00:00You want people to be able to have the opportunity to serve, but also to have the people we serve
00:05look and say, that government is going to understand me.
00:16Welcome, Mayor.
00:17Thank you, thank you, thank you.
00:18Good to see you again.
00:18We're going to start with one question that we're asking every single candidate.
00:22Let's fast forward.
00:23You've been elected president of the United States of America.
00:26What are the three things that women can expect you to do and hold you accountable for?
00:30One thing, trying to codify Roe v. Wade into law so it can't be taken away by somebody else.
00:37I think that's the most important thing that we can focus on.
00:40Two, legislation, I think, that has a requirement that you should pay men and women equal.
00:45And then, making sure that in my government there are 50% women.
00:50If 50% of the country is female, I think 50% of the government should be female.
00:57We have a lot of first-time voters out there watching.
00:59So, what would you tell to your 18-year-old self?
01:02Vote and pick the person that, based on their experiences of what they've done in the past,
01:09you're convinced they will deliver in the future.
01:12If you could have dinner with any living woman who inspires you, who would that be and why?
01:16Bette Midler.
01:18She's a great entertainer, but also she is a great American.
01:21And one of the things she convinced us to do was to plant a million trees in New York City.
01:26And she went out and raised the money.
01:29She's the complete package.
01:30Sexual assault and violence is widespread in this country.
01:33So, what would you do as president to address this crisis?
01:37Well, sadly, you're right.
01:39And we should have no tolerance for it.
01:41We have to have laws on the books.
01:44And unfortunately, we have a lot of those laws.
01:46They're just not enforced.
01:48There are parts of this country where they defund every social program.
01:51Parts of this country where they try to make sure that you can't enforce any non-discrimination laws.
01:57We've had discrimination based on gender, based on orientation, based on ethnicity, based on age.
02:03That's why it's so important when you vote.
02:06What's your guilty pleasure?
02:07Cheez-Its, I think.
02:09Cheez-Its?
02:10Yeah, I love Cheez-Its.
02:11Wow. It's all revealed right here.
02:13Probably not great for your waistline, but I'm a Cheez-Its fan.
02:16If I had to pick a sandwich, it'd be a Subway sandwich.
02:19How does your identity shape your presidential campaign?
02:22The things that really are important to me, my children, both the girls, turned out to be great.
02:27Took care of my mother when she was alive.
02:29She died at 102, and I called her every single day.
02:34I still reach my pocket occasionally for the phone, and she's not there,
02:37but she is still on the answering machine.
02:39Is that right?
02:39Yes.
02:40Yeah, no, same with me.
02:42What's your favorite constitutional amendment, and why?
02:46Probably the 14th, because it corrected a lot of things that were wrong,
02:51whether it had to do with women, whether it had to do with slavery.
02:54It was a bill that fixed a lot of things.
02:57What is your top priority for furthering women's reproductive rights if you're elected president?
03:02Number one, you have to guarantee the rights.
03:04So that's Roe v. Wade and any other discriminatory laws.
03:08Number two, making sure that everybody can get medical care.
03:12So women in the U.S. make overall 82 cents on the dollar to white men,
03:17but of course it's much, much worse for black women, for Native American women, for Latino women.
03:23So what would you do as president to address equal pay in the United States of America?
03:28I think it's two things.
03:29It's equal pay for the same job with the same longevity.
03:34But the other thing that is more important, or as important,
03:37is giving the opportunity for women to move up.
03:40Because as you move up in the chain, the compensation is higher.
03:44So saying we pay the same for men and women is one thing, and it's good, but it's certainly not
03:50adequate.
03:51You have to make sure that people can move up into more responsible roles where the compensation is greater.
03:57An issue that comes up everywhere, but not on the debate stage,
04:00is the lack of affordable child care in this country and the lack of any paid family leave.
04:05So what would you do as president to address these critical issues?
04:07I think you judge somebody not by how they answer a question like that,
04:13but what they did when they faced the situation.
04:17At my company, we give 26 weeks of paid leave.
04:21I understand companies are there to have a business,
04:24and they have to have their employees dependably show up and be trained and do all the work.
04:29But you also have to have some understanding that people have a private life,
04:34and every once in a while need a little bit of flexibility.
04:39And it's good for the business because you'll have an employee who will stay around and contribute more.
04:44Right.
04:46For all the women watching, what would you tell them?
04:49Why they should pick you to be president of the United States?
04:51First, I would say you have to vote.
04:54You can't complain if you didn't vote.
04:56And when people say, oh, my vote doesn't matter, that's not true.
05:00Second thing is think about who you're voting for.
05:02It's easy to talk.
05:04It's hard to do things.
05:05And I personally would want somebody who can look me in the eye and say,
05:10I faced this situation.
05:12It was tough to make a decision and people were pushing me all over the place.
05:16But it was the right decision.
05:18And I had the courage to do that.
05:19And I think that's what really makes everything.
05:22Women are the majority of voters in this country.
05:24We have the ability to determine the future.
05:26So the most important thing you can do is go vote.
05:33We have a few people.
05:33Thank you to the participants.
05:33I have to see you tonight.
05:33Let's see you tonight.
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