I WATCHED THIS COMMUNITY
00:22:47BURY 18 PEOPLE, 18 FUNERALS
00:22:49CHANGED ME BECAUSE SOMETIMES
00:22:53LEADERSHIPS MEANS HAVING THE
00:22:56GUTS TO ADMIT THAT WHAT YOU
00:22:58BELIEVE BEFORE ISN'T ENOUGH ANYMORE.
00:23:03AND.
00:23:25I MEAN, I COULDN'T LOOK AT THOSE
00:23:27FAMILIES AND TELL NOTHING HAD TO CHANGE.
00:23:31SO I CHANGED.
00:23:33I FOUGHT FOR STRONGER BACKGROUND. I FOUGHT FOR 72 HOUR WAITING
00:23:38PERIOD. AND I FOUGHT FOR THAT RED FLAG LAW.
00:23:40>> BECAUSE WHEN A KNOWS.
00:23:47WHEN A FAMILY KNOWS LIVES IN
00:23:50DANGER TO THEMSELVES, OTHERS,
00:23:53THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO
00:23:54SOMETHING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
00:24:05>> AND THIS, UNFORTUNATELY, IN
00:24:08ANOTHER COMMUNITY, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, IS GRIEVING AND
00:24:12ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING. I DON'T KNOW EVERY FACT ABOUT
00:24:16WHAT HAPPENED THERE YET, BUT I DO KNOW THIS.
00:24:19WE CANNOT KEEP TREATING THESE MASS SHOOTINGS.
00:24:22THEY'RE A NATURAL DISASTER AND.
00:24:33LIKE SOME TERRIBLE THING THAT JUST HAPPENS IN AMERICA. AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
00:24:37BECAUSE THERE IS. I LEARNED RIGHT HERE IN LEWISTON
00:24:40THAT THOSE 18 PEOPLE DESERVE
00:24:44MORE OUR GRIEF.
00:24:44WE OWE THEM COURAGE TO CHANGE.
00:24:58AND WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORS OR
00:25:03SURE, WORKING FAMILIES CAN GET AHEAD THAT IS WHAT POWER IS
00:25:06SUPPOSED TO BE FOR DOING SOMETHING ABOUT.
00:25:10THOSE THINGS, EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD EVEN WHEN POWERFUL PEOPLE
00:25:14TELL NO. AND WE'VE HEARD THAT PLENTY IN
00:25:17AUGUSTA AND WELL WE DID IT ANYWAYS.
00:25:20AND I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT
00:25:23OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BECAUSE GOING TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT ME,
00:25:26YOU KNOW, SUSAN COLLINS AND HER BILLIONAIRE ALLIES ARE SPENDING
00:25:29MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO
00:25:31TELL YOU WHO TROY JACKSON IS OR.
00:25:36WHERE THEY'VE GONE AFTER ME,
00:25:39WHICH, YOU KNOW, I EXPECTED THEY'VE GONE AFTER MY RECORD,
00:25:43WHICH I EXPECTED, AND THEY'VE DRAGGED MY FAMILY INTO THIS
00:25:47BECAUSE IN THEIR OWN CAUSE, IN
00:25:50THEIR OWN DESPERATION POWER,
00:25:52THEY'VE LOST THEIR DECENCY.
00:25:55SO I WOULD SAY LET ME SAVE THEM
00:25:59SOME MONEY. I'LL YOU WHO I AM.
00:26:02I HAVE.
00:26:14I'M JUST A WORKING CLASS GUY
00:26:17WITH A FUNNY FROM ALLAGASH.
00:26:21>> AND LOOK, I'VE MADE MISTAKES. >> I'VE HAD A HARD TIMES I'M
00:26:25SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE AND MY FAMILY'S HAD HARD TIMES.
00:26:29I'M SURE YOU'VE DEALT WITH TOO. I WORK JOBS THAT BEAT THE HELL OUT OF MY BODY.
00:26:33I WORRIED ABOUT BILLS PILING UP AND MY KIDS MISSING OUT.
00:26:37BUT I AM NOT ASHAMED OF ANY OF IT, BECAUSE THAT IS LIFE.
00:26:42THE LIFE OF MILLIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE, THIS COUNTRY THAT THEY
00:26:45HAVE TO LIVE -- DAY. I'M NOT ANYTHING SPECIAL.
00:26:49I'M ONE OF YOU. I'M NOT DIFFERENT. I'M JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU.
00:26:53>> SO THEY CAN COME AFTER ME.
00:26:55>> THEY CAN THROW EVERY DOLLAR AT THIS RACE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
00:26:59GOING TO MAKE ME ASHAMED. WHERE I COME FROM.
00:27:14BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ME A CHAIR AND MY FAMILY, AND THEY'RE SURE HELL NOT GOING TO STOP ME FROM FIGHTING FOR YOURS YOURS.
00:27:21WELL.
00:27:31AND WHILE THEY'RE SPENDING ALL THOSE MILLIONS TALKING ABOUT ME,
00:27:35I'VE BEEN TRAVELING AROUND THE
00:27:37STATE TALKING WITH YOU.
00:27:44I, I'VE HELD TOWN HALLS AND
00:27:46CHURCHES AND IN UNION HALLS ALL THE STATE.
00:27:49AND I'VE TALKED WITH WORKERS
00:27:51GETTING OFF A SHIFT AND OTHERS ARE JUST PUNCHING IN FOR THE DAY.
00:27:55HAD PEOPLE STOP ME IN PARKING LOTS, PULLED ME ASIDE AFTER
00:27:58EVENTS AND. TELL ME WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.
00:28:02AND I'VE LISTENED HUNDREDS OF QUESTIONS, HUNDREDS OF STORIES.
00:28:07I'VE HEARD FROM SENIORS GOING BACK TO WORK BECAUSE. THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS
00:28:10JUST AREN'T IT? I'VE TALKED TO MAINERS ARE
00:28:14CUTTING THEIR PILLS IF THEY EVEN CAN AFFORD TWO PILLS IN HALF
00:28:17BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO FILL THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS.
00:28:21FAMILIES THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE HEATING BILL, PARENTS ARE
00:28:25WORRIED ABOUT GROCERIES. YOUNG PEOPLE WONDER IF THEY'LL
00:28:29EVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME IN THE STATE WHERE THEY UP?
00:28:31YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT TOWNS,
00:28:34IT'S DIFFERENT STRUGGLES, BUT IT'S THE SAME -- TRUTH.
00:28:37PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARDER THAN EVER JUST TO KEEP THEIR HEADS
00:28:40ABOVE WATER AND.
00:28:52THEY'RE CUTTING BACK. THEY'RE SAVING UP.
00:28:56THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND THEY'RE STILL FALLING BEHIND.
00:29:00AND I UNDERSTAND THAT VERY WELL.
00:29:02AND INSTEAD OF DOING SOMETHING
00:29:05ABOUT IT TO HELP SUSAN COLLINS AND HER CORRUPT CRONIES ARE
00:29:09POINTING FINGERS AT SOME OF THE MOST AND VITAL PARTS OF OUR
00:29:14COMMUNITIES, IMMIGRANTS AND.
00:29:21BUT LOOK, IMMIGRANTS AREN'T WRITING THE TAX CODE THAT GIVES
00:29:26BILLIONAIRES MORE TAX MONEY.
00:29:33IMMIGRANTS AREN'T SAYING PRICE
00:29:36OF OUR PRESCRIPTIONS AND TAKING MONEY FROM BIG PHARMA.
00:29:39IMMIGRANTS AREN'T DECIDING WHETHER YOU CAN AFFORD HEALTH
00:29:42CARE, GAS OR GROCERIES AND
00:29:44IMMIGRANT SHORES AREN'T THE
00:29:48REASON THAT WORKING PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SCREWED IN THIS COUNTRY MY
00:29:52ENTIRE LIFE.
00:30:05>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
00:30:09>> THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING RICH, WHILE YOU AND I AND
00:30:13EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, FALL FURTHER BEHIND WOULD LOVE
00:30:15NOTHING MORE THAN WORKING PEOPLE
00:30:17TO BLAME EACH OTHER, BECAUSE AS
00:30:21LONG AS WE'RE FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER, WE'RE NOT FIGHTING
00:30:24AGAINST THEM.
00:30:36LOOK, WORKING PEOPLE HAVE KEPT THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN.
00:30:39EVERY -- BUT SUSAN COLLINS.
00:30:42DONALD TRUMP SURE AS HELL HAVEN'T.
00:30:46SENATOR COLLINS HAS 30 YEARS IN
00:30:51WASHINGTON.
00:30:53SHE'S SHE'S.
00:30:59SHE TELLS US THAT SHE'S OF THE
00:31:01MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE U.S. SENATE.
00:31:05SO I THINK THAT MAINE THE RIGHT
00:31:07TO ASK WHAT HELL DID SHE DO WITH IT?
00:31:11WHY SHE A POWERFUL PERSON AROUND
00:31:13ELECTION AND POWERLESS WHEN WE
00:31:16NEED HER.
00:31:25DONALD DRAGS US INTO A WAR AS
00:31:27IRAN AND SUSAN COLLINS VOTE FIVE
00:31:30TIMES TO KEEP IT GOING WHILE
00:31:33WHILE THOSE STOCKS OF HERS GO
00:31:36THROUGH THE AND TRUMP THE
00:31:40CABINET THAT COLLINS VOTED FOR
00:31:42STARTED A TRADE WAR THAT MAKES EVERYTHING COST MORE GROCERIES,
00:31:46CLOTHES, CARS, LUMBER, EVEN THE
00:31:50EQUIPMENT THAT MAINE WORKERS NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS MORE EXPENSIVE.
00:31:53AND NOW.
00:31:55AND NOW SENATOR COLLINS WANTS A
00:31:57MEDAL FOR GETTING ROLLED SOLD
00:31:59OFF THE LIST AND.
00:32:04WELL SENATOR WE EAT ROLLED GOLD.
00:32:17AND TO BE HONEST THE REST OF
00:32:18YOUR EXCUSES TASTING MUCH
00:32:23BETTER.
00:32:25YOU KNOW TRUMP DEMANDS TENS OF
00:32:28BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR ROGUE LIKE ICE AND.
00:32:31SUSAN COLLINS WRITES THE CHECK
00:32:34WHILE A NEIGHBOR OF OURS GETS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD IN THE
00:32:38STREETS OF BIDDEFORD.
00:32:45HE NOMINATES BRETT ON THE
00:32:48SUPREME COURT AND COLLINS GIVES
00:32:50HIM THE VOTE THAT HE NEEDS AND
00:32:52THEN ROE VERSUS WADE GETS.
00:32:54SHE SAYS SHE HAS NO REGRETS AT
00:33:01THE WELL. LET'S SEE IF SHE CAN HAVE SOME
00:33:04REGRETS ON.
00:33:07THIRD AND.
00:33:18NOW WE KNOW THAT THE FBI WAS PURSUING A PAY TO PLAY
00:33:22INVESTIGATOR INVOLVING SUSAN COLLINS HER POLITICAL OPERATION
00:33:25A DEFENSE CONTRACTOR, HER
00:33:27CAMPAIGN DONATIONS AND MILLIONS
00:33:30OF DOLLARS OF OUR TAX MONEY.
00:33:33THEN DONALD TRUMP CAME BACK TO WASHINGTON AND THE UNIT THAT WAS
00:33:36PURSUING THAT INVESTIGATION WAS
00:33:39DISMANTLED AND.
00:33:43AND THEN I MEAN, MAGICALLY SUSAN
00:33:46COLLINS STARTS VOTING WITH DONALD TRUMP 96% OF THE TIME.
00:33:49I MEAN I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT
00:33:53INDEPENDENCE AND THAT'S NOT POLITICAL POWER IS SUPPOSED TO
00:33:56BE FOR.
00:34:10YOU SEE SENATOR COLLINS I ARE
00:34:12BOTH FROM MERCER COUNTY BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY WHERE SIMILARITIES
00:34:16END, WHERE I DON'T OWN A BUNCH OF STOCK.
00:34:20AND I DIDN'T BECOME A MILLIONAIRE OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
00:34:23I DON'T TAKE CORPORATE PAC MONEY OR TRADE TAX DOLLARS FOR
00:34:28DONATIONS, AND UNLIKE OUR SENATOR.
00:34:32UNLIKE HERS, OUR SENATOR, I
00:34:34DON'T OWE DONALD ANYTHING.
00:34:48AND I THINK AND I THINK EVEN
00:34:51MORE IMPORTANTLY, I SHORES OWN
00:34:53SURE AS HELL DON'T THE
00:34:55BILLIONAIRES SPENDING MILLIONS TO INFLUENCE THIS ELECTION ANYTHING.
00:34:59WHAT I KNOW DEEP IN MY HEART IS
00:35:01THAT I OWE YOU MAY THAT IS IT.
00:35:12>> AND IF YOU GIVE ME THE HONOR
00:35:15OF REPRESENTING YOU IN THE
00:35:17UNITED STATES SENATE, HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH THAT.
00:35:21>> I WANT MEDICARE FOR ALL ALL.
00:35:37BECAUSE GETTING SICK SHOULDN'T
00:35:39HAVE THE VERY REAL CONSEQUENCES OF BANKRUPTING YOUR FAMILY.
00:35:43AND I WANT TO PROTECT AND EXPAND
00:35:46SOCIAL SECURITY BECAUSE SOMEBODY
00:35:48WHO'S WORKED THEIR ENTIRE LIFE
00:35:50SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PUNCH ANOTHER AT SEVEN YEARS OLD JUST TO
00:35:55SURVIVE THE ECONOMY THAT THE
00:35:56BILLIONAIRES HAVE BUILT BUILT.
00:36:06I WANT TO TAKE ON BIG PHARMA NATIONALLY THE WAY THAT WE TOOK
00:36:11THEM ON HERE IN MAINE.
00:36:18IS IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY TOLD US THAT
00:36:21THERE WAS ONLY SO MUCH THAT ONE STATE COULD DO.
00:36:25WELL, ALL RIGHT, FINE. SEND ME TO WASHINGTON AND LET'S
00:36:29WHAT HE CAN DO THERE THEN.
00:36:41AND LOOK, AS A MEMBER OF FIVE
00:36:44UNIONS IN MY LIFE, I WANT STRONG
00:36:49UNIONS.
00:36:57I DON'T THINK IT'S LET'S ASK FOR
00:37:00GOOD SCHOOLS, AN ECONOMY WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK SHARE
00:37:03IN THE WEALTH THAT THEY CREATE.
00:37:06AND WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS THAT THOSE THINGS ARE IMPOSSIBLE,
00:37:09WELL, I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THEM. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING
00:37:13THINGS HERE IN MAINE. WE WERE THAT WE COULDN'T
00:37:16GUARANTEE MEALS FOR EVERY KID AND WE DID IT.
00:37:19WE WE WERE TOLD WE WERE TOLD
00:37:24FAMILY, LIVING, FAMILY, LEAVE WAS JUST TOO AMBITIOUS.
00:37:26AND WE DID.
00:37:31WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULDN'T
00:37:34TAKE ON THE POWERFUL INTERESTS. AND WE HAVE DONE THAT.
00:37:38SO DON'T LET THEM YOU THAT THIS
00:37:42COUNTRY CANNOT CHANGE. I MEAN, THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT US TO BELIEVE, THAT WE ARE
00:37:46POWERLESS, BUT WE HAVE GREAT POWER WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, NOT
00:37:50THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WORKING PEOPLE DECIDE THEY'RE DONE
00:37:54WAITING. AND LATELY I'VE BEEN REMINDED MORE THAN EVER.
00:37:57WHILE WE CAN AFFORD WAIT ANY LONGER BECAUSE.
00:38:01A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SOMETHING
00:38:03TO ME I BECAME GRANDFATHER.
00:38:14AND I'VE KNOWN WHAT I'VE FIGHTING FOR.
00:38:17BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK HELPS DRIVE IT HOME EVEN MORE.
00:38:20AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, HOLDING THAT LITTLE BABY
00:38:24GIRL CHANGES THE WAY THAT YOU THINK ABOUT.
00:38:26I SPEND MOST OF MY LIFE WORRYING
00:38:29ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE DOING RIGHT BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE RIGHT NOW.
00:38:32AND I STILL CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT THAT.
00:38:35BUT NOW I FIND MYSELF WONDERING WHAT WE'RE LEAVING BEHIND.
00:38:39WHAT KIND OF MAINE IS THAT BABY
00:38:41GIRL AND OTHER ACROSS THE STATE GOING TO GROW UP IN?
00:38:45WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY ARE WE GIVEN OF OUR KIDS AND OUR
00:38:48GRANDKIDS? NOW, I DON'T WANT HER INHERITING COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN WORK 80
00:38:52HOURS A WEEK AND STILL NOT MAKE
00:38:54THE RENT OR GETTING CANCER BANKRUPT YOU.
00:38:58HER PARENTS CAN'T BE WITH THEIR
00:39:00BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MISS A SHIFT. THEY KNOW WHERE SENIORS CUT
00:39:04THEIR MEDICINE IN HALF, WHERE KIDS GO HUNGRY. AND I DON'T WANT ANY CHILD
00:39:07GROWING UP BELIEVING THEIR LIFE MATTERS LESS BECAUSE OF WHERE
00:39:11THEY WERE BORN. WHETHER THAT'S A BIRTHING CENTER IN MAINE OR A FIELD HOSPITAL IN
00:39:16GAZA AND.
00:39:31THEN, LOOK, I WANT PEOPLE
00:39:33GROWING UP IN COUNTRY WHERE BILLIONAIRES COULD BUY POLITICAL
00:39:37INFLUENCE WHILE WORKING PEOPLE HAVE TO BEG THEIR GOVERNMENT TO LISTEN.
00:39:41YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THEM THAT COUNTRY. I KNOW WE DON'T BECAUSE WE'VE
00:39:45ALREADY PROVEN IN MAINE THAT WE CAN BUILD SOMETHING BETTER.
00:39:49IS IT ENOUGH? NO. BUT WE CAN DO THIS.
00:39:51AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE LOOK AT EVERYTHING HAPPENING RIGHT
00:39:54NOW AND WONDER WHETHER ANY OF THIS CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE.
00:39:58LOOK, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BEEN FRUSTRATED. I'VE BEEN ANGRY.
00:40:02I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY THINGS. BUT EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW THAT I
00:40:05GO IN THE STATE, I'M SEEING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT I'VE
00:40:08BEEN WAITING FOR FOREVER. I'M SEEING PACKED ROOMS LIKE THIS.
00:40:12I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED POLITICS BEFORE.
00:40:15THEY'RE SHOWING UP NOW.
00:40:17I'VE SEEN DEMOCRATS INDEPENDENTS, REPUBLICANS,
00:40:20PEOPLE WHO DON'T GIVE A -- ABOUT ANY POLITICAL PARTY ANYMORE.
00:40:23THEY'RE SHOWING UP BECAUSE THEY'RE -- AND THEY'RE SHOWING
00:40:27UP BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT.
00:40:31THEY'RE SHOWING UP BECAUSE THEY'RE READY TO, TAKE THEIR GOVERNMENT BACK.
00:40:33AND THAT EXCITES ME. THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT.
00:40:36I ON FOREVER.
00:40:46THAT'S WHY SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS STANDING WITH US.
00:40:48AND THAT'S WHY PRESIDENT BARACK
00:40:50OBAMA IS STANDING WITH US.
00:41:01PEOPLE DON'T AGREE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE THING.
00:41:04AGREE ABOUT SOMETHING PRETTY FUNDAMENTAL.
00:41:08MAINE DESERVES A SENATOR WHO
00:41:10WORKS FOR MAINE, NOT JUST THOSE
00:41:12OF THE TOP.
00:41:19AND YOU KNOW WHY?
00:41:21BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF US ARE NOT FROM THE LEFT OR RIGHT,
00:41:24FROM THE WE'RE FROM THE BOTTOM
00:41:26AND WE'RE RISING RISING.
00:41:37UP. I HAVE THE HONOR OF HAVING SOME
00:41:41POWER IN MAINE POLITICS. AND FOR 20 YEARS, I'VE TRIED TO
00:41:46REMEMBER.
00:41:52ONE THING IT WAS NEVER MINE. YOU GAVE IT TO ME. MY JOB WAS TO USE IT FOR YOU. AND IF YOU SEND ME UNITED STATES SENATE, THAT IS EXACTLY I'M
00:41:56GOING TO DO BECAUSE I OWE DONALD
00:42:01NOTHING.
00:42:12I, THE BILLIONAIRES, NOTHING BUT. I OWE THE PEOPLE OF MAINE
00:42:16EVERYTHING EVERYTHING.
00:42:19SO LET'S LET'S FIGHT LET'S VOTE
00:42:23AND LET'S SEND SUSAN COLLINS
00:42:25BACK TO RUSTIC COUNTY.
00:42:36AND LET'S BUILD A COUNTRY WORTHY
00:42:39OF THE PEOPLE WHO BUILD.
00:42:41>> LET'S GO WIN THIS THING, LEWISTON, BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT.
00:42:45>> AND NOW.
00:42:47NOW IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE. GINGER GOOSE.
00:42:50A MAN WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. A CHAMPION FOR.
00:42:54WORKING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. A FRIEND. AN INSPIRATION.
00:42:58LEWISTON HELP ME. WELCOME TO THE STAGE.
00:43:00SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
00:43:11HE. HAS BEEN.
00:43:22THE. >> THANK YOU.
00:43:24LEWISTON LEWISTON.
00:43:31LET ME LET ME THANK.
00:43:36>> JACOB AUGUSTINE AND TED LEO FOR THE MUSIC.
00:43:40REECE REMINGTON AND MAYOR CHARLENE.
00:43:43>> KATIE GRINNELL, KHALID AND
00:43:45DAVE SULLIVAN.
00:43:47THEIR REMARKS.
00:43:50AND LET ME SAY A WORD ABOUT MY
00:43:53GOOD FRIEND JACKSON IS OF YOU
00:43:57KNOW, TROY A YEAR AGO WAS
00:44:01RUNNING GOVERNOR AND.
00:44:05>> NOW HE IS RUNNING FOR SENATE
00:44:07AND THAT IS A BIG TRANSITION AND
00:44:10HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. >> I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE
00:44:14KIND OF CAMPAIGN THAT RUNNING.
00:44:21>> WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS
00:44:23AFTERNOON IS A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO CHAT A LITTLE BIT
00:44:29ABOUT THE ENORMOUS IMPORTANCE OF
00:44:33THE SENATE ELECTION HERE IN MAINE.
00:44:35I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS TO
00:44:38WHAT IN MY VIEW IS GOING IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY.
00:44:42AND THEN A FEW MORE WORDS AS TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE GOING.
00:44:46AND THEN AT EIGHT OR 9:00 IN THE EVENING, WE CAN BREAK FOR DINNER
00:44:49THAT WE'LL COME BACK AND CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.
00:44:53>> ALL RIGHT.
00:44:56>> WHAT I WANT TO SAY AND I SAY,
00:44:58I SAY THIS AS UNITED STATES
00:45:01SENATOR, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:45:04HAVE A MISCONCEPTION AS TO HOW
00:45:06THE SENATE FUNCTIONS ARE.
00:45:09AND I THINK WHAT PEOPLE THINK IS HARD.
00:45:11EVERY STATE HAS, TWO SENATORS, YOU GOT 100 PEOPLE, THEY SIT
00:45:15AROUND THE BEAUTIFUL ROOM, THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND THEY
00:45:17ARGUE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THAT ISSUE. AND SOMEBODY HAS A GOOD IDEA AND
00:45:21THEY HAVE A VOTE ON IT. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT
00:45:25TAKES PLACE IN A HIGH SCHOOL CIVICS.
00:45:27IT IS NOT TAKES PLACE IN THE
00:45:30UNITED STATES SENATE. >> THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS FOR
00:45:34BETTER OR FOR WORSE. >> AND IT MAY WELL BE FOR WORSE,
00:45:37IS THAT THE MAJORITY PARTY,
00:45:40WHETHER IT'S THE DEMOCRATS OR
00:45:42THE REPUBLICANS, HAVE 19 95% OF
00:45:47THE CONTROL OF WHAT GOES ON THE SENATE.
00:45:51>> WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN
00:45:53A BILL COMES TO THE THAT BILL
00:45:57WAS SENT TO THE FLOOR BY THE LEADER OF THE SENATE, WHEN YOU
00:46:01HAVE COMMITTEE CHAIRS, ALL OF
00:46:05THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS, EVERY COMMITTEE YOU CAN THINK OF WILL
00:46:09BE BY THE MAJORITY PARTY.
00:46:13>> AND RIGHT NOW IN THE SENATE, WHAT YOU HAVE IS THERE ARE 53 REPUBLICANS.
00:46:17THEY ARE THE MAJORITY PARTY CONTROLLING, THE SENATE.
00:46:21>> THEY'RE ALL 45 DEMOCRATS AND
00:46:24IS ANGUS KING AND MYSELF WHO
00:46:27CAUCUS WITH THE DEMOCRAT.
00:46:34FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. >> THE PEOPLE OF VERMONT HAVE
00:46:37SENT ME TO WASHINGTON AS THE LONGEST SERVING INDEPENDENT IN
00:46:41THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
00:46:48>> NOW, WHY DO I SAY ALL OF THAT
00:46:52AND WHY IS THAT ISSUE?
00:46:54>> WHO CONTROLS THE SENATE SO
00:46:58ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW?
00:47:00>> IN MY VIEW?
00:47:02>> DONALD TRUMP IS MOST
00:47:04DANGEROUS PRESIDENT IN THE
00:47:06HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:47:11AND I THINK, I BELIEVE THAT IS A
00:47:18MAJORITY OF FOLKS IN MAINE BELIEVE THAT A MAJORITY OF FOLKS
00:47:20IN VERMONT AND IN FACT, ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE
00:47:26INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:47:28BEHAVIOR AND THE POLICIES THAT COME FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, IN MY
00:47:33VIEW. DONALD TRUMP IS A PATHOLOGICAL
00:47:39LIAR.
00:47:40HE IS A NARCISSIST.
00:47:46AND HE IS RUNNING THE CORRUPT
00:47:48ADMINISTRATION IN AMERICAN
00:47:53HISTORY.
00:47:55>> HIS POLICY REPRESENT THE
00:47:59WISHES AND THE DESIRES OF THE
00:48:02WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY.
00:48:04>> AND AS A RESULT OF WHAT HE
00:48:06HAS DONE THERE IS MASSIVE AMONG WORKING FAMILIES IN MAINE, IN
00:48:12VERMONT, AND ALL ACROSS AMERICA.
00:48:14>> NOW, THE POINT THAT I MAKING
00:48:16HERE IS THAT IF YOU BELIEVE THAT
00:48:20DONALD AND HIS POLICIES ARE A
00:48:22DANGER TO THE UNITED STATES AND
00:48:24THE WORKING FAMILIES OF OUR
00:48:28COUNTRY, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT,
00:48:30THEN WE CANNOT ALLOW THE UNITED
00:48:32STATES SENATE TO REMAIN A RUBBER
00:48:36STAMP ON THE REPUBLIC OF KID
00:48:42CONTROL.
00:48:47>> SO THE POINT IS HERE, KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN
00:48:50MAINE WHO, LIKE SUSAN COLLINS, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY
00:48:53DISAGREE WITH TROY ON OR THAT
00:48:56ISSUE, AND THAT'S DEMOCRACY. THAT'S FINE.
00:49:00BUT IF YOU WANT IF WE AS A
00:49:03NATION WANT TO HOLD TRUMP AND
00:49:06HIS DISASTROUS POLICIES
00:49:08ACCOUNTABLE, THE ONLY THE WAY WE
00:49:11CAN DO THAT IS BY ELECTING A
00:49:14DEMOCRATIC SENATE.
00:49:25>> AND I DON'T WANT GET THE
00:49:27PEOPLE OF MAINE TOO.
00:49:31BUT YOU CAN MAKE ALL OF THE
00:49:34DIFFERENCE AS TO WHAT HAPPENS.
00:49:43>> SO IN WORDS AND I DON'T MEAN
00:49:46TO BE DISMISSIVE, FALL TO EITHER
00:49:48SUSAN COLLINS OR TROY, BUT THE
00:49:52TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, THIS
00:49:55ELECTION IS MUCH MORE THAN EITHER THOSE CANDIDATES.
00:49:58IT IS ABOUT HOLDING TRUMP
00:50:00ACCOUNTABLE AND ENDING REPUBLICAN CONTROL OVER THE
00:50:04UNITED STATES SENATE.
00:50:15>> LET ME GIVE YOU LET ME GIVE
00:50:19YOU JUST A FEW EXAMPLE. JUST A FEW OF WHAT I MEAN BY
00:50:23THAT. >> AS ALL OF YOU KNOW TRUMP
00:50:28THROUGH SOME 15 MILLION AMERICAN GUNS OFF, THE HEALTH CARE THEY
00:50:33HAVE, INCLUDING INCLUDING TENS
00:50:36OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE IN
00:50:38MAINE AND IN VERMONT AND ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.
00:50:42>> AND WHEN YOU CUT MEDICAID
00:50:44SIGNIFICANTLY AND YOU THROW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OFF THE
00:50:47HEALTH CARE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? >> PEOPLE DIE.
00:50:52THEY WILL DIE. THAT'S NOT BERNIE SANDERS TALKING ABOUT OF STUDIES THAT
00:50:55HAVE DONE COMMON SENSE. IF ARE SICK AND YOU'RE ON
00:50:58MEDICAID AND YOU LIVE LONGER AND GO TO A DOCTOR, WHAT HAPPENS? >> THE LIKELIHOOD IS YOU'LL GET
00:51:03SICK AND MAYBE YOU'LL DIE. >> THAT'S THE REALITY. 15 MILLION PEOPLE WERE THROWN
00:51:07OFF OF MEDICAID. OTHERS HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT
00:51:13INCREASE IN THEIR HEALTH CARE PREMIUMS AS PART OF THE AFFORDABLE CONTRACT.
00:51:17AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE DROPPING THEIR HEALTH CARE AS.
00:51:20AND THAT WAS ALL DONE IN ORDER
00:51:23TO GIVE.
00:51:27$8 TRILLION IN TAX BREAKS TO THE TOP.
00:51:321%.
00:51:35IF THINK THAT MAYBE, JUST MAYBE,
00:51:38IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE
00:51:42HEALTH CARE, TO WORKING FAMILIES
00:51:44AND THEIR KIDS RATHER THAN GIVE
00:51:48THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
00:51:50A MASSIVE TAX BREAKS. WE HAVE GOT TO REVERSE THOSE
00:51:57POLICIES.
00:52:04AND WE WILL NOT REVERSE POLICIES
00:52:07IF REPUBLICANS RETAIN CONTROL
00:52:12OVER THE SENATE. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED AS THE
00:52:16OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
00:52:18IN OUR COUNTRY, ALL THAT WHAT
00:52:22TRUMP DID IN TERMS OF THE WAR IN
00:52:24IRAN WAS ILLEGAL,
00:52:28UNCONSTITUTIONAL CRUEL AND DISASTROUS.
00:52:37IF YOU WANT TO END THAT WAR AND,
00:52:42HOLD TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE. THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO
00:52:45THAT IS BY ENDING REPUBLICAN
00:52:48OVER THE SENATE.
00:52:56IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T SAY, WELL, I LIKE THIS REPUBLICAN.
00:53:01SHE'S HE'S NICE. WHATEVER. I'LL TELL HIM THAT. BUT I REALLY WANT TO END THE WAR.
00:53:04IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
00:53:07IF YOU WANT TO END THE WAR,
00:53:09YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WITHHOLD
00:53:11FUNDING FOR THE WAR.
00:53:22IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FACT
00:53:26THAT THE LAST TEN YEARS HAVE BEEN THE WARMEST IN HUMAN
00:53:31HISTORY, IF YOU DISAGREE WITH
00:53:34DONALD TRUMP, WHO THINKS THAT CHANGE IS A HOAX COMING FROM
00:53:39CHINA, IF YOU WANT A TRANS OUR
00:53:42ENERGY SYSTEMS, THE WAY FROM FOSSIL FUEL TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY
00:53:46AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, THE ONLY
00:53:49WAY DO THAT IS BY ENDING
00:53:52REPUBLIC CONTROL OVER THE SENATE.
00:54:03>> IF YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT
00:54:07TRUMP'S DOMESTIC ARMY COLD ICE
00:54:12IS OUT OF CONTROL HAS KILLED
00:54:15INNOCENT AND IS TERRORIZING HIS
00:54:18COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS
00:54:20COUNTRY, IF YOU WANT TO BRING
00:54:22ICE UNDER CONTROL, IF YOU WANT,
00:54:26MOVE TOWARD COMPREHENSIVE
00:54:29IMMIGRATION REFORM AND, A PATH TOWARD CITIZENSHIP, THE ONLY WAY
00:54:34YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT IS TO END REPUBLIC CONTROL OVER THE
00:54:40SENATE.
00:54:47>> IF YOU CONCERNED THAT SOME OF
00:54:50THE WEALTHIER OLIGARCHS IN THE
00:54:54WORLD ARE PUSHING A I VERY
00:54:58AGGRESSIVELY, IF YOU THINK THAT
00:55:00IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE HAVE
00:55:04GOVERNMENT REGULATION OVER
00:55:07UNCONTROLLED, I.
00:55:11IF YOU DISAGREE DONALD TRUMP WHO
00:55:13WANTS STATUS CENTERS IN EVERY
00:55:15COMMUNITY IN AMERICA.
00:55:19THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET
00:55:21RID OF REPUBLICAN CONTROL OVER
00:55:23THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
00:55:34NOW, WHAT I HAVE SAID MANY MANY
00:55:37TIMES AND THE REASON THAT I AM INDEPENDENT, NOT A DEMOCRAT, IS
00:55:41THAT I THINK THAT IT IS NOT GOOD
00:55:45ENOUGH. >> DESPITE EVERYTHING THAT I'VE TOLD YOU. >> AND I BELIEVE THAT TRUMP IS
00:55:47THE MOST DANGEROUS PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA.
00:55:51IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH JUST TO BE
00:55:55AN TY TRUMP.
00:56:00WHAT WORKING FAMILIES ALL OVER
00:56:03THIS COUNTRY ARE SAYING.
00:56:06WELL, LOOK, YEAH, WE UNDERSTAND TRUMP'S CRAZY. WE DISAGREE WITH HIM, BUT THAT
00:56:09IS NOT GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH CARE, NOT GOING TO PROVIDE US
00:56:12WITH DECENT EDUCATION GOOD FOR OUR KIDS OR DECENT WAGES ON OUR
00:56:19JOB.
00:56:22SO WHAT TROY JACKSON UNDERSTANDS
00:56:24AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THIS
00:56:28COUNTRY MOVING IN A VERY WRONG.
00:56:33DIRECTION AND. WE NEED TO TURN IT RIGHT AND IT AIN'T EASY. IT AIN'T EASY BECAUSE WE'RE
00:56:37TAKING ON SOME ENORMOUSLY POWERFUL WEALTHY PEOPLE.
00:56:41BUT WHAT WE NEED IS AN AGENDA
00:56:43THAT SPEAKS TO THE NEEDS OF THE
00:56:47WORKING FAMILIES OF OUR COUNTRY
00:56:53COUNTRY.
00:56:57AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING
00:57:00THAT YOU DON'T SEE MUCH OF ON TV. YOU DON'T SEE MUCH IN THE HALLS
00:57:05OF. CONGRESS, FOR ME, TO BE FRANK WITH YOU. LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
00:57:09ABOUT MY PERCEPTION OF, WHAT'S
00:57:11GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY, FOR A START.
00:57:15NEVER BEFORE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
00:57:17HAVE SO FEW PEOPLE HAD SO MUCH
00:57:21WEALTH AND SO MUCH POWER.
00:57:23I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE ALL IN
00:57:25SCHOOL AND WE WROTE ABOUT THE GILDED AGE.
00:57:29REMEMBER THE LATE 19TH CENTURY ROCKEFELLER AND J.P. MORGAN AND
00:57:32JAY GOULD AND ALL THESE CARNEGIE AND ALL THESE GUYS.
00:57:35DO YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT TODAY
00:57:37IN TERMS OF DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH?
00:57:40IT IS MUCH WORSE NOW THAN IT'S
00:57:44EVER BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. MUCH WORSE THAN IT WAS DURING
00:57:48THE GILDED AGE. TODAY WE ARE LIVING IN A NATION,
00:57:52IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, WHERE THE
00:57:56TOP 1% OWNS MORE WEALTH THAN THE
00:58:01BOTTOM 93%.
00:58:04AND WHILE THE VERY, VERY RICH
00:58:06BECOME MUCH RICHER AND THEIR
00:58:09WEALTH IS JUST GROWING EXPONENTIALLY.
00:58:1460% OF OUR PEOPLE ARE LIVING
00:58:18PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. I GREW UP IN A FAMILY THAT LIVED
00:58:22PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. I LIVED, GREW UP IN A RENT
00:58:26CONTROLLED APARTMENT. OUR FAMILY NEVER HAD ANY MONEY
00:58:28AND THAT THE STORY ALL OVER THIS
00:58:32COUNTRY IN MAINE AND VERMONT,
00:58:36ALL OVER AMERICA, PEOPLE ARE WAKING THIS MORNING AND THEY'RE
00:58:40SAYING, HOW AM I GOING TO AFFORD
00:58:40TO BUY DECENT FOOD FOR MY KIDS?
00:58:44PRICE OF FOOD OFF THE CHARTS. MATTER OF FACT, I TELL THEM I'M
00:58:47GOING TO FILL UP MY GAS TANK TO
00:58:49GET THE WORK BECAUSE GAS IS
00:58:51FOUR, FOUR, 55 BUCKS A GALLON.
00:58:54HOW AM I GOING TO DEAL WITH A
00:58:57SITUATION WHERE MY MOM IS SICK
00:58:59AND NEEDS A PRESCRIPTION THAT IS
00:59:01OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE?
00:59:03WHAT HAPPENS TO ME IF MY CAR
00:59:05BREAKS DOWN AND THE MECHANIC SAYS IT'S A THOUSAND BUCKS TO GET FIXED?
00:59:10I HAVE A THOUSAND BUCKS. HOW DO I GET TO WORK IF I DON'T GET TO WORK?
00:59:14WHAT WHAT HAPPENS OF MY RAISES
00:59:17MY RENT BY 20 OR 25% AND HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY? I GOT TO TAKE MY KIDS OUT OF
00:59:22SCHOOL GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. WHAT DO I DO?
00:59:24ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY, IN THE
00:59:27RICHEST NATION, THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PEOPLE ARE DEALING
00:59:32WITH ENORMOUS STRESS.
00:59:34THERE IS A REASON WHY WORKING
00:59:37CLASS PEOPLE DIE SIX YEARS
00:59:40EARLIER THAN THE RICH. AND IT'S NOT JUST HEALTH CARE.
00:59:45IT IS THE STRESS THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY DAY.
00:59:49WONDERING HOW THE HELL THEY'RE
00:59:49GOING TO SURVIVE SURVIVE.
01:00:00AND IT IS NOT A IDEA TO SAY THAT
01:00:05IN THE RICHEST IN THE HISTORY
01:00:09THE WORLD, THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.
01:00:12WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH NOW, AND I CAN TELL YOU LITERALLY
01:00:15ALMOST FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I DEAL WITH THIS STUFF EVERY DAY.
01:00:19WASHINGTON AND IS THAT IT IS NOT
01:00:23JUST THE INCREDIBLE ECONOMIC POWER, THE CONTROL OF THE
01:00:27ECONOMY THAT THESE MULTI-BILLIONAIRES.
01:00:30WHAT THEY WANT TO DO NOW SAYING YOU KNOW YEAH WE CONTROL THE
01:00:33ECONOMY YEAH WE INCREASINGLY CONTROL AND OWN MEDIA.
01:00:36THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
01:00:40WE TO TAKE OVER THE POLITICAL
01:00:42SYSTEM AS WELL WELL.
01:00:51AND AS A RESULT OF THAT
01:00:53DISASTROUS CITIZENS UNITED
01:00:55SUPREME COURT DECISION.
01:00:59BUT IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
01:01:02ALL RIGHT. JUST A FEW EXAMPLES.
01:01:05DURING THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ACTION, ELON MUSK, THE
01:01:08WEALTHIEST GUY EARTH, SPENT.
01:01:15$290 MILLION TO GET TRUMP
01:01:17ELECTED AS PRESIDENT.
01:01:21AND RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW, IN THIS
01:01:25MIDTERM, MUSK HIMSELF IS
01:01:31SPENDING SOME $200 MILLION, INCLUDING MONEY RIGHT HERE IN
01:01:34THE STATE OF MAINE AGAINST TROY
01:01:39JACKSON. SO IF YOU SEE TV AD OUT THERE
01:01:42AND I'M SURE THERE ARE ONE OR TWO OF THEM THAT ARE ON TV NOW
01:01:46WHERE IF YOU TO A BROCHURE THAT
01:01:49COMES TO YOUR DOOR AND YOU SEE
01:01:51WHO IS BEHIND IT, ELON'S NAME ON
01:01:55IT, BUT IS LIKELY IS NOT HIS MONEY IS PAYING FOR IT.
01:01:59SO I SAY TO PEOPLE OF MAINE, AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT ONLY MAINE
01:02:03TAKING PLACE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
01:02:05WHY DO YOU THINK, ELON MUSK
01:02:07WANTS TO MAINTAIN REPUBLICAN
01:02:09CONTROL OVER HOUSE AND THE
01:02:12SENATE AND THE ANSWER IS HE
01:02:14KNOWS THOSE GUYS WILL DO HIS
01:02:17BIDDING AND THAT IS A REASON TO VOTE AGAINST REPUBLICANS THIS
01:02:23YEAR.
01:02:32THERE IS A LOT OF ANGER IN THIS
01:02:37COUNTRY RIGHT NOW? THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
01:02:41THAT'S KIND OF FRIGHTENING. AND SOMETIMES AND I THINK THE
01:02:43REASON IS WORKING FAMILIES, PEOPLE ARE WORKING SO TO TRY TO
01:02:49SURVIVE AND THEN THEY SEE THE PEOPLE ON TOP JUST WITH
01:02:53INCREDIBLE WEALTH.
01:02:55AND PEOPLE WORRY NOT JUST ABOUT
01:02:58THEMSELVES, WHAT THEY WORRY,
01:03:00APPROPRIATELY SO, IS THAT AS
01:03:02TOUGH AS THE SITUATION LEVEL FOR WORKING FAMILIES?
01:03:05THEY WORRY THAT THEIR CHILDREN MAY EVEN HAVE A LOWER STANDARD
01:03:08OF LIVING.
01:03:10THEY DO A YOUNG COUPLE GETTING
01:03:14MARRIED TODAY WANTING TO GET A HOUSE. YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT HOUSE
01:03:1712 YEARS LATER THAN YOUR PARENTS.
01:03:21YOU'RE STILL PAYING OFF YOUR COLLEGE DEBT.
01:03:24>> 30 YEARS AFTER YOU GRADUATED
01:03:28COLLEGE. >> SO PEOPLE ARE LOOKING THEM
01:03:30WITH GREAT ANXIETY AND THEY LOOK
01:03:35AT AND THEY'RE SAYING, WHAT IN
01:03:38GOD'S NAME ARE YOU DOING FOR?
01:03:40AND THE ANSWER, NOT MUCH,
01:03:44BECAUSE THE CORRUPT CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM WHICH WE'RE
01:03:48SEEING AN OPERATION RIGHT NOW
01:03:50WHERE NOT ONLY IS MUST SPENDING 200 MILLION OTHER BILLIONAIRES
01:03:54ARE SPENDING FORTUNE UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
01:03:57SO WHAT THESE GUYS WANT TO DO IS
01:04:00NOT JUST CONTROL THE ECONOMY, NOT JUST CONTROL THE MEDIA.
01:04:02WHAT WE SEE HERE AND READ. THEY WANT ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
01:04:08THAT WHAT GOES ON IN WASHINGTON IS DICTATED BY THEM.
01:04:10THAT IS WHAT CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT. NOW, I'M NOT HERE.
01:04:14I HAVE BEEN THE STRONGER CRITIC
01:04:17OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR SO
01:04:19MANY REASONS, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A MOMENT.
01:04:22>> BUT CLEARLY, CLEARLY, WHAT
01:04:24THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT IS TAKING
01:04:27ON NOT ONLY THE REPUBLICANS, BUT
01:04:29TAKING ON MOST TAKING ON THE
01:04:33OLIGARCHS AND BEGINNING THE
01:04:35FIGHT FOR AN ECONOMY AND GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF
01:04:39US, NOT JUST THE 1%.
01:04:53>> SO WE LIVE IN AN ECONOMY
01:04:56WHICH LITERALLY HAVE NEVER, EVER HAD IT SO GOOD WORKING PEOPLE
01:05:03STRUGGLING, 800,000 PEOPLE SLEEPING ON ON THE STREETS HERE
01:05:05IN LEWISTON IN VERMONT, ALL OVER
01:05:09THIS COUNTRY. WHAT DO WE DO?
01:05:12WELL, FOR START?
01:05:16WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO DEMAND AND I KNOW TROY IS BEHIND ME
01:05:19100%, TROY, THIS. I UNDERSTAND.
01:05:23YOU UNDERSTAND THAT CARE IS A
01:05:25HUMAN RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE.
01:05:42>> NOW, LET ME ASK YOU QUESTION.
01:05:46>> I'D LIKE AN HONEST ANSWER. DON'T TELL ME WHAT I THINK I
01:05:48WANT TO HEAR. HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THE
01:05:52AMERICAN CARE SYSTEM IS WORKING WELL? RAISE YOUR HAND.
01:05:57I DON'T SEE ONE HAND UP HERE.
01:05:59AND THAT IS THE RESPONSE THAT I
01:06:01GET WHEREVER. I GO IN VERMONT, ALL OVER THE
01:06:05COUNTRY.
01:06:06HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT.
01:06:10WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS.
01:06:13WE ARE SPENDING ON AVERAGE TWICE
01:06:16AS MUCH PER CAPITA FOR HEALTH
01:06:20CARE THAN THE PEOPLE OF ANY OTHER COUNTRY.
01:06:21DO YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE SPENDING
01:06:26OVER $59,000 FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD FOR HEALTH CARE?
01:06:32MEANWHILE, DESPITE SPENDING THAT
01:06:35HUGE AMOUNT OF.
01:06:3985 MILLION AMERICANS ARE
01:06:41UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, AND
01:06:44IF YOU ARE UNDERINSURED AND YOU
01:06:46GOT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND PAY
01:06:48A CO-PAYMENT OR YOU HAVE A DEBT,
01:06:50HOW MANY PEOPLE THIS ROOM HAVE DEDUCTIBLES?
01:06:54WHAT KIND OF DEDUCTIBLES THEY
01:06:56HAVE THE LIFESTYLE? >> 10,000.
01:06:59ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? >> HOW INSANE IS THAT.
01:07:03SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, YOU CAN HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.
01:07:07BUT IF YOU HAVE A 10,000 DEDUCTIBLE, YOU STILL CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.
01:07:10ALL RIGHT RIGHT.
01:07:15MEANWHILE, WHAT IS THE FUNCTION? WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE
01:07:19AMERICAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE QUALITY CARE TO ALL?
01:07:24WHAT'S ITS FUNCTION? RIGHT.
01:07:27IT'S AND IT IS WORKING.
01:07:29>> THE FUNCTION OF THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS TO MAKE
01:07:32HUGE PROFITS FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE DRUG
01:07:36COMPANIES. >> AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS
01:07:40HAPPENING. CEO THESE COMPANIES MAKE
01:07:43BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR. THEY'RE DOING JUST GREAT.
01:07:47NOW, TROY BELIEVES, AND I
01:07:50BELIEVE NOT ONLY THAT CARE IS A
01:07:52HUMAN RIGHT, THAT WE HAVE GOT TO
01:07:54MOVE TOWARD A MEDICARE FOR ALL,
01:07:56SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM.
01:08:03>> SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
01:08:06IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF LIES
01:08:08ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS. >> AND IT'S THE PERSON WHO AUTHORED BILL.
01:08:12LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, IT MEANS, FIRST OF ALL, FOR A START.
01:08:15THE ARROGANCE OF SOME OF THESE
01:08:18CRITICS, REPUBLICANS AND OTHERS,
01:08:20WHO SAY, OH, WE CAN'T THAT EVERY
01:08:24OTHER MAJOR COUNTRY ON EARTH HAS
01:08:27DONE IT.
01:08:32>> GO TO CANADA NOT SO FAR AWAY FROM HERE.
01:08:37>> YOU END UP IN A HOSPITAL FOR THREE WEEKS. YOU KNOW WHAT THE BILL IS WHEN YOU GET OUT?
01:08:41ZERO. GO TO ITALY.
01:08:43GO TO THE UK, GO TO FRANCE, GO
01:08:45TO SOME COUNTRIES THAT NOT PARTICULARLY WEALTHY.
01:08:49THEY UNDERSTAND THE STUPIDITY AND THE CRUELTY OF SAYING TO
01:08:53SOMEBODY WHO HAS CANCER OR YOU
01:08:56HAVE CANCER, YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE. GUESS WHAT?
01:08:59YOU'RE GOING TO GO BANKRUPT IN THE PROCESS. >> AND IF YOU GET OUT OF THE
01:09:04HOSPITAL MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. >> HOW INSANE HOW BARBARIC IS
01:09:08THAT? IT IS BARBARIC. ALL RIGHT. BUT YOU GET SICK, YOU'VE GOT TO
01:09:12WORRY GETTING WELL. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY
01:09:14ABOUT LOSING YOUR.
01:09:25SO HERE'S WHAT MEDICARE FOR ALL DOES.
01:09:29IT'S A FOUR YEAR TRANSITION. DOES IT TAKE PLACE OVER THE FIRST YEAR?
01:09:33>> FIRST DEAL LOWERS THE AGE
01:09:39FROM 65 TO 55.
01:09:47FIRST SKILL, GETS RID OF ALL
01:09:51OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES FOR MORE DEDUCTIBLES, CO-PAYMENTS
01:09:56CO-PAYMENTS, FIRST YEAR COVERS
01:09:58EVERY CHILD IN AMERICA.
01:10:03>> THE FIRST YEAR EXPANDS
01:10:07MEDICARE TO COVER DENTAL HEARING
01:10:10AND VISION.
01:10:16AND THEN THE SECOND YEAR IT GOES
01:10:19FROM 55 DOWN TO 45, 45 DOWN TO 35.
01:10:21THE NEXT YEAR AND THE FOURTH YEAR.
01:10:23>> EVERYBODY IS IN.
01:10:33AND IF OTHER MAJOR COUNTRY ON
01:10:39EARTH CAN GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE TO ALL OF THEIR PEOPLE, DO
01:10:42UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN DO
01:10:45AS WELL.
01:10:58>> AND WHAT TROY AND I BELIEVE IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO END THIS CORRUPT CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM.
01:11:01>> GET RID OF CITIZENS UNITED
01:11:04AND SUPER PACS.
01:11:11>> DEMOCRACY IS ONE PERSON, ONE
01:11:14VOTE, NOT BILLIONAIRES BUYING
01:11:20ELECTIONS.
01:11:22AND WE'RE TROY AND I BELIEVE AS
01:11:26THAT AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE MORE
01:11:28INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY THAN WE HAVE EVER HAD IN THE
01:11:33HISTORY THIS COUNTRY. >> YEAH, THE BILLIONAIRES ARE
01:11:35GOING TO HAVE TO STOP THEIR FAIR
01:11:37SHARE OF TAXES.
01:11:52AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THOSE
01:11:57TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT COME
01:11:59FROM A TAX ON WHO, BY THE WAY,
01:12:02IN SOME CASES TODAY PAY ANY
01:12:04EFFECTIVE TAX RATE LOWER THAN A
01:12:08TRUCK DRIVER OR A NURSE.
01:12:12>> NOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH, THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE RAISE FROM THE BILLIONAIRE
01:12:16CLASS, WE'RE GOING BUILD SOME 7
01:12:19MILLION UNITS OF LOW INCOME AND
01:12:24HOUSING.
01:12:26>> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CHILD
01:12:29CARE UNIVERSAL AND FREE FREE.
01:12:34MAKE PUBLIC COLLEGES AND
01:12:37UNIVERSITIES AND APPRENTICESHIPS, PROGRAMS,
01:12:39TUITION FREE.
01:12:43>> AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THE
01:12:47BEST PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE WORLD.
01:12:50NO TEACHER MAKING LESS LIKE
01:12:5360,000 A YEAR.
01:13:05AND AT A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF
01:13:07OUR WORKERS ARE WORKING FOR STARVATION WAGES, WE'RE GOING TO
01:13:12THAT MINIMUM WAGE TO 20 BUCKS AN
01:13:16HOUR.
01:13:18AND WHEN WORKERS ALL OVER
01:13:20COUNTRY WANT TO JOIN A UNION BUT
01:13:24ARE ILLEGALLY PREVENTED FROM DOING IT, WE'RE GOING TO PASS
01:13:27LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT FOR
01:13:28WORKERS TO JOIN UNIONS.
01:13:41AND I'LL TELL WHAT ELSE WE'RE
01:13:45GOING TO DO. >> TROY AND I AND OTHER
01:13:49PROGRESSIVE ARE GOING TO FINALLY
01:13:50PUT AN END TO ENDLESS WARS.
01:13:58>> TRUMP US TO BE NO MORE,
01:14:02ENDLESS WARS AND THEN HE STARTED A WAR WITH IRAN.
01:14:0619 U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS DEAD,
01:14:09THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT CIVIL
01:14:11DEAD, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF
01:14:13TAXPAYER DOLLARS SPENT. WE GOT TO PUT AN END TO OUR JOB
01:14:17IS TO TRY IN INDONESIA TO TRY TO
01:14:22BRING PEACE TO THIS WORLD, NOT
01:14:24MORE AND MORE WARS.
01:14:37AND AND I ARE IN AGREEMENT THERE
01:14:40SHOULD NOT BE ANOTHER GOING TO
01:14:43THE HORRIFIC AND REACTIONARY AND
01:14:47EXTREME GOVERNMENT OF NETANYAHU
01:14:50IN ISRAEL.
01:14:52NO MORE MONEY TO AID GENOCIDE
01:14:59GENOCIDE.
01:15:10NOW THE MAJOR CHALLENGE THAT WE
01:15:12FACE IS ONLY THE WEALTH AND, THE
01:15:16POWER OF RULING CLASS OF THIS COUNTRY.
01:15:20AND THEY ARE UNBELIEVABLY AND
01:15:23UNBELIEVABLY POWERFUL.
01:15:25BUT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS
01:15:27PROPAGATE AN IDEOLOGY THAT SAYS
01:15:31THAT YOU HAVE GOT TO LIVE IN
01:15:33ECONOMIC MISERY, THAT THE IDEA
01:15:36OF YOUR KIDS GETTING A HIGHER EDUCATION, HAVING TO PAY TUITION
01:15:40IS OUTRAGEOUS.
01:15:42THE IDEA OF HEALTH CARE, MY GOD, WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?
01:15:46WHAT KIND OF EXTREMIST CRAZY IDEAS ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?
01:15:50THE IDEA IS THAT THE RICH START PAYING FAIR SHARE OF TAXES.
01:15:54TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE. ALL WE HAVE GOT TO TURN THAT
01:15:58EQUAL ON ITS HEAD. ALL RIGHT.
01:16:02WE HAVE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU
01:16:06SAID IT IS NOT TO SAY THAT EVERY
01:16:10MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY, THE RICHEST COUNTRY ON
01:16:14EARTH, CAN ENJOY A DECENT
01:16:16STANDARD OF LIVING, NOT.
01:16:18WE CAN DO IT IF WE HAVE THE
01:16:21POLITICAL WILL TO DO IT.
01:16:30AND LET ME SAY A WORD ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
01:16:34THAT SCARES ME A WHOLE LOT. I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD. IT.
01:16:38AND THAT IS THIS ISSUE OF,
01:16:40ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ROBOTICS.
01:16:44LET ME? SAY A WORD. I WANT TO GET YOUR FEELINGS ON THIS.
01:16:48WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW IS A
01:16:50HUGE, UNBELIEVABLE OF MONEY
01:16:52GOING INTO DATACENTERS WHICH ARE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A.I.
01:16:58YOU'VE GOT A PRESIDENT WHO WANTS TO SEE THEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
01:17:00THAT A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE ANY SAFEGUARDS ON THEM.
01:17:04THIS IS MY WORRY. MY WORRY IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE
01:17:08PEOPLE, LIKE JEFF BEZOS, ONE OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD,
01:17:11INVESTING OR PUTTING TOGETHER
01:17:14FUND OF $100 BILLION TO AUTOMATE
01:17:18FACTORIES, YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT?
01:17:20HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE ALUMINUM
01:17:23OCEAN OF ALL MANUFACTURING IN AMERICA.
01:17:27YOU THINK THAT'S CRAZY? YOU THINK HE'S. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND.
01:17:31THE ROBOTS ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE SOPHISTICATED. WE'RE SEEING THEM DEVELOP IN
01:17:35CHINA, ELSEWHERE. SO THE IDEA FACTORY WORK, PEOPLE
01:17:38BUILDING CARS, BUILDING BOATS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THESE GUYS
01:17:42WANT TO THE WHOLE ESSENCE OF ALL
01:17:46ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ROBOTS, DEFINITION IS THAT ARTIFICIAL
01:17:49CAN DO ANYTHING YOU CAN DO
01:17:54BETTER THAN YOU CAN DO IT. THAT IS THE DEFINITION.
01:17:58>> AND THE REASON THEY'RE MAKING HUGE INVESTMENTS.
01:18:01>> IF I'M A CORPORATION, WHY IN
01:18:02GOD'S NAME WANT TO PAY YOU
01:18:06$80,000 A YEAR, DEAL WITH YOU AND, YOU GET SICK.
01:18:08I HAVE TO ARGUE WITH UNION ABOUT WAGES. WHAT DO I NEED? ALL I.
01:18:12I'LL REPLACE YOU WITH A ROBOT. WORK 24 HOURS A DAY. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
01:18:16THEY DON'T GET SICK. >> AND WHEN THEY GET BROKEN, WE FIX THEM.
01:18:21BUT IT'S NOT ONLY THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY IN THE TENS OF
01:18:24MILLIONS, WHICH I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
01:18:26>> ANYBODY EVER BEEN IN A DRIVERLESS VEHICLE?
01:18:30>> OKAY. I'VE BEEN IN IT. >> THEY WORK.
01:18:33GO TO SAN FRANCISCO. THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. ALL RIGHT.
01:18:37RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE 18 WHEEL TRUCKS GOING DOWN THE ROAD IN
01:18:42TEXAS. AIN'T NO HUMAN BEING BEHIND THE WHEEL.
01:18:45>> IF THESE GUYS THEIR WAY
01:18:48EVERY, TRUCK DRIVER JOB IN AMERICA IN YEARS WILL BE GONE.
01:18:51>> EVERY CAB DRIVER, EVERY BUS
01:18:53DRIVER WILL BE IF THEY GET THEIR
01:18:57WAY. A YOUNG PERSON GRADUATING COLLEGE.
01:19:00YOU WANT TO UP IN THE WORLD, BUSINESS WORLD. THOSE JOBS WILL BE GONE AS WELL.
01:19:04NOBODY CAN PREDICT. NOBODY CAN PREDICT.
01:19:07PEOPLE DISAGREE ABOUT I WILL DO
01:19:10TO THE ECONOMY. BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
01:19:13SEE TENS OF MILLIONS OF JOBS BEING WIPED OUT.
01:19:17AND THEN THE QUESTION HAPPENS.
01:19:19WHAT HAPPENS TO? THE PEOPLE WHO LOSE THEIR JOBS?
01:19:23WELL, THAT MR. MUSK HAS NOT
01:19:25WORRIED ABOUT TOO MUCH. AND NOT ONLY IS IT THE ECONOMY,
01:19:29IT IS PRIVATE ISSUES.
01:19:31IF YOU HAVE ANY IN YOUR MIND THAT IF YOU LET CONTINUE THE WAY
01:19:35THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HAVE
01:19:39ANY DOUBT THAT EVERY PHONE CALL YOU MAKE, EVERY VISIT YOU MAKE
01:19:42TO A WEBSITE THAT, EVERY EMAIL
01:19:44OR TEXT YOU SEND WILL NOT BE
01:19:48RECORDED BY SOME COMPANY. AND THE GOVERNMENT, YOU ARE
01:19:50SORELY MISTAKEN. >> WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF
01:19:54EVISCERATING RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY.
01:19:56>> AND WHAT ABOUT OUR DEMOCRATIC? I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU SUE.
01:20:00YOU GO THE INTERNET. >> YOU MAY SEE WHO YOU KNOW.
01:20:03>> BERNIE. ANYBODY ELSE SAYING CRAZY
01:20:07THINGS? WELL, IT TURNS OUT NOT TO BE THE
01:20:09PERSON SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW,
01:20:12THAT IS JUST SOMEBODY PRETENDING
01:20:17TO BE THAT PERSON.
01:20:20AND THEN WE'RE DEALING WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR KIDS.
01:20:23MANY OF KIDS ARE INCREASINGLY ISOLATED.
01:20:27DON'T KNOW HOW TO RELATE TO OTHER KIDS.
01:20:29THEIR BEST FRIENDS OR COMPANIONS
01:20:31ON A.
01:20:33WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. AND THEN LASTLY, AS SOME OF YOU
01:20:37MAY BEEN READING, WE'RE LOOKING
01:20:41AT A SITUATION WHERE A.I. IS
01:20:43ESCAPING THE CONTROL OF THE
01:20:47COMPANIES I TALK TO A GUY WHO IS
01:20:52ACTUALLY THE SAME AS GEOFFREY HINTON, DR. HINTON IS, AND IF
01:20:54ANYONE KNOWS WHO HE IS, HE IS A
01:20:56NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN PHYSICS.
01:21:00>> HE IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE GODFATHER OF A.I. AND HE IS NOT
01:21:04ALONE IN SAYING THAT.
01:21:06>> IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF BUT
01:21:10ONLY OF WHEN A.I. BECOMES THAN
01:21:12HUMAN BEINGS AND WHETHER OR NOT
01:21:16HUMAN BEINGS WILL BE ABLE TO
01:21:18RETAIN CONTROL OVER A.I. AND.
01:21:22>> THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT THAT THAT POSES IF A.I. BECOMES
01:21:27INDEPENDENT OF HUMAN CONTROL. >> AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE VERY,
01:21:30VERY DEEP WORRIES ABOUT ALL OF THAT, THAT'S WHAT'S COMING DOWN
01:21:34THE PIKE. AND THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY
01:21:39ISSUES WE HAVE GOT TO DEAL. >> SO I HAVE THE VERY RADICAL
01:21:44IDEA THAT MAYBE THE PLANET EARTH
01:21:47SHOULD BE RUN BY HUMAN BEINGS
01:21:49AND NOT A.I.
01:22:01>> SO ELECTION HERE COMING BACK
01:22:06TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN MEAN, IT'S A LOT BIGGER THAN SUSAN COLLINS
01:22:10AND TROY JACKSON, IT IS WHETHER
01:22:12OR NOT WE CAN FINALLY CREATE A
01:22:17GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
01:22:19CAN WE REVITAL IZED DEMOCRACY?
01:22:21CAN WE RESPOND THE NEEDS OF WORKING OR ARE WE GOING TO
01:22:26CONTINUE BE DOMINATED BY THE BIG
01:22:29MONEY INTERESTS? AND I'VE BEEN RUNNING ALL OVER
01:22:31THE COUNTRY JUST CAME BACK FROM
01:22:33CALIFORNIA LAST WEEK TRYING TO DO TWO THINGS.
01:22:37NUMBER ONE, SHORT TERM, DOING
01:22:39EVERYTHING I TO SEE THAT REPLACE
01:22:45REPUBLICAN OVER THE HOUSE IN THE SENATE.
01:22:56WE HAVE GOT TO PREVENT THE
01:23:01CONGRESS FROM CONTINUING BE A RUBBERSTAMP FOR TRUMP.
01:23:04BUT THAT'S ONLY HALF OF THE EFFORT. OKAY.
01:23:07AND I'M NOT EVERYBODY WILL TELL YOU THIS, BUT I WILL.
01:23:11THE OTHER HALF OF THE FIGHT IS
01:23:15TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEMOCRAT
01:23:17PARTY FINALLY STARTS WITH
01:23:19WORKING FAMILIES, NOT JUST THEIR
01:23:22CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS
01:23:27CONTRIBUTORS.
01:23:32AND WHETHER OR NOT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY STARTS
01:23:36LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA. >> YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
01:23:41THINGS, MEDICARE FOR ALL, YOU THINK IT'S A RADICAL IDEA.
01:23:43>> THE LAST POLL THAT I SAW WALL
01:23:45JOURNAL POLL, 63% OF THE
01:23:48AMERICAN PEOPLE THINK WE SHOULD MOVE TO MEDICARE FOR ALL, NOT A
01:23:53RADICAL. >> YOU THINK TAXING BILLIONAIRES
01:23:57IS A RADICAL IDEA. >> OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
01:24:00AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT THAT TO TAKE PLACE.
01:24:04DO THEY CONTROLLING A I STRONG
01:24:07SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. A RADICAL IDEA.
01:24:10WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT DEMOCRAT
01:24:13REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT.
01:24:19SO THAT IS THE STRUGGLE THAT WE'RE FACING.
01:24:21THE IMMEDIATE STRUGGLE IS ENDING
01:24:23REPUBLICAN CONTROL OVER THE HOUSE AND SENATE. >> MEN CAN MAKE A HUGE
01:24:27DIFFERENCE IN THAT.
01:24:30>> THE SECOND FIGHT IS TO CREATE
01:24:32AN ECONOMY AND A GOVERNMENT THAT
01:24:34WORKS FOR ALL OF AND WE COULD DO
01:24:36THAT TO THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS
01:24:40WE GOT WEEKS LEFT TO GO IN THIS
01:24:44ELECTION, AND I DO NOT WANT AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE ON
01:24:50NOVEMBER THIRD, THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 3RD, WHEN GOT YOU'RE
01:24:54LOOKING AT THE TV YOU'RE SEEING WHO'S WINNING AND VERY, VERY
01:24:58CLOSE BECAUSE THERE ARE FIVE OR
01:25:00SIX STATES WHERE WITHIN MARGIN ERRORS THIS BEING ONE.
01:25:03AND THEN YOU WAKE UP AND YOU SEE
01:25:06THAT TROY LOSES BY A FEW VOTES
01:25:08AND REPUBLICANS RETAIN CONTROL OVER THE SENATE.
01:25:11>> THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.
01:25:14>> SO LET US IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN
01:25:18TO ELECT TROY JACKSON AS YOUR NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR.
01:25:22THANK YOU VERY.
01:25:28ALL RIGHT.
01:25:37>> WATCH EVERY MOMENT OF THE MIDTERM.
01:25:47LIVE. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THIRD, STARTING AT 4 P.M. EASTERN WITH LIVE COVERAGE OF REAL TIME RESULTS AND POLITICAL. >> CAMPAIGN 2026 ONLY ON C-SPAN.
01:25:52>> ALL THIS MONTH ON C-SPAN, TWO, WE'RE BRINGING YOU LIVE
01:25:55TALK RADIO SIMULCAST WITH VOICES FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
01:25:59>> THIS WEEK, PROGRESSIVE THOM HARTMANN, HOST OF THE THOM
01:26:03HARTMANN PROGRAM FROM PORTLAND, OREGON. >> AT EASTERN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
01:26:06AND THEN 3 P.M. EASTERN MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
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01:26:11FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. WATCH LIVE
01:26:14ALL THIS MONTH ON C-SPAN TWO
01:26:17ONLINE AT C-SPAN DOT, ORG OR ON C-SPAN.
01:26:19>> NOW OUR FREE VIDEO APP.
01:26:24ON WEDNESDAY, THE SUPREME COURT HEARS ORAL ARGUMENT SALAZAR
01:26:26VERSUS PARAMOUNT GLOBAL. >> PLAINTIFF MICHAEL SALAZAR CLAIMS, THE MEDIA COMPANY,
01:26:30VIOLATED FEDERAL PRIVACY LAWS BY SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT VIDEOS
01:26:34HE WATCHED ON A SPORTS WEBSITE WITH FACEBOOK WITHOUT HIS CONSENT.
01:26:38THE COURT IS EXPECTED TO DECIDE WHETHER MR. SALAZAR NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION MAKES HIM A
01:26:43CONSUMER OR UNDER THE VIDEO PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT, WHICH WOULD MEAN PARAMOUNT'S TRACKING
01:26:46WAS ILLEGAL. WATCH THE CASE LIVE AT 10 A.M.
01:26:49EASTERN ON C-SPAN. C-SPAN NOW ARE FREE MOBILE OR
01:26:53ONLINE AT.
01:26:55C-SPAN DOT ORG.
01:27:04AND. MIKE SAID BEFORE I HAPPEN TO
01:27:05LISTEN TO HIM, IT WAS ON C-SPAN ONE.
01:27:09>> THAT'S A BIG RIGHT.
01:27:13>> C-SPAN TWO HAS ALSO DOCUMENT
01:27:16NEARLY 24,000 ROLL CALL VOTES, PROVIDING THE TRANSPARENCY AND
01:27:20ACCOUNTABILITY OUR DEMOCRACY NEEDS TO THRIVE.
01:27:24THANKS TO C-SPAN. >> TWO THIS PUBLIC ALLOWS OUR
01:27:29CONSTITUENTS SEE THE SWEARING OF
01:27:31NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS WATCHING ALL NIGHT SESSIONS DURING
01:27:37VALDERRAMA'S.
01:27:38AND TUNE IN TO BEING MADE.
01:27:42>> BUT I'VE READ ABOUT IT IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.
01:27:45>> I'VE SEEN THE C-SPAN FOOTAGE.
01:27:48>> IF IT'S A REALLY GOOD PRESENTED IN PUBLIC VIEW ON
01:27:52C-SPAN. >> I WENT HOME AFTER THE SPEECH
01:27:56AND I TURNED ON C-SPAN I WAS ON
01:28:00C-SPAN. >> AND JUST THIS WEEK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
01:28:03>> NOW THE TIME TO TUNE IN TO C-SPAN.
01:28:07>> SO TELEVISION. A LITTLE WHILE AGO, IN BETWEEN
01:28:09MY WATCHING MY GREAT FRIENDS ON C-SPAN.
01:28:15C-SPAN TELEVISING THIS RIGHT NOW.
01:28:17>> SO WE ARE NOT JUST SPEAKING LOS ANGELES, WE ARE SPEAKING TO
01:28:21THE COUNTRY AND.
01:28:24WE'VE GOT MORE CAMPAIGN 2026 COVERAGE NOW WITH THE CANDIDATES FOR SENATE AND SOUTH CAROLINA
01:28:30DEMOCRAT. >> ANNIE ANDREWS, INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN DARLENE GRAHAM AND
01:28:34LIBERTARIAN WHITENER PARTICIPATED IN A DEBATE HOSTED
01:28:37BY SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL IN COLUMBIA.
01:28:41HERE'S A LOOK AT THE EVENT AND
01:28:45EVENING. >> AND WELCOME TO THE 2026 US SENATE DEBATE.
01:28:48>> LIVE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA ETV STUDIOS IN COLUMBIA, I'M GAVIN
01:28:52JACKSON, ALONG WITH MY OWN. AND WE ARE JOINED IN STUDIO WITH
01:28:55ALL THREE OF THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING TO REPRESENT SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS IN THE US