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We have mister jacob for e to remove mayor emily morrison and warhead mayor ferguson charted What are you doing that video listening to soda Welcome to the North welcome to Minneapolis and for those who are watching from around the country you know here in Minnesota here in Minneapolis we don't let a little adversity On the bring it up we love ours we warm each other up and we continue that March towards progress together That's what we do in Minneapolis the biggest city in the state known for voter turnout number one in the entire The best Park system in the entire country the whole The home of Prince And by the way the perfect place to launch a campaign to take back the White House for the entire human Att you know she is the senator next door for me I mean that quite literally because she lives just a few blocks away this campaign is a homegrown one based right here in Minnesota And amy you know she learned politics the Minnesota way it isn't about having a big machine or or big money it's about neighbors talking to neighbors about ideas that quite simply improve people's lives and so from the Middle of this country and on the banks of the Mississippi River we're gonna talk to our friends we're gonna talk to our neighbors until we reach the whole entire nation to tell them about our senator amy clover sharp Amy is honest in his optimistic and here's the real thing amy gets the job done She looks you in the eye and she tells you the truth thank you so much for being here today and I have the great honor of introducing our colleague a wonderful mayor from the city of duluth mayor emily larson everybody Well hello everybody you look beautiful that's right Thank you very thank you mayor Friday promoted being made thank you for welcoming all of us to this incredible city to this incredible day I am here from greatest Minnesota Is emily larson I am the mayor of duluth and today is the kind of day we call a perfect duluth We also can call and spring Tomorrow is a working city we are a port city a proud labor city on the great lakes We love this country that's still powers our economy and our world The attack at night to forge American steel the grain to feed our world and we brought a pretty good beer to Politicians and pundits they look at part of our beautiful country our midwest area and they put us down saying the best is behind us Look at our proud history and they use it to divide us but we know that across the great lakes from Cleveland to Milwaukee the story of duluth of innovation of entrepreneurship and hard work is thriving Knows that too Doesn't see a struggle and lose interest she sees potential and she gets to work Is the true reason for optimism about the future of this country the future for every single one of us Goes to all eighty seven Minnesota counties every single year she doesn't that's right and she doesn't just go when it's comfortable When it's snowing when there's a blizzard when the waters are rising when the plant loses a shift not just for the ribbon cuttings but for all of it The midwest is the beating heart of America and she is ready to take Every corner of the state but to every corner of this country Amy is a real leader she is honest she is optimistic she knows the value of work are you ready to work with her Knows the Democratic party shouldn't and can't leave anyone behind that's why we're here today that's why I'm standing with me that's why I am proud to stand with my mayor colleagues please join me in welcoming my new colleague and more head mayor jonathan judge Good afternoon everyone thank you mayor listen up my name is jonathan John and I am the mayor of morehead Minnesota hey of the Moore head sports It's all the National folks more head is a growing city a 43000 people just across the River from fargo North dakota Morgan sits on the Red River surrounded by spring wheat and sugar beets corn and soybeans home to companies that reach across the globe and prairie populous who watch the movement that put farmers and workers ahead of the big companies and police of their day That spirit still resonates and lives on in our rural communities and towns across America We want an economy that invests in every town we want they should want rural broadband strong infrastructure we want a leader more focused on getting things done for our towns in our cities across America right That my friends is amy clover shark She is always there doing the work she does not just go to every Minnesota County every year she makes a difference when she is there that is why anyone real counties across Minnesota last year including 42 that voted for President trump in two thousand 16 Amy listens she works hard she makes the tough calls and comes up with creative solutions she speaks for all of us in the heartland thank you all for attending this event for me today and have a blessed day thank you very much We will type of marriage jacob very manly loss it and jonathan jot Please welcome to the stage senator tina Smith Thank you Things that it's cold here in Minnesota today but we know this is a heat wave Where it's so warm so just a quick question how many of you are wearing shorts please raise your hand yes I see you Start by recognizing a min my Minnesota partners in Congress who are with us today can you join me in welcoming the elected majority makers representative angie Craig So Our state auditor julie blog it up for So I'm here today for one reason I've known amy clover sure our senator for decades as a friend a colleague and a fighter Amy is my friend amy and John joined me and archie to celebrate our children's weddings and she was there when I lost my mother to alzheimer's before I ever held office I worked at planned parenthood Planned parenthood know that amy stood with us shoulder to shoulder she has always been minnesota's champion and us minnesotans of the bold North have seen aimee's workup close we know about her judgment her capacity to hold her principles close why have finding common ground to get things done we know that she is one of the most effective senators in the country one for getting bills across the finish line and signed into law Despite the gridlock and grandstanding amy finds a way to fight through the politics of division and get big things done for people this is because she's guided by the simple proposition said best buy Paul well stone that politics should be about improving people's lives And just this past year amy has passed bills and improved school safety they made improvements and policies for sexual harassment and Congress Strengthen the integrity of our elections Counties the blue counties and all the counties in between know that amy she shows up she listens and she delivers for people because she knows that's what her job is Any shoes after results not soundbites she focuses on the people not politics If you are ready to elect a new President I can tell you she knows how to win We get to share our senator next door with the rest of the country a merry You are gonna get to know the amy that we know the smart and funny woman who doesn't take herself too seriously they see they're laughing that's the you know you can you know you will see her heart and her optimistic vision for a country that works for everyone and you will see that she has the tenacity of a prosecutor who fights for people without fear or favor And did not America get a preview of amy strength during the Supreme court hearings And we started by recalling her own father struggled with alcoholism and then with dignity and clarity and effectiveness she honed in on the key question that she in our entire country were grappling with the truthfulness of this nominee and his fitness to serve on the highest court in our land and he failed this test Amy showed that the rule of law should still matter and as she said the constitution does not say we the ruling party it says we the people The next President of the United Minnesota make some noise for senator 10 tina Smith Please welcome to the stage lieutenant governor maggie I've governor tim Los Now oh this is exciting what a beautiful day Hi everybody uh I need my name is peggy flanagan and I am really proud to be your lieutenant governor I am proud to be the highest ranking native American woman elected to executive office and the country And you know here in Minnesota we love Prince is that right absolutely so you don't win the stage manager called Prince right before his halftime show in the Super Bowl he's like it was gonna be a little rate and he said can you make it rain harder and here's the deal y'all can we make it snow harder So what a better place to honor the To look ahead and launch a National campaign to bring some respect Some civility some decency A lot more honesty in politics You know what amy knows how to find higher ground and the way that we find that higher ground and we rise above is to find common ground it's working across lines of difference to do good for people and our senator and our next President is ready to do that work You don't mind journey um my journey into politics began when one of our brightest our brightest most brilliant stars left And I learned from senator Paul well stone's who that's right you can give it up for And she loved that's right That's right give it up for And Pain their last campaign was my first and I learned and I know that amy knows that we all do better when we all do better that's That means all of us every single one every person from the heartland to the deep South and that's a me is called to is to leave no one behind Here's what I know I am proud to be minnesotan yeah and I know that you all are to and then when amy clover char has is announcing her campaign today that we are showcasing what we do well in Minnesota which is we are not intimidated by a little snow partner injustice govan Thank you planning again Well welcome to Minnesota people North star state head waters of the Mississippi River and the warm beating heart of the heartland The mayors and everybody else is right that the rest of the country is realizing this did you think we would miss an opportunity after it was 70 below last week to miss these balmy temperatures and gathered for a party After all this is the state that pioneered open heart surgery invented scotch tape and then on the weekend we had a little time we invented water skiing for goodness Where a state of innovators and we don't fear the future we create the future here Nobody knows that better than amy clover shark that we decide to come together and tackle the toughest problems that we have not only do we tackle them we bring everybody else along with us it's time for us to put a leader in the White House who understands that we are stronger together and our best days lie ahead of us Now I think this is we're gonna ask a lot of work out you were gonna get out there and introducing a global short of the rest of the country but you know what they got their introduction and senator Smith was right during the kavanaugh hearings the rest of the the rest of the country saw what we knew already knew here we have someone who was smart top and decent as our United States senator Know about you but when I turned on the Tv and watch that hearing I was so damn proud she was our senator Aren't you ready to be proud of your leaders again Aren't you ready to have a President who will look you in the eye and tell you the truth Aren't you ready for a leader who is more focused on delivering health care for people and making the economy work for everyone rather rather than focusing on put downs and shutdowns and twitter We're ready to tackle climate change we're ready to tackle voting right all of those things are coming but you know that it all depends on the next election we've got the opportunity to replace chaos with courage And I can tell you as someone whose ransom pretty tough elections in southern Minnesota Israel first district there is nobody you want on the ballot more than amy clover shark Let's just call it what it is you all know this we must win we have to win this next election and all amy clover shark does is win So this is our time everyone I am so proud yes Hey amy amy hey baby hey baby hey baby hey baby hey baby hey good There's more people here the one on the National mall for that inauguration by the way So you know what we do best here we stand tall we innovate we stand with our neighbors and the one thing we're known for is our Minnesota nice our hospitality so please join me in giving a warm true North welcome to our senator our friend and this nation's next President every Despite This Colorful life convinced themselves are in relative because I wasn't used to dump my That's better What a waste of that style Like a It just and swagger Check me out now I got And a shopping Ditch My flight got a strike coming up Thanks one Cut to boom I'll Where are we We don't let a little snow stop us we don't let a little cold snap is like are you guys even called The drought When I said that elected leaders she go not just where it's comfortable but also where it's uncomfortable this is what I meant now I'm John and I wanna first thank our amazing and incredible team and staff for putting this together Also the city of Minneapolis parks thank you all the incredible people that turned out my friends tina Smith and governor walls lieutenant governor peggy flanagan highest ranking native American state official in our nation Our congressional delegation thank you mayors commissioners legislators oh I forgot my dad he's 90 years old And you're always wanna thank your inlaws feel like marilyn from maine cater Thank you deadly d who traveled with Prince for so many years for being here hey it's Prince can do that halftime show and all of that rain I can do this in this now Blackness thank you rabbi zimmerman thank you friends from across the country this is why we live here Thank you greater Minnesota thank you our suburbs and thank you to the twin cities of Minneapolis saint Paul We are gathered here today on this beautiful Mississippi River america's great River running straight through the Middle of our country through the heartland it takes its name from the native American word for the father of waters it's starts small up North and like so many of you as a kid I got the thrill of going up there and claiming that I jumped clear over the Mississippi River it Gets wider as it slows down here to the twin cities and then to wisconsin where my mom was born and then down to iowa A place where we in Minnesota led to go South for the winter or at least I do and then to Illinois as a state that boasts a lot of extraordinary President from abraham lincoln to barack Obama River meanders down to saint Louis well you'll find a big art a gateway that honors our country's pioneers onwards to kentucky and in the common belief that prosperity shared leads to better lives for all and this is how we became the world's beacon of democracy one in which every one matters We start in this place we're about a mile down River on a beautiful summer day a big bridge collapse into this River I said on that day that a bridge just shouldn't fall down in the Middle of America not one of the busiest bridges in our state not a bridge just a few blocks from our home were John and abigail and I drove over nearly every day but it happened and suddenly the eyes of the nation were on our state and that day America saw in a very visceral way that everyone matters everyone they saw in that Duty firefighter who dove into the murky water over and over again looking through those cars and trucks submerged for survivors they saw in the story of Paul extended the semi truck driver who sacrificed his own life by veering off the road to save a school bus full of kids they saw it in the school staff member Germany Hernandez who rescued each and every kid on that miracle school bus as it hung precariously next to a guardrail after plummeting 30 feet We worked across the aisle to get the federal funding and we built that I 35 W bridge injust over a year now Community that's a shared story that's ordinary people doing extraordinary things But my friends that sense of community is fractured and across our nation right now worn down by the petty and vicious nature of our politics we are tired of the shutdowns in the show downs of the gridlock and the grandstanding I've missed snowy day on this island we say enough is enough Our nation must be governed not from chaos but from opportunity not by wallowing over what's wrong but by marching inexorably toward what's right and it has to start with all of us my family story is like so many of yours I'm both my mom and my dad side they arrived in this country with nothing but a suitcase but they made a home here it was called okay maybe Called this they didn't know anyone but like so many immigrants they wanted a better life for their families my grandpa work 15 hundred feet underground in the minds of North on the iron range he never graduated from high school he saved money in a coffee can in the basement to send my dad to College my dad who's here at agent 90 A two year degree from vermillion junior College and then finished up at the great University of Minnesota He became a journalist as a young thank you person charity as a young Associated press reporter he called the 19 60 presidential race for John F Kennedy 19 68 conventions he interviewed everyone from Mike ditka to hubert humphrey to Ronald reagan to ginger rogers freedom of the press wasn't some abstract idea to my dad he embraced it he lived it my mom a proud Union member Second grade in the suburbs and tells you is 70 years old her students now grown still come up to me on the Street and tell me she was their favorite teacher so today on an island in the Middle of the mighty Mississippi in our nation's heart land at a time when we must heal the heart of our democracy and renew our commitment to the common good I stand Are you as a granddaughter of an iron or minor as the daughter of a teacher and a newspaper man as the first woman elected to the United States Senate from the state of Minnesota Announce my candidacy for President I am running for this job for every person who wants their work recognized and rewarded I am running for every parent who wants a better world for their kids I'm running for every student who wants a good education for every Who wants affordable prescription drugs Every worker farmer dreamer and builder I am running for every American I am running for u I miss you this as your President I will look you in the eye I will tell you what I think I will focus on getting things done that's what I've done my whole life and no matter what I lead from the heart All right let me be blunt her too long leaders in Washington have sat on the sidelines while others tried to figure out what to do about the changing economy and its impact on our lives what to do about the disruptive nature of new technologies income inequality the political and geographic divides the changing climber the tunnel in our world for a moment let's stop seeing those obstacles as obstacles on our path did we view the snow as an obstacle no we did not See those obstacles as our path this is what I mean there are insidious forces every day that are trying to make it harder for people to vote trying to drown out our voices with big money it is time to organize time to galvanize time to take back our democracy it's time Time to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens United and get dark Just stop discriminatory action by restoring the voting rights act Pass my bill to automatically register every young person to vote wait You see the obstacles that they are throwing at us with big money and limits on voting there are obstacles but there also are path they are how as Paul well stone would tell us they are how we organize here is another one climate change the people the people are on our side when it comes to climate change why because like you and I they believe in science Right in the first 100 days of my administration I will re instate the clean power rules and the gas mileage Jobs and infrastructure And I'm day one we will rejoin the international climate and greenhouse Stick calls they are our path here's another challenge way too many politicians have their head stuck in the sand when it comes to the digital revolution hey guys it's not just coming it's here and if you don't know the difference between a hack and slack it's time to pull off the digital highway What would I do as President we need to put some digital rules of the road into law when it comes to people's privacy for too long the big tech companies have been telling you don't worry we've got your back While your identities in fact are being stolen and your data is being mined our laws need to be as sophisticated as the people who are breaking them we must revamp our nation's cyber security and guarantee net neutrality for all And we need to end the digital divide by pledging to connect every household to the Internet by 20 22 and that means you world America I mean come on if they can do it in iceland we can do it here we need to train our workers today for the jobs of tomorrow and strengthen our economy by planning ahead that means respecting and recognizing educational certifications and two year degrees and making it easier for people to get them and yes And yes that means comprehensive immigration reform it is And by the way we should close those tax loopholes designed by and for the wealthy and bring down our debt and make it easier for workers to afford child care housing and education Is what I mean by shared prosperity but we can't get there if people can't afford their health care and that means getting to universal health care and bringing down bringing down the cost of prescription drugs last week my guest to the state of the Union who is here with us today was nicole Smith hold nichol son alec a 26 year old restaurant manager from the southern suburbs aged off his parents' health insurance three days short of his paid a Alex a diabetic wasn't able to afford his insulin he tried rest To save money it didn't work and he died this disgrace should never happen in the United States of America not with a simple drug that's been around for nearly a century the obstacle to change the big pharma companies think they own Washington well they don't own me and I don't own a car We are teaming up to pass meaningful legislation to bring in competitive safe drugs from other countries to stop big pharma is practice of paying off generic companies to keep their products off the market we're gonna harness the negotiating power of 43 million seniors that's a lot of negotiating power And negotiating cheaper prices under Medicare for prescription drugs I have always believed in doing my job without fear or favor that's what I do as a senator and that's what I did as a prosecutor and that means not only convicting the guilty but protecting the innocent Have and why I will always continue to advocate for criminal Justice reform that's why in a state where we all value hunting and fishing and the great outdoors I am not afraid to join the vast majority of Americans including many gun owners to stand up to the gun lobby and put universal background checks and In Intel are Time America And a safer world isn't just about what we do here at home even if you wanna isolate yourself from the rest of the world the rest of the world won't let you international problems come banging at your door just as opportunities come knocking we need to stand strong and consistently with our allies we need to be clear in our purpose we must respect our frontline troops diplomats and intelligence officers who are there Day risking their lives for us they deserve better than foreign policy by tweet And one last obstacle that we must overcome to move forward together stop the fear mongering and stop the hate Come from different places we may pray in different ways we may look different and love different but we all live in the same country of shared dreams In Minnesota we have the biggest somali population in the country and we are A back community a few years ago at the height of the angry rhetoric a somali American family of four went out to dinner right here in Minnesota this guy walked by he looked down at them and he said you four go home you go home to where you came from and the little girl looked up at her mom and she said mom I don't wanna go home you said we could eat out for dinner tonight I don't want it Dinner at home you think of the innocent words of the little girl she only knows one home and that's our state she only knows one home and that's the United States of America The great American poet once wrote these words I hear America singing the very carols I hear for whitman those were the songs of the mechanics the carpenters the masons the shoe makers and those carols are still being sung today they are now also the songs of our sisters and brothers of course of different faiths races And ways of life e pluribus unum out of one out of any one it is more than a motto America it is the North star of our democracy it is the North star of our effort I am asking you to join this campaign it is Homegrown one And you can even see our number because of the snow but you can text me at 9199 zero Have a political machine I don't come from money but what I do have is this I have grit Family I have friends I have neighbors and I have all of you who are willing to come out in the Middle of winter all of you who took the time to watch us today from home all of you who are willing to stand up and say people matter I'm asking you not to look down and not to look away anymore I'm asking you to look to look at it There to look at the future before us let us rise to the occasion and meet the challenges of our day let us cross the River of our divides and walk across our sturdy bridge to higher ground As one faith leader reminded me this week to pursue the good we must believe that good will prevail Do believe it and so do you so let's join together as one nation indivisible under God and pursue the good