Representative Sarah McBride
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You know, my generation, we grew up, we were born after the fall of the Soviet Union, right? We have existed in a world post-civil rights, post-1960s. And one of the things that I take comfort in in this moment, having tried to take time to listen and learn about what it felt like
to live in the times prior to the 1960s is that the sense of inevitability that with hard work change will come that we have felt in a post-1960s world, the sense that we were on this sort of unending cresting wave of cultural momentum, that is all the exception in our history. Right? Yes, we have every reason to fear that change won't come right now.
to live in the times prior to the 1960s is that the sense of inevitability that with hard work change will come that we have felt in a post-1960s world, the sense that we were on this sort of unending cresting wave of cultural momentum, that is all the exception in our history. Right? Yes, we have every reason to fear that change won't come right now.
to live in the times prior to the 1960s is that the sense of inevitability that with hard work change will come that we have felt in a post-1960s world, the sense that we were on this sort of unending cresting wave of cultural momentum, that is all the exception in our history. Right? Yes, we have every reason to fear that change won't come right now.
But you can't tell me that the reasons for hopelessness now are greater than the reasons for hopelessness for an LGBTQ person in 1965, before Stonewall, when they maybe never knew of a reality where they could live openly and authentically as themselves without violating the law. Every previous generation, especially those generations prior to the 60s and 70s, faced seemingly impossible odds.
But you can't tell me that the reasons for hopelessness now are greater than the reasons for hopelessness for an LGBTQ person in 1965, before Stonewall, when they maybe never knew of a reality where they could live openly and authentically as themselves without violating the law. Every previous generation, especially those generations prior to the 60s and 70s, faced seemingly impossible odds.
But you can't tell me that the reasons for hopelessness now are greater than the reasons for hopelessness for an LGBTQ person in 1965, before Stonewall, when they maybe never knew of a reality where they could live openly and authentically as themselves without violating the law. Every previous generation, especially those generations prior to the 60s and 70s, faced seemingly impossible odds.
They could not see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yet they persevered, they summoned their hope, they found the light, and they changed the world.
They could not see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yet they persevered, they summoned their hope, they found the light, and they changed the world.
They could not see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yet they persevered, they summoned their hope, they found the light, and they changed the world.
I'm looking... frankly, beyond. I'm looking at everything because we've got to recognize that all of these attacks are interconnected. I'm looking at the money that's being stolen right now from farmers, from health officials, from federally qualified health centers, from food banks. from infrastructure funds in Delaware and across the country by the federal government.
I'm looking... frankly, beyond. I'm looking at everything because we've got to recognize that all of these attacks are interconnected. I'm looking at the money that's being stolen right now from farmers, from health officials, from federally qualified health centers, from food banks. from infrastructure funds in Delaware and across the country by the federal government.
I'm looking... frankly, beyond. I'm looking at everything because we've got to recognize that all of these attacks are interconnected. I'm looking at the money that's being stolen right now from farmers, from health officials, from federally qualified health centers, from food banks. from infrastructure funds in Delaware and across the country by the federal government.
I'm looking at the effort to implement the largest cut in American history of Medicaid. I'm looking at the federal workers who are being summarily fired in Delaware and across the country because this administration is trying to grind
I'm looking at the effort to implement the largest cut in American history of Medicaid. I'm looking at the federal workers who are being summarily fired in Delaware and across the country because this administration is trying to grind
I'm looking at the effort to implement the largest cut in American history of Medicaid. I'm looking at the federal workers who are being summarily fired in Delaware and across the country because this administration is trying to grind
All of that comes together to try to create a world where people continue to be hungry and scared and fearful, which then lays the foundation for those fears and that insecurity to be exploited to eliminate due process for society. both undocumented immigrants and legal immigrants in this country, legal residents, for them to target and scapegoat and fearmonger around trans people.
All of that comes together to try to create a world where people continue to be hungry and scared and fearful, which then lays the foundation for those fears and that insecurity to be exploited to eliminate due process for society. both undocumented immigrants and legal immigrants in this country, legal residents, for them to target and scapegoat and fearmonger around trans people.
All of that comes together to try to create a world where people continue to be hungry and scared and fearful, which then lays the foundation for those fears and that insecurity to be exploited to eliminate due process for society. both undocumented immigrants and legal immigrants in this country, legal residents, for them to target and scapegoat and fearmonger around trans people.
All of this is interconnected. And I don't think that we can single out one of these areas. I certainly don't have the luxury of doing that as a member of Congress.