00:00Good morning, folks. How we doing? All right. Well, I wasn't prepared to speak today, but when your mayor is such a boss, you come up to the microphone when she tells you to. So I'm so proud to be here today and so proud to see so many different people here. So it's such diversity, such a unique opportunity to show the world what Boston actually is. Boston isn't what you see on the movies and on TV and all that stuff. This is Boston. This is what Boston is. And this is the diversity that
00:29Boston represents. My name is Aaron Mike. What's up? I'm a state representative and also the chair, house chair of Ways and Means. And I represent I know the senator left, but I represent that old North Church. My neighborhood in the north end is where the revolution started and where it continues to this day every day. The spirit of it. Everyone gets to see it. Everyone gets to view it. But, you know, we're here to just send the message and to talk about exactly what's going on. Let's be clear. This is a distraction.
00:59This is nothing but a distraction to what's really going on in this country. Okay. We are not we are the safest major city in the country. The mega crowd doesn't want to hear that. But that is the truth. Those are the facts and the facts matter. And in this city, we know how to take care of our own. We know how to say keep it safe. And with our mayor leading the charge, we have been continuing to keep it safe.
01:23And the fact is that the attorney general, who was originally from Florida, wishes when she was the attorney general of Florida, had the crime statistics that we have here in Massachusetts.
01:33You want to talk about the real facts? The real facts are we have the low we have in Massachusetts. We have the lowest gun violence in the country. The president should take note of that. We should get a letter acknowledging that, shouldn't we?
01:50We have the we take care of our mental health patients and we we invest in mental health. The president should take a look at that. He should acknowledge that those are the things that we are we are tackling that we are working on. And those are the things that matter. And those are the things that actually get results and get things done.
02:08That is why the numbers don't lie. And we are going to continue to do that. And with this mayor and with her standing up to Congress and doing everything she's done, we will continue to to be the leader and not not just be a follower.
02:21And unfortunately, with everything else going on, there's a lot of following going on. But we're not going to follow. We're going to lead. And this city is going to lead. And our mayor is going to lead.
02:35Back to the numbers. The numbers don't lie. Again, the numbers don't lie. Gun violence across major cities. A lot of them are a lot of them are in blue states. A lot of them are red states. And unfortunately, this president and this administration doesn't want to tackle the idea of gun violence, doesn't want to tackle the idea of real true safety. And so until we do that, until until our president does that, we're going to continue to have to deal with this and we continue to have to stand up. And are we good at standing up?
03:00So I thank you for having me here today. And I want to I just want to thank the mayor and thank the mayor for everything that she's done for the fact that she stands up for us, whether it's in Washington or here every day. Thank you, Mayor Wu. You continue to be our leader that we're so proud of. Thank you very much, everyone.
03:17Thank you very much, everyone.
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