WILL NOT ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR
HANDS.
REPORTER: EARLIER IN THE DAY
HIS MOTORCADE ACROSS THE CITY
AND PAST PROTESTERS ON THEIR
WAY TO A MARCH IN WASHINGTON.
ONE OF THE MAIN SPEAKERS AT THE
WOMEN'S MARCH IN ST. PAUL
YESTERDAY WAS CONGRESSWOMAN
BETTY McCULLOUGH.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE.
LET ME ASK, WHAT WAS YOUR
REACTION?
WHEN DID YOU FIRST REALIZE HOW
BIG THE THING WAS?
WHEN I WALKED OUT TO ST.
PAUL TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND
HEARD THE STORIES OF PEOPLE
HAVING TO GET ON THE BUS BLOCKS
AWAY, PEOPLE NOT FINDING PLACES
TO PARK.
WE COULD SEE PEOPLE WALKING
OVER FROM THE LIGHT RAIL AND
WATCHED THE CROWD GET LARGER
AND LARGER ALONG THE PARADE
ROUTE THAT WE WERE GOING TO
LOCK, IT WAS NO ROOM FOR THEM.
WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A
BIG EVENT.
IT WAS AN EVENT OF GREAT
OPTIMISM OF WOMEN AND MEN
COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE
THAT WOMEN'S RIGHTS WHERE HUMAN
RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED IN THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION.
I KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY HARD
ON HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN
AND WERE AT MANY EVENTS THAT I
COVERED HERE AT MINNESOTA.
DONALD TRUMP JR. THIS MORNING:
WATCH PROTEST YESTERDAY, WHY
DIDN'T THESE PEOPLE VOTE?
DOES HE HAVE A POINT?
HE NEEDS TO BE PRESIDENTIAL.
HE NEEDS TO BE BRINGING PEOPLE
TOGETHER AND THE PEOPLE I WAS
WITH HIM MINNESOTA DID GET OUT
TO VOTE.
IT WAS VERY INSULTING FOR MANY
OF THOSE VOTERS WHO WERE THERE.
PEOPLE WHO I RAN INTO WHO
WORKED ON THE ELECTION THAT WE
WERE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE
DEMOCRACY.
THE PROTEST AND THE
DEMONSTRATION WAS ANOTHER WAY
TO SHOW OUR SOLIDARITY TO SAY
THAT WE HAVE A CERTAIN
EXPECTATION AND THAT IS NOT TO
GO BACKWARDS IN WOMEN'S RIGHTS
TO HEALTHCARE, AT THE
WORKPLACE, AND WE ARE GOING TO
MAKE SURE VOICES ARE HEARD.
THE PASSION THAT WE SAW
YESTERDAY, THE TURNOUT IN
RAMSEY COUNTY WAS ACTUALLY DOWN
2% THIS PAST ELECTION COMPARED
TO FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND CONSERVATIVE AREAS OF THE
STATE IT WAS UP.
WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?
I WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY I
THINK THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN DID
NOT RUN A GOOD CAMPAIGN IN
MINNESOTA.
THEY TOOK MINNESOTA FOR
GRANTED.
WE ALSO DID NOT HAVE A
STATEWIDE RACE TO UNIFY AROUND
A SENATOR OR A GOVERNOR'S RACE.
THAT CHANGES IN 2018.
IN 2018 HANG ONTO YOUR HAVE,
THE DEMOCRATS WILL BE OUT IN
FULL FORCE.
FOR THOSE WHO COULD HEAR YOU
IN THE CROWD, YOU SAID WE ARE
NOT GOING TO ROLL OVER AND
ALLOW DONALD TRUMP TO TAKE AWAY
OUR RIGHTS.
WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT TO DEFEND
OUR RIGHTS.
WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT WITH A
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AND YOU
ARE IN THE MINORITY IN THE
HOUSE AND SENATE?
WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN'S
RIGHTS, WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN
NOT PAYING MORE FOR HEALTHCARE,
WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN BEING
ABLE TO ACCESS CONTRACEPTION,
WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR PAYCHECKS,
IT IS NOT ABOUT BEING A DEMOCRAT
OR A REPUBLICAN OR INDEPENDENT.
IT IS ABOUT BEING A WOMAN AND
BEING TREATED WITH RESPECT.
WOMEN'S VOICES ARE GOING TO BE
HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR AT THE
WHITE HOUSE. I WAS AT THE
RALLIES AT THE TWIN CITIES
AIRPORT TWO DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS
THERE, HALF OF THE PEOPLE IN
THE CROWD WERE WOMEN MAC IT WAS
NOT DOMINATED BY MEN.
OBVIOUSLY WOMEN HELP WITH HIM
IN THE WHITE HOUSE AS WELL.
I AM SURE THERE WERE WOMEN
WHO VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP WHO
DO NOT THINK THEY REALLY WERE
VOTING FOR PRESIDENT WHO WAS
GOING TO SAY THAT IT WAS OKAY
TO PAY WOMEN LESS. I AM SURE
THOSE WOMEN IN THE CROWD WANT
THEMSELVES AND THEIR DAUGHTERS
TO HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE
CONTRACEPTION.
THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN MANY REASONS
WHY THEY MIGHT'VE BEEN
SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT
I AM SURE WHEN IT COMES TO
THEIR PERSONAL HEALTHCARE, WHEN
IT COMES TO THEIR PAYCHECK,
THEY WILL BE ONE VOICE WITH
WOMEN ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY
AND THAT IS WOMEN'S RIGHTS OR
HUMAN RIGHTS.
ARE YOU SAYING THERE MIGHT
BE BUYERS REMORSE?
I HAVE RAN INTO MANY
REPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICAN
WOMEN AT THE MARCHERS
IDENTIFYING THEM AS REPUBLICANS
WERE THING THEY NEED TO MAKE
SURE THEIR RIGHTS DO NOT GO
BACKWARDS.
MANY OF THE MILLENNIAL'S THAT
WERE THERE ARE JUST -- THEY
THOUGHT ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION,
EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, THEY
THOUGHT THAT WAS THE LAW AND
THEY ARE WAKING UP AND REALIZING
THAT THOSE ARE PRIVILEGES THAT
HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO THEM AND
NOT RIGHTS THAT ARE SOLIDLY
ENSHRINED IN OUR CONSTITUTION
OR IN OUR LAWS.
THIS IS A CALL OUT TO THE
YOUNGER GENERATION OF WOMEN THAT
WHAT THEY WERE TAKING FOR
GRANTED CAN BE TAKEN AWAY.
