Peggy Flanagan

our elections and the results that we're getting.

I also do not take APAC money, nor do I think that they would give it to me.

You know, I, well, but I made the decision, you know, to speak out and say that I would have supported the Sanders resolution this summer, that both of my senators, Senator Klobuchar and Senator Tina Smith,

voted in support of, to say that we're not going to have offensive weapons going to Israel when children are starving.

And, you know, that's a position that I stand by.

I'm a mom, I'm a child advocate, and we have to use our voices to speak up when we see

And so I can call out Benjamin Netanyahu's government in the same way that I can call out the Trump administration as well.

And I think we need to use our voices.

And that's what I did.

And now they've decided to go after me and they're supporting my opponent in a big way.

Right.

And that's of course, you know, we've known that for a long time, but really, you know, running for Senate is the thing that has just, for me, opened my eyes in a major way.

People want us to do the right thing.

People want us to be courageous and simply nibbling around the edges isn't getting us anywhere.

When I travel across the state of Minnesota, folks aren't saying like, gosh,

you know, be careful, right?

They're saying, be bold, do the things we need you to do.

People cannot afford their lives right now.

And so we need to make sure that we're going big so that folks know one, they can trust us.

And two, that, you know, we're going to fight for them, but not just in 2026.