[applause] please welcome our county chair. Hello, iowa. Fellow democrats from across america. All 50 states of america, welcome to polk county. Celebration for our Democratic Party. Together, we will get to meet 17 candidates who are leading a conversation about the future of our party and our country. One of these 17 people will be our next president. They say bad weather brings good luck, and it rained like heck at last years steak fry, and then we won back the congress. I hope the weather we have today is going to win us back the white house next year. Before we get started, please join me in welcoming the elected officials and candidates who are here today. Usually, we read all their names at our events, but obviously this is a little bit eager, so we are not going to go through all hundred of them. Please join me in welcoming them here today. Welcoming join me in five of our newer steak fry leaders. Lindsay paulson and peter crane are our steak fry chairs. Our executive director
County democratic steak fry. We are going to show you some of the comments now beginning with Michael Bennet and former hud secretary, julian cstrastro. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Family here today, iowa democrats, if we do our job, 400 days from today, we can send donald trump back to maralago long,d, and end, the National Nightmare we are facing and save our democracy. I am Michael Bennet and it is great to be here. Thank you. [cheers and applause] i am not a career politician. I was in business saving jobs and then was the superintendent of the Denver Public schools, a large, urban School District where most of the kids live in poverty but have the exact same dreams as my kids. I have been in the Senate Facing tough elections in a purple state. 10 years ago, when i got back to washington, i thought what i would find is the bedrock of our democracy. The government of the people, by the people, and for the people. And instead, what i found was steve king. And mitch mcconnell. Characters
States, keeping the soviet union out. This is just under an hour. This is a political protest. Theelcome to the stage, president of prochoice america. [applause] good morning washington. [applause] we are joined by cities saynd the country today to one message of, we object. We object. [applause] to trumps agenda. We object to the people he is putting in place to do nothing but a search his agenda. We certainly object to a lifetime of appointments of put into place by a president under investigation cruising with russia. We object. We object. We object. [applause] story. Tell you about a i was sitting in the hearing of neil gorsuch a couple weeks ago when my phone started going off. It was my staff telling me that jim comey had just confirmed , who issident trump currently under investigation with russia, and i could not believe that to the same senate who said, our president obama as not legitimate to nominate Supreme Court justice, was moving forward with hearings for someone who was
The coalition of civil Rights Groups held a rally in washington, d. C. , over the weekend to oppose the nomination of neil gorsuch to the Supreme Court. They called the gathering the peoples filibuster. Hawaii senator mazie hirono is a member of the Senate Judiciary committee was among those who spoke at the rally. About 50 minutes. Good morning, washington. Were joined by cities all over the country today. Were getting together to say one loud message of we object. We object we object to trumps agenda. We object to the people he is putting in place to do nothing but assert his agenda. And we certainly object to a lifetime appointment of a justice put in place by a president under investigation for collusion with russia. We object, we object, we object. Cheers and applause] i was sitting in the hearing of neil gorsuch a couple weeks ago when my phone started going off and it was my staff telling me hat jim comey had just confirmed that President Trump was currently under investigation
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