true, extreme activist court to roll back a key protection against discriminating our community, is shameful. i think this is a very dark day for our community. congressman, you were one of 13 members of congress out of 535 who are openly members of the lgbtq+ community according to pew research center, and you ve talked about how your community feels under attack. what are you and your colleagues doing to prioritize lgbtq rights, especially given today s decision? i mean, i think a couple of things. first, we ve got to be crystal clear about what happened. we have an activist supreme court installed by donald trump and mitch mcconnell, when we elect extremists like donald trump to the presidency, we are going to get extremist courts. the very first thing that we need to do is ensure that we continue to push and ensure that we elect people that are going to elect fair courts. that are going to push forward.
swing based on my policies that have made people change their mind. for me, what i look at, is there a platform that i can articulate on the major issues of this country like the deficit, immigration, the rising threat of china, that can inspire people to vote for someone who articulates what they are for instead of what often times they are hearing what they are against. sandra: interesting. that address is 535, and he s not very trumpy, and mayor struggles to gain national recognition. how can you overcome that? we have to make the national debate on august 23rd. millions of people, millions of eyeballs on the debate, that s our focus, getting the 40,000 contributions, the 200 from 20 states and getting enough in the polling to make that stage. i visited new hampshire, iowa,
shocking that was written on a cocktail napkin. 21 the average american contains 2 pont 5 gallons of ethuntil i continue is crazy. become then we say i m drinkingil have my arm amputated. i know. now it is i drink a transgender influence or my beer can. works out to 535 drinks i wherever what is making americans thirsty besides numbing the pain knowing you will die alone? [laughter]. why do you come on the show? obviously we know the pandemic got people booze and people drink more during stress. moms with kids under 5 up the booze by 325% in 2020.
more shocking that report was awritten on a cocktail napkin. 2021 the average american consumes 2.1 gallons of ethanol compared to 2.53 in 1860. it s crazy. at least back then we could say i m drinking h because i m abou to have my arm amputated. now it s like drink because of transgender influencer is all my beer can.it works out. 535 drinks a year but what s making americans so inthirsty nobesides numbing the pain of knowing you will die alone? [laughter] why do you come on the show? obviously we know the pandemic got people boozing more often oo and people tend to drink more during stressful times moms with kids under five increase their booze consumption by 325 percent in
and he also unlawfully removed it. in the case of president trump, he willfully retained the information, and then he s alleged to have obstructed justice in trying to get those documents back. what goes through my mind is you just don t see many members of congress implicated in these types of scandals. the main reason being that with us when we view classified information, it has to be in a secure facility. it s usually in hard copy only, and guards are actually watching over our shoulders as we view the information. and then we have to return it once we finish. and so what s going through my mind is if we re able to successfully make sure that 535 members of congress don t get implicated in these types of situations, why can t we do the same with others. and so we have to review the way in which classified information is treated and handled.