1 00:02:01,266 --> 00:02:07,466 >> ALL RIGHT, I’M CONGRESSMAN 2 00:02:07,466 --> 00:02:09,500 >> ALL RIGHT, I’M CONGRESSMAN SETH BOLDEN AND THANK YOU ALL 3 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:11,333 SETH BOLDEN AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY . 4 00:02:11,333 --> 00:02:13,334 FOR BEING HERE TODAY . FIRST AND FOREMOST I WANT TO 5 00:02:13,334 --> 00:02:14,733 FIRST AND FOREMOST I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM AT GIFFORDS 6 00:02:14,733 --> 00:02:15,300 THANK THE TEAM AT GIFFORDS FOR PARTNERING WITH MY TEAM 7 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:23,134 FOR PARTNERING WITH MY TEAM AT STORM AMERICA FOR THIS 8 00:02:23,134 --> 00:02:24,733 AT STORM AMERICA FOR THIS EVENT AND AT A TIME WHEN OUR 9 00:02:24,733 --> 00:02:25,366 EVENT AND AT A TIME WHEN OUR POLITICS ARE AS FRACTURED AND 10 00:02:25,366 --> 00:02:26,733 POLITICS ARE AS FRACTURED AND POLARIZED AS EVER BEFORE IN 11 00:02:26,733 --> 00:02:27,266 POLARIZED AS EVER BEFORE IN OUR HISTORY THIS ISSUE , 12 00:02:27,266 --> 00:02:28,733 OUR HISTORY THIS ISSUE , COMMON SENSE GUN REFORM HAS 13 00:02:28,733 --> 00:02:29,333 COMMON SENSE GUN REFORM HAS REMAINED A UNIFYING FORCE IN 14 00:02:29,333 --> 00:02:30,800 REMAINED A UNIFYING FORCE IN OUR POLITICS . 15 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,200 OUR POLITICS . AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS OF 16 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,733 AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND FROM BOTH PARTIES 17 00:02:36,733 --> 00:02:38,733 LIFE AND FROM BOTH PARTIES MORE OR LESS AGREE ON THE 18 00:02:38,733 --> 00:02:39,266 MORE OR LESS AGREE ON THE BASIC PARAMETERS OF THIS 19 00:02:39,266 --> 00:02:40,800 BASIC PARAMETERS OF THIS DEBATE . 20 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,899 DEBATE . BUT WHAT WE LACK IN CONGRESS 21 00:02:42,899 --> 00:02:43,466 BUT WHAT WE LACK IN CONGRESS IS THE POLITICAL COURAGE TO 22 00:02:43,466 --> 00:02:44,900 IS THE POLITICAL COURAGE TO DO WHAT WE KNOW IS NECESSARY 23 00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:48,766 DO WHAT WE KNOW IS NECESSARY TO CHANGE LAWS AND SAVE LIVES 24 00:02:48,766 --> 00:02:48,900 TO CHANGE LAWS AND SAVE LIVES . 25 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:52,833 . AND THAT IS WHY I THINK THIS 26 00:02:52,833 --> 00:02:55,232 AND THAT IS WHY I THINK THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GIFFORDS 27 00:02:55,232 --> 00:02:55,800 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GIFFORDS AND SERVE AMERICA MAKES SO 28 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:56,800 AND SERVE AMERICA MAKES SO MUCH SENSE . 29 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,167 MUCH SENSE . WHEN I TALKED TO ASPIRING 30 00:02:59,167 --> 00:02:59,767 WHEN I TALKED TO ASPIRING CANDIDATES ONE OF THE THINGS 31 00:02:59,767 --> 00:03:00,934 CANDIDATES ONE OF THE THINGS I’M LOOKING FOR IS A SELFLESS 32 00:03:00,934 --> 00:03:02,799 I’M LOOKING FOR IS A SELFLESS COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE 33 00:03:02,799 --> 00:03:03,366 COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE PUBLIC’S BEST INTERESTS . 34 00:03:03,366 --> 00:03:09,100 PUBLIC’S BEST INTERESTS . IN DEMONSTRABLE SENSE OF 35 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:09,699 IN DEMONSTRABLE SENSE OF COURAGE TO TAKE TOUGH STANCES 36 00:03:09,699 --> 00:03:14,733 COURAGE TO TAKE TOUGH STANCES WHEN IT’S NOT EXPEDIENT 37 00:03:14,733 --> 00:03:15,333 WHEN IT’S NOT EXPEDIENT BECAUSE IT’S THE RIGHT THING, 38 00:03:15,333 --> 00:03:16,733 BECAUSE IT’S THE RIGHT THING, NOT EXPEDIENT BECAUSE IT’S 39 00:03:16,733 --> 00:03:17,199 NOT EXPEDIENT BECAUSE IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 40 00:03:17,199 --> 00:03:17,667 THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND EACH OF THE THREE 41 00:03:17,667 --> 00:03:19,034 AND EACH OF THE THREE CANDIDATES THAT WE’RE ABOUT 42 00:03:19,034 --> 00:03:19,599 CANDIDATES THAT WE’RE ABOUT TO MEET IS EXACTLY THE TYPE 43 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:21,233 TO MEET IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO I CAN COUNT ON 44 00:03:21,233 --> 00:03:22,800 OF PERSON WHO I CAN COUNT ON AS MY FUTURE COLLEAGUES TO 45 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,833 AS MY FUTURE COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN A TOUGH FIGHT THAT 46 00:03:24,833 --> 00:03:30,734 JOIN ME IN A TOUGH FIGHT THAT WE HAVE AHEAD. 47 00:03:30,734 --> 00:03:32,767 WE HAVE AHEAD. NOW, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF 48 00:03:32,767 --> 00:03:33,367 NOW, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WELCOMING MY CO-MODERATOR FOR 49 00:03:33,367 --> 00:03:36,833 WELCOMING MY CO-MODERATOR FOR THIS CONVERSATION , PETER 50 00:03:36,833 --> 00:03:37,066 THIS CONVERSATION , PETER AMBLER. 51 00:03:37,066 --> 00:03:39,066 AMBLER. PETER IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 52 00:03:39,066 --> 00:03:40,733 PETER IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND COFOUNDER OF THE GIFFORDS 53 00:03:40,733 --> 00:03:41,300 AND COFOUNDER OF THE GIFFORDS ORGANIZATION AND A LIFELONG 54 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:41,800 ORGANIZATION AND A LIFELONG CHAMPION OF GUN SAFETY 55 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,200 CHAMPION OF GUN SAFETY INITIATIVES IN THIS COUNTRY 56 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:48,800 INITIATIVES IN THIS COUNTRY SO PETER, TAKE IT AWAY . 57 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,032 SO PETER, TAKE IT AWAY . >> THANKS SO MUCH 58 00:03:51,032 --> 00:03:51,599 >> THANKS SO MUCH CONGRESSMAN, PLEASURE TO BE 59 00:03:51,599 --> 00:03:52,767 CONGRESSMAN, PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU AND WITH THESE 60 00:03:52,767 --> 00:03:58,733 WITH YOU AND WITH THESE ESTEEMED CHALLENGERS . 61 00:03:58,733 --> 00:04:00,734 ESTEEMED CHALLENGERS . AND OF COURSE WITH MY OWN 62 00:04:00,734 --> 00:04:01,199 AND OF COURSE WITH MY OWN PERSONAL HERO, GABBY 63 00:04:01,199 --> 00:04:01,466 PERSONAL HERO, GABBY GIFFORDS. 64 00:04:01,466 --> 00:04:03,200 GIFFORDS. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, I’M 65 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,767 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, I’M GIFFORDS COFOUNDER, EXECUTIVE 66 00:04:06,767 --> 00:04:07,033 GIFFORDS COFOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 67 00:04:07,033 --> 00:04:07,600 DIRECTOR. WHERE AN ORGANIZATION OF 2 68 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,066 WHERE AN ORGANIZATION OF 2 MILLION SUPPORTERS FROM ALL 69 00:04:09,066 --> 00:04:12,734 MILLION SUPPORTERS FROM ALL 50 STATES . 70 00:04:12,734 --> 00:04:13,332 50 STATES . OPPOSITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 71 00:04:13,332 --> 00:04:16,800 OPPOSITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH A LONG RECORD OF 72 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,900 WITH A LONG RECORD OF BRINGING AMERICANS TOGETHER 73 00:04:18,900 --> 00:04:19,433 BRINGING AMERICANS TOGETHER TO PASS COMMON SENSE GUN 74 00:04:19,433 --> 00:04:20,800 TO PASS COMMON SENSE GUN SAFETY REFORM . 75 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:21,400 SAFETY REFORM . NOW I’M NEARLY 400 PIECES OF 76 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,966 NOW I’M NEARLY 400 PIECES OF LEGISLATION PASSED AT THE 77 00:04:24,966 --> 00:04:26,966 LEGISLATION PASSED AT THE STATE LEVEL OVER THE PAST 78 00:04:26,966 --> 00:04:27,567 STATE LEVEL OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS AND 45 DIFFERENT 79 00:04:27,567 --> 00:04:29,000 EIGHT YEARS AND 45 DIFFERENT STATES AND OF COURSE , WE ARE 80 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,733 STATES AND OF COURSE , WE ARE GEARING UP HOPEFULLY ELECTING 81 00:04:32,733 --> 00:04:38,900 GEARING UP HOPEFULLY ELECTING WONDERFUL CANDIDATES FROM THE 82 00:04:38,900 --> 00:04:39,466 WONDERFUL CANDIDATES FROM THE HOUSE TO THE SENATE AND OF 83 00:04:39,466 --> 00:04:40,000 HOUSE TO THE SENATE AND OF COURSE THE WHITE HOUSE IN 84 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:40,734 COURSE THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2020 THAT WILL GIVE US A 85 00:04:40,734 --> 00:04:41,300 2020 THAT WILL GIVE US A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS 86 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:43,199 UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS 87 00:04:43,199 --> 00:04:45,066 UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND OTHER LIFE-SAVING COMMON 88 00:04:45,066 --> 00:04:46,734 AND OTHER LIFE-SAVING COMMON SENSE GUN SAFETY POLICIES 89 00:04:46,734 --> 00:04:50,734 SENSE GUN SAFETY POLICIES INTO LAW. 90 00:04:50,734 --> 00:04:51,399 INTO LAW. THIS PARTNERSHIP IS ESPECIALLY 91 00:04:51,399 --> 00:04:54,734 THIS PARTNERSHIP IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO US . 92 00:04:54,734 --> 00:04:56,733 IMPORTANT TO US . YOUR TEAM SERVE AMERICA IS 93 00:04:56,733 --> 00:04:58,733 YOUR TEAM SERVE AMERICA IS EXCITING WORKING WITH THEM, 94 00:04:58,733 --> 00:05:00,800 EXCITING WORKING WITH THEM, THE MOVEMENT YOU BUILT AND 95 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:01,400 THE MOVEMENT YOU BUILT AND SERVICE LEADERS ACROSS THE 96 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:02,933 SERVICE LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS JUST INCREDIBLE . 97 00:05:02,933 --> 00:05:05,000 COUNTRY IS JUST INCREDIBLE . AND OBVIOUSLY WE’RE HERE WITH 98 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:10,967 AND OBVIOUSLY WE’RE HERE WITH GABBY WHO RUNS THE 99 00:05:10,967 --> 00:05:11,599 GABBY WHO RUNS THE ORGANIZATION, SHE’S A LEADER 100 00:05:11,599 --> 00:05:13,133 ORGANIZATION, SHE’S A LEADER IN THE MOVEMENT FOR SAFER GUN 101 00:05:13,133 --> 00:05:13,666 IN THE MOVEMENT FOR SAFER GUN LAWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY . 102 00:05:13,666 --> 00:05:15,100 LAWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY . SHE WAS ALSO WHILE IN 103 00:05:15,100 --> 00:05:16,866 SHE WAS ALSO WHILE IN CONGRESS THE PROUDEST SPOUSE 104 00:05:16,866 --> 00:05:26,800 CONGRESS THE PROUDEST SPOUSE OUT THERE AND OF COURSE , TO 105 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:28,833 OUT THERE AND OF COURSE , TO MARK KELLY WAS OBVIOUSLY HERE 106 00:05:28,833 --> 00:05:29,400 MARK KELLY WAS OBVIOUSLY HERE IN ARIZONA AND HE SPENT 25 107 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:37,033 IN ARIZONA AND HE SPENT 25 YEARS IN THE MEDIA AND SERVED 108 00:05:37,033 --> 00:05:38,966 YEARS IN THE MEDIA AND SERVED IN COMBAT SO THAT PART OF 109 00:05:38,966 --> 00:05:40,800 IN COMBAT SO THAT PART OF GABBY’S SERVICE IN CONGRESS , 110 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:41,300 GABBY’S SERVICE IN CONGRESS , HER COMMITMENT TO THIS 111 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:45,200 HER COMMITMENT TO THIS COUNTRY WHICH ALSO INCLUDED 112 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,733 COUNTRY WHICH ALSO INCLUDED LONG STANCE ON THE HOUSE 113 00:05:46,733 --> 00:05:48,734 LONG STANCE ON THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE. 114 00:05:48,734 --> 00:05:49,266 ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE. SO I AM GOING TO SORT OF 115 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:52,866 SO I AM GOING TO SORT OF PAUSE THERE AND REALLY 116 00:05:52,866 --> 00:05:53,432 PAUSE THERE AND REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THESE 117 00:05:53,432 --> 00:05:53,966 EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THESE WONDERFUL CANDIDATES FROM 118 00:05:53,966 --> 00:06:02,732 WONDERFUL CANDIDATES FROM JACKIE , AND WE’RE GOING TO 119 00:06:02,732 --> 00:06:03,333 JACKIE , AND WE’RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO GABBY HERE IN 120 00:06:03,333 --> 00:06:04,734 TURN IT OVER TO GABBY HERE IN A SECOND BUT BEFORE WE DO WE 121 00:06:04,734 --> 00:06:05,333 A SECOND BUT BEFORE WE DO WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO TO SUM UP 122 00:06:05,333 --> 00:06:08,867 HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO TO SUM UP THE COURAGE YOU BRING TO THIS 123 00:06:08,867 --> 00:06:10,732 THE COURAGE YOU BRING TO THIS FIGHT EACH AND EVERY DAY . 124 00:06:10,732 --> 00:06:15,834 FIGHT EACH AND EVERY DAY . >> WHAT IS COURAGE ? 125 00:06:15,834 --> 00:06:17,834 >> WHAT IS COURAGE ? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? 126 00:06:17,834 --> 00:06:18,433 WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? COURAGE SHOWS TRUTH TO POWER 127 00:06:18,433 --> 00:06:20,200 COURAGE SHOWS TRUTH TO POWER AND STAND ITS GROUND. 128 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,000 AND STAND ITS GROUND. IT’S WALKING OUT , IT’S 129 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,333 IT’S WALKING OUT , IT’S SITTING DOWN . 130 00:06:23,333 --> 00:06:25,266 SITTING DOWN . IT’S MARCHING TOWARDS 131 00:06:25,266 --> 00:06:25,699 IT’S MARCHING TOWARDS SOMETHING GREAT . 132 00:06:25,699 --> 00:06:29,267 SOMETHING GREAT . COURAGE IS TELLING YOUR STORY 133 00:06:29,267 --> 00:06:31,032 COURAGE IS TELLING YOUR STORY EVEN WHEN IT’S HARD TO SPEAK . 134 00:06:31,032 --> 00:06:36,400 EVEN WHEN IT’S HARD TO SPEAK . COURAGE LOOKS LIKE THIS . 135 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,334 COURAGE LOOKS LIKE THIS . >> I’M CONGRESSWOMAN 136 00:06:38,334 --> 00:06:38,834 >> I’M CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS FROM 137 00:06:38,834 --> 00:06:40,400 GABRIELLE GIFFORDS FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA . 138 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,566 SOUTHERN ARIZONA . >> YOU CAN EITHER COMPLAIN 139 00:06:42,566 --> 00:06:43,166 >> YOU CAN EITHER COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING OR TRIED TO 140 00:06:43,166 --> 00:06:43,400 ABOUT SOMETHING OR TRIED TO FIX IT . 141 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:44,566 FIX IT . >> I WILL ALWAYS EXTEND MY 142 00:06:44,566 --> 00:06:47,200 >> I WILL ALWAYS EXTEND MY HAND ACROSS THE AISLE TO 143 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,600 HAND ACROSS THE AISLE TO BUILD CONSENSUS AND GET THE 144 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:54,433 BUILD CONSENSUS AND GET THE JOB DONE . 145 00:06:54,433 --> 00:06:55,032 JOB DONE . >> EARLIER TODAY A NUMBER OF 146 00:06:55,032 --> 00:06:55,600 >> EARLIER TODAY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN TUCSON 147 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:00,433 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN TUCSON ARIZONA . 148 00:07:00,433 --> 00:07:00,966 ARIZONA . >> ARIZONA CONGRESSWOMAN 149 00:07:00,966 --> 00:07:07,433 >> ARIZONA CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WOUNDED 150 00:07:07,433 --> 00:07:09,600 GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WOUNDED AND AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT 151 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:10,133 AND AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT TWO WEEKS AGO IS ABOUT TO 152 00:07:10,133 --> 00:07:11,066 TWO WEEKS AGO IS ABOUT TO TAKE THE NEXT BIG STEP ALONG 153 00:07:11,066 --> 00:07:11,699 TAKE THE NEXT BIG STEP ALONG WHAT’S EXPECTED TO BE A LONG 154 00:07:11,699 --> 00:07:12,100 WHAT’S EXPECTED TO BE A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY . 155 00:07:12,100 --> 00:07:13,433 ROAD TO RECOVERY . >> IT TAKES COURAGE TO KEEP 156 00:07:13,433 --> 00:07:14,000 >> IT TAKES COURAGE TO KEEP GOING ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S 157 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,134 GOING ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S FEELS IMPOSSIBLE . 158 00:07:17,134 --> 00:07:19,066 FEELS IMPOSSIBLE . >> THE RETURN OF OUR 159 00:07:19,066 --> 00:07:19,533 >> THE RETURN OF OUR COLLEAGUE WHO WAS THE 160 00:07:19,533 --> 00:07:21,133 COLLEAGUE WHO WAS THE PERSONIFICATION OF COURAGE . 161 00:07:21,133 --> 00:07:23,066 PERSONIFICATION OF COURAGE . CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS . 162 00:07:23,066 --> 00:07:29,267 CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS . [APPLAUSE] AND TO THE 163 00:07:29,267 --> 00:07:31,566 [APPLAUSE] AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, 164 00:07:31,566 --> 00:07:32,900 REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION , UNDER GOD , 165 00:07:32,900 --> 00:07:35,133 ONE NATION , UNDER GOD , INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND 166 00:07:35,133 --> 00:07:38,300 INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . 167 00:07:38,300 --> 00:07:41,434 JUSTICE FOR ALL . [APPLAUSE] 168 00:07:41,434 --> 00:07:43,366 [APPLAUSE] >> IT’S STANDING UP AND 169 00:07:43,366 --> 00:07:46,733 >> IT’S STANDING UP AND FINDING YOUR VOICE AGAIN. 170 00:07:46,733 --> 00:07:49,300 FINDING YOUR VOICE AGAIN. COURAGE IS SPEAKING UP . 171 00:07:49,300 --> 00:07:50,333 COURAGE IS SPEAKING UP . COURAGE IS SAYING WE CAN DO 172 00:07:50,333 --> 00:07:52,133 COURAGE IS SAYING WE CAN DO BETTER AND KNOWING NO PROBLEM 173 00:07:52,133 --> 00:08:01,734 BETTER AND KNOWING NO PROBLEM IS TOO BIG TO FIX . 174 00:08:01,734 --> 00:08:05,733 IS TOO BIG TO FIX . >> WOW GABBY. 175 00:08:05,733 --> 00:08:10,133 >> WOW GABBY. HEART PUMPING OVER HERE. 176 00:08:10,133 --> 00:08:10,733 HEART PUMPING OVER HERE. YOU RECENTLY MADE YOUR THIRD 177 00:08:10,733 --> 00:08:13,866 YOU RECENTLY MADE YOUR THIRD STRAIGHT APPEARANCE AT THE 178 00:08:13,866 --> 00:08:14,300 STRAIGHT APPEARANCE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 179 00:08:14,300 --> 00:08:16,000 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND I THINK WE SAW 180 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,066 CONVENTION AND I THINK WE SAW ON DISPLAY WERE JUST POWERFUL 181 00:08:20,066 --> 00:08:23,966 ON DISPLAY WERE JUST POWERFUL REMINDERS OF YOUR RECOVERY. 182 00:08:23,966 --> 00:08:26,000 REMINDERS OF YOUR RECOVERY. YOU GAVE THE LONGEST SPEECH 183 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,733 YOU GAVE THE LONGEST SPEECH YOU’VE GIVEN SINCE BEING SHOT 184 00:08:27,733 --> 00:08:28,333 YOU’VE GIVEN SINCE BEING SHOT , NOW ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO AND 185 00:08:28,333 --> 00:08:30,100 , NOW ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO AND I THINK ALL THE THOUSANDS OF 186 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:31,733 I THINK ALL THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO TUNED IN HERE 187 00:08:31,733 --> 00:08:32,300 PEOPLE WHO TUNED IN HERE TODAY ARE HERE TO HEAR FROM 188 00:08:32,300 --> 00:08:35,833 TODAY ARE HERE TO HEAR FROM YOU SO LET ME GIVE YOU THE 189 00:08:35,833 --> 00:08:37,666 YOU SO LET ME GIVE YOU THE VIRTUAL STAGE . 190 00:08:37,666 --> 00:08:42,066 VIRTUAL STAGE . >> I’VE KNOWN THE DARKEST OF 191 00:08:42,066 --> 00:08:43,600 >> I’VE KNOWN THE DARKEST OF DAYS . 192 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,833 DAYS . DAYS OF PAIN AND UNCERTAIN 193 00:08:45,833 --> 00:08:47,599 DAYS OF PAIN AND UNCERTAIN RECOVERY . 194 00:08:47,599 --> 00:08:49,967 RECOVERY . BUT CONFRONTED BY DESPAIR 195 00:08:49,967 --> 00:08:53,666 BUT CONFRONTED BY DESPAIR I’VE SUMMONED HOPE . 196 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:57,633 I’VE SUMMONED HOPE . CONFRONTED BY PARALYSIS I 197 00:08:57,633 --> 00:08:58,166 CONFRONTED BY PARALYSIS I RESPONDED WITH GREAT AND 198 00:08:58,166 --> 00:08:59,666 RESPONDED WITH GREAT AND DETERMINATION . 199 00:08:59,666 --> 00:09:01,967 DETERMINATION . I PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF 200 00:09:01,967 --> 00:09:03,599 I PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER . 201 00:09:03,599 --> 00:09:07,633 THE OTHER . I FOUND ONE FOOT AND THEN I 202 00:09:07,633 --> 00:09:08,000 I FOUND ONE FOOT AND THEN I FOUND ANOTHER . 203 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,600 FOUND ANOTHER . MY RECOVERY IS A DAILY FIGHT 204 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:17,600 MY RECOVERY IS A DAILY FIGHT THAT MAKES ME STRONGER . 205 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:18,166 THAT MAKES ME STRONGER . TODAY I STRUGGLED TO SPEAK 206 00:09:18,166 --> 00:09:25,666 TODAY I STRUGGLED TO SPEAK BUT I HAVE NOT LOST MY 207 00:09:25,666 --> 00:09:25,967 BUT I HAVE NOT LOST MY MOTIVATION. 208 00:09:25,967 --> 00:09:26,566 MOTIVATION. AMERICA NEEDS US TO SPEAK OUT 209 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:27,700 AMERICA NEEDS US TO SPEAK OUT EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE TO FIGHT 210 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:33,600 EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE TO FIGHT TO FIND THE WORDS . 211 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,066 TO FIND THE WORDS . I’M ALSO IN A SECOND FIGHT, 212 00:09:36,066 --> 00:09:36,533 I’M ALSO IN A SECOND FIGHT, THE FIGHT TO STOP GUN 213 00:09:36,533 --> 00:09:41,600 THE FIGHT TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE . 214 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:42,100 VIOLENCE . THIS IS A FIGHT FOR BY 215 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:45,632 THIS IS A FIGHT FOR BY TRAGEDY THAT CAN CHANGE LIVES 216 00:09:45,632 --> 00:09:45,767 TRAGEDY THAT CAN CHANGE LIVES . 217 00:09:45,767 --> 00:09:47,933 . WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS . 218 00:09:47,933 --> 00:09:51,900 WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS . WE CAN LET THE SHOOTING 219 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:53,667 WE CAN LET THE SHOOTING CONTINUE OR WE CAN ASK . 220 00:09:53,667 --> 00:09:56,100 CONTINUE OR WE CAN ASK . CAN PROTECT OUR FAMILIES , OUR 221 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:57,833 CAN PROTECT OUR FAMILIES , OUR TEACHERS . 222 00:09:57,833 --> 00:09:59,666 TEACHERS . WE CAN VOTE . 223 00:09:59,666 --> 00:10:01,966 WE CAN VOTE . WE CAN BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE 224 00:10:01,966 --> 00:10:05,600 WE CAN BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY . 225 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,600 OF HISTORY . PLEASE JOIN US IN THIS FIGHT . 226 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,666 PLEASE JOIN US IN THIS FIGHT . VOTE, VOTE, VOTE . 227 00:10:11,666 --> 00:10:21,599 VOTE, VOTE, VOTE . THANK YOU VERY MUCH . 228 00:10:21,599 --> 00:10:23,700 THANK YOU VERY MUCH . >> GABBY, IT’S AMAZING AREA 229 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:25,734 >> GABBY, IT’S AMAZING AREA YOU ARE SUCH A TRUE EXAMPLE 230 00:10:25,734 --> 00:10:27,600 YOU ARE SUCH A TRUE EXAMPLE OF COURAGE AND INSPIRATION 231 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,666 OF COURAGE AND INSPIRATION WITH YOUR WORK . 232 00:10:29,666 --> 00:10:31,666 WITH YOUR WORK . EVERY SINGLE DAY . 233 00:10:31,666 --> 00:10:34,099 EVERY SINGLE DAY . YOU ARE A MODERN-DAY AMERICAN 234 00:10:34,099 --> 00:10:34,367 YOU ARE A MODERN-DAY AMERICAN HERO . 235 00:10:34,367 --> 00:10:35,666 HERO . AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL . 236 00:10:35,666 --> 00:10:39,733 AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL . BUT WE ALSO KNOW THERE’S 237 00:10:39,733 --> 00:10:41,599 BUT WE ALSO KNOW THERE’S STILL A LOT MORE WORK TO DO . 238 00:10:41,599 --> 00:10:43,599 STILL A LOT MORE WORK TO DO . WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF LOST A 239 00:10:43,599 --> 00:10:45,600 WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF LOST A CHANGE AND PROGRESS TO MAKE 240 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,066 CHANGE AND PROGRESS TO MAKE AND SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE 241 00:10:48,066 --> 00:10:49,800 AND SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO I KNOW 242 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,600 SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO I KNOW CAN HELP US GET THERE . 243 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:54,166 CAN HELP US GET THERE . SOME AMAZING CONGRESSIONAL 244 00:10:54,166 --> 00:10:55,833 SOME AMAZING CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES AND WE WILL TURN 245 00:10:55,833 --> 00:10:57,966 CANDIDATES AND WE WILL TURN FIRST TO UNITED STATES AIR 246 00:10:57,966 --> 00:11:00,067 FIRST TO UNITED STATES AIR FORCE VETERAN DOWN IN TEXAS 247 00:11:00,067 --> 00:11:05,600 FORCE VETERAN DOWN IN TEXAS GINA ORTIZ . 248 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,000 GINA ORTIZ . >> I’M MUTED, OKAY . 249 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,766 >> I’M MUTED, OKAY . THANK YOU SO MUCH SETH AND 250 00:11:09,766 --> 00:11:11,866 THANK YOU SO MUCH SETH AND GABBY ARE BRINGING US 251 00:11:11,866 --> 00:11:13,866 GABBY ARE BRINGING US TOGETHER IN THIS IMPORTANT 252 00:11:13,866 --> 00:11:14,466 TOGETHER IN THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND THANK YOU ALL 253 00:11:14,466 --> 00:11:15,666 DISCUSSION AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US . 254 00:11:15,666 --> 00:11:19,699 FOR JOINING US . I’M RUNNING IN TEXAS 23RD 255 00:11:19,699 --> 00:11:22,000 I’M RUNNING IN TEXAS 23RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 256 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:22,599 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RUNNING FROM SAN ANTONIO 500 257 00:11:22,599 --> 00:11:23,899 RUNNING FROM SAN ANTONIO 500 MILES WEST TO EL PASO MILES 258 00:11:23,899 --> 00:11:25,600 MILES WEST TO EL PASO MILES OF BORDER IN THE DISTRICT 259 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,733 OF BORDER IN THE DISTRICT LARGER THAN 30 STATES AREA I 260 00:11:27,733 --> 00:11:31,766 LARGER THAN 30 STATES AREA I ACTUALLY RAN IN 2018 AND CAME 261 00:11:31,766 --> 00:11:32,367 ACTUALLY RAN IN 2018 AND CAME UP JUST SHORT, 926 VOTES BUT 262 00:11:32,367 --> 00:11:35,933 UP JUST SHORT, 926 VOTES BUT I KNOW WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING 263 00:11:35,933 --> 00:11:39,933 I KNOW WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING FOR SO I GOT BACK IN AND NOW 264 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:40,433 FOR SO I GOT BACK IN AND NOW IT’S AN OPEN SEAT IN A 265 00:11:40,433 --> 00:11:41,899 IT’S AN OPEN SEAT IN A DISTRICT I NEARLY WON AND 266 00:11:41,899 --> 00:11:43,733 DISTRICT I NEARLY WON AND DESCRIBED AS OUR BEST HOPE OF 267 00:11:43,733 --> 00:11:44,334 DESCRIBED AS OUR BEST HOPE OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE ENTIRE 268 00:11:44,334 --> 00:11:51,600 OPPORTUNITY IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY . 269 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:52,199 COUNTRY . MY STORY STARTS OVER 40 YEARS 270 00:11:52,199 --> 00:11:53,600 MY STORY STARTS OVER 40 YEARS AGO WHEN MY MOM CAME TO THIS 271 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:53,833 AGO WHEN MY MOM CAME TO THIS COUNTRY. 272 00:11:53,833 --> 00:11:54,434 COUNTRY. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE NUMBER 273 00:11:54,434 --> 00:11:55,666 SHE GRADUATED FROM THE NUMBER ONE UNIVERSITY IN THE 274 00:11:55,666 --> 00:11:56,200 ONE UNIVERSITY IN THE PHILIPPINES AND WANTED A 275 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:57,666 PHILIPPINES AND WANTED A CHANCE AT THE AMERICAN DREAM . 276 00:11:57,666 --> 00:11:59,634 CHANCE AT THE AMERICAN DREAM . LIKE SO MANY SHE KNEW FROM A 277 00:11:59,634 --> 00:12:00,232 LIKE SO MANY SHE KNEW FROM A YOUNG AGE THAT IF YOU WANTED 278 00:12:00,232 --> 00:12:02,100 YOUNG AGE THAT IF YOU WANTED A CHANCE AT HER BEST POSSIBLE 279 00:12:02,100 --> 00:12:02,666 A CHANCE AT HER BEST POSSIBLE LIFE YOU HAVE TO LEAVE HER 280 00:12:02,666 --> 00:12:05,600 LIFE YOU HAVE TO LEAVE HER HOME COUNTRY AND SO SHE 281 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:06,134 HOME COUNTRY AND SO SHE RAISED MY SISTER AND I BY 282 00:12:06,134 --> 00:12:07,600 RAISED MY SISTER AND I BY HERSELF AND RAISED US TO 283 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,800 HERSELF AND RAISED US TO NEVER FORGET WE ARE VERY 284 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:10,400 NEVER FORGET WE ARE VERY LUCKY, NOT SMART, LUCKY TO BE 285 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,600 LUCKY, NOT SMART, LUCKY TO BE BORN IN THE SPECIAL COUNTRY 286 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,599 BORN IN THE SPECIAL COUNTRY AND WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO 287 00:12:15,599 --> 00:12:16,167 AND WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE COUNTRY THAT GAVE US SO 288 00:12:16,167 --> 00:12:18,000 THE COUNTRY THAT GAVE US SO MUCH AREA IT’S WHY I SERVED 289 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:18,566 MUCH AREA IT’S WHY I SERVED AND MY SISTER SERVED IN THE 290 00:12:18,566 --> 00:12:21,666 AND MY SISTER SERVED IN THE NAVY TO THIS DAY . 291 00:12:21,666 --> 00:12:22,266 NAVY TO THIS DAY . I WAS HONORED TO SERVE AS AN 292 00:12:22,266 --> 00:12:24,100 I WAS HONORED TO SERVE AS AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DEPLOYED 293 00:12:24,100 --> 00:12:26,000 INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DEPLOYED TO IRAQ , SERVED UNDER DON’T 294 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:31,800 TO IRAQ , SERVED UNDER DON’T ASK DON’T TELL, AND WRAPPED 295 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,866 ASK DON’T TELL, AND WRAPPED UP MY FEDERAL CAREER WORKING 296 00:12:33,866 --> 00:12:35,599 UP MY FEDERAL CAREER WORKING IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 297 00:12:35,599 --> 00:12:36,132 IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT ON ECONOMIC AND 298 00:12:36,132 --> 00:12:37,600 PRESIDENT ON ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES . 299 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:38,133 NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES . AND IN 2016 I HAD TO TAKE 300 00:12:38,133 --> 00:12:40,000 AND IN 2016 I HAD TO TAKE STOCK AND SAY MY PUBLIC 301 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:40,566 STOCK AND SAY MY PUBLIC SERVICE MIGHT NEED TO BE 302 00:12:40,566 --> 00:12:43,600 SERVICE MIGHT NEED TO BE DIFFERENT . 303 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,600 DIFFERENT . I SERVED IN COUNTRIES WHERE 304 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:46,133 I SERVED IN COUNTRIES WHERE WOMEN AND MINORITIES ARE 305 00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:47,600 WOMEN AND MINORITIES ARE TARGETED, SERVED WHERE 306 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,767 TARGETED, SERVED WHERE GOVERNMENTS DISREGARD 307 00:12:51,767 --> 00:12:53,834 GOVERNMENTS DISREGARD CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND 308 00:12:53,834 --> 00:12:54,433 CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND HOLLOWED OUT THOSE COUNTRIES 309 00:12:54,433 --> 00:12:55,833 HOLLOWED OUT THOSE COUNTRIES AND I’VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS 310 00:12:55,833 --> 00:12:57,800 AND I’VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DON’T STAND 311 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:58,367 WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DON’T STAND UP SO EVEN THOUGH I CAME UP 312 00:12:58,367 --> 00:12:58,900 UP SO EVEN THOUGH I CAME UP JUST SHORT WE ARE EXCITED 313 00:12:58,900 --> 00:13:05,634 JUST SHORT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE MOMENTUM WE’VE GOT . 314 00:13:05,634 --> 00:13:07,734 ABOUT THE MOMENTUM WE’VE GOT . EARLY VOTING IN TEXAS STARTS 315 00:13:07,734 --> 00:13:09,366 EARLY VOTING IN TEXAS STARTS IN UNDER SIX WEEKS AND AS YOU 316 00:13:09,366 --> 00:13:09,933 IN UNDER SIX WEEKS AND AS YOU HEAR TIME AND AGAIN WE ARE 317 00:13:09,933 --> 00:13:10,933 HEAR TIME AND AGAIN WE ARE GROUND ZERO FOR TAKING OUR 318 00:13:10,933 --> 00:13:11,466 GROUND ZERO FOR TAKING OUR COUNTRY BACK SO THANKS SO 319 00:13:11,466 --> 00:13:12,867 COUNTRY BACK SO THANKS SO MUCH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 320 00:13:12,867 --> 00:13:13,433 MUCH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON 321 00:13:13,433 --> 00:13:16,867 ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. 322 00:13:16,867 --> 00:13:18,866 THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. >> THANK YOU, YOU ARE SUCH A 323 00:13:18,866 --> 00:13:19,100 >> THANK YOU, YOU ARE SUCH A FIGHTER. 324 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:21,366 FIGHTER. NEXT WE HAVE US ARMY VETERAN 325 00:13:21,366 --> 00:13:23,000 NEXT WE HAVE US ARMY VETERAN AND AIR FORCE MOM JACKIE 326 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,066 AND AIR FORCE MOM JACKIE GORDON FROM LONG ISLAND NEW 327 00:13:25,066 --> 00:13:25,333 GORDON FROM LONG ISLAND NEW YORK . 328 00:13:25,333 --> 00:13:27,434 YORK . >> THANK YOU CONGRESSWOMAN AND 329 00:13:27,434 --> 00:13:29,100 >> THANK YOU CONGRESSWOMAN AND CONGRESSMAN , IF YOU GABBY 330 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:30,867 CONGRESSMAN , IF YOU GABBY FOR HAVING ME . 331 00:13:30,867 --> 00:13:35,000 FOR HAVING ME . I AM JACKIE GORDON , LORD BY 332 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,000 I AM JACKIE GORDON , LORD BY THE NEW YORK SECOND 333 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,967 THE NEW YORK SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND 334 00:13:38,967 --> 00:13:39,566 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND IT’S PETER KING’S OPEN SEAT . 335 00:13:39,566 --> 00:13:41,134 IT’S PETER KING’S OPEN SEAT . SO WE HAVE A REALLY CLEAR 336 00:13:41,134 --> 00:13:45,200 SO WE HAVE A REALLY CLEAR PATH TO VICTORY AS THE 337 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,866 PATH TO VICTORY AS THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THIS DISTRICT 338 00:13:46,866 --> 00:13:47,199 DEMOGRAPHICS OF THIS DISTRICT IS CHANGING . 339 00:13:47,199 --> 00:13:52,867 IS CHANGING . I AM A COMBAT VETERAN AND 340 00:13:52,867 --> 00:13:56,866 I AM A COMBAT VETERAN AND IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN I’M ALSO 341 00:13:56,866 --> 00:13:57,400 IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN I’M ALSO SCHOOL COUNSELOR, PUBLIC 342 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,232 SCHOOL COUNSELOR, PUBLIC SERVANT AND A SINGLE MOM AND 343 00:13:59,232 --> 00:14:00,932 SERVANT AND A SINGLE MOM AND AN IMMIGRANT . 344 00:14:00,932 --> 00:14:06,866 AN IMMIGRANT . I’M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS WAS 345 00:14:06,866 --> 00:14:07,434 I’M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS WAS WHEN I WAS 20 YEARS OLD IT 346 00:14:07,434 --> 00:14:12,867 WHEN I WAS 20 YEARS OLD IT SAID WE DO MORE BEFORE 9 AM 347 00:14:12,867 --> 00:14:13,500 SAID WE DO MORE BEFORE 9 AM THEN MORE MOST PEOPLE DO ALL 348 00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:14,866 THEN MORE MOST PEOPLE DO ALL DAY AND I SAW THAT COMMERCIAL 349 00:14:14,866 --> 00:14:15,233 DAY AND I SAW THAT COMMERCIAL AND I WAS SOLD . 350 00:14:15,233 --> 00:14:19,033 AND I WAS SOLD . I WANTED TO BE JUST LIKE THE 351 00:14:19,033 --> 00:14:19,566 I WANTED TO BE JUST LIKE THE FULTON COMMERCIAL WORKING 352 00:14:19,566 --> 00:14:20,967 FULTON COMMERCIAL WORKING HARD AND DOING MORE SO I 353 00:14:20,967 --> 00:14:21,500 HARD AND DOING MORE SO I JOINED THE ARMY BECAUSE I 354 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:22,866 JOINED THE ARMY BECAUSE I WANTED TO DO MORE FOR THIS 355 00:14:22,866 --> 00:14:23,466 WANTED TO DO MORE FOR THIS COUNTRY THAT GAVE ME SO MUCH 356 00:14:23,466 --> 00:14:25,300 COUNTRY THAT GAVE ME SO MUCH AND HAD SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES 357 00:14:25,300 --> 00:14:27,332 AND HAD SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND I KNEW THAT WASHINGTON 358 00:14:27,332 --> 00:14:28,867 AND I KNEW THAT WASHINGTON JUST ISN’T WORKING FOR US . 359 00:14:28,867 --> 00:14:30,933 JUST ISN’T WORKING FOR US . I REPRESENT OUR 360 00:14:30,933 --> 00:14:31,434 I REPRESENT OUR REPRESENTATIVES NEED TO 361 00:14:31,434 --> 00:14:38,967 REPRESENTATIVES NEED TO REPRESENT FOLKS THAT STAND 362 00:14:38,967 --> 00:14:40,933 REPRESENT FOLKS THAT STAND FOR THEM, THAT SEND THEM TO 363 00:14:40,933 --> 00:14:41,466 FOR THEM, THAT SEND THEM TO ELECT THEM AND SO I HAVE 364 00:14:41,466 --> 00:14:43,066 ELECT THEM AND SO I HAVE SHARED EXPERIENCES WITH FOLKS 365 00:14:43,066 --> 00:14:44,933 SHARED EXPERIENCES WITH FOLKS IN THIS DISTRICT . 366 00:14:44,933 --> 00:14:48,867 IN THIS DISTRICT . I AM UNIQUELY POISED TO 367 00:14:48,867 --> 00:14:49,434 I AM UNIQUELY POISED TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE ISSUES 368 00:14:49,434 --> 00:14:52,866 ADDRESS A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK 369 00:14:52,866 --> 00:14:53,166 THAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. 370 00:14:53,166 --> 00:14:53,666 ABOUT TODAY. AS A MILITARY VETERAN I 371 00:14:53,666 --> 00:14:54,999 AS A MILITARY VETERAN I TRAINED ON THESE ASSAULT 372 00:14:54,999 --> 00:14:58,933 TRAINED ON THESE ASSAULT WEAPONS . 373 00:14:58,933 --> 00:14:59,534 WEAPONS . AS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR I SEE 374 00:14:59,534 --> 00:15:01,134 AS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR I SEE THE DAMAGE . 375 00:15:01,134 --> 00:15:02,967 THE DAMAGE . I SEE THE DAMAGE THAT THESE 376 00:15:02,967 --> 00:15:03,566 I SEE THE DAMAGE THAT THESE WEAPONS AND DO TO COMMUNITIES 377 00:15:03,566 --> 00:15:05,266 WEAPONS AND DO TO COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES AND SO I KNOW 378 00:15:05,266 --> 00:15:11,266 AND FAMILIES AND SO I KNOW THAT LONG PAST TIME WE COME 379 00:15:11,266 --> 00:15:11,866 THAT LONG PAST TIME WE COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 380 00:15:11,866 --> 00:15:15,200 UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REALLY SOLVE THIS PROBLEM 381 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:15,700 TO REALLY SOLVE THIS PROBLEM OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS 382 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:20,966 OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY AND I CAN’T WAIT TILL 383 00:15:20,966 --> 00:15:22,933 COUNTRY AND I CAN’T WAIT TILL I GET TO CONGRESS AND I CAN 384 00:15:22,933 --> 00:15:23,533 I GET TO CONGRESS AND I CAN WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE 385 00:15:23,533 --> 00:15:24,833 WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO 386 00:15:24,833 --> 00:15:25,166 TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. 387 00:15:25,166 --> 00:15:30,633 THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH . 388 00:15:30,633 --> 00:15:38,633 THANK YOU SO MUCH . >> JACKIE, THANK YOU. 389 00:15:38,633 --> 00:15:40,933 >> JACKIE, THANK YOU. THE FOCUS ON THE IRAQ WAR WAS 390 00:15:40,933 --> 00:15:41,500 THE FOCUS ON THE IRAQ WAR WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STATE 391 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:42,433 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT SO NEXT WE HAVE A 392 00:15:42,433 --> 00:15:43,032 DEPARTMENT SO NEXT WE HAVE A FOREIGN SERVICE VETERAN ALSO 393 00:15:43,032 --> 00:15:43,333 FOREIGN SERVICE VETERAN ALSO FROM TEXAS . 394 00:15:43,333 --> 00:15:44,700 FROM TEXAS . SORRY I COME OVER TO YOU . 395 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:48,632 SORRY I COME OVER TO YOU . >> THANK YOU CONGRESSMAN 396 00:15:48,632 --> 00:15:50,700 >> THANK YOU CONGRESSMAN MOULTON AND TO GABBY I’VE GOT 397 00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:51,233 MOULTON AND TO GABBY I’VE GOT TO SAY I WAS SO CHOKED UP 398 00:15:51,233 --> 00:15:56,500 TO SAY I WAS SO CHOKED UP WATCHING THE VIDEO MYSELF AND 399 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:58,500 WATCHING THE VIDEO MYSELF AND I HOPE SOME OF THE PEOPLE OUT 400 00:15:58,500 --> 00:15:59,032 I HOPE SOME OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WATCHING IT WERE SO 401 00:15:59,032 --> 00:15:59,432 THERE WATCHING IT WERE SO EMOTIONAL AS WELL. 402 00:15:59,432 --> 00:16:00,700 EMOTIONAL AS WELL. THEY GET INSPIRED TO RUN 403 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:01,233 THEY GET INSPIRED TO RUN THEMSELVES OR TO GET MORE 404 00:16:01,233 --> 00:16:04,766 THEMSELVES OR TO GET MORE INVOLVED BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT 405 00:16:04,766 --> 00:16:05,199 INVOLVED BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. 406 00:16:05,199 --> 00:16:06,566 WE NEED RIGHT NOW. I CAN TELL YOU I WAS NOT 407 00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:08,566 I CAN TELL YOU I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN POLITICS AT ALL 408 00:16:08,566 --> 00:16:08,867 INVOLVED IN POLITICS AT ALL YEARS AGO . 409 00:16:08,867 --> 00:16:09,466 YEARS AGO . I GREW UP IN TEXAS THE SON OF 410 00:16:09,466 --> 00:16:10,433 I GREW UP IN TEXAS THE SON OF AN IMMIGRANT ON MY DADS SIDE 411 00:16:10,433 --> 00:16:16,700 AN IMMIGRANT ON MY DADS SIDE AND A FAMILY DESCENDED FROM 412 00:16:16,700 --> 00:16:17,233 AND A FAMILY DESCENDED FROM HOUSTON ON MY MOMS SIDE. 413 00:16:17,233 --> 00:16:18,632 HOUSTON ON MY MOMS SIDE. WE STARTED IN A TWO-BEDROOM 414 00:16:18,632 --> 00:16:19,232 WE STARTED IN A TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT WITH NINE PEOPLE IN 415 00:16:19,232 --> 00:16:19,367 APARTMENT WITH NINE PEOPLE IN . 416 00:16:19,367 --> 00:16:22,767 . I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF MY DAD 417 00:16:22,767 --> 00:16:24,900 I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF MY DAD WHEN HE WAS DYING OF CANCER 418 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:25,500 WHEN HE WAS DYING OF CANCER AND WHEN HE WAS PASSED AWAY I 419 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:26,000 AND WHEN HE WAS PASSED AWAY I HELPED RAISE MY YOUNGER 420 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:26,767 HELPED RAISE MY YOUNGER SIBLINGS, WORK MY WAY THROUGH 421 00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:27,333 SIBLINGS, WORK MY WAY THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT 422 00:16:27,333 --> 00:16:27,866 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN AND I DID VETERANS 423 00:16:27,866 --> 00:16:34,533 AUSTIN AND I DID VETERANS AFFAIR , FOREIGN-POLICY MOST 424 00:16:34,533 --> 00:16:35,134 AFFAIR , FOREIGN-POLICY MOST OF MY CAREER WAS OVERSEAS AS 425 00:16:35,134 --> 00:16:36,634 OF MY CAREER WAS OVERSEAS AS A FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER IN 426 00:16:36,634 --> 00:16:37,200 A FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ AND ISRAEL 427 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:37,800 PLACES LIKE IRAQ AND ISRAEL AND RUSSIA AND I SPECIFICALLY 428 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,433 AND RUSSIA AND I SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO GO TO PLACES WHERE 429 00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:42,533 WANTED TO GO TO PLACES WHERE WE COULD DO THINGS ABOUT 430 00:16:42,533 --> 00:16:44,933 WE COULD DO THINGS ABOUT REDUCING CONFLICT AROUND THE 431 00:16:44,933 --> 00:16:45,500 REDUCING CONFLICT AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE I THINK THAT 432 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:48,433 WORLD BECAUSE I THINK THAT MAKES US ALL SAFER THE REASON 433 00:16:48,433 --> 00:16:48,966 MAKES US ALL SAFER THE REASON I’M HERE RIGHT NOW IS THE 434 00:16:48,966 --> 00:16:49,567 I’M HERE RIGHT NOW IS THE THINGS THAT I’VE SEEN IN OUR 435 00:16:49,567 --> 00:16:50,533 THINGS THAT I’VE SEEN IN OUR COUNTRY OVER THE LAST FEW 436 00:16:50,533 --> 00:16:51,066 COUNTRY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS , THE YEAR AND THE 437 00:16:51,066 --> 00:16:52,632 YEARS , THE YEAR AND THE DIVISION ESPECIALLY 438 00:16:52,632 --> 00:16:56,433 DIVISION ESPECIALLY EXEMPLIFIED BY 439 00:16:56,433 --> 00:16:56,999 EXEMPLIFIED BY CHARLOTTESVILLE NAZI RALLY 440 00:16:56,999 --> 00:16:58,666 CHARLOTTESVILLE NAZI RALLY THAT IN 20 SEEN 79 WAS ASKED 441 00:16:58,666 --> 00:17:04,700 THAT IN 20 SEEN 79 WAS ASKED OVERSEAS ARE THERE GOOD 442 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:06,666 OVERSEAS ARE THERE GOOD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS 443 00:17:06,666 --> 00:17:07,300 PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE, IS THIS CONTROVERSIAL 444 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:08,667 ISSUE, IS THIS CONTROVERSIAL IN THE UNITED STATES AND I 445 00:17:08,667 --> 00:17:09,133 IN THE UNITED STATES AND I SAID NO THEY’RE NOT . 446 00:17:09,133 --> 00:17:16,433 SAID NO THEY’RE NOT . THAT’S WHEN I DECIDED THIS 447 00:17:16,433 --> 00:17:16,966 THAT’S WHEN I DECIDED THIS POLARIZATION RIPPING OUR 448 00:17:16,966 --> 00:17:17,567 POLARIZATION RIPPING OUR SOCIETY APART GOTTEN TOO FAR. 449 00:17:17,567 --> 00:17:20,434 SOCIETY APART GOTTEN TOO FAR. WOMAN WAS KILLED AND A 450 00:17:20,434 --> 00:17:21,033 \hWOMAN WAS KILLED AND A WOMAN FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS 451 00:17:21,033 --> 00:17:22,432 WOMAN FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS PUT INTO THE HOSPITAL SO I 452 00:17:22,432 --> 00:17:23,000 PUT INTO THE HOSPITAL SO I GOT TO RESIGN AND COME HOME 453 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,433 GOT TO RESIGN AND COME HOME BECAUSE WHEN YOUR COUNTRY’S 454 00:17:24,433 --> 00:17:26,433 BECAUSE WHEN YOUR COUNTRY’S VALUES ARE BEING THREATENED 455 00:17:26,433 --> 00:17:28,533 VALUES ARE BEING THREATENED THE MOST PATRIOTIC THING TO DO 456 00:17:28,533 --> 00:17:29,100 THE MOST PATRIOTIC THING TO DO IS FIGHT FOR THEM AND THERE 457 00:17:29,100 --> 00:17:30,566 IS FIGHT FOR THEM AND THERE ARE TWO THINGS ABOUT ALL WE 458 00:17:30,566 --> 00:17:31,132 ARE TWO THINGS ABOUT ALL WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IN 2021 . 459 00:17:31,132 --> 00:17:32,566 HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IN 2021 . WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN SCIENCE 460 00:17:32,566 --> 00:17:36,466 WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN SCIENCE AND EVIDENCE . 461 00:17:36,466 --> 00:17:38,634 AND EVIDENCE . IT APPLIES TO THE CORONAVIRUS 462 00:17:38,634 --> 00:17:39,232 IT APPLIES TO THE CORONAVIRUS BUT ALSO THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN 463 00:17:39,232 --> 00:17:40,767 BUT ALSO THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE WE’VE BEEN DEALING 464 00:17:40,767 --> 00:17:41,399 VIOLENCE WE’VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND 465 00:17:41,399 --> 00:17:42,766 WITH FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT EVERY 466 00:17:42,766 --> 00:17:43,334 THE OTHER THING IS THAT EVERY ONE HAS TO HAVE A VOICE IN 467 00:17:43,334 --> 00:17:44,633 ONE HAS TO HAVE A VOICE IN OUR GOVERNMENT . 468 00:17:44,633 --> 00:17:45,232 OUR GOVERNMENT . EVERY COMMUNITY ASKED TO HAVE 469 00:17:45,232 --> 00:17:46,666 EVERY COMMUNITY ASKED TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE BECAUSE 470 00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:47,100 A SEAT AT THE TABLE BECAUSE FOR COMMUNITIES ARE 471 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:50,566 FOR COMMUNITIES ARE DIFFERENTLY IMPACTED AND I’M 472 00:17:50,566 --> 00:17:51,032 DIFFERENTLY IMPACTED AND I’M VERY PROUD TO SAY OUR 473 00:17:51,032 --> 00:17:52,433 VERY PROUD TO SAY OUR CAMPAIGN IS THE FIRST ONE OF 474 00:17:52,433 --> 00:17:52,933 CAMPAIGN IS THE FIRST ONE OF ITS KIND RUNNING IN 27 475 00:17:52,933 --> 00:17:54,433 ITS KIND RUNNING IN 27 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN OUR 476 00:17:54,433 --> 00:17:58,600 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN OUR DISTRICT AND MOST THE MOST 477 00:17:58,600 --> 00:17:59,033 DISTRICT AND MOST THE MOST DIVERSE DISTRICT BY 478 00:17:59,033 --> 00:18:00,433 DIVERSE DISTRICT BY POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY AND 479 00:18:00,433 --> 00:18:00,999 POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT’S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO 480 00:18:00,999 --> 00:18:02,933 THAT’S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH OUR INCUMBENT PETE OLSON 481 00:18:02,933 --> 00:18:04,600 PUSH OUR INCUMBENT PETE OLSON INTO DROPPING OUT AFTER HE 482 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:05,199 INTO DROPPING OUT AFTER HE GOT SO CLOSE IN 2018 AND NOW 483 00:18:05,199 --> 00:18:08,633 GOT SO CLOSE IN 2018 AND NOW IT’S AN OPEN SEAT AND WE WERE 484 00:18:08,633 --> 00:18:09,134 IT’S AN OPEN SEAT AND WE WERE RANKED BY THE NATIONAL 485 00:18:09,134 --> 00:18:10,666 RANKED BY THE NATIONAL JOURNAL AS THE NUMBER THREE 486 00:18:10,666 --> 00:18:12,800 JOURNAL AS THE NUMBER THREE SEED IS LIKELY TO FLIP RED TO 487 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,832 SEED IS LIKELY TO FLIP RED TO BLUE AND IT’S BECAUSE OF THAT 488 00:18:14,832 --> 00:18:15,299 BLUE AND IT’S BECAUSE OF THAT WORK OF PULLING THESE 489 00:18:15,299 --> 00:18:18,367 WORK OF PULLING THESE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER . 490 00:18:18,367 --> 00:18:20,366 COMMUNITIES TOGETHER . >> I THINK AFTER HEARING 491 00:18:20,366 --> 00:18:20,932 >> I THINK AFTER HEARING THOSE AMAZING LIFE STORIES 492 00:18:20,932 --> 00:18:22,366 THOSE AMAZING LIFE STORIES WILL AGREE THESE ARE NOT JUST 493 00:18:22,366 --> 00:18:22,833 WILL AGREE THESE ARE NOT JUST GREAT CANDIDATES . 494 00:18:22,833 --> 00:18:28,433 GREAT CANDIDATES . THEY’RE GREAT LEADERS . 495 00:18:28,433 --> 00:18:28,933 THEY’RE GREAT LEADERS . THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE A 496 00:18:28,933 --> 00:18:30,367 THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOT JUST BY 497 00:18:30,367 --> 00:18:30,933 DIFFERENCE NOT JUST BY WINNING IMPORTANT SEATS FOR 498 00:18:30,933 --> 00:18:32,367 WINNING IMPORTANT SEATS FOR THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS 499 00:18:32,367 --> 00:18:32,966 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS BUT BY BEING CHANGE AGENTS 500 00:18:32,966 --> 00:18:33,566 BUT BY BEING CHANGE AGENTS WHEN THEY GET TO WASHINGTON . 501 00:18:33,566 --> 00:18:34,700 WHEN THEY GET TO WASHINGTON . ND NOW WE HAVE 2 502 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:40,366 ND NOW WE HAVE 2 PRERECORDED MESSAGES FROM 503 00:18:40,366 --> 00:18:42,367 PRERECORDED MESSAGES FROM CANDIDATES LAST TIME AROUND 504 00:18:42,367 --> 00:18:43,467 CANDIDATES LAST TIME AROUND WHO ARE CHANGE AGENTS IN 505 00:18:43,467 --> 00:18:44,033 WHO ARE CHANGE AGENTS IN WASHINGTON, REPRESENTATIVES 506 00:18:44,033 --> 00:18:53,500 WASHINGTON, REPRESENTATIVES AND HE CAN AND MIKIE SHERRILL 507 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:53,633 AND HE CAN AND MIKIE SHERRILL . 508 00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:56,033 . >> I WANTED TO THANK GABBY AND 509 00:18:56,033 --> 00:18:56,566 >> I WANTED TO THANK GABBY AND SETH FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE 510 00:18:56,566 --> 00:18:56,867 SETH FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP . 511 00:18:56,867 --> 00:18:57,933 LEADERSHIP . GABBY , YOUR SPEECH AT THE DNC 512 00:18:57,933 --> 00:19:05,466 GABBY , YOUR SPEECH AT THE DNC WAS INCREDIBLE AND JUST 513 00:19:05,466 --> 00:19:06,066 WAS INCREDIBLE AND JUST REMINDED US WHAT TRUE SERVICE 514 00:19:06,066 --> 00:19:07,467 REMINDED US WHAT TRUE SERVICE IS ABOUT AND JUST LOVE FOR 515 00:19:07,467 --> 00:19:08,066 IS ABOUT AND JUST LOVE FOR THIS COUNTRY SO THANK YOU SO 516 00:19:08,066 --> 00:19:11,500 THIS COUNTRY SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT WITH US 517 00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:11,632 MUCH FOR SHARING THAT WITH US . 518 00:19:11,632 --> 00:19:13,466 . ALL OF US ARE HERE TODAY 519 00:19:13,466 --> 00:19:14,033 ALL OF US ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP OUR 520 00:19:14,033 --> 00:19:15,466 BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND FIND A WAY TO 521 00:19:15,466 --> 00:19:15,966 COMMUNITY AND FIND A WAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND 522 00:19:15,966 --> 00:19:17,466 BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND RECOGNIZING THAT IT REQUIRES 523 00:19:17,466 --> 00:19:23,633 RECOGNIZING THAT IT REQUIRES A WIDE COALITION IS TO BE 524 00:19:23,633 --> 00:19:25,900 A WIDE COALITION IS TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT AND 525 00:19:25,900 --> 00:19:26,466 ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT AND THAT’S SOMETHING BOTH GABBY 526 00:19:26,466 --> 00:19:27,467 THAT’S SOMETHING BOTH GABBY AND SETH RECOGNIZE. 527 00:19:27,467 --> 00:19:28,033 AND SETH RECOGNIZE. WHETHER IT’S ABOUT KEEPING 528 00:19:28,033 --> 00:19:29,466 WHETHER IT’S ABOUT KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE FROM GUN 529 00:19:29,466 --> 00:19:30,033 OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE FROM GUN VIOLENCE OR WHETHER THAT’S 530 00:19:30,033 --> 00:19:31,466 VIOLENCE OR WHETHER THAT’S ABOUT BRINGING A NEW 531 00:19:31,466 --> 00:19:32,066 ABOUT BRINGING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP , OF 532 00:19:32,066 --> 00:19:33,466 GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP , OF SERVICE ORIENTED PEOPLE INTO 533 00:19:33,466 --> 00:19:34,066 SERVICE ORIENTED PEOPLE INTO ELECTED OFFICE INTO CONGRESS 534 00:19:34,066 --> 00:19:39,866 ELECTED OFFICE INTO CONGRESS AND ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, 535 00:19:39,866 --> 00:19:41,467 AND ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, THAT IS ALL PART OF THIS SAME 536 00:19:41,467 --> 00:19:42,066 THAT IS ALL PART OF THIS SAME FABRIC OF THIS COUNTRY AND A 537 00:19:42,066 --> 00:19:42,700 FABRIC OF THIS COUNTRY AND A VISION FOR OUR FUTURE , WHAT 538 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:43,600 VISION FOR OUR FUTURE , WHAT IT IS WE CAN DO TO GET THINGS 539 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:43,799 IT IS WE CAN DO TO GET THINGS DONE. 540 00:19:43,799 --> 00:19:47,600 DONE. HERE IN MY DISTRICT THAT’S 541 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,566 HERE IN MY DISTRICT THAT’S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. 542 00:19:49,566 --> 00:19:50,166 WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. I’M RAISING MY TWO BABY BOYS 543 00:19:50,166 --> 00:19:51,700 I’M RAISING MY TWO BABY BOYS A FEW MILES AWAY FROM WHERE I 544 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:52,334 A FEW MILES AWAY FROM WHERE I GREW UP AND THIS IS NOT OUR 545 00:19:52,334 --> 00:19:52,533 GREW UP AND THIS IS NOT OUR HOME . 546 00:19:52,533 --> 00:19:53,799 HOME . ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IS ABOUT 547 00:19:53,799 --> 00:19:55,466 ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IS ABOUT THIS COUNTRY THAT’S GIVEN MY 548 00:19:55,466 --> 00:19:57,467 THIS COUNTRY THAT’S GIVEN MY FAMILY EVERY OPPORTUNITY IN 549 00:19:57,467 --> 00:19:58,066 FAMILY EVERY OPPORTUNITY IN LIFE THAT IS WHY I’M SERVING 550 00:19:58,066 --> 00:19:59,700 LIFE THAT IS WHY I’M SERVING IN CONGRESS . 551 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:05,633 IN CONGRESS . WISER BEFORE AS A CAREER 552 00:20:05,633 --> 00:20:07,466 WISER BEFORE AS A CAREER CIVILIAN NATIONAL SECURITY 553 00:20:07,466 --> 00:20:07,966 CIVILIAN NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIAL AND WHY I’M SO 554 00:20:07,966 --> 00:20:08,566 OFFICIAL AND WHY I’M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE A CHANCE TO 555 00:20:08,566 --> 00:20:11,466 GRATEFUL TO HAVE A CHANCE TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE GABBY AND SET 556 00:20:11,466 --> 00:20:12,000 FIGHT ALONGSIDE GABBY AND SET SO MANY OTHER INCREDIBLE 557 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,533 SO MANY OTHER INCREDIBLE PUBLIC SERVANTS . 558 00:20:13,533 --> 00:20:14,099 PUBLIC SERVANTS . SO I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST 559 00:20:14,099 --> 00:20:17,767 SO I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 560 00:20:17,767 --> 00:20:19,800 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE 561 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:20,366 CONTINUING TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY . 562 00:20:20,366 --> 00:20:27,833 YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY . >> THIS IS CONGRESSWOMAN 563 00:20:27,833 --> 00:20:28,432 >> THIS IS CONGRESSWOMAN MIKIE SHERRILL AND IT’S GREAT 564 00:20:28,432 --> 00:20:29,866 MIKIE SHERRILL AND IT’S GREAT TO BE TONIGHT WITH TWO GROUPS 565 00:20:29,866 --> 00:20:30,433 TO BE TONIGHT WITH TWO GROUPS THAT SUPPORTED ME EARLY ON 566 00:20:30,433 --> 00:20:31,800 THAT SUPPORTED ME EARLY ON AND I THINK KNOW WHAT IT 567 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,466 AND I THINK KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO GET GOOD BIPARTISAN 568 00:20:33,466 --> 00:20:33,832 TAKES TO GET GOOD BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION . 569 00:20:33,832 --> 00:20:35,967 LEGISLATION . SET MOULTON AND SERVE AMERICA 570 00:20:35,967 --> 00:20:36,567 SET MOULTON AND SERVE AMERICA SUPPORTED MYSELF AND VETERANS 571 00:20:36,567 --> 00:20:37,166 SUPPORTED MYSELF AND VETERANS EARLY ON THEY WANTED TO SEE A 572 00:20:37,166 --> 00:20:39,500 EARLY ON THEY WANTED TO SEE A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS . 573 00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:43,566 NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS . MAKING SURE PUTTING PETTY 574 00:20:43,566 --> 00:20:44,233 MAKING SURE PUTTING PETTY PARTISAN POLITICS AHEAD OF THE 575 00:20:44,233 --> 00:20:45,933 PARTISAN POLITICS AHEAD OF THE REAL NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN 576 00:20:45,933 --> 00:20:46,166 REAL NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE . 577 00:20:46,166 --> 00:20:51,533 PEOPLE . GIFFORDS IS THE SAME AND 578 00:20:51,533 --> 00:20:52,066 GIFFORDS IS THE SAME AND WE’RE SO INSTRUMENTAL IN 579 00:20:52,066 --> 00:20:53,466 WE’RE SO INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE BIPARTISAN 580 00:20:53,466 --> 00:20:54,100 GETTING THE BIPARTISAN BACKGROUND CHECK LEGISLATION 581 00:20:54,100 --> 00:20:55,466 BACKGROUND CHECK LEGISLATION PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSE . 582 00:20:55,466 --> 00:20:56,033 PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSE . GABBY GIFFORDS HERSELF HAS 583 00:20:56,033 --> 00:20:57,966 GABBY GIFFORDS HERSELF HAS BEEN SUCH A ROLE MODEL FOR ME 584 00:20:57,966 --> 00:20:58,566 BEEN SUCH A ROLE MODEL FOR ME AS A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT 585 00:20:58,566 --> 00:20:59,700 AS A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT TO THIS COUNTRY SO I’M HAPPY 586 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:01,532 TO THIS COUNTRY SO I’M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT . 587 00:21:01,532 --> 00:21:03,466 TO BE HERE TONIGHT . BESIDES THE UNIVERSAL 588 00:21:03,466 --> 00:21:04,066 BESIDES THE UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS BILL IN THE 589 00:21:04,066 --> 00:21:05,467 BACKGROUND CHECKS BILL IN THE HOUSE WE PASSED THE 590 00:21:05,467 --> 00:21:09,767 HOUSE WE PASSED THE REAUTHORIZATION , CLOSE TO THE 591 00:21:09,767 --> 00:21:10,367 REAUTHORIZATION , CLOSE TO THE CHARLESTON LOOPHOLE, SO MANY 592 00:21:10,367 --> 00:21:11,933 CHARLESTON LOOPHOLE, SO MANY OTHER THINGS TO CONTINUE TO 593 00:21:11,933 --> 00:21:13,767 OTHER THINGS TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT HARD FOR COMMON SENSE 594 00:21:13,767 --> 00:21:14,366 FIGHT HARD FOR COMMON SENSE GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION SO I’M 595 00:21:14,366 --> 00:21:15,666 GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION SO I’M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND 596 00:21:15,666 --> 00:21:17,966 HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE 597 00:21:17,966 --> 00:21:19,732 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND 598 00:21:19,732 --> 00:21:21,900 HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND EVERYBODY SUPPORTING THE 599 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:25,466 EVERYBODY SUPPORTING THE EFFORT . 600 00:21:25,466 --> 00:21:29,466 EFFORT . >> SO PHENOMENAL TO HEAR FROM 601 00:21:29,466 --> 00:21:33,733 >> SO PHENOMENAL TO HEAR FROM ANDY AND MIKEY, SUCH 602 00:21:33,733 --> 00:21:35,466 ANDY AND MIKEY, SUCH EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS IN 603 00:21:35,466 --> 00:21:35,733 EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS IN CONGRESS . 604 00:21:35,733 --> 00:21:37,533 CONGRESS . THEY AND OF COURSE GINA , 605 00:21:37,533 --> 00:21:41,466 THEY AND OF COURSE GINA , JACKIE GIVE ME SO MUCH OF 606 00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:42,033 JACKIE GIVE ME SO MUCH OF THIS IS A TOUGH TIME FOR US 607 00:21:42,033 --> 00:21:43,466 THIS IS A TOUGH TIME FOR US AS A COUNTRY WITH A GLOBAL 608 00:21:43,466 --> 00:21:45,532 AS A COUNTRY WITH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT WE FACE . 609 00:21:45,532 --> 00:21:47,467 PANDEMIC THAT WE FACE . WITH THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN 610 00:21:47,467 --> 00:21:49,466 WITH THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE . 611 00:21:49,466 --> 00:21:51,466 VIOLENCE . IT’S UNRELENTING AND WITH 612 00:21:51,466 --> 00:21:55,366 IT’S UNRELENTING AND WITH VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES OF 613 00:21:55,366 --> 00:21:57,566 VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES OF STRIFE AND HATRED AND DIVISION 614 00:21:57,566 --> 00:21:57,700 STRIFE AND HATRED AND DIVISION . 615 00:21:57,700 --> 00:22:03,433 . BUT I WANT TO BRING OUR 616 00:22:03,433 --> 00:22:05,534 BUT I WANT TO BRING OUR FUTURE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 617 00:22:05,534 --> 00:22:06,099 FUTURE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BACK INTO THE CONVERSATION 618 00:22:06,099 --> 00:22:07,733 BACK INTO THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE’RE HERE 619 00:22:07,733 --> 00:22:11,533 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE’RE HERE HEAR FROM THEM AND I SORT OF 620 00:22:11,533 --> 00:22:13,466 HEAR FROM THEM AND I SORT OF WANT TO KEEP GOING ON THIS 621 00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:17,699 WANT TO KEEP GOING ON THIS THEME OF SERVICE IN DEFENSE 622 00:22:17,699 --> 00:22:21,567 THEME OF SERVICE IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY , A BROAD AND 623 00:22:21,567 --> 00:22:23,433 OF OUR COUNTRY , A BROAD AND YOUR FUTURE SERVICE TO 624 00:22:23,433 --> 00:22:24,000 YOUR FUTURE SERVICE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND 625 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,766 PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND CASE FROM GUN VIOLENCE HERE 626 00:22:25,766 --> 00:22:29,366 CASE FROM GUN VIOLENCE HERE AT HOME . 627 00:22:29,366 --> 00:22:29,966 AT HOME . AND I’M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL 628 00:22:29,966 --> 00:22:30,533 AND I’M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL THE SAME QUESTION WHICH IS 629 00:22:30,533 --> 00:22:33,366 THE SAME QUESTION WHICH IS HOW DOES YOUR BACKGROUND 630 00:22:33,366 --> 00:22:35,367 HOW DOES YOUR BACKGROUND SERVING THIS COUNTRY ABROAD 631 00:22:35,367 --> 00:22:37,500 SERVING THIS COUNTRY ABROAD AND IN THE MILITARY INFORM 632 00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:39,600 AND IN THE MILITARY INFORM YOUR APPROACH TO GUN SAFETY 633 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,433 YOUR APPROACH TO GUN SAFETY MATTERS HERE IN AMERICA . 634 00:22:41,433 --> 00:22:45,766 MATTERS HERE IN AMERICA . AND JIA, WHY DON’T WE START 635 00:22:45,766 --> 00:22:47,500 AND JIA, WHY DON’T WE START WITH YOU ? 636 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:53,500 WITH YOU ? >> LIKE MANY FOLKS ON THIS 637 00:22:53,500 --> 00:22:55,433 >> LIKE MANY FOLKS ON THIS CALL I WENT THROUGH AN 638 00:22:55,433 --> 00:22:56,000 CALL I WENT THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECK 639 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,700 EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECK AND I SERVED AS AN 640 00:22:57,700 --> 00:22:58,266 AND I SERVED AS AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER YOU GO 641 00:22:58,266 --> 00:22:59,367 INTELLIGENCE OFFICER YOU GO THROUGH A MORE RIGOROUS 642 00:22:59,367 --> 00:22:59,933 THROUGH A MORE RIGOROUS BACKGROUND CHECK AND THEN I 643 00:22:59,933 --> 00:23:01,866 BACKGROUND CHECK AND THEN I CARRIED THAT NINE EVERY DAY, 644 00:23:01,866 --> 00:23:05,566 CARRIED THAT NINE EVERY DAY, TRAINED IN THE M4 WHICH IS AN 645 00:23:05,566 --> 00:23:06,066 TRAINED IN THE M4 WHICH IS AN ASSAULT RIFLE SO I KNOW 646 00:23:06,066 --> 00:23:07,634 ASSAULT RIFLE SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND DANGEROUS THESE 647 00:23:07,634 --> 00:23:08,200 FIRSTHAND DANGEROUS THESE WEAPONS CAN BE IN THE WRONG 648 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,600 WEAPONS CAN BE IN THE WRONG HANDS AND SO MY BACKGROUND 649 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,533 HANDS AND SO MY BACKGROUND HAVING GONE THROUGH EXTENSIVE 650 00:23:11,533 --> 00:23:13,533 HAVING GONE THROUGH EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THAT 651 00:23:13,533 --> 00:23:15,800 BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THAT WEAPONS TRAINING SHOWS ME 652 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,733 WEAPONS TRAINING SHOWS ME THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE 653 00:23:17,733 --> 00:23:23,366 THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME COMMON SENSE APPROACHES 654 00:23:23,366 --> 00:23:23,866 SAME COMMON SENSE APPROACHES AND FOR WHICH THE VAST 655 00:23:23,866 --> 00:23:25,366 AND FOR WHICH THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ALSO 656 00:23:25,366 --> 00:23:25,933 MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ALSO SUPPORT BECAUSE THAT MAKES 657 00:23:25,933 --> 00:23:27,366 SUPPORT BECAUSE THAT MAKES FOR A SAFE COMMUNITY AS 658 00:23:27,366 --> 00:23:31,366 FOR A SAFE COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE . 659 00:23:31,366 --> 00:23:33,366 POSSIBLE . IT’S IMPORTANT AS MY NATIONAL 660 00:23:33,366 --> 00:23:33,866 IT’S IMPORTANT AS MY NATIONAL SECURITY BACKGROUND AND 661 00:23:33,866 --> 00:23:35,400 SECURITY BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE WITH WEAPONS AND 662 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:35,966 EXPERIENCE WITH WEAPONS AND ALSO JUST LIVED EXPERIENCES 663 00:23:35,966 --> 00:23:39,367 ALSO JUST LIVED EXPERIENCES OF THE COMMUNITIES . 664 00:23:39,367 --> 00:23:45,567 OF THE COMMUNITIES . THE UNFORTUNATE SHOOTING IN 665 00:23:45,567 --> 00:23:46,133 THE UNFORTUNATE SHOOTING IN EL PASO, HAPPENED COUPLE OF 666 00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:47,466 EL PASO, HAPPENED COUPLE OF MILES OUTSIDE OF THIS 667 00:23:47,466 --> 00:23:48,066 MILES OUTSIDE OF THIS DISTRICT AND THAT WAS A WHITE 668 00:23:48,066 --> 00:23:49,534 DISTRICT AND THAT WAS A WHITE NATIONALIST RHETORIC INSPIRED 669 00:23:49,534 --> 00:23:53,432 NATIONALIST RHETORIC INSPIRED DOMESTIC TERRORIST ATTACK WAS 670 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:53,967 DOMESTIC TERRORIST ATTACK WAS MADE ALL THE MORE DEADLY 671 00:23:53,967 --> 00:23:55,700 MADE ALL THE MORE DEADLY BASED ON ACCESS TO WEAPONS, 672 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,666 BASED ON ACCESS TO WEAPONS, THE LARGEST ACCESS OF LATINOS 673 00:23:57,666 --> 00:24:03,533 THE LARGEST ACCESS OF LATINOS IN AMERICAN HISTORY IT DIDN’T 674 00:24:03,533 --> 00:24:04,100 IN AMERICAN HISTORY IT DIDN’T HAPPEN IN 1819 OR 1919, AT 675 00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:04,634 HAPPEN IN 1819 OR 1919, AT HAPPENED IN 2019 SO THAT 676 00:24:04,634 --> 00:24:05,866 HAPPENED IN 2019 SO THAT FIRMS MY COMMITMENT TO COMMON 677 00:24:05,866 --> 00:24:09,367 FIRMS MY COMMITMENT TO COMMON SENSE GUN SAFETY AS MUCH AS 678 00:24:09,367 --> 00:24:09,700 SENSE GUN SAFETY AS MUCH AS ANYTHING ELSE. 679 00:24:09,700 --> 00:24:13,366 ANYTHING ELSE. ALSO INFORMED BY THE FACT 680 00:24:13,366 --> 00:24:13,967 ALSO INFORMED BY THE FACT THAT SAN ANTONIO COUNTY WHERE 681 00:24:13,967 --> 00:24:14,533 THAT SAN ANTONIO COUNTY WHERE I LIVED IN TEXAS AS ONE OF 682 00:24:14,533 --> 00:24:15,866 I LIVED IN TEXAS AS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF DOMESTIC 683 00:24:15,866 --> 00:24:19,366 THE HIGHEST RATES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE ENTIRE STATE 684 00:24:19,366 --> 00:24:23,366 VIOLENCE IN THE ENTIRE STATE AND WE KNOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 685 00:24:23,366 --> 00:24:25,366 AND WE KNOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MEANS THAT A WOMAN IS FIVE 686 00:24:25,366 --> 00:24:25,966 MEANS THAT A WOMAN IS FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE SHOT 687 00:24:25,966 --> 00:24:27,767 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE SHOT AND KILLED SO AGAIN I’M 688 00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:28,366 AND KILLED SO AGAIN I’M UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF MY 689 00:24:28,366 --> 00:24:31,700 UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF MY COMMUNITY WHERE WE ULTIMATELY 690 00:24:31,700 --> 00:24:33,432 COMMUNITY WHERE WE ULTIMATELY NEED TO GO. 691 00:24:33,432 --> 00:24:34,033 NEED TO GO. THIS IS A LEADERSHIP ISSUE AS 692 00:24:34,033 --> 00:24:35,500 THIS IS A LEADERSHIP ISSUE AS WE TALKED ABOUT SO MUCH ON 693 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:37,434 WE TALKED ABOUT SO MUCH ON THIS CALL ALREADY AND THE 694 00:24:37,434 --> 00:24:38,033 THIS CALL ALREADY AND THE MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE DURING 695 00:24:38,033 --> 00:24:39,633 MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE DURING THIS CANDIDATE AREA I’VE DONE 696 00:24:39,633 --> 00:24:40,166 THIS CANDIDATE AREA I’VE DONE A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL EVERY 697 00:24:40,166 --> 00:24:41,432 A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL EVERY WEEK . 698 00:24:41,432 --> 00:24:43,432 WEEK . ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE DID 699 00:24:43,432 --> 00:24:43,967 ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE DID WAS WITH THE HEAD OF THE 700 00:24:43,967 --> 00:24:45,866 WAS WITH THE HEAD OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER HERE 701 00:24:45,866 --> 00:24:47,534 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND WE TALKED 702 00:24:47,534 --> 00:24:49,432 IN SAN ANTONIO AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE 703 00:24:49,432 --> 00:24:50,000 ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT SHOULD HAVE 704 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:55,366 RESOURCES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO THEM AND 705 00:24:55,366 --> 00:24:57,366 BEEN AVAILABLE TO THEM AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN THAT 706 00:24:57,366 --> 00:24:57,933 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN THAT PASSED THE SENATE WERE NOT 707 00:24:57,933 --> 00:24:59,366 PASSED THE SENATE WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO THEM BECAUSE IT 708 00:24:59,366 --> 00:24:59,967 AVAILABLE TO THEM BECAUSE IT WAS HELD UP IN THE SENATE BUT 709 00:24:59,967 --> 00:25:01,366 WAS HELD UP IN THE SENATE BUT THAT MEANS THEN THAT JUST 710 00:25:01,366 --> 00:25:01,933 THAT MEANS THEN THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE WERE SENATORS 711 00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:03,833 BECAUSE THERE WERE SENATORS WITH ENOUGH COURAGE TO SAY 712 00:25:03,833 --> 00:25:07,733 WITH ENOUGH COURAGE TO SAY THAT TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE 713 00:25:07,733 --> 00:25:09,367 THAT TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE MET DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN 714 00:25:09,367 --> 00:25:09,900 MET DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE SAW ESCALATED ROADS OF 715 00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:15,366 WE SAW ESCALATED ROADS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT MEANS 716 00:25:15,366 --> 00:25:15,932 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT MEANS THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN 717 00:25:15,932 --> 00:25:17,366 THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN SAN ANTONIO AND THROUGHOUT 718 00:25:17,366 --> 00:25:17,966 SAN ANTONIO AND THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY DEALING WITH THE 719 00:25:17,966 --> 00:25:19,800 OUR COUNTRY DEALING WITH THE RISE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 720 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:20,334 RISE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DIDN’T HAVE EVERY SINGLE 721 00:25:20,334 --> 00:25:21,366 DIDN’T HAVE EVERY SINGLE RESOURCES THEY COULD HAVE HAD 722 00:25:21,366 --> 00:25:21,899 RESOURCES THEY COULD HAVE HAD AT THEIR HANDS TO ADDRESS 723 00:25:21,899 --> 00:25:23,633 AT THEIR HANDS TO ADDRESS THAT SO WE ARE LIVING THROUGH 724 00:25:23,633 --> 00:25:24,134 THAT SO WE ARE LIVING THROUGH WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN 725 00:25:24,134 --> 00:25:25,800 WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH 726 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,566 PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH COURAGE TO KEEP WEAPONS OUT 727 00:25:29,566 --> 00:25:30,133 COURAGE TO KEEP WEAPONS OUT OF THE HANDS OF FOLKS THAT 728 00:25:30,133 --> 00:25:31,632 OF THE HANDS OF FOLKS THAT SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN SO THAT’S 729 00:25:31,632 --> 00:25:32,133 SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN SO THAT’S WHY I’M SO COMMITTED TO 730 00:25:32,133 --> 00:25:33,600 WHY I’M SO COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS CAN GO 731 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,432 MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS CAN GO TO CHURCH, GO SHOPPING . 732 00:25:35,432 --> 00:25:37,432 TO CHURCH, GO SHOPPING . JUST WALK DOWN THE STREET AND 733 00:25:37,432 --> 00:25:39,533 JUST WALK DOWN THE STREET AND NOT LIVE IN FEAR OF SENSELESS 734 00:25:39,533 --> 00:25:39,866 NOT LIVE IN FEAR OF SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE . 735 00:25:39,866 --> 00:25:43,400 GUN VIOLENCE . >> COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP , 736 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:49,600 >> COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP , I’M SO GLAD YOU PLUGGED THOSE 737 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,633 I’M SO GLAD YOU PLUGGED THOSE TWO THEMES AND OF COURSE THERE 738 00:25:51,633 --> 00:25:52,199 TWO THEMES AND OF COURSE THERE DEEMS IT ASSOCIATE WITH THE 739 00:25:52,199 --> 00:25:53,666 DEEMS IT ASSOCIATE WITH THE UNITED STATES MILITARY . 740 00:25:53,666 --> 00:25:55,367 UNITED STATES MILITARY . AND THE THREE OF YOU ARE UP 741 00:25:55,367 --> 00:25:57,366 AND THE THREE OF YOU ARE UP AGAINST CANDIDATES FROM A 742 00:25:57,366 --> 00:25:57,966 AGAINST CANDIDATES FROM A PARTY THAT SEEMS TO BE THESE 743 00:25:57,966 --> 00:25:58,500 PARTY THAT SEEMS TO BE THESE DAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 744 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:01,433 DAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR AND 745 00:26:01,433 --> 00:26:03,433 LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER . 746 00:26:03,433 --> 00:26:05,366 WE NEED TO DO BETTER . BUT LET ME TURN IT OVER TO 747 00:26:05,366 --> 00:26:09,534 BUT LET ME TURN IT OVER TO YOU JACKIE AND THEN SRI, YOU 748 00:26:09,534 --> 00:26:10,133 YOU JACKIE AND THEN SRI, YOU CAN ANSWER THIS FUNDAMENTAL 749 00:26:10,133 --> 00:26:10,400 CAN ANSWER THIS FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION . 750 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,834 QUESTION . >> WHEN I WAS IN THE MILITARY 751 00:26:13,834 --> 00:26:15,867 >> WHEN I WAS IN THE MILITARY I SERVED AS A MILITARY POLICE 752 00:26:15,867 --> 00:26:17,366 I SERVED AS A MILITARY POLICE OFFICER SO I TRAINED ON 753 00:26:17,366 --> 00:26:17,933 OFFICER SO I TRAINED ON ASSAULT WEAPONS AND I KNOW 754 00:26:17,933 --> 00:26:21,633 ASSAULT WEAPONS AND I KNOW EXACTLY HOW DANGEROUS THEY 755 00:26:21,633 --> 00:26:22,232 EXACTLY HOW DANGEROUS THEY ARE JUST LIKE GINA SAID AREA 756 00:26:22,232 --> 00:26:25,366 ARE JUST LIKE GINA SAID AREA AS AN EDUCATOR I UNDERSTAND 757 00:26:25,366 --> 00:26:25,967 AS AN EDUCATOR I UNDERSTAND THE HARM THAT THEY CAN BRING 758 00:26:25,967 --> 00:26:27,800 THE HARM THAT THEY CAN BRING TO COMMUNITIES I’LL JUST 759 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,500 TO COMMUNITIES I’LL JUST SHARE A QUICK STORY WHEN MY 760 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:31,632 SHARE A QUICK STORY WHEN MY SON WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL , ONE 761 00:26:31,632 --> 00:26:33,866 SON WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL , ONE OF HIS CLASSMATES WAS KILLED 762 00:26:33,866 --> 00:26:37,732 OF HIS CLASSMATES WAS KILLED BY A STRAY BULLET . 763 00:26:37,732 --> 00:26:38,333 BY A STRAY BULLET . SHE WAS ATTENDING A BIRTHDAY 764 00:26:38,333 --> 00:26:39,766 SHE WAS ATTENDING A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND A STRAY BULLET TOOK 765 00:26:39,766 --> 00:26:41,432 PARTY AND A STRAY BULLET TOOK HER LIFE . 766 00:26:41,432 --> 00:26:43,433 HER LIFE . SHE HAD A YOUNGER SISTER WHO 767 00:26:43,433 --> 00:26:43,766 SHE HAD A YOUNGER SISTER WHO WAS FIVE . 768 00:26:43,766 --> 00:26:47,366 WAS FIVE . FAST FORWARD A DECADE LATER , 769 00:26:47,366 --> 00:26:51,432 FAST FORWARD A DECADE LATER , IN WALKS INTO MY CASELOAD IN 770 00:26:51,432 --> 00:26:52,033 IN WALKS INTO MY CASELOAD IN MY HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I WAS A 771 00:26:52,033 --> 00:26:53,466 MY HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I WAS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR THIS 772 00:26:53,466 --> 00:26:55,533 GUIDANCE COUNSELOR THIS FIVE-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS NOW A 773 00:26:55,533 --> 00:26:59,367 FIVE-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS NOW A 16-YEAR-OLD . 774 00:26:59,367 --> 00:27:01,367 16-YEAR-OLD . HE WAS DEVASTATED EVERY TIME 775 00:27:01,367 --> 00:27:03,500 HE WAS DEVASTATED EVERY TIME THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER LITTLE 776 00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:07,366 THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER LITTLE SISTER CAME AROUND RIYADH 777 00:27:07,366 --> 00:27:07,866 SISTER CAME AROUND RIYADH WHOSE MOTHER WAS STILL 778 00:27:07,866 --> 00:27:09,700 WHOSE MOTHER WAS STILL SUFFERING FROM THE LOSS OF A 779 00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:11,600 SUFFERING FROM THE LOSS OF A CHILD RIYADH SO MANY YEARS 780 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,700 CHILD RIYADH SO MANY YEARS LATER SO THESE INSTANCES ARE 781 00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:17,800 LATER SO THESE INSTANCES ARE NOT , THEY’RE NOT FROZEN IN 782 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:19,533 NOT , THEY’RE NOT FROZEN IN TIME. HEY AFFECT FAMILIES 783 00:27:19,533 --> 00:27:21,766 TIME. HEY AFFECT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES FOREVER. 784 00:27:21,766 --> 00:27:25,399 AND COMMUNITIES FOREVER. AND SO WE HAVE TO GET A 785 00:27:25,399 --> 00:27:27,633 AND SO WE HAVE TO GET A HANDLE ON GUN VIOLENCE IN 786 00:27:27,633 --> 00:27:29,433 HANDLE ON GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. EW YORK IS 787 00:27:29,433 --> 00:27:33,566 THIS COUNTRY. EW YORK IS LEADING THE WAY BUT WE NEED 788 00:27:33,566 --> 00:27:34,133 LEADING THE WAY BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPREAD 789 00:27:34,133 --> 00:27:35,834 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPREAD THAT THROUGHOUT THE NATION 790 00:27:35,834 --> 00:27:39,366 THAT THROUGHOUT THE NATION RIYADH IQ. 791 00:27:39,366 --> 00:27:45,433 RIYADH IQ. >> THANK YOU SRI. 792 00:27:45,433 --> 00:27:46,000 >> THANK YOU SRI. SO UNFORTUNATELY I DID GROW 793 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:46,566 SO UNFORTUNATELY I DID GROW UP IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A 794 00:27:46,566 --> 00:27:51,367 UP IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A LOT OF GUN VIOLENCE SO KIND 795 00:27:51,367 --> 00:27:51,900 LOT OF GUN VIOLENCE SO KIND OF EXPERIENCES I HAD EVEN 796 00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:55,600 OF EXPERIENCES I HAD EVEN BEFORE MY CAREER SUCH AS WHEN 797 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:56,199 BEFORE MY CAREER SUCH AS WHEN I WAS OUTSIDE OF A TACO BELL 798 00:27:56,199 --> 00:27:57,766 I WAS OUTSIDE OF A TACO BELL WITH MY BROTHER AND MY 799 00:27:57,766 --> 00:27:58,367 WITH MY BROTHER AND MY FATHER, MOTHER WAS SITTING IN 800 00:27:58,367 --> 00:27:58,966 FATHER, MOTHER WAS SITTING IN THE CAR MY LITTLE BROTHER AND 801 00:27:58,966 --> 00:28:03,766 THE CAR MY LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER AND PEOPLE OPENED FIRE 802 00:28:03,766 --> 00:28:04,232 SISTER AND PEOPLE OPENED FIRE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. 803 00:28:04,232 --> 00:28:05,733 RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. ALL OF US HAD HIT THE GROUND . 804 00:28:05,733 --> 00:28:07,367 ALL OF US HAD HIT THE GROUND . MY HEART WAS BEATING OUT OF 805 00:28:07,367 --> 00:28:07,967 MY HEART WAS BEATING OUT OF MY CHEST AND I DIDN’T KNOW IF 806 00:28:07,967 --> 00:28:09,834 MY CHEST AND I DIDN’T KNOW IF MY MOTHER WAS GOING TO MAKE 807 00:28:09,834 --> 00:28:13,432 MY MOTHER WAS GOING TO MAKE IT OUT ALIVE OR DEAD . 808 00:28:13,432 --> 00:28:15,833 IT OUT ALIVE OR DEAD . I HAD TO COME HOME AND SEE 809 00:28:15,833 --> 00:28:16,299 I HAD TO COME HOME AND SEE YELLOW TAPE AROUND MY 810 00:28:16,299 --> 00:28:17,866 YELLOW TAPE AROUND MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE BECAUSE THEY 811 00:28:17,866 --> 00:28:18,433 NEIGHBORS HOUSE BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH MURDERED IN THEIR 812 00:28:18,433 --> 00:28:19,366 WERE BOTH MURDERED IN THEIR HOMES IN BROAD DAYLIGHT SO 813 00:28:19,366 --> 00:28:19,866 HOMES IN BROAD DAYLIGHT SO WHEN I WENT OVERSEAS TO 814 00:28:19,866 --> 00:28:20,433 WHEN I WENT OVERSEAS TO PLACES LIKE IRAQ AND I SAW 815 00:28:20,433 --> 00:28:23,433 PLACES LIKE IRAQ AND I SAW THESE WEAPONS OF WAR IN USE , 816 00:28:23,433 --> 00:28:25,832 THESE WEAPONS OF WAR IN USE , IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF 817 00:28:25,832 --> 00:28:26,432 IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD AND WHEN I CAME 818 00:28:26,432 --> 00:28:29,633 MY CHILDHOOD AND WHEN I CAME BACK HOME AGAIN , TO SEE THAT 819 00:28:29,633 --> 00:28:31,366 BACK HOME AGAIN , TO SEE THAT THIS EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE 820 00:28:31,366 --> 00:28:33,367 THIS EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE IS STILL CONTINUING EVEN 821 00:28:33,367 --> 00:28:35,499 IS STILL CONTINUING EVEN DECADES LATER IN 2018 , AND 822 00:28:35,499 --> 00:28:41,533 DECADES LATER IN 2018 , AND AFTER THE HORRIFIC PARKLAND 823 00:28:41,533 --> 00:28:42,100 AFTER THE HORRIFIC PARKLAND MASSACRE WE HAD ONE OF OUR 824 00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:43,532 MASSACRE WE HAD ONE OF OUR OWN RIGHT HERE IN SANTA FE 825 00:28:43,532 --> 00:28:44,133 OWN RIGHT HERE IN SANTA FE OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT AND I 826 00:28:44,133 --> 00:28:45,600 OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT AND I WENT TO THE FUNERAL OF A 827 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,367 WENT TO THE FUNERAL OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS MURDERED 828 00:28:49,367 --> 00:28:51,366 YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS MURDERED IN HER OWN HIGH SCHOOL. 829 00:28:51,366 --> 00:28:51,900 IN HER OWN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS WHAT FAMILIES ARE 830 00:28:51,900 --> 00:28:52,499 THIS IS WHAT FAMILIES ARE DEALING WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY 831 00:28:52,499 --> 00:28:53,866 DEALING WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 832 00:28:53,866 --> 00:28:57,700 AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT A SECOND AMENDMENT, 833 00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:59,566 IS NOT A SECOND AMENDMENT, NOT ABOUT TAKING AWAY 834 00:28:59,566 --> 00:29:01,367 NOT ABOUT TAKING AWAY PEOPLE’S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, 835 00:29:01,367 --> 00:29:03,366 PEOPLE’S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, ARE TALKING ABOUT IS SAFE 836 00:29:03,366 --> 00:29:03,866 ARE TALKING ABOUT IS SAFE PUBLIC SPACES FOR OUR 837 00:29:03,866 --> 00:29:05,366 PUBLIC SPACES FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR OUR CHILDREN . 838 00:29:05,366 --> 00:29:05,899 FAMILIES, FOR OUR CHILDREN . THE KIND OF COMMON SENSE 839 00:29:05,899 --> 00:29:07,666 THE KIND OF COMMON SENSE REFORMS THAT WE IMPLEMENT ARE 840 00:29:07,666 --> 00:29:09,534 REFORMS THAT WE IMPLEMENT ARE THINGS LIKE UNIVERSAL 841 00:29:09,534 --> 00:29:11,500 THINGS LIKE UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, THINGS 842 00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:12,100 BACKGROUND CHECKS, THINGS LIKE RED FLAG LAWS OR THINGS 843 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:13,767 LIKE RED FLAG LAWS OR THINGS LIKE LOCKER LAWS WHICH WOULD 844 00:29:13,767 --> 00:29:15,766 LIKE LOCKER LAWS WHICH WOULD HAVE POSSIBLY PREVENTED THAT 845 00:29:15,766 --> 00:29:17,432 HAVE POSSIBLY PREVENTED THAT AND IF THEY MASSACRE . 846 00:29:17,432 --> 00:29:23,566 AND IF THEY MASSACRE . THE TRUTH IS THAT GOOD PEOPLE 847 00:29:23,566 --> 00:29:24,133 THE TRUTH IS THAT GOOD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE 848 00:29:24,133 --> 00:29:25,567 ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE CAN COME TOGETHER IF WE MAKE 849 00:29:25,567 --> 00:29:26,232 CAN COME TOGETHER IF WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT OUR FAMILIES 850 00:29:26,232 --> 00:29:27,500 SURE THAT WE PUT OUR FAMILIES AND THE SAFETY OF OUR 851 00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:27,866 AND THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN FIRST . 852 00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:31,433 CHILDREN FIRST . >> THANK YOU SO MUCH . 853 00:29:31,433 --> 00:29:32,033 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH . SUCH INSPIRING MESSAGES FROM 854 00:29:32,033 --> 00:29:35,533 SUCH INSPIRING MESSAGES FROM THREE INSPIRING AMERICANS. 855 00:29:35,533 --> 00:29:37,566 THREE INSPIRING AMERICANS. GABBY, I WANT TO TURN IT TO 856 00:29:37,566 --> 00:29:41,367 GABBY, I WANT TO TURN IT TO YOU . 857 00:29:41,367 --> 00:29:43,366 YOU . FIRST OF ALL, WE JUST SAW YOU 858 00:29:43,366 --> 00:29:43,933 FIRST OF ALL, WE JUST SAW YOU ON THE BIGGEST STAGE AT THE 859 00:29:43,933 --> 00:29:44,500 ON THE BIGGEST STAGE AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WHERE 860 00:29:44,500 --> 00:29:47,766 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WHERE YOU DROPPED THE MIC AND OWN 861 00:29:47,766 --> 00:29:49,633 YOU DROPPED THE MIC AND OWN THE STAGE BUT THESE ARE TOUGH 862 00:29:49,633 --> 00:29:51,733 THE STAGE BUT THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES FOR PEOPLE . 863 00:29:51,733 --> 00:29:53,400 TIMES FOR PEOPLE . HOW ARE YOU FILLING YOUR DAYS 864 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,834 HOW ARE YOU FILLING YOUR DAYS , WHAT ARE YOU UP TO RIGHT 865 00:29:55,834 --> 00:29:59,366 , WHAT ARE YOU UP TO RIGHT NOW ? 866 00:29:59,366 --> 00:30:01,367 NOW ? >> I’M SO BUSY. 867 00:30:01,367 --> 00:30:01,900 >> I’M SO BUSY. A LOT OF ZOOM CALLS, WORK 868 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:07,600 A LOT OF ZOOM CALLS, WORK WORK WORK REEDIT FRENCH HORN, 869 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,600 WORK WORK REEDIT FRENCH HORN, SPANISH LESSONS , WALKING DOWN 870 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:15,532 SPANISH LESSONS , WALKING DOWN THE TRAIL WATCHING , IT’S 871 00:30:15,532 --> 00:30:17,366 THE TRAIL WATCHING , IT’S GROUNDHOG DAY. 872 00:30:17,366 --> 00:30:19,366 GROUNDHOG DAY. >> GROUNDHOG DAY ALL OVER 873 00:30:19,366 --> 00:30:19,967 >> GROUNDHOG DAY ALL OVER AGAIN I THINK WE CAN ALL FEEL 874 00:30:19,967 --> 00:30:21,700 AGAIN I THINK WE CAN ALL FEEL LIKE THAT BUT ON A MORE 875 00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:25,500 LIKE THAT BUT ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE GABBY , SERVICE 876 00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:27,566 SERIOUS NOTE GABBY , SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OUR CORE TO 877 00:30:27,566 --> 00:30:29,566 AND SACRIFICE OUR CORE TO YOUR EXPERIENCE , TO YOUR 878 00:30:29,566 --> 00:30:31,433 YOUR EXPERIENCE , TO YOUR IDENTITY , TO YOUR APPROACH TO 879 00:30:31,433 --> 00:30:35,366 IDENTITY , TO YOUR APPROACH TO EVERYTHING . 880 00:30:35,366 --> 00:30:35,867 EVERYTHING . I WAS BROUGHT INTO THIS 881 00:30:35,867 --> 00:30:39,433 I WAS BROUGHT INTO THIS MOVEMENT BY YOUR SACRIFICE , 882 00:30:39,433 --> 00:30:40,033 MOVEMENT BY YOUR SACRIFICE , WORKED FOR YOU WHEN YOU WERE 883 00:30:40,033 --> 00:30:41,366 WORKED FOR YOU WHEN YOU WERE SHOT . 884 00:30:41,366 --> 00:30:41,867 SHOT . LOST OUR COLLEAGUE GABE 885 00:30:41,867 --> 00:30:43,700 LOST OUR COLLEAGUE GABE ZIMMERMAN , SIX PEOPLE WERE 886 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:45,700 ZIMMERMAN , SIX PEOPLE WERE MURDERED THAT DAY NEARLY 10 887 00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:47,433 MURDERED THAT DAY NEARLY 10 YEARS AGO . 888 00:30:47,433 --> 00:30:49,799 YEARS AGO . BUT WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED 889 00:30:49,799 --> 00:30:51,366 BUT WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES OVER 890 00:30:51,366 --> 00:30:53,367 FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS? 891 00:30:53,367 --> 00:30:57,567 THE LAST NINE YEARS? >> TO BE GRATEFUL FOR FRIENDS 892 00:30:57,567 --> 00:30:57,866 >> TO BE GRATEFUL FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. 893 00:30:57,866 --> 00:31:01,832 AND FAMILY. AND TO LIVE EVERY DAY TO THE 894 00:31:01,832 --> 00:31:04,999 AND TO LIVE EVERY DAY TO THE FULLEST . 895 00:31:04,999 --> 00:31:11,000 FULLEST . >> I THINK THAT’S ANOTHER 896 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:11,600 >> I THINK THAT’S ANOTHER POWERFUL MESSAGE AND I THINK 897 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,000 POWERFUL MESSAGE AND I THINK CERTAINLY WE ARE HERE WITH 898 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,000 CERTAINLY WE ARE HERE WITH FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIVE 899 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:15,600 FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIVE EVERY DAY TO THE FULLEST AND 900 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:19,400 EVERY DAY TO THE FULLEST AND ATTEND TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME 901 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,000 ATTEND TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON ZOOM AS WELL. 902 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:21,499 ON ZOOM AS WELL. MAYBE YOU’RE SPENDING A 903 00:31:21,499 --> 00:31:22,066 MAYBE YOU’RE SPENDING A LITTLE BIT MESSED LESS TIME 904 00:31:22,066 --> 00:31:25,066 LITTLE BIT MESSED LESS TIME ON YOUR RENT TORN LESSONS AND 905 00:31:25,066 --> 00:31:27,000 ON YOUR RENT TORN LESSONS AND GABBY IS RIGHT NOW . 906 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,234 GABBY IS RIGHT NOW . BUT CERTAINLY LIVING EVERY 907 00:31:29,234 --> 00:31:31,066 BUT CERTAINLY LIVING EVERY DAY TO THE FULLEST . 908 00:31:31,066 --> 00:31:33,000 DAY TO THE FULLEST . NOW I WANT TO GET INTO THE 909 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,033 NOW I WANT TO GET INTO THE NEXT ROUND OF QUESTIONS AND I 910 00:31:35,033 --> 00:31:35,600 NEXT ROUND OF QUESTIONS AND I WANT TO TACKLE HERE IS THE 911 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,166 WANT TO TACKLE HERE IS THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN HATE AND 912 00:31:37,166 --> 00:31:38,999 INTERSECTION BETWEEN HATE AND GUNS . 913 00:31:38,999 --> 00:31:43,332 GUNS . WE HAVE A GUN VIOLENCE CRISIS 914 00:31:43,332 --> 00:31:43,900 WE HAVE A GUN VIOLENCE CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT TAKES 915 00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:44,267 IN THIS COUNTRY THAT TAKES MANY FORMS . 916 00:31:44,267 --> 00:31:47,066 MANY FORMS . ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC AND 917 00:31:47,066 --> 00:31:48,767 ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC AND PERNICIOUS AND DESTRUCTIVE 918 00:31:48,767 --> 00:31:50,566 PERNICIOUS AND DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENTS OF IT IS WHEN PEOPLE 919 00:31:50,566 --> 00:31:54,566 ELEMENTS OF IT IS WHEN PEOPLE TURN THEIR HATE INTO VIOLENCE 920 00:31:54,566 --> 00:31:56,800 TURN THEIR HATE INTO VIOLENCE BY UTILIZING A FIREARM TO 921 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,632 BY UTILIZING A FIREARM TO DESTRUCTIVE RESULTS . 922 00:31:58,632 --> 00:32:00,666 DESTRUCTIVE RESULTS . WE’VE SEEN CHARLESTON, WE’VE 923 00:32:00,666 --> 00:32:02,632 WE’VE SEEN CHARLESTON, WE’VE SEEN THE TREE OF LIFE . 924 00:32:02,632 --> 00:32:06,734 SEEN THE TREE OF LIFE . WE’VE SEEN THE PULSE 925 00:32:06,734 --> 00:32:07,333 WE’VE SEEN THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB AND OF COURSE WE’VE 926 00:32:07,333 --> 00:32:08,666 NIGHTCLUB AND OF COURSE WE’VE SEEN EL PASO SHOOTING MORE 927 00:32:08,666 --> 00:32:10,632 SEEN EL PASO SHOOTING MORE RECENTLY . 928 00:32:10,632 --> 00:32:13,066 RECENTLY . THAT WAS YET ANOTHER SHOOTING 929 00:32:13,066 --> 00:32:16,566 THAT WAS YET ANOTHER SHOOTING SHOCKED VERY CLOSE TO HOME. 930 00:32:16,566 --> 00:32:20,767 SHOCKED VERY CLOSE TO HOME. SO IN THIS TIME OF DIVISION 931 00:32:20,767 --> 00:32:22,866 SO IN THIS TIME OF DIVISION AND HATRED , ARMED VIGILANTISM 932 00:32:22,866 --> 00:32:26,833 AND HATRED , ARMED VIGILANTISM AND OTHER THREATS TO OUR 933 00:32:26,833 --> 00:32:27,400 AND OTHER THREATS TO OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS IN 934 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,566 DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS IN SOCIETY I’M INTERESTED IN 935 00:32:30,566 --> 00:32:32,800 SOCIETY I’M INTERESTED IN YOUR TAKE ON THIS NEXUS OF 936 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,834 YOUR TAKE ON THIS NEXUS OF SPEECH BETWEEN LIBERAL ACCESS 937 00:32:34,834 --> 00:32:40,866 SPEECH BETWEEN LIBERAL ACCESS TO GUNS AND TRADITION AND WE 938 00:32:40,866 --> 00:32:42,834 TO GUNS AND TRADITION AND WE CAN GO NOW IN THE OPPOSITE 939 00:32:42,834 --> 00:32:46,633 CAN GO NOW IN THE OPPOSITE ORDER STARTING WITH SRI . 940 00:32:46,633 --> 00:32:48,634 ORDER STARTING WITH SRI . >> THE FIRST THING IS THAT WE 941 00:32:48,634 --> 00:32:49,133 >> THE FIRST THING IS THAT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WHEN 942 00:32:49,133 --> 00:32:54,766 HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WHEN THERE’S AN ATTACK ON LATINOS 943 00:32:54,766 --> 00:32:55,334 THERE’S AN ATTACK ON LATINOS IN EL PASO IT DOESN’T JUST 944 00:32:55,334 --> 00:32:56,866 IN EL PASO IT DOESN’T JUST AFFECT LATINO COMMUNITIES, IT 945 00:32:56,866 --> 00:32:57,233 AFFECT LATINO COMMUNITIES, IT AFFECTS ALL OF . 946 00:32:57,233 --> 00:32:58,700 AFFECTS ALL OF . WHEN THERE’S AN ATTACK ON THE 947 00:32:58,700 --> 00:32:59,133 WHEN THERE’S AN ATTACK ON THE JEWISH COMMITTEE IN 948 00:32:59,133 --> 00:33:00,867 JEWISH COMMITTEE IN PITTSBURGH AND AN ATTACK ON 949 00:33:00,867 --> 00:33:02,566 PITTSBURGH AND AN ATTACK ON THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN 950 00:33:02,566 --> 00:33:03,132 THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN CHARLESTON IT 951 00:33:03,132 --> 00:33:04,699 COMMUNITY IN CHARLESTON IT AFFECTS OUR ENTIRE’S SOCIETY 952 00:33:04,699 --> 00:33:06,566 AFFECTS OUR ENTIRE’S SOCIETY AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE 953 00:33:06,566 --> 00:33:07,132 AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE WORKING IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ 954 00:33:07,132 --> 00:33:10,733 WORKING IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ AND WE HAD TO BRING TO GATHER 955 00:33:10,733 --> 00:33:12,999 AND WE HAD TO BRING TO GATHER PEOPLE ACROSS COMMUNITIES 956 00:33:12,999 --> 00:33:13,666 PEOPLE ACROSS COMMUNITIES THAT WERE CAUGHT IN THE CYCLE 957 00:33:13,666 --> 00:33:14,999 THAT WERE CAUGHT IN THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE , WE HAVE TO 958 00:33:14,999 --> 00:33:18,734 OF VIOLENCE , WE HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE COMMITTEE 959 00:33:18,734 --> 00:33:19,399 BRING PEOPLE TO THE COMMITTEE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT’S AT STAKE 960 00:33:19,399 --> 00:33:22,566 AND UNDERSTAND WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR THEIR SOCIETY . 961 00:33:22,566 --> 00:33:24,566 FOR THEIR SOCIETY . WE HAVE TO BUILD BRIDGES 962 00:33:24,566 --> 00:33:25,032 WE HAVE TO BUILD BRIDGES ACROSS THE MOST TENSE 963 00:33:25,032 --> 00:33:30,567 ACROSS THE MOST TENSE SITUATIONS AND ENCLOSES 964 00:33:30,567 --> 00:33:31,133 SITUATIONS AND ENCLOSES BRIDGES BETWEEN OUR POLICE 965 00:33:31,133 --> 00:33:32,566 BRIDGES BETWEEN OUR POLICE AND COMMUNITIES THAT POLICE 966 00:33:32,566 --> 00:33:33,134 AND COMMUNITIES THAT POLICE THEM AND THAT A LOT OF WHAT 967 00:33:33,134 --> 00:33:35,000 THEM AND THAT A LOT OF WHAT WE SEEN THIS YEAR AS WELL 968 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:35,500 WE SEEN THIS YEAR AS WELL BECAUSE WHEN OUR POLICE 969 00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:37,033 BECAUSE WHEN OUR POLICE OFFICERS WALK OUT ON THEIR 970 00:33:37,033 --> 00:33:37,633 OFFICERS WALK OUT ON THEIR POLICE STATION AND WORK THERE 971 00:33:37,633 --> 00:33:38,566 POLICE STATION AND WORK THERE BE A SHOULD NOT FEEL LIKE 972 00:33:38,566 --> 00:33:39,134 BE A SHOULD NOT FEEL LIKE THEY’RE WALKING INTO A WAR 973 00:33:39,134 --> 00:33:40,566 THEY’RE WALKING INTO A WAR ZONE CONVERSELY OUR 974 00:33:40,566 --> 00:33:41,167 ZONE CONVERSELY OUR COMMUNITIES NEED TO KNOW AND 975 00:33:41,167 --> 00:33:42,566 COMMUNITIES NEED TO KNOW AND TRUST THE POLICE WHO ARE 976 00:33:42,566 --> 00:33:46,633 TRUST THE POLICE WHO ARE SERVING THEM SO THERE ARE 977 00:33:46,633 --> 00:33:47,232 SERVING THEM SO THERE ARE COMMONSENSE THINGS WE CAN DO 978 00:33:47,232 --> 00:33:48,666 COMMONSENSE THINGS WE CAN DO TO TRY AND REDUCE THIS 979 00:33:48,666 --> 00:33:50,634 TO TRY AND REDUCE THIS TENSION IN OUR SOCIETY SO 980 00:33:50,634 --> 00:33:52,567 TENSION IN OUR SOCIETY SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO GO 981 00:33:52,567 --> 00:33:53,166 THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS CYCLE AGAIN AND 982 00:33:53,166 --> 00:33:53,734 THROUGH THIS CYCLE AGAIN AND AGAIN WE’VE SEEN THIS YEAR 983 00:33:53,734 --> 00:33:56,633 AGAIN WE’VE SEEN THIS YEAR THOUGH THINGS LIKE TRADING IN 984 00:33:56,633 --> 00:33:58,566 THOUGH THINGS LIKE TRADING IN THE ESCALATION RATHER THAN 985 00:33:58,566 --> 00:33:59,134 THE ESCALATION RATHER THAN PULLING OUT YOUR WEAPON , 986 00:33:59,134 --> 00:34:00,800 PULLING OUT YOUR WEAPON , HAVING BODY CAMPS , INCREASED 987 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,567 HAVING BODY CAMPS , INCREASED TRANSPARENCY THOSE OFFICERS 988 00:34:04,567 --> 00:34:05,066 TRANSPARENCY THOSE OFFICERS ACTUALLY PULL OFF THEIR 989 00:34:05,066 --> 00:34:08,667 ACTUALLY PULL OFF THEIR WEAPON AGAIN AND AGAIN CAN’T 990 00:34:08,667 --> 00:34:10,566 WEAPON AGAIN AND AGAIN CAN’T JUST BE PASSED FROM ONE 991 00:34:10,566 --> 00:34:11,166 JUST BE PASSED FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER BUT WE 992 00:34:11,166 --> 00:34:12,567 DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER BUT WE HAVE TO CONSEQUENCES FOR 993 00:34:12,567 --> 00:34:13,134 HAVE TO CONSEQUENCES FOR PEOPLE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO 994 00:34:13,134 --> 00:34:16,632 PEOPLE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE CAN 995 00:34:16,632 --> 00:34:18,566 ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE CAN SERVE, LISTEN TO THE 996 00:34:18,566 --> 00:34:19,066 SERVE, LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, WHO KNOW THE 997 00:34:19,066 --> 00:34:22,600 COMMUNITY, WHO KNOW THE COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO MAKE A 998 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:23,200 COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO FEEL SAFER AND 999 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:23,800 COMMITMENT TO FEEL SAFER AND THE POLICE OFFICER FEEL SAFER 1000 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,000 THE POLICE OFFICER FEEL SAFER AS WELL SO THAT’S PART OF 1001 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:25,567 AS WELL SO THAT’S PART OF WHAT WE DID OVERSEAS AS WE 1002 00:34:25,567 --> 00:34:26,766 WHAT WE DID OVERSEAS AS WE START WITH THE PROPOSITION 1003 00:34:26,766 --> 00:34:30,833 START WITH THE PROPOSITION THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE 1004 00:34:30,833 --> 00:34:31,366 THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOLUTIONS FOCUSED NOT ON 1005 00:34:31,366 --> 00:34:32,933 SOLUTIONS FOCUSED NOT ON IDEOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE 1006 00:34:32,933 --> 00:34:33,533 IDEOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE FOCUSED ON EVIDENCE AND 1007 00:34:33,533 --> 00:34:36,632 THESE FOCUSED ON EVIDENCE AND THEY HAVE TO BE FOCUSED ON 1008 00:34:36,632 --> 00:34:37,167 THEY HAVE TO BE FOCUSED ON BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER 1009 00:34:37,167 --> 00:34:38,566 BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT MAKES ALL 1010 00:34:38,566 --> 00:34:40,599 BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT MAKES ALL OF US SAFER . 1011 00:34:40,599 --> 00:34:41,133 OF US SAFER . IF WE CAN SIT ACROSS THE 1012 00:34:41,133 --> 00:34:42,800 IF WE CAN SIT ACROSS THE TABLE FROM THE BOWL WHO 1013 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:43,366 TABLE FROM THE BOWL WHO LITERALLY WANTED TO KILL ME 1014 00:34:43,366 --> 00:34:48,766 LITERALLY WANTED TO KILL ME IN IRAQ AND WORK ON BUILDING 1015 00:34:48,766 --> 00:34:49,299 IN IRAQ AND WORK ON BUILDING COALITIONS AND I CAN SIT 1016 00:34:49,299 --> 00:34:50,966 COALITIONS AND I CAN SIT ACROSS THE TABLE FROM A 1017 00:34:50,966 --> 00:34:52,166 ACROSS THE TABLE FROM A REPUBLICAN WORKING ON COMMON 1018 00:34:52,166 --> 00:34:52,800 REPUBLICAN WORKING ON COMMON SENSE REFORMS THAT WILL HELP 1019 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,066 SENSE REFORMS THAT WILL HELP OUR ENTIRE SOCIETY . 1020 00:34:54,066 --> 00:34:56,166 OUR ENTIRE SOCIETY . >> YOU. 1021 00:34:56,166 --> 00:35:02,100 >> YOU. JACKIE . 1022 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,533 JACKIE . >> I’M GOING TO JUST CONTINUE 1023 00:35:04,533 --> 00:35:04,966 >> I’M GOING TO JUST CONTINUE WITH WHAT SRI SAID. 1024 00:35:04,966 --> 00:35:06,033 WITH WHAT SRI SAID. LAST NIGHT I ATTENDED A VFW 1025 00:35:06,033 --> 00:35:06,566 LAST NIGHT I ATTENDED A VFW MEETING WITH WORLD WAR II 1026 00:35:06,566 --> 00:35:08,033 MEETING WITH WORLD WAR II VETERANS AND VIETNAM VETERANS 1027 00:35:08,033 --> 00:35:10,466 VETERANS AND VIETNAM VETERANS AND I’M I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 1028 00:35:10,466 --> 00:35:12,367 AND I’M I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS DEPLOYED AND I WOULD LOOK TO 1029 00:35:12,367 --> 00:35:14,500 DEPLOYED AND I WOULD LOOK TO MY LEFT AND MY RIGHT AND I 1030 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:18,199 MY LEFT AND MY RIGHT AND I NEVER THOUGHT ARE YOU A 1031 00:35:18,199 --> 00:35:18,666 NEVER THOUGHT ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN, ARE YOU A 1032 00:35:18,666 --> 00:35:20,100 REPUBLICAN, ARE YOU A DEMOCRAT ? 1033 00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:22,199 DEMOCRAT ? I DIDN’T THINK THAT I SAW MY 1034 00:35:22,199 --> 00:35:22,733 I DIDN’T THINK THAT I SAW MY COLLEAGUES AND I KNEW TWO 1035 00:35:22,733 --> 00:35:24,100 COLLEAGUES AND I KNEW TWO THINGS . 1036 00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:26,566 THINGS . ONE , THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE 1037 00:35:26,566 --> 00:35:30,266 ONE , THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE MY BACK AND 2, WE WERE GOING 1038 00:35:30,266 --> 00:35:32,033 MY BACK AND 2, WE WERE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION 1039 00:35:32,033 --> 00:35:34,066 TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION BECAUSE IT JUST LIKE SRI I 1040 00:35:34,066 --> 00:35:36,100 BECAUSE IT JUST LIKE SRI I WORKED WITH THE AFGHANS IF 1041 00:35:36,100 --> 00:35:40,066 WORKED WITH THE AFGHANS IF THEY DIDN’T HAVE MY BACK I 1042 00:35:40,066 --> 00:35:40,566 THEY DIDN’T HAVE MY BACK I WOULD BE IN TROUBLE AND 1043 00:35:40,566 --> 00:35:41,167 WOULD BE IN TROUBLE AND YESTERDAY AT THIS VFW MEETING 1044 00:35:41,167 --> 00:35:44,166 YESTERDAY AT THIS VFW MEETING I ASKED THOSE VETERANS , MY 1045 00:35:44,166 --> 00:35:46,599 I ASKED THOSE VETERANS , MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS , 1046 00:35:46,599 --> 00:35:48,033 BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS , WHEN YOU WERE ON THE 1047 00:35:48,033 --> 00:35:48,633 WHEN YOU WERE ON THE BATTLEFIELD DID YOU EVER TURN 1048 00:35:48,633 --> 00:35:52,367 BATTLEFIELD DID YOU EVER TURN TO YOUR LEFT AND RIGHT AND 1049 00:35:52,367 --> 00:35:54,266 TO YOUR LEFT AND RIGHT AND ASKED IF ANYONE WAS A 1050 00:35:54,266 --> 00:35:56,033 ASKED IF ANYONE WAS A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT ? 1051 00:35:56,033 --> 00:35:56,666 REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT ? AND THEY ALL LOOKED AT ME AND 1052 00:35:56,666 --> 00:35:58,033 AND THEY ALL LOOKED AT ME AND THEY SAID NO . 1053 00:35:58,033 --> 00:36:00,199 THEY SAID NO . AND THEY ALSO KNEW TWO 1054 00:36:00,199 --> 00:36:02,033 AND THEY ALSO KNEW TWO THINGS. 1055 00:36:02,033 --> 00:36:04,033 THINGS. THEY HAD EACH OTHER’S BACKS 1056 00:36:04,033 --> 00:36:04,566 THEY HAD EACH OTHER’S BACKS AND THEY WERE GOING TO 1057 00:36:04,566 --> 00:36:05,066 AND THEY WERE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION . 1058 00:36:05,066 --> 00:36:06,432 ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION . AND IF WE COULD JUST ADOPT 1059 00:36:06,432 --> 00:36:12,100 AND IF WE COULD JUST ADOPT THAT SAME MISSION FOCUS , 1060 00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:12,700 THAT SAME MISSION FOCUS , MAYBE WE COULD GET SOMETHING 1061 00:36:12,700 --> 00:36:15,533 MAYBE WE COULD GET SOMETHING DONE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE . 1062 00:36:15,533 --> 00:36:17,633 DONE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE . >> THANK YOU. 1063 00:36:17,633 --> 00:36:19,534 >> THANK YOU. GINA . 1064 00:36:19,534 --> 00:36:23,467 GINA . >> AS WE UNFORTUNATELY ARE 1065 00:36:23,467 --> 00:36:24,066 >> AS WE UNFORTUNATELY ARE LIVING THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC 1066 00:36:24,066 --> 00:36:29,466 LIVING THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC IN THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT 1067 00:36:29,466 --> 00:36:31,900 IN THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT HAS UNFORTUNATELY FALLEN 1068 00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:32,433 HAS UNFORTUNATELY FALLEN DISPROPORTIONATELY ON THE 1069 00:36:32,433 --> 00:36:33,000 DISPROPORTIONATELY ON THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES 1070 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:33,633 MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND THAT ALSO APPLIES TO THE 1071 00:36:33,633 --> 00:36:35,467 AND THAT ALSO APPLIES TO THE VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE . 1072 00:36:35,467 --> 00:36:37,467 VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE . WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT 1073 00:36:37,467 --> 00:36:38,066 WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ACCESS 1074 00:36:38,066 --> 00:36:39,700 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ACCESS TO WEAPONS AND WHAT THAT 1075 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:41,866 TO WEAPONS AND WHAT THAT MEANS DISPROPORTIONATELY FOR 1076 00:36:41,866 --> 00:36:45,732 MEANS DISPROPORTIONATELY FOR WOMEN AND ALSO IN STATES LIKE 1077 00:36:45,732 --> 00:36:49,533 WOMEN AND ALSO IN STATES LIKE TEXAS, TEXAS IS HOME TO AN 1078 00:36:49,533 --> 00:36:50,100 TEXAS, TEXAS IS HOME TO AN UNFORTUNATE SHOOTING IN EL 1079 00:36:50,100 --> 00:36:51,467 UNFORTUNATE SHOOTING IN EL PASO BUT THREE OF THE OTHER 1080 00:36:51,467 --> 00:36:52,066 PASO BUT THREE OF THE OTHER TOP 10 LARGEST MASS SHOOTINGS 1081 00:36:52,066 --> 00:36:55,533 TOP 10 LARGEST MASS SHOOTINGS IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY , 1082 00:36:55,533 --> 00:36:56,100 IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY , AUSTIN, SUTHERLAND SPRINGS 1083 00:36:56,100 --> 00:36:59,534 AUSTIN, SUTHERLAND SPRINGS AND KILLEEN . 1084 00:36:59,534 --> 00:37:01,466 AND KILLEEN . SO WE HAVE TO AGAIN, IT’S 1085 00:37:01,466 --> 00:37:02,000 SO WE HAVE TO AGAIN, IT’S INCUMBENT ON US AND HAPPY 1086 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:02,499 INCUMBENT ON US AND HAPPY EXPERIENCES WITH THESE 1087 00:37:02,499 --> 00:37:03,799 EXPERIENCES WITH THESE WEAPONS IT SO IMPORTANT WE 1088 00:37:03,799 --> 00:37:05,833 WEAPONS IT SO IMPORTANT WE TAKE COMMONSENSE STEPS TO 1089 00:37:05,833 --> 00:37:09,466 TAKE COMMONSENSE STEPS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND 1090 00:37:09,466 --> 00:37:11,466 PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT NEXUS AS YOU DESCRIBED 1091 00:37:11,466 --> 00:37:12,000 THAT NEXUS AS YOU DESCRIBED IT TO EIGHT AND ACCESS TO 1092 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,800 IT TO EIGHT AND ACCESS TO WEAPONS THAT CAN BE BROKEN 1093 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,600 WEAPONS THAT CAN BE BROKEN WITH NEW LEADERS. 1094 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:18,166 WITH NEW LEADERS. LEADERS WITH THE COURAGE TO 1095 00:37:18,166 --> 00:37:19,699 LEADERS WITH THE COURAGE TO TAKE WEAPONS OUT OF THE HANDS 1096 00:37:19,699 --> 00:37:20,300 TAKE WEAPONS OUT OF THE HANDS OF DOMESTIC ABUSERS AND MAKE 1097 00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:23,699 OF DOMESTIC ABUSERS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN 1098 00:37:23,699 --> 00:37:24,267 SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN THINGS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS 1099 00:37:24,267 --> 00:37:25,734 THINGS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE HAVE TO LIKE HOW DO 1100 00:37:25,734 --> 00:37:29,533 THAT WE HAVE TO LIKE HOW DO WE STUDY THIS PROBLEM ? 1101 00:37:29,533 --> 00:37:31,466 WE STUDY THIS PROBLEM ? WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE 1102 00:37:31,466 --> 00:37:32,000 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF 1103 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:33,466 UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW 1104 00:37:33,466 --> 00:37:34,033 WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND CERTAINLY NOW BUT ALSO 1105 00:37:34,033 --> 00:37:35,800 AND CERTAINLY NOW BUT ALSO OVER THE LONG TERM IF WE 1106 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,666 OVER THE LONG TERM IF WE DON’T ADDRESS THIS AND HOW DO 1107 00:37:37,666 --> 00:37:39,899 DON’T ADDRESS THIS AND HOW DO WE AS A SOCIETY INVEST IN 1108 00:37:39,899 --> 00:37:40,434 WE AS A SOCIETY INVEST IN OTHER THINGS LIKE MENTAL 1109 00:37:40,434 --> 00:37:41,599 OTHER THINGS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND WHATNOT 1110 00:37:41,599 --> 00:37:43,800 HEALTH RESOURCES AND WHATNOT TO ENSURE THAT OUR 1111 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:44,366 TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE AS SAFE AS 1112 00:37:44,366 --> 00:37:45,467 COMMUNITIES ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE SO THIS ISN’T A 1113 00:37:45,467 --> 00:37:47,734 POSSIBLE SO THIS ISN’T A RESOURCE ISSUE , AS WE KEEP 1114 00:37:47,734 --> 00:37:48,199 RESOURCE ISSUE , AS WE KEEP COMING BACK TO ITS A 1115 00:37:48,199 --> 00:37:49,566 COMING BACK TO ITS A LEADERSHIP ISSUE AND WE’VE 1116 00:37:49,566 --> 00:37:51,900 LEADERSHIP ISSUE AND WE’VE GOT TO ELECT NEW LEADERS THAT 1117 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:53,466 GOT TO ELECT NEW LEADERS THAT WILL STAND UP FOR OUR 1118 00:37:53,466 --> 00:37:55,533 WILL STAND UP FOR OUR COMMUNITIES . 1119 00:37:55,533 --> 00:37:57,967 COMMUNITIES . >> I THINK WHAT ALL THREE OF 1120 00:37:57,967 --> 00:37:58,567 >> I THINK WHAT ALL THREE OF YOU HAVE POWERFULLY OUTLINED 1121 00:37:58,567 --> 00:37:59,966 YOU HAVE POWERFULLY OUTLINED IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO 1122 00:37:59,966 --> 00:38:01,666 IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO OTHER SIDE. 1123 00:38:01,666 --> 00:38:03,467 OTHER SIDE. AMERICANS ARE UNITED IN 1124 00:38:03,467 --> 00:38:05,466 AMERICANS ARE UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO GUN VIOLENCE 1125 00:38:05,466 --> 00:38:06,100 OPPOSITION TO GUN VIOLENCE AND EVERYBODY WANTS OUR KIDS 1126 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:09,467 AND EVERYBODY WANTS OUR KIDS TO BE SAFE . 1127 00:38:09,467 --> 00:38:11,467 TO BE SAFE . NOBODY WANTS OUR COMMUNITIES 1128 00:38:11,467 --> 00:38:11,966 NOBODY WANTS OUR COMMUNITIES TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO 1129 00:38:11,966 --> 00:38:13,932 TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH THESE THREATS 1130 00:38:13,932 --> 00:38:17,734 GRAPPLE WITH THESE THREATS THAT WE FACE DAY IN AND DAY 1131 00:38:17,734 --> 00:38:19,966 THAT WE FACE DAY IN AND DAY OUT WHETHER IT’S EVERYDAY GUN 1132 00:38:19,966 --> 00:38:20,567 OUT WHETHER IT’S EVERYDAY GUN VIOLENCE OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 1133 00:38:20,567 --> 00:38:21,933 VIOLENCE OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SUICIDE FOR THESE TRAGIC 1134 00:38:21,933 --> 00:38:22,500 OR SUICIDE FOR THESE TRAGIC INSTANCES OF EIGHT AND GUN 1135 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:25,600 INSTANCES OF EIGHT AND GUN VIOLENCE THAT KEEP ON COMING 1136 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:29,666 VIOLENCE THAT KEEP ON COMING UP AND PRODUCING THESE AWFUL 1137 00:38:29,666 --> 00:38:31,700 UP AND PRODUCING THESE AWFUL BODY COUNTS AND HEADLINES. 1138 00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:33,866 BODY COUNTS AND HEADLINES. I NOW WANT TO INTRODUCE 1139 00:38:33,866 --> 00:38:37,500 I NOW WANT TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER PAIR OF VIDEOS FROM 2 1140 00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:39,933 ANOTHER PAIR OF VIDEOS FROM 2 OTHER CONGRESSMEN MOULTON’S 1141 00:38:39,933 --> 00:38:49,600 OTHER CONGRESSMEN MOULTON’S CURRENT COLLEAGUES WHO SERVED 1142 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:50,200 CURRENT COLLEAGUES WHO SERVED AMERICA HAVE WORKED TO ELECT 1143 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:50,500 AMERICA HAVE WORKED TO ELECT IN THE PAST. 1144 00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:51,767 IN THE PAST. TWO OF MY FAVORITES, FORCE 1145 00:38:51,767 --> 00:38:55,467 TWO OF MY FAVORITES, FORCE EVERYBODY IS MY FAVORITE . 1146 00:38:55,467 --> 00:38:56,033 EVERYBODY IS MY FAVORITE . CONGRESSMAN JASON CROWE AND 1147 00:38:56,033 --> 00:39:03,466 CONGRESSMAN JASON CROWE AND MAX ROSE FROM LONG ISLAND AND 1148 00:39:03,466 --> 00:39:04,033 MAX ROSE FROM LONG ISLAND AND STATEN ISLAND RESPECTIVELY. 1149 00:39:04,033 --> 00:39:04,632 STATEN ISLAND RESPECTIVELY. >> CONGRESSMAN JASON CROWE 1150 00:39:04,632 --> 00:39:05,466 >> CONGRESSMAN JASON CROWE FROM COLORADO . 1151 00:39:05,466 --> 00:39:06,033 FROM COLORADO . OUR COUNTRY IS EXPERIENCING 1152 00:39:06,033 --> 00:39:09,533 OUR COUNTRY IS EXPERIENCING INCREDIBLE DIVISIONS AND 1153 00:39:09,533 --> 00:39:10,100 INCREDIBLE DIVISIONS AND DECLINING TRUST NOT JUST IN 1154 00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:13,600 DECLINING TRUST NOT JUST IN OUR INSTITUTIONS IN OUR 1155 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:14,200 OUR INSTITUTIONS IN OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AS WELL AND 1156 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:15,966 PUBLIC OFFICIALS AS WELL AND THAT’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT 1157 00:39:15,966 --> 00:39:16,466 THAT’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN 1158 00:39:16,466 --> 00:39:19,566 THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN ELECTED OFFICE AND THEIR 1159 00:39:19,566 --> 00:39:20,166 ELECTED OFFICE AND THEIR POSITIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY 1160 00:39:20,166 --> 00:39:21,466 POSITIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HAVE A DEMONSTRATED 1161 00:39:21,466 --> 00:39:23,732 AND HAVE A DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO SERVE THEIR 1162 00:39:23,732 --> 00:39:25,466 ABILITY TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR COMMUNITIES 1163 00:39:25,466 --> 00:39:33,466 COUNTRY AND THEIR COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF POLITICS . 1164 00:39:33,466 --> 00:39:34,033 OUTSIDE OF POLITICS . PEOPLE THAT HAVE STEPPED UP 1165 00:39:34,033 --> 00:39:35,466 PEOPLE THAT HAVE STEPPED UP TO WORK TOGETHER ACROSS PARTY 1166 00:39:35,466 --> 00:39:37,899 TO WORK TOGETHER ACROSS PARTY LINES , THAT HAVE BUILT BROAD 1167 00:39:37,899 --> 00:39:39,466 LINES , THAT HAVE BUILT BROAD AND DIVERSE COALITIONS TO GET 1168 00:39:39,466 --> 00:39:40,033 AND DIVERSE COALITIONS TO GET THINGS DONE FOR AMERICA AND 1169 00:39:40,033 --> 00:39:41,900 THINGS DONE FOR AMERICA AND FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES . 1170 00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:43,967 FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES . THAT’S WHY I’M SO PROUD TO BE 1171 00:39:43,967 --> 00:39:44,566 THAT’S WHY I’M SO PROUD TO BE SUPPORTING THIS GROUP AND WHY 1172 00:39:44,566 --> 00:39:47,766 SUPPORTING THIS GROUP AND WHY I THINK SETH MOULTON AND 1173 00:39:47,766 --> 00:39:48,333 I THINK SETH MOULTON AND GABBY GIFFORDS FOR WORKING 1174 00:39:48,333 --> 00:39:49,967 GABBY GIFFORDS FOR WORKING HARD OVER THE YEARS TO ELECT 1175 00:39:49,967 --> 00:39:53,534 HARD OVER THE YEARS TO ELECT SERVICE MINDED CANDIDATES AND 1176 00:39:53,534 --> 00:39:54,133 SERVICE MINDED CANDIDATES AND GUN VIOLENCE CHAMPIONS ACROSS 1177 00:39:54,133 --> 00:39:54,500 GUN VIOLENCE CHAMPIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY . 1178 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:57,600 THE COUNTRY . BECAUSE TOGETHER , BY GETTING 1179 00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:58,033 BECAUSE TOGETHER , BY GETTING A NEW GENERATION OF 1180 00:39:58,033 --> 00:40:01,800 A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP , SERVANT LEADERS 1181 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:02,400 LEADERSHIP , SERVANT LEADERS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE IN IT FOR 1182 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:03,800 AND PEOPLE THAT ARE IN IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS TO MAKE OUR 1183 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:07,833 THE RIGHT REASONS TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY AND THEIR COMMUNITY A 1184 00:40:07,833 --> 00:40:09,899 COUNTRY AND THEIR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE, THAT’S HOW 1185 00:40:09,899 --> 00:40:10,499 BETTER PLACE, THAT’S HOW WE’RE GOING TO MOVE TOGETHER, 1186 00:40:10,499 --> 00:40:11,866 WE’RE GOING TO MOVE TOGETHER, HOW WE GOING TO BRIDGE THESE 1187 00:40:11,866 --> 00:40:13,466 HOW WE GOING TO BRIDGE THESE DIVISIONS AND HOW WE’RE GOING 1188 00:40:13,466 --> 00:40:14,033 DIVISIONS AND HOW WE’RE GOING TO GET THINGS DONE AS ONE 1189 00:40:14,033 --> 00:40:14,267 TO GET THINGS DONE AS ONE PEOPLE . 1190 00:40:14,267 --> 00:40:15,899 PEOPLE . SO THANK YOU , I HOPE YOU ARE 1191 00:40:15,899 --> 00:40:16,466 SO THANK YOU , I HOPE YOU ARE ALL WELL AND BEING SAFE AND 1192 00:40:16,466 --> 00:40:19,399 ALL WELL AND BEING SAFE AND STAYING HEALTHY . 1193 00:40:19,399 --> 00:40:19,967 STAYING HEALTHY . >> HEY EVERYBODY, MAX ROSE 1194 00:40:19,967 --> 00:40:25,766 >> HEY EVERYBODY, MAX ROSE HERE AREA WHEN I SERVED IN 1195 00:40:25,766 --> 00:40:27,900 HERE AREA WHEN I SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN I SAW PEOPLE PUT 1196 00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:28,467 AFGHANISTAN I SAW PEOPLE PUT EVERYTHING ON THE LINE FOR 1197 00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:29,400 EVERYTHING ON THE LINE FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND FOR THEIR 1198 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:29,799 THEIR COUNTRY AND FOR THEIR FELLOW AMERICANS . 1199 00:40:29,799 --> 00:40:31,499 FELLOW AMERICANS . SO I HAVE ZERO PATIENTS WHEN 1200 00:40:31,499 --> 00:40:32,033 SO I HAVE ZERO PATIENTS WHEN I SEE POLITICIANS RUN AND 1201 00:40:32,033 --> 00:40:35,834 I SEE POLITICIANS RUN AND HIDE WHENEVER WE TRIED TO END 1202 00:40:35,834 --> 00:40:39,400 HIDE WHENEVER WE TRIED TO END THIS GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC . 1203 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:40,000 THIS GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC . WEAPONS OF WAR DO NOT BELONG 1204 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:41,400 WEAPONS OF WAR DO NOT BELONG ON OUR STREETS . 1205 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:47,400 ON OUR STREETS . PLAIN AND SIMPLE. 1206 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:49,400 PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THEY DON’T BELONG IN MALLS OR 1207 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:49,766 THEY DON’T BELONG IN MALLS OR MOVIE THEATERS. 1208 00:40:49,766 --> 00:40:50,366 MOVIE THEATERS. THEY HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR 1209 00:40:50,366 --> 00:40:51,666 THEY HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR HOUSES OF WORSHIP OR OUR 1210 00:40:51,666 --> 00:40:53,400 HOUSES OF WORSHIP OR OUR SCHOOLS . 1211 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,400 SCHOOLS . WHEN LIVES ARE ON THE LINE 1212 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:55,966 WHEN LIVES ARE ON THE LINE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO TIME 1213 00:40:55,966 --> 00:40:56,533 THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO TIME FOR POLITICS OR PARTY LINES 1214 00:40:56,533 --> 00:40:57,700 FOR POLITICS OR PARTY LINES OR INTERESTS AND OUR 1215 00:40:57,700 --> 00:40:59,633 OR INTERESTS AND OUR SERVICEMEMBERS KNOW EXACTLY 1216 00:40:59,633 --> 00:41:01,466 SERVICEMEMBERS KNOW EXACTLY THAT . 1217 00:41:01,466 --> 00:41:05,766 THAT . BECAUSE OF GABBY GIFFORDS AND 1218 00:41:05,766 --> 00:41:07,400 BECAUSE OF GABBY GIFFORDS AND SETH MOULTON WE ARE ELECTING 1219 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:08,000 SETH MOULTON WE ARE ELECTING LEADERS DETERMINED TO GET THE 1220 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,400 LEADERS DETERMINED TO GET THE JOB DONE. 1221 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:13,700 JOB DONE. 10 YEARS AGO , NO ONE WOULD 1222 00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:14,299 10 YEARS AGO , NO ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE THIS 1223 00:41:14,299 --> 00:41:17,399 HAVE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE THIS CLOSE TO VICTORY . 1224 00:41:17,399 --> 00:41:18,000 CLOSE TO VICTORY . THANKS TO YOU TOO AND SO MANY 1225 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,634 THANKS TO YOU TOO AND SO MANY OTHER GROUPS WE ABSOLUTELY 1226 00:41:19,634 --> 00:41:20,766 OTHER GROUPS WE ABSOLUTELY ARE. 1227 00:41:20,766 --> 00:41:22,733 ARE. LET’S GET OUT THERE AND LET’S 1228 00:41:22,733 --> 00:41:28,700 LET’S GET OUT THERE AND LET’S GO WIN . 1229 00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:30,699 GO WIN . >> PETER, I LOVE THOSE GUYS 1230 00:41:30,699 --> 00:41:31,233 >> PETER, I LOVE THOSE GUYS TOO AND THEY ARE AWESOME 1231 00:41:31,233 --> 00:41:32,866 TOO AND THEY ARE AWESOME COLLEAGUES TO HAVE IN CONGRESS 1232 00:41:32,866 --> 00:41:36,700 COLLEAGUES TO HAVE IN CONGRESS . 1233 00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:38,733 . GABBY, TURNING TO YOU WE SEEN 1234 00:41:38,733 --> 00:41:39,334 GABBY, TURNING TO YOU WE SEEN A LOT OF MEMBERS SHARE THEIR 1235 00:41:39,334 --> 00:41:40,700 A LOT OF MEMBERS SHARE THEIR WORDS OF WISDOM AND 1236 00:41:40,700 --> 00:41:41,033 WORDS OF WISDOM AND INSPIRATION . 1237 00:41:41,033 --> 00:41:41,633 INSPIRATION . I KNOW AS A FORMER MEMBER OF 1238 00:41:41,633 --> 00:41:43,033 I KNOW AS A FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND NATIONAL FIGURE 1239 00:41:43,033 --> 00:41:45,066 CONGRESS AND NATIONAL FIGURE YOU’VE INSPIRED COUNTLESS 1240 00:41:45,066 --> 00:41:45,300 YOU’VE INSPIRED COUNTLESS OTHERS . 1241 00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:46,766 OTHERS . WHO HAS INSPIRED YOU AND 1242 00:41:46,766 --> 00:41:48,533 WHO HAS INSPIRED YOU AND MOTIVATED YOU TO BE WHO YOU 1243 00:41:48,533 --> 00:41:52,066 MOTIVATED YOU TO BE WHO YOU ARE TODAY ? 1244 00:41:52,066 --> 00:41:56,300 ARE TODAY ? >> JOHN LEWIS , THE CIVIL 1245 00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:58,366 >> JOHN LEWIS , THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER . 1246 00:41:58,366 --> 00:42:02,066 RIGHTS LEADER . I MISS YOU A LOT . 1247 00:42:02,066 --> 00:42:14,066 I MISS YOU A LOT . >> I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU. 1248 00:42:14,066 --> 00:42:14,666 >> I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU. DURING HIS EULOGY JUST OVER A 1249 00:42:14,666 --> 00:42:15,333 DURING HIS EULOGY JUST OVER A MONTH AGO PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID 1250 00:42:15,333 --> 00:42:18,266 MONTH AGO PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID AND I QUOTE , AMERICA WAS 1251 00:42:18,266 --> 00:42:24,000 AND I QUOTE , AMERICA WAS BUILT BY JOHN LEWIS IS . 1252 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:24,533 BUILT BY JOHN LEWIS IS . I THINK EVEN THAT NOTE ON 1253 00:42:24,533 --> 00:42:28,332 I THINK EVEN THAT NOTE ON JOHN LEWIS , THAT’S EXACTLY 1254 00:42:28,332 --> 00:42:30,367 JOHN LEWIS , THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND WHERE 1255 00:42:30,367 --> 00:42:34,199 WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND WHERE WE HAVE TO BE AREA HE’S A MAN 1256 00:42:34,199 --> 00:42:38,467 WE HAVE TO BE AREA HE’S A MAN WHO EMBODIES EVERYTHING WE 1257 00:42:38,467 --> 00:42:40,266 WHO EMBODIES EVERYTHING WE STRIVE TO BE AS PUBLIC 1258 00:42:40,266 --> 00:42:40,900 STRIVE TO BE AS PUBLIC SERVANTS SERVING THIS COUNTRY 1259 00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:42,000 SERVANTS SERVING THIS COUNTRY . 1260 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,133 . SELFLESS DEDICATION TO OUR 1261 00:42:44,133 --> 00:42:48,000 SELFLESS DEDICATION TO OUR CONSTITUTION , TO OUR VALUES . 1262 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:52,066 CONSTITUTION , TO OUR VALUES . TO OTHERS . 1263 00:42:52,066 --> 00:42:56,000 TO OTHERS . THAT’S PUBLIC SERVICE AND ITS 1264 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:56,600 THAT’S PUBLIC SERVICE AND ITS ONE JOHN LEWIS PRACTICED HIS 1265 00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:02,000 ONE JOHN LEWIS PRACTICED HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND I THINK THAT 1266 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:02,599 ENTIRE LIFE AND I THINK THAT EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND 1267 00:43:02,599 --> 00:43:03,166 EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND IN THE EVERY AMERICAN OUGHT 1268 00:43:03,166 --> 00:43:04,100 IN THE EVERY AMERICAN OUGHT TO ASPIRE TO HAVE THAT LEVEL 1269 00:43:04,100 --> 00:43:06,134 TO ASPIRE TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO OUR 1270 00:43:06,134 --> 00:43:10,133 OF COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO OUR 1271 00:43:10,133 --> 00:43:12,000 COMMUNITIES AND TO OUR COUNTRY. 1272 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,000 COUNTRY. AND THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WE’VE 1273 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,067 AND THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WE’VE HEARD FROM TODAY BOTH OUR 1274 00:43:16,067 --> 00:43:16,567 HEARD FROM TODAY BOTH OUR PANELISTS AND OUR VIDEO 1275 00:43:16,567 --> 00:43:20,000 PANELISTS AND OUR VIDEO GUESTS , THEY’RE THE TYPE OF 1276 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,166 GUESTS , THEY’RE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE I BELIEVE WILL LOOK 1277 00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:24,166 PEOPLE I BELIEVE WILL LOOK BACK ON SOME WAY TODAY AND 1278 00:43:24,166 --> 00:43:26,400 BACK ON SOME WAY TODAY AND SAY THEY WERE GREAT PUBLIC 1279 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,066 SAY THEY WERE GREAT PUBLIC SERVANTS . 1280 00:43:28,066 --> 00:43:30,000 SERVANTS . THEY WERE GREAT AMERICANS 1281 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,067 THEY WERE GREAT AMERICANS THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN 1282 00:43:32,067 --> 00:43:32,432 THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES. 1283 00:43:32,432 --> 00:43:34,334 PEOPLE’S LIVES. WE DON’T HAVE A LOT OF WORK 1284 00:43:34,334 --> 00:43:36,367 WE DON’T HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THIS COUNTRY 1285 00:43:36,367 --> 00:43:38,133 TO DO IN THIS COUNTRY ESPECIALLY NOW . 1286 00:43:38,133 --> 00:43:44,000 ESPECIALLY NOW . BUT I’M ENCOURAGED. 1287 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,000 BUT I’M ENCOURAGED. I’M HOPEFUL . 1288 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:52,000 I’M HOPEFUL . AND I’M INSPIRED. 1289 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,000 AND I’M INSPIRED. SO LET’S GET TO WORK. 1290 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,234 SO LET’S GET TO WORK. NOW, BEFORE WE GO HERE, I DO 1291 00:43:56,234 --> 00:44:00,333 NOW, BEFORE WE GO HERE, I DO WANT TO TALK , TALK THIS BACK 1292 00:44:00,333 --> 00:44:05,166 WANT TO TALK , TALK THIS BACK TO OUR PANELISTS . 1293 00:44:05,166 --> 00:44:05,633 TO OUR PANELISTS . FOR YOUR OWN CLOSING 1294 00:44:05,633 --> 00:44:07,232 FOR YOUR OWN CLOSING REFLECTIONS . 1295 00:44:07,232 --> 00:44:07,800 REFLECTIONS . SO JACKIE, MAYBE WILL BEGIN 1296 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:13,166 SO JACKIE, MAYBE WILL BEGIN WITH YOU . 1297 00:44:13,166 --> 00:44:13,700 WITH YOU . >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1298 00:44:13,700 --> 00:44:14,066 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE. 1299 00:44:14,066 --> 00:44:15,599 HAVING ME HERE. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT 1300 00:44:15,599 --> 00:44:16,166 THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT WE REALLY CAN’T 1301 00:44:16,166 --> 00:44:19,233 TOPIC THAT WE REALLY CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT UNTIL GUN 1302 00:44:19,233 --> 00:44:21,300 STOP TALKING ABOUT UNTIL GUN VIOLENCE DEATHS AND AREA I 1303 00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:23,266 VIOLENCE DEATHS AND AREA I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT 1304 00:44:23,266 --> 00:44:25,499 JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT AS A MOLE A POLICE OFFICER I 1305 00:44:25,499 --> 00:44:33,166 AS A MOLE A POLICE OFFICER I DO UNDERSTAND HOW DANGEROUS 1306 00:44:33,166 --> 00:44:33,666 DO UNDERSTAND HOW DANGEROUS THE DAMAGE THAT ASSAULT 1307 00:44:33,666 --> 00:44:35,200 THE DAMAGE THAT ASSAULT WEAPONS CAN DO WHEN THEY LAND 1308 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:35,632 WEAPONS CAN DO WHEN THEY LAND IN THE WRONG HANDS . 1309 00:44:35,632 --> 00:44:39,433 IN THE WRONG HANDS . AS AN EDUCATOR , I KNOW THE 1310 00:44:39,433 --> 00:44:39,866 AS AN EDUCATOR , I KNOW THE HARM THEY CAN DO TO 1311 00:44:39,866 --> 00:44:41,233 HARM THEY CAN DO TO COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES . 1312 00:44:41,233 --> 00:44:41,767 COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES . THEY DON’T BELONG ON THE 1313 00:44:41,767 --> 00:44:43,667 THEY DON’T BELONG ON THE STREETS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 1314 00:44:43,667 --> 00:44:45,567 STREETS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OR THE HALLWAYS OF THE SCHOOL 1315 00:44:45,567 --> 00:44:51,466 OR THE HALLWAYS OF THE SCHOOL AND SCHOOLS THAT HAPPENED IN 1316 00:44:51,466 --> 00:44:52,066 AND SCHOOLS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY COULD HAVE BEEN 1317 00:44:52,066 --> 00:44:53,466 THIS COUNTRY COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED WITH COMMON SENSE GUN 1318 00:44:53,466 --> 00:44:53,734 AVOIDED WITH COMMON SENSE GUN LAWS . 1319 00:44:53,734 --> 00:44:54,266 LAWS . I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 1320 00:44:54,266 --> 00:44:54,833 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE IN 1321 00:44:54,833 --> 00:44:55,600 WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE IN THE PANEL AND THE ONES IN 1322 00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:59,234 THE PANEL AND THE ONES IN CONGRESS LIKE CONGRESSWOMAN , 1323 00:44:59,234 --> 00:45:05,167 CONGRESS LIKE CONGRESSWOMAN , WHY DON’T I KEEP SAYING 1324 00:45:05,167 --> 00:45:05,499 WHY DON’T I KEEP SAYING CONGRESSWOMAN? 1325 00:45:05,499 --> 00:45:06,066 CONGRESSWOMAN? CONGRESSMEN MOULTON AND MY 1326 00:45:06,066 --> 00:45:07,533 CONGRESSMEN MOULTON AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUES TO HELP TO 1327 00:45:07,533 --> 00:45:09,534 OTHER COLLEAGUES TO HELP TO PREVENT ANY MORE UNNECESSARY 1328 00:45:09,534 --> 00:45:11,267 PREVENT ANY MORE UNNECESSARY DEATHS OF ANY AMERICANS AREA 1329 00:45:11,267 --> 00:45:17,166 DEATHS OF ANY AMERICANS AREA THANK YOU. 1330 00:45:17,166 --> 00:45:17,733 THANK YOU. >> JACKIE, THANK YOU AND WE 1331 00:45:17,733 --> 00:45:19,167 >> JACKIE, THANK YOU AND WE KNOW YOU’VE BEEN WORKING HARD 1332 00:45:19,167 --> 00:45:19,766 KNOW YOU’VE BEEN WORKING HARD OR YOUR COMMUNITY FOR A LONG 1333 00:45:19,766 --> 00:45:23,566 OR YOUR COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME AND WE’RE SO EXCITED TO 1334 00:45:23,566 --> 00:45:24,166 TIME AND WE’RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU REPRESENTING THEM IN 1335 00:45:24,166 --> 00:45:25,434 HAVE YOU REPRESENTING THEM IN WASHINGTON . 1336 00:45:25,434 --> 00:45:27,399 WASHINGTON . NEXT LET’S GO TO SRI, OVER TO 1337 00:45:27,399 --> 00:45:31,233 NEXT LET’S GO TO SRI, OVER TO YOU . 1338 00:45:31,233 --> 00:45:31,767 YOU . >> THANK YOU CONGRESSMEN 1339 00:45:31,767 --> 00:45:37,233 >> THANK YOU CONGRESSMEN MOULTON . 1340 00:45:37,233 --> 00:45:37,766 MOULTON . WE KNOW THIS IS THE MOST 1341 00:45:37,766 --> 00:45:39,166 WE KNOW THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR 1342 00:45:39,166 --> 00:45:39,433 IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIMES. 1343 00:45:39,433 --> 00:45:39,933 LIFETIMES. WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH A 1344 00:45:39,933 --> 00:45:41,500 WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH A PANDEMIC OF EPIC PROPORTIONS 1345 00:45:41,500 --> 00:45:42,000 PANDEMIC OF EPIC PROPORTIONS THAT HAS KILLED 180,000 1346 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:47,233 THAT HAS KILLED 180,000 PEOPLE . 1347 00:45:47,233 --> 00:45:49,300 PEOPLE . WE HAVE RACIAL STRIFE ACROSS 1348 00:45:49,300 --> 00:45:49,899 WE HAVE RACIAL STRIFE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, WOUNDS THAT WE 1349 00:45:49,899 --> 00:45:51,266 THIS COUNTRY, WOUNDS THAT WE STILL HAVE NOT DEALT WITH 1350 00:45:51,266 --> 00:45:51,866 STILL HAVE NOT DEALT WITH AFTER GENERATIONS AND WE HAVE 1351 00:45:51,866 --> 00:45:53,334 AFTER GENERATIONS AND WE HAVE AN EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE 1352 00:45:53,334 --> 00:45:55,166 AN EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE CONTINUES UNTIL THIS DAY BUT 1353 00:45:55,166 --> 00:45:55,734 CONTINUES UNTIL THIS DAY BUT THE WAY THAT WE RESPOND TO 1354 00:45:55,734 --> 00:45:57,366 THE WAY THAT WE RESPOND TO THESE CONFLICTS IS NOT WITH 1355 00:45:57,366 --> 00:45:57,900 THESE CONFLICTS IS NOT WITH GREATER ANGER OR GREATER 1356 00:45:57,900 --> 00:46:03,233 GREATER ANGER OR GREATER PARTISANSHIP . 1357 00:46:03,233 --> 00:46:03,766 PARTISANSHIP . A WAY TO RESPOND IS WITH 1358 00:46:03,766 --> 00:46:05,166 A WAY TO RESPOND IS WITH GREATER PATRIOTISM AND 1359 00:46:05,166 --> 00:46:05,733 GREATER PATRIOTISM AND PATRIOTISM MEANS SERVICE TO 1360 00:46:05,733 --> 00:46:07,400 PATRIOTISM MEANS SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY RIYADH IN MY 1361 00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:08,033 OUR COUNTRY RIYADH IN MY FAMILY OUR SERVICE GOES BACK 1362 00:46:08,033 --> 00:46:11,167 FAMILY OUR SERVICE GOES BACK TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION . 1363 00:46:11,167 --> 00:46:13,200 TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION . A PUBLIC SERVICE MEANS TO ME 1364 00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:13,800 A PUBLIC SERVICE MEANS TO ME IS PUTTING OUR COUNTRY FIRST, 1365 00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:14,400 IS PUTTING OUR COUNTRY FIRST, PUTTING OUR COMMUNITY FIRST . 1366 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:19,367 PUTTING OUR COMMUNITY FIRST . T MEANS RELYING ON 1367 00:46:19,367 --> 00:46:21,632 T MEANS RELYING ON EVIDENCE IN OUR POLICY AND 1368 00:46:21,632 --> 00:46:22,133 EVIDENCE IN OUR POLICY AND OUR SOLUTIONS AND THAT 1369 00:46:22,133 --> 00:46:23,266 OUR SOLUTIONS AND THAT APPLIES TO EVERYTHING THAT 1370 00:46:23,266 --> 00:46:23,834 APPLIES TO EVERYTHING THAT APPLIES TO EVIDENCE IN THE 1371 00:46:23,834 --> 00:46:27,500 APPLIES TO EVIDENCE IN THE CORONAVIRUS , PROTECTING OUR 1372 00:46:27,500 --> 00:46:28,100 CORONAVIRUS , PROTECTING OUR HEALTH CARE AND IT APPLIES TO 1373 00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:29,467 HEALTH CARE AND IT APPLIES TO COMMON SENSE GUN SAFETY 1374 00:46:29,467 --> 00:46:30,033 COMMON SENSE GUN SAFETY MEASURES AND THAT’S WHY I’M 1375 00:46:30,033 --> 00:46:31,433 MEASURES AND THAT’S WHY I’M SO PROUD WE GOT AFTER 20 1376 00:46:31,433 --> 00:46:37,166 SO PROUD WE GOT AFTER 20 YEARS WE ARE STUDYING HOW CAN 1377 00:46:37,166 --> 00:46:37,766 YEARS WE ARE STUDYING HOW CAN REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE, STUDYING 1378 00:46:37,766 --> 00:46:39,234 REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE, STUDYING HOW TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE . 1379 00:46:39,234 --> 00:46:39,800 HOW TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE . THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO BASE 1380 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:41,399 THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO BASE OUR SOLUTIONS ON , A COMMON 1381 00:46:41,399 --> 00:46:43,233 OUR SOLUTIONS ON , A COMMON SHARED REALITY . 1382 00:46:43,233 --> 00:46:45,400 SHARED REALITY . OUR COUNTRY WAS NOT FOUNDED BY 1383 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:45,834 OUR COUNTRY WAS NOT FOUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO AGREE ON 1384 00:46:45,834 --> 00:46:47,366 PEOPLE WHO AGREE ON EVERYTHING . 1385 00:46:47,366 --> 00:46:49,166 EVERYTHING . OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED BY 1386 00:46:49,166 --> 00:46:49,766 OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO DISAGREED ON MANY 1387 00:46:49,766 --> 00:46:51,166 PEOPLE WHO DISAGREED ON MANY THINGS BUT THEY AGREED ON ONE 1388 00:46:51,166 --> 00:46:53,600 THINGS BUT THEY AGREED ON ONE THING , THAT WE ARE STRONGER 1389 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:54,166 THING , THAT WE ARE STRONGER AS A NATION TOGETHER AND WE 1390 00:46:54,166 --> 00:46:55,499 AS A NATION TOGETHER AND WE WERE SEPARATE AND I CARE 1391 00:46:55,499 --> 00:46:57,299 WERE SEPARATE AND I CARE ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS AND YOU 1392 00:46:57,299 --> 00:46:59,300 ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS AND YOU CARE ABOUT MINE BECAUSE 1393 00:46:59,300 --> 00:47:01,200 CARE ABOUT MINE BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT MAKES US A NATION 1394 00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:01,333 THAT’S WHAT MAKES US A NATION . 1395 00:47:01,333 --> 00:47:01,834 . WERE NOT DEFINED BY THE 1396 00:47:01,834 --> 00:47:03,366 WERE NOT DEFINED BY THE CHALLENGES WE AVOID , WE ARE 1397 00:47:03,366 --> 00:47:05,366 CHALLENGES WE AVOID , WE ARE DEFINED BY HOW WE RISE TO THE 1398 00:47:05,366 --> 00:47:07,166 DEFINED BY HOW WE RISE TO THE CHALLENGE THAT IS THE TRUEST 1399 00:47:07,166 --> 00:47:11,233 CHALLENGE THAT IS THE TRUEST MEASURE OF PATRIOTISM AND 1400 00:47:11,233 --> 00:47:11,834 MEASURE OF PATRIOTISM AND THAT IS WHAT’S GOING TO CARRY 1401 00:47:11,834 --> 00:47:13,333 THAT IS WHAT’S GOING TO CARRY OUR COUNTRY FORWARD THROUGH 1402 00:47:13,333 --> 00:47:15,166 OUR COUNTRY FORWARD THROUGH THIS CRISIS TOGETHER . 1403 00:47:15,166 --> 00:47:17,333 THIS CRISIS TOGETHER . >> PATRIOTISM IN THE AND THIS 1404 00:47:17,333 --> 00:47:19,299 >> PATRIOTISM IN THE AND THIS IS NOT A TIME OR SUMMER 1405 00:47:19,299 --> 00:47:21,199 IS NOT A TIME OR SUMMER SOLDIERS OR SUNSHINE PATRIOTS 1406 00:47:21,199 --> 00:47:21,334 SOLDIERS OR SUNSHINE PATRIOTS . 1407 00:47:21,334 --> 00:47:23,633 . WE ALL NEED TO STEP UP AND 1408 00:47:23,633 --> 00:47:25,200 WE ALL NEED TO STEP UP AND FIND THE COURAGE TO MAKE A 1409 00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:29,167 FIND THE COURAGE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AREA THANK YOU . 1410 00:47:29,167 --> 00:47:37,233 DIFFERENCE AREA THANK YOU . OKAY, GINA, PREDNISONE . 1411 00:47:37,233 --> 00:47:37,766 OKAY, GINA, PREDNISONE . >> THANK YOU SETH, GABBY. 1412 00:47:37,766 --> 00:47:39,166 >> THANK YOU SETH, GABBY. THIS HAS BEEN AN HONOR. 1413 00:47:39,166 --> 00:47:39,766 THIS HAS BEEN AN HONOR. THANKS PETER AND IT’S NICE TO 1414 00:47:39,766 --> 00:47:41,167 THANKS PETER AND IT’S NICE TO SEE HOPEFULLY MY FUTURE 1415 00:47:41,167 --> 00:47:45,500 SEE HOPEFULLY MY FUTURE COLLEAGUES SRI AND JACKIE AND 1416 00:47:45,500 --> 00:47:47,433 COLLEAGUES SRI AND JACKIE AND TO THOSE OF YOU WATCHING 1417 00:47:47,433 --> 00:47:48,033 TO THOSE OF YOU WATCHING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING 1418 00:47:48,033 --> 00:47:49,433 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS 1419 00:47:49,433 --> 00:47:50,000 THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND 1420 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:51,432 IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND NOW THE NEXT IS MAKING SURE 1421 00:47:51,432 --> 00:47:51,966 NOW THE NEXT IS MAKING SURE WE CAN END THESE AND THAT 1422 00:47:51,966 --> 00:47:53,400 WE CAN END THESE AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO WIN RIYADH 1423 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:54,000 MEANS WE HAVE TO WIN RIYADH WE GOT TO WIN AND THAT STARTS 1424 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:55,633 WE GOT TO WIN AND THAT STARTS WITH MAKING SURE WE GET THE 1425 00:47:55,633 --> 00:48:01,499 WITH MAKING SURE WE GET THE VOTE OUT 926 VOTES, THAT WAS 1426 00:48:01,499 --> 00:48:02,100 VOTE OUT 926 VOTES, THAT WAS THE MARGIN WHEN I RAN IN 2018 1427 00:48:02,100 --> 00:48:03,666 THE MARGIN WHEN I RAN IN 2018 SO I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT EVERY 1428 00:48:03,666 --> 00:48:05,233 SO I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT EVERY PHONE CALL , EVERY TEXT AND 1429 00:48:05,233 --> 00:48:07,267 PHONE CALL , EVERY TEXT AND OF COURSE IN TEXAS IT’S STILL 1430 00:48:07,267 --> 00:48:07,867 OF COURSE IN TEXAS IT’S STILL TOO DANGEROUS TO CAMPAIGN IN 1431 00:48:07,867 --> 00:48:11,266 TOO DANGEROUS TO CAMPAIGN IN PERSON YOU CAN HELP US FROM 1432 00:48:11,266 --> 00:48:11,666 PERSON YOU CAN HELP US FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE. 1433 00:48:11,666 --> 00:48:13,232 WHEREVER YOU ARE. THIS GUN VIOLENCE ISSUE , 1434 00:48:13,232 --> 00:48:15,666 THIS GUN VIOLENCE ISSUE , THEY’RE NOT LOCAL ISSUES AND 1435 00:48:15,666 --> 00:48:17,333 THEY’RE NOT LOCAL ISSUES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FIGHTING 1436 00:48:17,333 --> 00:48:19,166 WE LOOK FORWARD TO FIGHTING FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING 1437 00:48:19,166 --> 00:48:21,166 FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE 1438 00:48:21,166 --> 00:48:21,733 TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE BUT WE’VE GOT TO WIN SO IF 1439 00:48:21,733 --> 00:48:23,167 BUT WE’VE GOT TO WIN SO IF YOU LIKE ME ARE TIRED OF 1440 00:48:23,167 --> 00:48:25,400 YOU LIKE ME ARE TIRED OF THESE FOLKS WILL GIVE YOU 1441 00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:27,600 THESE FOLKS WILL GIVE YOU NOTHING BUT THOUGHTS AND 1442 00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:28,100 NOTHING BUT THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS A CASH THOSE 1443 00:48:28,100 --> 00:48:33,234 PRAYERS AS A CASH THOSE CHECKS FROM THE GUN LOBBY , 1444 00:48:33,234 --> 00:48:33,533 CHECKS FROM THE GUN LOBBY , HELP US WIN. 1445 00:48:33,533 --> 00:48:35,400 HELP US WIN. PHONE BANK, TEXT BANK AND 1446 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:35,933 PHONE BANK, TEXT BANK AND LET’S MAKE SURE WE ARE 1447 00:48:35,933 --> 00:48:37,233 LET’S MAKE SURE WE ARE VICTORIOUS AND WE GET OUR 1448 00:48:37,233 --> 00:48:37,766 VICTORIOUS AND WE GET OUR COUNTRY BACK ON THE RIGHT 1449 00:48:37,766 --> 00:48:39,166 COUNTRY BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK . 1450 00:48:39,166 --> 00:48:41,167 TRACK . THANK YOU SO MUCH . 1451 00:48:41,167 --> 00:48:41,500 THANK YOU SO MUCH . >> ALL RIGHT. 1452 00:48:41,500 --> 00:48:42,132 >> ALL RIGHT. YOU’VE ALL GOT ME FIRED UP . 1453 00:48:42,132 --> 00:48:43,234 YOU’VE ALL GOT ME FIRED UP . I AM READY TO GO . 1454 00:48:43,234 --> 00:48:49,466 I AM READY TO GO . AND WE SPENT ABOUT 15 MINUTES 1455 00:48:49,466 --> 00:48:51,166 AND WE SPENT ABOUT 15 MINUTES HERE HEARING FROM THESE FIVE 1456 00:48:51,166 --> 00:48:53,300 HERE HEARING FROM THESE FIVE INSPIRING LEADERS. 1457 00:48:53,300 --> 00:48:59,366 INSPIRING LEADERS. THREE OF WHOM ARE PUTTING 1458 00:48:59,366 --> 00:49:00,033 THREE OF WHOM ARE PUTTING EVERYTHING THEY CAN AND I KNOW 1459 00:49:00,033 --> 00:49:05,166 EVERYTHING THEY CAN AND I KNOW , I’VE WORKED FOR GABBY FOR A 1460 00:49:05,166 --> 00:49:05,432 , I’VE WORKED FOR GABBY FOR A LONG TIME. 1461 00:49:05,432 --> 00:49:06,067 LONG TIME. I’VE WORKED FOR MANY ELECTED 1462 00:49:06,067 --> 00:49:06,366 I’VE WORKED FOR MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS . 1463 00:49:06,366 --> 00:49:07,500 OFFICIALS . I’M MARRIED TO ONE . 1464 00:49:07,500 --> 00:49:09,166 I’M MARRIED TO ONE . I KNOW HOW HARD THIS IS 1465 00:49:09,166 --> 00:49:11,166 I KNOW HOW HARD THIS IS REALLY WE ARE TWO MONTHS 1466 00:49:11,166 --> 00:49:15,166 REALLY WE ARE TWO MONTHS UNTIL ELECTION DAY . 1467 00:49:15,166 --> 00:49:17,400 UNTIL ELECTION DAY . GINA, JACKIE, SRI , THEY PUT 1468 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:19,366 GINA, JACKIE, SRI , THEY PUT NOT JUST A LIFETIME OF 1469 00:49:19,366 --> 00:49:25,532 NOT JUST A LIFETIME OF SERVICE THAT’S SORT OF ON THE 1470 00:49:25,532 --> 00:49:26,167 SERVICE THAT’S SORT OF ON THE BALLOT. UT A LIFETIME INTO 1471 00:49:26,167 --> 00:49:27,466 BALLOT. UT A LIFETIME INTO THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF . 1472 00:49:27,466 --> 00:49:29,166 THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF . OUR CAMPAIGNS HAVE REQUIRED 1473 00:49:29,166 --> 00:49:35,200 OUR CAMPAIGNS HAVE REQUIRED EVERY OUNCE OF THEIR COURAGE , 1474 00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:35,733 EVERY OUNCE OF THEIR COURAGE , OF THEIR COMMITMENTS, OF 1475 00:49:35,733 --> 00:49:36,333 OF THEIR COMMITMENTS, OF THEIR HARD WORK AND GRIT AND 1476 00:49:36,333 --> 00:49:39,300 THEIR HARD WORK AND GRIT AND DETERMINATION AND FRANKLY 1477 00:49:39,300 --> 00:49:41,233 DETERMINATION AND FRANKLY WE’RE IN THE RED ZONE AND 1478 00:49:41,233 --> 00:49:43,167 WE’RE IN THE RED ZONE AND IT’S UP TO YOU . 1479 00:49:43,167 --> 00:49:45,633 IT’S UP TO YOU . THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS 1480 00:49:45,633 --> 00:49:46,166 THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE 1481 00:49:46,166 --> 00:49:49,167 OF PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TUNED INTO THIS . 1482 00:49:49,167 --> 00:49:51,166 COUNTRY TUNED INTO THIS . AND WITH TWO MONTHS TO GO , 1483 00:49:51,166 --> 00:49:55,400 AND WITH TWO MONTHS TO GO , IT’S FRANKLY IN YOUR HANDS. 1484 00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,467 IT’S FRANKLY IN YOUR HANDS. THE BATON GETS PASSED FROM 1485 00:49:57,467 --> 00:49:59,399 THE BATON GETS PASSED FROM THE CANDIDATE TO THE VOTERS 1486 00:49:59,399 --> 00:50:01,500 THE CANDIDATE TO THE VOTERS TO THE VOLUNTEERS AT THIS 1487 00:50:01,500 --> 00:50:03,166 TO THE VOLUNTEERS AT THIS STAGE . 1488 00:50:03,166 --> 00:50:09,266 STAGE . AND CAMPAIGNS RUN ON 2 , THREE 1489 00:50:09,266 --> 00:50:11,166 AND CAMPAIGNS RUN ON 2 , THREE FOUNDATIONAL THINGS. 1490 00:50:11,166 --> 00:50:11,533 FOUNDATIONAL THINGS. ONE, IDEAS . 1491 00:50:11,533 --> 00:50:17,433 ONE, IDEAS . WE HEARD THE PLANS FROM THE 1492 00:50:17,433 --> 00:50:18,000 WE HEARD THE PLANS FROM THE CANDIDATES, FROM GINA JACK 1493 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:19,500 CANDIDATES, FROM GINA JACK AND SRI READ THEIR PUTTING 1494 00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:21,233 AND SRI READ THEIR PUTTING GUN SAFETY ON THE BALLOT AND 1495 00:50:21,233 --> 00:50:23,233 GUN SAFETY ON THE BALLOT AND NOW THEY’RE DEPENDING ON YOU 1496 00:50:23,233 --> 00:50:25,200 NOW THEY’RE DEPENDING ON YOU TO DO 2 THINGS . 1497 00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:25,766 TO DO 2 THINGS . ONE, YOU’VE GOT TO SIGN UP 1498 00:50:25,766 --> 00:50:29,600 ONE, YOU’VE GOT TO SIGN UP FOR CALL SHIFTS, TAX SHIFTS, 1499 00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:31,199 FOR CALL SHIFTS, TAX SHIFTS, YOU’VE GOT TO GO TO THEIR 1500 00:50:31,199 --> 00:50:31,633 YOU’VE GOT TO GO TO THEIR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW . 1501 00:50:31,633 --> 00:50:35,166 WEBSITE RIGHT NOW . GINA, WHAT’S YOUR WEBSITE ? 1502 00:50:35,166 --> 00:50:37,166 GINA, WHAT’S YOUR WEBSITE ? LET’S GET THEIR VOLUME ON. 1503 00:50:37,166 --> 00:50:41,233 LET’S GET THEIR VOLUME ON. >> GINA ORTIZ CHALLENGE.COM . 1504 00:50:41,233 --> 00:50:45,233 >> GINA ORTIZ CHALLENGE.COM . >> JACKIE . 1505 00:50:45,233 --> 00:50:47,166 >> JACKIE . >> JACKIE GORDON FOR 1506 00:50:47,166 --> 00:50:49,233 >> JACKIE GORDON FOR CONGRESS.COM . 1507 00:50:49,233 --> 00:50:55,233 CONGRESS.COM . >> SRI . 1508 00:50:55,233 --> 00:50:57,166 >> SRI . >> SRI2020.COM. 1509 00:50:57,166 --> 00:50:57,667 >> SRI2020.COM. >> I’M HEADING TO THOSE 1510 00:50:57,667 --> 00:50:59,200 >> I’M HEADING TO THOSE WEBSITES AFTER THIS WRAPS UP . 1511 00:50:59,200 --> 00:50:59,800 WEBSITES AFTER THIS WRAPS UP . I’M GOING TO MAKE A FINANCIAL 1512 00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:01,366 I’M GOING TO MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION AND LOOK AT 1513 00:51:01,366 --> 00:51:05,233 CONTRIBUTION AND LOOK AT SIGNING UP TO CALL AND TEXT . 1514 00:51:05,233 --> 00:51:05,766 SIGNING UP TO CALL AND TEXT . EVERYBODY CAN DO THAT NO 1515 00:51:05,766 --> 00:51:06,233 EVERYBODY CAN DO THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. 1516 00:51:06,233 --> 00:51:09,233 MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. THEY NEED YOU . 1517 00:51:09,233 --> 00:51:09,633 THEY NEED YOU . TWO MONTHS TO GO. 1518 00:51:09,633 --> 00:51:10,199 TWO MONTHS TO GO. WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO 1519 00:51:10,199 --> 00:51:13,200 WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY 1520 00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:15,433 BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY , I LOOK AT GABBY GIFFORDS 1521 00:51:15,433 --> 00:51:17,399 , I LOOK AT GABBY GIFFORDS RIGHT NOW ON THE COMPUTER 1522 00:51:17,399 --> 00:51:21,499 RIGHT NOW ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN AND IT’S A REALLY DARK 1523 00:51:21,499 --> 00:51:23,167 SCREEN AND IT’S A REALLY DARK AND TOMATOES TIMES FOR THIS 1524 00:51:23,167 --> 00:51:23,734 AND TOMATOES TIMES FOR THIS COUNTRY RIYADH EVERYBODY’S 1525 00:51:23,734 --> 00:51:25,499 COUNTRY RIYADH EVERYBODY’S SCARED, YOU’RE RIGHT TO BE 1526 00:51:25,499 --> 00:51:27,234 SCARED, YOU’RE RIGHT TO BE SCARED BUT WE CAN HAVE HOPE . 1527 00:51:27,234 --> 00:51:31,232 SCARED BUT WE CAN HAVE HOPE . WE CAN HAVE PART OF THIS . 1528 00:51:31,232 --> 00:51:33,333 WE CAN HAVE PART OF THIS . SERVE AMERICA, THE GIFFORDS 1529 00:51:33,333 --> 00:51:33,933 SERVE AMERICA, THE GIFFORDS PANEL AND COME AWAY FROM THIS 1530 00:51:33,933 --> 00:51:37,333 PANEL AND COME AWAY FROM THIS WITH A LOT OF HOPE AS IF WE 1531 00:51:37,333 --> 00:51:39,300 WITH A LOT OF HOPE AS IF WE ELECT GINA, JACKIE AND SRI 1532 00:51:39,300 --> 00:51:43,400 ELECT GINA, JACKIE AND SRI AND IF WE WIN 4 OTHER RACES 1533 00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:43,966 AND IF WE WIN 4 OTHER RACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO TAKE 1534 00:51:43,966 --> 00:51:45,534 ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO TAKE BACK THE WHITE HOUSE AND TAKE 1535 00:51:45,534 --> 00:51:46,100 BACK THE WHITE HOUSE AND TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THE SENATE 1536 00:51:46,100 --> 00:51:47,666 BACK CONTROL OF THE SENATE THAT DOESN’T JUST PUT AN END 1537 00:51:47,666 --> 00:51:49,467 THAT DOESN’T JUST PUT AN END TO A TRAGIC PAGE IN AMERICA’S 1538 00:51:49,467 --> 00:51:51,232 TO A TRAGIC PAGE IN AMERICA’S HISTORY . 1539 00:51:51,232 --> 00:51:53,200 HISTORY . IT DOES SOMETHING REAL FOR 1540 00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:53,432 IT DOES SOMETHING REAL FOR PEOPLE . 1541 00:51:53,432 --> 00:51:57,232 PEOPLE . IT PUTS GABBY AND SETH AND 1542 00:51:57,232 --> 00:51:59,166 IT PUTS GABBY AND SETH AND THE THREE OF YOU INTO THE 1543 00:51:59,166 --> 00:52:01,167 THE THREE OF YOU INTO THE ROSE GARDEN OF THE WHITE 1544 00:52:01,167 --> 00:52:03,166 ROSE GARDEN OF THE WHITE HOUSE SITTING NEXT TO 1545 00:52:03,166 --> 00:52:05,366 HOUSE SITTING NEXT TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN , SIGNING 1546 00:52:05,366 --> 00:52:07,633 PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN , SIGNING UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS 1547 00:52:07,633 --> 00:52:09,367 UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS INTO LAW ALONG OTHER 1548 00:52:09,367 --> 00:52:10,000 INTO LAW ALONG OTHER IMPORTANT GUN SAFETY MEASURES 1549 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:11,166 IMPORTANT GUN SAFETY MEASURES . 1550 00:52:11,166 --> 00:52:13,666 . WHICH WILL FEEL GREAT BECAUSE 1551 00:52:13,666 --> 00:52:15,166 WHICH WILL FEEL GREAT BECAUSE WE FOUGHT SO HARD FOR IT BUT 1552 00:52:15,166 --> 00:52:17,167 WE FOUGHT SO HARD FOR IT BUT IT WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT 1553 00:52:17,167 --> 00:52:21,166 IT WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WILL LITERALLY 1554 00:52:21,166 --> 00:52:21,700 BECAUSE IT WILL LITERALLY SAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 1555 00:52:21,700 --> 00:52:23,167 SAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIVES . 1556 00:52:23,167 --> 00:52:25,166 LIVES . SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO SIT 1557 00:52:25,166 --> 00:52:29,600 SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO SIT WITH GABBY FOR JUST A SECOND, 1558 00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:30,166 WITH GABBY FOR JUST A SECOND, THE STAKES ARE HIGH ON GUNS 1559 00:52:30,166 --> 00:52:31,600 THE STAKES ARE HIGH ON GUNS AND SO MANY ISSUES AREA I 1560 00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:33,366 AND SO MANY ISSUES AREA I WANT TO THANK CONGRESSMAN 1561 00:52:33,366 --> 00:52:35,433 WANT TO THANK CONGRESSMAN MOULTON FOR HIS LEADERSHIP , 1562 00:52:35,433 --> 00:52:37,166 MOULTON FOR HIS LEADERSHIP , SERVE AMERICA IS AN AMAZING 1563 00:52:37,166 --> 00:52:39,400 SERVE AMERICA IS AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION AND GIFFORDS, 1564 00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:39,933 ORGANIZATION AND GIFFORDS, WE’RE SO PROUD TO PARTNER 1565 00:52:39,933 --> 00:52:41,232 WE’RE SO PROUD TO PARTNER WITH YOU . 1566 00:52:41,232 --> 00:52:43,466 WITH YOU . GINA, JACKIE , SRI WE’RE SO 1567 00:52:43,466 --> 00:52:49,166 GINA, JACKIE , SRI WE’RE SO PROUD TO SUPPORT YOU . 1568 00:52:49,166 --> 00:52:49,732 PROUD TO SUPPORT YOU . WE’RE GOING TO HELP YOU GET 1569 00:52:49,732 --> 00:52:53,166 WE’RE GOING TO HELP YOU GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND 1570 00:52:53,166 --> 00:52:55,167 ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND GABBY, AS ALWAYS IT IS SUCH 1571 00:52:55,167 --> 00:52:55,767 GABBY, AS ALWAYS IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO JOIN YOU TO BRING 1572 00:52:55,767 --> 00:53:01,233 AN HONOR TO JOIN YOU TO BRING YOUR MESSAGE OF HOPE , 1573 00:53:01,233 --> 00:53:03,166 YOUR MESSAGE OF HOPE , BRAVERY, GRIT, RESILIENCE, 1574 00:53:03,166 --> 00:53:03,766 BRAVERY, GRIT, RESILIENCE, DETERMINATION AND EVERY OTHER 1575 00:53:03,766 --> 00:53:05,666 DETERMINATION AND EVERY OTHER ADJECTIVE IN THE BOOK TO THE 1576 00:53:05,666 --> 00:53:06,266 ADJECTIVE IN THE BOOK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE I SUPPORTING 1577 00:53:06,266 --> 00:53:09,233 AMERICAN PEOPLE I SUPPORTING THESE WONDERFUL CANDIDATES . 1578 00:53:09,233 --> 00:53:09,834 THESE WONDERFUL CANDIDATES . THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 2 MONTHS