I have been out here for the last few hours. My job is to give you the reasons you will take home and tell your family and friends why that guy with the funny last name is the right guy for our next president. The job of beating donald trump not going to be easy. Barack obama, Ronald Reagan were 42 and 43 respectively. Trump has the stronger economy. Focused to win back those states he took like pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan. I would argue if you go back and years, wethe last 120 have nevers never defeated an incumbent president with a sitting senator. With any senator. It has always been governors and former governors. Thats because governors have to make the final decision. We have to balance the budget. And when we propose solutions to our problem we have to make sure we know how we are going to pay for them. I got laid off in that long recession of the 1980s and had to reinvent myself as a brewpub owner. We worked with other businesses. Pretty soon we turned that area around. I got talked into running for mayor in 2003. I have never even run for student council, and i ran for a strong mayor see mayor seat. I made a commitment which i have never broken, i made sure i would only run positive campaigns. I wouldnt attack my opponents to try to bring them down. With 65 of the votes. We worked with the suburban mayors to create the most track in the united states. We have 34 mayors, republicans that support a fail tax increase. We also worked with everyone to do Major Police Reform with the independent monitor, created a civilian oversight commission. We doubled the diversity of the police force. We should all be asking why is it that five years after ferguson we dont have these best practices in every city in america . Then i got talked into running for governor. Frame out that this city of denver had been so at odds. Since aeen 120 years denver mayor had been elected governor. I got elected governor in 2010. We went to every county in the state. We would go from 40th in job creation to the number one economy in the country. Most importantly we have been one of the top three rural economies. We will have had abroad been in every city in the town and the entire state of colorado. Provide a tax incentive, its small. If you are a Small Business owner and start a Small Business in rural colorado, call it jumpstart, your business will pay no tax of any kind to the state of colorado and your employees will pay no tax of any kind. We do have this robust economy. We didnt stop there. We went out and worked to expand health care. We expanded reproductive rights. We provided every young woman who asks long acting reversible iuds, so they could decide when they would start a family. Later we reduced reduced unintended pregnancy by 54 . And have actually saved taxpayers money. Why is this happening across the country . We were the first state in america to take on methane. We were able to get the oil and gas industry. They dont like each other at all. This is a long negotiation that took 14 months. They are being rolled out as National Policy in canada. One of the things that drives me crazy about president trumps reckless and reckless isolationist Foreign Policy as he is reducing the number of diplomats. This is just what we need to lean into international engagement, right . This is why we need trade agreements that work. If we are going to address the cheating china does on international agreements, we are going to keep china from stealing International Property intellectual property. There is no example in history of a tariff that ever worked, neither side comes out any better. Is tariff wars are for losers. I think the president has to understand that. Im running for president because each one of these achievements, these these progressive achievements, we bring together. Didnt mother were matter whether it was republican or democrat, we got everyone to the table. Sometimes thats not going to work. After the shootings in the Aurora Movie Theater we had a dealing with the nra where they would not negotiate, they would not compromise one bit just trying to get universal background checks. We had a onevote majority in the state senate and we went ahead and push that through. I recognize sometimes you are not going to be able to get things done with people like mitch mcconnell. He doesnt seem to have any moral compass, any sense of judgment of what is good for his district or america. Sometimes youve got to do what youve got to do. We lost two senate votes. You talk about those state senators, they have never had a moment of moment of regret. We passed limited magazine capacities, and we just had red flag laws. As i said, i think the governor is going to be should be the next president of the united states. I realize there is a lot of disagreement. It is early in the campaign. I think its worth remembering that the governor is aware they actually get stuff done. Im the one person whos running who has actually done what everyone else is talking about. I created a thousand jobs. I understand what its like to make a payroll. I understand the innovation you have to learn to make a Small Business succeed. Was successful as a governor. We can bring people together and get stuff done. If we are going to address incredible inflation and health care, we are going to get universal coverage. Its going to take people working together. We are going to have to come together afterwards. Saidin iowa some people washington is too far gone. I tell this story again and again. Raised four of our kids by our by herself. You cannot control what life throws at you, but you can control whether it makes you orter or stronger, stronger weaker, better or worse. I think thats what we have to realize right now. Realize it is going to take more works more work, not less. I would tell my young volunteers to get them fired up, to energy ande their willingness to do all the work that you all have to do to be donald trump this next year, these next 18 months. I told the story about a professor at the university of wyoming. This is talking about the importance of using opposites to create emotional impacts. You have to talk about the agony, the ecstasy. You want people to feel despair and use joy in the same sentence. Said, what is the opposite of woe . In the back they said giddyup. Saying that when things look worse is when we have to work the hardest. What we are facing with Climate Change and the inflation health and workplace disruptions we are going to get from automation and artificial intelligence, we are going to have to do it together. I hope all of you will go home. And show those senators that the governors know some thing about getting stuff done. We have 10 minutes for questions, who wants a question . Trumps regime pa issued 30 finer reexam and yesterday. Trump has been doing this right from the beginning. They are not small refineries. They are owned by the Largest Corporation in the world. He is trying to eviscerate the ethanol industry. I give my pledge. Ais is important as Sustainable Energy source. Jobs in rural iowa and and rural america. Wewill never succeed unless reinvigorate the rural economy. Thats why we make sure we get broadband in every city in colorado. Copied i had this weird connection with iowa. Governort governor, and until 1970 u. S. Senator from iowa. Celebrate the quality of life in rural iowa. Tos a way for all people right across the eastern plane of all rado. They understand why in colorado it is about a dollar per person for your cell phone bill. Commercee chamber of and denver to make sure we have a strong real economy. Watere sure we kept more on the crop and livestock. What i do about the inflated military budget . Its long overdue we get a comprehensive reexamination. In business we are costly trying figure out how could i i try to do that as mayor and governor. Some of the costs when we fail diplomatically. Look at diet look at the iraq war. We want over 2 trillion. What have we gotten for it in terms of proving the world environment . Not much. Iraq and iran were about the same strength. We create an imbalance and the process is 2 trillion. Wehave to look at how allocate our resources in every case. Would you support a national mom making the mandate for all interns to receive 15 an hour . That is something the government has been the federal government has left to the states. The way change happen successfully whether we like it or not, states are the laboratory of democracy. Look at marijuana. Legalized marijuana. I post it when it was first on the ballot. I was worried about a spike in teenage consumption, people driving while high. We do a Public Health survey every year. There has been no spike in teenage consumption, in driving while high. The only spike has been senior citizens. Im not saying draw your own conclusions, but that should be a constituency supporting legalization. Now that we have legalization, we show they can work. The point are now at where the federal government should get out of our way. They should allow banks to provide Banking Services for legal marijuana. We should decertify it as a schedule one narcotics are finally the fda can begin doing , make sure there are no unintended side effects. These are all the proper roles of the federal government. We have an emerging industry. Some of the younger people would disagree. I dont think the federal government has to tell alabama they have to legalize it. Inn we repealed prohibition 19 33, the federal government told states they could make their decision. If you drive from denver down to dallas, texas, you will go through dry counties, counties where you cannot find any kind. We try to make sure in colorado everybody gets paid. Would you reverse the tax cuts, or are there you like . Trumpt i reverse all the tax cuts or what i keep some that i think are good for the economy . Hink its worth looking at tariffs are an increase at a price we pay for all things. The 800 for household tariffs is going to 1000, maybe 1200. There are about 100 when million households one hunter 25 million households in america. Thats 125 billion dollars we are all paying in higher price costs on the trump tax. The wealthiest individuals got almost exactly 1. 5 trillion tax. Are certain point people going to Start Connecting that. Need to lower Corporate Tax cuts. I do think we have to be able to compete on an international basis. I would go back on many of those tax cuts. My mom was diagnosed with early alzheimers dementia. What are your plans . Her mother passed early onset alzheimers. Everyone in this crowd know someone, either a Family Member or close friend who has gone through that. My dad got sick when i was five and died when i was eight of intentional intestinal cancer. He had 2. 5 years of incredible suffering. I recognize that. We have no easy way to ensure its close. When you talk to the Large Pharmaceutical Companies time is up. Can i have 60 seconds . Here is the trick, we cannot demonize the pharmaceutical company. We no longer can be the only country in the world that doesnt get volume discounts from drug companies. We have to figure out how we pay for it. By 2050 we will all be paying as trillion in todays dollars for the cost of medical cost and caregiving cost. Thatprobably had a job otherwise would have been paid for by the state. My health care solution, thats part of making sure we keep people in their or we subsidize and accommodate Family Members and close Family Friends who want to take care of their sick to desh sick loved ones. John hickenlooper, the former mayor of denver, he operated a restaurant. One of more than two dozen candidates vying for the president ial nomination. Many speaking this weekend at the iowa state fair. Senator bernie sanders, followed senator Elizabeth Warren and senator cory booker. From earlier today, from pennsylvania, former congressman , admiral joe sestak. The 5000 sailors, you know what their average age is . 19. 5. I also loved it because this. Ation of mine invested in me and it constantly trained me in andgrity values accountability in answering for oneself. They trained me for increasing positions also there. Send me first to Harvard University for a doctorate. Be able to understand how does this nation best need to peace andower for the prosperity and needs