Ruben Gallego

you know, police, pro-police, that that was actually kind of, you know, anti-democratic or piss off your base.

And I remember, I'll give you a good example.

I got the endorsement of the police union in Arizona.

That same police union endorsed Donald Trump the same year, right?

And there was a lot of conversation about whether I should even take the endorsement, whether I should, you know, take the endorsement but don't announce it.

And one of the things that I had to, you know, be very clear about to supporters, to staff was that, you know, we don't have the luxury of not winning.

Right?

We just got handed a winning hand.

Are we in agreement with the police union 100%?

No.

But does it matter if I win or do I lose?

Because if I don't win, Cary Lake is in this office.

And the politics of Arizona changes and potentially, you know, because there's only 100 senators, the politics of the country changes, right?

So I need to understand that, you know, at this position, you know, and because I can morally support it, because I do believe that especially low-income areas want good policing, that I should take that endorsement.

Immigration enforcement is the other one, right?

you know, we had a very, what I think would be described as to some a moderate position on immigration enforcement during the election.

Somebody would say it was actually kind of liberal because I was like, I think we should have immigration reform, but I also think we should have secure borders.

Like that was like a very moderate position to some people, but that's actually literally what everyone in Arizona thought.

And I felt like I can ethically believe that because I did believe that and I ran with it.

Now, what I won't do