Peggy Flanagan

Well, first of all, it is a hot mess.

And I think this is what happens when our leaders prioritize corporate interests over all of us.

In real time, they're like, just wait.

This year, we're going to take care of all the billionaires.

And then maybe next year, we're going to focus on the things that you need to keep food on the table and pay the rent and

maybe i don't know take a vacation someday but it just shows how incredibly disconnected they are from the lives of uh real americans and frankly that they they just don't care um you know spraying perfume in the oval office versus cutting off food security uh for millions of americans like that's a choice y'all

I mean, I think this race is incredibly important to the future of our country and the future of our party.

It really is the choice that is facing all of us.

Do we want more corporate Democrats who are going to play to the status quo and nibble around the edges?

Or do we want progressive fighters with a track record?

of getting things done i think people want us to be bold audacious and defiant in this moment and we need to make sure that people can afford the lives that they want to live and that's what this entire race is about and i have to tell you

I am so honored and humbled to have those progressive champions endorsing my campaign because they are on the front lines every single day and they know what it takes.

And so to know that they'd like me to join them in the fight is a real honor.

I mean, what I'm hearing in Minnesota, and we've been doing hundreds of events across the state in all different communities, and the same things are coming up over and over again.

it is the cost of living and health care in particular.

This is a place where I'm very clear that we need to get rid of prior authorization so that some dude behind a desk doesn't get to decide whether or not you get the life-saving health care that you need.

Worse yet, robots or AI making that decision.

But ultimately, when I'm talking to folks who say that their deductible is $15,000 a year,

and that they just paid 600 bucks to go to a five minute MedCheck appointment with their doctor, that's completely unsustainable.

And that is happening right now.