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Governor Kathy Hochul address the Interfaith Community at Sankofa Haus Address: 2422 3rd Ave, Bronx, NY 10/26/26 · Go News To Go: More Good News

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  Speaker 1: My parents were running the marches for civil rights against
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  Speaker 1: the Vietnam War, March Against Hunger. My father was one
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  Speaker 1: of the leaders to try and integrate the neighborhoods around Buffalo.
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  Speaker 2: A reporter for the New York Times pointed out that
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  Speaker 2: he will still remember what he did there and brought
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  Speaker 2: a family to our.
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  Speaker 1: Community, white collar, working class community.
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  Speaker 2: The house was burned down, the house that the first
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  Speaker 2: black family moved in, and the local fire department didn't respond.
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  Speaker 1: That's the world I grew up in.
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  Speaker 2: But with parents who challenged that, and that is why
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  Speaker 2: I became an activist.
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  Speaker 1: That led me to the political role I am in.
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  Speaker 1: It's those values that you live every day.
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  Speaker 2: This is your life, this is your calling, where you
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  Speaker 2: see those people in their darkest of hours. You hear
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  Speaker 2: the pain so acutely, and you just want to be
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  Speaker 2: their vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: How can I help them get out of their distress?
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  Speaker 1: And I hope that you feel you have a partner
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  Speaker 1: in government.
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  Speaker 2: And I started an organization, and it's not just a
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  Speaker 2: nice token thing to do, our Interfaith Advisory Council and
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  Speaker 2: the Office of Faith-Based Services, but to put.
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  Speaker 1: Real money there.
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  Speaker 2: So money is going to the communities to help you
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  Speaker 2: do your jobs and supporting all the efforts to create
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  Speaker 2: nutrition programs. Because when the Trump administration cut the SNAP
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  Speaker 2: program last Thanksgiving, last Thanksgiving, and I went to so many...
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  Speaker 2: Food lines and soup kitchens and just saying, this is
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  Speaker 2: so cool. We put more money than ever before in
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  Speaker 2: those programs to help people really feed the masses.
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  Speaker 1: When it comes to housing, I'm trying so hard, as
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  Speaker 1: many of you. Many of you are using your properties
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  Speaker 1: to build affordable housing. Housing that truly is affordable. Truly
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  Speaker 1: is affordable. We've had to break down so many barriers.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody comes in and then they say no to everybody else.
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  Speaker 1: I'm here, not you.
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  Speaker 2: And that is why we have young people who grew
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  Speaker 2: up in our neighborhoods right here, who are going over to, yes,
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  Speaker 2: this is true, New Jersey, because they build more housing,
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  Speaker 2: and it's cheaper even though they work here and their
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  Speaker 2: families are in their churches. So I want to stop
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  Speaker 2: that migration. Because people came here, the ancestors came earlier,
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  Speaker 2: they overcame a.
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  Speaker 1: Lot of discriminations.
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  Speaker 2: The 30s, 40s, 50s, and now I want their grandchildren
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  Speaker 2: to be able to prosper here.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to build the housing we need.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to talk to you about how we also
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  Speaker 2: lift up our families and our children.
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  Speaker 1: You may not know this, but I'm New York State's
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  Speaker 1: first mom daughter. First mom. What does a mom do?
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  Speaker 1: I know that I'm talking about affordable child care. It
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  Speaker 1: is deeply personal. Because I was blessed to.
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  Speaker 2: Have a job working for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
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  Speaker 1: Those of you who are a little older might remember
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  Speaker 1: his name.
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  Speaker 2: Worked for him in Washington. I thought about that job
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  Speaker 2: for years. I worked hard to get there.
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  Speaker 1: And I couldn't keep it because I had children at
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  Speaker 1: the time. And there was no childcare. Who's gonna take
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  Speaker 1: care of the kids? I literally had to walk away
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  Speaker 1: from that job. Now listen, those babies are now grown
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  Speaker 1: up and have their own babies.
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  Speaker 2: And the childcare is not anymore affordable or accessible than
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  Speaker 2: it was a generation ago. So we, in partnership with
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  Speaker 2: this mayor and mayors all across the state of New York,
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  Speaker 2: we're bringing fully free universal childcare to every baby.
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  Speaker 1: Two-year-old, four-year-old, three-year-old, across the state of New York. And
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  Speaker 1: that's how we get people money back.
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  Speaker 2: Because I was in the Riverdale Farmer's Market last week.
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  Speaker 1: A father came up to me and said, Governor, my
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  Speaker 1: wife and I were just preparing to move to Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 1: They're like, well, you don't like the Knicks?
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  Speaker 2: I challenged him on that, but he says we have
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  Speaker 2: to go because housing is so much cheaper there.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to make sure there's more space for our baby.
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  Speaker 1: We want to have a bigger family. He said, we're
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  Speaker 1: going there until.
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  Speaker 2: You introduce the two-year-old universal pre-K program.
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  Speaker 1: And now I save $ 24, 000 a year. That's how we're
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  Speaker 1: changing lives.
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  Speaker 2: In government, partnering with our communities.
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  Speaker 1: One more thing about the kids.
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  Speaker 2: If Payne needed to know, there are little ones who
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  Speaker 2: sit in school.
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  Speaker 1: With their tummy growling. You know, you get when you're
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  Speaker 1: hungry at work and kind of lose distraction. Think about
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  Speaker 1: a child all day in school.
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  Speaker 2: Because their parents didn't have enough money, or the kid
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  Speaker 2: was too embarrassed to get the subsidized lunches, and everybody
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  Speaker 2: knew who that kid was.
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  Speaker 1: And so I said, no more stigma, no more hungry children.
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  Speaker 1: And we offered every.
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  Speaker 2: Child in the state of New York, treating them all equally,
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  Speaker 2: free breakfast and lunch in school every.
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  Speaker 1: Day.
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  Speaker 2: We're putting food in the schools, taking the cell phones out.
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  Speaker 1: Of the schools, because we thought that was a good idea.
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  Speaker 2: The kids are really good watching their TikTok dance videos,
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  Speaker 2: they're great dancers, but they're not.
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  Speaker 1: Really good at math right now. So we gotta work
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  Speaker 1: on that. But our kids are smart, They want to grow.
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  Speaker 2: They want to make friends, and they had that device
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  Speaker 2: holding them hostage.
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  Speaker 1: For literally a decade. And now we're liberating our kids,
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  Speaker 1: and they're going to just thrive.
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  Speaker 2: I'm so excited that our kids are going to be
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  Speaker 2: better than any kid.
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  Speaker 1: In this entire country, because the other states didn't have
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  Speaker 1: the guts to take this on. Their governor said, oh,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want that fight.
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to fight with the parents and the
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  Speaker 2: administrators and the school boards.
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  Speaker 1: They said, Governor, don't do this. People will hate you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a mom. I had teenagers. I know what it's
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  Speaker 1: like to be naked. I can handle this. I can
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  Speaker 1: handle this. So it's one of the best things we
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  Speaker 1: ever did with an impact that was immediate. And children
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  Speaker 1: have come up to me now and thank me for that.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't like it, Governor. I didn't like it at first.
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  Speaker 1: But now I've got more friends in person than I
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  Speaker 1: ever had in my whole life. That's how we change families, people,
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  Speaker 1: and their families.
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  Speaker 2: Prospects for better life here.
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  Speaker 1: But I cannot do this without this community, the faith community.
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  Speaker 2: Because you are the ones who are the messengers back
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  Speaker 2: to me.
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  Speaker 1: You can tell me the different pain points that they're feeling.
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  Speaker 1: What is going on? How can we help? What can
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  Speaker 1: government do to be your best ally? And we can
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  Speaker 1: do this together. That is the partnership we've already started.
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  Speaker 2: And I look forward to your support as we get
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  Speaker 2: the souls to the poles.
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  Speaker 1: Get the souls to the poles.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, a lot of you will vote already, but let's
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  Speaker 2: get the next wave and the next.
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  Speaker 1: Wave for eight straight days. Get that wave in. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to address one more issue of anxiety with people.
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  Speaker 1: The ice rates.
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  Speaker 2: People are very concerned that ice will set up checkpoints,
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  Speaker 2: or put some vehicles on a road and block the road.
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  Speaker 1: They can't be at a polling place. We've passed this
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  Speaker 1: tough law against that. But they'll have a suppressant against it.
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  Speaker 1: They'll make people anxious. They'll say, I'm not sure. That's
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  Speaker 1: why we have to vote early. That's why early voting.
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  Speaker 2: Is going to make sure you have the security to
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  Speaker 2: know they will be safe. That they and their family
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  Speaker 2: members will not be harassed because of the over-aggressive enforcement
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  Speaker 2: of the laws by ICE. So we're standing up. We've
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  Speaker 2: got a lot on our plate. And I'll just throw
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  Speaker 2: this out. I am running against someone who literally said,
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  Speaker 2: I want to bring Trump-style leadership to New York State.
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  Speaker 1: If that doesn't scare you, I don't know what does.
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  Speaker 1: He said Donald Trump is the greatest president in his lifetime.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think so. I don't think so either. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think so. So how do I reject that?
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  Speaker 2: Rejected by using the power that many shed blood for
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  Speaker 2: and marched for and struggled for. That precious right to
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  Speaker 2: vote that was denied so many at the beginning of
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  Speaker 2: our country and finally was secured. We cannot disrespect all
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  Speaker 2: those who marched and gave up their flesh and blood
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  Speaker 2: and lost lives in our battle for justice and the.
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  Speaker 1: Right to vote in this country. That is why we
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  Speaker 1: will honor that. We will march the poll. We will
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  Speaker 1: be proud to.
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  Speaker 2: Do what we do and say we are taking back
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  Speaker 2: our country. We're taking back our country and rejecting all
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  Speaker 2: the hatred and negativity.
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  Speaker 1: And all the oppression, elimination of D.I. programs and M.W.E.
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  Speaker 1: programs and all the assault on women who have worked
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  Speaker 1: so hard to secure it.
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  Speaker 2: So this election, yes, I'd.
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  Speaker 1: Be honored to have your support and everyone you touch
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  Speaker 1: for governor. And make Adrian Adams part of my ticket,
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  Speaker 1: the first all-female ticket. How about that?
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  Speaker 2: Get Chess Chase back on their holy battlegrounds.
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  Speaker 1: But here's one more thing. I'm so excited about this election.
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  Speaker 2: As the leader of the Democratic Party of the whole
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  Speaker 2: state of Europe, I am working hard to win congressional
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  Speaker 2: races all the way up the border to Panda, which
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  Speaker 2: is a real Republican area, to the tip of Montauk
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  Speaker 2: in Long Island.
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  Speaker 1: And we have a wave election, and we take back
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  Speaker 1: The House of Representatives.
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  Speaker 2: Guess who's the Speaker of the House?
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  Speaker 1: It's our very own, our very own, Keith Jeffrey. Now
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  Speaker 1: we have the Republican Party. In 2026, we take back
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  Speaker 1: the House and the Senate.