James Talarico

get corruption out of Washington and lower people's costs.

He's done the exact opposite on both counts.

And so there's a lot of disillusionment and people are feeling let down, feeling betrayed.

And I think it's our job in this moment to welcome those people into our coalition, to let them know that they can sit at our table and that together, if we truly come together,

And we love our neighbors in this campaign.

I think we can elect a senator who's going to actually fight for us and who will actually be able to deliver on some of the promises that have been broken over the last 12 months.

That's right.

Because we all have shared problems and shared dreams.

I mean, I went out to East Texas, Longview, Texas, and we had a packed house.

We had to move venues a few times because we had so much interest out in deep red Longview.

And I remember I asked the audience, I said, uh,

Instead of, are you on the blue team or the red team?

I asked, do you have a parent or grandparent who needs care?

And you heard people agreeing.

I said, do you have a child or a grandchild who needs some kind of childcare, early childhood education and can't get it?

And there were nods of agreement.

I asked how many people here struggle with the burden of medical debt or credit card debt or student debt.

And you saw just heads nodding all over the room.

And I told the people there in Longview that I also know those things.

I have also struggled with those same burdens.