that could ever happen. i won t be on their sides there, you can believe that. commissioner, you ve described your opponent as having been everything but a baptist preacher, at one point having been a liberal democrat and now something quite different. for a national audience that s learning about your race for the first time, who s being introduced to you for the first time, how would you describe your own politics? obviously, you re running statewide in a red state that did just elect a democratic governor, but also picked donald trump by a large margin. how would you describe yourself in terms of how you fit on the ideological number line, if you do? well, when it comes to people, aisle on their side, when it comes to consumers, i m on their side. i took on the utility companies and made them reduce their rate of return on their profit. i ve been on the side of consumers all my life. so when it comes to consumers, i am to the left of the center. when it comes to money, sometimes
life. i wear that badge very proudly. i am very waging the minimum wage. i want to make sure that women have equal pay and i want to do everything i can to help this great state of louisiana and our country. people will be proud if i m in the united states senate. i ll never vote to do anything but help social security. and i ll never vote to privatize medicare. that would be the worst thing that could ever happen. i won t be on their sides there, you can believe that. commissioner, you ve described your opponent as having been everything but a baptist preacher, at one point having been a liberal democrat and now something quite different. for a national audience that s learning about your race for the first time, who s being introduced to you for the first time, how would you describe your own politics? obviously, you re running statewide in a red state that did just elect a democratic governor, but also picked donald trump by a large margin. how would you describe yourself in terms
talk about substantive issues. we talk about the fights that are coming up. because we have to be ready to mobilize on specif issues when the time comes. we re not going to fight every issue every minute of every day. we re going to be smart, we re going to be organized, we re going to use our time and our talents in a strategic and careful way, but we are going to fight back. we are not turning this country over to what donald trump has sold. we are just not. we re now seeing, including tonight, big, vocal protests and they re pretty spontaneous. yep. nobody planned on donald trump being president anywhere in the ideological number line but people who were upset about it by the thousands turned out last night and by the thousands are turning out tonight. we re seeing huge numbers of people in baltimore tonight and some other cities. do you think that is healthy. do you support those protests? do you encourage people to
talents in a strategic and careful way, but we are going to fight back. we are not turning this country over to what donald trump has sold. we are just not. we re now seeing, including tonight, big, vocal protests and they re pretty spontaneous. yep. nobody planned on donald trump being president anywhere in the ideological number line but people who were upset about it by the thousands turned out last night and by the thousands are turning out tonight. we re seeing huge numbers of people in baltimore tonight and some other cities. do you think that is healthy. do you support those protests? do you encourage people to protest? people are upset and they re right to be upset. this is our country, and people have a right to have their voices heard. what happened on tuesday, we could let our country head in that direction, in the direction that donald trump offered in his
issue every minute of every day. we re going to be smart, we re going to be organized, we re going to use our time and our talents in a stregic and fight back. over to whahat donald trump has sold. we re now seeing, including tonight, big, v vocal protestsnd they re pretty spontaneous. yep. trump being presint anywhere in the ideological number line but people who were upset about it by the thousands turned out last night and by the thohoands are turning outtonight. we re seeing huge numbersrs of people in baltimore tonight and some other cities. do you think tha is healthy. do you support those protests? do you encourage people to protest? rit t to be upset. this is our country, and people have a right to have tir voices heard.