1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:11,511 --> 00:00:13,513 [clattering] 4 00:00:16,891 --> 00:00:18,101 [clattering] 5 00:00:31,239 --> 00:00:32,699 [Alexandria] Getting ready, 6 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,412 for women, it involves so many decisions 7 00:00:37,495 --> 00:00:41,082 about how you're gonna present yourself to the world. 8 00:00:43,001 --> 00:00:45,378 'Cause there's kind of standard protocol 9 00:00:45,462 --> 00:00:48,757 for how a man running for office, like, 10 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,341 should dress. 11 00:00:50,425 --> 00:00:52,010 You either put on a suit, 12 00:00:52,260 --> 00:00:56,723 or you put on a light color shirt, slacks, and you roll up the sleeves. 13 00:00:56,806 --> 00:00:57,849 Or... 14 00:00:57,932 --> 00:01:00,226 I mean, those are pretty much your two options. 15 00:01:02,437 --> 00:01:04,939 Part of me is, like, trying to brace myself 16 00:01:06,024 --> 00:01:08,193 because people keep telling me, 17 00:01:08,276 --> 00:01:10,153 "They're gonna try to make sure that you... 18 00:01:11,362 --> 00:01:15,700 just never show your face in your community again." 19 00:01:17,577 --> 00:01:20,163 How do you prepare for something  you don't know is coming? 20 00:01:21,456 --> 00:01:22,874 [whimsical music playing] 21 00:01:44,729 --> 00:01:47,023 Hey, everyone, I'm getting ready to go file today. 22 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:48,358 Super excited. 23 00:01:48,441 --> 00:01:50,819 It's official. We are in the race. 24 00:01:51,277 --> 00:01:52,445 Go, Team Vilela. 25 00:02:00,537 --> 00:02:03,623 Hey, everyone, it's Cori Bush, candidate for United States Congress, 26 00:02:03,706 --> 00:02:05,041 here in Missouri's first district. 27 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:07,335 [man] Hello, everybody, this is Anthony Vincent Clark. 28 00:02:07,418 --> 00:02:10,296 -[woman 1] Hi, it's Rashida Tlaib. -[woman 2] Second district of Nebraska... 29 00:02:10,380 --> 00:02:11,881 [overlapping dialogue] 30 00:02:30,859 --> 00:02:34,529 [Paula] We shouldn't have to worry about self-serving politicians 31 00:02:34,946 --> 00:02:36,281 catering to coal barons 32 00:02:36,364 --> 00:02:39,367 instead of catering to our families and communities. 33 00:02:39,742 --> 00:02:43,997 I plan to Primary Joe Manchin in 2018, 34 00:02:44,622 --> 00:02:47,041 and I'm asking you to stand with me. 35 00:02:48,334 --> 00:02:49,419 [female voice fades in] 36 00:02:49,502 --> 00:02:53,840 ...with some of these incumbent Democrats who are facing primary challenges. 37 00:02:53,923 --> 00:02:57,427 [man] But are the progressives going to  make the Democrat primaries messy... 38 00:02:57,510 --> 00:02:58,469 [voice fades out] 39 00:03:04,976 --> 00:03:06,477 [Alexandria] We're running to organize. 40 00:03:06,811 --> 00:03:10,273 We're running to redefine the political landscape in New York City. 41 00:03:11,316 --> 00:03:13,151 And here's the best part about all of this: 42 00:03:13,234 --> 00:03:14,861 We're not running to make a statement. 43 00:03:14,944 --> 00:03:17,447 We're not running to pressure the incumbent to the left. 44 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:18,740 We're running to win. 45 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:27,248 [music stops] 46 00:03:38,426 --> 00:03:40,011 [Alexandria] Morning, guys. Buenos días. 47 00:03:40,511 --> 00:03:42,013 - [men] Hola. -[in Spanish] How are you? 48 00:03:54,359 --> 00:03:55,818 [elevator beeps] 49 00:03:58,655 --> 00:04:01,407 If I was, like, a normal, rational person, 50 00:04:01,491 --> 00:04:04,661 I would've dropped out of this race a long time ago. [chuckles] 51 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:16,923 [Alexandria] People don't see waitresses as having a, quote-unquote, "real job." 52 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:21,219 But my experience in hospitality 53 00:04:21,302 --> 00:04:24,013 has prepared me so well for this race. 54 00:04:25,390 --> 00:04:28,142 I'm used to being on my feet 18 hours a day, 55 00:04:28,226 --> 00:04:32,105 I'm used to receiving a lot of heat. 56 00:04:32,522 --> 00:04:35,775 I'm used to people trying to make me feel bad. 57 00:04:38,027 --> 00:04:40,446 They call it "working class" for a reason. 58 00:04:40,530 --> 00:04:43,783 Because you are working non-stop. 59 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:51,791 Americans aren't asking for a lot. 60 00:04:51,874 --> 00:04:54,377 They're just asking to get by. 61 00:04:54,460 --> 00:04:58,923 And they're just asking for politicians to be brave enough to help them get by. 62 00:05:02,093 --> 00:05:02,927 [cork pops] 63 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,432 [male voice] This is WNYC FM, New York. 64 00:05:08,975 --> 00:05:10,893 Every political machine has a leader 65 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:14,397 and the most powerful of them are known everywhere as the boss. 66 00:05:14,814 --> 00:05:16,899 In Queens, that's Congressman Joe Crowley, 67 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,193 Chairman of the County Democratic Committee 68 00:05:19,277 --> 00:05:21,321 and also the Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, 69 00:05:21,779 --> 00:05:24,991 making him the fourth most powerful Democrat in Congress. 70 00:05:25,074 --> 00:05:29,495 What we're talking about is better jobs, better pay and a better future. 71 00:05:29,579 --> 00:05:33,082 [female voice] Crowley hasn't had a primary challenger in 14 years, 72 00:05:33,458 --> 00:05:34,625 until now. 73 00:05:43,176 --> 00:05:46,012 [Alexandria] I just want to thank  everyone here so much. 74 00:05:46,095 --> 00:05:47,847 I mean, this is the work. 75 00:05:47,930 --> 00:05:51,893 What I do is just talk to people all the time. 76 00:05:51,976 --> 00:05:54,354 Just members of our community, all the time. 77 00:05:54,437 --> 00:05:56,647 And that is the organizing and that is the work 78 00:05:56,731 --> 00:05:59,025 of running a grassroots campaign. 79 00:05:59,442 --> 00:06:02,195 This is not just about Democrat versus Republican, 80 00:06:02,278 --> 00:06:04,364 in fact, it's so far away from that. 81 00:06:04,447 --> 00:06:07,241 It's not Left or Right, it's up and down. 82 00:06:07,742 --> 00:06:12,747 [Alexandria] We're up against an opponent, he's taken three million dollars per cycle 83 00:06:12,830 --> 00:06:17,043 from Wall Street, real estate, and pharmaceutical companies. 84 00:06:17,126 --> 00:06:21,631 We need to have the courage to stand up for working people 85 00:06:21,714 --> 00:06:24,967 and stand up against corporate interests. 86 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:27,887 [man] Let's assume all the energy in this room 87 00:06:27,970 --> 00:06:31,599 can get you on the ballot and into office. 88 00:06:31,682 --> 00:06:35,645 How then do we overcome the drop in power? 89 00:06:35,728 --> 00:06:39,690 We're trading a guy who's vying for the Speaker of the House, 90 00:06:40,358 --> 00:06:45,363 for somebody who's more in our corner and has a lot less power. 91 00:06:45,446 --> 00:06:47,573 [Alexandria] I think we really need to look at... 92 00:06:47,990 --> 00:06:50,451 what that power does now. 93 00:06:50,535 --> 00:06:53,037 When it matters, he doesn't stand up for us. 94 00:06:53,121 --> 00:06:55,873 When it matters, he doesn't advocate for our interests. 95 00:06:56,249 --> 00:06:58,960 We have to have the courage to say, "We can do better." 96 00:06:59,043 --> 00:07:02,088 We can do better. It's not gonna be a loss. 97 00:07:04,632 --> 00:07:05,842 [soft electronic music playing] 98 00:07:20,898 --> 00:07:22,567 [man 1] What would you reckon the... 99 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:24,902 evidence of selflessness is? 100 00:07:25,027 --> 00:07:27,447 [man 2] She is pretty doggone stellar. 101 00:07:27,530 --> 00:07:29,365 I talked to her today. 102 00:07:29,949 --> 00:07:32,577 Has not thought of running before. 103 00:07:32,994 --> 00:07:35,329 I talked about the economic platform, she loved it. 104 00:07:35,413 --> 00:07:38,082 There wasn't a piece of the platform she wasn't onboard with 100%. 105 00:07:38,166 --> 00:07:41,377 [woman] All those in favor of moving her to the next round, raise your hand. 106 00:07:43,045 --> 00:07:45,256 [man] At the first time, we've gotten 100%? 107 00:07:45,339 --> 00:07:47,383 I think that might have been the first time! 108 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:48,634 [instrumental music playing] 109 00:07:59,854 --> 00:08:01,856 [man] For Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats, 110 00:08:01,939 --> 00:08:04,317 the biggest shared goal is removing 111 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,861 the corrupting influence of money in politics. 112 00:08:06,986 --> 00:08:08,112 [indistinct chatter] 113 00:08:08,321 --> 00:08:11,449 [Corbin] The idea is to provide an alternative path to Congress 114 00:08:11,532 --> 00:08:13,284 outside of the current one that exists. 115 00:08:13,743 --> 00:08:17,538 Right now we have a path through lobbyists and through special interest groups. 116 00:08:17,622 --> 00:08:19,957 Right now our Congress is 81% men, 117 00:08:20,041 --> 00:08:22,835 it's mostly white men, it's mostly millionaires, 118 00:08:22,919 --> 00:08:24,545 it's mostly lawyers. 119 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:27,423 [man] Most people in there are just trying to figure out 120 00:08:27,507 --> 00:08:29,425 how to keep their job and win their next election. 121 00:08:29,634 --> 00:08:32,053 That's not the thinking that's going to fix climate change, 122 00:08:32,136 --> 00:08:33,471 or mass incarceration, 123 00:08:33,554 --> 00:08:35,431 or these giant problems that are facing us. 124 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:37,475 The only way this works is if-- 125 00:08:37,558 --> 00:08:40,102 is if we really capture America's imagination. 126 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:41,979 [woman 1] We're looking at Democrats and Republicans 127 00:08:42,063 --> 00:08:44,148 to run in the midterms in 2018. 128 00:08:44,232 --> 00:08:45,983 [woman 2] Non-career politicians. 129 00:08:46,067 --> 00:08:48,778 So, nurses, teachers, engineers, workers... 130 00:08:48,861 --> 00:08:50,279 [woman 3] We don't care about party. 131 00:08:50,780 --> 00:08:52,406 We just want to get stuff done. 132 00:08:52,823 --> 00:08:54,659 If we elect working people, 133 00:08:54,742 --> 00:08:57,161 working people can have representation in Congress. 134 00:08:57,245 --> 00:08:59,455 We can change the way we see government, 135 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:01,791 change the way we see politics in this country. 136 00:09:14,804 --> 00:09:15,805 [music fades out] 137 00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:18,474 [Saikat] So, I'm so glad all of y'all are here. 138 00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:21,310 This-- This whole thing is making me feel like 139 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:24,689 there's no way that we're gonna go stop this snowball that's now getting rolling. 140 00:09:24,772 --> 00:09:26,899 It's going to become an avalanche in a couple of months. 141 00:09:27,483 --> 00:09:30,528 [Saikat] We want to actually create that grassroots-funded machine 142 00:09:30,611 --> 00:09:33,823 that can be your real opposition to the current institutional powers 143 00:09:33,906 --> 00:09:36,701 and that can really give power back to the people 144 00:09:36,784 --> 00:09:38,995 and really keep that power. Right? 145 00:09:39,954 --> 00:09:41,622 [Alexandria] I felt like there was... 146 00:09:42,540 --> 00:09:44,709 such a wide divide in this nation 147 00:09:44,792 --> 00:09:47,086 in terms of how we understand each other, 148 00:09:47,169 --> 00:09:48,963 how we speak to one another, 149 00:09:49,046 --> 00:09:51,632 and, in December, 150 00:09:51,716 --> 00:09:53,009 I get a call from Isra saying, 151 00:09:53,092 --> 00:09:55,219 "You've been nominated to Brand New Congress." 152 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:57,513 And I was like, "What?" 153 00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:58,848 [all laughing] 154 00:09:59,015 --> 00:10:00,349 [Alexandria] You know, I'm from New York, 155 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,893 and New York isn't Democrat versus Republican. 156 00:10:02,977 --> 00:10:04,729 New York is establishment 157 00:10:04,812 --> 00:10:08,941 versus whatever poor, stray cat thinks you can stand up against them. 158 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:10,901 And then if you do stand up against them, 159 00:10:10,985 --> 00:10:13,195 they take you and they consume you. 160 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:16,240 I never really saw myself going into politics. 161 00:10:16,324 --> 00:10:19,285 But now that I sit here in this room with you all, I just feel like... 162 00:10:19,577 --> 00:10:21,662 we can only accomplish great things together. 163 00:10:22,413 --> 00:10:25,458 I feel like I have to because of you guys now. 164 00:10:25,541 --> 00:10:27,209 [all laughing] 165 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:31,047 You have to be fearless, 'cause they're going to come after you. 166 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:35,176 They are, this is no joke, y'all. They're going to come after you. 167 00:10:36,427 --> 00:10:37,803 But you have to be fearless. 168 00:10:39,430 --> 00:10:40,848 Nobody owns you yet. 169 00:10:42,350 --> 00:10:44,477 You don't owe anybody anything yet. 170 00:10:44,935 --> 00:10:45,770 So, run. 171 00:10:46,187 --> 00:10:49,523 You got people who are waiting for y'all to come out this room. 172 00:10:50,524 --> 00:10:52,985 To come back to Florida, and to Georgia, 173 00:10:53,069 --> 00:10:55,196 and to Alabama, and to New York. 174 00:10:55,613 --> 00:10:57,448 They want to be excited again. 175 00:10:58,491 --> 00:10:59,909 Our future is in this room. 176 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:02,328 [distant siren wailing] 177 00:11:12,046 --> 00:11:13,881 -I'm nervous. -[woman laughs] 178 00:11:14,382 --> 00:11:15,257 [doorbell rings] 179 00:11:17,176 --> 00:11:19,970 [Alexandria whispers] What do you say? When they say, "Who is it?" 180 00:11:20,262 --> 00:11:21,347 What do you say? 181 00:11:22,264 --> 00:11:23,099 [woman] Hello? 182 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:25,142 Hi, my name is Mathew, I'm out here canvassing 183 00:11:25,226 --> 00:11:28,437 for a Congressional candidate named Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 184 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:30,189 for the Democratic Party in 2018. 185 00:11:30,272 --> 00:11:32,316 I was wondering if I could talk to you for a minute. 186 00:11:32,817 --> 00:11:34,485 [woman] No, I'm sorry. Now is not a good time. 187 00:11:34,568 --> 00:11:36,570 -Okay, thank you. -Thank you. 188 00:11:36,904 --> 00:11:37,738 Easy. 189 00:11:37,822 --> 00:11:38,781 [doorbell rings] 190 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:41,158 [woman] Me no speak English. 191 00:11:41,242 --> 00:11:43,494 -[Alexandria] Oh, what do you speak? -[woman] Greek, Greek. 192 00:11:43,577 --> 00:11:44,620 Oh, Greek? 193 00:11:44,745 --> 00:11:48,374 [man] Why do you let people in the country even though they're not legal--? 194 00:11:48,457 --> 00:11:51,085 You know, they say, "Okay, we're gonna forgive you." 195 00:11:51,168 --> 00:11:53,087 -[overlapping dialogue] -I don't agree with that. 196 00:11:53,170 --> 00:11:55,214 I'm a Democrat, and I don't even agree with that. 197 00:11:55,297 --> 00:11:56,173 Well, I think-- 198 00:11:56,257 --> 00:11:59,301 I voted for Trump, and I am a Democrat. And she did too. 199 00:12:03,097 --> 00:12:05,850 [Alexandria] It's so crazy, 'cause speaking to groups of people... 200 00:12:05,933 --> 00:12:08,060 -[man] Right, it's easy. -[Alexandria] It's way easier. 201 00:12:09,311 --> 00:12:10,438 [doorbell rings] 202 00:12:10,604 --> 00:12:11,814 [emotional music playing] 203 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:15,818 [Alexandria] In the beginning, 204 00:12:16,527 --> 00:12:19,655 the fundamental question is like, "Why you?" 205 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,826 "Why do you think you can do this?" 206 00:12:25,870 --> 00:12:27,413 The reason "why" 207 00:12:27,496 --> 00:12:30,082 was 'cause nobody else would. 208 00:12:31,292 --> 00:12:35,671 So, literally anybody could, right? 209 00:12:36,005 --> 00:12:36,839 [music fades out] 210 00:12:37,298 --> 00:12:39,341 Because the alternative is no one. 211 00:12:39,425 --> 00:12:40,509 [music resumes] 212 00:12:46,348 --> 00:12:49,935 [Alexandria] We have never seen this, at this scale, in American history. 213 00:12:50,019 --> 00:12:52,396 We have slates and legions of candidates 214 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,857 that are running now and in 2018 215 00:12:54,940 --> 00:12:57,401 that have rejected corporate funds. 216 00:12:57,860 --> 00:13:01,030 Many of us, you know, we're doing something very "controversial." 217 00:13:01,697 --> 00:13:04,200 We're daring to actually force the primary. 218 00:13:04,283 --> 00:13:06,243 People would say, "How dare you mount a challenge 219 00:13:06,327 --> 00:13:08,037 to someone who's so established?" 220 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,331 Well, if they're good enough, they'll win. 221 00:13:10,414 --> 00:13:12,249 And if we're good enough, we'll win. 222 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:13,793 [distant indistinct chatter] 223 00:13:14,126 --> 00:13:16,253 [Paula] She said, "You shouldn't show your emotion, 224 00:13:16,337 --> 00:13:19,256 because women are considered fragile if you do. 225 00:13:19,340 --> 00:13:21,258 And you need to be more of a bitch." 226 00:13:21,675 --> 00:13:24,053 [man] That is the worst advice anyone can fucking give. 227 00:13:24,136 --> 00:13:26,597 [Paula] He said, "And when you go to the people in West Virginia 228 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:28,474 and you tell 'em you're serving them," he says, 229 00:13:28,557 --> 00:13:30,392 "You need to tell them that you're their bitch." 230 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:32,436 -I said, "I'm not a dog." -[man] No! That's horri-- 231 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:34,188 -That's such horrible advice! -[all laughing] 232 00:13:34,271 --> 00:13:37,024 We work harder in these races just 'cause we're women. 233 00:13:37,107 --> 00:13:39,235 -We're not rich, white dudes in suits. -[man] Absolutely. 234 00:13:39,568 --> 00:13:41,612 [indistinct chatter] 235 00:13:55,626 --> 00:13:56,669 [piano music playing] 236 00:13:56,752 --> 00:13:57,962 I don't know where I'm going. 237 00:13:59,922 --> 00:14:01,799 -[man] How are you feeling? -Nervous. 238 00:14:03,050 --> 00:14:04,301 [Paula] Was this a good ending? 239 00:14:04,802 --> 00:14:05,803 Let me read those. 240 00:14:06,262 --> 00:14:09,265 Okay, so I'm taking these away from you for a second. 241 00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:10,683 Why? 242 00:14:10,766 --> 00:14:15,646 Words don't matter so much right now as you, right? 243 00:14:16,021 --> 00:14:20,484 You're up there to convey your emotion and to inspire people. 244 00:14:20,568 --> 00:14:24,071 The words are useful in that, but that's not the most important thing. 245 00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:26,073 The most important thing is you. 246 00:14:26,156 --> 00:14:27,741 -Do I look okay? -You look awesome. 247 00:14:27,825 --> 00:14:29,743 Don't worry about any of that stuff. 248 00:14:29,827 --> 00:14:33,789 I just want you to just focus on relaxing and breathing. 249 00:14:36,333 --> 00:14:39,795 And as soon as you get on that stage, 250 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:42,590 before you walk through that door, smile. 251 00:14:43,048 --> 00:14:45,259 And keep smiling until you start talking. 252 00:14:45,801 --> 00:14:48,762 [woman] Please welcome, from the great state of West Virginia, 253 00:14:48,846 --> 00:14:50,264 Paula Jean Swearengin. 254 00:14:50,347 --> 00:14:51,932 [crowd cheering and applauding] 255 00:14:54,018 --> 00:14:56,979 [Paula] West Virginia is one of the poorest 256 00:14:57,062 --> 00:14:59,356 and sickest states in this nation. 257 00:14:59,690 --> 00:15:02,192 But I want you guys to know one thing, 258 00:15:02,443 --> 00:15:04,528 West Virginians are strong, 259 00:15:05,029 --> 00:15:06,530 we are proud, 260 00:15:06,614 --> 00:15:08,866 and we won't give up. 261 00:15:09,199 --> 00:15:11,201 [crowd cheering and applauding] 262 00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:13,996 [shouting] No American should have to beg 263 00:15:14,079 --> 00:15:17,958 for something so basic as a clean glass of water! 264 00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:19,877 [crowd cheering and applauding] 265 00:15:20,294 --> 00:15:22,046 My name is Paula Jean. 266 00:15:22,504 --> 00:15:24,089 I am a coal miner's daughter, 267 00:15:24,173 --> 00:15:27,635 running for the U.S. Senate, and I am mad as hell. 268 00:15:27,843 --> 00:15:29,845 [crowd cheering and applauding] 269 00:15:45,694 --> 00:15:47,029 [Paula] As we go around the block, 270 00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:51,075 I'll try to point out some of the houses that I know that people had cancer. 271 00:15:52,159 --> 00:15:54,286 This was my house, 272 00:15:54,370 --> 00:15:55,913 where I raised my kids. 273 00:15:56,872 --> 00:16:00,960 My neighbor's daughter ended up with a rare form of bone cancer. 274 00:16:01,377 --> 00:16:03,504 I know this lady had cancer. 275 00:16:03,587 --> 00:16:06,173 There's a person in that house that has cancer. 276 00:16:06,590 --> 00:16:09,927 And our leadership's not hearing us. They're in bed with the industries. 277 00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:12,096 [engine revs] 278 00:16:20,562 --> 00:16:21,772 [man] It's gone. 279 00:16:21,855 --> 00:16:25,526 I mean, this mountain at this point right here, it was really high, 280 00:16:26,110 --> 00:16:27,695 and they took all of that out. 281 00:16:28,862 --> 00:16:30,364 They just leveled this mountain here. 282 00:16:30,447 --> 00:16:33,784 That community down there, they're breathing in toxins every day. 283 00:16:33,867 --> 00:16:37,037 Whether their water's polluted or not, they're breathing in that air. 284 00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:40,958 [Paula] You talk about jobs, you can probably count here 285 00:16:41,041 --> 00:16:43,711 how many people's out here on this site for miles and miles and miles. 286 00:16:44,211 --> 00:16:45,295 Where are the jobs? 287 00:16:46,547 --> 00:16:47,923 We don't have to do this. 288 00:16:50,759 --> 00:16:53,345 If another country come in here, blew up our mountains 289 00:16:53,429 --> 00:16:55,514 and poisoned our water, we'd go to war. 290 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:57,933 But industry can. 291 00:17:00,060 --> 00:17:01,228 [suspenseful music playing] 292 00:17:11,905 --> 00:17:14,324 [Manchin] As you know, I have a real problem with what's going on, 293 00:17:14,408 --> 00:17:18,287 the demonizing of coal, it seems, by a whole group of people 294 00:17:18,370 --> 00:17:20,497 that don't seem to understand the life that we all have 295 00:17:20,581 --> 00:17:23,459 is because of the domestic energy that we have right here in this country. 296 00:17:31,258 --> 00:17:33,552 [Paula] Tell her what you think about me running for office. 297 00:17:33,844 --> 00:17:35,971 [Helen] It scares me to death. 298 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:37,765 Her running all over the state, 299 00:17:37,848 --> 00:17:43,020 her being up there with all those senators and stuff scares me to death. 300 00:17:44,688 --> 00:17:46,815 I'm her momma. [chuckles] 301 00:17:48,650 --> 00:17:51,403 There's been people in this state even in the coal industry 302 00:17:51,487 --> 00:17:52,780 that has just disappeared. 303 00:17:52,863 --> 00:17:54,573 You never find them no more. 304 00:17:54,823 --> 00:17:58,077 I'm wondering in which hole of these mines they're in, you know. 305 00:17:58,368 --> 00:18:01,163 'Cause I know how things was done in my daddy's day. 306 00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:05,626 And I don't think it's changed much. 307 00:18:06,376 --> 00:18:07,628 [soft electronic music playing] 308 00:18:16,887 --> 00:18:18,972 [Paula] I come from a long line of coal miners. 309 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:24,186 My daddy died early... to power America. 310 00:18:28,690 --> 00:18:30,442 We've been collateral damage. 311 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:34,321 People have seen West Virginians as... 312 00:18:34,655 --> 00:18:37,825 we don't have no teeth, no shoes, and no brains. 313 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:45,290 [Paula] I just think they underestimate us. 314 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:49,002 At the end of the day, we're gonna fight for each other. 315 00:18:50,671 --> 00:18:51,797 They need to know that. 316 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,842 We're coming out of the belly of the beast kicking and screaming. 317 00:18:54,925 --> 00:18:56,009 [electronic music playing] 318 00:19:07,437 --> 00:19:09,314 [Alexandria] Basically, what political machines do 319 00:19:09,481 --> 00:19:11,483 is they suppress democracy. 320 00:19:13,569 --> 00:19:15,737 The whole game here is to prevent you 321 00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:17,990 from getting on the ballot in the first place. 322 00:19:19,741 --> 00:19:21,493 Joe Crowley is not just a Congressman. 323 00:19:21,577 --> 00:19:22,870 He's the Congressman, 324 00:19:22,953 --> 00:19:25,372 he's the Chairman of the Queens Democratic Party, 325 00:19:25,455 --> 00:19:27,166 he's the district leader. 326 00:19:29,084 --> 00:19:32,254 [Alexandria] Joe Crowley has appointed every board of elections judge. 327 00:19:33,046 --> 00:19:36,466 When you turn in your signatures to get on the ballot, 328 00:19:36,550 --> 00:19:39,595 any tiny little discrepancy in the signature, 329 00:19:39,678 --> 00:19:41,346 they toss the signature out. 330 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:46,560 So, even though the actual requirement is 1,250... 331 00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:50,689 because we're challenging the boss... 332 00:19:52,274 --> 00:19:54,026 we need to collect 10,000 signatures. 333 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,123 Good morning. 334 00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:09,833 -Hi, are you a voter? -Yes. 335 00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:12,169 [Alexandria] I'm running for Congress in the area. 336 00:20:12,252 --> 00:20:14,171 We just need to collect signatures to get on the ballot. 337 00:20:14,254 --> 00:20:16,840 -[woman] Who would you be running against? -Joseph Crowley. 338 00:20:17,591 --> 00:20:18,717 -No. -Yes. 339 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,260 I'm gonna stick with Crowley, thanks. 340 00:20:20,344 --> 00:20:22,304 -Okay. -All right, I'm gonna sign anyway. 341 00:20:22,387 --> 00:20:25,140 -[woman] I'm a Crowley supporter. -Oh! Okay. No worries. No worries. 342 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:26,725 Well, keep an eye out. Thank you. 343 00:20:29,770 --> 00:20:32,940 [Alexandria] One of my problems when I'm trying to be polite to someone, 344 00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:36,193 I feel like my voice goes up two octaves. 345 00:20:36,276 --> 00:20:38,362 Like, "Hi!" Like... [laughs] 346 00:20:53,168 --> 00:20:54,586 [Alexandria] This is my niece. 347 00:20:54,670 --> 00:20:56,171 She's gonna be the next one. 348 00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:58,674 -She's gonna get it after me. - Oh, yeah. [laughs] 349 00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:00,759 Hi, my aunt's running for Congress. 350 00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:01,802 [Alexandria chuckles] 351 00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:04,304 You got it, bro. 352 00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:08,141 For every-- For every ten rejections you get one acceptance. 353 00:21:08,225 --> 00:21:09,851 And that's how you win everything. 354 00:21:14,314 --> 00:21:17,025 [man] I killed the pint of Americone Dream yesterday. 355 00:21:17,567 --> 00:21:18,735 -[music fades out] -Sorry. 356 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:22,781 -I know we brought it from Manhattan-- -I didn't have one spoon of that. 357 00:21:22,864 --> 00:21:25,117 -Yeah. I-- I can't help it. -That's messed up. 358 00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:27,911 -[Riley scoffs] -That is really messed up. 359 00:21:27,995 --> 00:21:29,913 You're like so unrepentant about it, too. 360 00:21:29,997 --> 00:21:32,374 -You're like, "Yes, I did it. -I mean, well-- 361 00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:36,253 [Riley] You wanna make coffee or tea? 362 00:21:36,336 --> 00:21:38,588 -I probably shouldn't have coffee. -You probably shouldn't. 363 00:21:46,888 --> 00:21:48,682 [woman] All right. Then give me the other two, 364 00:21:48,765 --> 00:21:50,892 and then once you sign it, you give it back to Clarence. 365 00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:53,228 Clarence said that I'm gonna need 30. 366 00:21:54,187 --> 00:21:55,022 Got it. 367 00:21:55,105 --> 00:21:56,523 [indistinct chatter] 368 00:21:58,942 --> 00:22:02,029 [Alexandria] So, petition cleaning, basically what we're doing, 369 00:22:02,112 --> 00:22:04,072 we're going through all of these names, 370 00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:05,949 making sure that everything is legible. 371 00:22:06,366 --> 00:22:10,120 [woman] This stuff seems like a whole lot of stupid work. 372 00:22:10,203 --> 00:22:14,207 But, you'd rather sit and do this for three hours 373 00:22:14,958 --> 00:22:17,961 than for somebody drag you to court for six days. 374 00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:22,007 And what they will do sometimes if they have enough stuff to play with, 375 00:22:22,090 --> 00:22:24,426 they know that eventually you're gonna get on the ballot, 376 00:22:24,509 --> 00:22:27,304 but they're gonna keep you busy until the day before election. 377 00:22:27,387 --> 00:22:28,221 [Alexandria] Hmm. 378 00:22:28,305 --> 00:22:30,015 So then you have no time. 379 00:22:30,766 --> 00:22:33,435 -So, the Whiteheads are like, legendary. -[indistinct chatter] 380 00:22:33,935 --> 00:22:36,855 They started organizing on their own. 381 00:22:37,481 --> 00:22:40,025 Figuring all this stuff out from scratch. 382 00:22:41,109 --> 00:22:47,074 This is the war room for every insurgent campaign in Queens. 383 00:22:48,241 --> 00:22:50,494 [woman] We're a country that's supposed to be set up, 384 00:22:50,577 --> 00:22:53,121 where the people are supposed to have the final say. 385 00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:56,666 What happens is those who are already entrenched, 386 00:22:56,750 --> 00:22:58,168 select people. 387 00:22:58,543 --> 00:23:02,464 It's going up against the establishment in a true sense of the word. 388 00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:03,757 So you have to make sure 389 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,511 you have as much stuff in order as possible. 390 00:23:09,304 --> 00:23:11,014 [man] Well, guys, we got a lot of work to do. 391 00:23:11,139 --> 00:23:13,141 [Alexandria] Yeah. [all laughing] 392 00:23:13,809 --> 00:23:16,812 [Alexandria] He can't get challenged by any down-ballot incumbent. 393 00:23:16,895 --> 00:23:19,439 Anyone who wants to keep their job in New York City... 394 00:23:19,523 --> 00:23:22,109 would never dream of challenging Joe Crowley. 395 00:23:22,192 --> 00:23:24,403 It has to come from outside of Queens. 396 00:23:24,820 --> 00:23:29,032 It has to come from someone who's new on the political scene 397 00:23:29,116 --> 00:23:30,742 that they don't foresee coming, 398 00:23:30,826 --> 00:23:35,372 that they can't offer a job or pressure in another way. 399 00:23:35,455 --> 00:23:38,500 And it has to be someone that represents her community 400 00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:40,085 in more ways than one. 401 00:23:40,168 --> 00:23:43,296 Basically, an insurgent, outside, grassroots candidate 402 00:23:43,380 --> 00:23:45,257 that's a woman of color from the Bronx. 403 00:23:47,551 --> 00:23:48,593 [Alexandria exhales loudly] 404 00:23:48,677 --> 00:23:49,511 Ah! 405 00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:51,054 -[all laughing] -[Alexandria] Ah! 406 00:23:51,805 --> 00:23:53,849 [Alexandria] We're like walking closer and I'm like... 407 00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:55,058 "Aaah!" 408 00:23:55,142 --> 00:23:56,059 [elevator bell rings] 409 00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,061 [elevator bell rings] 410 00:24:00,063 --> 00:24:01,898 -Nice to meet you. Name's Barbara. -Alexandria. 411 00:24:01,982 --> 00:24:03,442 Barbara? Nice to meet you. 412 00:24:03,525 --> 00:24:05,610 -Paul. -Paul? Nice to meet you. 413 00:24:07,529 --> 00:24:10,031 Running for Congress out in the Bronx and Queens. 414 00:24:10,407 --> 00:24:11,575 [woman] Okay, well... 415 00:24:11,658 --> 00:24:12,701 Here you go. 416 00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:25,172 [Alexandria] Everybody said we couldn't do it. 417 00:24:26,173 --> 00:24:28,049 And then they saw how much money we had. 418 00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:30,302 And they saw that we had, like, two dollars in December, 419 00:24:30,385 --> 00:24:31,803 and they're, like, "There's no way." 420 00:24:32,220 --> 00:24:33,472 And here we are... 421 00:24:34,222 --> 00:24:38,268 April 12th, 2018. 422 00:24:39,728 --> 00:24:40,896 And we're on the ballot. 423 00:24:42,647 --> 00:24:44,065 Unless he sues us. [laughs] 424 00:24:45,275 --> 00:24:46,109 Aah! 425 00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:47,319 [siren wailing in distance] 426 00:24:52,365 --> 00:24:53,366 [Darryl] What does it say? 427 00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:55,744 "Born to Rebel"? [laughs] 428 00:24:56,870 --> 00:24:58,413 That's-- That's you. [laughs] 429 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:00,707 Fix it and I wouldn't have to rebel. 430 00:25:00,790 --> 00:25:01,625 Yeah. Fix it. 431 00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:03,502 -Born to rebel? -Born to rebel. 432 00:25:03,585 --> 00:25:05,462 Listen. We wanna talk about something. 433 00:25:06,087 --> 00:25:09,049 If you look at first Congressional district, 434 00:25:09,132 --> 00:25:11,676 we're still number one in murder per capita. 435 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,472 We're in the top three in African American poverty. 436 00:25:15,555 --> 00:25:17,516 We're talking about mass incarceration. 437 00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:20,685 We're talking about for African Americans, 438 00:25:20,769 --> 00:25:23,104 who are almost 50 percent of the district, 439 00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:25,982 to have a black congressman as long as they have had... 440 00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:26,900 [man] Right. 441 00:25:26,983 --> 00:25:29,569 ...and still have not made any significant gains? 442 00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:30,862 [man] That's ridiculous. 443 00:25:30,946 --> 00:25:32,989 This is Cori Bush's time. 444 00:25:33,073 --> 00:25:35,283 [Darryl] Dr. King talked about  the fierce urgency of now. 445 00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:36,368 Mmm. 446 00:25:36,451 --> 00:25:38,411 [Darryl] That the time is always right to do right. 447 00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:41,206 If change is gonna happen in St. Louis, 448 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,583 -this is our moment. -This is our moment. 449 00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:46,419 We have to believe that you are that change. 450 00:25:57,305 --> 00:26:00,225 [Cori] I'm a registered nurse, I'm an ordained pastor, 451 00:26:00,308 --> 00:26:02,936 and I'm a mother of two teenagers. 452 00:26:07,190 --> 00:26:09,526 I was not trying to become an activist. 453 00:26:10,694 --> 00:26:12,571 Didn't set out to do that. 454 00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:17,951 This is the district where Mike Brown was murdered. 455 00:26:18,535 --> 00:26:21,079 I only live six minutes from Ferguson. 456 00:26:23,540 --> 00:26:25,000 [man] This is the police. 457 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:28,086 Clear the area immediately. 458 00:26:28,169 --> 00:26:29,254 [suspenseful music playing] 459 00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:35,468 [man] You must clear the area immediately. 460 00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:41,182 -[people screaming] -[siren wailing] 461 00:26:45,979 --> 00:26:48,690 [reporter] Chaos in the streets  of Ferguson, Missouri. 462 00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:50,317 The crowd's furious 463 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,653 over the police shooting of unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown. 464 00:26:58,325 --> 00:27:01,036 [Cori] It was like a battle zone at home. 465 00:27:03,913 --> 00:27:07,751 I took to the streets to lend a hand as a nurse. 466 00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:13,882 What I was wanting to see was justice happen. 467 00:27:14,507 --> 00:27:17,969 It didn't happen, so I just kept going back, again and again. 468 00:27:22,057 --> 00:27:23,516 -[car horn honking] -Don't shoot! 469 00:27:26,728 --> 00:27:29,773 [Cori] This district was able to affect the entire world. 470 00:27:29,856 --> 00:27:31,608 Just regular, everyday people. 471 00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:41,493 People are now waking up to see 472 00:27:41,576 --> 00:27:44,496 that the problems that we have in our district, 473 00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:47,165 are problems that we ourselves can fix. 474 00:27:50,085 --> 00:27:51,002 [man] Smile more. 475 00:27:51,294 --> 00:27:54,214 [man] All right. Here we go for reals. One, two, three. 476 00:27:54,297 --> 00:27:55,215 [camera shutter clicks] 477 00:27:55,298 --> 00:27:57,175 One, two, three. [camera shutter clicks] Awesome. 478 00:27:57,258 --> 00:27:58,510 [man] One, two and three. 479 00:27:59,552 --> 00:28:01,262 That was fantastic. Cool. 480 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:02,555 Here's what we're looking at. 481 00:28:02,639 --> 00:28:05,934 You put that light on my face, like-- Wow, you know what you-- 482 00:28:06,017 --> 00:28:07,602 -[man laughs] -You know how to work my melanin. 483 00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,730 I have to be... appreciate that. 484 00:28:10,814 --> 00:28:14,651 He workin' my melanin. Everybody can't work with melanin. 485 00:28:14,734 --> 00:28:16,820 -[all laughing] -That is a compliment I haven't heard. 486 00:28:16,903 --> 00:28:18,071 [soft music playing] 487 00:28:20,907 --> 00:28:25,203 [Cori] Being a woman of color, our image is really scrutinized. 488 00:28:25,620 --> 00:28:28,665 You have to speak like this, you have to dress like this. 489 00:28:29,999 --> 00:28:33,044 I decided that, yeah, I don't care. 490 00:28:33,795 --> 00:28:35,630 -[man] One, two, three. -[camera shutter clicks] 491 00:28:35,755 --> 00:28:37,298 [Cori] Basically you deal with it. 492 00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:39,759 You know, people in my district, this is how we look. 493 00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:43,805 I'm going to serve and represent the people of my district. 494 00:28:46,766 --> 00:28:48,852 [man] Anybody can run, but you're doing a walk-through. 495 00:28:48,935 --> 00:28:51,271 -Yeah. A walk-through. -That's why I'm running. 496 00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:55,150 Because this shouldn't be about one person being a king, being like, "Kiss my ring." 497 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:56,484 It's not about that. 498 00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:58,653 -Because we don't get help that way. -[man] You're right. 499 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:00,280 It's gotta be about us. 500 00:29:00,363 --> 00:29:02,282 It's gotta be about us thinking about us, 501 00:29:02,365 --> 00:29:04,284 caring about us, speaking about us. 502 00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:05,952 -Mm-hmm. -[Cori] Not being afraid. 503 00:29:06,035 --> 00:29:07,454 Yeah. Looking for a real change. 504 00:29:07,537 --> 00:29:08,663 Looking for some real change. 505 00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:10,081 -[man] Not promises. -[Cori] Oh, no. 506 00:29:10,165 --> 00:29:11,958 -Action. -Action. Action. 507 00:29:25,638 --> 00:29:26,514 [music fades out] 508 00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:29,517 [man] St. Louis, in Missouri's first Congressional district, 509 00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:32,896 had been represented by William or his son Lacy Clay 510 00:29:32,979 --> 00:29:34,689 since 1969. 511 00:29:35,023 --> 00:29:37,358 If you look at the progress that has been made 512 00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:41,196 over the past 50 or 60 years, it's been remarkable. 513 00:29:41,738 --> 00:29:43,782 [man] So, you're running against, uh... 514 00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:44,741 [Cori] Clay. 515 00:29:44,824 --> 00:29:45,658 Okay. 516 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:48,286 -How you doing? -I'm good. 517 00:29:48,369 --> 00:29:51,873 Well, you have to forgive, 'cause it's just out of habit on-- 518 00:29:52,123 --> 00:29:54,125 on the Clay family 519 00:29:54,876 --> 00:29:56,753 -from way, way back. -Yeah. 520 00:29:56,836 --> 00:29:58,546 I know my pop was saying, 521 00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:00,632 "Who?" 522 00:30:00,715 --> 00:30:01,549 [Cori chuckles] 523 00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:05,970 [man] But, of course, the whole point, you get seniority in that place up there, 524 00:30:06,054 --> 00:30:07,222 it does count. 525 00:30:07,555 --> 00:30:09,891 [Cori] Yeah. It-- But who does it count for? 526 00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:13,853 Is it definitely counting for us? Do we feel the seniority? 527 00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:18,691 I admire your guts because this is an uphill battle. 528 00:30:19,108 --> 00:30:20,443 Because it's almost odd-- 529 00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:21,820 You know, it's not even a thought 530 00:30:21,903 --> 00:30:24,239 for most of the folks that I know that vote. 531 00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:27,450 Election time come round. "Okay. Clay." 532 00:30:27,534 --> 00:30:29,035 That's one of the few ones-- 533 00:30:29,118 --> 00:30:32,997 Nobody even bother looking at anything else. 534 00:30:33,081 --> 00:30:36,167 I ain't really seen no Democrat with the guts 535 00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:38,753 to go up against the Clays in a long time. 536 00:30:43,424 --> 00:30:45,468 [man] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to  950 Lounge 537 00:30:45,552 --> 00:30:48,555 Miss Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. -Thank you. 538 00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:50,598 -Welcome to the show. -Thank you, guys, so much. 539 00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:55,311 [Alexandria] So New York City and New York politics is wild! 540 00:30:55,395 --> 00:30:58,815 We're so used to seeing our elected officials in handcuffs 541 00:30:58,898 --> 00:31:01,651 -that it's like no big deal anymore. -[all laughing] 542 00:31:01,734 --> 00:31:03,778 Our current Congressman, Joseph Crowley, 543 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:05,446 never even won the seat. 544 00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:09,075 His mentor used a loophole in New York City election law 545 00:31:09,158 --> 00:31:12,745 -to appoint him as the Democratic nominee. -Yes. 546 00:31:12,829 --> 00:31:13,663 [man] Wow. 547 00:31:13,746 --> 00:31:15,248 He doesn't even live here. 548 00:31:15,331 --> 00:31:18,293 -He lives in Virginia, y'all. -What! 549 00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:20,670 -Yes. -All right, so hold on. You got a-- 550 00:31:21,170 --> 00:31:23,590 -I'm assuming he's a Caucasian man. -Yes, he is. 551 00:31:23,673 --> 00:31:25,174 You got a Caucasian man 552 00:31:25,258 --> 00:31:29,470 that's a Congressman for the Bronx, Queens, and Rikers Island 553 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:30,638 that lives in Virginia. 554 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:32,682 It just don't make no common sense to anybody. 555 00:31:32,765 --> 00:31:33,933 I don't know what y'all doing. 556 00:31:34,017 --> 00:31:35,894 If you popped him in the Bronx, he would get lost. 557 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,818 [woman] I am so happy that I get to be here today 558 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:46,821 as a surrogate for Congressman Crowley. 559 00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:51,409 He is extremely saddened he couldn't be here with us today, 560 00:31:51,492 --> 00:31:55,121 and it's not because he did not want to be here, 561 00:31:55,204 --> 00:31:59,584 and because he doesn't believe that these types of forums are important. 562 00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:03,004 [Alexandria] We are making excuses for absentee leadership. 563 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:04,339 This is not a debate! 564 00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:06,424 [crowd cheering and applauding] 565 00:32:06,674 --> 00:32:10,553 With all respect-- With all respect to Councilwoman Palma, 566 00:32:10,637 --> 00:32:13,640 I thank you for your service to our community. I do. 567 00:32:14,140 --> 00:32:16,851 But I am the only one running for Congress in this room. 568 00:32:17,018 --> 00:32:19,729 [crowd cheering and applauding] 569 00:32:19,812 --> 00:32:23,900 [moderator] Question is about trusting Congressman Crowley's judgment 570 00:32:23,983 --> 00:32:26,235 when he votes for the Iraqi war. 571 00:32:27,987 --> 00:32:32,617 I trust Congressman Crowley's judgment because he has served this community. 572 00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:34,369 I built a great partnership 573 00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:38,665 in making sure that whatever I needed to do for this community, 574 00:32:38,748 --> 00:32:41,376 that the partner that I had was the Congressman 575 00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:44,337 who has never failed to deliver for this community. 576 00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:46,756 Thirty seconds. 577 00:32:46,839 --> 00:32:49,217 The vote for the Iraq war was disastrous. 578 00:32:49,676 --> 00:32:51,970 It destabilized an entire region. 579 00:32:52,053 --> 00:32:53,721 [crowd cheering and applauding] 580 00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:59,185 [moderator] What do you say about US role towards Israel-Palestine, 581 00:32:59,394 --> 00:33:01,604 and moving the embassy and settlements? 582 00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:04,565 [exhales deeply] Yes. 583 00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:07,777 -No, this is a regular question. -Oh, regular question. Oh! 584 00:33:07,860 --> 00:33:08,695 One minute. 585 00:33:08,778 --> 00:33:12,699 I believe that the Congressman supports that position. 586 00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:16,285 That's it? Okay. Rebuttal. 587 00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:19,330 I think that moving the embassy-- 588 00:33:19,414 --> 00:33:20,456 Uh... 589 00:33:20,540 --> 00:33:22,875 Moving the embassy was a profound mistake 590 00:33:22,959 --> 00:33:24,544 in US foreign politics. 591 00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:25,628 [cheering and applauding] 592 00:33:25,712 --> 00:33:26,879 [Alexandria] Profound mistake! 593 00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:29,632 [Palma] Listen, you know, I-- 594 00:33:29,716 --> 00:33:34,095 I would allow him to elaborate more on his position on certain issues. 595 00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:35,680 [man] Tell him to come right here. 596 00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:38,683 And-- Again, right? We explained-- 597 00:33:38,766 --> 00:33:43,062 We explained why he's not here, and it's not disrespecting the Bronx. 598 00:33:43,646 --> 00:33:46,357 [Alexandria] So I wanna thank everyone for participating in this process, 599 00:33:46,441 --> 00:33:50,570 because for so long, we haven't had these forums. 600 00:33:50,653 --> 00:33:53,614 The only reason we are here is because we organized 601 00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:56,951 for the first primary election in 14 years in New York 14th. 602 00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:59,746 -For once, we have a choice. -[scattered applause] 603 00:33:59,912 --> 00:34:01,456 For once, we have a choice. 604 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:03,458 Okay. Thank you and good night. 605 00:34:03,958 --> 00:34:06,419 -Thank you. -The candidates will stay-- 606 00:34:06,502 --> 00:34:07,670 [man] Before you break. 607 00:34:08,337 --> 00:34:09,672 I have a question here. 608 00:34:09,756 --> 00:34:12,341 I think one of the questions that was sent to you 609 00:34:12,425 --> 00:34:15,386 is of great concern to the African community here. 610 00:34:15,470 --> 00:34:18,306 There's close to 300 businesses in this district 611 00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:22,643 that are owned by Yemeni Americans who are suffering from the travel ban-- 612 00:34:22,727 --> 00:34:24,520 [moderator] Meantime, this last half hour, 613 00:34:24,604 --> 00:34:27,106 -you can go up to the candidates. -But it said till eight o'clock. 614 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,944 African immigrants, they're feeling left out. 615 00:34:32,028 --> 00:34:35,406 Because most of them have come here through the diversity visa. 616 00:34:35,490 --> 00:34:37,867 [man] Several of the individuals here have families stuck 617 00:34:37,950 --> 00:34:40,036 outside the country for several months. 618 00:34:40,119 --> 00:34:43,039 I hope to have the honor of having the support of the Yemeni community, 619 00:34:43,122 --> 00:34:45,416 but I also acknowledge that I have to earn it and deserve it 620 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:46,501 every single time. 621 00:34:46,584 --> 00:34:48,628 [Alexandria speaking Arabic] Hello. Happy Eid. 622 00:34:48,711 --> 00:34:50,713 [in Arabic] My name is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 623 00:34:50,797 --> 00:34:51,631 I'm trying out here. 624 00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:54,759 I'm running for Congress out here in New York's 14th Congressional district. 625 00:34:54,842 --> 00:34:59,222 And it is so important that we go out and vote on Tuesday, June 26th. 626 00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:10,149 [moderator] If you agree with what-- you know, what I say, 627 00:35:10,233 --> 00:35:11,150 raise your hand. 628 00:35:11,234 --> 00:35:13,194 But if it's a no for you, don't raise your hand. 629 00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:15,238 Support a woman's right to choose. 630 00:35:17,281 --> 00:35:20,660 Support the Paycheck Fairness Act in eliminating the wage gap. 631 00:35:22,703 --> 00:35:23,663 Love this room. 632 00:35:23,746 --> 00:35:26,749 Support allowing transgender soldiers to serve in the military. 633 00:35:28,209 --> 00:35:29,043 All right. 634 00:35:29,836 --> 00:35:33,131 Raise your hand if you refuse to take corporate PAC money. 635 00:35:35,216 --> 00:35:37,135 -All right. -[crowd cheering] 636 00:35:39,053 --> 00:35:41,305 [crowd] Amy, Amy! 637 00:35:41,389 --> 00:35:42,348 [moderator] All right. 638 00:35:46,519 --> 00:35:48,938 [Amy] Everybody that knows me knows that on day one, 639 00:35:49,021 --> 00:35:53,484 I will co-sponsor HR-676 Medicare for all. 640 00:35:53,943 --> 00:35:58,239 It is time to join the other Democrats in office right now 641 00:35:58,322 --> 00:36:00,408 that are standing up and saying, "Enough is enough! 642 00:36:00,491 --> 00:36:02,660 We're not gonna accept any more money from the hospital, 643 00:36:02,743 --> 00:36:04,328 the insurance companies and pharma, 644 00:36:04,745 --> 00:36:07,456 and we can have the people behind the party again." 645 00:36:07,707 --> 00:36:10,001 -[crowd cheering and applauding] -[moderator] Thank you. 646 00:36:12,545 --> 00:36:14,839 [Amy] They're actually now posting that I'm a Marxist. 647 00:36:14,922 --> 00:36:16,382 I don't even know what a Marxist is. 648 00:36:17,049 --> 00:36:20,052 Commie, and socialist, and a piece of shit, 649 00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:21,304 and a bitch. 650 00:36:21,512 --> 00:36:23,472 And, you know, I look like I'm Russian, 651 00:36:23,556 --> 00:36:25,808 go back to my country in Mexico... 652 00:36:26,309 --> 00:36:27,435 [chuckles] 653 00:36:28,561 --> 00:36:29,812 You know what? Bring it on. 654 00:36:33,733 --> 00:36:35,902 [woman] Right now we could really use your help. 655 00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:39,155 We are a completely grassroots-powered movement. 656 00:36:39,238 --> 00:36:41,324 It's gonna be a close race. 657 00:36:41,407 --> 00:36:43,701 It's, you know, obviously it's a crowded field. 658 00:36:43,784 --> 00:36:46,412 Oh, hell, yeah! Okay, that's what I like to hear. 659 00:36:50,124 --> 00:36:52,752 I'm cleaning up after a bunch of kids. [chuckles] 660 00:36:53,127 --> 00:36:55,087 I'm the house mom, the den mother. 661 00:36:55,504 --> 00:36:56,839 So I'm gonna make this disclaimer. 662 00:36:56,923 --> 00:36:59,884 I'm Amy Vilela. I do not approve of this mess. 663 00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:01,344 [all laughing] 664 00:37:08,309 --> 00:37:10,645 My name's Amy, and I am not a career politician. 665 00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:11,562 Yes. 666 00:37:11,646 --> 00:37:14,023 I was someone that should not be able to run for Congress. 667 00:37:14,106 --> 00:37:16,901 I was a single mom. I was on Medicaid, WIC, food stamps. 668 00:37:16,984 --> 00:37:17,818 That's right. 669 00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:19,904 Worked my way through college somehow, 670 00:37:19,987 --> 00:37:22,365 -and became a Chief Financial Officer. -Cool. 671 00:37:22,698 --> 00:37:24,825 -[chuckles] Thanks a lot. -No problem, take care. 672 00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:26,869 [Amy] This is not a game to me. 673 00:37:27,495 --> 00:37:29,747 This is not an opportunistic move for me. 674 00:37:29,830 --> 00:37:30,748 You got a good grip. 675 00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:34,877 I turned my back on an executive level job. 676 00:37:35,294 --> 00:37:36,837 I sold my house. 677 00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:38,965 I've gone into debt. 678 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:43,135 In the beginning, it was a tough decision, 679 00:37:43,552 --> 00:37:45,429 but I would do it again  in a heartbeat now. 680 00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:50,226 [woman 1] I'm scared too, because I've never felt this confident... 681 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:52,687 in a campaign. 682 00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:55,398 [woman 2] It makes me uncomfortable, but I feel like we might win. 683 00:37:55,481 --> 00:37:58,025 Every step of the way, we seem to be on track. 684 00:37:58,109 --> 00:37:59,610 [Joz] We're like in the Amazing Race... 685 00:37:59,694 --> 00:38:02,697 And no one else believes in the path, so they think we're not on track. 686 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:04,573 They say, you know, "You don't have a shot 687 00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:08,327 if you don't raise $100,000 between now and next week, 688 00:38:08,411 --> 00:38:10,746 or you don't have a shot if you're not gonna put out 689 00:38:10,830 --> 00:38:12,331 targeted mailers, you know, 690 00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:15,918 to women between the ages of 55 and 65 before this date. 691 00:38:16,210 --> 00:38:19,380 After 2016, nothing is predictable. Nothing! 692 00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:20,589 [uplifting music playing] 693 00:38:24,218 --> 00:38:26,470 Hi, Amin, this is Amy Vilela. 694 00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:31,392 I was just actually doing my fundraising calls and saw your name. 695 00:38:31,475 --> 00:38:34,061 Didn't know if you'd be able to help us out one last time. 696 00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:38,399 - [Amin] I'm not sure if I can. - Okay. 697 00:38:39,358 --> 00:38:40,359 [Amy sighs] 698 00:38:41,235 --> 00:38:42,695 Did I catch you at a bad time? 699 00:38:42,945 --> 00:38:45,948 [Amy] You know, even $50 would be absolutely amazing. 700 00:38:46,032 --> 00:38:49,702 [man] Really not in a position to go much further, I'm afraid... 701 00:38:49,785 --> 00:38:50,661 [Amy] Sure. 702 00:38:51,620 --> 00:38:52,580 [sighs deeply] 703 00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:53,748 [Amy] Thank you so much. 704 00:38:53,831 --> 00:38:55,708 -What can I put you guys down for? - [woman] Okay. 705 00:38:55,791 --> 00:38:58,461 We would donate $100. 706 00:38:58,544 --> 00:39:00,796 Thank you so, so much, guys. 707 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:02,673 That really made my day. 708 00:39:13,934 --> 00:39:14,935 [spraying] 709 00:39:20,107 --> 00:39:21,442 [Shannon] So, I was getting curious 710 00:39:21,525 --> 00:39:23,903 where some of our opponents are getting their money. 711 00:39:24,945 --> 00:39:25,863 Particularly Horsford. 712 00:39:25,946 --> 00:39:28,449 He's not taking money from Big Pharma, but... 713 00:39:28,657 --> 00:39:29,575 [chuckles] 714 00:39:29,658 --> 00:39:33,120 I've managed to see who he is taking money from. 715 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:37,249 Culinary Union, executives from MGM and Tropicana, 716 00:39:37,625 --> 00:39:41,170 and the Crystal Sugar Agriculture Fund. 717 00:39:41,253 --> 00:39:42,171 Caesars, 718 00:39:43,047 --> 00:39:45,966 the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Progressive Caucus, 719 00:39:46,342 --> 00:39:48,344 -and Joe Crowley. -[music stops] 720 00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:53,682 Why is Joe Crowley one of the leaders pushing this? 721 00:39:53,766 --> 00:39:55,976 He's pouring all this money into a race 722 00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:59,605 that is two weeks before the New York primary. 723 00:40:00,648 --> 00:40:04,693 [Shannon] If Amy wins against the establishment Dem, 724 00:40:05,194 --> 00:40:08,739 things look a little bit more hopeful for the scrappy fighter from the Bronx. 725 00:40:09,615 --> 00:40:10,741 [emotional music playing] 726 00:40:21,127 --> 00:40:22,837 [Amy] You know, I grew up in poverty. 727 00:40:23,045 --> 00:40:25,005 I was raised by a single mother. 728 00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:27,925 And so I learnt how to fight early on. 729 00:40:29,969 --> 00:40:31,762 Now that my eyes are open, 730 00:40:31,846 --> 00:40:35,599 I cannot and I will not close them again. 731 00:40:36,308 --> 00:40:38,561 [Cori] The person I'm running against is complacent, 732 00:40:38,644 --> 00:40:39,895 but I'm not. 733 00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:43,607 I myself can deescalate a person with a gun. 734 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! 735 00:40:49,947 --> 00:40:52,199 [Alexandria] I'm running because of Cori Bush. 736 00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:55,536 I'm running because of Paula Jean Swearengin. 737 00:40:55,619 --> 00:40:57,955 I'm running because everyday Americans 738 00:40:58,038 --> 00:41:01,167 deserve to be represented by everyday Americans. 739 00:41:01,667 --> 00:41:05,546 [Paula] And it's time for ordinary people to do extraordinary things. 740 00:41:05,629 --> 00:41:07,923 Let's raise some hell, and take our lives back. 741 00:41:08,007 --> 00:41:09,091 Thank you. 742 00:41:09,175 --> 00:41:10,801 [crowd cheering and applauding] 743 00:41:10,885 --> 00:41:12,178 [upbeat music playing] 744 00:41:12,428 --> 00:41:13,304 [Alexandria] Here we go. 745 00:41:13,387 --> 00:41:15,181 [woman 1] Nice to meet you. All right. [laughs] 746 00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:16,891 [woman 2] Oh, we're in the middle-- 747 00:41:16,974 --> 00:41:18,767 [indistinct chatter] 748 00:41:18,851 --> 00:41:20,394 [Cori Bush] You guys gotta get used to this. 749 00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:23,898 [all laughing] 750 00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:28,986 [Alexandria] This thing is growing. 751 00:41:29,445 --> 00:41:30,946 It's-- It's happening. 752 00:41:35,075 --> 00:41:39,788 [Amy] We are beginning our world tour through northern Nevada. 753 00:41:40,623 --> 00:41:41,957 This is a flip district. 754 00:41:42,541 --> 00:41:44,460 We have to keep on the issues, 755 00:41:44,543 --> 00:41:46,754 forget the party divides, forget the parties, 756 00:41:46,837 --> 00:41:48,547 and let's talk about  what's really happening. 757 00:41:49,131 --> 00:41:51,634 But there are some things I will not negotiate on. 758 00:41:52,051 --> 00:41:54,136 When we're talking about human life... 759 00:41:54,220 --> 00:41:57,264 human life, and the ability just to survive 760 00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:59,475 and take care of your family and yourself, 761 00:41:59,558 --> 00:42:00,601 I will not buckle. 762 00:42:02,978 --> 00:42:03,812 Ouch! 763 00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:07,316 [Paula] We're clearing this area out. 764 00:42:07,399 --> 00:42:09,443 Ain't nobody been out here for a couple years. 765 00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:11,195 So we can have this event out here. 766 00:42:14,448 --> 00:42:15,574 I look crazy! 767 00:42:17,952 --> 00:42:20,287 [Paula] I am a proud Appalachian woman. 768 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:23,499 Because there's 10,000 miners that marched that mountain, 769 00:42:23,958 --> 00:42:26,460 and stood up for us, our ancestors did. 770 00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:28,754 One of the biggest labor uprisings 771 00:42:29,171 --> 00:42:30,881 in our nation's history. 772 00:42:31,257 --> 00:42:33,259 This last year, I have hope. 773 00:42:33,342 --> 00:42:35,219 I have hope, and it's because of all of you. 774 00:42:37,471 --> 00:42:40,558 [Cori] And I think about when you get that new person on your job. 775 00:42:40,641 --> 00:42:42,726 I mean, you interview 'em, and they're like so excited, 776 00:42:42,810 --> 00:42:44,812 like, "Oh, I'm gonna do this, and I'm gonna do that," 777 00:42:44,895 --> 00:42:46,897 and you think about the person that was there before. 778 00:42:46,981 --> 00:42:48,816 How you couldn't get 'em to move out their desk, 779 00:42:48,899 --> 00:42:51,151 -and they were always calling off, and-- -[all laughing] 780 00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:54,530 If we can get even just 15 more people across the country 781 00:42:54,613 --> 00:42:58,826 that will come in in 2019 and perform, 782 00:42:59,034 --> 00:43:01,954 how much greater will we be? And then in two more years, 30. 783 00:43:02,037 --> 00:43:05,374 You know, that's what I'm looking at. Like, it's just continuing to grow. 784 00:43:05,749 --> 00:43:08,377 -[crowd cheering] -I'm running to represent the Bronx. 785 00:43:08,460 --> 00:43:10,087 I'm a third generation Bronxite. 786 00:43:10,170 --> 00:43:11,964 I'm a Latina, I'm a Boricua, 787 00:43:12,047 --> 00:43:14,133 I'm a descendant of Taino Indians. 788 00:43:14,216 --> 00:43:16,343 I am a descendant of African slaves. 789 00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:18,554 I am proud to be an American! 790 00:43:19,388 --> 00:43:21,765 But we have to rise to that promise. 791 00:43:27,271 --> 00:43:29,106 [woman] That's your rice and that's my rice. 792 00:43:29,982 --> 00:43:31,275 Take a little tiny bite. 793 00:43:31,775 --> 00:43:32,735 [chuckles] 794 00:43:35,529 --> 00:43:36,614 [woman] The rice is good. 795 00:43:37,656 --> 00:43:40,242 Can you pass her the rice? 796 00:43:40,826 --> 00:43:44,330 [woman] When these two little monsters were little. 797 00:43:44,413 --> 00:43:47,291 I don't know, she was maybe, like, six or seven. 798 00:43:47,374 --> 00:43:48,709 She got upset and said, 799 00:43:49,835 --> 00:43:52,546 "You know what? I am leaving." 800 00:43:52,713 --> 00:43:53,881 [all laughing] 801 00:43:54,298 --> 00:43:55,924 -I'm like, "What?" -"I've had enough." 802 00:43:56,008 --> 00:43:58,427 Yeah. I'm, like, "You what?" 803 00:43:58,510 --> 00:43:59,970 "Yeah, I'm gonna leave." 804 00:44:00,054 --> 00:44:01,722 I say, "Okay." 805 00:44:02,348 --> 00:44:04,058 She went, got the suitcase, 806 00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:06,018 put all her clothes there. 807 00:44:06,352 --> 00:44:09,104 She found a nice hat, she put it on. 808 00:44:09,563 --> 00:44:11,815 She went to the curb, 809 00:44:11,899 --> 00:44:13,734 and she's looking both sides, 810 00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:17,196 like, "Hmm... Which way I go?" 811 00:44:17,279 --> 00:44:18,530 [all laughing] 812 00:44:18,697 --> 00:44:22,034 So one thing Sandy always had, it was free will. 813 00:44:27,247 --> 00:44:30,751 [male voice] So, here we have Alexandria Ocasio. 814 00:44:31,085 --> 00:44:33,087 [applauding] 815 00:44:33,420 --> 00:44:35,422 A SPECIAL DAY 816 00:44:44,848 --> 00:44:46,058 [Alexandria] For our next thing, 817 00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:49,937 we will take a little look at aliens. 818 00:44:50,229 --> 00:44:53,357 Aliens, this is our aliens issue. 819 00:44:54,024 --> 00:44:55,901 [screaming] 820 00:44:56,026 --> 00:44:57,778 It's taking me down! 821 00:44:58,153 --> 00:44:59,405 [Alexandria] When I was a kid, 822 00:44:59,988 --> 00:45:04,702 about half of New York City high-schoolers would never graduate. 823 00:45:07,037 --> 00:45:10,165 And so, when I was about four, five years old, 824 00:45:10,958 --> 00:45:13,752 my whole extended family chipped in everything they could 825 00:45:13,836 --> 00:45:17,506 for a small down payment on a tiny house about 30 minutes north, 826 00:45:17,589 --> 00:45:19,717 in a place called Yorktown. 827 00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:40,154 I went to public school 828 00:45:40,237 --> 00:45:43,574 in a town where no one looked like me. 829 00:45:46,034 --> 00:45:47,286 And then, 830 00:45:47,369 --> 00:45:50,414 always, always driving down to the Bronx, 831 00:45:51,457 --> 00:45:55,043 because all of my family and our family friends 832 00:45:55,127 --> 00:45:56,420 were still in the Bronx. 833 00:46:01,300 --> 00:46:04,219 My Mom cleaned houses growing up. 834 00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:12,478 She would clean a woman's home in exchange for SAT lessons for me. 835 00:46:17,107 --> 00:46:19,777 My father knew my soul 836 00:46:19,860 --> 00:46:22,029 better than anyone on this planet. 837 00:46:24,990 --> 00:46:30,204 He really made me believe that I had true power in this world. 838 00:46:39,421 --> 00:46:42,132 My Dad passed away when I was in college. 839 00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:49,515 Losing him in a time 840 00:46:49,598 --> 00:46:51,934 when you're just figuring out the world 841 00:46:52,017 --> 00:46:53,936 was really hard. 842 00:46:56,396 --> 00:46:57,940 I didn't know up from down. 843 00:47:03,403 --> 00:47:05,906 [woman 1] If you were to find out, okay, this is coming. 844 00:47:05,989 --> 00:47:08,575 We were digging back, and then there we were. 845 00:47:08,659 --> 00:47:10,494 We make a lot of holes, and then-- 846 00:47:10,577 --> 00:47:12,871 [woman 2] Wait, so he left home, but what did you do? 847 00:47:12,955 --> 00:47:14,581 [man] Two week extensions. 848 00:47:14,915 --> 00:47:16,333 -Yeah. -Yeah. 849 00:47:19,545 --> 00:47:20,671 [music fades out] 850 00:47:23,340 --> 00:47:25,092 -[Alexandria] Thank you. -[Riley] Let it roll. 851 00:47:25,175 --> 00:47:26,260 Thank you. 852 00:47:30,514 --> 00:47:31,890 [Alexandria] So look at this thing. 853 00:47:32,140 --> 00:47:36,103 Everybody in the district got this Victoria's Secret catalogue 854 00:47:36,687 --> 00:47:38,313 of my opponent. 855 00:47:39,189 --> 00:47:42,526 I mean, I'm not trying to gas myself up, or brag, or anything, 856 00:47:42,609 --> 00:47:46,029 but this is the difference between an organizer and a strategist. 857 00:47:46,697 --> 00:47:48,448 What am I trying to get people to do? 858 00:47:49,116 --> 00:47:51,702 Two things: I want them to know my name, 859 00:47:51,910 --> 00:47:53,620 and I want them to know that they need to vote. 860 00:47:53,704 --> 00:47:56,164 "Okay, vote for her, why?" 861 00:47:56,248 --> 00:47:59,209 "End the war on drugs. A hundred percent renewable energy. 862 00:47:59,293 --> 00:48:00,836 Tuition-free public college." 863 00:48:00,919 --> 00:48:02,504 This is how a strategist does it. 864 00:48:02,963 --> 00:48:04,464 Where's the primary date on this? 865 00:48:05,299 --> 00:48:08,010 When you first see it, when you first pull this out of your mailbox. 866 00:48:09,094 --> 00:48:12,681 "Taking on Donald Trump in Washington." 867 00:48:13,307 --> 00:48:16,143 "Delivering for Queens and the Bronx." 868 00:48:16,226 --> 00:48:19,146 Deliver is insider talk. 869 00:48:20,063 --> 00:48:23,525 Deliver means "pork." 870 00:48:24,192 --> 00:48:26,069 "Oh, Alex, you're being too harsh. 871 00:48:26,153 --> 00:48:27,946 You're being way too harsh. Give him a chance." 872 00:48:28,030 --> 00:48:30,115 Okay, let's give him a chance. Let's open it up. 873 00:48:31,158 --> 00:48:34,077 Okay, we got this big, beautiful spread here. 874 00:48:34,161 --> 00:48:35,495 Where's the primary date? 875 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:38,749 "Democrat Joe Crowley 876 00:48:38,832 --> 00:48:42,085 is leading the fight against Donald Trump." 877 00:48:45,255 --> 00:48:47,841 There is nothing about the path forward here. 878 00:48:48,550 --> 00:48:50,302 Trump: three times, 879 00:48:50,636 --> 00:48:52,971 commitments: zero times. 880 00:48:53,513 --> 00:48:56,141 One of these core, core issues 881 00:48:56,224 --> 00:48:57,935 for the Democratic establishment 882 00:48:58,018 --> 00:49:00,979 is that their consultants are garbage. 883 00:49:01,063 --> 00:49:02,439 -[Alexandria sighs] -They're losing. 884 00:49:02,522 --> 00:49:06,902 It's scary that this is, like, the fourth most powerful Democrat in the country, 885 00:49:06,985 --> 00:49:09,363 and this is the type of stuff that he's doing? 886 00:49:13,867 --> 00:49:15,953 [Alexandria] I like-- I like this one. 887 00:49:17,663 --> 00:49:19,748 -This looks like you're on a frontline. -[Saikat] Right. 888 00:49:19,831 --> 00:49:21,291 -And that's where we are. -[Saikat] I like it. 889 00:49:21,375 --> 00:49:22,876 [Alexandria] So what I'd like-- 890 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,253 What I kind of envisioned for the back of these things is... 891 00:49:25,420 --> 00:49:28,006 three words or four words 892 00:49:28,674 --> 00:49:30,509 -that are big on the back. -Okay. 893 00:49:30,592 --> 00:49:33,845 So whether it's, like, "Medicare for all"... 894 00:49:33,929 --> 00:49:34,763 Okay. 895 00:49:34,846 --> 00:49:37,933 [Saikat] I think "rejecting the corporate money" is like a big-- it's like a signal, 896 00:49:38,016 --> 00:49:39,768 sort of a big signal, you know. 897 00:49:39,851 --> 00:49:40,852 [Alexandria] Yeah, it is. 898 00:49:40,936 --> 00:49:43,438 And I think it's stronger than the word "progressive". 899 00:49:43,522 --> 00:49:46,566 "Abolish ICE" is another one that we could go to, if you wanted. 900 00:49:46,650 --> 00:49:48,068 I mean, it's kinda cool. 901 00:49:48,151 --> 00:49:51,989 Like, I wouldn't mind having posters that say "abolish ICE". 902 00:49:52,072 --> 00:49:52,906 Yeah. 903 00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:55,492 To be in a political poster. They're gonna say, "That's gangster!" 904 00:49:55,575 --> 00:49:57,327 -Like, up in Jackson Heights. -Yeah. 905 00:49:57,953 --> 00:49:59,079 [whimsical music playing] 906 00:50:02,541 --> 00:50:04,418 I'll show you what your ads look like. 907 00:50:04,835 --> 00:50:07,713 We got women, unions, criminal justice, under 25, 908 00:50:07,796 --> 00:50:10,632 -over 55, Obama... -Great. 909 00:50:11,842 --> 00:50:13,719 Bengali, English, Spanish. 910 00:50:16,513 --> 00:50:18,056 -Sounds good. -It's moving. 911 00:50:18,473 --> 00:50:20,142 So if you're still following along with us, 912 00:50:20,225 --> 00:50:22,811 I'm gonna plug our Bronx rally again. 913 00:50:22,894 --> 00:50:25,731 It's this Sunday, 2 p.m., Allerton Avenue. 914 00:50:26,231 --> 00:50:27,733 Come out, bring your friends... 915 00:50:46,793 --> 00:50:49,421 [Alexandria] All right, guys, today is 916 00:50:49,504 --> 00:50:54,051 the day of our first ever rally. 917 00:50:54,134 --> 00:50:55,385 [crowd cheering] 918 00:50:56,219 --> 00:50:58,263 [Alexandria] Who's willing to lead an event, 919 00:50:58,597 --> 00:51:00,057 and have a couple friends over 920 00:51:00,140 --> 00:51:02,392 to do any one of the things that we just talked about? 921 00:51:02,476 --> 00:51:04,436 Raise your hand if you're willing to do it. 922 00:51:04,519 --> 00:51:06,813 All right. All right. 923 00:51:07,814 --> 00:51:10,358 Now, if you just raised your hand, I want you to stand up. 924 00:51:11,068 --> 00:51:12,027 Got 'em. 925 00:51:13,987 --> 00:51:15,989 Applause. Give them a round of applause. 926 00:51:18,533 --> 00:51:21,578 [Alexandria] Everybody in this room knows five to ten people. 927 00:51:22,037 --> 00:51:25,082 And then those five to ten people know another five to ten people. 928 00:51:25,457 --> 00:51:28,460 Frankly, big money is very lonely, 929 00:51:28,543 --> 00:51:31,088 and we've got people on our side. 930 00:51:31,171 --> 00:51:33,173 [crowd cheering and applauding] 931 00:51:34,674 --> 00:51:38,678 [in Spanish] The Machine here imposes candidates. 932 00:51:38,762 --> 00:51:43,266 But all they want are puppets to do their bidding. 933 00:51:43,350 --> 00:51:45,393 And we're tired of that. 934 00:51:45,477 --> 00:51:49,481 [in Spanish] Because everybody in this community deserves... 935 00:51:49,564 --> 00:51:51,566 [in English] ...health care. [chuckles] 936 00:51:52,192 --> 00:51:55,862 [in Spanish] Up with Alexandria! Down with the Machine! 937 00:51:56,154 --> 00:51:58,949 [woman] I'm here with the Democratic Socialists of America, 938 00:51:59,032 --> 00:52:03,036 and we're so proud to endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez today. 939 00:52:03,328 --> 00:52:06,081 [Alexandria] The entire New York political establishment, 940 00:52:06,665 --> 00:52:08,750 they have no idea what's going on. 941 00:52:09,459 --> 00:52:12,129 This race is winnable. 942 00:52:12,671 --> 00:52:14,756 And don't let anybody tell you any different, 943 00:52:15,215 --> 00:52:19,052 because the power out there, I'm telling you, is an illusion. 944 00:52:19,928 --> 00:52:23,723 [man] This election is extremely close. Every vote counts. 945 00:52:23,807 --> 00:52:25,809 So please, please get out to vote. 946 00:52:25,892 --> 00:52:27,644 Can we count on your support for Alex? 947 00:52:28,895 --> 00:52:29,896 Awesome. 948 00:52:31,022 --> 00:52:32,899 [woman] Alexandria is a progressive Democrat 949 00:52:32,983 --> 00:52:34,276 who's not taking any corporate donations. 950 00:52:34,359 --> 00:52:36,820 [woman] We've got people, and they've got money. 951 00:52:37,404 --> 00:52:40,866 [man] ...Chester Road, and if you go all the way down Pelham Parkway, 952 00:52:41,616 --> 00:52:42,909 these are all businesses. 953 00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:45,996 -There you go. -Yes! 954 00:52:46,955 --> 00:52:48,248 Thank you. 955 00:52:50,834 --> 00:52:55,547 [Alexandria] Things are accelerating so quickly. 956 00:52:55,964 --> 00:53:00,051 We released our campaign video on Tuesday, 957 00:53:00,135 --> 00:53:01,344 it just... 958 00:53:02,137 --> 00:53:02,971 blew up. 959 00:53:08,643 --> 00:53:12,105 [Alexandria] Before we knew it, we passed $200,000. 960 00:53:12,189 --> 00:53:13,815 And, like, that's a race. 961 00:53:15,734 --> 00:53:17,527 But the question is... 962 00:53:19,738 --> 00:53:22,616 ...has this all come with enough time to make a difference? 963 00:53:33,793 --> 00:53:34,794 [music stops] 964 00:53:37,339 --> 00:53:40,759 [Alexandria] He's operating in his kingdom, you know. 965 00:53:41,134 --> 00:53:43,553 They don't let us into senior centers, 966 00:53:43,637 --> 00:53:45,639 but they roll open the red carpet for him. 967 00:53:45,722 --> 00:53:46,973 I mean, look at this. 968 00:53:47,724 --> 00:53:51,228 He has, like, every endorsement ever. 969 00:53:53,063 --> 00:53:54,022 So we'll see. 970 00:53:55,774 --> 00:53:58,276 New York! New York! 971 00:53:58,526 --> 00:54:00,820 Show us your pride! 972 00:54:10,664 --> 00:54:14,167 [crowd] Who you gonna vote for? Ocasio-Cortez! 973 00:54:14,376 --> 00:54:17,879 Who you gonna vote for? Ocasio-Cortez! 974 00:54:17,963 --> 00:54:19,631 [in Spanish] The primary, this June 26th. 975 00:54:19,714 --> 00:54:22,467 The first primary election in 14 years. 976 00:54:22,842 --> 00:54:24,427 Healthcare is a right! 977 00:54:24,511 --> 00:54:27,305 Fight, fight, fight! Healthcare is a right! 978 00:54:27,389 --> 00:54:28,932 Yes, healthcare is a right. 979 00:54:29,432 --> 00:54:30,934 And we gotta get some. 980 00:54:31,559 --> 00:54:33,311 -[upbeat music playing] -[indistinct chatter] 981 00:54:41,444 --> 00:54:43,029 Haven't seen you in a while. 982 00:54:43,822 --> 00:54:46,992 -Re-election time, huh? -Hey, you know, every so often. 983 00:54:47,075 --> 00:54:48,702 You're going to do it. Don't worry. 984 00:54:48,785 --> 00:54:50,829 Hey, Bill. How are you, brother? 985 00:54:50,912 --> 00:54:51,913 You are in my district. 986 00:54:51,997 --> 00:54:54,958 [man] I don't know who that stupid woman is, but I'm voting for you. 987 00:54:55,041 --> 00:54:56,084 Thank you. 988 00:54:57,210 --> 00:54:59,004 She's not stupid, but thank you. 989 00:54:59,087 --> 00:55:01,464 She may not be stupid, but I don't like her anyway. 990 00:55:01,548 --> 00:55:02,424 Good luck, Joe. 991 00:55:03,174 --> 00:55:05,093 [man] Adrienne, can you send me a copy of it? 992 00:55:05,510 --> 00:55:07,345 -Yeah, we'll send you a copy. -Come on in, Bill. 993 00:55:09,180 --> 00:55:12,392 [Alexandria] Yesterday, I get this phone call. 994 00:55:13,977 --> 00:55:17,564 The guy who won't show up to a hundred-person community debate 995 00:55:17,647 --> 00:55:21,735 has now agreed to debate me live on New York One. 996 00:55:21,818 --> 00:55:23,153 Hi, how you doin'? 997 00:55:26,197 --> 00:55:28,908 [Alexandria] I am, frankly, a little scared. 998 00:55:31,453 --> 00:55:34,998 This is either a really big misstep that they've made, 999 00:55:35,332 --> 00:55:37,792 or they have this really well planned. 1000 00:56:02,776 --> 00:56:05,695 [Amy] When you're running for office, and you're not, you know, 1001 00:56:05,779 --> 00:56:07,030 a typical candidate... 1002 00:56:08,698 --> 00:56:10,492 you have to remember your "why." 1003 00:56:10,950 --> 00:56:12,327 Why are you doing it? 1004 00:56:16,289 --> 00:56:18,833 [Amy] I remember actually the day I put this stone here. 1005 00:56:19,417 --> 00:56:21,169 It would have been two years ago. 1006 00:56:22,087 --> 00:56:24,047 And it seems like decades ago. 1007 00:56:25,256 --> 00:56:26,883 And at that point... 1008 00:56:27,842 --> 00:56:29,135 I was so lost. 1009 00:56:31,554 --> 00:56:34,224 She didn't wanna be left in one place. 1010 00:56:34,599 --> 00:56:37,060 So, as crazy as it makes me look, 1011 00:56:37,143 --> 00:56:38,478 I follow her wishes. 1012 00:56:38,561 --> 00:56:40,605 You wanna travel? We're gonna travel. 1013 00:56:42,690 --> 00:56:45,735 I don't want this to go flying around in the car. [laughs] 1014 00:56:46,569 --> 00:56:47,654 That wouldn't be cool. 1015 00:56:52,242 --> 00:56:53,410 [somber music playing] 1016 00:57:30,447 --> 00:57:32,740 [Amy] When the time came, they said she was brain-dead. 1017 00:57:35,076 --> 00:57:37,579 I knew something was wrong 'cause my sister Ellie had gone over-- 1018 00:57:37,662 --> 00:57:38,621 She's an RN. 1019 00:57:39,581 --> 00:57:42,083 And I looked to my sister  and said, "No, Ellie. 1020 00:57:42,876 --> 00:57:45,044 No. Don't-- No." 1021 00:57:45,503 --> 00:57:48,465 And I saw for the first time, my sister, she just-- 1022 00:57:50,592 --> 00:57:52,093 I knew she was gone. 1023 00:58:00,018 --> 00:58:02,020 But she still was alive for a while. 1024 00:58:02,103 --> 00:58:03,938 So, I got into bed and I held her, 1025 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] 1026 00:58:10,737 --> 00:58:12,864 I played with her hair and told her how much I loved her 1027 00:58:12,947 --> 00:58:15,033 until she took her last breath. 1028 00:58:25,919 --> 00:58:27,629 [Amy] It's not just our family. 1029 00:58:27,837 --> 00:58:31,090 It's 30,000 families a year. 1030 00:58:32,675 --> 00:58:36,513 Thirty thousand of us a year... 1031 00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:41,476 that are losing loved ones because they don't have insurance. 1032 00:58:47,065 --> 00:58:49,400 No one in this great country 1033 00:58:50,276 --> 00:58:53,112 should be dying  because they don't understand 1034 00:58:53,196 --> 00:58:55,448 the intricate system of insurance. 1035 00:58:55,782 --> 00:58:57,325 And why is it difficult? 1036 00:58:57,742 --> 00:59:00,745 Because of algorithms, because of risk assessment, 1037 00:59:01,412 --> 00:59:02,956 because the CFOs 1038 00:59:04,249 --> 00:59:06,459 that work in that field 1039 00:59:07,460 --> 00:59:11,631 are sitting there figuring out ways to make optimum profit 1040 00:59:12,173 --> 00:59:13,633 for their shareholders. 1041 00:59:15,802 --> 00:59:18,471 This is a commodity. 1042 00:59:21,057 --> 00:59:22,767 My daughter's life wasn't. 1043 00:59:30,233 --> 00:59:33,111 We all handle it differently. A lot of grieving parents 1044 00:59:33,194 --> 00:59:35,905 that I've been in contact with, they're sort of, like, 1045 00:59:35,989 --> 00:59:39,450 really shocked that I'm able to do as much as I'm doing. 1046 00:59:43,997 --> 00:59:45,540 For me, it's "How can I not?" 1047 00:59:47,208 --> 00:59:48,585 I will never stop. 1048 00:59:49,294 --> 00:59:53,006 I'm not going to allow my daughter 1049 00:59:54,007 --> 00:59:56,634 to have died for nothing. 1050 00:59:57,051 --> 00:59:58,177 [somber music playing] 1051 01:00:16,029 --> 01:00:19,699 [Alexandria] I started waitressing when the financial crisis hit. 1052 01:00:24,537 --> 01:00:26,456 My Dad had passed away. 1053 01:00:27,915 --> 01:00:32,837 Working in a non-profit just wasn't enough for our family, 1054 01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:34,631 because we were about to lose our home. 1055 01:00:37,258 --> 01:00:40,928 You're trying to make a $300 student loan bill here, 1056 01:00:41,012 --> 01:00:43,514 and your foreclosure installment here... 1057 01:00:44,515 --> 01:00:46,893 You just do your best to survive. 1058 01:00:53,650 --> 01:00:57,153 That's been the reality for millions of people in this country. 1059 01:00:57,570 --> 01:01:00,031 That feel like they're just hanging by a thread. 1060 01:01:01,324 --> 01:01:03,785 And they feel like no one's fighting for them, 1061 01:01:03,868 --> 01:01:06,245 and everyone's just in it for themselves. 1062 01:01:20,176 --> 01:01:23,012 I am debating on behalf of the movement tonight. 1063 01:01:27,684 --> 01:01:30,645 This is not about electing me to Congress, 1064 01:01:30,728 --> 01:01:33,272 this is about electing us to Congress. 1065 01:01:35,441 --> 01:01:36,984 That's what I have to communicate. 1066 01:01:39,362 --> 01:01:41,155 I need to take up space. 1067 01:01:41,364 --> 01:01:42,865 I need to take up space. 1068 01:01:43,741 --> 01:01:44,784 I am here. 1069 01:01:48,287 --> 01:01:50,164 -[Alexandria chuckles] -[Riley] What's that? 1070 01:01:50,248 --> 01:01:52,291 I don't know. This is me takin' up space. 1071 01:01:53,251 --> 01:01:54,377 Sending your energies out. 1072 01:01:54,460 --> 01:01:56,337 -I'm gonna try it tonight-- -Aura building. 1073 01:01:59,090 --> 01:02:00,091 [sighs] 1074 01:02:10,393 --> 01:02:12,395 -I can do this. -I know you can. 1075 01:02:12,854 --> 01:02:15,565 I am experienced enough to do this. 1076 01:02:17,275 --> 01:02:19,777 I am knowledgeable enough to do this. 1077 01:02:20,528 --> 01:02:23,114 I am prepared enough to do this. 1078 01:02:24,198 --> 01:02:26,909 I am mature enough to do this. 1079 01:02:27,910 --> 01:02:29,787 I am brave enough to do this. 1080 01:02:32,081 --> 01:02:34,000 And this whole thing, 1081 01:02:34,083 --> 01:02:36,669 this whole time he's gonna tell me I can't do this. 1082 01:02:36,753 --> 01:02:38,337 He's gonna tell me I'm small, 1083 01:02:38,421 --> 01:02:40,089 that I'm little, that I'm young, 1084 01:02:40,173 --> 01:02:41,674 that I'm inexperienced... 1085 01:02:44,552 --> 01:02:45,428 [exhales loudly] 1086 01:02:46,721 --> 01:02:48,055 ["Inside City Hall" intro] 1087 01:02:50,475 --> 01:02:51,976 [man] Welcome back to Inside City Hall 1088 01:02:52,059 --> 01:02:54,020 where we are holding a Democratic Primary debate 1089 01:02:54,103 --> 01:02:56,189 for the 14th Congressional District. 1090 01:02:56,272 --> 01:02:59,734 Joe Crowley has represented this area in Congress since 1999. 1091 01:02:59,817 --> 01:03:02,528 He's being challenged by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 1092 01:03:02,612 --> 01:03:03,863 She is a native of the Bronx 1093 01:03:03,946 --> 01:03:06,949 who has worked as political aid and as an activist. 1094 01:03:07,325 --> 01:03:08,910 Here are tonight's rules. Each can-- 1095 01:03:08,993 --> 01:03:11,996 For over 20 years, the interests of working families 1096 01:03:12,079 --> 01:03:15,249 have been sold off to luxury real estate developers, 1097 01:03:15,333 --> 01:03:16,459 Wall Street banks, 1098 01:03:16,542 --> 01:03:19,003 and for-profit healthcare corporations. 1099 01:03:19,086 --> 01:03:20,379 And for 20 years, 1100 01:03:20,463 --> 01:03:22,089 our rents have been going up, 1101 01:03:22,173 --> 01:03:24,467 healthcare has been getting more expensive, 1102 01:03:24,550 --> 01:03:26,636 and our incomes are staying the same. 1103 01:03:27,011 --> 01:03:28,971 Not all Democrats are the same. 1104 01:03:29,055 --> 01:03:31,766 And in a district that is overwhelmingly working class, 1105 01:03:31,849 --> 01:03:33,935 we deserve a working class champion. 1106 01:03:34,018 --> 01:03:35,812 Okay. Thank you. Mr. Crowley? 1107 01:03:35,895 --> 01:03:38,147 First of all,  thanks a lot for this evening. 1108 01:03:38,231 --> 01:03:41,067 It's great to see you, and thanks for participating this evening as well. 1109 01:03:41,150 --> 01:03:43,110 I think it's a good opportunity for us to have an-- 1110 01:03:43,194 --> 01:03:44,779 an exchange of thoughts and ideas 1111 01:03:44,862 --> 01:03:46,989 about the issues of concern to our constituency. 1112 01:03:47,073 --> 01:03:49,867 If a person loves their community, they would-- 1113 01:03:49,951 --> 01:03:51,911 they would choose to raise their family here. 1114 01:03:51,994 --> 01:03:54,038 They would choose to send their kids to our schools. 1115 01:03:54,121 --> 01:03:56,624 When it comes to my kids, I like to keep my kids out of it. 1116 01:03:56,707 --> 01:03:59,168 Quite frankly, it's difficult to raise a family as it is. 1117 01:03:59,252 --> 01:04:01,212 This job requires me to be away from them 1118 01:04:01,295 --> 01:04:04,006 for a very long time, and I'm just doing the best that I can, 1119 01:04:04,090 --> 01:04:05,299 quite frankly, as a father. 1120 01:04:07,009 --> 01:04:10,179 I'm poised at this point and time to take on this president. 1121 01:04:10,263 --> 01:04:12,306 And I've been doing it, just like I did this week, 1122 01:04:12,390 --> 01:04:13,641 when I marched in protest 1123 01:04:13,724 --> 01:04:16,102 against what's happening at our nation's border, 1124 01:04:16,519 --> 01:04:20,481 where this government is separating children from their mothers. 1125 01:04:20,815 --> 01:04:23,276 It is antithetical to everything that I believe in, 1126 01:04:23,359 --> 01:04:25,570 -and that's what I fight for everyday. -And you know what? 1127 01:04:25,653 --> 01:04:28,990 If this organization is as fascist as you have called it... 1128 01:04:29,073 --> 01:04:31,242 -I've said it's fascist. -And you have said it's fascist. 1129 01:04:31,325 --> 01:04:34,954 Then why don't you adopt the stance to eliminate it? 1130 01:04:35,037 --> 01:04:37,206 This is a moral problem. 1131 01:04:41,627 --> 01:04:42,628 [sighs deeply] 1132 01:04:47,633 --> 01:04:50,928 [woman] It is the first big Primary day of 2018. 1133 01:04:51,012 --> 01:04:52,805 [man] Big Primary day. 1134 01:04:52,889 --> 01:04:55,099 - [man] All eyes on West Virginia. - [woman] West Virginia. 1135 01:04:55,182 --> 01:04:56,392 [woman] You are on the clock. 1136 01:04:56,475 --> 01:04:58,603 It's Primary day there and three other states... 1137 01:04:59,312 --> 01:05:01,647 [man speaks into megaphone] It's not about red state issues, 1138 01:05:01,731 --> 01:05:03,941 it's not about blue state issues, it's about people issues. 1139 01:05:04,025 --> 01:05:06,193 If Joe Manchin's got you down, come on out, 1140 01:05:06,277 --> 01:05:08,112 bring a little bit of hope back to West Virginia, 1141 01:05:08,195 --> 01:05:10,698 -and vote for Paula Jean Swearengin today. -[Paula chuckles] 1142 01:05:10,781 --> 01:05:12,992 Votefor Paula Jean Swearengin today. 1143 01:05:13,075 --> 01:05:16,329 It's Primary day, West Virginia, 2018. 1144 01:05:17,580 --> 01:05:19,332 [man] I would just like to report to everyone 1145 01:05:19,415 --> 01:05:22,585 that currently we have 35,000 votes from some wonderful, 1146 01:05:22,668 --> 01:05:24,462 hardworking West Virginians just like you. 1147 01:05:24,545 --> 01:05:26,964 -So can we have a round of applause? -[cheering and applauding] 1148 01:05:28,549 --> 01:05:30,843 [man] I'd like to thank you for staying out with us so late, 1149 01:05:30,927 --> 01:05:33,596 enjoying a wonderful election night, guys. So thank you. 1150 01:05:34,972 --> 01:05:37,975 [Paula] And these counties, these bigger counties have not reported yet. 1151 01:05:38,392 --> 01:05:41,979 We've already got 42,000 votes. We might still be able to win this 1152 01:05:42,605 --> 01:05:44,148 still, look at the bigger counties. 1153 01:05:44,607 --> 01:05:46,692 Manchin is 50,000 ahead of ya. 1154 01:05:46,776 --> 01:05:47,944 [indistinct chatter] 1155 01:05:49,862 --> 01:05:53,783 [man] Joe Manchin has been declared the winner with 69.5% of the vote, 1156 01:05:54,075 --> 01:05:57,036 to Paula Jean Swearengin's 30.5% of the vote. 1157 01:05:57,119 --> 01:05:59,997 -[man] Not bad. Not bad. -With 7.4% of the precincts reporting... 1158 01:06:03,542 --> 01:06:06,963 [woman] So, my thinking is, if Paula was to run as independent, 1159 01:06:07,046 --> 01:06:09,382 if she has 30% of the Democratic vote, 1160 01:06:09,840 --> 01:06:12,510 there's possibility that she can pull over some Independent 1161 01:06:12,593 --> 01:06:14,178 and even Republican voters. 1162 01:06:14,261 --> 01:06:17,765 If she runs as an Independent, and Morrissey ends up 1163 01:06:17,848 --> 01:06:21,477 as our senator, you're done, your political career is over. 1164 01:06:21,560 --> 01:06:23,729 [woman] I'm not telling you not to run as an Independent, 1165 01:06:23,813 --> 01:06:25,106 because you are a good candidate, 1166 01:06:25,189 --> 01:06:28,192 and I believe in my heart that people are drawn to good candidates. 1167 01:06:28,776 --> 01:06:32,071 I'm just asking you where you think you can do the most good. 1168 01:06:33,322 --> 01:06:34,949 [phone ringing] 1169 01:06:35,032 --> 01:06:36,867 -Paula Jean? It's Mara. -Hey, Mara. 1170 01:06:36,951 --> 01:06:38,452 Great race, by the way. 1171 01:06:38,536 --> 01:06:40,079 -Thank you, ma'am. -Very good race. 1172 01:06:40,538 --> 01:06:42,623 Do you have a moment to talk to Senator Manchin? 1173 01:06:42,707 --> 01:06:43,874 I sure do. 1174 01:06:43,958 --> 01:06:45,292 Okay. Hold on one second. 1175 01:06:46,127 --> 01:06:48,379 -Paula Jean? -Hi, Senator Manchin. 1176 01:06:48,671 --> 01:06:50,464 How are you? I just wanna thank you. 1177 01:06:50,548 --> 01:06:53,718 I mean, I congratulate you. Thank you. I've said to everybody... 1178 01:06:54,051 --> 01:06:56,512 You're just a classy person, and I appreciate it very much. 1179 01:06:57,096 --> 01:06:59,348 Thank you, Senator Manchin, that means a lot. 1180 01:06:59,432 --> 01:07:00,433 Whatever we can do-- 1181 01:07:00,516 --> 01:07:03,185 If you wanna come in, we could sit down and work together, 1182 01:07:03,269 --> 01:07:05,104 and look at some of the issues you really have, 1183 01:07:05,187 --> 01:07:08,816 and see if we can come together and try to help each other? 1184 01:07:09,150 --> 01:07:10,359 I'm happy to do that. 1185 01:07:11,527 --> 01:07:13,487 I'd love to come and sit down, Senator Manchin. 1186 01:07:13,571 --> 01:07:15,114 I've been wanting that for a long time. 1187 01:07:15,197 --> 01:07:18,951 Okay. Why don't you-- You call Mara. Mara has your number. 1188 01:07:19,201 --> 01:07:20,327 I'll have Mara schedule it, 1189 01:07:20,411 --> 01:07:22,955 that way we can spend some time together. I'd love to do that. 1190 01:07:23,706 --> 01:07:24,540 Okay. Yeah. 1191 01:07:24,623 --> 01:07:27,084 I would like to see some changes in this state, Senator Manchin. 1192 01:07:27,168 --> 01:07:28,419 -I understand. -People are dyin'. 1193 01:07:29,712 --> 01:07:30,713 [emotional music playing] 1194 01:07:33,549 --> 01:07:34,925 [Cori] This is who we are. 1195 01:07:35,009 --> 01:07:36,719 This is the light of St. Louis. 1196 01:07:36,802 --> 01:07:38,554 We are the light of St. Louis. 1197 01:07:38,637 --> 01:07:39,638 Thank you all. 1198 01:07:39,722 --> 01:07:40,848 [crowd cheering] 1199 01:07:42,349 --> 01:07:43,809 [woman] Let's take a look at the race 1200 01:07:43,893 --> 01:07:45,978 for the Missouri first Congressional district. 1201 01:07:46,312 --> 01:07:49,774 Incumbent Lacy Clay, 61% of the vote 1202 01:07:49,857 --> 01:07:53,277 against his closest competitor, Cori Bush, 1203 01:07:53,360 --> 01:07:55,196 with 31% percent of the vote. 1204 01:07:55,279 --> 01:07:59,283 It was the old guard versus the progressive new guard. 1205 01:07:59,366 --> 01:08:02,203 Many of you called for change after Ferguson. 1206 01:08:02,286 --> 01:08:04,705 It does not look like that is happening, though. 1207 01:08:10,669 --> 01:08:12,046 [Amy] Feel like I'm gonna vomit. 1208 01:08:15,007 --> 01:08:17,343 ...watching that screen pretty carefully behind me... 1209 01:08:20,888 --> 01:08:22,765 [Amy] I don't think I've seen Keenan this quiet. 1210 01:08:24,058 --> 01:08:24,892 Keenan, 1211 01:08:25,351 --> 01:08:29,522 you are the most awesome campaign manager I could ask for. 1212 01:08:30,773 --> 01:08:32,858 We did this without knowing shit. 1213 01:08:33,025 --> 01:08:33,859 [Keenan laughs] 1214 01:08:34,318 --> 01:08:35,194 [Keenan] That's true. 1215 01:08:36,112 --> 01:08:38,906 [Amy] And you stuck through everything, and were there, and I love you. 1216 01:08:39,615 --> 01:08:40,866 [Keenan] I love you too, Amy. 1217 01:08:45,746 --> 01:08:49,083 -[woman 1] Okay, we have new results. -[woman 2] Next time I see you... 1218 01:08:51,210 --> 01:08:52,128 Shit. 1219 01:09:07,017 --> 01:09:08,686 [Amy] Some of us have gotta get through-- 1220 01:09:09,770 --> 01:09:11,689 It's not about any one of us, individually. 1221 01:09:11,772 --> 01:09:14,108 It's about the--the whole movement. 1222 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, 1223 01:09:20,030 --> 01:09:21,907 100 of us have to try. 1224 01:09:22,992 --> 01:09:24,201 -[ends call] -[sighs] 1225 01:09:28,372 --> 01:09:30,374 [woman] Shalynne would be really proud of you. 1226 01:09:31,250 --> 01:09:32,626 [Amy crying] 1227 01:09:47,892 --> 01:09:49,727 [Shannon] I'm not sorry. 1228 01:09:51,270 --> 01:09:52,396 I'm not sorry. 1229 01:09:53,063 --> 01:09:54,940 I'm not sorry that I'm here. 1230 01:09:55,566 --> 01:09:59,069 I'm not sorry that we ran the campaign that we ran. 1231 01:09:59,653 --> 01:10:02,156 The same reason that all of us are here, 1232 01:10:02,489 --> 01:10:03,949 that hasn't gone away. 1233 01:10:04,158 --> 01:10:06,202 The Primary ended, 1234 01:10:06,619 --> 01:10:08,704 the injustice has not. 1235 01:10:10,164 --> 01:10:12,166 We have a lot of work left to do, 1236 01:10:12,958 --> 01:10:15,878 and I for one am not gonna stop doing it 1237 01:10:16,503 --> 01:10:18,714 until we fix some things. 1238 01:10:25,346 --> 01:10:26,180 [music stops] 1239 01:10:39,401 --> 01:10:40,319 [sighs] 1240 01:10:44,531 --> 01:10:48,494 [Alexandria] Thinking about 9 p.m. on Tuesday 1241 01:10:48,827 --> 01:10:52,206 makes me want to lock myself in a closet. 1242 01:10:55,000 --> 01:10:58,796 It will never be the same after Tuesday. 1243 01:10:58,879 --> 01:11:01,840 No matter what the outcome, this moment, 1244 01:11:03,384 --> 01:11:04,760 I'm never gonna get back. 1245 01:11:09,431 --> 01:11:10,391 [crowd cheering] 1246 01:11:12,268 --> 01:11:13,310 [man] Go, Lexie! 1247 01:11:14,645 --> 01:11:16,981 [moderator] Everyone, try to keep the outbursts to a minimum, 1248 01:11:17,064 --> 01:11:18,983 we wanna keep this moving on as best as we can. 1249 01:11:19,608 --> 01:11:22,027 So the New York Times editorial board yesterday came out 1250 01:11:22,111 --> 01:11:25,572 -with a scathing review of your campaign-- -[Crowley] Wasn't that bad. 1251 01:11:25,656 --> 01:11:27,032 -[crowd laughing] -...calling, uh-- 1252 01:11:27,116 --> 01:11:28,867 They criticize you for, quote, 1253 01:11:28,951 --> 01:11:31,412 "your galling snub of a debate in the Bronx." 1254 01:11:31,495 --> 01:11:32,371 [crowd] That's right. 1255 01:11:32,454 --> 01:11:34,415 [moderator] Is that the reason you're here tonight? 1256 01:11:34,498 --> 01:11:36,208 [Crowley] I appreciate the editorial 1257 01:11:36,292 --> 01:11:38,961 and I appreciate also the hard work that I've been doing 1258 01:11:39,044 --> 01:11:41,547 to win back the support of my constituents here. 1259 01:11:42,172 --> 01:11:45,467 When it comes time to standing up against the big banks and Wall Street, 1260 01:11:45,843 --> 01:11:48,345 I stood shoulder to shoulder with Barnie Frank 1261 01:11:48,429 --> 01:11:49,888 in passing Dod Frank. 1262 01:11:49,972 --> 01:11:52,224 I was proud of my work and the effort that I did. 1263 01:11:52,308 --> 01:11:53,684 [cheering and applauding] 1264 01:11:53,767 --> 01:11:56,687 [Alexandria] So let's talk about Dodd-Frank, because after the-- 1265 01:11:56,770 --> 01:11:59,023 one of the directors of Morgan Stanley emailed 1266 01:11:59,106 --> 01:12:01,358 my opponent's campaign director and told him, 1267 01:12:01,692 --> 01:12:04,194 "Before you pass Dodd-Frank, you need to kill the Lynch Amendment," 1268 01:12:04,278 --> 01:12:05,988 which protects working families. 1269 01:12:06,697 --> 01:12:09,158 He left the floor of Congress, went to that fundraiser, 1270 01:12:09,241 --> 01:12:12,828 came back and killed the Lynch Amendment, and then he voted for Dodd-Frank. 1271 01:12:12,911 --> 01:12:15,748 So, we need to keep the facts straight here. 1272 01:12:16,582 --> 01:12:19,293 [Crowley] You know, you've spoken about the fact that there are 1273 01:12:19,376 --> 01:12:21,712 you know, good Democrats and bad Democrats, and... 1274 01:12:21,795 --> 01:12:24,131 I'm willing to say that maybe there are some bad Democrats, 1275 01:12:24,214 --> 01:12:25,299 people who've let us down. 1276 01:12:25,841 --> 01:12:29,803 Hiram Monserrate is someone who actually cut his girlfriend's face 1277 01:12:29,887 --> 01:12:31,722 with a broken piece of glass. 1278 01:12:31,805 --> 01:12:35,392 My question to you is, why have you sought his support, 1279 01:12:35,476 --> 01:12:37,895 why did you go to his club and speak at his club? 1280 01:12:38,187 --> 01:12:39,605 I'd like to know why you did that. 1281 01:12:40,356 --> 01:12:42,149 So, that's a lie. 1282 01:12:42,608 --> 01:12:45,361 I have not s-- I have not sought his support. 1283 01:12:45,444 --> 01:12:49,907 I think that that-- that history is-- is absolutely reprehensible, 1284 01:12:49,990 --> 01:12:52,159 and you say, "Why are you at his club?" 1285 01:12:52,242 --> 01:12:56,789 I was at the only Latino Democratic Club in East Elmhurst and Corona. 1286 01:12:57,039 --> 01:12:58,248 -That's where I was. -[applause] 1287 01:12:58,332 --> 01:13:01,168 There are teachers there, there are cross-walk guards there, 1288 01:13:01,585 --> 01:13:04,505 and that was-- that is who I was talking to that day. 1289 01:13:04,588 --> 01:13:08,842 So, while I know that women tend to be made responsible 1290 01:13:08,926 --> 01:13:10,761 for the actions of every man in the room, 1291 01:13:10,844 --> 01:13:12,763 I am not. I am not. 1292 01:13:12,846 --> 01:13:14,181 [crowd cheering] 1293 01:13:15,933 --> 01:13:17,893 [Alexandria] After ten years of failed leadership, 1294 01:13:17,976 --> 01:13:20,896 we have lost 1,000  Democratic seats nationwide. 1295 01:13:20,979 --> 01:13:23,273 We have lost the House, we have lost the Senate, 1296 01:13:23,357 --> 01:13:24,733 we have lost the Presidency, 1297 01:13:24,817 --> 01:13:26,693 and it would be a profound mistake 1298 01:13:26,777 --> 01:13:30,197 if we believe that the same leadership getting us into this mess 1299 01:13:30,280 --> 01:13:31,407 is gonna get us out. 1300 01:13:31,490 --> 01:13:34,993 Because what's gonna get us out is improved and expanded Medicare for all. 1301 01:13:35,077 --> 01:13:37,788 What's gonna get us out is a federal jobs guarantee. 1302 01:13:37,871 --> 01:13:40,541 What's gonna get us out is the abolition of ICE. 1303 01:13:40,624 --> 01:13:43,919 What's gonna get us out  is a $15 minimum wage. 1304 01:13:44,002 --> 01:13:45,921 [cheering and applauding] 1305 01:13:46,004 --> 01:13:49,383 I think-- Miss Ocasio-Cortez, I think you brought a lot of energy, 1306 01:13:49,466 --> 01:13:50,717 and I think you-- 1307 01:13:51,093 --> 01:13:53,303 for someone who is not as experienced, 1308 01:13:53,387 --> 01:13:55,431 in terms of public life and public service, 1309 01:13:55,514 --> 01:13:56,890 I think you're doing a great job in that vein. 1310 01:13:56,974 --> 01:13:59,393 -Well, look, I do-- -[moderator] No outbursts, please! 1311 01:13:59,476 --> 01:14:01,812 I do thank her for the energy she's brought to this. 1312 01:14:01,895 --> 01:14:05,524 What I'm hoping for is that that energy doesn't end on Tuesday, 1313 01:14:05,607 --> 01:14:08,569 that that energy is brought forward to November. 1314 01:14:08,819 --> 01:14:11,405 [crowd] Crowley! Crowley! 1315 01:14:11,488 --> 01:14:13,198 Hi, man, how are you? Nice to see you. 1316 01:14:13,282 --> 01:14:15,868 Crowley! Crowley! 1317 01:14:27,254 --> 01:14:29,631 -Hi, how are you? -Hi, don't forget to vote. 1318 01:14:29,715 --> 01:14:32,509 Today's an election. We vote right in that corner. 1319 01:14:32,593 --> 01:14:34,136 -All right, thank you. -Thank you. 1320 01:14:36,096 --> 01:14:38,348 [man] Morning. It's election day. Don't forget to vote. 1321 01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:40,309 -Vote for Alexandria. -[Alexandria chuckles] 1322 01:14:41,059 --> 01:14:42,895 -Hi, good morning. -Morning. Good luck today. 1323 01:14:42,978 --> 01:14:44,938 -Thank you! -[man] Don't forget to vote. 1324 01:14:48,442 --> 01:14:50,736 Good morning. 1325 01:14:50,819 --> 01:14:53,322 -It's election day, don't forget to vote. -Today's the election... 1326 01:14:53,405 --> 01:14:54,239 Thank you. 1327 01:14:57,576 --> 01:14:59,453 -[soft piano music playing] -[Alexandria] Ready? 1328 01:14:59,870 --> 01:15:02,289 Let's go. Go. 1329 01:15:02,831 --> 01:15:03,999 Let's go. 1330 01:15:08,420 --> 01:15:11,465 -Hi! How are you, ladies? -Very good. 1331 01:15:11,548 --> 01:15:13,091 -Thank you so much. -Okay. 1332 01:15:13,175 --> 01:15:14,134 Nice to meet you. 1333 01:15:14,218 --> 01:15:16,261 -Your name, please. -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 1334 01:15:16,345 --> 01:15:17,763 You know that. [laughs] 1335 01:15:30,275 --> 01:15:31,485 [Alexandria] Thank you! 1336 01:15:31,902 --> 01:15:33,195 Bye-bye, all. 1337 01:15:33,529 --> 01:15:35,447 -Thank you so much. -Good luck. 1338 01:15:35,531 --> 01:15:37,574 -I saw the video clip but I saw-- -Oh, amazing! 1339 01:15:37,658 --> 01:15:38,867 I didn't see it all through, 1340 01:15:38,951 --> 01:15:40,994 but the first two minutes convinced me to come here. 1341 01:15:41,078 --> 01:15:43,372 Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much. 1342 01:16:08,981 --> 01:16:12,025 [Alexandria] This district is 85% Democrat. 1343 01:16:13,360 --> 01:16:15,696 So, whoever wins the Primary, 1344 01:16:15,779 --> 01:16:17,948 essentially wins the General Election. 1345 01:16:21,702 --> 01:16:24,329 There hasn't been any public polling in the race. 1346 01:16:26,206 --> 01:16:30,544 When we finally got enough money to do a poll at the last minute, 1347 01:16:30,627 --> 01:16:33,505 it showed us about 35 points behind. 1348 01:16:33,797 --> 01:16:35,173 [woman] You know where your poll is. 1349 01:16:35,257 --> 01:16:37,551 So, here's some information about our candidate. 1350 01:16:37,634 --> 01:16:38,844 You got it! You got it! 1351 01:16:39,553 --> 01:16:43,307 [Alexandria] I get scared of the cynicism 1352 01:16:43,974 --> 01:16:45,934 that could result 1353 01:16:46,018 --> 01:16:49,021 from people really believing in something 1354 01:16:49,104 --> 01:16:50,856 and then it not working out. 1355 01:16:51,940 --> 01:16:53,609 -You guys voting today? -Thank you. 1356 01:16:53,692 --> 01:16:55,611 Vote for Alex. 1357 01:16:55,694 --> 01:16:57,154 Oh... Vote for Alex. 1358 01:16:57,237 --> 01:16:59,156 [man] Polls are open for 90 more minutes. 1359 01:17:01,033 --> 01:17:02,576 I just don't want to let them down. 1360 01:17:12,169 --> 01:17:13,837 [Alexandria] I don't wanna hear anything. 1361 01:17:15,172 --> 01:17:16,340 [phone beeps] 1362 01:17:16,923 --> 01:17:18,884 Mami, can you put your phone on mute? 1363 01:17:18,967 --> 01:17:20,218 [Blanca] Okay. Mm-hmm. 1364 01:17:21,887 --> 01:17:23,305 Oh, my God! Oh, my God! 1365 01:17:23,388 --> 01:17:26,016 -What? -Oh, my God, no. I just... 1366 01:17:26,099 --> 01:17:27,434 [Blanca] Calm down. 1367 01:17:27,768 --> 01:17:30,270 Sorry. No, sorry. It's nothing. 1368 01:17:31,813 --> 01:17:35,442 [whispers] It's not nothing. I saw press running to our party. 1369 01:17:36,860 --> 01:17:37,944 [indistinct chatter] 1370 01:17:39,863 --> 01:17:40,947 [Alexandria sighs] 1371 01:17:43,367 --> 01:17:44,534 -I love you. -I love you, too. 1372 01:17:44,618 --> 01:17:47,079 I'm so proud of you. Whatever happens, okay? 1373 01:17:47,162 --> 01:17:48,955 -We did the best we could do. Okay? -We did. 1374 01:17:49,039 --> 01:17:51,166 -You did good. -You did great. We did great. 1375 01:17:54,628 --> 01:17:57,422 No. I'm scared. I don't know if I want to go in. 1376 01:17:58,006 --> 01:17:59,174 I'm scared. 1377 01:17:59,257 --> 01:18:01,051 -Should we walk in right now? -Yeah, it's fine. 1378 01:18:01,134 --> 01:18:02,636 -You think so? -Let's do it. 1379 01:18:07,307 --> 01:18:09,434 Oh, my God! Oh, my God! 1380 01:18:09,518 --> 01:18:11,019 Wait, wait, guys. Wait... 1381 01:18:11,103 --> 01:18:12,729 -[man1] Oh, my God! -It's me! That's me! 1382 01:18:12,813 --> 01:18:15,273 -That's me on the poster! I'm sorry... -[man 2] Uh... Oh, hey! 1383 01:18:15,357 --> 01:18:17,984 Hey! I'm sorry! Oh, my God! 1384 01:18:18,068 --> 01:18:19,319 [all screaming with excitement] 1385 01:18:21,988 --> 01:18:22,989 What is it? 1386 01:18:23,115 --> 01:18:24,157 I can't let-- 1387 01:18:25,492 --> 01:18:27,911 on television right now. 1388 01:18:27,994 --> 01:18:29,287 How are you feeling? 1389 01:18:29,663 --> 01:18:31,540 -Can you put it into words? -No. 1390 01:18:31,623 --> 01:18:32,624 [all laughing] 1391 01:18:32,708 --> 01:18:34,626 -I cannot put this into words. -All right. 1392 01:18:34,710 --> 01:18:37,796 Your supporters here are very excited for you! 1393 01:18:37,879 --> 01:18:39,464 This was a grassroots campaign. 1394 01:18:39,548 --> 01:18:41,550 -It absolutely was. -Can you believe the numbers? 1395 01:18:41,633 --> 01:18:44,803 I cannot believe these numbers right now. 1396 01:18:44,886 --> 01:18:48,014 But I do know that every single person here 1397 01:18:48,098 --> 01:18:52,436 has worked their butt off to change the future of the Bronx and Queens. 1398 01:18:52,519 --> 01:18:53,729 That's what I know. 1399 01:18:53,812 --> 01:18:55,939 [reporter] When you said that you were gonna take on Joe Crowley, 1400 01:18:56,022 --> 01:18:57,983 people looked at you like you were crazy. 1401 01:18:58,066 --> 01:18:59,317 They did. They did. 1402 01:18:59,401 --> 01:19:01,611 -And maybe I was a little bit. -[all laughing] 1403 01:19:01,695 --> 01:19:04,990 I mean, you're going up against the Queens Machine, as they call it. 1404 01:19:05,073 --> 01:19:07,367 Yeah, yeah. But, you know what? 1405 01:19:07,451 --> 01:19:09,619 We need a machine with a movement 1406 01:19:09,703 --> 01:19:11,371 and that is what we have done today. 1407 01:19:11,455 --> 01:19:13,874 Well, go ahead and celebrate with your supporters. 1408 01:19:13,957 --> 01:19:15,250 [all screaming with excitement] 1409 01:19:18,462 --> 01:19:20,380 -Eighty-two percent of vote! -Yes! 1410 01:19:20,464 --> 01:19:21,590 Oh, my God! 1411 01:19:21,965 --> 01:19:23,258 Congratulations! 1412 01:19:23,341 --> 01:19:24,801 God, thank you! 1413 01:19:24,885 --> 01:19:26,261 [man] Alexandria the Great! 1414 01:19:26,344 --> 01:19:27,387 [screaming with excitement] 1415 01:19:34,394 --> 01:19:37,355 [Corbit] Do you want any calls with senators and such that keep calling? 1416 01:19:37,439 --> 01:19:39,232 The ones that didn't endorse you along the way? 1417 01:19:39,316 --> 01:19:41,860 Or you wanna talk to them tomorrow? It's up to you, obviously. 1418 01:19:41,943 --> 01:19:43,653 -Let's talk tomorrow. -Okay. 1419 01:19:43,737 --> 01:19:44,613 All right. 1420 01:19:44,696 --> 01:19:46,990 It's my first time meeting you. I live in the Bronx-- 1421 01:19:47,073 --> 01:19:49,075 [all screaming with excitement] 1422 01:20:27,489 --> 01:20:28,532 [footsteps] 1423 01:20:35,038 --> 01:20:37,666 -[man] I love you! -Oh, thank you! 1424 01:20:44,548 --> 01:20:45,382 [Riley chuckles] 1425 01:20:53,473 --> 01:20:54,307 [Alexandria sighs] 1426 01:21:14,828 --> 01:21:16,329 [Alexandria] When I was a little girl, 1427 01:21:17,163 --> 01:21:20,417 my Dad wanted to go on a road trip with his buddies. 1428 01:21:21,710 --> 01:21:25,922 I wanted to go so badly, and I begged and I begged, 1429 01:21:26,006 --> 01:21:27,841 and he relented. 1430 01:21:28,258 --> 01:21:29,342 And so... 1431 01:21:30,677 --> 01:21:34,431 it was like four grown men and a five-year-old girl 1432 01:21:34,806 --> 01:21:37,225 went on this road trip from New York. 1433 01:21:39,352 --> 01:21:42,022 We stopped... We stopped here. 1434 01:21:44,649 --> 01:21:46,651 And it was a really beautiful day, 1435 01:21:47,819 --> 01:21:51,031 and he leaned down next to me, and he-- 1436 01:21:51,114 --> 01:21:52,991 he pointed at the Washington Monument, 1437 01:21:53,074 --> 01:21:54,868 and he pointed at the Reflecting Pool, 1438 01:21:54,951 --> 01:21:57,287 and he pointed at everything, and he said, 1439 01:21:58,288 --> 01:21:59,915 he said, "You know, 1440 01:21:59,998 --> 01:22:01,833 this all belongs to us." 1441 01:22:02,125 --> 01:22:02,959 [sniffles] 1442 01:22:03,877 --> 01:22:04,711 [sniffles] 1443 01:22:05,587 --> 01:22:08,590 He said, "This is our government. It belongs to us. 1444 01:22:08,673 --> 01:22:10,717 So all of this stuff is yours." 1445 01:22:18,016 --> 01:22:22,354 The last thing my Dad ever told me was to make him proud. 1446 01:22:25,899 --> 01:22:26,733 [sighs] 1447 01:22:30,278 --> 01:22:33,949 And I finally think I did. [laughs] I hope. 1448 01:22:37,035 --> 01:22:37,869 [sighs deeply] 1449 01:22:40,205 --> 01:22:41,706 ["This Land Is Your Land" playing] 1450 01:22:54,678 --> 01:22:56,304 ♪ This land is your land ♪ 1451 01:22:59,265 --> 01:23:01,267 ♪ This land is my land ♪ 1452 01:23:05,063 --> 01:23:07,565 ♪ From California ♪ 1453 01:23:09,109 --> 01:23:12,362 ♪ To the New York Island ♪ 1454 01:23:14,114 --> 01:23:17,492 ♪ From the Redwood forest ♪ 1455 01:23:19,035 --> 01:23:22,497 ♪ To the Gulf Stream waters ♪ 1456 01:23:24,040 --> 01:23:25,250 ♪ I tell ya ♪ 1457 01:23:25,792 --> 01:23:28,378 ♪ This land ♪ 1458 01:23:28,545 --> 01:23:31,756 ♪ Was made for you and me ♪ 1459 01:23:34,718 --> 01:23:37,137 ♪ As I went walking ♪ 1460 01:23:38,805 --> 01:23:42,308 ♪ Down that ribbon of a highway ♪ 1461 01:23:44,102 --> 01:23:46,855 ♪ I saw above me ♪ 1462 01:23:48,356 --> 01:23:51,943 ♪ Oh, that endless skyway ♪ 1463 01:23:53,737 --> 01:23:57,365 ♪ Now I saw below me ♪ 1464 01:23:58,366 --> 01:24:02,287 ♪ That golden valley ♪ 1465 01:24:03,246 --> 01:24:04,456 ♪ And I said ♪ 1466 01:24:05,040 --> 01:24:07,584 ♪ This land ♪ 1467 01:24:07,792 --> 01:24:11,129 ♪ Was made for you and me ♪ 1468 01:24:13,965 --> 01:24:17,052 ♪ As I was walking ♪ 1469 01:24:18,053 --> 01:24:21,431 ♪ Now, they tried to stop me ♪ 1470 01:24:22,932 --> 01:24:26,853 ♪ They put up a sign that said ♪ 1471 01:24:27,604 --> 01:24:31,274 ♪ Oh, it said: Private Property ♪ 1472 01:24:32,650 --> 01:24:35,904 ♪ Well, on the back side ♪ 1473 01:24:37,280 --> 01:24:40,700 ♪ You know it said nothing ♪ 1474 01:24:42,452 --> 01:24:44,162 ♪ So, it must be ♪ 1475 01:24:44,245 --> 01:24:46,539 ♪ That side ♪ 1476 01:24:46,706 --> 01:24:50,335 ♪ Was made for you and me ♪ 1477 01:25:07,018 --> 01:25:11,106 ♪ One bright sunny morning ♪ 1478 01:25:11,815 --> 01:25:15,193 ♪ Well, in the shadow of a steeple ♪ 1479 01:25:16,611 --> 01:25:20,824 ♪ Down by the Welfare office ♪ 1480 01:25:22,200 --> 01:25:24,744 ♪ I saw my people ♪ 1481 01:25:26,412 --> 01:25:30,583 ♪ You know, now, they stood hungry ♪ 1482 01:25:31,251 --> 01:25:34,587 ♪ I stood wondering ♪ 1483 01:25:36,172 --> 01:25:40,593 ♪ I was wondering if this land ♪ 1484 01:25:40,718 --> 01:25:45,598 ♪ Was made for you and me ♪ 1485 01:25:46,516 --> 01:25:48,518 ♪ This land is your land ♪ 1486 01:25:51,646 --> 01:25:54,107 ♪ This land is my land ♪ 1487 01:25:55,984 --> 01:25:59,654 ♪ From Riverside, California ♪ 1488 01:26:00,363 --> 01:26:03,950 ♪ Oh, to Staten Island ♪ 1489 01:26:04,951 --> 01:26:08,621 ♪ Well, oh, down to Modesto, Georgia ♪ 1490 01:26:09,664 --> 01:26:13,877 ♪ Oh, don't forget to say Philadelphia ♪ 1491 01:26:14,002 --> 01:26:17,630 ♪ Oh, we moving down to Mississippi ♪ 1492 01:26:18,214 --> 01:26:22,051 ♪ Oh, Houston, Texas, oh, LA ♪ 1493 01:26:22,719 --> 01:26:25,096 ♪ Yeah, you know ♪ 1494 01:26:25,180 --> 01:26:28,016 ♪ This land is your land ♪ 1495 01:26:28,183 --> 01:26:31,895 ♪ Ah, this land is my land ♪