00:00We ran Pete Hecks.
00:01We...
00:08In the minority,
00:11we ran Pam Bondi out of town.
00:16And in the majority,
00:19I said in the majority,
00:21I said in the majority,
00:24one of the first things we're going to do
00:26is run Pete Hecks out of town.
00:30Are you ready to send Elaine Lauria
00:33back to the United States Congress?
00:37Are you ready to fire Jen Kiggins?
00:42Are you ready for us to take back our country?
00:47And are you ready for Democrats
00:49to take back control
00:51of the United States House of Representatives?
00:56What an honor and a privilege
00:57to be here in Virginia Beach,
01:00to be back in the Commonwealth.
01:01So thankful for all of you
01:05out here supporting
01:07an extraordinary public servant.
01:09I'm so appreciative of Elaine.
01:13Thankful for her heart,
01:15for her soul,
01:17for her courage,
01:18for her compassion,
01:20for her commitment,
01:21for her intellect,
01:23for her integrity,
01:25for her patriotic service
01:27to this country.
01:30And in three days,
01:31with your support,
01:33the next congresswoman
01:35from Virginia's
01:352nd Congressional District.
01:41And of course,
01:42it's great to be here
01:43with so many distinguished elected officials
01:45and with two of my good friends,
01:49Congressman Bobby Scott
01:50and Speaker Don Scott.
01:56I'm here with the Scott Caucus, y'all.
01:59But I'm so appreciative
02:01of their friendship,
02:03their partnership,
02:04and their leadership.
02:06All of us standing here
02:09just three days
02:11from Election Day,
02:12the last day to early vote,
02:14and we want to make sure
02:15that we turn everyone out
02:17to vote early today.
02:19And in three days
02:21from Election Day,
02:23although I also refer to
02:25November 3rd
02:26not simply as Election Day,
02:29but as Judgment Day.
02:32Because in three days,
02:34the American people
02:36are going to judge
02:38these MAGA extremists
02:39and run them out of town
02:42for what they've done.
02:44to our economy,
02:46to our military,
02:47to our families,
02:48our farmers,
02:50and to the American people
02:51all across the country.
02:53Judgment Day.
02:55Now what's extraordinary to me
02:57is that all of these folks,
03:00they promised,
03:02these Republicans,
03:03they promised that
03:04they were going to lower costs
03:05on day one.
03:07But because of their policies,
03:09costs having gone down,
03:11costs have gone up.
03:13These are folks
03:14who promised
03:15that they were going to
03:16love and cherish Medicaid.
03:19That's what they said.
03:21And then turn around
03:22and enact the largest cut
03:23to Medicaid
03:24in American history.
03:26These folks,
03:27they promised that
03:28they weren't going to use
03:29your taxpayer dollars
03:31to get us involved
03:33in another endless war
03:35in the Middle East.
03:36and then turned around
03:38and got us involved
03:39in a reckless
03:40and costly
03:41war of choice in Iran.
03:42They've left behind
03:43a graveyard
03:45of broken promises.
03:48It's extraordinary
03:50to see.
03:51For two years,
03:52the American people
03:53have been wondering,
03:54were they lying
03:55or are they just incompetent?
04:00I've come to the conclusion
04:01it's all of the above.
04:03All of the above.
04:06Graveyard
04:08of broken promises.
04:10And so the stakes
04:11are very clear.
04:12We can either have
04:13more of the same
04:16extremism,
04:17attacks on our economy,
04:19our health care,
04:20on families and farmers
04:21and others
04:21or we can have
04:23a dramatic change
04:24in direction.
04:26And when you vote
04:27for Elaine Loria,
04:29that represents
04:29a dramatic change
04:31in direction
04:32for this great country.
04:35Because Elaine,
04:39Elaine is going to fight
04:41for an affordable America.
04:43She's going to fight
04:44to drive down
04:45the high cost of living.
04:47Elaine believes,
04:48we all believe,
04:49in this great country
04:50that when you work hard
04:52and play by the rules,
04:54you should be able
04:56to live
04:56an affordable life,
04:58a comfortable life
05:00and a good life.
05:02That's a good paying job,
05:04good housing,
05:06good health care,
05:07a good education
05:08for your children
05:09and when it's all said
05:11and done,
05:12a good retirement.
05:13That's the American dream
05:15and Elaine Loria
05:16and House Democrats
05:17are going to fight
05:19hard to revive it.
05:22here in Virginia Beach,
05:24across the Commonwealth
05:26and all throughout America.
05:29We want to restore
05:30the promise of America
05:31to make sure that
05:33when someone is sick
05:36or a family member
05:38or a loved one
05:38is sick,
05:39that they can afford
05:40to go see a doctor
05:42when they need one.
05:44We're going to protect,
05:46not attack,
05:48social security
05:49and Medicare
05:50because those aren't
05:52entitlement programs,
05:53those are earned benefits
05:55and we're going to work hard
05:56to make sure
05:57that everybody in America
06:00can keep them.
06:03So life is way too expensive.
06:05We're committed as Democrats
06:07to driving down
06:08the high cost of living,
06:10driving down
06:10the price of housing
06:13and gasoline
06:14and healthcare
06:16and groceries
06:16and goods
06:18so that everybody
06:20has an opportunity
06:22to live the American dream,
06:25to live an affordable
06:26and comfortable life
06:28in the face of all
06:30that we've seen.
06:32That's the affordability agenda
06:35and we're going to lean into it
06:37every single day.
06:39We have the opportunity
06:40to serve you.
06:42Now,
06:43it's interesting
06:44to me that Jen Kiggins,
06:46she's voted
06:47with Donald Trump
06:48100% of the time.
06:52Here's the thing, Jen.
06:54As members of Congress,
06:55we don't work for Donald Trump.
06:57We don't work
06:59for J.D. Vance.
07:00We don't work
07:02for Elon Musk.
07:03We don't work
07:04for your billionaire donors.
07:06We work for all of you,
07:07the American people.
07:09And that's what
07:10Elaine Loria
07:11is going to do
07:14every step of the way.
07:17Work for all of you,
07:18the American people.
07:20Now, as Elaine indicated,
07:22she recognizes
07:23that Congress,
07:25we have a constitutional
07:26responsibility
07:27to serve
07:29as a check
07:29and balance
07:30on and out of control
07:33executive branch.
07:34That's not a partisan thing.
07:36That's a patriotic thing.
07:38We want to make sure
07:39for Democrats,
07:40for independents,
07:41and for Republicans,
07:43for everybody,
07:44that we deliver
07:45a government
07:46of the people,
07:47by the people,
07:48and for the people.
07:49That's what we're going
07:50to work hard
07:51to achieve.
07:56And that's why
07:57we've made clear
07:58in the face of all
07:59of the corruption
08:01and extremism
08:02and law-breaking
08:04and norm-breaking
08:05that we've seen
08:06here in America
08:07over the last two years
08:10that in the new Congress,
08:11beginning on day one,
08:12we're going to hold
08:13the crooks accountable.
08:22And I've got to tell you,
08:23House Democrats,
08:24we don't just talk
08:25about it,
08:25we've been about it.
08:26In the minority,
08:28we ran Christy Noem
08:30out of town.
08:33In the minority,
08:35we ran Pete Hex.
08:37We...
08:44In the minority,
08:47we ran Pam Bondi
08:49out of town.
08:52And in the majority,
08:55I said in the majority,
08:57I said in the majority,
09:00one of the first things
09:01we're going to do
09:02is run Pete Hex out
09:03of town.
09:09For all the damage
09:10that you've done
09:12to our military families,
09:15treating them
09:16with disrespect
09:17as opposed to
09:19lifting them up.
09:20That's why I'm so thankful
09:21for Elaine
09:22because she understands
09:23that for all of our
09:24men and women in uniform,
09:26our military families
09:27and our veterans,
09:28they need to be treated
09:30at all times
09:31with dignity and respect
09:32and that's exactly
09:33what we're going to do.
09:39And so as I close,
09:42so thankful for all of you
09:44being here
09:44and urging each
09:46and every one of you
09:46to continue to work
09:47as hard as you can
09:48over these next three days
09:49to talk to every family member,
09:52every friend,
09:54every neighbor,
09:55every co-worker,
09:56every voter
09:58about the importance
09:59of this election.
10:00And you can say to them
10:02that when things change,
10:04when the American people
10:06give us an opportunity
10:07to work on their behalf
10:10in the majority,
10:10we're going to fight hard
10:12each and every day
10:13for an affordable America.
10:15We're going to fight hard
10:16each and every day
10:19until we can reverse
10:21the Medicaid cuts
10:22that have been jammed
10:23down the throats
10:23of the American people.
10:26We're going to fight hard
10:27each and every day
10:28to extend the Affordable Care Act
10:30tax credits.
10:32We're going to fight hard
10:33each and every day
10:34to end this reckless
10:35and costly war of choice
10:37in Iran.
10:41And we're going to fight hard
10:42to make sure
10:44that it's the American people
10:45who have the opportunity
10:46to decide
10:47who serves in government
10:49on their behalf.
10:51Which is why
10:52we're going to make sure
10:53that we pass
10:54as soon as we can
10:55the John Robert Lewis
10:57Voting Rights Advancement Act
10:58so we can end the era
11:00of voter suppression
11:02in the United States of America
11:04once and for all.
11:08That's what we're going to do
11:11in the majority.
11:13And so three days
11:14to knock on every door,
11:17talk to every voter,
11:20and turn everyone out.
11:22And as we continue
11:23to do that,
11:24I'm confident
11:25in showing the courage
11:27and the character
11:27and the conviction
11:28of those upon whose shoulders
11:30that we stand.
11:32That we will do
11:33what's necessary
11:34to show up
11:35and stand up
11:36and speak up
11:37to make this country
11:38the best version
11:39of herself.
11:41And over these next three days
11:43as we run
11:43through the finish line,
11:44I'm confident
11:45we win the day,
11:46we win the week,
11:47we win the month,
11:48we win the year,
11:49we win the hearts
11:50and minds
11:50of the American people
11:51and then with your support,
11:53we send Elaine Lauria
11:55back to the United States Congress
11:57and together
11:58we take back control
12:01of the House of Representatives.
12:03God bless you,
12:04God bless Elaine,
12:06God bless the Commonwealth,
12:08God bless the United States
12:09of America.
