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At a Texas Democrats press brifing in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) slammed a Republican gerrymandering plan and responded to the issuing of warrants for the civil arrest of Texas state lawmakers who fled the state.
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00:00I will be your last and final speaker but let me tell you something I want to
00:11make sure that I make it clear who these people that are standing behind me are
00:16because I don't think that the American people truly understand the amount of
00:20sacrifice that these warriors and heroes are making right now most people don't
00:26understand that in the Texas House you only get paid $7,000 as it is as a
00:30salary but these people are saying listen we are going to do our job because
00:36we understand our oath unlike those that serve on the federal level and our
00:41Republicans as well as those that serve in our current Supreme Court and happen
00:46to have been appointed by Republicans as well as those that serve in the Texas
00:51House right now and happen to be Republicans these are people that
00:54understand what it is to be a representative they understand their
00:58constituencies and instead of trying to stomp on them they want to do
01:04everything that they can to stomp for them and so that's why they're here now let
01:08me say this governor talks a lot of noise and I made sure that I put up my
01:14warrant from four years ago to make it plain that they talk a lot of noise but
01:21these guys are weak that's why they're over here trying to bully people bullies
01:25are always weak the difference is they expect Democrats to kind of be the nice
01:31guys that we are they expect us to take the punch and say thank you well I am
01:35here to tell you not only are we gonna punch back but we about to beat you down
01:39we're going to win I'm gonna tell you why we're going to win because people are
01:46tired and as it's already been said we got a few truth-tellers that came before
01:51us a number of them came out of Texas so I need y'all to understand that maybe you
01:56haven't learned these amazing warriors names but you will know their names y'all
02:02know how the president feels about me got my training ground right there in Texas we
02:07know that there was another amazing black woman out of the state of Texas by
02:11the name of Barbara Jordan that had to check another so I'm here to tell you just
02:20like I told a group of folks in Arizona yesterday Frankie Beverly and May said it
02:26best we are one for everyone that's been asking where are the Democrats well here
02:32they are for everyone that's been asking where is the fight well here it is but let
02:38me tell you something don't leave them out on the ledge by themselves they need
02:42to know that you the American people stand with them because they are standing
02:46for you there's so many people that they will never meet but they understand the
02:51importance of making sure that they have a voice when it comes to their
02:55government they understand the importance of standing for what democracy is and
02:59making sure that it does not fall by the wayside they understand that we have a
03:03Timber Hitler in the White House right now that thinks that he is going to
03:07become the dictator of the United States well I got another thing to tell you sir the
03:12Democrats no matter whether whether we're talking about these Texas House
03:16Democrats or whether we're talking about the governor from Illinois the
03:20governor from California or whether we're talking about New York or I can go
03:24through the states and it's not just the governors it is the state houses it is the
03:28state senators it is those congressional delegations that are saying do what
03:33you got to do and I will fight and I will win and I will earn my seat back to the
03:38people's house in DC I am here to tell you that time is up for playing in our
03:43faces the Democrats are not going to stand for this any longer we know that we are
03:49standing for the people and so long as we stand for the people I absolutely
03:53believe that people are gonna stand for us so I just want to be clear do whatever
03:58you can to support these heroes because they are the ones that had to leave their
04:02families they are the ones that have warrants out for their arrest they are the
04:08ones that are doing things that honestly a lot of other people do not have the
04:12audacity to do so make sure when you talk about them press put some respect on their
04:18names I appreciate y'all
04:19thank you
04:26thank you
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