Mikie Sherrill
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607 appearances
6 recordings
5 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 29 Jan
Mikie Sherrill’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But prosperity is equally essential.
Liberty alone is not enough if the government makes it impossible for you to feed your family, to get a good education, or to get a good job.
So in this country, that shouldn't be too much to ask.
But right now, all of it seems at risk.
Governors have never mattered more.
Here in New Jersey, we know that this nation has not ever been nor will it ever be ruled by kings.
We take oaths to a constitution, not a king.
I would push an LGBTQ education into our schools.
Parents have a right to opt out of a lot of things, but this is not an area where they should be opting out because this is an area of understanding the background of people throughout our nation.
I'm doing great. How are you? You said not great. Yeah.
You know what? I probably should say world adjusted. I'm doing great. I just had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My daughter is in the Navy. She's at the Naval Academy Prep School. So she was just home. And I saw her. And then I just announced I'm running for governor. So I'm very excited about that. that. I'm sort of, you know, an action-oriented person.
So in the wake of the election, having a mission, a plan, it just felt good, I have to say.
Yeah. Yeah, I think you're exactly right. We have to find those pathways for what we can do, what change that we can affect. And there's the, is it the serenity prayer or the prayer of St. Francis that, you know, you've got to understand. Yeah. you know, what you can change and what you can't change and knowing the difference.
And, and I do think that that gives you a sense of purpose and direction. If you look for those areas that you can truly make a difference, as I said, it's, you know, early, it's why I'm running for governor. I feel, I feel as if that is the area and the States now, and this is a little bit new for Democrats, right?
I think we had relied on the federal government to protect a lot of rights and freedoms, the Supreme court. We are now looking to the States and, And I think it could be a very good place for us to redirect the party to really focus on those issues that I always say, you know, what's that last thing keeping you up at night? You know, maybe if you're a mom and, you know, you can't sleep, is it...
Are you worried about your rent? Are you worried about your mortgage? Are you worried about your kids' mental health? Are you worried about your job? What is it that is that last thing that you're just lying awake thinking, how am I going to do this? And how can we... address that? How can we move forward?
Well, at the same time, I do think we need to relentlessly be the party of rights and freedoms as well. But I think we need to lead with our vision. And I think the election showed us that. I think we need to lead with a vision of how we're just going to make government work, how we're going to cut through red tape, how we're going to make sure that we are actually delivering for people.
And I say that because I have to tell you, you know, when I started running for Congress, People said, oh, why do you want to be in the house? You can't get anything done. You're going to be a freshman. Why bother, right? And I don't come from that place.
I think coming from the military, having that background, having that training, it's never an option in the United States military to say, the military doesn't work. It's too hard. We're just going to give up today. Let's all just skip the mission today and go take it easy. There's a saying, lead, follow, or get out of the way.
I mean, you have to choose where are you and how are you going to affect that change? And so to say government just doesn't work, so let's give up, that to me is just not an option. And so, you know, I went into Congress and in only my second term, I was named the most effective lawmaker in the New And again, it reminded me of that when I decided to run for governor.
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