in illinois. and dr. willy wilson who s running against dick durbin for the senate. dr. wilson. it s great to see you. and jesus, thank you for being here. [ applause ] dr. wilson, your story like so many of these stories is both so inspiring and tragic. you ve gone into business and done fabulously well, you worked your tail off, incredible work. and your son, omar, was tragically shot and killed within 24 hours of being released from prison. now, you didn t even want to bail them out. but eventually you relented. he was released from prison, 24 hours later, he was dead. you named your business after him. omar medical supplies. and you re here today to tell us what can we do and what can you do and others in the business community to try to give these kids a way out of the life of
crime is disproportionately affecting the minority communities. i think dr. wilson is getting at that as well. what could be done, what could you do as a latino, a republican, wants to get to politics. this is a democrat state. run by democrats. been run by democrats for decades and decades in chicago. right. so republicans in the city of chicago are few. what i would like to encourage the new mayor is to come and speak to us because we are in these communities, we re being affected by crime we re getting affectled by the high taxes and the corruption going on. we may be a small number, but we are a constituency that have ideas, right? with limited government, we believe in low taxes, like dr. wilson said. we need economic opportunities. that s what s missing from the democratic platform. we need jobs. laura: all right, guys, thank you so much for your perspective.
he s also running for republica board committeemen. and dr. willy wilson who s running against dick durbin fork the senate. dr. wilson. it s great to see you. [ applause ] dr. wilson, your story like so many of these stories is both so inspiring and tragic. you ve gone into business and done fabulously well, you worked your tail off, incredible work. and your son, omar, was tragically shot and killed within 24 hours of being released from prison. now, you didn t even want to bail them out. but eventually you relented. he was released from prison, 24 hours later, he was dead. you named your business after him. omar medical supplies. and you re here today to tell us what can we do and what can you do and others in the business community to try to give these kids a way out of the life of drugs and gangs?