00:14Hello, Minnesota. Welcome to the freest state in the nation.
00:25A state where you love who you choose to love.
00:30A state where you make your health care decisions.
00:35A state where you worship or not according to your own beliefs.
00:41And maybe most importantly, a state where everyone belongs.
00:49Thank you to all the organizers.
00:51Thank you to our sisters and brothers in labor for the work you do every day
00:55and being here making this possible.
01:01Look, when the wannabe dictator in the White House sent his untrained, aggressive thugs
01:10to do damage to Minnesota, it was you, Minnesota, who stood up for your neighbors, who stood up for decency,
01:20who stood up for kindness.
01:23And at this moment that we are still in, when democracy itself seems to be at risk, it was Minnesota
01:34who said,
01:36not on our watch, not on our watch.
01:44You are the heart and soul of what the nation saw that is good in this nation.
01:50But make no mistakes about it.
01:53They did damage.
01:56They killed Renee and Alex.
01:59They traumatized our neighbors.
02:02And just be very clear, our weather may be a little cool, but our people are warm and we're fierce.
02:12And my message, because this is not over, don't ever mistake our kindness for weakness.
02:23We demand justice for Renee Good and Alex Pretty.
02:28We demand justice for every single person who was hurt or traumatized.
02:38We will never forget what they did here.
02:41And I have a message to our immigrant community here in Minnesota.
02:46You are seen, heard, valued and loved.
02:54You add value to our state.
02:57You are part of the fabric of what is good about Minnesota.
03:02And I have to tell you, that is a hell of a lot more than I'll say about anybody in
03:07the White House.
03:11And I will add a special, a special thank you and a special acknowledgement that we will never leave the
03:21side of our Somali Minnesotans.
03:27Here's our pledge to you.
03:28Our Somali Minnesotans, your great-grandchildren will still be here when that orange clown is in the dustbin of history.
03:41You will be here.
03:50They call us radicals.
03:53I see that the president said, it's a bunch of radicals.
03:58You're damn right we've been radicalized.
04:01Radicalized by compassion.
04:03Radicalized by decency.
04:06Radicalized by due process.
04:09Radicalized by democracy.
04:11And radicalized to do all we can to oppose authoritarianism.
04:21So for those of you watching at home, welcome to the North Star State.
04:28Welcome to the land of hope and dreams.
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