nation primary on tuesday. >> nice to meet you. thank you. >> thank you. right back at you. >> this is the press line in the middle. >> good to know. yeah. thank you. [indiscernible] >> good evening, everybody. i'm here today to introduce tulsi gabbard. the reasons why i stand with tulsi are numerous and would take more time than i have to introduce her. so i'll start with what first drew me to tulsi in 2016, when i learned she was stepping down from her vice chair position at the d.n.c. in the midst of a presidential primary. tulsi giving up this position of power and visibility showed me her integrity, conviction, and backbone. any politician that was willing to put their career on the line and stand up to the d.n.c. and hillary clinton was a candidate i knew was fighting for the voters and our democracy while demonstrating deep morals and courage. [applause] thank you. that's for you ,tulsy. ulsi. her compassion, empathy, commitment to work for all citizens, and her creed, service above self, which she demonstrates by her love for others, her community, and her country, are the reasons why i volunteered for tulsi in january, 2019. tulsi is currently serving her fourth term in congress. she's a member of the homeland security, armed services, foreign affairs, and financial services committees. she has introduced and successfully passed many bills with bipartisan support. congresswoman gabbard is also a major in the army national guard and has served for 16 years, deploying twice to the middle east. tulsi's personal qualities, her skill set, experiences, and temperament are what makes her uniquely qualified to be our next president, someone who will always think about what is best for all of us, regardless of the political backlash, is who i want leading our country. i'd like to introduce a truly remarkable person and candidate for president, tulsi gabbard. [cheers and applause] tulsi: thank you. i'm going to put my tea here. all right. thank you. please give susan a round of applause. thank you for your kind introduction. [applause] tulsi: thank you for the many, many, many hours you have put in to volunteering for our campaign. welcome to all of you. thank you so much for taking the time to be here this evening. charlie, i want to ask you to stand up. this is your house that we are in here in the v.f.w. charlie is the quarter master of this v.f.w. thank you so much and thank you for your service. [applause] tulsi: thank you. thank you. i am so grateful to be a lifetime member of the v.f.w. and to know that anywhere in the country, as with all veterans, to know we have a home. we have a home here in the v.f.w. so thank you very much. all right. i'm going to dive right in. we are on a tight schedule today. and i want to be able to get to as many questions as we can. i want to start with susan kind of went over a little bit about my background and experience and i want to focus first on -- it's the issue that i get asked most often about. and to me, it's the thing that's top of mind and central to all of the other challenges and solutions that we see here. people ask me every day, how do we heal the divides in this country? that we are so deeply torn apart in washington, yes, the hyperpartisanship, one side versus the other. it's us versus them. it's about one party winning or the other party trying to beat them. and the idea of the american actually being the ones who are winning are lost in the process. as a result it's we the people who lose. it's we the people who see inaction and paralysis and gridlock in washington. rather than actions that lead to solving the everyday problems that we face. this is so important to focus on so that we can actually solve problems. and because, as new hampshire voters, you got to figure out who you want to vote for in the next few days. and there's a lot of different plans. there's a lot of different ideas coming from all of the different candidates about how each of us would solve these problems. but the reality is that unless we have a president who is able to reach across the aisle, to work with members of congress both from the other party, but also with members of congress even within our own political party, we're not going to be able to get anything done. all of those plans really will only be worth the paper that they're printed on. and what we the people as voters will be left with is a perpetuation of challenges and problems we've seen go on and on and on. being able to approach solving these problems with a very practical and realistic view is essential, and this is what it comes down to is how do we bridge this divide? how do we get to a place where we can have leaders in this country who are actually putting service above self? who are putting country first? checking that partisanship at the door. this is what voters in this country deserve. this is the leadership that i seek to bring. and you can have the confidence to know that this isn't just some fancy rhetorical, beautiful, utopian thought. this is rooted in reality. in 2012, when i was elected to congress first, there were 84 of us new members elected at the same time. there were 50 democrats, 34 republicans. but when we got elected, we were elected into a very strong republican majority. and so, for the first week or two that we were there, you know, we were all bused around from one briefing to the next, getting to know each other, getting briefings on ethics and where all the buildings were and where the committee rooms were and getting keys and i.d. cards. all the basic logistical things. but through this process, we really got to know each other as people. we got to know each other's families. we got to talking about where you came from and what was the experience you had and how was your campaign? was it challenging? and just got to know each other as people without being stuffed into these partisan boxes. but then after that initial orientation period was over, then immediately the partisan divide began. where, you know, as democrats, we went off and immediately started having meetings in one place. republicans went and had their meetings in the other rooms. and that's how it was from that point on. and the messaging that came from each of our respective party leaders was, all right, you're part of this team. when our legislation is going forward, we're all going to stand together. we're going to push for the democratic legislation. and vice versa for republicans. even being told, hey, we don't really want you to work with this republican because we want to take him out in the next election. and if you're able to successfully get something done, you'll help them get re-elected because they'll be able to cite that accomplishment in their brochure. same thing on the other side. putting partisanship ahead of actually solving problems. and so this is pretty disturbing to me, immediately. i knew it was very partisan. but to be so blatant and out front from the get-go, i saw how this culture was standing in the way of real progress. immediately, i started thinking about how could i, as a newly elected democrat from a small state in the middle of the pacific ocean, breakthrough, how could i build relationships, how could i start to bridge this divide? and so i kind of went to a very basic place and thought of the most universal gesture, language, that speaks loud and clearly to me and that is food. i called my mother in hawaii, asked if she would make 434 boxes of her amazing macadamia nut coffee. [laughter] tulsi: no big deal. not pieces, boxes. she said, yeah, i think that's a great idea. like, awesome. thank you. because i have one more question, one more favor to ask. i ask that you make another 435 larger boxes of toffee for the staff of every member of congress. she paused, took a breath. she said, ok. that'll take me a little longer. but i'm in. and i thanked her profusely. she immediately got to work in hawaii. she's stirring two pots of toffee on the stove at the same time. she's chopping the macadamia nuts, starting to pour the to toffee. my dad called me and wanted to make sure that i knew he was helping. and he said, honey, i want you to know i'm tasting one piece out of every pan of toffee that your mom makes, just to make sure it's good. ok, dad. thank you. good job. but as they were doing this in hawaii, i was in d.c. and i just started hand-writing personal notes. introducing myself. to every one of my new colleagues. telling them a little bit about my background and signing every note saying, "i look forward to serving with you." i started to deliver these, what i called little gifts of aloha, and very quickly started getting responses, that during every day on the house floor we have either one or two or three voting sessions. and i started to see, while we were having votes, the only time all 435 members are in the same place at the same time, there were senior ranking republicans, chairmen of powerful committees, people from other parts of the country who, normally, i wouldn't cross paths with. they probably would not give me the time of day or return my call if i asked for a meeting. but they were coming and looking for me. just to say thank you. many of them following that up with, "i ate it all and i need more before i can go home and see my family this weekend. can you hook me up?" [laughter] tulsi: but then most importantly saying, tell me, tell me what issues your constituents are worried about. you know, what what are the things you want to work on? now that you're here in congress? i'm the chair of this committee or i've been working on that issue, or this is an area that i've been focused on. let's work together. i want to help. that very simple gesture, setting all politics aside, no preconditions, no purity tests, no saying, well, hey, i know i've seen you on tv and i strongly disagree with you on that, so i know i'm going to ignore you, no toffee for you. no. not you. [laughter] tulsi: no preconditions, reaching out to every single person, every member of congress with respect, recognizing that even as we may have strong disagreements, and with many of them, it's true, strong disagreement on certain issues. the reality is that every single one of us was elected with the same mission, the same purpose, the same promise that we made to every voter in our district. we are here to serve you. we are here to serve you, the people of this country. and building this foundation -- [applause] tulsi: building this relationship based on this foundation of respect as fellow americans, rooted in the bedrock of our constitution, allowed me as a freshman democrat member elected from this small state in the middle of the pacific ocean to be able to break through these partisan barriers, to actually be able to get legislation passed, my very first bill that i introduced as a member of congress, the helping heroes fly act, passed into law, signed by president obama in a record period of time. it enabled me to, when other pieces of legislation were coming to the floor or i had controversial amendments that people told me were dead on arrival, that they would never get support from any republicans. instead of just listening to that, i went forward anyway and when i made those calls saying, hey, i need your support, and here's why, they listened. some of them still said, i've heard you, but i disagree. maybe next time. many others said, tulsi, i've heard you and you make sense. you have my support. the kinds of real conversations, of communication, both talking and listening, thinking of how, how we put the well-being and the best interests of our country at the forefront, and getting things done as a result. this is what we need in all of our leaders. this is the experience of leadership that i will bring to serve you every day as your president and commander-in-chief, my personal commitment to put the well-being of people ahead of partisanship, ahead of profits, ahead of corporate special interests, and rebuilding these ties with leaders across our government to really bring to fruition that vision that our founders had for us as a nation, as a nation, where our government is truly of the people, by the people, and for the people. we've got a lot of work to do. to get there. but it's not a pie in the sky goal. it is a necessary one. it is a necessary one. when abraham lincoln delivered his speech, warning the nation over 161 years ago, that a house divided against itself cannot stand, he ended that speech by saying, "we shall not fail." "we shall not fail." he said, "if we stand fast, we shall not fail." and that challenge that he gave at that time rings just as true now as it did then. the answer to bridge these divides in our country doesn't lie in one party or another party. it doesn't lie in one person's hands or another person's hands. the power to change this, to heal these divides, lies in every one of our hands, every one of our hearts. that challenge is there for us. because it's our future. this is not about my future. the future of any candidate running for president. the decision you have before you is about what kind of future do you want for yourself? for your kids? for generations to come? we cannot afford to keep kicking the can down the road saying, well, this is somebody else's problem. we cannot afford to have so many people continuing to stay home and not vote, not make sure their voices are heard because they think that this system is too broken to be fixed. the only way we do fix it is by by taking action, and that action begins with casting your vote. and i'll close on this before we open it up to q&a here, because it's something a couple of people have mentioned to me, especially recently. tulsi, you know, we like you, we really want you to be president, but i just don't think that they will let you get it. i don't think they will let you win. so, i'm going to vote for somebody else. the only way, the only way we win together, the only way we make this change, the only way you get the candidate you want is by making sure your voice is heard and casting your vote for that candidate. [applause] tulsi: especially, especially here in new hampshire, where you are proud of how independent this state is and independent voters are across party lines, you don't let anybody come and tell you how to cast your vote. you don't let anybody come in here and tell you who should win this election and who should lose. so it's important, both for new hampshire and across the country, to remember this fact. that our future lies within our hands and no matter how much the powerful elite in washington try to tell us who they think should win or who they think should lose, we get to decide. we get to decide. and the beautiful thing, the beautiful thing about -- [applause] tulsi: about what is happening here in new hampshire, we've been campaigning here now for over a year. we've held over 115 town halls all across your state. the beautiful thing here is that the decision that you will make as new hampshire voters, obviously, is the responsibility that every voter has and the impact that every voter has, but you have the unique opportunity as the first primary in the nation to send a huge wake-up call, a huge message to washington that now is the time for real change. for systemic change. systemic change that goes beyond one party or another party. systemic change that says, we the people, democrats, republicans, libertarians, and independents, stand together, we stand united, working side by side, understanding that when we do so, we can accomplish anything. and now is the time that we take our government back for us, for our nation, and for our future. thank you very much for being here tonight. [applause] tulsi: thank you so much. [applause] tulsi: thank you. we've got a couple of microphones here. yes, sir. we'll start with you in the back. >> hi. howard, retired police officer and detective from fort worth, texas. 48 years ago, president nixon declared the war on drugs. 48 years later, and $1.2 trillion, we are -- in fact, it's worse now than before. there's heroin, fentanyl, whatever in every small town in new hampshire and across these united states. as a cop, i saw this to be the most destructive, dysfunctional, and immoral policy since slavery and jim crow. what would you do differently? tulsi: thank you for your service. that's worthy of a round of applause, for all of our law enforcement. thank you. [applause] tulsi: i couldn't agree more that this war on drugs, that has shown decade after decade, generation after generation, to have been a total failure is unfortunately still continuing. it is not only costing us as taxpayers tremendously, at every step of the way in this failed war on drugs, it is costing us as the american people, it is ruining people's lives, taking people's lives, tearing families apart, ravaging communities. the human cost and the toll that this failed war is having is immeasurable. because it's continuing on and on. you mentioned the opioid crisis. i was shocked when i heard the statistic. 130 americans every single day die because of the opioid crisis. every day. these are people who we may know or have worked with or members of our family. 130 americans every day. and 40% of those started with prescription drugs. maybe they got a prescription because their back was hurting or they had surgery or they needed something else. but they weren't really warned, many people not warned about how highly addictive these drugs are. just saying, eh, it's ok. i met a woman the other day, just a few years ago, she had some serious health issues and they drugged her up good. she's like, is this good for me? they're like, yeah, it's just like tylenol. just like tylenol. literally. that's what they told her. and she finally got to a place where she realized, this is not good for me. it's completely changing who i am as a person and she felt her life being sucked from her. and thankfully, she was in a place where she was able to get herself out of it and make some decisions. 10 days. it took her 10 days to wean herself off of these opioids because she was able to access medicinal cannabis. that's how she got her treatment. completely off of these opioids. but not every person in this country is able to do that. why? because of this failed war on drugs. she lived in the shadows. she is a conservative republican woman from alabama. her mother is a prosecutor, her father is a physician. and she had to live in the shadows, even though this medicinal cannabis just saved her life, because she's a criminal under federal law. alabama has not legalized even medicinal cannabis. but this is one of many illustrations of the point that you raiseed, sir. and it's why throughout my time in congress, i have introduced legislation to, for example, i have the only bipartisan bill that would end the federal marijuana prohibition as the first step toward ending this failed war on drugs. [applause] tulsi: supported other legislation that would expunge the criminal records of those who have fallen victim and are chained with this criminal record because of this failed war on drugs. and i'm strongly advocating for us as a country, where as president, i would change our priorities, where instead of criminalizing people who are struggling with substance abuse and addiction, by cycling them through our prisons and our criminal justice system, instead redirect those resources towards actually providing people with help. and say, this is the health care issue. this is not a criminal issue. we've seen how this has worked. in other countries like portugal. and how, ultimately, they have seen those numbers and statistics of addiction drastically, drastically reducing. and the amount of money that they were spending to pay for these prisons dropping. able to see a benefit across their society, as well as a benefit to the fiscal choices that they're making as a country. i think this is an issue that we should be raising more and discussing more across the country to really focus on the facts and the consequences of our previous policies and where we need to go. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, congresswoman. i'm steve from dover. and you've been getting a lot of accolades from libertarians. so i'm going to ask you a question that will put that to the test. suppose somebody decides to move to a country like switzerland that has lower taxes. as you may be aware, in order for them to get the tax benefit, they would need to renounce their u.s. citizenship and there's a fee to do that, which is currently $2,350. tulsi: just to renounce citizenship? >> yes, so two questions for you. one, do you think that fee is reasonable and, second, how do you feel about the reed amendment, which if enforced, would prohibit that person from re-entering the united states even to visit family? tulsi: thank you for your question. i'm not familiar with the reed amendment, so i cannot comment on that. i will definitely look at it so i am familiar with it. it seems like an exorbitant amount of money, but it's also a pretty huge decision to make to renounce your u.s. citizenship. i think, kind of, one of the underlying issues there is how the united states -- what's the word i'm looking for with our tax laws now? the united states is one of the only countries -- thank you. citizenship-based taxation. versus -- exactly. we're the only major country that does that. so that's something that i would, you know, kind of go deeper -- it's a big deal to renounce your citizenship, so let's get to kind of the root cause of this challenge, why someone may find themselves in that position of having to make that choice. and so that's something that i'm looking at, how we can make it so that it's more a fair system, while preventing the unintended consequences that we've seen in some other countries, where people use this as an excuse to export money and not pay taxes. here at home. thank you. [applause] tulsi: somebody on this side? >> prescription drugs. the cost of prescription drugs, how can we bring it down? and can americans buy drugs from countries that sell it cheaper than we do? tulsi: we should be able to, like canada, right? right down the street. it's not that far away. the rising cost of prescription drugs in this country is out of control. and we, as americans, are being price gouged by big pharma with almost no limitation whatsoever. i think one of the most egregious examples of this is insulin. i can tell you, i've heard from big pharma lobbyists in washington before who say, you know, everyone wants us to bring down the cost of prescription drugs but, you know, it costs a lot of money to develop these drugs. in the first place, to go through the r&d and develop this and pay all the scientists and people who are actually coming up with these drugs. but if you look at insulin, the three gentlemen who created insulin to help people with diabetes sold that patent for $1 each, a total of $3. but how much is insulin -- how much is a vial of insulin now, here, in the united states? a girl in high school came and told me the other day, her little sister has juvenile diabetes, $360 a vial. for one vial. i was at concord high school and we had kind of a town hall there with 450 students. she says, what is going to happen to my sister, who will die without her insulin, if when she turns 26, she doesn't have a good enough job that will give her good health insurance? and she can't afford $360 per vial for insulin? we've got to rein in this price gouging that big pharma is abusing sick people. [no audio] >> we'll roll with it. we'll roll with it. there goes the quartermaster. [laughter] tulsi: all right. they're going to figure it out. i'm going to use my military voice here. [laughter] [applause] tulsi: thank you. here's the first few things that i would do to rein in big pharma. number one, i would make sure that our own government can negotiate lower prescription drug prices with big pharma. right now, under our laws, the influence of big pharma lobbyists has made it so that medicare is prohibited from negotiating lower prescription drug prices. there was legislation introduced earlier this -- actually just a couple of months ago in congress seeking to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, which is a good thing, looked like it had some bipartisan support. but when you actually read the bill, they only lift a few of the prohibitions rather than lifting this entire prohibition completely. we, as american taxpayers through our government, are the largest purchasers of prescription drugs in the world. in the world. we are the number one customer. which means we've got a lot of leverage, right, to be able to bring this cost down? so, we've got to get rid of that prohibition. the other way that big pharma exploits loopholes in our patent laws, so they can make more money, is by doing something that is called patent parking, where they try to block generic drug companies from coming in and producing these drugs at a lower price for as long as they possibly can. they'll have a patent for seven years, when it's about to expire, basically they'll tweak one little component of that prescription drug just so they can hit reset on that patent clock and block the generics from coming in and providing consumers with a cheaper option. so we've got to fix those tax loopholes. and number three, what you said. we've got to allow the reimportation of these very same drugs from other countries like canada, to provide consumers with options that they can actually afford. it provides competition, exactly. i think the fourth thing that we've got to address is, you know, i mentioned how lobbyists talk about how it's so expensive to develop these drugs. but they, as an industry, big pharma spends more money on marketing, both with television commercials and marketing directly to doctors, than they do on r&d. and even more than they spend on marketing, they spend on p.a.c.'s and lobbyists in washington. so when you look at where all this money is going, it's not going to the thing that matters most. toward the work that they're doing to actually come up with things that are helping people stay alive or stay well. ultimately, this comes down to getting the agreed out of our policymakers' rooms and those offices. getting the greed and corruption out of washington. ending this pay to play culture in washington. and making sure that our health care system is actually one that is promoting health and wellness , prevention, integrated care, providing the care that people really need to be well. and not just saying, well, we're just going to give you more and more drugs because we're making more and more money off those drugs. >> we have time for one last question. [applause] >> first, i want to thank you for coming to somersworth. during the primary i was doing my grocery shopping and someone said, tulsi is at the v.f.w., come on down. that's why i'm here. i'm actually an undecided, independent voter. so i have no idea what i'm going to do. tulsi: can i ask, how many people here would put themselves in that same category? how many people are still undecided? wow. awesome. i'm glad you're here. thank you. >> i wanted to say one word of thanks and ask you a question. the word of thanks, i wanted to thank you particularly for being one of the only democrats that would stand up and challenge attacks of religious bigotry against catholics, particularly the appointment of catholic judges and suggestion by some senators that they have a deeply held religious belief. i want to thank you for that. the second question i want to ask you is, what do you say to a catholic voter like myself who is undecided, pro-life, and not comfortable with the direction of either party? tulsi: thank you. both of these questions and issues are very important. i want to touch on the first issue you raised with regards to religious freedom. and actually upholding what is in our constitution, that there shall be no religious test for public officials. and it's an unfortunate situation that, as i talk about hyperpartisanship, religion itself is being weaponized for political purposes. and for those who don't know, the examples, there's been a few examples that we've seen that you're talking about in the u.s. senate, has been where judges have been nominated and instead of purely focusing on that judge's -- senators focusing on that judge's ability to be fair arbiters of justice based on our constitution, there have been very targeted questions and accusations made purely because of their religion. one case being catholic. in one case, the fact that the nominee was a member of the knights of columbus. if the same standard that was being applied to that nominee was applied to others in our government, senator ted kennedy, also a knight of columbus, would fall in that category. as would president j.f.k., i believe. upholding our freedom of religion in this country is essential. i'm not catholic. but i understand deeply how critical it is that we maintain this separation and this respect for every single american to choose how they want to worship, or if they want to worship at all. [applause] tulsi: in answer to your second question, for me, this issue of abortion is unfortunately one of the most polarizing issues, especially as it comes up toward elections, but across the country. and it's unfortunate because that means there is never any dialogue or conversation happening between people who consider themselves pro-life or pro-choice. and we end up in a place where both sides end up viewing the other as evil. and this, therefore, doesn't allow for any of that dialogue or understanding to occur. my belief is that government should not be dictating what a woman should or shouldn't do with her body. within some, i think, sensible restrictions and limitations. for me personally, i am pro-life. i would never choose to have an abortion. that's my choice. i wouldn't do it. but i also, whether as an individual, a member of congress, or as president, would not presume to tell any other woman what her choice should be. now, i think the restrictions that make sense have to do with the third trimester. at that point, the viability of the baby is known and, as was included and considered in roe v. wade, therefore abortion should be restricted in the third trimester unless the life of the mother is at stake or there are severe health consequences that she would face otherwise. i think more and more -- i would hope that our country would be able to open some honest dialogue around this issue so that we can get to a place where abortion is safe, legal, and rare and focus more on the health concerns that surround so many people in our country. [applause] tulsi: all right. i'm sorry. i'm going to take one last one. one last one. yes. >> where do you see a place for young people in our country as we move into this new era of our country? tulsi: how old are you? >> 15. tulsi: awesome. thank you for being here. your place is right here. i remember when i was growing up in hawaii and i had -- i was really, really passionate about environmental issues in particular. you know, i used to go and kind of organize my friends, we'd go and pick up trash off the beaches on the weekends and i remember being frustrated by people who were just like, yeah, come on, you're just a kid. you're just a kid. your voice doesn't really matter. i'm glad to see that more and more, that's changing. that with so many platforms and social media and other things -- what's your name? >> luke. tulsi: luke. people like you, luke, are, even if you're not old enough to vote, man, you're making an impact. and that's a beautiful thing. it gives me hope for our country and our future. throughout my campaign i have not just said our children, our young people are our future, but we've actually been empowering young leaders in my campaign. we have high school students from across the country who have stepped up themselves, organized themselves, empowered themselves, and they're kicking butt every day. they're like, ok, we got to go print fliers, we're going to go knock on doors, we're going to organize a rally. they're networking and making stuff happen themselves and it's blowing my mind. it's so amazing. but carrying this through and making sure that these -- that this doesn't end on election day is essential. it's essential. whether it's having to do with legislation related to young people, education, opportunity, empowerment, the environment, any issue, we're talking about your future as much as it is mine. and as president, i would empower young leaders by forming a student advisory council for the white house with young leaders from across the country who can bring the diverse perspectives that exist. that exist. not only politically, but rural communities, urban communities, island states like mine. new england. i mean, there's so many opportunities and such diversity that our country will be stronger for empowering the voices of young leaders like yourself. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] tulsi: thank you. time flies when you're having fun. i appreciate you all making the time to come and be here tonight. i hope i've been able to address maybe some of the concerns or questions that you have had as you're coming in here. especially if you're still undecided. time is the most, most precious thing that any one of us has to give. so the fact that you have chosen to spend your time here tonight really personally means the world to me. before i give my closing remarks, i want to ask susan to come back up here and tell you a little bit about what we're doing, what our volunteers are doing here across new hampshire in the final four days of this campaign. >> i have 20 seconds. ok. so, we're going to pass out these -- sorry, 20 seconds. we're going to be handing out these "i stand up for america, i stand with tulsi" cards, asking you to do five things to help get tulsi's message. together, united by love with service and integrity, we can get tulsi's message out. anybody that wants to help canvas and sign with me in the dover or rochester area, come see me. you can join my group. tulsi: well done. i think that was under 20 seconds. good job. precision. what? ok. this is my little sister. [applause] tulsi: so as we close here tonight, i want you to leave thinking about a couple of things. that if you are sick and tired of leaders in washington who are thinking more for themselves than they are for the well-being of the people of our country, i invite you to stand with me. if you are sick and tired of leaders in our country across both party lines who have been waging wasteful, regime-change wars, that have not made us any safer and cost us tremendously in american lives and our taxpayer dollars, then i invite you to stand with me. if you are sick and tired of being sick and tired, i invite you to stand with me. thank you very much for being here tonight. four days until election day. i appreciate all of your support. aloha. thank you. >> ahloha, everyone. so, as you can imagine, thank you so much for coming out this evening. as you can imagine, we have a super busy evening planned. we want to make sure that everyone who wants to has the opportunity to take a picture with the congresswoman. so i'm going to ask for everyone's cooperation. firstly, to line up on this side of the room right here for your picture that's going to happen with the flag in the back drop. and as we move the line, the congresswoman's just going to talk to the press really quickly and join you back there, as we move through the line, please, please, please, we just ask that you don't ask any questions and keep it moving because if we can't get to everyone at the end, we're going to have to just leave and that's not fair to the people at the back of the line. so please, please, please have your phones ready to go and we're going to take a picture and move on so that everyone has a chance to take a picture with the congresswoman. so you're going to come up this way, take a picture with the flag in the back drop, and then exit out the door you came in. thank you so much. have a good evening. aloha. ♪ >> good to see you again. [inaudible] >> you're higher up than him, why do you not -- were you not invited? tulsi: i was not invited. i was not invited. even after we called and we asked for an explanation and left it open i want to participate in the town halls, they never returned the call. and the problem with this is, as you've seen, it's not about me, it's about voters who want to be able to hear from different candidates, including myself, and the unique message and voice and experience that i bring. and these decisions by cnn and some other corporate media entities are disrespecting the voters, both here in new hampshire and across the country and depriving them from being able to hear that. thank you, phoenix. good to see you. [inaudible] i haven't thought about asking for a recanvas. i think probably some of the other candidates may be in a better position to do so. i think it is an unfortunate debacle that has left iowa voters frustrated and voters across the country, and it's unfortunately undermined people's confidence in the fact that these elections should work and we should know what the results are and have faith in those results. i think even with some of the results that have been reported, the fact that a.p. cannot announce a winner because of the irregularities that they saw in the tally i think is a really big problem, especially as we kick off this critical election. >> because the surge from iowa results aren't happening, the vote here in new hampshire is all that more important. you are one of the candidates who has been the most here in new hampshire. do you think that that gives you any sort of advantage going into the primaries? tulsi: we'll see. you know. new hampshire voters are notoriously independent thinkers, so we've always known how important new hampshire is, which is why we spent so much time here. i'm going to maximize every single day, every minute that we have to continue our outreach directly to new hampshire voters. anybody else? nope? yes, sir. >> the banks are charging exorbitant amounts of interest on credit card loans, etc. but meanwhile, we can't get above 1% for our savings. what would you do -- we bailed the banks out, how about bailing us out? tulsi: i couldn't agree more. the disproportionate profits and benefits that big banks are getting while everyday americans are struggling just to make ends meet is a serious problem. the big banks that were too big to fail in 2008 are even bigger now. those working in finance and economists are very concerned for a potential collapse that will make the one in 2008 look minor. it's a problem we have to confront. there are actions we can take. we have to reinstate the glass-steagall act, which would make it less likely for the kind of collapse we saw in 2008 from occurring. we need to cap the interest rates these credit card companies are allowed to charge to protect the consumer. there's a lot of other things we have to look at to see how we rates these credit card can best ensure our financial markets are secure and the hard-earned money everyday americans are earning across the country is secure. thank you. ♪ tulsi: thank you so much. have a good night. how are you? nice to see you. [inaudible] tulsi: nice to meet you. [inaudible] tulsi: thank you so much. have a good night. hi. what's your name? [inaudible] tulsi: do you want to do one together? [inaudible] tulsi: you are not alone. i appreciate your support. [inaudible] tulsi: thank you, have a good one. hi, how are you? [inaudible] tulsi: what's your name? >> albert. [inaudible] >> i love your plan about having young people in government. especially high schoolers. people support us for sure. tulsi: for sure. you are essential for our future. thank you both. have a good night. hi, nice to meet you. thank you. have a good one. how is it going? aloha. [inaudible] can we take one more? [inaudible] tulsi: how's it going? thanks for everything you do. [inaudible] tulsi: hi, how are you? [inaudible] thank you. thanks for coming to new hampshire. tulsi: it's good to be here. [inaudible] tulsi: how i do? -- how are you? >> good, how are you doing? [inaudible] tulsi: have a good night. thanks for coming out. [inaudible] tulsi: aloha. [inaudible] [laughter] tulsi: i appreciate your honesty. [inaudible] tulsi: thank you. [inaudible] >> do you want to come in? [inaudible] tulsi: thank you. thank you for being here. [inaudible] >> i really like what you said today. tulsi: thank you. [inaudible] tulsi: thank you so much. [inaudible] tulsi: how are you? >> good. good luck. [inaudible] thank you. [inaudible] tulsi: are you glad you came? [inaudible] hi, how are you? [inaudible] tulsi: thank you. how are you? thank you for being here. [inaudible] tulsi: nice to see you. thanks for being here. [inaudible] tulsi: all right, thank you. [inaudible] tulsi: nice to meet you. thank you for being here tonight. how are you? [inaudible] glad you came tonight. >> how's it going? tulsi: good, how are you? [inaudible] >> you should be on that stage. i would be happy to debate you myself. tulsi: fair enough. >> on your desk into her office is my immigration reform proposal. if you can sponsor that, that would be marvelous. tulsi: i will check it out. thank you. [inaudible] >> i don't know how. [inaudible] tulsi: thank you. i will do my best. i will check out what you got. thank you, i well. -- i will. thank you. have a good night. [inaudible] tulsi: thank you. thank you. [inaudible] tulsi: thank you. [inaudible] tulsi: i strongly support that. i would say registered voters everywhere. [inaudible] >> do you want me to send you some information? [inaudible] nice to see you. [inaudible] tulsi: thank you. [inaudible] tulsi: absolutely. ok. thank you. [inaudible] tulsi: thank you. [inaudible] tulsi: thank you. [inaudible] tulsi: ok, good. [inaudible] thank you. [inaudible] tulsi: it was either you or him. >> it was me. [inaudible] tulsi: you can look up my congressional office online and ask for dave. my congressional office in washington. he can point you in the right direction. thank you. [inaudible] tulsi: ok, nice to meet you. [applause] >> our coverage continues today at 7:00 eastern live from the new hampshire democratic party featuring joenner biden, pete buttigieg, tom steyer, senator michael bennet, bernie sanders, deval patrick, elizabeth warren, amy klobuchar, and andrew yang. watch live on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. a live look at senator amy klobuchar's get out the vote event in new hampshire. we will keep an eye on this event for you. while we wait, here is a look at what james clyburn had to say about the dnc's handling of roles of presidential candidates from this weeks newsmaker program. i am very hurt by that decision. not the decision to let bloomberg off, but the decision not to make the modifications to keep them on that stage. kamala to remain on that stage. know that inf us the world we live in the political world that we live in, money is the mother's milk of politics. it is always difficult for candidates of color to raise the kind of money other candidates raise. we ought to take that into account. we ought not make all of our decisions based upon the deepest pockets. i like bloomberg. i have interacted with him. he is a supporter of mine. i do not believe it is fair to candidates of color, black and brown, to make decisions based when we bring so much else to the ticket. >> i know you are not the only one within the democratic caucus that is upset there are a lot of members who voiced concerns about this going back weeks, if not months. with that complaint in addition to what happened at the iowa caucuses, do you think tom perez perez should step down? >> that is a decision for him to make. think they are calling for him to step down. i know there are serious discussions taking place on capitol hill as to what ought to happen at the dnc. i have my differences with the committee and with dnc some time ago about the so-called superdelegates which i think is a derogatory term. there are not any superdelegates. to force me to have to run to be a delegate against one of my constituents, i just do not think that is good politics for me or for our party. did not these rules return this decision-making to the grassroots. it really ripped out the grassroots when you separate a congressperson from his or her >> can you dig in a little bit more about what you mean about serious discussions on capitol hill? has it risen to your leadership meetings with the speaker? >> none of that has been in the leadership meetings. but it has been in the meetings of the congressional black caucus. there are some very raw feelings in the congressional black caucus. how kamala and cory exited the stage. >> watch this weeks interview with south carolina revisited of james clyburn sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. you can also here on c-span radio and online at c-span.org. senator amy klobuchar is holding a rally today in durham, new hampshire. the senior senator is currently pulling at 8 percent. this is live coverage on c-span. sen. klobuchar: we all know that for most democratic voters and for many independents the mos

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