Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett announced her run for the US Senate in an emotional speech, expressing tears as she emphasized this decision was never about personal gain. A civil rights and criminal defense attorney, she pledges to fight for accessible healthcare, affordable housing, entrepreneurship, and accountability, vowing to hit the ground running to serve Texas 30 and the nation.
00:00Of the people, not one that's bought and paid for, not politicians who are self-serving and lying in their own pockets.
00:07Most of you know that I am a civil rights and criminal defense attorney.
00:11That I made a living arguing cases before juries and fighting for Texas who were harmed to receive justice.
00:18I have won cases and convinced juries in the deepest, rarest parts of this state.
00:23And I'm ready to make the case to the people of the great state of Texas.
00:30My experience spans both state and federal.
00:35As you may have seen, I have spent more time on the federal level than I did on the state level.
00:41And frankly, I'm very well aware of what is happening on the federal level, on the deepest levels of the federal level.
00:48If elected to the Senate, actually when, I was about to say, y'all slow.
00:54So, I will begin on day one fighting to lower costs, deliver on health care, make home ownership and entrepreneurship accessible to all, and hold Trump accountable.
01:07I'll hit the ground running, because I'm already in the belly of the beast right now.
01:15Many people wonder why I jumped in this race so late.
01:18And I just want to be clear that this was never my intention.
01:22This was never about me.
01:25I never put myself into any of the polls.
01:27Listen, my question was, which congressional seat would I be running for?
01:44And for Texas 30, I love you.
01:49I love you, Texas 30.
01:51Okay, I'm going to finish.
01:59But the more I saw the poll results, I couldn't ignore the trends, which were clear, both as it relates to the primary as well as the general election.
02:08I could have played it safe and continued serving in the United States House of Representatives for as long as my constituents would have me.
02:15But I don't choose to do that, because Texas, this moment we're in now, is life or death.
02:27It's all or nothing.
02:30It's now or never.
02:32We find ourselves at a crossroads.
02:34We're faced with a hard choice to make people believe.
02:42We've got to make sure that they understand that we are not to go back.
02:49We are not to allow our hard-earned progress of our foremothers to be wiped away.
02:55We lose Social Security, Medicare.
02:58We lose the right to vote, to love, and live freely.
03:02That's one path where we go back in time.
03:06The other path is learning to live in Trump's America and shrinking ourselves into the shadows.
03:12It looks like people who are afraid to worship or love freely because people are simply, right now, afraid to walk down the streets.
03:23It looks like a country facing denial.
03:26Bank loan denied.
03:28Healthcare denied.
03:30American dream denied.
03:32But I'm here to tell you there is a third path, a path where we move forward as one people united under a common vision.
03:41A path where we reject Trump's false promises and reject his lies and division.
03:45I'm asking you to walk down this path with me, shoulder to shoulder, and envision a Texas where every child, no matter their story, can go to the best public schools, can afford to go to college, or learn a skilled trade.
04:00A Texas where that child has every opportunity to grow and thrive.
04:05That means nutrition, health care, mental health, and safety.
04:08Imagine a Texas where that child grows up and can buy a home with first-time homebuyers' assistance.
04:16Imagine that child wants to start a business and create jobs in their community they live in in Texas where they can actually access some capital to get started.
04:25Now contrast that to our reality today, where a child's opportunities are limited by their zip codes.
04:33I think about the children in Houston who had their school district taken over by Abbott.
04:38I think about the children in Lufkin who went hungry this summer after Republicans cut funding for summer EBT.
04:45I think about the young adults and families in Amarillo that would love to buy their own home but can't afford it.
04:52I think about the farmer in Lufkin County who had to find his way to the nearest hospital miles and miles away because Texas is...
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