Sen. Elissa Slotkin - Alpha Energy, Tuning In & Responsible vs. Reckless Change | The Daily Show
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[{'start': '0.320', 'end': '5.040', 'text': 'Senator Slock and that sounds nice, you'}, {'start': '3.200', 'end': '7.440', 'text': "know. It's pretty good. Feels good."}, {'start': '5.040', 'end': '9.599', 'text': "Yeah, it's good. You speak Arabic, you"}, {'start': '7.440', 'end': '10.639', 'text': 'speak Swahili, you speak English. How'}, {'start': '9.599', 'end': '12.639', 'text': 'would you like me to conduct this'}, {'start': '10.639', 'end': '14.480', 'text': 'interview? English would be fantastic.'}, {'start': '12.639', 'end': '17.039', 'text': 'English would be great. Okay, so some'}, {'start': '14.480', 'end': '18.720', 'text': 'big news today. Mike Waltz is out. Yeah,'}, {'start': '17.039', 'end': '20.640', 'text': "you are, and I don't say this very"}, {'start': '18.720', 'end': '22.960', 'text': 'often, a Democrat with an impressive'}, {'start': '20.640', 'end': '26.800', 'text': 'national security background, working in'}, {'start': '22.960', 'end': '30.400', 'text': 'the CIA, security debriefing Obama every'}, {'start': '26.800', 'end': '34.000', 'text': 'morning, uh, working at the Pentagon.'}, {'start': '30.400', 'end': '37.520', 'text': 'How worried should we be now?'}, {'start': '34.000', 'end': '39.040', 'text': 'Pete Hgsth is Pete Hegsath. He is. He is'}, {'start': '37.520', 'end': '40.879', 'text': "Pete Heg. What's your take on where on"}, {'start': '39.040', 'end': '44.000', 'text': 'how we are right now? I mean, you know,'}, {'start': '40.879', 'end': '45.520', 'text': "I don't think anyone feels great about"}, {'start': '44.000', 'end': '47.600', 'text': "where we are right now. I don't feel"}, {'start': '45.520', 'end': '50.000', 'text': "like this is Marco Rubio's fourth job."}, {'start': '47.600', 'end': '53.039', 'text': 'Yeah, he has four jobs, you know. Um and'}, {'start': '50.000', 'end': '54.800', 'text': 'I I think that um the truth is like'}, {'start': '53.039', 'end': '57.280', 'text': 'there are some really serious'}, {'start': '54.800', 'end': '59.280', 'text': 'international challenges and we just'}, {'start': '57.280', 'end': '62.640', 'text': "can't have the B team in here. We need"}, {'start': '59.280', 'end': '65.680', 'text': 'serious people and um I I think that uh'}, {'start': '62.640', 'end': '68.400', 'text': 'Pete Hegsth has should resign and is'}, {'start': '65.680', 'end': '73.080', 'text': 'just not where we need to be on a'}, {'start': '68.400', 'end': '73.080', 'text': 'defense. Yeah. And'}, {'start': '73.840', 'end': '80.640', 'text': 'Trump was just in Michigan for his 100th'}, {'start': '76.280', 'end': '84.920', 'text': 'day. You won the in Michigan on the same'}, {'start': '80.640', 'end': '84.920', 'text': 'same ticket as Trump.'}, {'start': '86.080', 'end': '91.520', 'text': 'What do Michigan voters want, you think?'}, {'start': '89.439', 'end': '93.680', 'text': 'Well, Michiganers are very independently'}, {'start': '91.520', 'end': '95.200', 'text': 'minded people, as you know. Um, and I'}, {'start': '93.680', 'end': '97.280', 'text': "think I'm a Michigander. Yes, he's a"}, {'start': '95.200', 'end': '98.960', 'text': "Michigander. And we're very proud of"}, {'start': '97.280', 'end': '100.799', 'text': 'him, right?'}, {'start': '98.960', 'end': '102.320', 'text': 'Um, this is Hold on. We got to tell'}, {'start': '100.799', 'end': '104.880', 'text': 'these coastals this is the shape of'}, {'start': '102.320', 'end': '107.200', 'text': 'Michigan. Yeah.'}, {'start': '104.880', 'end': '108.640', 'text': "Yeah. Um, and you know, I think so we're"}, {'start': '107.200', 'end': '110.399', 'text': 'independently minded, but I think the'}, {'start': '108.640', 'end': '112.000', 'text': 'two things that really came through in'}, {'start': '110.399', 'end': '113.600', 'text': 'the last election was one, it was a'}, {'start': '112.000', 'end': '115.439', 'text': 'pocketbook election, right? People'}, {'start': '113.600', 'end': '117.280', 'text': 'wanted someone who was going to put more'}, {'start': '115.439', 'end': '119.040', 'text': 'money in their pocket. And then number'}, {'start': '117.280', 'end': '121.040', 'text': 'two, if I can be frank, is a little'}, {'start': '119.040', 'end': '122.960', 'text': "harder to grab onto. It's like people"}, {'start': '121.040', 'end': '124.719', 'text': 'are looking for a little alpha energy.'}, {'start': '122.960', 'end': '127.040', 'text': 'Yeah. And I think I had like a little'}, {'start': '124.719', 'end': '129.599', 'text': 'bit more alpha energy than the average'}, {'start': '127.040', 'end': '134.360', 'text': 'Dem. And I want us to get more alpha'}, {'start': '129.599', 'end': '134.360', 'text': 'energy as them. Okay. Okay.'}, {'start': '137.520', 'end': '141.680', 'text': 'And this comes from my wife. What is'}, {'start': '139.040', 'end': '143.040', 'text': 'alpha energy? Yeah.'}, {'start': '141.680', 'end': '144.560', 'text': "I just think well, okay, you're a"}, {'start': '143.040', 'end': '146.000', 'text': 'Midwesterner and let me explain for'}, {'start': '144.560', 'end': '148.319', 'text': 'those who are not Midwesterners, like'}, {'start': '146.000', 'end': '151.040', 'text': 'think of who we identify with as like'}, {'start': '148.319', 'end': '152.959', 'text': 'our big leaders, right? Right now, um'}, {'start': '151.040', 'end': '155.200', 'text': 'most popular man in Michigan is the'}, {'start': '152.959', 'end': '158.160', 'text': 'coach of the Lions, right? Dan Campbell'}, {'start': '155.200', 'end': '160.480', 'text': 'and uh go lines and and he is just but'}, {'start': '158.160', 'end': '162.640', 'text': "he like he loves big he's tough with"}, {'start': '160.480', 'end': '164.239', 'text': 'people but he like will hug you and give'}, {'start': '162.640', 'end': '166.800', 'text': 'you know and cries eyes out with his'}, {'start': '164.239', 'end': '169.280', 'text': 'guys do great like we want leadership'}, {'start': '166.800', 'end': '171.920', 'text': "right we're in a moment of crisis in the"}, {'start': '169.280', 'end': '173.760', 'text': 'country and of a moment of change as'}, {'start': '171.920', 'end': '176.080', 'text': 'well and so we want leaders who can like'}, {'start': '173.760', 'end': '177.599', 'text': 'lead us through and light the tunnel so'}, {'start': '176.080', 'end': '180.599', 'text': 'that we can get through this moment of'}, {'start': '177.599', 'end': '183.360', 'text': 'our history and that is like not a a'}, {'start': '180.599', 'end': '186.319', 'text': 'quiet calm diplomat you know that is'}, {'start': '183.360', 'end': '188.400', 'text': "like Let's go. And I I think that is"}, {'start': '186.319', 'end': '189.920', 'text': 'what Michiganers are looking for in'}, {'start': '188.400', 'end': '191.680', 'text': 'their leaders in the state, but also'}, {'start': '189.920', 'end': '193.920', 'text': 'across the country. People are'}, {'start': '191.680', 'end': '195.360', 'text': 'responding very well to that. You know,'}, {'start': '193.920', 'end': '196.720', 'text': 'my daughter finished a puzzle the other'}, {'start': '195.360', 'end': '198.519', 'text': "day. She's five. And I gave her this big"}, {'start': '196.720', 'end': '201.680', 'text': 'hug and I was crying and she was like,'}, {'start': '198.519', 'end': '204.640', 'text': '"Dad, Dad, I love this alpha male energy'}, {'start': '201.680', 'end': '206.480', 'text': 'right now." Um,'}, {'start': '204.640', 'end': '208.959', 'text': "you've said adopt the alpha energy, but"}, {'start': '206.480', 'end': '211.360', 'text': "you've also said that the Dems there's a"}, {'start': '208.959', 'end': '213.200', 'text': 'perception of the party as weak and'}, {'start': '211.360', 'end': '215.360', 'text': "woke. That's actually what Michiganers"}, {'start': '213.200', 'end': '217.360', 'text': 'said. There was a poll in February. Um,'}, {'start': '215.360', 'end': '220.159', 'text': 'and those were the words identified most'}, {'start': '217.360', 'end': '222.799', 'text': 'with the Democratic brand. Yes. Um, and'}, {'start': '220.159', 'end': '224.239', 'text': "I think that, you know, again, I I don't"}, {'start': '222.799', 'end': '225.519', 'text': "think it's just Trump voters who want"}, {'start': '224.239', 'end': '227.360', 'text': 'something different. I think our'}, {'start': '225.519', 'end': '230.159', 'text': 'government is a 20th century government'}, {'start': '227.360', 'end': '231.680', 'text': "and we're in the 20th 21st century. It"}, {'start': '230.159', 'end': '233.280', 'text': 'needs to change. No one loves our'}, {'start': '231.680', 'end': '234.879', 'text': 'healthcare. No one loves how we do'}, {'start': '233.280', 'end': '236.640', 'text': 'education. No one loves how our'}, {'start': '234.879', 'end': '239.040', 'text': 'government works. So, we need to change'}, {'start': '236.640', 'end': '241.280', 'text': 'it. But we want responsible change, not'}, {'start': '239.040', 'end': '243.400', 'text': 'reckless change, not just breaking stuff'}, {'start': '241.280', 'end': '245.799', 'text': 'to break stuff.'}, {'start': '243.400', 'end': '248.720', 'text': 'And'}, {'start': '245.799', 'end': '251.040', 'text': 'but I I think we need to hear that. And'}, {'start': '248.720', 'end': '253.599', 'text': 'I think what the that Michiganders'}, {'start': '251.040', 'end': '255.120', 'text': "understand that like we're we we can't"}, {'start': '253.599', 'end': '257.120', 'text': "stay the same. We can't look backwards."}, {'start': '255.120', 'end': '258.560', 'text': 'We have to look forward. But we want to'}, {'start': '257.120', 'end': '260.880', 'text': 'know who that is. And I think the'}, {'start': '258.560', 'end': '262.560', 'text': 'Democratic party should be leading'}, {'start': '260.880', 'end': '264.800', 'text': 'instead of just saying no, no, no,'}, {'start': '262.560', 'end': '267.040', 'text': "status quo, status quo, don't change."}, {'start': '264.800', 'end': '268.960', 'text': 'No, embrace change. But like put your'}, {'start': '267.040', 'end': '270.880', 'text': 'marker down on what you think should'}, {'start': '268.960', 'end': '272.320', 'text': 'happen. Talk about how we need a'}, {'start': '270.880', 'end': '274.160', 'text': 'stronger middle class in this country'}, {'start': '272.320', 'end': '277.199', 'text': "because it's shrinking. It is like don't"}, {'start': '274.160', 'end': '279.600', 'text': 'try to hide it. It is. So I I to me'}, {'start': '277.199', 'end': '281.280', 'text': "that's like the vision piece. And then"}, {'start': '279.600', 'end': '283.120', 'text': "because I'm from the national security"}, {'start': '281.280', 'end': '284.800', 'text': "world like at the Pentagon you don't go"}, {'start': '283.120', 'end': '286.479', 'text': 'to the bathroom without a plan, right?'}, {'start': '284.800', 'end': '288.000', 'text': "Like you're constantly planning. That's"}, {'start': '286.479', 'end': '290.000', 'text': "what I've been doing wrong all these"}, {'start': '288.000', 'end': '292.880', 'text': 'years.'}, {'start': '290.000', 'end': '294.560', 'text': 'So I think like Democrats need a plan.'}, {'start': '292.880', 'end': '298.000', 'text': "And I I've been in the Senate for like"}, {'start': '294.560', 'end': '300.320', 'text': '112 or 15 days. And I I kept I got tired'}, {'start': '298.000', 'end': '302.479', 'text': 'of waiting for someone else to do it. So'}, {'start': '300.320', 'end': '304.320', 'text': 'I just like wrote a war plan, decamped'}, {'start': '302.479', 'end': '308.240', 'text': 'with a bunch of my closest like friends'}, {'start': '304.320', 'end': '310.400', 'text': 'and advisers and wrote our best stab at'}, {'start': '308.240', 'end': '312.240', 'text': 'what we should be doing as a country to'}, {'start': '310.400', 'end': '316.840', 'text': 'push back on the threats to our economy'}, {'start': '312.240', 'end': '316.840', 'text': 'and our democracy. I love that.'}, {'start': '321.800', 'end': '328.800', 'text': 'Um, as a Michigander, I worry maybe that'}, {'start': '326.000', 'end': '331.120', 'text': 'you are feeling a burden of the'}, {'start': '328.800', 'end': '333.600', 'text': "Democratic national message when you're"}, {'start': '331.120', 'end': '336.720', 'text': 'a junior senator representing Michigan.'}, {'start': '333.600', 'end': '338.240', 'text': 'Yeah. Are you I mean, are Michigan first'}, {'start': '336.720', 'end': '340.880', 'text': 'at this point? Yes. Well, I mean, yeah.'}, {'start': '338.240', 'end': '342.639', 'text': 'I look, I got the chance to give the'}, {'start': '340.880', 'end': '345.280', 'text': 'response to the State of the Union and I'}, {'start': '342.639', 'end': '347.039', 'text': 'made a choice to do that from Michigan'}, {'start': '345.280', 'end': '349.120', 'text': 'because if I could give a speech that'}, {'start': '347.039', 'end': '351.520', 'text': 'could work in Michigan and not turn me'}, {'start': '349.120', 'end': '353.360', 'text': 'into a Saturday Night Live skit, um then'}, {'start': '351.520', 'end': '355.039', 'text': 'I I thought I think it would work for'}, {'start': '353.360', 'end': '356.960', 'text': 'the country. Like Michigan, I think, is'}, {'start': '355.039', 'end': '358.639', 'text': 'a good bell weather, a good canary in'}, {'start': '356.960', 'end': '360.800', 'text': "the coal mine on what's going on,"}, {'start': '358.639', 'end': '363.280', 'text': 'particularly on our economy right now.'}, {'start': '360.800', 'end': '365.120', 'text': 'And so I what all I can do is like take'}, {'start': '363.280', 'end': '367.520', 'text': 'the lessons every single day from what'}, {'start': '365.120', 'end': '370.639', 'text': 'is going on, no no kidding, in my'}, {'start': '367.520', 'end': '372.240', 'text': 'state. Yeah. And then sort of express to'}, {'start': '370.639', 'end': '374.000', 'text': "people that I'm going to go fight for"}, {'start': '372.240', 'end': '375.520', 'text': 'them and fight for my state. And that'}, {'start': '374.000', 'end': '377.520', 'text': 'means a good thing for us, but a good'}, {'start': '375.520', 'end': '380.880', 'text': 'thing for the country, too. Donald Trump'}, {'start': '377.520', 'end': '380.880', 'text': 'spoke for'}, {'start': '381.639', 'end': '386.479', 'text': 'um Donald Trump spoke for an hour and 40'}, {'start': '384.639', 'end': '388.479', 'text': 'minutes that night. You spoke for 10'}, {'start': '386.479', 'end': '391.479', 'text': 'minutes. And I think you said more than'}, {'start': '388.479', 'end': '395.520', 'text': 'him, actually. Um,'}, {'start': '391.479', 'end': '397.840', 'text': 'but I want to I want to get back a'}, {'start': '395.520', 'end': '400.800', 'text': 'little bit to this woke word because'}, {'start': '397.840', 'end': '403.039', 'text': "it's not like Harris and Walls were out"}, {'start': '400.800', 'end': '404.800', 'text': 'there saying they were woke. No one was'}, {'start': '403.039', 'end': '407.440', 'text': 'campaigning they were woke. The'}, {'start': '404.800', 'end': '410.000', 'text': 'Republicans effectively targeted the'}, {'start': '407.440', 'end': '411.759', 'text': 'Dems as woke. And I wonder if some of'}, {'start': '410.000', 'end': '413.440', 'text': "this alpha male energy you're talking"}, {'start': '411.759', 'end': '414.720', 'text': "about and you say alpha male. I I'm"}, {'start': '413.440', 'end': '416.880', 'text': "adding the male because that's who I"}, {'start': '414.720', 'end': '418.720', 'text': "hope I am. Sure, dude. But it's alpha."}, {'start': '416.880', 'end': '420.240', 'text': "You don't have to be a male to be alpha"}, {'start': '418.720', 'end': '423.639', 'text': 'energy. Correct. Alpha and thank you for'}, {'start': '420.240', 'end': '423.639', 'text': 'correcting me.'}, {'start': '425.039', 'end': '432.160', 'text': 'Thank you for correct me. Um is taking'}, {'start': '428.840', 'end': '434.319', 'text': "back how how you're not allowed to label"}, {'start': '432.160', 'end': '436.479', 'text': 'me. I will tell you what what I am and'}, {'start': '434.319', 'end': '438.080', 'text': 'who we are. And I wonder if the Dems can'}, {'start': '436.479', 'end': '439.840', 'text': "do that effectively. Well, that's what"}, {'start': '438.080', 'end': '442.160', 'text': 'we have to do. What you have to do. I I'}, {'start': '439.840', 'end': '444.160', 'text': "I think there's no choice. And I I think"}, {'start': '442.160', 'end': '446.240', 'text': "um you're right that they, you know, the"}, {'start': '444.160', 'end': '448.800', 'text': 'attack ads and and framing your your'}, {'start': '446.240', 'end': '450.960', 'text': 'enemy, your adversary um is is what'}, {'start': '448.800', 'end': '452.560', 'text': 'happens in political campaigns, but like'}, {'start': '450.960', 'end': '454.720', 'text': 'suck it up, buttercup. We got to turn'}, {'start': '452.560', 'end': '456.639', 'text': "that around, right? Like you can't just"}, {'start': '454.720', 'end': '458.319', 'text': 'let someone else define you. You have to'}, {'start': '456.639', 'end': '461.440', 'text': "say what you're about, not just what"}, {'start': '458.319', 'end': '463.080', 'text': "you're against. And I think Democrats um"}, {'start': '461.440', 'end': '464.880', 'text': 'you know, what Trump is doing is'}, {'start': '463.080', 'end': '466.319', 'text': "unprecedented. And so we're on our"}, {'start': '464.880', 'end': '468.560', 'text': "heels. We're trying to figure out where"}, {'start': '466.319', 'end': '470.000', 'text': 'to look first. So, you know, we got to'}, {'start': '468.560', 'end': '472.080', 'text': 'understand that we have to have a plan'}, {'start': '470.000', 'end': '474.319', 'text': "to know where we're going as a as a"}, {'start': '472.080', 'end': '476.400', 'text': 'group, right? And stop turning our guns'}, {'start': '474.319', 'end': '478.080', 'text': 'on each other as Democrats, right? Can'}, {'start': '476.400', 'end': '480.960', 'text': 'we all agree that that like where the'}, {'start': '478.080', 'end': '483.120', 'text': 'adversary is in this situation? Um, so,'}, {'start': '480.960', 'end': '485.120', 'text': 'you know, I think that is what we owe to'}, {'start': '483.120', 'end': '488.319', 'text': 'the American people. Actually, I loved'}, {'start': '485.120', 'end': '488.319', 'text': 'when your rebuttal was'}, {'start': '490.199', 'end': '495.440', 'text': 'from your your rebuttal was from Wandot,'}, {'start': '492.960', 'end': '497.840', 'text': 'Michigan. And as a Michigander, I I oh'}, {'start': '495.440', 'end': '499.360', 'text': 'my god, wine dot. This is where people'}, {'start': '497.840', 'end': '500.960', 'text': "are actually building the cars. They're"}, {'start': '499.360', 'end': '503.120', 'text': 'pressing the steel. And I thought it'}, {'start': '500.960', 'end': '505.759', 'text': "would curious to ask you, what's the"}, {'start': '503.120', 'end': '508.080', 'text': 'response there with the tariffs? I mean,'}, {'start': '505.759', 'end': '510.800', 'text': "you're really in it. And these are this"}, {'start': '508.080', 'end': '512.959', 'text': "is the this is America's car center."}, {'start': '510.800', 'end': '515.839', 'text': 'Yeah. Well, Michigan, I think, is like'}, {'start': '512.959', 'end': '517.519', 'text': 'uniquely positioned to be um extremely'}, {'start': '515.839', 'end': '519.360', 'text': 'vulnerable to these tariffs. one because'}, {'start': '517.519', 'end': '521.440', 'text': "our manufacturing sector and how we've"}, {'start': '519.360', 'end': '523.200', 'text': 'been working for a long time to build'}, {'start': '521.440', 'end': '525.440', 'text': 'our supply chains with Canada, our'}, {'start': '523.200', 'end': '526.760', 'text': 'neighbor. Um, and then also our farming'}, {'start': '525.440', 'end': '528.880', 'text': 'industry, right, who gets all the'}, {'start': '526.760', 'end': '531.120', 'text': "retaliation. Um, what we're seeing right"}, {'start': '528.880', 'end': '532.800', 'text': 'now is like peak uncertainty. People are'}, {'start': '531.120', 'end': '534.240', 'text': 'just feeling like COVID times like I'}, {'start': '532.800', 'end': '535.920', 'text': "don't know what to do. Do I invest? Do I"}, {'start': '534.240', 'end': '537.440', 'text': 'not invest? Do I build that factory? Do'}, {'start': '535.920', 'end': '539.600', 'text': 'I not build that factory? Do I expand?'}, {'start': '537.440', 'end': '541.440', 'text': 'Do I make those orders? And right now'}, {'start': '539.600', 'end': '544.880', 'text': "the first sort of like tip off we're"}, {'start': '541.440', 'end': '546.480', 'text': 'seeing is cut down in like orders. So'}, {'start': '544.880', 'end': '548.480', 'text': 'trucking is down, right? the number of'}, {'start': '546.480', 'end': '551.120', 'text': 'hours our truck drivers are driving are'}, {'start': '548.480', 'end': '554.080', 'text': "going down. Um and I I think that's just"}, {'start': '551.120', 'end': '555.680', 'text': 'the start um of this. And you know, if'}, {'start': '554.080', 'end': '557.360', 'text': "you're lucky enough to be a bigger"}, {'start': '555.680', 'end': '558.959', 'text': 'business, you can go cut a deal with the'}, {'start': '557.360', 'end': '561.360', 'text': "White House, right? He's created this"}, {'start': '558.959', 'end': '562.800', 'text': 'unbelievable marketplace of like every'}, {'start': '561.360', 'end': '564.640', 'text': 'country has to come to me, every'}, {'start': '562.800', 'end': '566.160', 'text': "industry. But if you're the small guy,"}, {'start': '564.640', 'end': '568.399', 'text': 'the small business owner, the guy who'}, {'start': '566.160', 'end': '570.480', 'text': "owns a supermarket in my town, no one's"}, {'start': '568.399', 'end': '572.720', 'text': "cutting him a deal and he's at risk of"}, {'start': '570.480', 'end': '574.800', 'text': "going under. So, he's slow rolling us"}, {'start': '572.720', 'end': '577.120', 'text': 'into an a recession and we need to be'}, {'start': '574.800', 'end': '578.640', 'text': 'clear about that cuz he promised he was'}, {'start': '577.120', 'end': '580.480', 'text': "going to put more money in people's"}, {'start': '578.640', 'end': '583.360', 'text': "pockets. It's the opposite. It's the"}, {'start': '580.480', 'end': '585.839', 'text': "opposite. The UAW's has backed the"}, {'start': '583.360', 'end': '588.160', 'text': 'tariffs. Is that am I reading that'}, {'start': '585.839', 'end': '589.760', 'text': 'correctly? I think I think uh I would'}, {'start': '588.160', 'end': '591.120', 'text': 'let them speak for themselves, but I'}, {'start': '589.760', 'end': '593.680', 'text': "think they're either going to be really"}, {'start': '591.120', 'end': '595.680', 'text': 'right or really wrong. Right. And um and'}, {'start': '593.680', 'end': '598.399', 'text': "I just don't have faith that there's"}, {'start': '595.680', 'end': '600.080', 'text': 'some Wizard of Oz behind Donald Trump'}, {'start': '598.399', 'end': '602.160', 'text': "coming up with a grand plan that's going"}, {'start': '600.080', 'end': '604.080', 'text': 'to make this all work. All I see every'}, {'start': '602.160', 'end': '606.080', 'text': 'day is people are paying more for goods.'}, {'start': '604.080', 'end': '609.040', 'text': 'Yeah. No plan on housing, more for'}, {'start': '606.080', 'end': '610.240', 'text': 'energy. I mean more more more. So if'}, {'start': '609.040', 'end': '611.680', 'text': "you're the guy who said you were going"}, {'start': '610.240', 'end': '614.079', 'text': 'to actually bring money into their'}, {'start': '611.680', 'end': '616.880', 'text': "pockets, instead he's making you pay in"}, {'start': '614.079', 'end': '621.320', 'text': 'every part of your life. Correct. Yes.'}, {'start': '616.880', 'end': '623.519', 'text': "And yes. Um it's weird to clap for that."}, {'start': '621.320', 'end': '625.000', 'text': 'Well, this audience is just keeps'}, {'start': '623.519', 'end': '628.720', 'text': 'clapping over and over again, but they'}, {'start': '625.000', 'end': '630.000', 'text': "don't. Um, in your rebuttal, I love"}, {'start': '628.720', 'end': '632.959', 'text': 'this. I want to make sure I get it'}, {'start': '630.000', 'end': '635.120', 'text': 'right. You said, "Don\'t tune out. It\'s'}, {'start': '632.959', 'end': '638.240', 'text': 'easy to be exhausted, but America needs'}, {'start': '635.120', 'end': '641.360', 'text': 'you now more than ever. Pick one issue'}, {'start': '638.240', 'end': '644.320', 'text': "you're passionate about and engage, and"}, {'start': '641.360', 'end': '646.480', 'text': 'doom scrolling doesn\'t count." The'}, {'start': '644.320', 'end': '648.959', 'text': 'reason that connected with me was it'}, {'start': '646.480', 'end': '651.360', 'text': 'feels so overwhelming. What do I respond'}, {'start': '648.959', 'end': '655.040', 'text': 'to? What can I do? But the pick one'}, {'start': '651.360', 'end': '656.880', 'text': 'issue is a nice action plan. Yeah. I'}, {'start': '655.040', 'end': '659.519', 'text': 'think look, I think part of what I'}, {'start': '656.880', 'end': '661.200', 'text': 'worked on in this kind of war plan is if'}, {'start': '659.519', 'end': '663.120', 'text': "you're an activated person and you want"}, {'start': '661.200', 'end': '665.120', 'text': 'to do something, do one of two things.'}, {'start': '663.120', 'end': '666.959', 'text': 'Either go deep particularly on an issue'}, {'start': '665.120', 'end': '668.640', 'text': 'of democracy and corruption because'}, {'start': '666.959', 'end': '671.120', 'text': 'every single day he is threatening our'}, {'start': '668.640', 'end': '673.839', 'text': 'our democracy and he is like milking the'}, {'start': '671.120', 'end': '677.440', 'text': 'cow of America as like a full-time job,'}, {'start': '673.839', 'end': '679.200', 'text': 'right? Or um go deep on the things that'}, {'start': '677.440', 'end': '682.079', 'text': "really affect people's pocketbooks,"}, {'start': '679.200', 'end': '685.600', 'text': 'right? So the economy, social security,'}, {'start': '682.079', 'end': '687.200', 'text': 'healthcare, uh you know, VA benefits. So'}, {'start': '685.600', 'end': '689.360', 'text': 'one of those two, one of those two'}, {'start': '687.200', 'end': '691.360', 'text': 'categories are to me the place where'}, {'start': '689.360', 'end': '693.519', 'text': "people should go deep. And you can't"}, {'start': '691.360', 'end': '695.360', 'text': "tune out. I it's it it feels comforting"}, {'start': '693.519', 'end': '697.680', 'text': 'to stop reading the news and not be'}, {'start': '695.360', 'end': '699.760', 'text': "engaged. But I will just tell you as I'm"}, {'start': '697.680', 'end': '704.240', 'text': 'the youngest Democratic female senator'}, {'start': '699.760', 'end': '707.240', 'text': "right now and I wouldn't be here."}, {'start': '704.240', 'end': '707.240', 'text': 'Clap'}, {'start': '709.560', 'end': '715.200', 'text': 'And I I just have to say like if'}, {'start': '712.800', 'end': '716.560', 'text': 'previous generations had given up and'}, {'start': '715.200', 'end': '718.320', 'text': "been like, you know, it's really hard"}, {'start': '716.560', 'end': '721.040', 'text': 'right now. Like think of the women who'}, {'start': '718.320', 'end': '723.279', 'text': 'fought for a hundred years to allow me'}, {'start': '721.040', 'end': '725.120', 'text': "to get to this spot. Like we don't have"}, {'start': '723.279', 'end': '727.120', 'text': 'the right to tune out when previous'}, {'start': '725.120', 'end': '730.600', 'text': 'generations fought and fought and'}, {'start': '727.120', 'end': '730.600', 'text': 'fought. So,'}, {'start': '733.519', 'end': '738.720', 'text': 'if if you tuned out after the election'}, {'start': '736.079', 'end': '740.399', 'text': 'for a week, okay, time to tune back in.'}, {'start': '738.720', 'end': '742.000', 'text': "Shit's getting real. So, uh, Senator"}, {'start': '740.399', 'end': '745.160', 'text': 'Alyssa Slacken, thank you very much for'}, {'start': '742.000', 'end': '745.160', 'text': 'being here.'}]