00:00I also stand here as the first Indian American mayor in our city's history and my mother's
00:06family is all still in India and the vision of India that I was taught by my family and
00:14the one that I grew up being very familiar with was of a pluralistic society, of a secular
00:20republic that believed in the belonging of each and every person who was from India and
00:27it has been incredibly troubling to see the rise of a movement that is predicated on an
00:33exclusionary vision of any country, frankly. And so it is one that I find myself in deep
00:39opposition to, not only as an Indian American, but also as the mayor of a city that believes
00:44deeply in the belonging of each and every person, no matter their color, their creed, their
00:49religion, their faith, wherever they're from. I don't support the rally, but I don't know
00:53if the city has any jurisdiction on canceling a private event.
