00:00On the Epstein files, which still have not been released, on a personal note, how does it feel to work with so many grown adults who have been obstructing the release of these Epstein files and, in effect, protecting pedophiles?
00:12Well, the Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program.
00:17That's what they've been doing.
00:19And that's the reason why they refused to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
00:25For weeks now, she was elected in late September, decisively, and Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva still hasn't been sworn in because she'll become the 218th vote on an up-and-down piece of legislation that will require the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files.
00:55And yet, week after week after week have gone by and Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva is unable to serve 800,000-plus people in the state of Arizona all because of the pedophile protection program being run by Mike Johnson and House Republicans at the direction of their boss, Donald J. Trump.
01:21Thank you, Mr. Ruben. You referenced the elections tomorrow and you expressed for weeks that you expect Democrats to win in Virginia, New Jersey, and California.
01:32I'm curious if you believe those victories will be a result of you all presenting yourselves as a check on the Trump administration or do you feel like Democrats have done an effective job kind of articulating the vision of what America will look like when Democrats are in control?
01:48Not just resisting what the Trump administration has done, but also putting forward the vision to fix health care, as you said, you know, put forward comprehensive immigration.
01:55All of the policy kind of planks that Americans are looking for government to fix, have Democrats this year effectively put forward that vision?
02:05Or is this just all about a referendum on President Trump and his administration?
02:10I spent time yesterday in New Jersey, including with the next governor of the state of New Jersey, Mikey Sherrill, who's running on a clear platform of lowering costs and making life more affordable.
02:23And that, of course, is what Democrats have been doing all across the country and as House Democrats, we've made clear that the American people deserve better than the extremism that has been unleashed on them from day one of this presidency.
02:40You deserve better. That's the point that Democrats have been making all across the country.
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