00:07So as they say in my church, protocol has already been established.
00:12But all I want to ask, is Brooklyn in the house?
00:15No.
00:16Okay.
00:17Brooklyn what?
00:18Brooklyn Center.
00:19Brooklyn Center.
00:20Yay.
00:21Okay.
00:22I'm home.
00:23Yay.
00:25I come from New York and I've come here today because individuals cry in my arms each and
00:40every day in my beloved Brooklyn.
00:43Immigrants who are concerned about their family being separated.
00:48Individuals who are concerned about whether or not their spouses are going to come home,
00:51whether or not they're going to be deported in the absence of due process.
00:57Individuals who have lost jobs, who don't know whether or not they're going to be able
01:01to pay their mortgage or their rent.
01:05Veterans who have served our country mightily.
01:08Law enforcement officers who grants have been cut because all of us engage in drug interdiction.
01:17We all know about opioids.
01:20We know about fentanyl, and then there's a new drug out there called xylosine.
01:25I see it each and every day.
01:27I see seniors, because I love my seniors, who are concerned about the privatization
01:33of social security.
01:39And people concerned about Medicaid, who rely upon Medicaid each and every day.
01:47And so just like one of my sheroes, Barbara Jordan, I have my faith in the Constitution
01:53as whole.
01:55It's complete.
01:57And I'm not going to sit idly by and allow this government to diminish our Constitution,
02:05to diminish our freedoms, our liberty.
02:09Not now, not ever.
02:10I've got a lot of fight in me.
02:20I come from a humble family, and I'm not afraid.
02:24Individuals have come up to me in New York and all across, and they've said, Tish, aren't
02:28you afraid?
02:29And the answer is, I'm more concerned about individuals who are losing all of their benefits.
02:34I'm going to be all right, because I've got righteousness on my side.
02:38I've got Americans on my side.
02:40I've got individuals who believe in freedom, who believe in liberty, who believe in the
02:46rule of law, who believe in our Constitution, that are prepared to stand up and fight back.
02:54And now, what Democrats need to do is have some steel in their backbone and stand up
03:02and fight back.
03:04We're all in this together, united as one.
03:08Let us all stand up, fight back, and protect this democracy now and for always.
03:16God bless you.
