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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Reporter: YOU HAVE THOUSANDS
>> Reporter: YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE.
OF PEOPLE HERE. YOU’RE HOLDING UP SOME BIG
YOU’RE HOLDING UP SOME BIG ENDORSEMENTS.
ENDORSEMENTS. >> YEP.
>> YEP. >> Reporter: WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
>> Reporter: WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PROVE TODAY?
TO PROVE TODAY? >> I’M TRYING TO PROVE THAT THE
>> I’M TRYING TO PROVE THAT THE IDEA THAT ALEXANDRIA AND I
IDEA THAT ALEXANDRIA AND I BELIEVE IN ARE THE IDEAS THAT
BELIEVE IN ARE THE IDEAS THAT THE WORKING CLASS OF THIS
THE WORKING CLASS OF THIS COUNTRY BELIEVE IN.
COUNTRY BELIEVE IN. GOING TO RESONATE IN NEW YORK
GOING TO RESONATE IN NEW YORK CITY AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY --
CITY AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY -- SO MUCH POLITICAL POWER RESTS
SO MUCH POLITICAL POWER RESTS WITH THE 1% WHILE SO MANY OF OUR
WITH THE 1% WHILE SO MANY OF OUR PEOPLE ARE IGNORED AND ARE
PEOPLE ARE IGNORED AND ARE HURTING AND THEY WANT CHANGE.
HURTING AND THEY WANT CHANGE. >> Reporter: YOU’RE, OF COURSE,
>> Reporter: YOU’RE, OF COURSE, BACK IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE YOU
BACK IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE YOU INITIALLY LAUNCHED YOUR
INITIALLY LAUNCHED YOUR CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. IS THIS A CAMPAIGN RELAUNCH?
IS THIS A CAMPAIGN RELAUNCH? >> NO, IT’S NOT A RELAUNCH AT
>> NO, IT’S NOT A RELAUNCH AT ALL.
ALL. IT’S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE
IT’S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE UP THERE ON THE PLATFORM WITH
UP THERE ON THE PLATFORM WITH ALEXANDRIA
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA.
ALEXANDRIA. THIS IS LIKE IN YOUR DISTRICT,
THIS IS LIKE IN YOUR DISTRICT, BORDERING YOUR DISTRICT.
BORDERING YOUR DISTRICT. >> YEP.
>> YEP. >> ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME
>> ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO A COMMUNITY LIKE MANY OTHER
TO A COMMUNITY LIKE MANY OTHER WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES AROUND
WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES AROUND THIS COUNTRY THAT HAVE BEEN
THIS COUNTRY THAT HAVE BEEN IGNORED FOR TOO LONG.
IGNORED FOR TOO LONG. AND WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IN THIS
AND WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IN THIS CAMPAIGN IS GO ALL OVER THE
CAMPAIGN IS GO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND MEET WITH PEOPLE WHO
COUNTRY AND MEET WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING ECONOMICALLY, WHO
ARE STRUGGLING ECONOMICALLY, WHO ARE WORKING TWO OR THREE JOBS,
ARE WORKING TWO OR THREE JOBS, WHO ARE PAYING 50% OF THEIR
WHO ARE PAYING 50% OF THEIR LIMITED INCOME FOR HOUSING.
LIMITED INCOME FOR HOUSING. WE’RE GOING TO GO TO THOSE
WE’RE GOING TO GO TO THOSE COMMUNITIES AND TALK TO THEM AND
COMMUNITIES AND TALK TO THEM AND DO OUR BEST TO BRING THEM INTO
DO OUR BEST TO BRING THEM INTO THE POLITICAL PROCESS.
THE POLITICAL PROCESS. >> Reporter: CONGRESSWOMAN, YOU
>> Reporter: CONGRESSWOMAN, YOU WERE ASKED ABOUT POSSIBLE
WERE ASKED ABOUT POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
ENDORSEMENT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. YOU MENTIONED SENATOR WARREN AND
YOU MENTIONED SENATOR WARREN AND SENATOR SANDERS.
SENATOR SANDERS. WHY SENATOR SANDERS AND WHY NOW?
WHY SENATOR SANDERS AND WHY NOW? >> WELL, I THINK WHAT SENATOR
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT SENATOR SANDERS REPRESENTS AND WHAT HIS
SANDERS REPRESENTS AND WHAT HIS ASPIRATION AND WHAT THIS
ASPIRATION AND WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN IS ALL ABOUT IS SO MUCH
CAMPAIGN IS ALL ABOUT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST RUNNING FOR
MORE THAN JUST RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THIS IS TRULY ABOUT MAKING AN
THIS IS TRULY ABOUT MAKING AN INVESTMENT OF OUR TIME AND OUR
INVESTMENT OF OUR TIME AND OUR ENERGY, INCLUDING A MASS
ENERGY, INCLUDING A MASS MOVEMENT OF WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE
MOVEMENT OF WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN THE UNITED STATES. A REVOLUTION AT THE BALLOT BOX.
A REVOLUTION AT THE BALLOT BOX. AND THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE
AND THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ARE REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO
ARE REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND SUPPORT SYSTEMIC
SUSTAIN AND SUPPORT SYSTEMIC CHANGE.
CHANGE. THINGS LIKE MEDICARE FOR ALL.
THINGS LIKE MEDICARE FOR ALL. TUITION-FREE PUBLIC COLLEGES AND
TUITION-FREE PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
UNIVERSITIES. EXPANSION IN OUR ACCESS TO
EXPANSION IN OUR ACCESS TO HOUSING AND PUBLIC HOUSING IN
HOUSING AND PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE UNITED STATES. AND SO FOR ME, YOU KNOW, THAT
AND SO FOR ME, YOU KNOW, THAT ALONGSIDE WITH THE FACT THAT
ALONGSIDE WITH THE FACT THAT SENATOR SANDERS HAS BEEN
SENATOR SANDERS HAS BEEN FIGHTING ON THESE ISSUES FOR
FIGHTING ON THESE ISSUES FOR DECADES, UNDERSTANDS THAT THE
DECADES, UNDERSTANDS THAT THE INNER WORKINGS OF CONGRESS,
INNER WORKINGS OF CONGRESS, UNDERSTANDS WHAT DEFENDING THESE
UNDERSTANDS WHAT DEFENDING THESE POLICIES TAKE, I THINK IS A
POLICIES TAKE, I THINK IS A MAJOR PART OF MY SUPPORT.
MAJOR PART OF MY SUPPORT. >> YOU REDOUBLED YOUR EFFORTS
>> YOU REDOUBLED YOUR EFFORTS AND COMMITTED TO THE CAMPAIGN AS
AND COMMITTED TO THE CAMPAIGN AS SENATOR SANDERS WAS IN THE
SENATOR SANDERS WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. HELPING THE SENATOR OUT --
HELPING THE SENATOR OUT -- >> FOR ME, IT WASN’T EVEN ABOUT
>> FOR ME, IT WASN’T EVEN ABOUT HELPING THE SENATOR.
HELPING THE SENATOR. IT WAS A MOMENT OF CLARITY, I
IT WAS A MOMENT OF CLARITY, I THINK, FOR ME, PERSONALLY, IN
THINK, FOR ME, PERSONALLY, IN SAYING WHAT ROLE DO I WANT TO
SAYING WHAT ROLE DO I WANT TO PLAY, AND I WANT TO BE A PART OF
PLAY, AND I WANT TO BE A PART OF A MASS MOVEMENT, AND I WANT TO
A MASS MOVEMENT, AND I WANT TO BE A PART OF A REVOLUTION OF
BE A PART OF A REVOLUTION OF WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS, AND SO
WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS, AND SO FOR ME, IT WAS LESS ABOUT BEING
FOR ME, IT WAS LESS ABOUT BEING OVERLY POLITICALLY CALCULATING
OVERLY POLITICALLY CALCULATING AND IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE
AND IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE AUTHENTICITY AND CLARITY OF THAT
AUTHENTICITY AND CLARITY OF THAT MOMENT.
MOMENT. >> Reporter: IN THAT INTERVIEW A
>> Reporter: IN THAT INTERVIEW A FEW PONTMONTHS AGO, SAID OF
FEW PONTMONTHS AGO, SAID OF ELIZABETH WARREN, IDEAS SHE’S
ELIZABETH WARREN, IDEAS SHE’S BRINGING TO THE TABLE ARE
BRINGING TO THE TABLE ARE REMARKABLE AND TRANSFORMATIONAL.
REMARKABLE AND TRANSFORMATIONAL. THOSE ARE NICE WORDS FOR SENATOR
THOSE ARE NICE WORDS FOR SENATOR WARREN.
WARREN. WHY NOT SENATOR WARREN?
WHY NOT SENATOR WARREN? >> THIS ISN’T ABOUT WHY NOT HER?
>> THIS ISN’T ABOUT WHY NOT HER? BECAUSE WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME
BECAUSE WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.
PAGE. SENATOR WARREN, SENATOR SANDERS,
SENATOR WARREN, SENATOR SANDERS, MYSELF, WE REPRESENT -- I THINK
MYSELF, WE REPRESENT -- I THINK WE HOPE TO UPLIFT THE
WE HOPE TO UPLIFT THE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE
PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I VOLUNTEERED -- I WORKED ON
I VOLUNTEERED -- I WORKED ON SENATOR SANDERS’ CAMPAIGN IN
SENATOR SANDERS’ CAMPAIGN IN 2016 AND I GOT TO SEE HOW HIS
2016 AND I GOT TO SEE HOW HIS CAMPAIGN IS ACTUALLY ORGANIZED
CAMPAIGN IS ACTUALLY ORGANIZED AND THE HOW OF SENATOR SANDERS
AND THE HOW OF SENATOR SANDERS CAMPAIGN IS AROUND MASS MOVEMENT
CAMPAIGN IS AROUND MASS MOVEMENT POLITICS AND I THINK THAT IS
POLITICS AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS JUST THRILLING
SOMETHING THAT IS JUST THRILLING AND EXCITING.
AND EXCITING. IT’S EMPOWERING FOR EVERYDAY
IT’S EMPOWERING FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> Reporter: INTERESTING YOU
>> Reporter: INTERESTING YOU BRING UP THAT DISTINCTION OF
BRING UP THAT DISTINCTION OF MASS MOVEMENT.
MASS MOVEMENT. HELP ME UNDERSTAND, WHAT IS THE
HELP ME UNDERSTAND, WHAT IS THE KEY DISTINCTION BETWEEN BERNIE
KEY DISTINCTION BETWEEN BERNIE SANDERS-STYLE DEMOCRATIC
SANDERS-STYLE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST, AS BOTH OF YOU -- YOU
SOCIALIST, AS BOTH OF YOU -- YOU GOT THAT IDENTITY.
GOT THAT IDENTITY. AND ELIZABETH WARREN’S STYLE,
AND ELIZABETH WARREN’S STYLE, REGULATED CAPITALISM.
REGULATED CAPITALISM. >> WELL, I’LL LET SENATOR WARREN
>> WELL, I’LL LET SENATOR WARREN SPEAK FOR HERSELF, BUT WHAT I
SPEAK FOR HERSELF, BUT WHAT I BELIEVE IS THAT THE SITUATION IN
BELIEVE IS THAT THE SITUATION IN AMERICA TODAY IS SO SERIOUS, THE
AMERICA TODAY IS SO SERIOUS, THE PROBLEMS ARE SO DEEP, THAT WE
PROBLEMS ARE SO DEEP, THAT WE NEED A POLITICAL REVOLUTION TO
NEED A POLITICAL REVOLUTION TO SOLVE THEM.
SOLVE THEM. BEYOND REGULATION.
BEYOND REGULATION. WE NEED A MASS MOVEMENT OF
WE NEED A MASS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE TO SAY, HEALTH CARE IS A
PEOPLE TO SAY, HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
HUMAN RIGHT. EDUCATION FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH
EDUCATION FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOL IS A HUMAN
GRADUATE SCHOOL IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
RIGHT. THAT THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE AND
THAT THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE AND LARGEST CORPORATIONS MUST START
LARGEST CORPORATIONS MUST START PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES
PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES SO THAT WE CAN END THE
SO THAT WE CAN END THE DISGUSTING LEVEL OF INCOME AND
DISGUSTING LEVEL OF INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY.
WEALTH INEQUALITY. NOW, I CAN’T SIT DOWN IN THE
NOW, I CAN’T SIT DOWN IN THE OVAL OFFICE WITH SOME FOLKS AND
OVAL OFFICE WITH SOME FOLKS AND SAY, I WANT YOU TO DO THAT.
SAY, I WANT YOU TO DO THAT. I WILL TRY, BUT AT THE END OF
I WILL TRY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE
THE DAY, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STAND UP AND
GOING TO HAVE TO STAND UP AND SAY, I’M SORRY, MY CHILDREN AND
SAY, I’M SORRY, MY CHILDREN AND I ARE IN ENTITLED TO HEALTH CARE
I ARE IN ENTITLED TO HEALTH CARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT.
AS A HUMAN RIGHT. MY KIDS ARE ENTITLED BECAUSE OF
MY KIDS ARE ENTITLED BECAUSE OF THE INCOME OF MY FAMILY TO GET A
THE INCOME OF MY FAMILY TO GET A HIGHER EDUCATION.
HIGHER EDUCATION. AND, BY THE WAY, I WANT TO SAVE
AND, BY THE WAY, I WANT TO SAVE THIS PLANET FOR FUTURE
THIS PLANET FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND ALEXANDRIA’S
GENERATIONS, AND ALEXANDRIA’S GREEN NEW DEAL HAS DENONE AN
GREEN NEW DEAL HAS DENONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB.
EXTRAORDINARY JOB. WE HAVE TO STAND UP, TAKE THEM
WE HAVE TO STAND UP, TAKE THEM ON.
ON. THAT’S WHAT OUR CAMPAIGN IS
THAT’S WHAT OUR CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT.
ABOUT. >> IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT TO
>> IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT MOVEMENT
UNDERSTAND THAT MOVEMENT POLITICS NECESSITATES AN
POLITICS NECESSITATES AN EXPANSION OF THE ELECTORATE.
EXPANSION OF THE ELECTORATE. I KNOW THAT TWO WEEKS BEFORE MY
I KNOW THAT TWO WEEKS BEFORE MY PRIMARY ELECTION, I WAS POLLING
PRIMARY ELECTION, I WAS POLLING ABOUT 35 POINTS BEHIND MY
ABOUT 35 POINTS BEHIND MY OPPONENT.
OPPONENT. AND THAT’S BECAUSE OUR STRATEGY
AND THAT’S BECAUSE OUR STRATEGY WAS NOT A POLLING STRATEGY.
WAS NOT A POLLING STRATEGY. OUR STRATEGY WAS BASED IN A
OUR STRATEGY WAS BASED IN A ELECTORATE -- WHAT WE’RE DOING,
ELECTORATE -- WHAT WE’RE DOING, I THINK WHAT MASS MOVEMENT
I THINK WHAT MASS MOVEMENT POLITICS IS, IT’S VERY AUDACIOUS
POLITICS IS, IT’S VERY AUDACIOUS IN THAT WE TALK TO PEOPLE WHO
IN THAT WE TALK TO PEOPLE WHO DON’T VOTE.
DON’T VOTE. AND WE TALK TO UNLIKELY VOTERS.
AND WE TALK TO UNLIKELY VOTERS. AND WE WORK ON -- WORK ON
AND WE WORK ON -- WORK ON TRANSFORMING OUR DEMOCRACY IN
TRANSFORMING OUR DEMOCRACY IN ADDITION TO THE ACTUAL INS AND
ADDITION TO THE ACTUAL INS AND OUTS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
