Daria Liza Avila Chevalier
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And now, six months into his role as mayor, right, people are starting to believe again that government can actually work for working people.
And that is the type of government that we have presented in our vision in this run for Congress.
Well, you know, again, in the last 10 years that he has been in office, my neighbors and I look around and we wonder what has gotten better.
Because I'm somebody who has had to think about whether I can afford to stay in the city that I love, despite doing everything that society has told me was the right thing to do.
I went to college.
I went to grad school.
I was working on my PhD to become a professor.
And still, I got priced out of the career that I was working towards.
And wondering whether I can make my rent and teach the classes I wanted to teach, right?
And for so many, that is the reality.
And so, you know, the things that people are facing day in and day out uptown in the Bronx are the results of the failed leadership that we've had for far too long.
The lack of fight, right?
The lack of a vision for how we address these issues.
And we had an example last year of how that can change when we put in folks in office who actually share our values.
It's not enough to share identity.
We also have to share our values and share our fight and share a commitment to winning for our people.
Not only is it votes, right?
He is someone who refuses to align with the position that most Democrats in this country hold, which is that we need to stop arming Israel and has voted time and time again to send more arms to Israel, despite the fact that we live in the second poorest congressional district in the state and by some measures the country and could really benefit from having those resources come back to our home, to our community.
I think that the district understands, right, that we are constantly being told that there are not enough resources for us while watching a live stream genocide being committed with our tax dollars.
It is a direct connection.