Big Tent, Big Stakes: Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Power, Policy & Pushing Back
Rep. Jasmine Crockett
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Because this is a'}, {'start': '22.480', 'end': '27.519', 'text': 'grassroots movement and the people are'}, {'start': '24.400', 'end': '31.119', 'text': 'saying we are tired. And um you know'}, {'start': '27.519', 'end': '32.880', 'text': 'whether or not we get it um I think that'}, {'start': '31.119', 'end': '35.040', 'text': 'our solutions look a little different,'}, {'start': '32.880', 'end': '36.719', 'text': 'right? Like there are those within the'}, {'start': '35.040', 'end': '38.559', 'text': 'party that are saying things like well'}, {'start': '36.719', 'end': '41.040', 'text': 'we did not give them the middle class'}, {'start': '38.559', 'end': '42.480', 'text': 'agenda. We somehow left the middle'}, {'start': '41.040', 'end': '44.559', 'text': "class. But I'm like we never left the"}, {'start': '42.480', 'end': '45.680', 'text': 'middle class, right? We know that this'}, {'start': '44.559', 'end': '47.600', 'text': 'administration, the previous'}, {'start': '45.680', 'end': '49.440', 'text': 'administration was trying to help out'}, {'start': '47.600', 'end': '51.600', 'text': 'those that were struggling under the'}, {'start': '49.440', 'end': '54.000', 'text': 'weight of student loan debt and saying'}, {'start': '51.600', 'end': '55.840', 'text': 'if we can help them out, then this means'}, {'start': '54.000', 'end': '57.920', 'text': 'that they can go and create generational'}, {'start': '55.840', 'end': '59.920', 'text': 'wealth and go buy homes. Like they had'}, {'start': '57.920', 'end': '62.160', 'text': 'real solutions, the child tax credit'}, {'start': '59.920', 'end': '64.320', 'text': 'where you were getting up to $300 per'}, {'start': '62.160', 'end': '66.400', 'text': 'child to help you out because child care'}, {'start': '64.320', 'end': '68.000', 'text': 'is high and all those things. When we'}, {'start': '66.400', 'end': '69.920', 'text': 'look at some of the legislation that was'}, {'start': '68.000', 'end': '72.400', 'text': 'thousands of pages long, such as the'}, {'start': '69.920', 'end': '75.439', 'text': 'Chips and Science Act, states like Ohio'}, {'start': '72.400', 'end': '77.840', 'text': 'were able to get a chips manufacturing'}, {'start': '75.439', 'end': '80.040', 'text': 'um facility that Samsung was bringing'}, {'start': '77.840', 'end': '82.000', 'text': 'in, which meant jobs, which meant'}, {'start': '80.040', 'end': '83.439', 'text': 'manufacturing. And so many other states'}, {'start': '82.000', 'end': '85.759', 'text': 'were able to benefit, but did we'}, {'start': '83.439', 'end': '87.200', 'text': 'communicate it? Yeah, not really. Did'}, {'start': '85.759', 'end': '90.320', 'text': 'people really understand what was'}, {'start': '87.200', 'end': '91.439', 'text': 'happening? Not per se, right? And so,'}, {'start': '90.320', 'end': '92.720', 'text': 'you know, everybody has different'}, {'start': '91.439', 'end': '94.720', 'text': 'solutions. So, some people want to dig'}, {'start': '92.720', 'end': '96.880', 'text': "in and say, let's get to the policy,"}, {'start': '94.720', 'end': '98.720', 'text': 'right? But what good is policy if the'}, {'start': '96.880', 'end': '101.280', 'text': "people don't understand or know that"}, {'start': '98.720', 'end': '103.759', 'text': 'that is what you are going to enact? Or'}, {'start': '101.280', 'end': '105.759', 'text': 'when it comes down to it, we are such a'}, {'start': '103.759', 'end': '107.360', 'text': 'big tent party that we have certain'}, {'start': '105.759', 'end': '110.000', 'text': 'people that say, "Well, never mind. I\'m'}, {'start': '107.360', 'end': '111.920', 'text': 'not going to push hard for those reforms'}, {'start': '110.000', 'end': '114.240', 'text': 'say by the time we get to the Senate and'}, {'start': '111.920', 'end': '116.720', 'text': 'we have to deal with the filibuster."'}, {'start': '114.240', 'end': '118.719', 'text': "Uh Kla Harris spoke out. She's been"}, {'start': '116.720', 'end': '120.799', 'text': 'laying pretty low. Uh but she spoke out'}, {'start': '118.719', 'end': '123.040', 'text': 'about some of this tension within the'}, {'start': '120.799', 'end': '125.119', 'text': 'Democratic party of what you do. uh and'}, {'start': '123.040', 'end': '127.840', 'text': 'and name some names including yours.'}, {'start': '125.119', 'end': '130.239', 'text': "Let's take a look."}, {'start': '127.840', 'end': '133.840', 'text': 'And I will tell you, the courage of all'}, {'start': '130.239', 'end': '137.120', 'text': 'these Americans inspires me to lift up'}, {'start': '133.840', 'end': '139.040', 'text': 'voices and advance freedom and justice,'}, {'start': '137.120', 'end': '142.239', 'text': 'including congressional leaders like'}, {'start': '139.040', 'end': '146.000', 'text': 'Corey Booker, Chris Van Holland, Chris'}, {'start': '142.239', 'end': '147.080', 'text': 'Murphy, Jasmine Crockett, all who in'}, {'start': '146.000', 'end': '152.120', 'text': 'different'}, {'start': '147.080', 'end': '156.160', 'text': 'ways have been speaking with moral'}, {'start': '152.120', 'end': '157.920', 'text': 'clarity about this moment.'}, {'start': '156.160', 'end': '160.400', 'text': "One difference seems to be whether we're"}, {'start': '157.920', 'end': '161.840', 'text': 'after an election where Democrats said'}, {'start': '160.400', 'end': '164.000', 'text': 'democracy itself is on the line and'}, {'start': '161.840', 'end': '165.680', 'text': "we're facing an autocrat. Uh then do you"}, {'start': '164.000', 'end': '167.120', 'text': 'just go back to saying well never mind'}, {'start': '165.680', 'end': '169.200', 'text': "we wrote a letter we'll hold a hearing"}, {'start': '167.120', 'end': '171.200', 'text': 'and be done with it. Uh then Holland of'}, {'start': '169.200', 'end': '173.440', 'text': 'course traveled on that mission. Booker'}, {'start': '171.200', 'end': '175.760', 'text': 'we we saw people have see have said that'}, {'start': '173.440', 'end': '177.519', 'text': 'you seem to be taking it up a notch.'}, {'start': '175.760', 'end': '180.160', 'text': 'Yeah. Um are you guys still though in a'}, {'start': '177.519', 'end': '182.879', 'text': 'minority within your party? I mean I'}, {'start': '180.160', 'end': '185.200', 'text': 'would say so. I I do believe that. I'}, {'start': '182.879', 'end': '187.040', 'text': 'think that everyone is trying to be very'}, {'start': '185.200', 'end': '188.959', 'text': "responsive to their district and I can't"}, {'start': '187.040', 'end': '191.120', 'text': 'speak for any other district. I can tell'}, {'start': '188.959', 'end': '193.920', 'text': 'you that my district wants me to speak'}, {'start': '191.120', 'end': '196.159', 'text': 'out and be loud and be proud at all'}, {'start': '193.920', 'end': '198.319', 'text': "times. Um, but you know what? We've got"}, {'start': '196.159', 'end': '200.000', 'text': "lots of great opportunities. And so I'm"}, {'start': '198.319', 'end': '202.159', 'text': 'looking forward to some of the things'}, {'start': '200.000', 'end': '204.200', 'text': "that we're going to do on oversight as"}, {'start': '202.159', 'end': '207.280', 'text': 'we continue to push back against this'}, {'start': '204.200', 'end': '210.080', 'text': 'administration now that we know um that'}, {'start': '207.280', 'end': '212.239', 'text': 'they are doing things such as you know'}, {'start': '210.080', 'end': '216.000', 'text': 'snatching people off the streets and'}, {'start': '212.239', 'end': '218.239', 'text': 'throwing them down um uh in what I would'}, {'start': '216.000', 'end': '219.920', 'text': 'consider to be concentration camps or'}, {'start': '218.239', 'end': '222.159', 'text': 'prisons. And these are people that'}, {'start': '219.920', 'end': '223.760', 'text': "haven't been convicted of anything. Um"}, {'start': '222.159', 'end': '226.159', 'text': "and it's wrong. Listen, we have"}, {'start': '223.760', 'end': '228.879', 'text': 'oversight over them. If we are in a'}, {'start': '226.159', 'end': '231.680', 'text': 'contract with El Salvador, then it is us'}, {'start': '228.879', 'end': '234.560', 'text': 'that have to decide as to whether or not'}, {'start': '231.680', 'end': '236.720', 'text': 'they are violating human rights. And so'}, {'start': '234.560', 'end': '239.040', 'text': 'we have to be given an opportunity to'}, {'start': '236.720', 'end': '240.560', 'text': 'inspect. So even if James Comr says,'}, {'start': '239.040', 'end': '242.720', 'text': '"No, Democrats, you can\'t go down'}, {'start': '240.560', 'end': '245.040', 'text': 'there." Well, we are elected members of'}, {'start': '242.720', 'end': '246.959', 'text': 'the oversight committee. So we should be'}, {'start': '245.040', 'end': '249.040', 'text': 'requiring that they turn over reports to'}, {'start': '246.959', 'end': '250.959', 'text': "us. Same thing with the FDA is they're"}, {'start': '249.040', 'end': '253.280', 'text': "going out and they're firing people and"}, {'start': '250.959', 'end': '255.360', 'text': "we don't know what its impact is going"}, {'start': '253.280', 'end': '256.880', 'text': 'to be as it relates to our food supply'}, {'start': '255.360', 'end': '259.040', 'text': "and they don't want to tell us about it,"}, {'start': '256.880', 'end': '261.280', 'text': 'whether or not our food is going to be'}, {'start': '259.040', 'end': '263.199', 'text': 'safe, then guess what? We need to make'}, {'start': '261.280', 'end': '265.120', 'text': 'sure that we require that they turn'}, {'start': '263.199', 'end': '266.880', 'text': 'those documents over to us. And if they'}, {'start': '265.120', 'end': '268.479', 'text': "don't, guess what? We need to show up at"}, {'start': '266.880', 'end': '271.280', 'text': 'their doors and we need to conduct a'}, {'start': '268.479', 'end': '272.800', 'text': 'field hearing right there at FDA. Same'}, {'start': '271.280', 'end': '274.800', 'text': 'thing as it relates to the planes that'}, {'start': '272.800', 'end': '276.320', 'text': 'are falling out of the sky. We need some'}, {'start': '274.800', 'end': '278.000', 'text': 'real transparency and we need some'}, {'start': '276.320', 'end': '281.280', 'text': 'honesty and we need to make sure that'}, {'start': '278.000', 'end': '283.759', 'text': 'the American people are just as enraged'}, {'start': '281.280', 'end': '285.919', 'text': 'as we all should be because this'}, {'start': '283.759', 'end': '287.840', 'text': 'administration is truly trying to kill'}, {'start': '285.919', 'end': '289.440', 'text': 'us. It feels like All right, we got you'}, {'start': '287.840', 'end': '291.120', 'text': "on that. Uh there's also the thing in"}, {'start': '289.440', 'end': '293.919', 'text': 'life and politics where sometimes things'}, {'start': '291.120', 'end': '295.680', 'text': "just work until they don't. Uh and so"}, {'start': '293.919', 'end': '298.800', 'text': 'Donald Trump has made all kinds of'}, {'start': '295.680', 'end': '300.320', 'text': 'claims and he improved his vote total in'}, {'start': '298.800', 'end': '302.320', 'text': 'in November. So you have to look at how'}, {'start': '300.320', 'end': '305.120', 'text': 'that worked. And yet in this new town'}, {'start': '302.320', 'end': '308.240', 'text': "hall he did uh with Bill O'Reilly, you"}, {'start': '305.120', 'end': '309.600', 'text': 'saw some of the the bravado sort of fail'}, {'start': '308.240', 'end': '310.960', 'text': "in person. That's why town halls,"}, {'start': '309.600', 'end': '312.720', 'text': 'whatever you think of them, like you'}, {'start': '310.960', 'end': '313.919', 'text': 'still have people there. They might be'}, {'start': '312.720', 'end': '317.360', 'text': 'partisan, but you still get some'}, {'start': '313.919', 'end': '319.039', 'text': 'reactions. Take a look at this moment.'}, {'start': '317.360', 'end': '320.800', 'text': 'Lee says, "What\'s the biggest mistake'}, {'start': '319.039', 'end': '322.639', 'text': "you think you've made in the first 100"}, {'start': '320.800', 'end': '324.479', 'text': 'days?" That\'s the toughest question I'}, {'start': '322.639', 'end': '326.560', 'text': "can have because I don't really believe"}, {'start': '324.479', 'end': '329.680', 'text': "I've made you made any mistakes. We're"}, {'start': '326.560', 'end': '331.840', 'text': "in a transition period. We're we're in a"}, {'start': '329.680', 'end': '334.160', 'text': 'transition period. I think Lee is'}, {'start': '331.840', 'end': '337.440', 'text': 'reassured.'}, {'start': '334.160', 'end': '339.039', 'text': 'Uh there was sort of an audible laughter'}, {'start': '337.440', 'end': '341.360', 'text': "and maybe that's how you go with your"}, {'start': '339.039', 'end': '343.199', 'text': 'own side, but it was still not'}, {'start': '341.360', 'end': '345.680', 'text': 'acceptable. It was not on the level even'}, {'start': '343.199', 'end': '347.199', 'text': "in that audience um that he doesn't see"}, {'start': '345.680', 'end': '349.360', 'text': "that he's made mistakes. The implication"}, {'start': '347.199', 'end': '351.039', 'text': 'being those people think he has made'}, {'start': '349.360', 'end': '353.840', 'text': "mistakes. Listen, I'm going tell you"}, {'start': '351.039', 'end': '357.520', 'text': 'this. Um, you know, people tried to talk'}, {'start': '353.840', 'end': '359.919', 'text': 'about the mental acuity of um, Joe Biden'}, {'start': '357.520', 'end': '362.000', 'text': 'and as someone who was able to interact'}, {'start': '359.919', 'end': '364.400', 'text': 'with him, I never question his mental'}, {'start': '362.000', 'end': '366.319', 'text': 'acuity. But come on now. Come on. Like'}, {'start': '364.400', 'end': '369.280', 'text': 'you are crashing the economy. We are'}, {'start': '366.319', 'end': '371.600', 'text': 'talking about record crashing of the'}, {'start': '369.280', 'end': '373.520', 'text': 'stock market. We are talking about you,'}, {'start': '371.600', 'end': '375.600', 'text': 'you just mentioned it, the amount of'}, {'start': '373.520', 'end': '377.600', 'text': 'people that he has fired. We are talking'}, {'start': '375.600', 'end': '379.919', 'text': 'about people complaining and saying'}, {'start': '377.600', 'end': '382.160', 'text': 'there is nothing at the ports.'}, {'start': '379.919', 'end': '384.319', 'text': 'CEOs coming in and sitting down with you'}, {'start': '382.160', 'end': '389.039', 'text': 'and saying that these shelves are going'}, {'start': '384.319', 'end': '389.039', 'text': 'to be as bare as they were during'}, {'start': '389.319', 'end': '395.840', 'text': 'the problem. Not to mention Signal Gate'}, {'start': '392.400', 'end': '398.240', 'text': "and now you've got um one of your, you"}, {'start': '395.840', 'end': '399.520', 'text': 'know, appointees stepping down because'}, {'start': '398.240', 'end': '401.360', 'text': 'somebody was going to have to take the'}, {'start': '399.520', 'end': '403.039', 'text': "blame. Now, I think it's the guy that"}, {'start': '401.360', 'end': '404.639', 'text': "needs Yeah, I think it's the guy that"}, {'start': '403.039', 'end': '406.560', 'text': 'says he wants to have his makeup room'}, {'start': '404.639', 'end': '409.759', 'text': 'that needs to go somewhere because at'}, {'start': '406.560', 'end': '411.560', 'text': 'least Mike Walls has some kind of um'}, {'start': '409.759', 'end': '414.400', 'text': 'some kind of experience within'}, {'start': '411.560', 'end': '416.160', 'text': 'government unlike Pete Hex. But'}, {'start': '414.400', 'end': '418.560', 'text': 'honestly, get rid of the entire cabinet.'}, {'start': '416.160', 'end': '421.440', 'text': 'We need to start over because everything'}, {'start': '418.560', 'end': '422.479', 'text': 'is messed up from their HHS secretary. I'}, {'start': '421.440', 'end': '424.080', 'text': 'know you probably trying to move on to'}, {'start': '422.479', 'end': '425.680', 'text': "something else, but I'm just saying I"}, {'start': '424.080', 'end': '427.520', 'text': 'could go on. No, I got you. We got We'}, {'start': '425.680', 'end': '429.280', 'text': 'have to finish a break, but start over.'}, {'start': '427.520', 'end': '431.039', 'text': '100 days start over. We got that'}, {'start': '429.280', 'end': '433.440', 'text': 'message. Congresswoman, thank you for'}, {'start': '431.039', 'end': '433.440', 'text': 'being here.'}]