0:00 Vice President Harris, welcome back to the battleground state.
0:04 Take care.
0:05 >> I'm 62 that to many friends.
0:09 >> You've been to Nevada many times over the years though.
0:12 You're no stranger to Nevada.
0:15 >> No, Nevada is my first cousin.
0:18 >> >> But let's catch up.
0:20 Fill us in.
0:20 How have you been and what have you been up to?
0:22 >> Oh, thank you.
0:23 I am well.
0:24 I all things considered, I am well.
0:27 Um Doug is well and sends his best to everybody.
0:31 >> >> Our kids are well.
0:33 Um I've been traveling a lot.
0:36 And um you know, I've I've had this real need to just listen.
0:42 And so I've been traveling our country
0:44 and listening to a lot of folks
0:46 and um and that's been good.
0:49 It's been good to do.
0:50 It's um you know, there's a lot of there's a lot of suffering,
0:56 we know.
0:57 And fear and all of the emotions
1:01 that one rightly feels
1:03 when they see the brutality
1:05 and the injustice of what we have witnessed.
1:08 But I will tell you my travels um there's a lot
1:11 that should give us hope also.
1:13 And um and renew our faith in what is possible, especially when we,
1:20 like we are doing this afternoon,
1:22 um sit together as a community of people who care
1:27 and who love and who fight for what's right
1:31 and um who maintain an understanding
1:36 that um anything that we stand for is worth fighting for
1:40 and we stand for a lot
1:41 and we're up for a good fight.
1:45 >> I love it.
1:46 Let's go do that.
1:52 >> >> So >> Thank you.
1:53 We've, you know, a few of us have been traveling the state
1:55 and doing just that.
1:57 Yeah.
1:57 I think that's really important.
1:59 >> Yeah.
1:59 Oh, well, you recently gave a speech where you said we need a post-Trump
2:04 vision specifically calls for a revival of the American dream
2:08 and you are speaking to my heart here.
2:11 I am a die-hard believer in restoring the American dream
2:15 because my family lived it.
2:17 Yeah.
2:17 So, can you talk to us about what that looks like?
2:21 Well, let's start with this.
2:22 Um look for far too many people in our country um the American dream
2:32 um is not real.
2:34 And in fact um for many people in their lived experience,
2:38 it's what they would consider an American myth.
2:42 And we have to be honest about that.
2:44 You know, so in my travels,
2:45 I've been spending a lot of time for example in the South.
2:49 Um I was in Jackson, Mississippi.
2:52 And what I've been doing is meeting with in particular nonprofits
2:57 and and then and meeting with the folks
2:59 that they serve.
3:00 And so, I met this woman,
3:02 got to know her
3:02 and I I went grocery shopping Um she is a mother of three children.
3:14 She receives SNAP benefits.
3:14 She likes to do hair,
3:15 but she needs a license so she's putting herself through cosmetology school.
3:20 Sh- her weekly budget for food for the four of them is $150.
3:26 I know.
3:28 We went grocery shopping.
3:30 I went grocery shopping with her.
3:33 Um in the disc- at the discount grocery store, you know,
3:36 the cart barely can move.
3:41 Um she's picking out things, putting them in the in the cart.
3:44 I then asked her
3:45 then this is a woman with grace
3:46 and with dignity and poise.
3:50 And I asked her, well, what are what's in the cart for you?"
3:53 And that was the only time she broke down to share
3:56 that she will eat whatever the kids don't eat.
4:01 She was explaining to me, you know,
4:03 when we were kids like the Chef Boyardee came in a can
4:05 and it's now in like a red plastic cup.
4:08 And she was explaining how it was it's more expensive now than it was
4:12 a couple months ago.
4:14 Cuz all tariffs and all right, all this ridiculousness.
4:18 Um we then go
4:20 and and there we go into the beverage aisle
4:23 and she's buying bottled water.
4:26 Now, on that tight budget,
4:28 she explained to me she's buying bottled water
4:30 because you see the water
4:31 that comes out of her tap is brown.
4:34 And sometimes it's so bad she can't bathe her children in that water.
4:40 And she looks at me and she says, "You know,
4:44 there are a lot of people like me."
4:46 And this was the thing that was most poignant.
4:49 And she said, "Don't they see me?
4:53 When they're talking about the economy is this and that, don't they see me?"
5:01 And she's working hard.
5:04 She's taking care of her children.
5:06 She loves her children.
5:08 She's putting herself through school.
5:10 She wants a better life for herself and her family.
5:14 So, when I talk about the American dream for
5:17 so many people has become an American myth,
5:20 I'm talking about that.
5:21 I'm talking about the woman I met who shared with me she's documented.
5:26 >> And then >> her husband is not.
5:29 Her children are born here.
5:31 They are obviously.
5:33 Um and she's a housekeeper
5:35 and she was explaining to me how um it the the building in
5:40 which most of the folks
5:42 that she knows,
5:43 immigrants, lives, an apartment building, it's like 30% occupancy right now.
5:47 It never has been that way.
5:49 Why?
5:50 Because they know that these buildings are where the raids are happening.
5:54 So, families have moved out of those buildings
5:58 and are now renting basically unfinished basements in people's house scattered out around the
6:05 community so that they won't be a target.
6:09 So, paying more money than they should ever be paying for an unfinished basement.
6:14 And women that live in her community um are are not going to the
6:20 hospital to give birth for fear
6:24 that their baby will be taken from them.
6:28 These things are happening in America.
6:32 So, when I think about all of this
6:35 and I think about the fact
6:36 that right here in Nevada,
6:38 because of what's going on, you know,
6:39 we can talk about the trip you know.
6:43 Um we can talk we we're going to get to that.
6:47 >> >> We're going to get to that.
6:49 But here in Nevada cost 20 more dollars at least to fill your tank
6:54 than it did months ago.
6:57 Here in Nevada it cost $1,500 more a year
7:01 because of all the tariffs.
7:04 Right, which we predicted.
7:05 Yeah.
7:08 Um when you look at how many people are struggling I just say
7:13 that we it is time for us I think to agree
7:18 as part of our vision
7:20 that not only are we going to deal with the crises of this moment
7:23 and fight and and march
7:26 and organize and vote.
7:29 But we also have to have a vision
7:32 and part of that vision in my mind has to be about let's let's
7:39 a revival of the American dream.
7:42 An American revival.
7:43 And you know, I'm talking about good old home like revival.
7:46 You know, like if any of you've been like at a church revival,
7:49 you know, there's some shouting
7:50 and some saying and some dancing
7:52 and some like it can be good.
7:57 Right?
7:57 But a revival.
7:59 And what does that look like?
8:01 Well, where if you work a 40-hour week,
8:07 you can afford your rent
8:10 and food on the table
8:11 and maybe a vacation from time to time.
8:14 Not scraping to get by,
8:16 praying you can get through the end of the month.
8:19 What does that look like?
8:20 It means affordable housing, affordable child care, and not scraping to get by.
8:27 When right now in America,
8:30 child care is in some places more expensive than rent.
8:36 When we talk about caring about families,
8:39 revival of American dream where we have a tax code that's not just about
8:45 benefiting vast wealth,
8:46 but about benefiting hard work.
8:49 A a public education system.
8:56 Right?
8:56 >> >> Revival of an American dream where we have a public education system
9:00 that is about preparing our young bright minds for the workforce of the 21st
9:06 century and not for a lifetime of debt.
9:10 These are the A's.
9:15 Right?
9:15 >> >> And so that's what I'm talking about and thinking about and calling for.
9:21 Which is we know
9:24 that when we have been at
9:25 that state where we believe in
9:29 that that hard work pays off,
9:31 that being engaged in the community,
9:35 and being a a a a a responsible civic remember, right?
9:40 Engaged in our community that that pays off.
9:46 Because right now, there's
9:48 so many people who don't believe
9:51 that they can dream
9:54 and actually achieve something.
9:58 And I travel not only around our country, but around the world.
10:02 And when you look at what is happening in our country in terms of
10:06 our psyche right now,
10:10 we got some work to do
10:11 and it's going to be the work of all of us,
10:13 by the way.
10:14 I know it's the work of the people in this room,
10:16 that's why we're all here together this afternoon,
10:18 but it's it's got to be all of us, right?
10:23 I mean, I think part of it is about a civic renewal.
10:26 You know, I'm I'm traveling and and and people ask me all the time,
10:31 what can I do?
10:32 Well, you all know what to do.
10:34 That's why we're all here together.
10:35 That's why you're active in the party.
10:37 That's why you're knocking on doors
10:39 and organizing and and reminding people of the power of their vote.
10:43 You know, a civic renewal.
10:44 People say, well, what does that mean?
10:45 I said, well, you know,
10:46 like they've been cutting all the the the benefits to all of these nonprofits
10:50 who are taking care of the homeless,
10:52 who are taking care of families who are in need.
10:54 Volunteer.
10:56 Right?
10:57 It It You'd be shocked the number of nonprofits
10:59 that if you call them up
11:01 and say,
11:01 "Hey, I got 10 extra dollars, can I send it to you?"
11:04 Or I got one day a month
11:06 that I can come in for a few hours,
11:08 what that would mean.
11:09 I'm like, heck, you know what?
11:11 Go Do what the things
11:12 that are about neighb- the power of neighbor to neighbor,
11:15 right?
11:15 The power of the individual in a community.
11:18 It It could mean, you know,
11:19 you're going to go on a Costco run
11:22 and then you tell
11:23 that single father or single mother
11:26 that,
11:26 you know, "Hey, I'm about to run to Costco.
11:28 Can I pick up anything for you?"
11:32 Because in this environment right now,
11:36 people are feeling so unseen and hurt and they're feeling so alone.
11:42 And when we try to think about how we're going to get through this,
11:47 we cannot let these forces that are about brutality,
11:51 we cannot let this administration that is the most corrupt, callous,
11:56 and incompetent presidential administration do the same.
12:06 We cannot let them distinguish our spirit.
12:09 They can't extinguish our spirit.
12:13 We have each of us a light inside of us.
12:16 We've known those moments where we enjoyed this so much.
12:21 That was in each of us.
12:23 Nobody gave it to any of us.
12:25 It was in us and we saw it in each other, that light.
12:30 And in particular in moments of darkness, that light is most important.
12:38 And so that's how I'm thinking about this moment and when I talk about,
12:43 you know, I'm calling for a revival of the American dream,
12:47 it's about all of that,
12:48 but it is about putting the power with the people.
12:53 Right.
12:53 >> Thank you for that.
12:59 >> >> I want I want to say thank you
13:00 because there are the things you said.
13:02 You know, you talked about Americans not believing and I I I agree.
13:05 I think they're facing a crisis of hope right now
13:07 and so thank you for fighting for restoring
13:09 that American dream to make it a dream
13:11 and no longer a myth.
13:12 And um you said you went grocery shopping with a woman.
13:17 And you met her where she was.
13:19 You went out, you met the voters where they were
13:22 and you probably made her feel seen for the first time in a very
13:27 long time.
13:28 So, thank you.
13:34 >> Yeah.
13:34 >> >> So, I have another question for you.
13:36 So, often here in America,
13:39 we can feel isolated from the impacts of global issues.
13:43 But, right now, we aren't.
13:45 We have gas prices soaring,
13:47 and a lot of us look at what's happening with US leadership around the
13:51 world,
13:52 and we are incredibly concerned and and scared sometimes, too.
13:56 You spent a lot of your time
13:58 as vice president working to rebuild America's relationships.
14:02 What do you think about what's happening right now,
14:05 and do you think America's reputation can recover?
14:13 >> So, you know, that's actually a great segue from where we were
14:16 because like a revival of the American dream includes
14:20 that we're we as a nation agree
14:23 that we it is it is consistent with
14:26 that dream,
14:27 and and creating opportunity in our nation
14:30 that we would have
14:31 and invest in affordable health care
14:33 and affordable housing,
14:35 and affordable child care, and not in a war that nobody wants.
14:41 Right?
14:41 Millions of dollars.
14:44 >> >> And so, you know, where we are I I'm I'm very concerned,
14:50 I must admit, but I I think we can get we can get on
14:54 the other side of this,
14:55 and I also believe it's going to take some time.
14:58 Um as vice president of the United States,
15:01 I met with over 150 world leaders.
15:05 Presidents, prime ministers, chancellors, and kings.
15:09 Many of them multiple times, and I developed relationships with them.
15:14 And I will tell you something.
15:17 Donald Trump is the first president of the United States of either party,
15:21 Republican or Democrat, since World War II,
15:26 who has thumbed his nose at the importance of America's relationships with our allies?
15:34 Thumbed his nose at it.
15:36 Walked away from them, points fingers at them, calls them names,
15:40 degrades them in the Oval Office.
15:43 He's the first president of the United States of either party who has not
15:50 assumed a responsibility,
15:52 imperfect though we may be,
15:55 to be a standard-bearer around international rules and norms,
15:59 such as sovereignty and territorial integrity.
16:02 See what's happening in Ukraine.
16:05 First one.
16:07 And you know, these relationships, foreign relations,
16:11 it's really like relationships in your personal life.
16:15 So, your friendships, the strength of the friendship will be based on Do we
16:21 have mutually recognize the history of the relationship,
16:24 where we've been, what we've been through?
16:27 Is there truth and honesty in the relationship?
16:31 Is there consistency in the relationship?
16:33 Can I count on you?
16:35 Are you present?
16:40 And he has abandoned so many of these relationships, NATO.
16:46 Understand.
16:47 Listen, I as vice president,
16:49 I would I went
16:50 and represented the United States of America at the Munich Security Conference every year.
16:55 And I would speak in front of our NATO allies in Munich.
16:59 And I'll tell you the first time I went,
17:02 I realized how much the 1930s are in their blood
17:10 and bones as a memory of how things can go
17:15 and how bad it can be.
17:19 And not as much, I think,
17:20 in our memory of what tyranny
17:24 and fascism and and
17:26 and and and brutality
17:28 and abuse of power can look like.
17:32 You know, when I look at what's happening,
17:36 in addition to all of that and because of it,
17:39 we are losing we are lose we have become America has become more unreliable.
17:46 We've become unreliable to our friends.
17:52 Unreliable as a friend.
17:52 To the young leaders here, you don't want to ever be an unreliable friend.
17:58 And we have also, therefore, lost our influence.
18:05 And again, I will say, imperfect though we certainly are,
18:09 whatever influence that we may have had to talk about issues like human rights,
18:20 democracy, we're losing our influence.
18:23 And what that will mean is extraordinary in terms of America's security and prosperity.
18:35 Because, you know, let's remember when America isolated ourselves,
18:39 we have a history of this.
18:42 And then Pearl Harbor happened.
18:46 And then we decided, oh,
18:48 we have to we can't we can't go it alone
18:51 and and and disregard what's happening in the world.
18:56 So, I'm I'm very concerned about it.
18:59 And, you know, the the when you look at this this war in Iran,
19:04 which the American people do not want, which was not authorized by Congress.
19:10 But even if it was, it should not have been initiated.
19:13 He talked about obliterating
19:15 and then he said all he did he it's all just See?
19:25 >> >> You made me do that.
19:28 I I'm a I'm not going to curse in this public anymore.
19:32 So my my my my my best friend, you made me do that.
19:37 She was up here just saying >> >>
19:41 Because but but what has what is happening
19:44 though is is is we are we are not only losing our authority,
19:50 we are we are literally engaged where we're talking about billions of dollars.
19:57 Where we're talking about gas prices going up.
20:01 Where we're talking about the American people's suffering.
20:05 And for what?
20:07 And and that's you know,
20:08 this is part of how we have to understand how
20:11 that that that the irresponsibility of of this administration is profound.
20:17 And by the way, back to the analogy about friendships, so as vice president,
20:21 I also spent a lot of time in with in in the context of
20:25 the Indo-Pacific and in the Indo-Pacific.
20:28 I I traveled and spent a lot of time with the leaders of Japan,
20:31 South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia.
20:36 Because you know, we here on this this coast of the country,
20:39 we know that our ship to the Indo-Pacific is a direct one.
20:44 And so I spent time with the leaders of those nations understanding
20:48 that where we can have
20:50 and find common ground,
20:51 we must.
20:54 So it they have pretty much completely abandoned that focus.
20:59 And as we all know, nature abhors a vacuum.
21:03 So guess who's moving on in?
21:04 Somebody asked me recently, where does China fit into all this?
21:07 And I kind of flippantly said, well, they just sit back eating the popcorn.
21:10 But but really what's happening is they're moving in to fill a void.
21:17 I spent time as vice president working on re- the changing the narrative between
21:24 the relationship of the United States of America with continent of Africa.
21:28 That it should not only be about aid, but it should be about partnership.
21:32 Understanding that by 2050 it is estimated
21:35 that one in four people on Earth will be on the continent of Africa.
21:40 You know how he talks about African nations?
21:44 Our adversary Russia, you want to know who's the big winner on on the
21:48 Iranian war?
21:49 Russia.
21:51 Because because of the oil issue, what has he done?
21:54 He's lifted sanctions on Russia.
21:56 You know what that means?
21:57 They're making money to sell oil that otherwise they were prevented from selling.
22:02 What else does it mean?
22:03 We're sending artillery, ammunition, air defense that otherwise would be going to Ukraine.
22:12 So the consequences are profound.
22:17 You're talking about going taking over Greenland which is a territory of Denmark,
22:22 which is a NATO ally.
22:25 So but anything but he's not I don't I don't I'm not going to
22:29 dismiss him as being an idiot.
22:32 He's dangerous.
22:34 He's dangerous.
22:38 And and America's security
22:41 and prosperity are on the in the hands
22:44 and on on the line in terms of what he does
22:49 and does not do.
22:51 Greenland, anything we want and would have wanted it we could get diplomatically.
22:58 And you're talking about you know,
23:00 Article 5 of the NATO
23:01 so I I know y'all didn't want to hear all this,
23:04 but I'm just going to share it with you.
23:05 Look, the NATO alliance, right?
23:09 It is is the strongest military alliance the world has ever known.
23:16 And there's a part of it, article five,
23:19 which basically is kind of like all for one and one for all.
23:24 If you are a NATO ally,
23:26 if we are in both NATO allies and you get attacked,
23:28 I'm stepping up to help you.
23:30 Article five.
23:32 Okay?
23:33 So, if we're talking about initiating a military action in Greenland,
23:37 that would ignite article five.
23:41 But the second point, probably more importantly to make,
23:44 do you know the only nation of all the NATO allies who has ever
23:48 benefited from article five?
23:51 >> America.
23:51 >> Us, when our allies stepped up to support us after 9/11.
23:57 Yeah, yeah.
24:00 So, it's going to take a while,
24:02 and I have traveled out of the country, you know,
24:04 a couple times since the election, and here's what I will say then,
24:10 and we can move on to another subject,
24:11 but um one of the things
24:13 that I I also know from my work internationally,
24:19 is the strength of the relationship between nations.
24:22 Yes, it is dependent on all of the things we've discussed.
24:25 Yes, it is also dependent on the relationship between leaders.
24:29 And I do believe what fortifies it most importantly is the sense of the
24:36 connection between the people of nations.
24:40 And that's where we all come into play.
24:43 That's where we all come into play.
24:46 So, we're talking about the midterms.
24:49 People around the world watch what happens in our elections, obviously,
24:53 and not only the election for president.
24:56 So, the work that we, the American people,
24:58 do around these midterms will be part of what we signal about what we
25:04 care about and who we are,
25:06 and that we have not, we in this room,
25:09 have not abandoned our connection to our ideals and principles and values.
25:23 Right?
25:23 >> >> And so, speaking of the midterms >> because you've referenced, you know,
25:26 our NATO allies having, you know, memories of uh the abuse of power.
25:30 And I'm hoping after these midterms,
25:32 abuse of power becomes a distant memory
25:35 when we win back the House
25:37 and the Senate.
25:38 Right?
25:38 >> But it's not going to be easy, guys.
25:41 It's not going to be easy.
25:43 They are throwing all kinds of obstacles in our way.
25:46 That that decision from the Supreme Court on the Voting Rights Act >> It's
25:50 my It's my next question for you.
25:52 You're great.
25:54 Uh yeah.
25:54 So, last week, the Supreme Court threw a devastating blow, uh right,
25:58 hammering the Voting Rights Act.
26:01 How do you think that's going to play into the midterm election?
26:03 >> I think it's going to have a profound effect.
26:05 You already have seen.
26:06 Look, first of all, so,
26:09 I was interviewed recently and and they said the first question was,
26:13 so um because it was the day of it happening.
26:17 And they said, well, when you first heard about it, what did you think?
26:22 And because I was in California, we're on Pacific Standard Time.
26:26 Um it was really early in the morning.
26:29 And again, pardon my language, but the So,
26:32 the first thing I heard about it was at the crack of dawn.
26:35 And I was like, I thought this was going to happen in June.
26:40 >> >> I didn't think it was going to
26:41 because normally the a lot of the big cases come down in June.
26:46 Okay, I'm not a conspiracy theorist.
26:48 I just pay attention.
26:59 Uh so, >> Yeah.
26:59 So, So, part of to answer the question, the midterms,
27:03 why did they come down with this decision so early?
27:06 To give all those states, you see what's happened, Mississippi, Tennessee most recently, Louisiana,
27:13 so they could pull together what they need to do around redrawing their lines.
27:17 You saw just what happened in Tennessee.
27:20 To redraw those lines, to get those ballots printed for the midterms.
27:24 Understand what's happening.
27:27 I was in North Carolina.
27:29 North Carolina And let me tell you I went to go visit a group
27:32 of students cuz I'd been reading about how they're organizing around voting.
27:36 These students attend North Carolina A&T.
27:39 It is the It is the largest HBCU in America.
27:44 These young leaders have been organizing
27:47 because the officials there took their polling place from the campus.
27:55 Took So, whereas we raise our children, especially when they hit that age,
28:00 college age, whether they're in college or not,
28:03 where we want them to to set up good habits,
28:07 we we know that that's the stage at
28:09 which you will develop your patterns for what you'll do in your life.
28:14 So, we want, don't we?
28:16 We want that our young people will have
28:18 as part of their pattern
28:19 that they vote every election.
28:21 Whoever they vote for.
28:22 They took their polling place.
28:27 And you This isn't And then Oh, and then when I met with them,
28:30 they shared with me So,
28:32 they organized and went up to the capital to go speak.
28:36 And do you know what they were told in the chamber?
28:40 You only have 5 minutes.
28:42 I'm not finished.
28:44 You only have 5 minutes to leave.
28:52 >> Wow!
28:52 The arrogance of the brutality of this attack on voting rights.
29:02 And so we should by all accounts based on merit win the midterms.
29:09 But it is not going to be easy.
29:11 People say to me, "Well,
29:12 you didn't think that you think they're going to cancel the elections?"
29:14 No, I don't.
29:16 Cuz if you thought no kings rallies were a big deal,
29:19 people will definitely take to the streets.
29:21 I don't think they're going to do that.
29:22 What they're doing systematically is making it more difficult for people to vote.
29:28 Look at the SAVE Act.
29:30 So the SAVE Act that they keep pushing.
29:32 So what that would do is for new registrants to vote to prove your
29:37 identity,
29:38 you'd have to have a birth certificate or passport.
29:41 Well, passports cost at least $100 to get.
29:45 So can you say poll tax?
29:48 Right?
29:49 But I if you are one of over 60 million women in America who
29:55 changed your name when you were married,
29:59 yeah, the name then on your birth certificate is going to be different than
30:01 the name on your your driver's license
30:04 or your ID.
30:06 Have fun going through that bureaucracy to try and reconcile that.
30:11 And it's already difficult enough to try and take time off,
30:13 especially if you work in two
30:14 or three jobs or you have two
30:16 or three children.
30:18 So this is what's at play.
30:21 They're making it intentionally more difficult for people to vote
30:26 because they know people are not stupid
30:30 and are paying attention to the cost of gas
30:33 and the cost of housing
30:34 and the cost of this war.
30:37 And the the the cost of the brutality on on vulnerable people who deserve
30:43 to have a government
30:44 that lifts them up instead of beating them down.
30:47 So, let's get ready for this.
30:50 This election upcoming in Nevada is going to be so important.
30:56 Aaron Ford winning for governor is going to be so important.
31:02 You winning.
31:05 All these state races because you know,
31:08 so much of what's been happening is about the shift of power around local
31:14 and state government.
31:16 So, while we always pay attention to the presidential, which we must,
31:20 these local races, these state races around the country, and I will say candidly,
31:27 I think that's where, you know,
31:29 the Democratic Party could have done much better around paying attention to local
31:38 and statewide elections and
31:42 and issues and supporting
31:44 that.
31:45 Cuz that's where this is all coming.
31:47 It's bubbling up from a long-standing agenda
31:49 that they've had to invest in those areas
31:54 so that now you have these state legislators who are doing things like telling
31:59 those students at North Carolina A&T,
32:02 "You have 5 minutes to get out."
32:05 So, we have work to do,
32:06 but we we know how to do that work.
32:09 We know how to do that work.
32:12 It's like, "Good.
32:13 Okay.
32:13 So, this is this is our fight?
32:15 All right.
32:16 I got it."
32:18 Right?
32:18 Just tell me what the fight is,
32:20 and then I know what to PUT ON.
32:22 RIGHT?
32:28 >> >> I THINK WHAT?
32:29 SPEAKING OF MIDTERMS, AND WHAT I see now is a room of a fired
32:33 up Democrats that are ready,
32:35 right?
32:35 Ready?
32:38 Thank Thank you for firing up firing them up
32:41 as we get a lot of people asking us what can they do?
32:45 You know, people are frustrated and they want to know what can we do?
32:49 Well, you can vote, right?
32:51 Um, but we obviously have midterms ahead of us.
32:54 And here in Nevada, we have reproductive rights on the ballot.
32:57 I guess.
32:58 The second time.
32:59 We need to pass it this time.
33:01 We passed it the first time,
33:02 but we need to pass it the second time to codify it.
33:04 So, Nevada is a state that prides itself on protecting choice.
33:09 And we've been doing that since Roe v.
33:10 Wade was overturned, but we kept telling everyone, "This isn't the end.
33:15 They're going to keep coming after choice.
33:16 They're going to keep coming after choice."
33:18 And we saw that they just did.
33:22 Again.
33:22 So, what would you tell people who want to get involved?
33:27 What can they do right now in this moment?
33:31 >> Well, part of it is again the the power that we You know, okay,
33:37 let me just step back.
33:38 There's so much about this moment
33:39 that has made people feel all those emotions from anger to sadness to depression,
33:47 frustration for sure.
33:48 Um, but it's also made people feel hopeless.
33:57 And powerless.
33:57 And alone.
34:01 And let's speak to that for a moment.
34:02 You know, there is nothing
34:04 that makes you know your strength
34:07 and your power more
34:07 that You know how how it feels
34:09 when you help somebody out?
34:11 Oh, it makes you feel good, doesn't it?
34:14 And there's so much good
34:18 that we can do just neighbor to neighbor
34:21 that is about that.
34:23 To just remind us of our power.
34:26 And when You know, when we do it and when we all do it,
34:31 what that means in terms of strengthening community around
34:35 as much as anything around hope
34:37 and a belief that we are being seen
34:40 and heard.
34:42 There is the work that we need to do around first of all,
34:45 everybody just check your voter registration status.
34:48 Anybody you know in another state, remind them to do that.
34:51 That seems like, oh, why would we do that?
34:53 That's we've never had to worry about that before.
34:55 Well, with all this business of the purging the voter rolls,
34:59 not to mention how they've been going and taking ballots from various states,
35:03 remind people check your voter registration status.
35:05 Make sure you check your polling location.
35:07 Part of the games
35:08 that they're playing again to make it more difficult is this shell game,
35:12 closing voting polling locations.
35:14 So, you know, your parents
35:16 and your grandparents always voted at
35:17 that elementary school down the street,
35:19 and then on election day, if that's the only day they choose to vote,
35:22 they'll walk down there and it won't be there.
35:26 So, some of the basics, too.
35:28 Just let's check those things.
35:29 Volunteer to be a poll worker.
35:32 Volunteer on a campaign.
35:34 Figure out how you can support candidates.
35:38 And in that way, it it is really it's, you know,
35:43 I will tell you is okay, this is a total digression,
35:46 but campaigns I've I've I've been in a lot of them for myself
35:51 and others.
35:52 And campaigning is fun.
35:55 Right?
35:55 You meet the best people.
35:57 You meet the angels walking among us.
36:00 Isn't that good?
36:04 Right?
36:04 >> >> There are babies that have been born because of my campaign.
36:10 >> >> Marriages and babies and all this.
36:14 >> >> God bless the young people.
36:18 But I mean, the bottom line is this
36:20 and I I know we're running out tonight.
36:23 I I I firmly and strongly believe that when you feel powerless,
36:29 you are powerless.
36:32 And when you feel powerful, you are powerful.
36:36 And we are powerful.
36:38 And we are powerful.
36:40 And so let's just show ourselves, each other,
36:44 our power around the midterms and every day.
36:49 And every day that we are seen, we see each other,
36:53 that this is our country.
36:56 We love our country and we are going to fight for its ideals.
37:00 We are going to fight for the dream.
37:04 We know that that fight can be difficult,
37:07 but we're not going to let them get in our head and defeat us.
37:12 Because there is so much at stake and so much good,
37:16 so much good to be done.
37:19 So thank you all.
37:23 Okay.
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