Knock Down the House (2019)

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[Alexandria] Getting ready,

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for women, it involves so many decisions

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about how you're gonna present yourself
to the world.

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'Cause there's kind of standard protocol

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for how a man running for office, like,

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should dress.

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You either put on a suit,

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or you put on a light color shirt, slacks,
and you roll up the sleeves.

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Or...

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I mean, those are pretty much
your two options.

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Part of me is,
like, trying to brace myself

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because people keep telling me,

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"They're gonna try
to make sure that you...

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just never show your face
in your community again."

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How do you prepare for something
you don't know is coming?

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[whimsical music playing]

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Hey, everyone,
I'm getting ready to go file today.

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Super excited.

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It's official. We are in the race.

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Go, Team Vilela.

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Hey, everyone, it's Cori Bush,
candidate for United States Congress,

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here in Missouri's first district.

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[man] Hello, everybody,
this is Anthony Vincent Clark.

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- [woman 1] Hi, it's Rashida Tlaib.
- [woman 2] Second district of Nebraska...

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[overlapping dialogue]

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[Paula] We shouldn't have to worry
about self-serving politicians

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catering to coal barons

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instead of catering to our families
and communities.

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I plan to Primary Joe Manchin in 2018,

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and I'm asking you to stand with me.

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[female voice fades in]

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...with some of these incumbent Democrats
who are facing primary challenges.

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[man] But are the progressives going to
make the Democrat primaries messy...

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[voice fades out]

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[Alexandria] We're running to organize.

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We're running to redefine
the political landscape in New York City.

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And here's the best part
about all of this:

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We're not running to make a statement.

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We're not running to pressure
the incumbent to the left.

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We're running to win.

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[music stops]

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[Alexandria] Morning, guys. Buenos días.

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- [men] Hola.
- [in Spanish] How are you?

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[elevator beeps]

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If I was, like, a normal, rational person,

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I would've dropped out of this race
a long time ago. [chuckles]

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[Alexandria] People don't see waitresses
as having a, quote-unquote, "real job."

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But my experience in hospitality

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has prepared me so well for this race.

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I'm used to being on my feet
18 hours a day,

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I'm used to receiving a lot of heat.

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I'm used to people
trying to make me feel bad.

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They call it "working class" for a reason.

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Because you are working non-stop.

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Americans aren't asking for a lot.

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They're just asking to get by.

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And they're just asking for politicians
to be brave enough to help them get by.

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[cork pops]

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[male voice] This is WNYC FM, New York.

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Every political machine has a leader

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and the most powerful of them
are known everywhere as the boss.

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In Queens, that's Congressman Joe Crowley,

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Chairman of the County
Democratic Committee

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and also the Chairman
of the House Democratic Caucus,

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making him the fourth most powerful
Democrat in Congress.

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What we're talking about is better jobs,
better pay and a better future.

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[female voice] Crowley hasn't had
a primary challenger in 14 years,

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until now.

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[Alexandria] I just want to thank
everyone here so much.

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I mean, this is the work.

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What I do is just talk to people
all the time.

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Just members of our community,
all the time.

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And that is the organizing
and that is the work

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of running a grassroots campaign.

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This is not just about
Democrat versus Republican,

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in fact, it's so far away from that.

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It's not Left or Right, it's up and down.

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[Alexandria] We're up against an opponent,
he's taken three million dollars per cycle

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from Wall Street, real estate,
and pharmaceutical companies.

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We need to have the courage
to stand up for working people

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and stand up against corporate interests.

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[man]
Let's assume all the energy in this room

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can get you on the ballot
and into office.

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How then do we overcome the drop in power?

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We're trading a guy who's vying
for the Speaker of the House,

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for somebody who's more in our corner
and has a lot less power.

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[Alexandria]
I think we really need to look at...

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what that power does now.

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When it matters,
he doesn't stand up for us.

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When it matters,
he doesn't advocate for our interests.

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We have to have the courage to say,
"We can do better."

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We can do better.
It's not gonna be a loss.

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[soft electronic music playing]

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[man 1] What would you reckon the...

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evidence of selflessness is?

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[man 2] She is pretty doggone stellar.

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I talked to her today.

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Has not thought of running before.

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I talked about the economic platform,
she loved it.

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There wasn't a piece of the platform
she wasn't onboard with 100%.

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[woman] All those in favor of moving her
to the next round, raise your hand.

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[man] At the first time,
we've gotten 100%?

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I think that might have been
the first time!

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[instrumental music playing]

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[man] For Brand New Congress
and Justice Democrats,

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the biggest shared goal is removing

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the corrupting influence
of money in politics.

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[indistinct chatter]

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[Corbin] The idea is to provide
an alternative path to Congress

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outside of the current one that exists.

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Right now we have a path through lobbyists
and through special interest groups.

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Right now our Congress is 81% men,

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it's mostly white men,
it's mostly millionaires,

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it's mostly lawyers.

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[man] Most people in there
are just trying to figure out

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how to keep their job
and win their next election.

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That's not the thinking
that's going to fix climate change,

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or mass incarceration,

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or these giant problems
that are facing us.

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The only way this works is if--

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is if we really capture
America's imagination.

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[woman 1]
We're looking at Democrats and Republicans

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to run in the midterms in 2018.

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[woman 2] Non-career politicians.

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So, nurses, teachers,
engineers, workers...

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[woman 3] We don't care about party.

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We just want to get stuff done.

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If we elect working people,

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working people
can have representation in Congress.

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We can change the way we see government,

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change the way we see politics
in this country.

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[music fades out]

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[Saikat]
So, I'm so glad all of y'all are here.

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This--
This whole thing is making me feel like

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there's no way that we're gonna go stop
this snowball that's now getting rolling.

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It's going to become an avalanche
in a couple of months.

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[Saikat] We want to actually create
that grassroots-funded machine

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that can be your real opposition
to the current institutional powers

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and that can really give power
back to the people

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and really keep that power. Right?

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[Alexandria] I felt like there was...

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such a wide divide in this nation

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in terms of how we understand each other,

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how we speak to one another,

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and, in December,

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I get a call from Isra saying,

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"You've been nominated
to Brand New Congress."

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And I was like, "What?"

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[all laughing]

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[Alexandria] You know, I'm from New York,

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and New York isn't Democrat
versus Republican.

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New York is establishment

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versus whatever poor, stray cat
thinks you can stand up against them.

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And then if you do stand up against them,

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they take you and they consume you.

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I never really saw myself
going into politics.

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But now that I sit here in this room
with you all, I just feel like...

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we can only accomplish
great things together.

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I feel like I have to
because of you guys now.

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[all laughing]

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You have to be fearless,
'cause they're going to come after you.

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They are, this is no joke, y'all.
They're going to come after you.

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But you have to be fearless.

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Nobody owns you yet.

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You don't owe anybody anything yet.

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So, run.

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You got people who are waiting for y'all
to come out this room.

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To come back to Florida, and to Georgia,

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and to Alabama, and to New York.

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They want to be excited again.

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Our future is in this room.

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[distant siren wailing]

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- I'm nervous.
- [woman laughs]

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[doorbell rings]

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[Alexandria whispers] What do you say?
When they say, "Who is it?"

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What do you say?

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[woman] Hello?

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Hi, my name is Mathew,
I'm out here canvassing

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for a Congressional candidate
named Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,

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for the Democratic Party in 2018.

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I was wondering
if I could talk to you for a minute.

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[woman] No, I'm sorry.
Now is not a good time.

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- Okay, thank you.
- Thank you.

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Easy.

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[doorbell rings]

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[woman] Me no speak English.

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- [Alexandria] Oh, what do you speak?
- [woman] Greek, Greek.

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Oh, Greek?

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[man] Why do you let people in the country
even though they're not legal--?

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You know, they say,
"Okay, we're gonna forgive you."

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- [overlapping dialogue]
- I don't agree with that.

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I'm a Democrat,
and I don't even agree with that.

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Well, I think--

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I voted for Trump, and I am a Democrat.
And she did too.

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[Alexandria] It's so crazy,
'cause speaking to groups of people...

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- [man] Right, it's easy.
- [Alexandria] It's way easier.

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[doorbell rings]

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[emotional music playing]

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[Alexandria] In the beginning,

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the fundamental question is like,
"Why you?"

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"Why do you think you can do this?"

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The reason "why"

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was 'cause nobody else would.

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So, literally anybody could, right?

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[music fades out]

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Because the alternative is no one.

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[music resumes]

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[Alexandria] We have never seen this,
at this scale, in American history.

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We have slates and legions of candidates

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that are running now
and in 2018

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that have rejected corporate funds.

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Many of us, you know, we're doing
something very "controversial."

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We're daring to actually force
the primary.

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People would say,
"How dare you mount a challenge

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to someone who's so established?"

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Well, if they're good enough, they'll win.

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And if we're good enough, we'll win.

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[distant indistinct chatter]

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[Paula] She said,
"You shouldn't show your emotion,

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because women are considered fragile
if you do.

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And you need to be more of a bitch."

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[man] That is the worst advice
anyone can fucking give.

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[Paula] He said, "And when you go
to the people in West Virginia

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and you tell 'em you're serving them,"
he says,

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"You need to tell them
that you're their bitch."

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- I said, "I'm not a dog."
- [man] No! That's horri--

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- That's such horrible advice!
- [all laughing]

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We work harder in these races
just 'cause we're women.

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- We're not rich, white dudes in suits.
- [man] Absolutely.

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[indistinct chatter]

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[piano music playing]

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I don't know where I'm going.

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- [man] How are you feeling?
- Nervous.

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[Paula] Was this a good ending?

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Let me read those.

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Okay, so I'm taking these away from you
for a second.

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Why?

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Words don't matter so much right now
as you, right?

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You're up there to convey your emotion
and to inspire people.

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The words are useful in that,
but that's not the most important thing.

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The most important thing is you.

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- Do I look okay?
- You look awesome.

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Don't worry about any of that stuff.

246
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I just want you to just focus
on relaxing and breathing.

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And as soon as you get on that stage,

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before you walk through that door, smile.

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And keep smiling until you start talking.

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[woman] Please welcome,
from the great state of West Virginia,

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Paula Jean Swearengin.

252
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[crowd cheering and applauding]

253
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[Paula] West Virginia
is one of the poorest

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and sickest states in this nation.

255
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But I want you guys to know one thing,

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West Virginians are strong,

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we are proud,

258
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and we won't give up.

259
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[crowd cheering and applauding]

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[shouting] No American should have to beg

261
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for something so basic
as a clean glass of water!

262
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[crowd cheering and applauding]

263
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My name is Paula Jean.

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I am a coal miner's daughter,

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running for the U.S. Senate,
and I am mad as hell.

266
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[crowd cheering and applauding]

267
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[Paula] As we go around the block,

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I'll try to point out some of the houses
that I know that people had cancer.

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This was my house,

270
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where I raised my kids.

271
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My neighbor's daughter ended up
with a rare form of bone cancer.

272
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I know this lady had cancer.

273
00:16:03,587 --> 00:16:06,173
There's a person in that house
that has cancer.

274
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And our leadership's not hearing us.
They're in bed with the industries.

275
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[engine revs]

276
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[man] It's gone.

277
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I mean, this mountain at this point
right here, it was really high,

278
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and they took all of that out.

279
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They just leveled this mountain here.

280
00:16:30,447 --> 00:16:33,784
That community down there,
they're breathing in toxins every day.

281
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Whether their water's polluted or not,
they're breathing in that air.

282
00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:40,958
[Paula] You talk about jobs,
you can probably count here

283
00:16:41,041 --> 00:16:43,711
how many people's out here on this site
for miles and miles and miles.

284
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Where are the jobs?

285
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We don't have to do this.

286
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If another country come in here,
blew up our mountains

287
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and poisoned our water, we'd go to war.

288
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But industry can.

289
00:17:00,060 --> 00:17:01,228
[suspenseful music playing]

290
00:17:11,905 --> 00:17:14,324
[Manchin] As you know, I have
a real problem with what's going on,

291
00:17:14,408 --> 00:17:18,287
the demonizing of coal, it seems,
by a whole group of people

292
00:17:18,370 --> 00:17:20,497
that don't seem to understand
the life that we all have

293
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is because of the domestic energy
that we have right here in this country.

294
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[Paula] Tell her what you think
about me running for office.

295
00:17:33,844 --> 00:17:35,971
[Helen] It scares me to death.

296
00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:37,765
Her running all over the state,

297
00:17:37,848 --> 00:17:43,020
her being up there with all those senators
and stuff scares me to death.

298
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I'm her momma. [chuckles]

299
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There's been people in this state
even in the coal industry

300
00:17:51,487 --> 00:17:52,780
that has just disappeared.

301
00:17:52,863 --> 00:17:54,573
You never find them no more.

302
00:17:54,823 --> 00:17:58,077
I'm wondering in which hole
of these mines they're in, you know.

303
00:17:58,368 --> 00:18:01,163
'Cause I know how things was done
in my daddy's day.

304
00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:05,626
And I don't think it's changed much.

305
00:18:06,376 --> 00:18:07,628
[soft electronic music playing]

306
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[Paula]
I come from a long line of coal miners.

307
00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:24,186
My daddy died early... to power America.

308
00:18:28,690 --> 00:18:30,442
We've been collateral damage.

309
00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:34,321
People have seen West Virginians as...

310
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we don't have no teeth,
no shoes, and no brains.

311
00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:45,290
[Paula]
I just think they underestimate us.

312
00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:49,002
At the end of the day,
we're gonna fight for each other.

313
00:18:50,671 --> 00:18:51,797
They need to know that.

314
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,842
We're coming out of the belly of the beast
kicking and screaming.

315
00:18:54,925 --> 00:18:56,009
[electronic music playing]

316
00:19:07,437 --> 00:19:09,314
[Alexandria] Basically,
what political machines do

317
00:19:09,481 --> 00:19:11,483
is they suppress democracy.

318
00:19:13,569 --> 00:19:15,737
The whole game here is to prevent you

319
00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:17,990
from getting on the ballot
in the first place.

320
00:19:19,741 --> 00:19:21,493
Joe Crowley is not just a Congressman.

321
00:19:21,577 --> 00:19:22,870
He's the Congressman,

322
00:19:22,953 --> 00:19:25,372
he's the Chairman
of the Queens Democratic Party,

323
00:19:25,455 --> 00:19:27,166
he's the district leader.

324
00:19:29,084 --> 00:19:32,254
[Alexandria] Joe Crowley has appointed
every board of elections judge.

325
00:19:33,046 --> 00:19:36,466
When you turn in your signatures
to get on the ballot,

326
00:19:36,550 --> 00:19:39,595
any tiny little discrepancy
in the signature,

327
00:19:39,678 --> 00:19:41,346
they toss the signature out.

328
00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:46,560
So, even though
the actual requirement is 1,250...

329
00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:50,689
because we're challenging the boss...

330
00:19:52,274 --> 00:19:54,026
we need to collect 10,000 signatures.

331
00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,123
Good morning.

332
00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:09,833
- Hi, are you a voter?
- Yes.

333
00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:12,169
[Alexandria]
I'm running for Congress in the area.

334
00:20:12,252 --> 00:20:14,171
We just need to collect signatures
to get on the ballot.

335
00:20:14,254 --> 00:20:16,840
- [woman] Who would you be running against?
- Joseph Crowley.

336
00:20:17,591 --> 00:20:18,717
- No.
- Yes.

337
00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,260
I'm gonna stick with Crowley, thanks.

338
00:20:20,344 --> 00:20:22,304
- Okay.
- All right, I'm gonna sign anyway.

339
00:20:22,387 --> 00:20:25,140
- [woman] I'm a Crowley supporter.
- Oh! Okay. No worries. No worries.

340
00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:26,725
Well, keep an eye out. Thank you.

341
00:20:29,770 --> 00:20:32,940
[Alexandria] One of my problems
when I'm trying to be polite to someone,

342
00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:36,193
I feel like my voice goes up two octaves.

343
00:20:36,276 --> 00:20:38,362
Like, "Hi!" Like... [laughs]

344
00:20:53,168 --> 00:20:54,586
[Alexandria] This is my niece.

345
00:20:54,670 --> 00:20:56,171
She's gonna be the next one.

346
00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:58,674
- She's gonna get it after me.
- Oh, yeah. [laughs]

347
00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:00,759
Hi, my aunt's running for Congress.

348
00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:01,802
[Alexandria chuckles]

349
00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:04,304
You got it, bro.

350
00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:08,141
For every-- For every ten rejections
you get one acceptance.

351
00:21:08,225 --> 00:21:09,851
And that's how you win everything.

352
00:21:14,314 --> 00:21:17,025
[man] I killed the pint
of Americone Dream yesterday.

353
00:21:17,567 --> 00:21:18,735
- [music fades out]
- Sorry.

354
00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:22,781
- I know we brought it from Manhattan--
- I didn't have one spoon of that.

355
00:21:22,864 --> 00:21:25,117
- Yeah. I-- I can't help it.
- That's messed up.

356
00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:27,911
- [Riley scoffs]
- That is really messed up.

357
00:21:27,995 --> 00:21:29,913
You're like so unrepentant about it, too.

358
00:21:29,997 --> 00:21:32,374
- You're like, "Yes, I did it.
- I mean, well--

359
00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:36,253
[Riley] You wanna make coffee or tea?

360
00:21:36,336 --> 00:21:38,588
- I probably shouldn't have coffee.
- You probably shouldn't.

361
00:21:46,888 --> 00:21:48,682
[woman]
All right. Then give me the other two,

362
00:21:48,765 --> 00:21:50,892
and then once you sign it,
you give it back to Clarence.

363
00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:53,228
Clarence said that I'm gonna need 30.

364
00:21:54,187 --> 00:21:55,022
Got it.

365
00:21:55,105 --> 00:21:56,523
[indistinct chatter]

366
00:21:58,942 --> 00:22:02,029
[Alexandria] So, petition cleaning,
basically what we're doing,

367
00:22:02,112 --> 00:22:04,072
we're going through all of these names,

368
00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:05,949
making sure
that everything is legible.

369
00:22:06,366 --> 00:22:10,120
[woman] This stuff seems
like a whole lot of stupid work.

370
00:22:10,203 --> 00:22:14,207
But, you'd rather sit
and do this for three hours

371
00:22:14,958 --> 00:22:17,961
than for somebody drag you to court
for six days.

372
00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:22,007
And what they will do sometimes
if they have enough stuff to play with,

373
00:22:22,090 --> 00:22:24,426
they know that eventually
you're gonna get on the ballot,

374
00:22:24,509 --> 00:22:27,304
but they're gonna keep you busy
until the day before election.

375
00:22:27,387 --> 00:22:28,221
[Alexandria] Hmm.

376
00:22:28,305 --> 00:22:30,015
So then you have no time.

377
00:22:30,766 --> 00:22:33,435
- So, the Whiteheads are like, legendary.
- [indistinct chatter]

378
00:22:33,935 --> 00:22:36,855
They started organizing on their own.

379
00:22:37,481 --> 00:22:40,025
Figuring all this stuff out from scratch.

380
00:22:41,109 --> 00:22:47,074
This is the war room
for every insurgent campaign in Queens.

381
00:22:48,241 --> 00:22:50,494
[woman] We're a country
that's supposed to be set up,

382
00:22:50,577 --> 00:22:53,121
where the people are supposed
to have the final say.

383
00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:56,666
What happens is
those who are already entrenched,

384
00:22:56,750 --> 00:22:58,168
select people.

385
00:22:58,543 --> 00:23:02,464
It's going up against the establishment
in a true sense of the word.

386
00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:03,757
So you have to make sure

387
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,511
you have as much stuff in order
as possible.

388
00:23:09,304 --> 00:23:11,014
[man]
Well, guys, we got a lot of work to do.

389
00:23:11,139 --> 00:23:13,141
[Alexandria] Yeah. [all laughing]

390
00:23:13,809 --> 00:23:16,812
[Alexandria] He can't get challenged
by any down-ballot incumbent.

391
00:23:16,895 --> 00:23:19,439
Anyone who wants to keep their job
in New York City...

392
00:23:19,523 --> 00:23:22,109
would never dream
of challenging Joe Crowley.

393
00:23:22,192 --> 00:23:24,403
It has to come from outside of Queens.

394
00:23:24,820 --> 00:23:29,032
It has to come from someone
who's new on the political scene

395
00:23:29,116 --> 00:23:30,742
that they don't foresee coming,

396
00:23:30,826 --> 00:23:35,372
that they can't offer a job
or pressure in another way.

397
00:23:35,455 --> 00:23:38,500
And it has to be someone
that represents her community

398
00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:40,085
in more ways than one.

399
00:23:40,168 --> 00:23:43,296
Basically, an insurgent, outside,
grassroots candidate

400
00:23:43,380 --> 00:23:45,257
that's a woman of color from the Bronx.

401
00:23:47,551 --> 00:23:48,593
[Alexandria exhales loudly]

402
00:23:48,677 --> 00:23:49,511
Ah!

403
00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:51,054
- [all laughing]
- [Alexandria] Ah!

404
00:23:51,805 --> 00:23:53,849
[Alexandria]
We're like walking closer and I'm like...

405
00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:55,058
"Aaah!"

406
00:23:55,142 --> 00:23:56,059
[elevator bell rings]

407
00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,061
[elevator bell rings]

408
00:24:00,063 --> 00:24:01,898
- Nice to meet you. Name's Barbara.
- Alexandria.

409
00:24:01,982 --> 00:24:03,442
Barbara? Nice to meet you.

410
00:24:03,525 --> 00:24:05,610
- Paul.
- Paul? Nice to meet you.

411
00:24:07,529 --> 00:24:10,031
Running for Congress
out in the Bronx and Queens.

412
00:24:10,407 --> 00:24:11,575
[woman] Okay, well...

413
00:24:11,658 --> 00:24:12,701
Here you go.

414
00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:25,172
[Alexandria]
Everybody said we couldn't do it.

415
00:24:26,173 --> 00:24:28,049
And then they saw how much money we had.

416
00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:30,302
And they saw that we had, like,
two dollars in December,

417
00:24:30,385 --> 00:24:31,803
and they're, like, "There's no way."

418
00:24:32,220 --> 00:24:33,472
And here we are...

419
00:24:34,222 --> 00:24:38,268
April 12th, 2018.

420
00:24:39,728 --> 00:24:40,896
And we're on the ballot.

421
00:24:42,647 --> 00:24:44,065
Unless he sues us. [laughs]

422
00:24:45,275 --> 00:24:46,109
Aah!

423
00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:47,319
[siren wailing in distance]

424
00:24:52,365 --> 00:24:53,366
[Darryl] What does it say?

425
00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:55,744
"Born to Rebel"? [laughs]

426
00:24:56,870 --> 00:24:58,413
That's-- That's you. [laughs]

427
00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:00,707
Fix it and I wouldn't have to rebel.

428
00:25:00,790 --> 00:25:01,625
Yeah. Fix it.

429
00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:03,502
- Born to rebel?
- Born to rebel.

430
00:25:03,585 --> 00:25:05,462
Listen. We wanna talk about something.

431
00:25:06,087 --> 00:25:09,049
If you look
at first Congressional district,

432
00:25:09,132 --> 00:25:11,676
we're still number one in murder
per capita.

433
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,472
We're in the top three
in African American poverty.

434
00:25:15,555 --> 00:25:17,516
We're talking about mass incarceration.

435
00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:20,685
We're talking about for African Americans,

436
00:25:20,769 --> 00:25:23,104
who are almost 50 percent
of the district,

437
00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:25,982
to have a black congressman
as long as they have had...

438
00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:26,900
[man] Right.

439
00:25:26,983 --> 00:25:29,569
...and still have not made
any significant gains?

440
00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:30,862
[man] That's ridiculous.

441
00:25:30,946 --> 00:25:32,989
This is Cori Bush's time.

442
00:25:33,073 --> 00:25:35,283
[Darryl] Dr. King talked about
the fierce urgency of now.

443
00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:36,368
Mmm.

444
00:25:36,451 --> 00:25:38,411
[Darryl]
That the time is always right to do right.

445
00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:41,206
If change is gonna happen in St. Louis,

446
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,583
- this is our moment.
- This is our moment.

447
00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:46,419
We have to believe
that you are that change.

448
00:25:57,305 --> 00:26:00,225
[Cori] I'm a registered nurse,
I'm an ordained pastor,

449
00:26:00,308 --> 00:26:02,936
and I'm a mother of two teenagers.

450
00:26:07,190 --> 00:26:09,526
I was not trying to become an activist.

451
00:26:10,694 --> 00:26:12,571
Didn't set out to do that.

452
00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:17,951
This is the district
where Mike Brown was murdered.

453
00:26:18,535 --> 00:26:21,079
I only live six minutes from Ferguson.

454
00:26:23,540 --> 00:26:25,000
[man] This is the police.

455
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:28,086
Clear the area immediately.

456
00:26:28,169 --> 00:26:29,254
[suspenseful music playing]

457
00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:35,468
[man] You must clear the area
immediately.

458
00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:41,182
- [people screaming]
- [siren wailing]

459
00:26:45,979 --> 00:26:48,690
[reporter] Chaos in the streets
of Ferguson, Missouri.

460
00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:50,317
The crowd's furious

461
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,653
over the police shooting
of unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown.

462
00:26:58,325 --> 00:27:01,036
[Cori] It was like a battle zone at home.

463
00:27:03,913 --> 00:27:07,751
I took to the streets
to lend a hand as a nurse.

464
00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:13,882
What I was wanting to see
was justice happen.

465
00:27:14,507 --> 00:27:17,969
It didn't happen,
so I just kept going back, again and again.

466
00:27:22,057 --> 00:27:23,516
- [car horn honking]
- Don't shoot!

467
00:27:26,728 --> 00:27:29,773
[Cori] This district was able
to affect the entire world.

468
00:27:29,856 --> 00:27:31,608
Just regular, everyday people.

469
00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:41,493
People are now waking up to see

470
00:27:41,576 --> 00:27:44,496
that the problems that we have
in our district,

471
00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:47,165
are problems that we ourselves can fix.

472
00:27:50,085 --> 00:27:51,002
[man] Smile more.

473
00:27:51,294 --> 00:27:54,214
[man] All right. Here we go for reals.
One, two, three.

474
00:27:54,297 --> 00:27:55,215
[camera shutter clicks]

475
00:27:55,298 --> 00:27:57,175
One, two, three. [camera shutter clicks]
Awesome.

476
00:27:57,258 --> 00:27:58,510
[man] One, two and three.

477
00:27:59,552 --> 00:28:01,262
That was fantastic. Cool.

478
00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:02,555
Here's what we're looking at.

479
00:28:02,639 --> 00:28:05,934
You put that light on my face, like--
Wow, you know what you--

480
00:28:06,017 --> 00:28:07,602
- [man laughs]
- You know how to work my melanin.

481
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,730
I have to be... appreciate that.

482
00:28:10,814 --> 00:28:14,651
He workin' my melanin.
Everybody can't work with melanin.

483
00:28:14,734 --> 00:28:16,820
- [all laughing]
- That is a compliment I haven't heard.

484
00:28:16,903 --> 00:28:18,071
[soft music playing]

485
00:28:20,907 --> 00:28:25,203
[Cori] Being a woman of color,
our image is really scrutinized.

486
00:28:25,620 --> 00:28:28,665
You have to speak like this,
you have to dress like this.

487
00:28:29,999 --> 00:28:33,044
I decided that, yeah, I don't care.

488
00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:35,630
- [man] One, two, three.
- [camera shutter clicks]

489
00:28:35,755 --> 00:28:37,298
[Cori] Basically you deal with it.

490
00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:39,759
You know, people in my district,
this is how we look.

491
00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:43,805
I'm going to serve and represent
the people of my district.

492
00:28:46,766 --> 00:28:48,852
[man] Anybody can run,
but you're doing a walk-through.

493
00:28:48,935 --> 00:28:51,271
- Yeah. A walk-through.
- That's why I'm running.

494
00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:55,150
Because this shouldn't be about one person
being a king, being like, "Kiss my ring."

495
00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:56,484
It's not about that.

496
00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:58,653
- Because we don't get help that way.
- [man] You're right.

497
00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:00,280
It's gotta be about us.

498
00:29:00,363 --> 00:29:02,282
It's gotta be about us thinking about us,

499
00:29:02,365 --> 00:29:04,284
caring about us, speaking about us.

500
00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:05,952
- Mm-hmm.
- [Cori] Not being afraid.

501
00:29:06,035 --> 00:29:07,454
Yeah. Looking for a real change.

502
00:29:07,537 --> 00:29:08,663
Looking for some real change.

503
00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:10,081
- [man] Not promises.
- [Cori] Oh, no.

504
00:29:10,165 --> 00:29:11,958
- Action.
- Action. Action.

505
00:29:25,638 --> 00:29:26,514
[music fades out]

506
00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:29,517
[man] St. Louis, in Missouri's
first Congressional district,

507
00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:32,896
had been represented
by William or his son Lacy Clay

508
00:29:32,979 --> 00:29:34,689
since 1969.

509
00:29:35,023 --> 00:29:37,358
If you look at the progress
that has been made

510
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:41,196
over the past 50 or 60 years,
it's been remarkable.

511
00:29:41,738 --> 00:29:43,782
[man] So, you're running against, uh...

512
00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:44,741
[Cori] Clay.

513
00:29:44,824 --> 00:29:45,658
Okay.

514
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:48,286
- How you doing?
- I'm good.

515
00:29:48,369 --> 00:29:51,873
Well, you have to forgive,
'cause it's just out of habit on--

516
00:29:52,123 --> 00:29:54,125
on the Clay family

517
00:29:54,876 --> 00:29:56,753
- from way, way back.
- Yeah.

518
00:29:56,836 --> 00:29:58,546
I know my pop was saying,

519
00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:00,632
"Who?"

520
00:30:00,715 --> 00:30:01,549
[Cori chuckles]

521
00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:05,970
[man] But, of course, the whole point,
you get seniority in that place up there,

522
00:30:06,054 --> 00:30:07,222
it does count.

523
00:30:07,555 --> 00:30:09,891
[Cori] Yeah.
It-- But who does it count for?

524
00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:13,853
Is it definitely counting for us?
Do we feel the seniority?

525
00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:18,691
I admire your guts
because this is an uphill battle.

526
00:30:19,108 --> 00:30:20,443
Because it's almost odd--

527
00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:21,820
You know, it's not even a thought

528
00:30:21,903 --> 00:30:24,239
for most of the folks
that I know that vote.

529
00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:27,450
Election time come round. "Okay. Clay."

530
00:30:27,534 --> 00:30:29,035
That's one of the few ones--

531
00:30:29,118 --> 00:30:32,997
Nobody even bother
looking at anything else.

532
00:30:33,081 --> 00:30:36,167
I ain't really seen no Democrat
with the guts

533
00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:38,753
to go up against the Clays in a long time.

534
00:30:43,424 --> 00:30:45,468
[man] Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to 950 Lounge

535
00:30:45,552 --> 00:30:48,555
Miss Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
- Thank you.

536
00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:50,598
- Welcome to the show.
- Thank you, guys, so much.

537
00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:55,311
[Alexandria] So New York City
and New York politics is wild!

538
00:30:55,395 --> 00:30:58,815
We're so used to seeing
our elected officials in handcuffs

539
00:30:58,898 --> 00:31:01,651
- that it's like no big deal anymore.
- [all laughing]

540
00:31:01,734 --> 00:31:03,778
Our current Congressman, Joseph Crowley,

541
00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:05,446
never even won the seat.

542
00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:09,075
His mentor used a loophole
in New York City election law

543
00:31:09,158 --> 00:31:12,745
- to appoint him as the Democratic nominee.
- Yes.

544
00:31:12,829 --> 00:31:13,663
[man] Wow.

545
00:31:13,746 --> 00:31:15,248
He doesn't even live here.

546
00:31:15,331 --> 00:31:18,293
- He lives in Virginia, y'all.
- What!

547
00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:20,670
- Yes.
- All right, so hold on. You got a--

548
00:31:21,170 --> 00:31:23,590
- I'm assuming he's a Caucasian man.
- Yes, he is.

549
00:31:23,673 --> 00:31:25,174
You got a Caucasian man

550
00:31:25,258 --> 00:31:29,470
that's a Congressman for the Bronx,
Queens, and Rikers Island

551
00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:30,638
that lives in Virginia.

552
00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:32,682
It just don't make no common sense
to anybody.

553
00:31:32,765 --> 00:31:33,933
I don't know what y'all doing.

554
00:31:34,017 --> 00:31:35,894
If you popped him in the Bronx,
he would get lost.

555
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,818
[woman]
I am so happy that I get to be here today

556
00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:46,821
as a surrogate for Congressman Crowley.

557
00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:51,409
He is extremely saddened
he couldn't be here with us today,

558
00:31:51,492 --> 00:31:55,121
and it's not
because he did not want to be here,

559
00:31:55,204 --> 00:31:59,584
and because he doesn't believe
that these types of forums are important.

560
00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:03,004
[Alexandria] We are making excuses
for absentee leadership.

561
00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:04,339
This is not a debate!

562
00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:06,424
[crowd cheering and applauding]

563
00:32:06,674 --> 00:32:10,553
With all respect--
With all respect to Councilwoman Palma,

564
00:32:10,637 --> 00:32:13,640
I thank you for your service
to our community. I do.

565
00:32:14,140 --> 00:32:16,851
But I am the only one
running for Congress in this room.

566
00:32:17,018 --> 00:32:19,729
[crowd cheering and applauding]

567
00:32:19,812 --> 00:32:23,900
[moderator] Question is about trusting
Congressman Crowley's judgment

568
00:32:23,983 --> 00:32:26,235
when he votes for the Iraqi war.

569
00:32:27,987 --> 00:32:32,617
I trust Congressman Crowley's judgment
because he has served this community.

570
00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:34,369
I built a great partnership

571
00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:38,665
in making sure that whatever I needed
to do for this community,

572
00:32:38,748 --> 00:32:41,376
that the partner that I had
was the Congressman

573
00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:44,337
who has never failed to deliver
for this community.

574
00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:46,756
Thirty seconds.

575
00:32:46,839 --> 00:32:49,217
The vote for the Iraq war was disastrous.

576
00:32:49,676 --> 00:32:51,970
It destabilized an entire region.

577
00:32:52,053 --> 00:32:53,721
[crowd cheering and applauding]

578
00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:59,185
[moderator] What do you say about US role
towards Israel-Palestine,

579
00:32:59,394 --> 00:33:01,604
and moving the embassy and settlements?

580
00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:04,565
[exhales deeply] Yes.

581
00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:07,777
- No, this is a regular question.
- Oh, regular question. Oh!

582
00:33:07,860 --> 00:33:08,695
One minute.

583
00:33:08,778 --> 00:33:12,699
I believe that the Congressman
supports that position.

584
00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:16,285
That's it? Okay. Rebuttal.

585
00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:19,330
I think that moving the embassy--

586
00:33:19,414 --> 00:33:20,456
Uh...

587
00:33:20,540 --> 00:33:22,875
Moving the embassy
was a profound mistake

588
00:33:22,959 --> 00:33:24,544
in US foreign politics.

589
00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:25,628
[cheering and applauding]

590
00:33:25,712 --> 00:33:26,879
[Alexandria] Profound mistake!

591
00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:29,632
[Palma] Listen, you know, I--

592
00:33:29,716 --> 00:33:34,095
I would allow him to elaborate more
on his position on certain issues.

593
00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:35,680
[man] Tell him to come right here.

594
00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:38,683
And-- Again, right? We explained--

595
00:33:38,766 --> 00:33:43,062
We explained why he's not here,
and it's not disrespecting the Bronx.

596
00:33:43,646 --> 00:33:46,357
[Alexandria] So I wanna thank everyone
for participating in this process,

597
00:33:46,441 --> 00:33:50,570
because for so long,
we haven't had these forums.

598
00:33:50,653 --> 00:33:53,614
The only reason we are here
is because we organized

599
00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:56,951
for the first primary election in 14 years
in New York 14th.

600
00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:59,746
- For once, we have a choice.
- [scattered applause]

601
00:33:59,912 --> 00:34:01,456
For once, we have a choice.

602
00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:03,458
Okay. Thank you and good night.

603
00:34:03,958 --> 00:34:06,419
- Thank you.
- The candidates will stay--

604
00:34:06,502 --> 00:34:07,670
[man] Before you break.

605
00:34:08,337 --> 00:34:09,672
I have a question here.

606
00:34:09,756 --> 00:34:12,341
I think one of the questions
that was sent to you

607
00:34:12,425 --> 00:34:15,386
is of great concern
to the African community here.

608
00:34:15,470 --> 00:34:18,306
There's close to 300 businesses
in this district

609
00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:22,643
that are owned by Yemeni Americans
who are suffering from the travel ban--

610
00:34:22,727 --> 00:34:24,520
[moderator] Meantime, this last half hour,

611
00:34:24,604 --> 00:34:27,106
- you can go up to the candidates.
- But it said till eight o'clock.

612
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,944
African immigrants,
they're feeling left out.

613
00:34:32,028 --> 00:34:35,406
Because most of them
have come here through the diversity visa.

614
00:34:35,490 --> 00:34:37,867
[man] Several of the individuals here
have families stuck

615
00:34:37,950 --> 00:34:40,036
outside the country for several months.

616
00:34:40,119 --> 00:34:43,039
I hope to have the honor of having
the support of the Yemeni community,

617
00:34:43,122 --> 00:34:45,416
but I also acknowledge
that I have to earn it and deserve it

618
00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:46,501
every single time.

619
00:34:46,584 --> 00:34:48,628
[Alexandria speaking Arabic]
Hello. Happy Eid.

620
00:34:48,711 --> 00:34:50,713
[in Arabic]
My name is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

621
00:34:50,797 --> 00:34:51,631
I'm trying out here.

622
00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:54,759
I'm running for Congress out here
in New York's 14th Congressional district.

623
00:34:54,842 --> 00:34:59,222
And it is so important that we go out
and vote on Tuesday, June 26th.

624
00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:10,149
[moderator] If you agree with what--
you know, what I say,

625
00:35:10,233 --> 00:35:11,150
raise your hand.

626
00:35:11,234 --> 00:35:13,194
But if it's a no for you,
don't raise your hand.

627
00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:15,238
Support a woman's right to choose.

628
00:35:17,281 --> 00:35:20,660
Support the Paycheck Fairness Act
in eliminating the wage gap.

629
00:35:22,703 --> 00:35:23,663
Love this room.

630
00:35:23,746 --> 00:35:26,749
Support allowing transgender soldiers
to serve in the military.

631
00:35:28,209 --> 00:35:29,043
All right.

632
00:35:29,836 --> 00:35:33,131
Raise your hand if you refuse
to take corporate PAC money.

633
00:35:35,216 --> 00:35:37,135
- All right.
- [crowd cheering]

634
00:35:39,053 --> 00:35:41,305
[crowd] Amy, Amy!

635
00:35:41,389 --> 00:35:42,348
[moderator] All right.

636
00:35:46,519 --> 00:35:48,938
[Amy] Everybody that knows me
knows that on day one,

637
00:35:49,021 --> 00:35:53,484
I will co-sponsor HR-676 Medicare for all.

638
00:35:53,943 --> 00:35:58,239
It is time to join the other Democrats
in office right now

639
00:35:58,322 --> 00:36:00,408
that are standing up and saying,
"Enough is enough!

640
00:36:00,491 --> 00:36:02,660
We're not gonna accept
any more money from the hospital,

641
00:36:02,743 --> 00:36:04,328
the insurance companies and pharma,

642
00:36:04,745 --> 00:36:07,456
and we can have the people
behind the party again."

643
00:36:07,707 --> 00:36:10,001
- [crowd cheering and applauding]
- [moderator] Thank you.

644
00:36:12,545 --> 00:36:14,839
[Amy] They're actually now posting
that I'm a Marxist.

645
00:36:14,922 --> 00:36:16,382
I don't even know what a Marxist is.

646
00:36:17,049 --> 00:36:20,052
Commie, and socialist,
and a piece of shit,

647
00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:21,304
and a bitch.

648
00:36:21,512 --> 00:36:23,472
And, you know, I look like I'm Russian,

649
00:36:23,556 --> 00:36:25,808
go back to my country in Mexico...

650
00:36:26,309 --> 00:36:27,435
[chuckles]

651
00:36:28,561 --> 00:36:29,812
You know what? Bring it on.

652
00:36:33,733 --> 00:36:35,902
[woman]
Right now we could really use your help.

653
00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:39,155
We are a completely
grassroots-powered movement.

654
00:36:39,238 --> 00:36:41,324
It's gonna be a close race.

655
00:36:41,407 --> 00:36:43,701
It's, you know,
obviously it's a crowded field.

656
00:36:43,784 --> 00:36:46,412
Oh, hell, yeah!
Okay, that's what I like to hear.

657
00:36:50,124 --> 00:36:52,752
I'm cleaning up after a bunch of kids.
[chuckles]

658
00:36:53,127 --> 00:36:55,087
I'm the house mom, the den mother.

659
00:36:55,504 --> 00:36:56,839
So I'm gonna make this disclaimer.

660
00:36:56,923 --> 00:36:59,884
I'm Amy Vilela.
I do not approve of this mess.

661
00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:01,344
[all laughing]

662
00:37:08,309 --> 00:37:10,645
My name's Amy,
and I am not a career politician.

663
00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:11,562
Yes.

664
00:37:11,646 --> 00:37:14,023
I was someone that should not be able
to run for Congress.

665
00:37:14,106 --> 00:37:16,901
I was a single mom.
I was on Medicaid, WIC, food stamps.

666
00:37:16,984 --> 00:37:17,818
That's right.

667
00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:19,904
Worked my way through college somehow,

668
00:37:19,987 --> 00:37:22,365
- and became a Chief Financial Officer.
- Cool.

669
00:37:22,698 --> 00:37:24,825
- [chuckles] Thanks a lot.
- No problem, take care.

670
00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:26,869
[Amy] This is not a game to me.

671
00:37:27,495 --> 00:37:29,747
This is not an opportunistic move for me.

672
00:37:29,830 --> 00:37:30,748
You got a good grip.

673
00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:34,877
I turned my back
on an executive level job.

674
00:37:35,294 --> 00:37:36,837
I sold my house.

675
00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:38,965
I've gone into debt.

676
00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:43,135
In the beginning, it was a tough decision,

677
00:37:43,552 --> 00:37:45,429
but I would do it again
in a heartbeat now.

678
00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:50,226
[woman 1] I'm scared too,
because I've never felt this confident...

679
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:52,687
in a campaign.

680
00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:55,398
[woman 2] It makes me uncomfortable,
but I feel like we might win.

681
00:37:55,481 --> 00:37:58,025
Every step of the way,
we seem to be on track.

682
00:37:58,109 --> 00:37:59,610
[Joz] We're like in the Amazing Race...

683
00:37:59,694 --> 00:38:02,697
And no one else believes in the path,
so they think we're not on track.

684
00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:04,573
They say, you know,
"You don't have a shot

685
00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:08,327
if you don't raise $100,000
between now and next week,

686
00:38:08,411 --> 00:38:10,746
or you don't have a shot
if you're not gonna put out

687
00:38:10,830 --> 00:38:12,331
targeted mailers, you know,

688
00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:15,918
to women between the ages
of 55 and 65 before this date.

689
00:38:16,210 --> 00:38:19,380
After 2016, nothing is predictable.
Nothing!

690
00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:20,589
[uplifting music playing]

691
00:38:24,218 --> 00:38:26,470
Hi, Amin, this is Amy Vilela.

692
00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:31,392
I was just actually doing
my fundraising calls and saw your name.

693
00:38:31,475 --> 00:38:34,061
Didn't know if you'd be able
to help us out one last time.

694
00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:38,399
- [Amin] I'm not sure if I can.
- Okay.

695
00:38:39,358 --> 00:38:40,359
[Amy sighs]

696
00:38:41,235 --> 00:38:42,695
Did I catch you at a bad time?

697
00:38:42,945 --> 00:38:45,948
[Amy] You know, even $50
would be absolutely amazing.

698
00:38:46,032 --> 00:38:49,702
[man] Really not in a position
to go much further, I'm afraid...

699
00:38:49,785 --> 00:38:50,661
[Amy] Sure.

700
00:38:51,620 --> 00:38:52,580
[sighs deeply]

701
00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:53,748
[Amy] Thank you so much.

702
00:38:53,831 --> 00:38:55,708
- What can I put you guys down for?
- [woman] Okay.

703
00:38:55,791 --> 00:38:58,461
We would donate $100.

704
00:38:58,544 --> 00:39:00,796
Thank you so, so much, guys.

705
00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:02,673
That really made my day.

706
00:39:13,934 --> 00:39:14,935
[spraying]

707
00:39:20,107 --> 00:39:21,442
[Shannon] So, I was getting curious

708
00:39:21,525 --> 00:39:23,903
where some of our opponents
are getting their money.

709
00:39:24,945 --> 00:39:25,863
Particularly Horsford.

710
00:39:25,946 --> 00:39:28,449
He's not taking money
from Big Pharma, but...

711
00:39:28,657 --> 00:39:29,575
[chuckles]

712
00:39:29,658 --> 00:39:33,120
I've managed to see
who he is taking money from.

713
00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:37,249
Culinary Union,
executives from MGM and Tropicana,

714
00:39:37,625 --> 00:39:41,170
and the Crystal Sugar Agriculture Fund.

715
00:39:41,253 --> 00:39:42,171
Caesars,

716
00:39:43,047 --> 00:39:45,966
the Congressional Black Caucus,
Congressional Progressive Caucus,

717
00:39:46,342 --> 00:39:48,344
- and Joe Crowley.
- [music stops]

718
00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:53,682
Why is Joe Crowley
one of the leaders pushing this?

719
00:39:53,766 --> 00:39:55,976
He's pouring all this money into a race

720
00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:59,605
that is two weeks
before the New York primary.

721
00:40:00,648 --> 00:40:04,693
[Shannon]
If Amy wins against the establishment Dem,

722
00:40:05,194 --> 00:40:08,739
things look a little bit more hopeful
for the scrappy fighter from the Bronx.

723
00:40:09,615 --> 00:40:10,741
[emotional music playing]

724
00:40:21,127 --> 00:40:22,837
[Amy] You know, I grew up in poverty.

725
00:40:23,045 --> 00:40:25,005
I was raised by a single mother.

726
00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:27,925
And so I learnt how to fight early on.

727
00:40:29,969 --> 00:40:31,762
Now that my eyes are open,

728
00:40:31,846 --> 00:40:35,599
I cannot and I will not close them again.

729
00:40:36,308 --> 00:40:38,561
[Cori] The person I'm running against
is complacent,

730
00:40:38,644 --> 00:40:39,895
but I'm not.

731
00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:43,607
I myself
can deescalate a person with a gun.

732
00:40:44,692 --> 00:40:47,820
And I'm not a police officer,
so I wonder how come they can't do it!

733
00:40:49,947 --> 00:40:52,199
[Alexandria]
I'm running because of Cori Bush.

734
00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:55,536
I'm running
because of Paula Jean Swearengin.

735
00:40:55,619 --> 00:40:57,955
I'm running because everyday Americans

736
00:40:58,038 --> 00:41:01,167
deserve to be represented
by everyday Americans.

737
00:41:01,667 --> 00:41:05,546
[Paula] And it's time for ordinary people
to do extraordinary things.

738
00:41:05,629 --> 00:41:07,923
Let's raise some hell,
and take our lives back.

739
00:41:08,007 --> 00:41:09,091
Thank you.

740
00:41:09,175 --> 00:41:10,801
[crowd cheering and applauding]

741
00:41:10,885 --> 00:41:12,178
[upbeat music playing]

742
00:41:12,428 --> 00:41:13,304
[Alexandria] Here we go.

743
00:41:13,387 --> 00:41:15,181
[woman 1] Nice to meet you.
All right. [laughs]

744
00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:16,891
[woman 2] Oh, we're in the middle--

745
00:41:16,974 --> 00:41:18,767
[indistinct chatter]

746
00:41:18,851 --> 00:41:20,394
[Cori Bush]
You guys gotta get used to this.

747
00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:23,898
[all laughing]

748
00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:28,986
[Alexandria] This thing is growing.

749
00:41:29,445 --> 00:41:30,946
It's-- It's happening.

750
00:41:35,075 --> 00:41:39,788
[Amy] We are beginning our world tour
through northern Nevada.

751
00:41:40,623 --> 00:41:41,957
This is a flip district.

752
00:41:42,541 --> 00:41:44,460
We have to keep on the issues,

753
00:41:44,543 --> 00:41:46,754
forget the party divides,
forget the parties,

754
00:41:46,837 --> 00:41:48,547
and let's talk about
what's really happening.

755
00:41:49,131 --> 00:41:51,634
But there are some things
I will not negotiate on.

756
00:41:52,051 --> 00:41:54,136
When we're talking about human life...

757
00:41:54,220 --> 00:41:57,264
human life,
and the ability just to survive

758
00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:59,475
and take care of your family and yourself,

759
00:41:59,558 --> 00:42:00,601
I will not buckle.

760
00:42:02,978 --> 00:42:03,812
Ouch!

761
00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:07,316
[Paula] We're clearing this area out.

762
00:42:07,399 --> 00:42:09,443
Ain't nobody been out here
for a couple years.

763
00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:11,195
So we can have this event out here.

764
00:42:14,448 --> 00:42:15,574
I look crazy!

765
00:42:17,952 --> 00:42:20,287
[Paula] I am a proud Appalachian woman.

766
00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:23,499
Because there's 10,000 miners
that marched that mountain,

767
00:42:23,958 --> 00:42:26,460
and stood up for us, our ancestors did.

768
00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:28,754
One of the biggest labor uprisings

769
00:42:29,171 --> 00:42:30,881
in our nation's history.

770
00:42:31,257 --> 00:42:33,259
This last year, I have hope.

771
00:42:33,342 --> 00:42:35,219
I have hope,
and it's because of all of you.

772
00:42:37,471 --> 00:42:40,558
[Cori] And I think about when you get
that new person on your job.

773
00:42:40,641 --> 00:42:42,726
I mean, you interview 'em,
and they're like so excited,

774
00:42:42,810 --> 00:42:44,812
like, "Oh, I'm gonna do this,
and I'm gonna do that,"

775
00:42:44,895 --> 00:42:46,897
and you think about the person
that was there before.

776
00:42:46,981 --> 00:42:48,816
How you couldn't get 'em
to move out their desk,

777
00:42:48,899 --> 00:42:51,151
- and they were always calling off, and--
- [all laughing]

778
00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:54,530
If we can get even just 15 more people
across the country

779
00:42:54,613 --> 00:42:58,826
that will come in in 2019 and perform,

780
00:42:59,034 --> 00:43:01,954
how much greater will we be?
And then in two more years, 30.

781
00:43:02,037 --> 00:43:05,374
You know, that's what I'm looking at.
Like, it's just continuing to grow.

782
00:43:05,749 --> 00:43:08,377
- [crowd cheering]
- I'm running to represent the Bronx.

783
00:43:08,460 --> 00:43:10,087
I'm a third generation Bronxite.

784
00:43:10,170 --> 00:43:11,964
I'm a Latina, I'm a Boricua,

785
00:43:12,047 --> 00:43:14,133
I'm a descendant of Taino Indians.

786
00:43:14,216 --> 00:43:16,343
I am a descendant of African slaves.

787
00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:18,554
I am proud to be an American!

788
00:43:19,388 --> 00:43:21,765
But we have to rise to that promise.

789
00:43:27,271 --> 00:43:29,106
[woman]
That's your rice and that's my rice.

790
00:43:29,982 --> 00:43:31,275
Take a little tiny bite.

791
00:43:31,775 --> 00:43:32,735
[chuckles]

792
00:43:35,529 --> 00:43:36,614
[woman] The rice is good.

793
00:43:37,656 --> 00:43:40,242
Can you pass her the rice?

794
00:43:40,826 --> 00:43:44,330
[woman] When these two little monsters
were little.

795
00:43:44,413 --> 00:43:47,291
I don't know, she was maybe,
like, six or seven.

796
00:43:47,374 --> 00:43:48,709
She got upset and said,

797
00:43:49,835 --> 00:43:52,546
"You know what? I am leaving."

798
00:43:52,713 --> 00:43:53,881
[all laughing]

799
00:43:54,298 --> 00:43:55,924
- I'm like, "What?"
- "I've had enough."

800
00:43:56,008 --> 00:43:58,427
Yeah. I'm, like, "You what?"

801
00:43:58,510 --> 00:43:59,970
"Yeah, I'm gonna leave."

802
00:44:00,054 --> 00:44:01,722
I say, "Okay."

803
00:44:02,348 --> 00:44:04,058
She went, got the suitcase,

804
00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:06,018
put all her clothes there.

805
00:44:06,352 --> 00:44:09,104
She found a nice hat, she put it on.

806
00:44:09,563 --> 00:44:11,815
She went to the curb,

807
00:44:11,899 --> 00:44:13,734
and she's looking both sides,

808
00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:17,196
like, "Hmm... Which way I go?"

809
00:44:17,279 --> 00:44:18,530
[all laughing]

810
00:44:18,697 --> 00:44:22,034
So one thing Sandy always had,
it was free will.

811
00:44:27,247 --> 00:44:30,751
[male voice]
So, here we have Alexandria Ocasio.

812
00:44:31,085 --> 00:44:33,087
[applauding]

813
00:44:33,420 --> 00:44:35,422
A SPECIAL DAY

814
00:44:44,848 --> 00:44:46,058
[Alexandria] For our next thing,

815
00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:49,937
we will take a little look at aliens.

816
00:44:50,229 --> 00:44:53,357
Aliens, this is our aliens issue.

817
00:44:54,024 --> 00:44:55,901
[screaming]

818
00:44:56,026 --> 00:44:57,778
It's taking me down!

819
00:44:58,153 --> 00:44:59,405
[Alexandria] When I was a kid,

820
00:44:59,988 --> 00:45:04,702
about half of New York City high-schoolers
would never graduate.

821
00:45:07,037 --> 00:45:10,165
And so, when I was about four,
five years old,

822
00:45:10,958 --> 00:45:13,752
my whole extended family
chipped in everything they could

823
00:45:13,836 --> 00:45:17,506
for a small down payment on a tiny house
about 30 minutes north,

824
00:45:17,589 --> 00:45:19,717
in a place called Yorktown.

825
00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:40,154
I went to public school

826
00:45:40,237 --> 00:45:43,574
in a town where no one looked like me.

827
00:45:46,034 --> 00:45:47,286
And then,

828
00:45:47,369 --> 00:45:50,414
always, always driving down to the Bronx,

829
00:45:51,457 --> 00:45:55,043
because all of my family
and our family friends

830
00:45:55,127 --> 00:45:56,420
were still in the Bronx.

831
00:46:01,300 --> 00:46:04,219
My Mom cleaned houses growing up.

832
00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:12,478
She would clean a woman's home
in exchange for SAT lessons for me.

833
00:46:17,107 --> 00:46:19,777
My father knew my soul

834
00:46:19,860 --> 00:46:22,029
better than anyone on this planet.

835
00:46:24,990 --> 00:46:30,204
He really made me believe
that I had true power in this world.

836
00:46:39,421 --> 00:46:42,132
My Dad passed away when I was in college.

837
00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:49,515
Losing him in a time

838
00:46:49,598 --> 00:46:51,934
when you're just figuring out the world

839
00:46:52,017 --> 00:46:53,936
was really hard.

840
00:46:56,396 --> 00:46:57,940
I didn't know up from down.

841
00:47:03,403 --> 00:47:05,906
[woman 1] If you were to find out,
okay, this is coming.

842
00:47:05,989 --> 00:47:08,575
We were digging back,
and then there we were.

843
00:47:08,659 --> 00:47:10,494
We make a lot of holes, and then--

844
00:47:10,577 --> 00:47:12,871
[woman 2] Wait, so he left home,
but what did you do?

845
00:47:12,955 --> 00:47:14,581
[man] Two week extensions.

846
00:47:14,915 --> 00:47:16,333
- Yeah.
- Yeah.

847
00:47:19,545 --> 00:47:20,671
[music fades out]

848
00:47:23,340 --> 00:47:25,092
- [Alexandria] Thank you.
- [Riley] Let it roll.

849
00:47:25,175 --> 00:47:26,260
Thank you.

850
00:47:30,514 --> 00:47:31,890
[Alexandria] So look at this thing.

851
00:47:32,140 --> 00:47:36,103
Everybody in the district
got this Victoria's Secret catalogue

852
00:47:36,687 --> 00:47:38,313
of my opponent.

853
00:47:39,189 --> 00:47:42,526
I mean, I'm not trying to gas myself up,
or brag, or anything,

854
00:47:42,609 --> 00:47:46,029
but this is the difference
between an organizer and a strategist.

855
00:47:46,697 --> 00:47:48,448
What am I trying to get people to do?

856
00:47:49,116 --> 00:47:51,702
Two things: I want them to know my name,

857
00:47:51,910 --> 00:47:53,620
and I want them to know
that they need to vote.

858
00:47:53,704 --> 00:47:56,164
"Okay, vote for her, why?"

859
00:47:56,248 --> 00:47:59,209
"End the war on drugs.
A hundred percent renewable energy.

860
00:47:59,293 --> 00:48:00,836
Tuition-free public college."

861
00:48:00,919 --> 00:48:02,504
This is how a strategist does it.

862
00:48:02,963 --> 00:48:04,464
Where's the primary date on this?

863
00:48:05,299 --> 00:48:08,010
When you first see it, when you
first pull this out of your mailbox.

864
00:48:09,094 --> 00:48:12,681
"Taking on Donald Trump in Washington."

865
00:48:13,307 --> 00:48:16,143
"Delivering for Queens and the Bronx."

866
00:48:16,226 --> 00:48:19,146
Deliver is insider talk.

867
00:48:20,063 --> 00:48:23,525
Deliver means "pork."

868
00:48:24,192 --> 00:48:26,069
"Oh, Alex, you're being too harsh.

869
00:48:26,153 --> 00:48:27,946
You're being way too harsh.
Give him a chance."

870
00:48:28,030 --> 00:48:30,115
Okay, let's give him a chance.
Let's open it up.

871
00:48:31,158 --> 00:48:34,077
Okay, we got
this big, beautiful spread here.

872
00:48:34,161 --> 00:48:35,495
Where's the primary date?

873
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:38,749
"Democrat Joe Crowley

874
00:48:38,832 --> 00:48:42,085
is leading the fight
against Donald Trump."

875
00:48:45,255 --> 00:48:47,841
There is nothing
about the path forward here.

876
00:48:48,550 --> 00:48:50,302
Trump: three times,

877
00:48:50,636 --> 00:48:52,971
commitments: zero times.

878
00:48:53,513 --> 00:48:56,141
One of these core, core issues

879
00:48:56,224 --> 00:48:57,935
for the Democratic establishment

880
00:48:58,018 --> 00:49:00,979
is that their consultants are garbage.

881
00:49:01,063 --> 00:49:02,439
- [Alexandria sighs]
- They're losing.

882
00:49:02,522 --> 00:49:06,902
It's scary that this is, like, the fourth
most powerful Democrat in the country,

883
00:49:06,985 --> 00:49:09,363
and this is the type of stuff
that he's doing?

884
00:49:13,867 --> 00:49:15,953
[Alexandria] I like--
I like this one.

885
00:49:17,663 --> 00:49:19,748
- This looks like you're on a frontline.
- [Saikat] Right.

886
00:49:19,831 --> 00:49:21,291
- And that's where we are.
- [Saikat] I like it.

887
00:49:21,375 --> 00:49:22,876
[Alexandria] So what I'd like--

888
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,253
What I kind of envisioned
for the back of these things is...

889
00:49:25,420 --> 00:49:28,006
three words or four words

890
00:49:28,674 --> 00:49:30,509
- that are big on the back.
- Okay.

891
00:49:30,592 --> 00:49:33,845
So whether it's, like,
"Medicare for all"...

892
00:49:33,929 --> 00:49:34,763
Okay.

893
00:49:34,846 --> 00:49:37,933
[Saikat] I think "rejecting the corporate
money" is like a big-- it's like a signal,

894
00:49:38,016 --> 00:49:39,768
sort of a big signal, you know.

895
00:49:39,851 --> 00:49:40,852
[Alexandria] Yeah, it is.

896
00:49:40,936 --> 00:49:43,438
And I think it's stronger
than the word "progressive".

897
00:49:43,522 --> 00:49:46,566
"Abolish ICE" is another one
that we could go to, if you wanted.

898
00:49:46,650 --> 00:49:48,068
I mean, it's kinda cool.

899
00:49:48,151 --> 00:49:51,989
Like, I wouldn't mind having posters
that say "abolish ICE".

900
00:49:52,072 --> 00:49:52,906
Yeah.

901
00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:55,492
To be in a political poster.
They're gonna say, "That's gangster!"

902
00:49:55,575 --> 00:49:57,327
- Like, up in Jackson Heights.
- Yeah.

903
00:49:57,953 --> 00:49:59,079
[whimsical music playing]

904
00:50:02,541 --> 00:50:04,418
I'll show you what your ads look like.

905
00:50:04,835 --> 00:50:07,713
We got women, unions,
criminal justice, under 25,

906
00:50:07,796 --> 00:50:10,632
- over 55, Obama...
- Great.

907
00:50:11,842 --> 00:50:13,719
Bengali, English, Spanish.

908
00:50:16,513 --> 00:50:18,056
- Sounds good.
- It's moving.

909
00:50:18,473 --> 00:50:20,142
So if you're still
following along with us,

910
00:50:20,225 --> 00:50:22,811
I'm gonna plug our Bronx rally again.

911
00:50:22,894 --> 00:50:25,731
It's this Sunday, 2 p.m.,
Allerton Avenue.

912
00:50:26,231 --> 00:50:27,733
Come out, bring your friends...

913
00:50:46,793 --> 00:50:49,421
[Alexandria] All right, guys, today is

914
00:50:49,504 --> 00:50:54,051
the day of our first ever rally.

915
00:50:54,134 --> 00:50:55,385
[crowd cheering]

916
00:50:56,219 --> 00:50:58,263
[Alexandria]
Who's willing to lead an event,

917
00:50:58,597 --> 00:51:00,057
and have a couple friends over

918
00:51:00,140 --> 00:51:02,392
to do any one of the things
that we just talked about?

919
00:51:02,476 --> 00:51:04,436
Raise your hand
if you're willing to do it.

920
00:51:04,519 --> 00:51:06,813
All right. All right.

921
00:51:07,814 --> 00:51:10,358
Now, if you just raised your hand,
I want you to stand up.

922
00:51:11,068 --> 00:51:12,027
Got 'em.

923
00:51:13,987 --> 00:51:15,989
Applause. Give them a round of applause.

924
00:51:18,533 --> 00:51:21,578
[Alexandria] Everybody in this room
knows five to ten people.

925
00:51:22,037 --> 00:51:25,082
And then those five to ten people
know another five to ten people.

926
00:51:25,457 --> 00:51:28,460
Frankly, big money is very lonely,

927
00:51:28,543 --> 00:51:31,088
and we've got people on our side.

928
00:51:31,171 --> 00:51:33,173
[crowd cheering and applauding]

929
00:51:34,674 --> 00:51:38,678
[in Spanish]
The Machine here imposes candidates.

930
00:51:38,762 --> 00:51:43,266
But all they want are puppets
to do their bidding.

931
00:51:43,350 --> 00:51:45,393
And we're tired of that.

932
00:51:45,477 --> 00:51:49,481
[in Spanish] Because everybody in this
community deserves...

933
00:51:49,564 --> 00:51:51,566
[in English] ...health care. [chuckles]

934
00:51:52,192 --> 00:51:55,862
[in Spanish] Up with Alexandria!
Down with the Machine!

935
00:51:56,154 --> 00:51:58,949
[woman] I'm here
with the Democratic Socialists of America,

936
00:51:59,032 --> 00:52:03,036
and we're so proud
to endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez today.

937
00:52:03,328 --> 00:52:06,081
[Alexandria] The entire New York
political establishment,

938
00:52:06,665 --> 00:52:08,750
they have no idea what's going on.

939
00:52:09,459 --> 00:52:12,129
This race is winnable.

940
00:52:12,671 --> 00:52:14,756
And don't let anybody tell you
any different,

941
00:52:15,215 --> 00:52:19,052
because the power out there,
I'm telling you, is an illusion.

942
00:52:19,928 --> 00:52:23,723
[man] This election is extremely close.
Every vote counts.

943
00:52:23,807 --> 00:52:25,809
So please, please get out to vote.

944
00:52:25,892 --> 00:52:27,644
Can we count on your support for Alex?

945
00:52:28,895 --> 00:52:29,896
Awesome.

946
00:52:31,022 --> 00:52:32,899
[woman]
Alexandria is a progressive Democrat

947
00:52:32,983 --> 00:52:34,276
who's not taking any corporate donations.

948
00:52:34,359 --> 00:52:36,820
[woman]
We've got people, and they've got money.

949
00:52:37,404 --> 00:52:40,866
[man] ...Chester Road, and if you go
all the way down Pelham Parkway,

950
00:52:41,616 --> 00:52:42,909
these are all businesses.

951
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:45,996
- There you go.
- Yes!

952
00:52:46,955 --> 00:52:48,248
Thank you.

953
00:52:50,834 --> 00:52:55,547
[Alexandria]
Things are accelerating so quickly.

954
00:52:55,964 --> 00:53:00,051
We released our campaign video on Tuesday,

955
00:53:00,135 --> 00:53:01,344
it just...

956
00:53:02,137 --> 00:53:02,971
blew up.

957
00:53:08,643 --> 00:53:12,105
[Alexandria]
Before we knew it, we passed $200,000.

958
00:53:12,189 --> 00:53:13,815
And, like, that's a race.

959
00:53:15,734 --> 00:53:17,527
But the question is...

960
00:53:19,738 --> 00:53:22,616
...has this all come
with enough time to make a difference?

961
00:53:33,793 --> 00:53:34,794
[music stops]

962
00:53:37,339 --> 00:53:40,759
[Alexandria]
He's operating in his kingdom, you know.

963
00:53:41,134 --> 00:53:43,553
They don't let us into senior centers,

964
00:53:43,637 --> 00:53:45,639
but they roll open the red carpet for him.

965
00:53:45,722 --> 00:53:46,973
I mean, look at this.

966
00:53:47,724 --> 00:53:51,228
He has, like, every endorsement ever.

967
00:53:53,063 --> 00:53:54,022
So we'll see.

968
00:53:55,774 --> 00:53:58,276
New York! New York!

969
00:53:58,526 --> 00:54:00,820
Show us your pride!

970
00:54:10,664 --> 00:54:14,167
[crowd] Who you gonna vote for?
Ocasio-Cortez!

971
00:54:14,376 --> 00:54:17,879
Who you gonna vote for?
Ocasio-Cortez!

972
00:54:17,963 --> 00:54:19,631
[in Spanish] The primary, this June 26th.

973
00:54:19,714 --> 00:54:22,467
The first primary election in 14 years.

974
00:54:22,842 --> 00:54:24,427
Healthcare is a right!

975
00:54:24,511 --> 00:54:27,305
Fight, fight, fight!
Healthcare is a right!

976
00:54:27,389 --> 00:54:28,932
Yes, healthcare is a right.

977
00:54:29,432 --> 00:54:30,934
And we gotta get some.

978
00:54:31,559 --> 00:54:33,311
- [upbeat music playing]
- [indistinct chatter]

979
00:54:41,444 --> 00:54:43,029
Haven't seen you in a while.

980
00:54:43,822 --> 00:54:46,992
- Re-election time, huh?
- Hey, you know, every so often.

981
00:54:47,075 --> 00:54:48,702
You're going to do it. Don't worry.

982
00:54:48,785 --> 00:54:50,829
Hey, Bill. How are you, brother?

983
00:54:50,912 --> 00:54:51,913
You are in my district.

984
00:54:51,997 --> 00:54:54,958
[man] I don't know who that
stupid woman is, but I'm voting for you.

985
00:54:55,041 --> 00:54:56,084
Thank you.

986
00:54:57,210 --> 00:54:59,004
She's not stupid, but thank you.

987
00:54:59,087 --> 00:55:01,464
She may not be stupid,
but I don't like her anyway.

988
00:55:01,548 --> 00:55:02,424
Good luck, Joe.

989
00:55:03,174 --> 00:55:05,093
[man]
Adrienne, can you send me a copy of it?

990
00:55:05,510 --> 00:55:07,345
- Yeah, we'll send you a copy.
- Come on in, Bill.

991
00:55:09,180 --> 00:55:12,392
[Alexandria]
Yesterday, I get this phone call.

992
00:55:13,977 --> 00:55:17,564
The guy who won't show up
to a hundred-person community debate

993
00:55:17,647 --> 00:55:21,735
has now agreed to debate me
live on New York One.

994
00:55:21,818 --> 00:55:23,153
Hi, how you doin'?

995
00:55:26,197 --> 00:55:28,908
[Alexandria]
I am, frankly, a little scared.

996
00:55:31,453 --> 00:55:34,998
This is either a really big misstep
that they've made,

997
00:55:35,332 --> 00:55:37,792
or they have this really well planned.

998
00:56:02,776 --> 00:56:05,695
[Amy] When you're running for office,
and you're not, you know,

999
00:56:05,779 --> 00:56:07,030
a typical candidate...

1000
00:56:08,698 --> 00:56:10,492
you have to remember your "why."

1001
00:56:10,950 --> 00:56:12,327
Why are you doing it?

1002
00:56:16,289 --> 00:56:18,833
[Amy] I remember actually
the day I put this stone here.

1003
00:56:19,417 --> 00:56:21,169
It would have been two years ago.

1004
00:56:22,087 --> 00:56:24,047
And it seems like decades ago.

1005
00:56:25,256 --> 00:56:26,883
And at that point...

1006
00:56:27,842 --> 00:56:29,135
I was so lost.

1007
00:56:31,554 --> 00:56:34,224
She didn't wanna be left in one place.

1008
00:56:34,599 --> 00:56:37,060
So, as crazy as it makes me look,

1009
00:56:37,143 --> 00:56:38,478
I follow her wishes.

1010
00:56:38,561 --> 00:56:40,605
You wanna travel? We're gonna travel.

1011
00:56:42,690 --> 00:56:45,735
I don't want this
to go flying around in the car. [laughs]

1012
00:56:46,569 --> 00:56:47,654
That wouldn't be cool.

1013
00:56:52,242 --> 00:56:53,410
[somber music playing]

1014
00:57:30,447 --> 00:57:32,740
[Amy] When the time came,
they said she was brain-dead.

1015
00:57:35,076 --> 00:57:37,579
I knew something was wrong
'cause my sister Ellie had gone over--

1016
00:57:37,662 --> 00:57:38,621
She's an RN.

1017
00:57:39,581 --> 00:57:42,083
And I looked to my sister
and said, "No, Ellie.

1018
00:57:42,876 --> 00:57:45,044
No. Don't-- No."

1019
00:57:45,503 --> 00:57:48,465
And I saw for the first time,
my sister, she just--

1020
00:57:50,592 --> 00:57:52,093
I knew she was gone.

1021
00:58:00,018 --> 00:58:02,020
But she still was alive for a while.

1022
00:58:02,103 --> 00:58:03,938
So, I got into bed and I held her,

1023
00:58:04,022 --> 00:58:07,275
and I sang this song I used to sing to her
when she was a baby. [sobs]

1024
00:58:10,737 --> 00:58:12,864
I played with her hair and told her
how much I loved her

1025
00:58:12,947 --> 00:58:15,033
until she took her last breath.

1026
00:58:25,919 --> 00:58:27,629
[Amy] It's not just our family.

1027
00:58:27,837 --> 00:58:31,090
It's 30,000 families a year.

1028
00:58:32,675 --> 00:58:36,513
Thirty thousand of us a year...

1029
00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:41,476
that are losing loved ones
because they don't have insurance.

1030
00:58:47,065 --> 00:58:49,400
No one in this great country

1031
00:58:50,276 --> 00:58:53,112
should be dying
because they don't understand

1032
00:58:53,196 --> 00:58:55,448
the intricate system of insurance.

1033
00:58:55,782 --> 00:58:57,325
And why is it difficult?

1034
00:58:57,742 --> 00:59:00,745
Because of algorithms,
because of risk assessment,

1035
00:59:01,412 --> 00:59:02,956
because the CFOs

1036
00:59:04,249 --> 00:59:06,459
that work in that field

1037
00:59:07,460 --> 00:59:11,631
are sitting there figuring out ways
to make optimum profit

1038
00:59:12,173 --> 00:59:13,633
for their shareholders.

1039
00:59:15,802 --> 00:59:18,471
This is a commodity.

1040
00:59:21,057 --> 00:59:22,767
My daughter's life wasn't.

1041
00:59:30,233 --> 00:59:33,111
We all handle it differently.
A lot of grieving parents

1042
00:59:33,194 --> 00:59:35,905
that I've been in contact with,
they're sort of, like,

1043
00:59:35,989 --> 00:59:39,450
really shocked that I'm able to do
as much as I'm doing.

1044
00:59:43,997 --> 00:59:45,540
For me, it's "How can I not?"

1045
00:59:47,208 --> 00:59:48,585
I will never stop.

1046
00:59:49,294 --> 00:59:53,006
I'm not going to allow my daughter

1047
00:59:54,007 --> 00:59:56,634
to have died for nothing.

1048
00:59:57,051 --> 00:59:58,177
[somber music playing]

1049
01:00:16,029 --> 01:00:19,699
[Alexandria] I started waitressing
when the financial crisis hit.

1050
01:00:24,537 --> 01:00:26,456
My Dad had passed away.

1051
01:00:27,915 --> 01:00:32,837
Working in a non-profit
just wasn't enough for our family,

1052
01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:34,631
because we were about to lose our home.

1053
01:00:37,258 --> 01:00:40,928
You're trying to make
a $300 student loan bill here,

1054
01:00:41,012 --> 01:00:43,514
and your foreclosure installment here...

1055
01:00:44,515 --> 01:00:46,893
You just do your best to survive.

1056
01:00:53,650 --> 01:00:57,153
That's been the reality
for millions of people in this country.

1057
01:00:57,570 --> 01:01:00,031
That feel like they're just hanging
by a thread.

1058
01:01:01,324 --> 01:01:03,785
And they feel
like no one's fighting for them,

1059
01:01:03,868 --> 01:01:06,245
and everyone's just in it for themselves.

1060
01:01:20,176 --> 01:01:23,012
I am debating
on behalf of the movement tonight.

1061
01:01:27,684 --> 01:01:30,645
This is not about electing me to Congress,

1062
01:01:30,728 --> 01:01:33,272
this is about electing us to Congress.

1063
01:01:35,441 --> 01:01:36,984
That's what I have to communicate.

1064
01:01:39,362 --> 01:01:41,155
I need to take up space.

1065
01:01:41,364 --> 01:01:42,865
I need to take up space.

1066
01:01:43,741 --> 01:01:44,784
I am here.

1067
01:01:48,287 --> 01:01:50,164
- [Alexandria chuckles]
- [Riley] What's that?

1068
01:01:50,248 --> 01:01:52,291
I don't know. This is me takin' up space.

1069
01:01:53,251 --> 01:01:54,377
Sending your energies out.

1070
01:01:54,460 --> 01:01:56,337
- I'm gonna try it tonight--
- Aura building.

1071
01:01:59,090 --> 01:02:00,091
[sighs]

1072
01:02:10,393 --> 01:02:12,395
- I can do this.
- I know you can.

1073
01:02:12,854 --> 01:02:15,565
I am experienced enough to do this.

1074
01:02:17,275 --> 01:02:19,777
I am knowledgeable enough to do this.

1075
01:02:20,528 --> 01:02:23,114
I am prepared enough to do this.

1076
01:02:24,198 --> 01:02:26,909
I am mature enough to do this.

1077
01:02:27,910 --> 01:02:29,787
I am brave enough to do this.

1078
01:02:32,081 --> 01:02:34,000
And this whole thing,

1079
01:02:34,083 --> 01:02:36,669
this whole time
he's gonna tell me I can't do this.

1080
01:02:36,753 --> 01:02:38,337
He's gonna tell me I'm small,

1081
01:02:38,421 --> 01:02:40,089
that I'm little, that I'm young,

1082
01:02:40,173 --> 01:02:41,674
that I'm inexperienced...

1083
01:02:44,552 --> 01:02:45,428
[exhales loudly]

1084
01:02:46,721 --> 01:02:48,055
["Inside City Hall" intro]

1085
01:02:50,475 --> 01:02:51,976
[man] Welcome back to Inside City Hall

1086
01:02:52,059 --> 01:02:54,020
where we are holding
a Democratic Primary debate

1087
01:02:54,103 --> 01:02:56,189
for the 14th Congressional District.

1088
01:02:56,272 --> 01:02:59,734
Joe Crowley has represented this area
in Congress since 1999.

1089
01:02:59,817 --> 01:03:02,528
He's being challenged
by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

1090
01:03:02,612 --> 01:03:03,863
She is a native of the Bronx

1091
01:03:03,946 --> 01:03:06,949
who has worked as political aid
and as an activist.

1092
01:03:07,325 --> 01:03:08,910
Here are tonight's rules. Each can--

1093
01:03:08,993 --> 01:03:11,996
For over 20 years,
the interests of working families

1094
01:03:12,079 --> 01:03:15,249
have been sold off
to luxury real estate developers,

1095
01:03:15,333 --> 01:03:16,459
Wall Street banks,

1096
01:03:16,542 --> 01:03:19,003
and for-profit healthcare corporations.

1097
01:03:19,086 --> 01:03:20,379
And for 20 years,

1098
01:03:20,463 --> 01:03:22,089
our rents have been going up,

1099
01:03:22,173 --> 01:03:24,467
healthcare has been getting
more expensive,

1100
01:03:24,550 --> 01:03:26,636
and our incomes are staying the same.

1101
01:03:27,011 --> 01:03:28,971
Not all Democrats are the same.

1102
01:03:29,055 --> 01:03:31,766
And in a district
that is overwhelmingly working class,

1103
01:03:31,849 --> 01:03:33,935
we deserve a working class champion.

1104
01:03:34,018 --> 01:03:35,812
Okay. Thank you. Mr. Crowley?

1105
01:03:35,895 --> 01:03:38,147
First of all,
thanks a lot for this evening.

1106
01:03:38,231 --> 01:03:41,067
It's great to see you, and thanks
for participating this evening as well.

1107
01:03:41,150 --> 01:03:43,110
I think it's a good opportunity for us
to have an--

1108
01:03:43,194 --> 01:03:44,779
an exchange of thoughts and ideas

1109
01:03:44,862 --> 01:03:46,989
about the issues of concern
to our constituency.

1110
01:03:47,073 --> 01:03:49,867
If a person loves their community,
they would--

1111
01:03:49,951 --> 01:03:51,911
they would choose
to raise their family here.

1112
01:03:51,994 --> 01:03:54,038
They would choose
to send their kids to our schools.

1113
01:03:54,121 --> 01:03:56,624
When it comes to my kids,
I like to keep my kids out of it.

1114
01:03:56,707 --> 01:03:59,168
Quite frankly,
it's difficult to raise a family as it is.

1115
01:03:59,252 --> 01:04:01,212
This job requires me
to be away from them

1116
01:04:01,295 --> 01:04:04,006
for a very long time,
and I'm just doing the best that I can,

1117
01:04:04,090 --> 01:04:05,299
quite frankly, as a father.

1118
01:04:07,009 --> 01:04:10,179
I'm poised at this point and time
to take on this president.

1119
01:04:10,263 --> 01:04:12,306
And I've been doing it,
just like I did this week,

1120
01:04:12,390 --> 01:04:13,641
when I marched in protest

1121
01:04:13,724 --> 01:04:16,102
against what's happening
at our nation's border,

1122
01:04:16,519 --> 01:04:20,481
where this government
is separating children from their mothers.

1123
01:04:20,815 --> 01:04:23,276
It is antithetical
to everything that I believe in,

1124
01:04:23,359 --> 01:04:25,570
- and that's what I fight for everyday.
- And you know what?

1125
01:04:25,653 --> 01:04:28,990
If this organization is as fascist
as you have called it...

1126
01:04:29,073 --> 01:04:31,242
- I've said it's fascist.
- And you have said it's fascist.

1127
01:04:31,325 --> 01:04:34,954
Then why don't you
adopt the stance to eliminate it?

1128
01:04:35,037 --> 01:04:37,206
This is a moral problem.

1129
01:04:41,627 --> 01:04:42,628
[sighs deeply]

1130
01:04:47,633 --> 01:04:50,928
[woman]
It is the first big Primary day of 2018.

1131
01:04:51,012 --> 01:04:52,805
[man] Big Primary day.

1132
01:04:52,889 --> 01:04:55,099
- [man] All eyes on West Virginia.
- [woman] West Virginia.

1133
01:04:55,182 --> 01:04:56,392
[woman] You are on the clock.

1134
01:04:56,475 --> 01:04:58,603
It's Primary day there
and three other states...

1135
01:04:59,312 --> 01:05:01,647
[man speaks into megaphone]
It's not about red state issues,

1136
01:05:01,731 --> 01:05:03,941
it's not about blue state issues,
it's about people issues.

1137
01:05:04,025 --> 01:05:06,193
If Joe Manchin's got you down,
come on out,

1138
01:05:06,277 --> 01:05:08,112
bring a little bit of hope
back to West Virginia,

1139
01:05:08,195 --> 01:05:10,698
- and vote for Paula Jean Swearengin today.
- [Paula chuckles]

1140
01:05:10,781 --> 01:05:12,992
Votefor Paula Jean Swearengin today.

1141
01:05:13,075 --> 01:05:16,329
It's Primary day, West Virginia, 2018.

1142
01:05:17,580 --> 01:05:19,332
[man]
I would just like to report to everyone

1143
01:05:19,415 --> 01:05:22,585
that currently we have 35,000 votes
from some wonderful,

1144
01:05:22,668 --> 01:05:24,462
hardworking West Virginians just like you.

1145
01:05:24,545 --> 01:05:26,964
- So can we have a round of applause?
- [cheering and applauding]

1146
01:05:28,549 --> 01:05:30,843
[man] I'd like to thank you
for staying out with us so late,

1147
01:05:30,927 --> 01:05:33,596
enjoying a wonderful election night,
guys. So thank you.

1148
01:05:34,972 --> 01:05:37,975
[Paula] And these counties, these
bigger counties have not reported yet.

1149
01:05:38,392 --> 01:05:41,979
We've already got 42,000 votes.
We might still be able to win this

1150
01:05:42,605 --> 01:05:44,148
still, look at the bigger counties.

1151
01:05:44,607 --> 01:05:46,692
Manchin is 50,000 ahead of ya.

1152
01:05:46,776 --> 01:05:47,944
[indistinct chatter]

1153
01:05:49,862 --> 01:05:53,783
[man] Joe Manchin has been declared
the winner with 69.5% of the vote,

1154
01:05:54,075 --> 01:05:57,036
to Paula Jean Swearengin's
30.5% of the vote.

1155
01:05:57,119 --> 01:05:59,997
- [man] Not bad. Not bad.
- With 7.4% of the precincts reporting...

1156
01:06:03,542 --> 01:06:06,963
[woman] So, my thinking is,
if Paula was to run as independent,

1157
01:06:07,046 --> 01:06:09,382
if she has 30% of the Democratic vote,

1158
01:06:09,840 --> 01:06:12,510
there's possibility that she can pull over
some Independent

1159
01:06:12,593 --> 01:06:14,178
and even Republican voters.

1160
01:06:14,261 --> 01:06:17,765
If she runs as an Independent,
and Morrissey ends up

1161
01:06:17,848 --> 01:06:21,477
as our senator, you're done,
your political career is over.

1162
01:06:21,560 --> 01:06:23,729
[woman] I'm not telling you not to run
as an Independent,

1163
01:06:23,813 --> 01:06:25,106
because you are a good candidate,

1164
01:06:25,189 --> 01:06:28,192
and I believe in my heart
that people are drawn to good candidates.

1165
01:06:28,776 --> 01:06:32,071
I'm just asking you where you think
you can do the most good.

1166
01:06:33,322 --> 01:06:34,949
[phone ringing]

1167
01:06:35,032 --> 01:06:36,867
- Paula Jean? It's Mara.
- Hey, Mara.

1168
01:06:36,951 --> 01:06:38,452
Great race, by the way.

1169
01:06:38,536 --> 01:06:40,079
- Thank you, ma'am.
- Very good race.

1170
01:06:40,538 --> 01:06:42,623
Do you have a moment to talk
to Senator Manchin?

1171
01:06:42,707 --> 01:06:43,874
I sure do.

1172
01:06:43,958 --> 01:06:45,292
Okay. Hold on one second.

1173
01:06:46,127 --> 01:06:48,379
- Paula Jean?
- Hi, Senator Manchin.

1174
01:06:48,671 --> 01:06:50,464
How are you? I just wanna thank you.

1175
01:06:50,548 --> 01:06:53,718
I mean, I congratulate you. Thank you.
I've said to everybody...

1176
01:06:54,051 --> 01:06:56,512
You're just a classy person,
and I appreciate it very much.

1177
01:06:57,096 --> 01:06:59,348
Thank you, Senator Manchin,
that means a lot.

1178
01:06:59,432 --> 01:07:00,433
Whatever we can do--

1179
01:07:00,516 --> 01:07:03,185
If you wanna come in,
we could sit down and work together,

1180
01:07:03,269 --> 01:07:05,104
and look at some of the issues
you really have,

1181
01:07:05,187 --> 01:07:08,816
and see if we can come together
and try to help each other?

1182
01:07:09,150 --> 01:07:10,359
I'm happy to do that.

1183
01:07:11,527 --> 01:07:13,487
I'd love to come and sit down,
Senator Manchin.

1184
01:07:13,571 --> 01:07:15,114
I've been wanting that for a long time.

1185
01:07:15,197 --> 01:07:18,951
Okay. Why don't you-- You call Mara.
Mara has your number.

1186
01:07:19,201 --> 01:07:20,327
I'll have Mara schedule it,

1187
01:07:20,411 --> 01:07:22,955
that way we can spend some time together.
I'd love to do that.

1188
01:07:23,706 --> 01:07:24,540
Okay. Yeah.

1189
01:07:24,623 --> 01:07:27,084
I would like to see some changes
in this state, Senator Manchin.

1190
01:07:27,168 --> 01:07:28,419
- I understand.
- People are dyin'.

1191
01:07:29,712 --> 01:07:30,713
[emotional music playing]

1192
01:07:33,549 --> 01:07:34,925
[Cori] This is who we are.

1193
01:07:35,009 --> 01:07:36,719
This is the light of St. Louis.

1194
01:07:36,802 --> 01:07:38,554
We are the light of St. Louis.

1195
01:07:38,637 --> 01:07:39,638
Thank you all.

1196
01:07:39,722 --> 01:07:40,848
[crowd cheering]

1197
01:07:42,349 --> 01:07:43,809
[woman] Let's take a look at the race

1198
01:07:43,893 --> 01:07:45,978
for the Missouri
first Congressional district.

1199
01:07:46,312 --> 01:07:49,774
Incumbent Lacy Clay, 61% of the vote

1200
01:07:49,857 --> 01:07:53,277
against his closest competitor, Cori Bush,

1201
01:07:53,360 --> 01:07:55,196
with 31% percent of the vote.

1202
01:07:55,279 --> 01:07:59,283
It was the old guard
versus the progressive new guard.

1203
01:07:59,366 --> 01:08:02,203
Many of you
called for change after Ferguson.

1204
01:08:02,286 --> 01:08:04,705
It does not look
like that is happening, though.

1205
01:08:10,669 --> 01:08:12,046
[Amy] Feel like I'm gonna vomit.

1206
01:08:15,007 --> 01:08:17,343
...watching that screen pretty carefully
behind me...

1207
01:08:20,888 --> 01:08:22,765
[Amy]
I don't think I've seen Keenan this quiet.

1208
01:08:24,058 --> 01:08:24,892
Keenan,

1209
01:08:25,351 --> 01:08:29,522
you are the most awesome
campaign manager I could ask for.

1210
01:08:30,773 --> 01:08:32,858
We did this without knowing shit.

1211
01:08:33,025 --> 01:08:33,859
[Keenan laughs]

1212
01:08:34,318 --> 01:08:35,194
[Keenan] That's true.

1213
01:08:36,112 --> 01:08:38,906
[Amy] And you stuck through everything,
and were there, and I love you.

1214
01:08:39,615 --> 01:08:40,866
[Keenan] I love you too, Amy.

1215
01:08:45,746 --> 01:08:49,083
- [woman 1] Okay, we have new results.
- [woman 2] Next time I see you...

1216
01:08:51,210 --> 01:08:52,128
Shit.

1217
01:09:07,017 --> 01:09:08,686
[Amy] Some of us have gotta get through--

1218
01:09:09,770 --> 01:09:11,689
It's not about any one of us,
individually.

1219
01:09:11,772 --> 01:09:14,108
It's about the--the whole movement.

1220
01:09:15,025 --> 01:09:19,947
[Alexandria] It's just the reality that
in order for one of us to make it through,

1221
01:09:20,030 --> 01:09:21,907
100 of us have to try.

1222
01:09:22,992 --> 01:09:24,201
- [ends call]
- [sighs]

1223
01:09:28,372 --> 01:09:30,374
[woman]
Shalynne would be really proud of you.

1224
01:09:31,250 --> 01:09:32,626
[Amy crying]

1225
01:09:47,892 --> 01:09:49,727
[Shannon] I'm not sorry.

1226
01:09:51,270 --> 01:09:52,396
I'm not sorry.

1227
01:09:53,063 --> 01:09:54,940
I'm not sorry that I'm here.

1228
01:09:55,566 --> 01:09:59,069
I'm not sorry that we ran
the campaign that we ran.

1229
01:09:59,653 --> 01:10:02,156
The same reason that all of us are here,

1230
01:10:02,489 --> 01:10:03,949
that hasn't gone away.

1231
01:10:04,158 --> 01:10:06,202
The Primary ended,

1232
01:10:06,619 --> 01:10:08,704
the injustice has not.

1233
01:10:10,164 --> 01:10:12,166
We have a lot of work left to do,

1234
01:10:12,958 --> 01:10:15,878
and I for one am not gonna stop doing it

1235
01:10:16,503 --> 01:10:18,714
until we fix some things.

1236
01:10:25,346 --> 01:10:26,180
[music stops]

1237
01:10:39,401 --> 01:10:40,319
[sighs]

1238
01:10:44,531 --> 01:10:48,494
[Alexandria]
Thinking about 9 p.m. on Tuesday

1239
01:10:48,827 --> 01:10:52,206
makes me want to lock myself in a closet.

1240
01:10:55,000 --> 01:10:58,796
It will never be the same after Tuesday.

1241
01:10:58,879 --> 01:11:01,840
No matter what the outcome, this moment,

1242
01:11:03,384 --> 01:11:04,760
I'm never gonna get back.

1243
01:11:09,431 --> 01:11:10,391
[crowd cheering]

1244
01:11:12,268 --> 01:11:13,310
[man] Go, Lexie!

1245
01:11:14,645 --> 01:11:16,981
[moderator] Everyone, try to keep
the outbursts to a minimum,

1246
01:11:17,064 --> 01:11:18,983
we wanna keep this moving on
as best as we can.

1247
01:11:19,608 --> 01:11:22,027
So the New York Times editorial board
yesterday came out

1248
01:11:22,111 --> 01:11:25,572
- with a scathing review of your campaign--
- [Crowley] Wasn't that bad.

1249
01:11:25,656 --> 01:11:27,032
- [crowd laughing]
- ...calling, uh--

1250
01:11:27,116 --> 01:11:28,867
They criticize you for, quote,

1251
01:11:28,951 --> 01:11:31,412
"your galling snub of a debate
in the Bronx."

1252
01:11:31,495 --> 01:11:32,371
[crowd] That's right.

1253
01:11:32,454 --> 01:11:34,415
[moderator]
Is that the reason you're here tonight?

1254
01:11:34,498 --> 01:11:36,208
[Crowley] I appreciate the editorial

1255
01:11:36,292 --> 01:11:38,961
and I appreciate also the hard work
that I've been doing

1256
01:11:39,044 --> 01:11:41,547
to win back the support
of my constituents here.

1257
01:11:42,172 --> 01:11:45,467
When it comes time to standing up
against the big banks and Wall Street,

1258
01:11:45,843 --> 01:11:48,345
I stood shoulder to shoulder
with Barnie Frank

1259
01:11:48,429 --> 01:11:49,888
in passing Dod Frank.

1260
01:11:49,972 --> 01:11:52,224
I was proud of my work
and the effort that I did.

1261
01:11:52,308 --> 01:11:53,684
[cheering and applauding]

1262
01:11:53,767 --> 01:11:56,687
[Alexandria] So let's talk about
Dodd-Frank, because after the--

1263
01:11:56,770 --> 01:11:59,023
one of the directors
of Morgan Stanley emailed

1264
01:11:59,106 --> 01:12:01,358
my opponent's campaign director
and told him,

1265
01:12:01,692 --> 01:12:04,194
"Before you pass Dodd-Frank,
you need to kill the Lynch Amendment,"

1266
01:12:04,278 --> 01:12:05,988
which protects working families.

1267
01:12:06,697 --> 01:12:09,158
He left the floor of Congress,
went to that fundraiser,

1268
01:12:09,241 --> 01:12:12,828
came back and killed the Lynch Amendment,
and then he voted for Dodd-Frank.

1269
01:12:12,911 --> 01:12:15,748
So, we need
to keep the facts straight here.

1270
01:12:16,582 --> 01:12:19,293
[Crowley] You know, you've spoken
about the fact that there are

1271
01:12:19,376 --> 01:12:21,712
you know, good Democrats
and bad Democrats, and...

1272
01:12:21,795 --> 01:12:24,131
I'm willing to say that maybe there are
some bad Democrats,

1273
01:12:24,214 --> 01:12:25,299
people who've let us down.

1274
01:12:25,841 --> 01:12:29,803
Hiram Monserrate is someone
who actually cut his girlfriend's face

1275
01:12:29,887 --> 01:12:31,722
with a broken piece of glass.

1276
01:12:31,805 --> 01:12:35,392
My question to you is,
why have you sought his support,

1277
01:12:35,476 --> 01:12:37,895
why did you go to his club
and speak at his club?

1278
01:12:38,187 --> 01:12:39,605
I'd like to know why you did that.

1279
01:12:40,356 --> 01:12:42,149
So, that's a lie.

1280
01:12:42,608 --> 01:12:45,361
I have not s--
I have not sought his support.

1281
01:12:45,444 --> 01:12:49,907
I think that that-- that history is--
is absolutely reprehensible,

1282
01:12:49,990 --> 01:12:52,159
and you say, "Why are you at his club?"

1283
01:12:52,242 --> 01:12:56,789
I was at the only Latino Democratic Club
in East Elmhurst and Corona.

1284
01:12:57,039 --> 01:12:58,248
- That's where I was.
- [applause]

1285
01:12:58,332 --> 01:13:01,168
There are teachers there,
there are cross-walk guards there,

1286
01:13:01,585 --> 01:13:04,505
and that was-- that is who
I was talking to that day.

1287
01:13:04,588 --> 01:13:08,842
So, while I know that women tend
to be made responsible

1288
01:13:08,926 --> 01:13:10,761
for the actions of every man in the room,

1289
01:13:10,844 --> 01:13:12,763
I am not. I am not.

1290
01:13:12,846 --> 01:13:14,181
[crowd cheering]

1291
01:13:15,933 --> 01:13:17,893
[Alexandria]
After ten years of failed leadership,

1292
01:13:17,976 --> 01:13:20,896
we have lost 1,000
Democratic seats nationwide.

1293
01:13:20,979 --> 01:13:23,273
We have lost the House,
we have lost the Senate,

1294
01:13:23,357 --> 01:13:24,733
we have lost the Presidency,

1295
01:13:24,817 --> 01:13:26,693
and it would be a profound mistake

1296
01:13:26,777 --> 01:13:30,197
if we believe that the same leadership
getting us into this mess

1297
01:13:30,280 --> 01:13:31,407
is gonna get us out.

1298
01:13:31,490 --> 01:13:34,993
Because what's gonna get us out
is improved and expanded Medicare for all.

1299
01:13:35,077 --> 01:13:37,788
What's gonna get us out
is a federal jobs guarantee.

1300
01:13:37,871 --> 01:13:40,541
What's gonna get us out
is the abolition of ICE.

1301
01:13:40,624 --> 01:13:43,919
What's gonna get us out
is a $15 minimum wage.

1302
01:13:44,002 --> 01:13:45,921
[cheering and applauding]

1303
01:13:46,004 --> 01:13:49,383
I think-- Miss Ocasio-Cortez,
I think you brought a lot of energy,

1304
01:13:49,466 --> 01:13:50,717
and I think you--

1305
01:13:51,093 --> 01:13:53,303
for someone who is not as experienced,

1306
01:13:53,387 --> 01:13:55,431
in terms of public life
and public service,

1307
01:13:55,514 --> 01:13:56,890
I think you're doing a great job
in that vein.

1308
01:13:56,974 --> 01:13:59,393
- Well, look, I do--
- [moderator] No outbursts, please!

1309
01:13:59,476 --> 01:14:01,812
I do thank her for the energy
she's brought to this.

1310
01:14:01,895 --> 01:14:05,524
What I'm hoping for is that that energy
doesn't end on Tuesday,

1311
01:14:05,607 --> 01:14:08,569
that that energy is brought forward
to November.

1312
01:14:08,819 --> 01:14:11,405
[crowd] Crowley! Crowley!

1313
01:14:11,488 --> 01:14:13,198
Hi, man, how are you? Nice to see you.

1314
01:14:13,282 --> 01:14:15,868
Crowley! Crowley!

1315
01:14:27,254 --> 01:14:29,631
- Hi, how are you?
- Hi, don't forget to vote.

1316
01:14:29,715 --> 01:14:32,509
Today's an election.
We vote right in that corner.

1317
01:14:32,593 --> 01:14:34,136
- All right, thank you.
- Thank you.

1318
01:14:36,096 --> 01:14:38,348
[man] Morning. It's election day.
Don't forget to vote.

1319
01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:40,309
- Vote for Alexandria.
- [Alexandria chuckles]

1320
01:14:41,059 --> 01:14:42,895
- Hi, good morning.
- Morning. Good luck today.

1321
01:14:42,978 --> 01:14:44,938
- Thank you!
- [man] Don't forget to vote.

1322
01:14:48,442 --> 01:14:50,736
Good morning.

1323
01:14:50,819 --> 01:14:53,322
- It's election day, don't forget to vote.
- Today's the election...

1324
01:14:53,405 --> 01:14:54,239
Thank you.

1325
01:14:57,576 --> 01:14:59,453
- [soft piano music playing]
- [Alexandria] Ready?

1326
01:14:59,870 --> 01:15:02,289
Let's go. Go.

1327
01:15:02,831 --> 01:15:03,999
Let's go.

1328
01:15:08,420 --> 01:15:11,465
- Hi! How are you, ladies?
- Very good.

1329
01:15:11,548 --> 01:15:13,091
- Thank you so much.
- Okay.

1330
01:15:13,175 --> 01:15:14,134
Nice to meet you.

1331
01:15:14,218 --> 01:15:16,261
- Your name, please.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

1332
01:15:16,345 --> 01:15:17,763
You know that. [laughs]

1333
01:15:30,275 --> 01:15:31,485
[Alexandria] Thank you!

1334
01:15:31,902 --> 01:15:33,195
Bye-bye, all.

1335
01:15:33,529 --> 01:15:35,447
- Thank you so much.
- Good luck.

1336
01:15:35,531 --> 01:15:37,574
- I saw the video clip but I saw--
- Oh, amazing!

1337
01:15:37,658 --> 01:15:38,867
I didn't see it all through,

1338
01:15:38,951 --> 01:15:40,994
but the first two minutes
convinced me to come here.

1339
01:15:41,078 --> 01:15:43,372
Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much.

1340
01:16:08,981 --> 01:16:12,025
[Alexandria]
This district is 85% Democrat.

1341
01:16:13,360 --> 01:16:15,696
So, whoever wins the Primary,

1342
01:16:15,779 --> 01:16:17,948
essentially wins the General Election.

1343
01:16:21,702 --> 01:16:24,329
There hasn't been
any public polling in the race.

1344
01:16:26,206 --> 01:16:30,544
When we finally got enough money
to do a poll at the last minute,

1345
01:16:30,627 --> 01:16:33,505
it showed us about 35 points behind.

1346
01:16:33,797 --> 01:16:35,173
[woman]
You know where your poll is.

1347
01:16:35,257 --> 01:16:37,551
So, here's some information
about our candidate.

1348
01:16:37,634 --> 01:16:38,844
You got it! You got it!

1349
01:16:39,553 --> 01:16:43,307
[Alexandria] I get scared of the cynicism

1350
01:16:43,974 --> 01:16:45,934
that could result

1351
01:16:46,018 --> 01:16:49,021
from people really believing
in something

1352
01:16:49,104 --> 01:16:50,856
and then it not working out.

1353
01:16:51,940 --> 01:16:53,609
- You guys voting today?
- Thank you.

1354
01:16:53,692 --> 01:16:55,611
Vote for Alex.

1355
01:16:55,694 --> 01:16:57,154
Oh... Vote for Alex.

1356
01:16:57,237 --> 01:16:59,156
[man] Polls are open for 90 more minutes.

1357
01:17:01,033 --> 01:17:02,576
I just don't want to let them down.

1358
01:17:12,169 --> 01:17:13,837
[Alexandria] I don't wanna hear anything.

1359
01:17:15,172 --> 01:17:16,340
[phone beeps]

1360
01:17:16,923 --> 01:17:18,884
Mami, can you put your phone on mute?

1361
01:17:18,967 --> 01:17:20,218
[Blanca] Okay. Mm-hmm.

1362
01:17:21,887 --> 01:17:23,305
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

1363
01:17:23,388 --> 01:17:26,016
- What?
- Oh, my God, no. I just...

1364
01:17:26,099 --> 01:17:27,434
[Blanca] Calm down.

1365
01:17:27,768 --> 01:17:30,270
Sorry. No, sorry. It's nothing.

1366
01:17:31,813 --> 01:17:35,442
[whispers] It's not nothing.
I saw press running to our party.

1367
01:17:36,860 --> 01:17:37,944
[indistinct chatter]

1368
01:17:39,863 --> 01:17:40,947
[Alexandria sighs]

1369
01:17:43,367 --> 01:17:44,534
- I love you.
- I love you, too.

1370
01:17:44,618 --> 01:17:47,079
I'm so proud of you.
Whatever happens, okay?

1371
01:17:47,162 --> 01:17:48,955
- We did the best we could do. Okay?
- We did.

1372
01:17:49,039 --> 01:17:51,166
- You did good.
- You did great. We did great.

1373
01:17:54,628 --> 01:17:57,422
No. I'm scared.
I don't know if I want to go in.

1374
01:17:58,006 --> 01:17:59,174
I'm scared.

1375
01:17:59,257 --> 01:18:01,051
- Should we walk in right now?
- Yeah, it's fine.

1376
01:18:01,134 --> 01:18:02,636
- You think so?
- Let's do it.

1377
01:18:07,307 --> 01:18:09,434
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

1378
01:18:09,518 --> 01:18:11,019
Wait, wait, guys. Wait...

1379
01:18:11,103 --> 01:18:12,729
- [man1] Oh, my God!
- It's me! That's me!

1380
01:18:12,813 --> 01:18:15,273
- That's me on the poster! I'm sorry...
- [man 2] Uh... Oh, hey!

1381
01:18:15,357 --> 01:18:17,984
Hey! I'm sorry! Oh, my God!

1382
01:18:18,068 --> 01:18:19,319
[all screaming with excitement]

1383
01:18:21,988 --> 01:18:22,989
What is it?

1384
01:18:23,115 --> 01:18:24,157
I can't let--

1385
01:18:25,492 --> 01:18:27,911
on television right now.

1386
01:18:27,994 --> 01:18:29,287
How are you feeling?

1387
01:18:29,663 --> 01:18:31,540
- Can you put it into words?
- No.

1388
01:18:31,623 --> 01:18:32,624
[all laughing]

1389
01:18:32,708 --> 01:18:34,626
- I cannot put this into words.
- All right.

1390
01:18:34,710 --> 01:18:37,796
Your supporters here
are very excited for you!

1391
01:18:37,879 --> 01:18:39,464
This was a grassroots campaign.

1392
01:18:39,548 --> 01:18:41,550
- It absolutely was.
- Can you believe the numbers?

1393
01:18:41,633 --> 01:18:44,803
I cannot believe these numbers right now.

1394
01:18:44,886 --> 01:18:48,014
But I do know
that every single person here

1395
01:18:48,098 --> 01:18:52,436
has worked their butt off to change
the future of the Bronx and Queens.

1396
01:18:52,519 --> 01:18:53,729
That's what I know.

1397
01:18:53,812 --> 01:18:55,939
[reporter] When you said
that you were gonna take on Joe Crowley,

1398
01:18:56,022 --> 01:18:57,983
people looked at you like you were crazy.

1399
01:18:58,066 --> 01:18:59,317
They did. They did.

1400
01:18:59,401 --> 01:19:01,611
- And maybe I was a little bit.
- [all laughing]

1401
01:19:01,695 --> 01:19:04,990
I mean, you're going up against
the Queens Machine, as they call it.

1402
01:19:05,073 --> 01:19:07,367
Yeah, yeah. But, you know what?

1403
01:19:07,451 --> 01:19:09,619
We need a machine with a movement

1404
01:19:09,703 --> 01:19:11,371
and that is what we have done today.

1405
01:19:11,455 --> 01:19:13,874
Well, go ahead and celebrate
with your supporters.

1406
01:19:13,957 --> 01:19:15,250
[all screaming with excitement]

1407
01:19:18,462 --> 01:19:20,380
- Eighty-two percent of vote!
- Yes!

1408
01:19:20,464 --> 01:19:21,590
Oh, my God!

1409
01:19:21,965 --> 01:19:23,258
Congratulations!

1410
01:19:23,341 --> 01:19:24,801
God, thank you!

1411
01:19:24,885 --> 01:19:26,261
[man] Alexandria the Great!

1412
01:19:26,344 --> 01:19:27,387
[screaming with excitement]

1413
01:19:34,394 --> 01:19:37,355
[Corbit] Do you want any calls
with senators and such that keep calling?

1414
01:19:37,439 --> 01:19:39,232
The ones that didn't endorse you
along the way?

1415
01:19:39,316 --> 01:19:41,860
Or you wanna talk to them tomorrow?
It's up to you, obviously.

1416
01:19:41,943 --> 01:19:43,653
- Let's talk tomorrow.
- Okay.

1417
01:19:43,737 --> 01:19:44,613
All right.

1418
01:19:44,696 --> 01:19:46,990
It's my first time meeting you.
I live in the Bronx--

1419
01:19:47,073 --> 01:19:49,075
[all screaming with excitement]

1420
01:20:27,489 --> 01:20:28,532
[footsteps]

1421
01:20:35,038 --> 01:20:37,666
- [man] I love you!
- Oh, thank you!

1422
01:20:44,548 --> 01:20:45,382
[Riley chuckles]

1423
01:20:53,473 --> 01:20:54,307
[Alexandria sighs]

1424
01:21:14,828 --> 01:21:16,329
[Alexandria] When I was a little girl,

1425
01:21:17,163 --> 01:21:20,417
my Dad wanted to go on a road trip
with his buddies.

1426
01:21:21,710 --> 01:21:25,922
I wanted to go so badly,
and I begged and I begged,

1427
01:21:26,006 --> 01:21:27,841
and he relented.

1428
01:21:28,258 --> 01:21:29,342
And so...

1429
01:21:30,677 --> 01:21:34,431
it was like four grown men
and a five-year-old girl

1430
01:21:34,806 --> 01:21:37,225
went on this road trip from New York.

1431
01:21:39,352 --> 01:21:42,022
We stopped... We stopped here.

1432
01:21:44,649 --> 01:21:46,651
And it was a really beautiful day,

1433
01:21:47,819 --> 01:21:51,031
and he leaned down next to me, and he--

1434
01:21:51,114 --> 01:21:52,991
he pointed at the Washington Monument,

1435
01:21:53,074 --> 01:21:54,868
and he pointed at the Reflecting Pool,

1436
01:21:54,951 --> 01:21:57,287
and he pointed at everything, and he said,

1437
01:21:58,288 --> 01:21:59,915
he said, "You know,

1438
01:21:59,998 --> 01:22:01,833
this all belongs to us."

1439
01:22:02,125 --> 01:22:02,959
[sniffles]

1440
01:22:03,877 --> 01:22:04,711
[sniffles]

1441
01:22:05,587 --> 01:22:08,590
He said, "This is our government.
It belongs to us.

1442
01:22:08,673 --> 01:22:10,717
So all of this stuff is yours."

1443
01:22:18,016 --> 01:22:22,354
The last thing my Dad ever told me
was to make him proud.

1444
01:22:25,899 --> 01:22:26,733
[sighs]

1445
01:22:30,278 --> 01:22:33,949
And I finally think I did.
[laughs] I hope.

1446
01:22:37,035 --> 01:22:37,869
[sighs deeply]

1447
01:22:40,205 --> 01:22:41,706
["This Land Is Your Land" playing]

1448
01:22:54,678 --> 01:22:56,304
♪ This land is your land ♪

1449
01:22:59,265 --> 01:23:01,267
♪ This land is my land ♪

1450
01:23:05,063 --> 01:23:07,565
♪ From California ♪

1451
01:23:09,109 --> 01:23:12,362
♪ To the New York Island ♪

1452
01:23:14,114 --> 01:23:17,492
♪ From the Redwood forest ♪

1453
01:23:19,035 --> 01:23:22,497
♪ To the Gulf Stream waters ♪

1454
01:23:24,040 --> 01:23:25,250
♪ I tell ya ♪

1455
01:23:25,792 --> 01:23:28,378
♪ This land ♪

1456
01:23:28,545 --> 01:23:31,756
♪ Was made for you and me ♪

1457
01:23:34,718 --> 01:23:37,137
♪ As I went walking ♪

1458
01:23:38,805 --> 01:23:42,308
♪ Down that ribbon of a highway ♪

1459
01:23:44,102 --> 01:23:46,855
♪ I saw above me ♪

1460
01:23:48,356 --> 01:23:51,943
♪ Oh, that endless skyway ♪

1461
01:23:53,737 --> 01:23:57,365
♪ Now I saw below me ♪

1462
01:23:58,366 --> 01:24:02,287
♪ That golden valley ♪

1463
01:24:03,246 --> 01:24:04,456
♪ And I said ♪

1464
01:24:05,040 --> 01:24:07,584
♪ This land ♪

1465
01:24:07,792 --> 01:24:11,129
♪ Was made for you and me ♪

1466
01:24:13,965 --> 01:24:17,052
♪ As I was walking ♪

1467
01:24:18,053 --> 01:24:21,431
♪ Now, they tried to stop me ♪

1468
01:24:22,932 --> 01:24:26,853
♪ They put up a sign that said ♪

1469
01:24:27,604 --> 01:24:31,274
♪ Oh, it said: Private Property ♪

1470
01:24:32,650 --> 01:24:35,904
♪ Well, on the back side ♪

1471
01:24:37,280 --> 01:24:40,700
♪ You know it said nothing ♪

1472
01:24:42,452 --> 01:24:44,162
♪ So, it must be ♪

1473
01:24:44,245 --> 01:24:46,539
♪ That side ♪

1474
01:24:46,706 --> 01:24:50,335
♪ Was made for you and me ♪

1475
01:25:07,018 --> 01:25:11,106
♪ One bright sunny morning ♪

1476
01:25:11,815 --> 01:25:15,193
♪ Well, in the shadow of a steeple ♪

1477
01:25:16,611 --> 01:25:20,824
♪ Down by the Welfare office ♪

1478
01:25:22,200 --> 01:25:24,744
♪ I saw my people ♪

1479
01:25:26,412 --> 01:25:30,583
♪ You know, now, they stood hungry ♪

1480
01:25:31,251 --> 01:25:34,587
♪ I stood wondering ♪

1481
01:25:36,172 --> 01:25:40,593
♪ I was wondering if this land ♪

1482
01:25:40,718 --> 01:25:45,598
♪ Was made for you and me ♪

1483
01:25:46,516 --> 01:25:48,518
♪ This land is your land ♪

1484
01:25:51,646 --> 01:25:54,107
♪ This land is my land ♪

1485
01:25:55,984 --> 01:25:59,654
♪ From Riverside, California ♪

1486
01:26:00,363 --> 01:26:03,950
♪ Oh, to Staten Island ♪

1487
01:26:04,951 --> 01:26:08,621
♪ Well, oh, down to Modesto, Georgia ♪

1488
01:26:09,664 --> 01:26:13,877
♪ Oh, don't forget to say Philadelphia ♪

1489
01:26:14,002 --> 01:26:17,630
♪ Oh, we moving down to Mississippi ♪

1490
01:26:18,214 --> 01:26:22,051
♪ Oh, Houston, Texas, oh, LA ♪

1491
01:26:22,719 --> 01:26:25,096
♪ Yeah, you know ♪

1492
01:26:25,180 --> 01:26:28,016
♪ This land is your land ♪

1493
01:26:28,183 --> 01:26:31,895
♪ Ah, this land is my land ♪