00:01Hi, Lisa. We are four minutes out.
00:05Okay, just be aware there are a gaggle of protesters who set up shop here a little bit ago,
00:10so, you know, be aware of that when you come in, okay?
00:13Okay. You hear that?
00:16Yes.
00:17Trump protesters.
00:20I believe in the possibilities in politics.
00:23We will bow down to Trump come November.
00:26Biden's a loser. He's a traitor to this country.
00:28I'm also not naive to the fact that our politics is broken in very dangerous ways.
00:35I hope to stand before you as our nation's first out transgender member of Congress.
00:41But some people have to be speaking to people who aren't already with us.
00:46Hello. How are ya?
00:48In so many instances in my life, I've been a first.
00:52We know how much is at stake in this election.
00:55We also know what's possible.
00:56And that means that there aren't precise models to learn from and to build off of.
01:02If Trump wins and she's in the house, it scares me.
01:07There have been signs that read Sarah McBride as a man that have been placed all around the state.
01:12You're sick fucked. That's what you are.
01:14Sarah McBride is a direct mockery of God's creation.
01:19It hurts, but my job is to not give them the response that they want.
01:24I think it's a really good place to force them to discuss something more than just your identity.
01:29When you are a first, you feel that responsibility of demonstrating that it's possible.
01:36I am proud to stand before you as your next member of the United States House of Representatives.
01:45The Republicans maintain the control of the House, and I started to think they're gonna try to ban me from
01:50the restroom.
01:52It's not just that they don't want me in bathrooms. They don't want me in Congress.
01:56There would be a bounty on my head if I said that I would not comply.
01:59I'm a trans person, but I'm also an elected representative of a million people for whom I am the only
02:05voice they have in Congress.
02:06I want to respect your story and how you want to handle this for yourself, but I also want to
02:12clock these motherfuckers.
02:14It is really important for people to see you have power.
02:21First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
02:2550 years ago they ignored us. 20 years ago they laughed at us.
02:29Now they're fighting us. Soon we win.
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