Katie Phang

They can try to persecute us.

They're going to try to terrorize us, punish us, occupy and discredit us.

But they will never, ever silence us.

Am I right?

Because el pueblo unido jamás será vencido.

We are the legacy of the leaders who look at abusers in the eyes and refuse to be silent and we fight back.

So tonight I'm calling us to remember who we are.

We are being targeted by a regime that wants to break our resistance, make an example of us because in fact we are strong.

We are powerful and we are unafraid.

We persist and we lift our voices.

We defy their control because our resistance defies the state of the union.

And here I can tell you that the state of the resistance is strong.

So look, tonight, I'm not interested in moments of silence.

I'm not willing to sit there silently while the abuser in chief lies, manipulates, and gaslights the American people.

I stand with the pueblo, with the people, defiantly speaking the names of Silverio, Keith, Renee, Alex, Linda, Ruben, and the 38 people who have died in ICE detention since the start of 2025.

I'm talking about Loras, Eber, Victor, Paradis, Luis, Geraldo, Luis, Nenko, Delvin, Farr, Jean, Shiraz, Pete, Francisco, Kai, Gabriel, Hassan, Leo, Miguel, Hubin, Norlan, Ismael, Santos, Oscar, Lorenzo, Chufan,

My fingers, one moment.

Tonight, I ask you to be as loud as you can and say with me, we demand justice.

Say it with me.

We demand justice.