Take radical action within the next 10 or 15 years, we could be talking about a civilization collapse. We could be talking about food shortages, mass starvation, hunter is possibly of millions of refugees hundreds of millions of refugees and social collapse that we have not talked about in the modern era. And need to talk more about ben and liz preparation for war endless preparation for war. Bring the boys home. We should be talking about waiting peace, waging peace. We cannot just deal with the guns and just deal with the military budget, we also need to have a u. S. Department of peace, department of children and youth, we need to pay reparations, we need to get real in this country about the things that we need to get real about. Donald trump has ushered in an era of political theater. And we will not be going back. Ladies and gentlemen, it is not just a politician. He is a phenomenon. And the only way we will defeat them is if we create a phenomenon of our own. And a phenomenon of
[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
Inflection point. With half the number of candidates of the previous debates on stage and the likelihood the field could soon narrow even more, right now the candidates are taking their momentum or lack thereof and heading back onto the campaign trail, making their case to the voters. Last evening was at times passionate, combative, even raucous, but it also allowed the debaters to get personal over issues including health care, immigration and gun laws. This third debate also marked a major shift for many of the candidates, offering up a fullon embrace of the very popular former president , barack obama. Maybe it was the setting, on the stage of an historically black college or maybe efforts to distance themselves from Obama Policies in the first few debates simply fell flat, but this time they set a remarkable course correction. I know that the senator says shes for bernie. Well, im for barack. I think the obamacare worked. We all owe a huge debt to President Trump who fundamentally