Strategy and his position on various policy issues. Hello, everybody. It is great to be in nevada. I said it right. This is the fourth or fifth city fewave been in in the last days since announcing. It has been an exciting entry into the race. I have been meeting some wonderful people and getting tough questions from you and others. The welcome has been very warm. A terrific field. Talentedf marvelously and in many cases friends. And everyone of them great public servants. Im hoping to have the chance to compete in every state and speak to every voter. We were delighted that in the first couple of hours of the website going up, we had volunteers identical identify themselves from every one of the 50 states and we look forward to leveraging that kind of engagement right through the primary. Like to be here so thank you for taking the early because i think i am the last one to speak and you will probably be ready to end your day by then. Questions . Great. How do you navigate a field this large especially coming in late . Not going to get into the strategy but first of all, i would have come in a year ago. That was the plan. Two weeks before we were ready to launch, my wife was diagnosed with uterine cancer. I am really grateful to be able to say that she is cancer free today. Justtill thought i might get behind another candidate or wait for the nominate but i had so much encouragement from so many quarters and in some ways the most moving kind of encouragement comes from people inever met who just wased hard at whether there a path. I am confident there is a path. Everywhere i have been, i have been assured that there is a path and we will be building over time but not much time. We want to be respectful of everyone and we want to be respectful of the process. Maybe annt to say opportunity to make another point. I want folks to know that from my perspective, voters and citizens are not just important in the states or the contests that political people think of and talk about as important. Is an opportunity to bring people together. I have lived a life and a profession that has been about that first of all, i think that the requirements for participating in the debate are important and im going to be trying to meet those requirements just as quickly as possible. What i said and i said only half facetiously. Im watching the debates. I have also commented on the air. Es on the im not sure its something you aspire to because the asmat is really, really hard a means to communicate with the public. Ill just give you one example. Every candidate in the committed to ve, delivering universal care eaning healthcare that is affordable and accessible to every citizen in the united states. Not. Ther side is thats the issue. What the means are to get there been talking about in the debate and that is but at the end of the day, what folks understand, is yone should understand that we have all committed to that is at a priority, the right priority and i will im the that i think only one who actually delivered 98 of our o over residents in massachusetts. Opponents try r to figure out the obama legacy, kind ofthe best case to carry the obama mantle and coalition again, why person, do you t apparent . Elf as heir president obama was a friend a long time before he was in any public office. I supported him from the beginning and right through and i also think that something demands different from whomever our next and will get from me. Think that we have an incredibly exciting level of in big ideas, ideas commensurate with the size of face fromnges that we limate change to, you know, what the tax system would look like. In order to deliver on an agenda ambitious as that, we have to leave room for people who may different point of view bout how to accomplish those in. Ectives, to bring others o the changes we make and having driven a change agenda in a different kind of crisis, crisis, in a different kind of environment, state, not to bring , you need other people in in order to make changes last as far as leadership. I have tried governor, can we get your mayor bloomberg drawing back his support on the policies . Good. To compete in all 50 deadline u missed the arkansas, youre not on the primary ballot. Practical e the i get nd a get that and i respect that. That doesnt mean im going to and arkansas. Ell have the presence on the ground as we can. Growing up on the south side of chicago, we were made to feel important if at all at campaign and not inbetween. And i think there are people who unseen and tant and unheard all over the country in quarters. Of you shouldnt have to depend on a campaign. Im developing ways together sure those to make folks feel they are heard and president , they will be seen and heard. Is it propose for president a to do fundraisers i appreciate youre asking the question but im not going answer are you worried that emocrats think youll be beholden and rich people . Im not going to talk about democrats. Why . Because im going to talk may. Me, if i ook, i have never taken a job, i have never taken a dime where to or was i had to. Ing we have a broken election system of being washed in that. I get that is one of the things i change, the policy platform were rolling out the next couple of weeks. Meantime, yeah, i mean, we would be orld taking small dollar contributions exclude civil. First ber when i ran the time, i aheaded asking people money. But i remember when we were we got ahe first time, check in the mail, thats a few 5 with a handwritten who said this ne is all as i can afford. Much as i can, as i can. Trying to do for us. T was so important to be reminded its not just the mighty, but getting everyone everywhere is the responsibility job. Aking on the would you discourage your to orters from donating super pac . There are no hope super pac, if there is a super is organized, i would certainly hope at a minimum. Disclosure of transparency. And until i get to know you a little better, some of your first names. Will you able to is a f the long shot bid success or a wouldnt be on it. Ill put it this way. I have been dealing with my whole life and if i had gotten it a year ago, you ask questions why should folks were skeptical. We have to prove that not just you, but to voters. Just that. O do how soon no, i understand your i understand your question. Ell get to that deadline and then i dont meet, the measure of success, ok, he is done. Not going to do that. And im going to be, were going intentional, i am not interested and by the way, i cant imagine interested in going through this at all, the demands of the candidate and the people who think round if i didnt this was for real. I will respect that you are skeptical skeptical. When i prove you otherwise, i you will respect that you are wrong . To commit to anything. There is a colleague of yours who was just expressing about being in the race at all but i think if you my experience in massachusetts, we a highly and intentionally settled team of seniors. Im not going to do it by the but im very, very talentted in encouraging is h i know rises and available in every Single Community in the country. Governor, sharon from reuters. I was wondering if you can talk a little more specificity of what you thought as been missing from the discussions so far and what propelled you . I wanted to get in a year go, just about now and i explained the reason why i didnt. Feel a sent of what the was going to be even then. Candidates have been friends of mine, we have been talking about it. So its not its not a sort field. Tration with the its about what i think i can offer. Solve problems in the private sector, public profit and for profits in this country and all over the world. Great lesson of living the american team, having grown in poverty in chicago. Great opportunities and i have that green constrained perspective of having hose different assignments and solve problems in those different assignments and at the watching the path the available to de me, and generations since. We ve some ideas about how restore that and how important for that we restore that everybody and not just for some. Point i of that, the was trying to make earlier, to i think we have to be open right from the Start Campaign to he people these ideas may not be ours meaning me, not them. When a her we should accomplish, universe alhealth their in one way. Nd only i should be as those tables, legalistic way to accomplish for what should be all of us, ambitious. Youre in las vegas right now. Thoughts on the decriminalization . I know dont know, robust debate in amsterdam. Thank you. Thank you, massachusetts is in the house, all right. To be in nevada thank you, Nevada Democrats for having me. To tell you, its a little strange to be in a hall every other candidate but ine has a cheering section already organized. I want to say, first of all, to fellow candidates how much i appreciate and respect them and ow much i appreciate and respect all of you who have been supporting them. First time i ran, the first time i ran for governor was the irst time i had run for anything. I remember just being blown away how people set aside what take up your and cause. You are the ones who make our democracy work. I want to acknowledge that and thank you. I have a chance tonight to introduce myself and maybe ill that you can so get home because events like fabulous, as good as they are, but i still believe the day they d begin. Let me just say i grew up on the chicago. E of i spent a lot of time in massachusetts but started on the side of chicago. My family in a lot of time ent, a on welfare. From the top bunk to the bottom bunk to the floor. Underresourced, sometimes violent public schools, but know what, my used to tell us never say youre poor. Because were broke broke is temporary. Time for all of the things we didnt have where we strong sense of community. Because in those days, every the jurisdiction of every single adult on the block. If you messed up down the street in front of miss jones she would as if she your head was yours and call home and you would get it two times. Think what those adults were trying to teach us is membership in the community is you have a in your neighbors dreams and struggles as well as your own. Lesson they tried to get across to us is one that every single one of us has grandparents ur and that is that we in our time supposed to do what we can to leave things better for those who come behind us. Hose two lessons of community and of generational esponsibility, those two lessons i brought with me through the ivy league, through as a civil rights lawyer, through my work as a head ss executive and as of the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department in the linton administration, those two lessons of community and generational responsibility i with me through my work as governor of massachusetts for by the way, the first democratic governor in 16 in massachusetts and the first africanamerican governor in massachusetts history. [cheers and applause] generational nd responsibility, thats what i rought to my work as governor and because of those values and team guided by those values, im proud to report that after eight years of hard work and building, massachusetts emerged from recession number ne in the nation in student achievement, number one in the nation in healthcare coverage, 98 of massachusetts residents ave health insurance, no other state in america can yet claim hat, number one in america investment services, in entrepreneurial activity, in efficiency, we shape our thinking about the stake we have in our neighbors doing and struggles and what we could to bear our generational responsibility. We didnt achieve those results moderate t or with a ambitioust by setting goals and asking our neighbors ofturn to each other instead on each other. I am a proud democrat and im democrats, but i have to tell you sometimes on my last nerve. Anyway, or a long time, the first ones to believe the republican talking point. Lot of us, a whole lot of you thankfully have that fever. But if we want to make change to talk to we have everybody. The folks in this room and the friends, your neighbors, your coworkers, that youre about to have thanksgiving dinner with and most of all, we need to be talk to people who us. T already agree with why . The model of e politics that you have to agree before we everything Work Together on everything. Thats what it takes to build a National Community. That National Community is what it will take to bear our responsibilities. So i am going to campaign hard. m going to roll out and opportunity agenda, a reform genda and a democracy agenda over the course of the next couple of weeks, but im also listening, listening used toay Louis Pasteur describe it, learning to listen o anything without losing my temper or selfconfidence. Sometimes i find you learn you. Gs that surprise and ill leave you with this. 2014 we had a crisis at our little like the one we have today, thousands of children, some as young as 2 and 3 years old across the border fleeing violence in their home countries central america. And the federal authorities were and the Obama Administration asked a few we would shelter while they are processed under the refugee laws. Pretty hat was a straightforward decision for patriotic reasons and frankly for reasons of faith. Country has given refuge to ulnerable children for centuries, for centuries. We time we didnt when turned jewish children back and ts been a blight on our National Character and reputation ever since. Remember tant to america is great when we are good. Tradition also teechedz welco teaches me that you welcome the stranger. E treat each other the way we want to be treated. Even so, i have been called verything but a child of god when i announced what our decision would be, that we would offer welcome. And you can imagine, i was called everything but a child of media and hate radio. So the saturday after i made public, i had an know, sort of easy schedule and it was a morning and my wife of 35 years diane gave me a from the ings to get home depot. It apparently is true that you annot be elected to an office high enough not to be sent with 35 st from your wife of years. Where everything was at the local home depot, im going slip out and grab things without telling the troopers who didnt like that when i did that. Flipflops irt and and baseball class and dark glasses. I jumped in the truck and i was the manager in the very first aisle, he said, governor, how me to the home depot, can i help you . I was standing in the checkout man in the re was a checkout lane who was very angry and he told me so. Not threatening, but angry, he said, governor, i could not disagree with your more. On he said my own wife came here thats exactly how it should be and i think you hould know im wrong and i thanked him for his feedback. It wouldnt have done to engage about how being a refugee is, in fact, legal, i just thanked him and let it go. Now, i had six other encounters on he home depot that day the same subject and in every one of those someone whispered, governor, youre doing the right thing. Governor, thanks for looking out children. The calls to the office were two of three to one in favor sheltering those children. It struck me, we have learned to and to whisper our kindness and its completely upside down. We need to learn again to shout to shout our sense do that, wend if we will rebuild the character of know untry which you all is at stake today. Offer that as our part because i have learned over time and just through that example i offer you that every voice not just the ones who are shouting, but the ones who word. T said a not just the folks who agree ith us already, not just the pundits and the pollsters who important, but everyone everywhere and thats want to be clear with you, love you as a do as a democrat, not running to be president of the democrats. Im running to be president of the united states. And when i ask you to caucus for to understand im asking you caucus for you. Hank you very much for having me. Shopping and see whats now available at the cspan online store including new campaign 2020 hats. Rts, sweatshirts and go to cspanstore. Org and browse all of our products. Tuesday on cspan, the house eastern t 10 00 a. M. For general speeches with legislative business at noon. Short term a, a spending bill that would fund the federal government through december. On cspan 2, the senate is back at 10 00 a. M. Eastern to onsider judicial nominations for the 11th Circuit Court of aappeals. 3, the House Intelligence Committee continues impeachment inquiry with two public hearings. 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