00:00Well, it sure is nice to be in Madison Heights, I love you too, at Plumbers Hall, Local 98.
00:15It is sure nice to see a lot of familiar and great faces in this room that I am so
00:24proud
00:24to represent each and every single day in the halls of Congress.
00:30But how about that, Gary Peters?
00:33How about our two-term, effective, dedicated, incredible senator whose family is so special to Michigan
00:44and so special to our values?
00:48You know, Gary's retiring at the end of this term, you know, and he's leaving a seat to fill.
00:55And those are big shoes to fill.
00:58You know, I have just been so honored to work alongside Gary for many years, but man, am
01:04I glad to have him with me in this fight.
01:09A mentor, a friend, Dan Nixon, you're right, we have known each other a long time.
01:15You're a good man.
01:17You know, this union that you helped to run alongside Gary and Jeremy and so many, you know, you guys
01:24are so special to me.
01:25This is actually, you know, where we kind of kicked off the campaign.
01:30This is like second home to me here.
01:32You know, in a union hall, talking about the 21st century labor movement and good paying jobs.
01:38You know, my great-grandfather was a plumber.
01:43And my dad is here to, you know, pay credence to that because he reminds me all the time, you
01:50know, what union halls like this, you know, mean for us.
01:55And so just with folks like all of you on the team, this is the winning coalition.
02:01This is how we do it.
02:03This is how we win in November.
02:05Guys, we are two days out.
02:08Two days, like a couple of sleeps away from what might be and what might feel like the world's longest
02:16primary.
02:18Except for, I love it.
02:21I love being out there for Michigan.
02:23I love being out there with all of you.
02:29I love bringing a little bit of that grit and a little bit of that Michigan way.
02:35And maybe just a little bit of that stick it to them.
02:41But let me tell you all the truth.
02:43Mike Rogers and the MAGA crowd, they're counting on something.
02:49You know, they're counting on us to stay home.
02:52They're counting on you to stay home.
02:54So they can squeak in to this Senate seat, you know, to make it red, to keep this Senate red,
03:02you know, to keep rubber stamping Donald Trump's backwards agenda.
03:10I got to level with you.
03:12You know, Donald Trump, the GOP, right now, they're spending money on ads, attacking me already because they're worried about
03:23running against me.
03:24You know, they're trying to change what might happen on Tuesday.
03:28But you know what?
03:30The GOP should be worried about running against me.
03:36Because, because, friends, I am a tough-as-nails Democrat.
03:46I'm going to run through anyone and anything to protect and defend our state.
03:57That is what my entire career has been about, protecting and defending Michigan.
04:05Michigan, serving as that chief of staff on the U.S. Auto Rescue, as the only person from Michigan on
04:14the team.
04:16You know, when those 200,000 jobs, countless hopes, dreams, and opportunity was on the line.
04:25You know, they were talking about who's going to shut out the lights in Detroit.
04:29Well, we know what happened.
04:31Good federal policymaking, by the way of a great president, the 44th president of this United States, Barack Obama,
04:43met the moment for who we are as Michiganders, the grit, the determination, and the willingness to do the job
04:53at hand.
04:54You know, in Congress, standing alongside folks like Gary Peters and so many of you to save those pensions,
05:04standing up to Wall Street to fulfill the long-held promise of the multi-employer pension plans,
05:11standing up for our manufacturing sector and our auto industry,
05:18working with our great governor to say that we're going to have a chips industry here.
05:24We're going to do it with organized labor, and we're going to make sure that our tax code is used
05:30effectively
05:30to lower those costs and to build those jobs.
05:34And yes, now, very proudly, very energetically, standing against Donald Trump
05:42and the politicians who run for office to get rich and famous.
05:51I'm working, and I plan to, as your next U.S. senator, ban stock trading.
06:01Not just for the elected officials, but for their spouses, their children, the candidates for the office,
06:08for president and vice president, we have got to center and re-center on something
06:15that Gary Peters has always symbolized, which is public service, standing for people in tough moments.
06:25Now, look, the way I see this, guys, this is a Michigan moment.
06:30And when Michigan is facing a little challenge, when Michigan is being sold out by a president
06:37to the highest bidder from his Oval Office that he uses like a stock trading floor,
06:43I am running through anyone and anything to solve our problems.
06:49Costs are up.
06:52We know the costs are up.
06:54You know, I'm out in Detroit on Good Friday.
06:58It's also opening day, and we're all having a great time.
07:02And two minutes into the conversation, my friends, you know, the gals at the Fish Fry,
07:07they're saying to me, Haley, why is our DTE bill so high?
07:10Why is DTE not standing up for their rate payers when Donald Trump slashes the clean energy tax credit?
07:18Well, when DTE and this backwards administration isn't standing up for you, I am.
07:25I am.
07:27When the hardworking families, be it the moms or the dads, are going to the grocery store
07:33and trading what they can put in their cart because they're worried about what that bill is going to look
07:37like,
07:38I am going to get rid of tariffs on groceries.
07:45You know, this crazy, erratic, backwards tariff structure, what is that?
07:51You know, with this president running around like Napoleon trying to cut a deal with every darn country under the
07:58sun,
07:58well, where's Michigan's deal?
08:00You know, we need more deals coming in here.
08:03Talk to my friends in the Building Trades Union.
08:05They're ready to build.
08:07They're ready to make the factories of the future.
08:09And when we have good industrial policy, we do that.
08:13We build things here in Michigan.
08:16So, yes, we do, Michigan, need someone who knows how to fight and win.
08:23And I'm in this fight for Michiganders who are concerned about getting their benefits,
08:31even the ones who've only been working for like 20 years.
08:35Maybe they're still 20 years away from getting Social Security.
08:39You know, they're wondering alongside their parents, is that guarantee going to be there?
08:44Because that trust fund is being robbed.
08:47You know, that's why I was proud to have the former Democratic Commissioner of Social Security,
08:52Martin O'Malley, campaigning with me here in Michigan.
08:56You know, I put up my hand to run for this seat, you know, in a tough moment because a
09:05fully paralyzed Michigan veteran,
09:09you know, reached out to me through a mutual friend asking if he was still going to get his benefit
09:14check
09:15because of Elon Musk with a chainsaw.
09:19You know, I'm in this fight for our workers, for our economy,
09:23to showcase that Michigan workers are the best in the world.
09:27I'm in this fight to stand up to the attacks on our health care system,
09:31to give more Michiganders access to quality, affordable health care.
09:37That means every one of you, you know.
09:43When they cut health care benefits to give ICE a $70 billion SOS fund,
09:49that isn't working for us.
09:51When we got RFK Jr., you know, going around putting people in danger through conspiracy theories and lies,
09:58friends, I'm fighting to impeach him and remove him for a science-first agenda.
10:10I am a proud pro-science Democrat.
10:13I am in this fight for each and every single one of you who is worried.
10:23Now, I know, because this has been a long primary, there's a lot of things getting said, okay?
10:32And this is, maybe it's online chatter.
10:36Maybe it's the national publications looking for a new headline.
10:40I mean, I think there's been four national stories about the sound of my voice.
10:46And I know female candidates have heard that before.
10:49You know, I think there was something in the New York Times about that.
10:54Guys, this is East Coast people making fun of how I talk.
11:00And how many times have we really heard that in our lives?
11:03You know, when we visit other places, they comment on our accent, where are you from?
11:09You know, I get to say, I'm from Metro Detroit.
11:12I'm from Michigan.
11:16I'm from Michigan.
11:18And I'm damn proud of it, by the way.
11:23I don't know.
11:23So look.
11:25Hayley, hayley, hayley, hayley, hayley, hayley, hayley, hayley, hayley.
11:35So look.
11:36Whether they're making fun of me or they're just making fun of Michigan,
11:41they don't get to think they're better than us.
11:44Because what I know is I am your voice, and I'm eager to be your voice.
11:50The jokes, they just make me want to fight harder.
11:55Like I did when I was working for President Obama.
11:58I was the voice in the room that sounded like Michigan.
12:01I was the voice in the room making sure that all the economic experts
12:06and all the national leaders didn't see Michigan as numbers on a sheet of paper or on a poll,
12:12but as families and workers whose livelihoods were on the line.
12:18And now I'm standing up to one of the biggest bullies of all, Donald Trump and his abuses of power.
12:26You know, I am standing up to be the voice to hold ICE accountable
12:31and their abuses of power from top to bottom.
12:34You know, if any of these agents have committed a crime, they need to be held accountable.
12:44And I am not afraid to say it.
12:46I am the voice fighting to stop politicians and candidates from office for getting rich while running or serving.
12:54I am the voice calling out those utility companies to lower your electricity bill,
13:00to put more money in your pocket.
13:03I am Haley Stevens.
13:11And look, they might not like how I sound,
13:17but I am sure going to make them hear us in the halls of power.
13:27Isn't that right, friends?
13:29So I'm going to do what's sounding like Michigan,
13:32being as pure Michigan as they come,
13:35with, yes, that little bit of stick it to them.
13:38And so Oakland County, we have got the two days.
13:41Are you ready to take on Donald Trump?
13:46Are you ready to send Mike Rogers back to Florida for a second time?
13:52Are you ready to go vote?
13:57Then I am your gal.
14:00Let's go win.
14:13Thank you, Oakland County.
14:15And now I've got to welcome one of Oakland County's finest,
14:20a mayor, a leader, a friend, Kelly Garrett.
14:26Now, come on, everybody to your feet.
14:29Let's give her a round of applause.
14:32This is a real deal.
14:35Homegrown, homemade.
14:36This is who we need in the U.S. Senate.
14:40Come on, Haley, Haley, Haley, Haley, Haley.
14:46Haley, Haley, Haley.
14:48When Haley decided to first run,
14:50they asked me to come here to kick it off,
14:53and I am so honored to end it here.
14:56Awesome.
14:57This has been my friend.
14:59I first met her in 2018.
15:01You want this woman that has compassion.
15:04You want this woman that works for you.
15:07You want this woman that is just not doing performative measures for you.
15:11You want Haley Stevens.
15:20This is the most compassionate person I have ever met in my life as an elected official,
15:26because I don't want anyone to be mad.
15:35This woman called me during the darkest hour when my son passed away, my only child.
15:43She called.
15:45She called.
15:45She asked for whatever I could do, whatever she could do for me.
15:49Then two months later, there's a package that comes.
15:52It's the U.S. flag from the Capitol, from Haley Stevens.
15:57I didn't know her like that.
15:59You know how we say it.
16:00I didn't know her like that.
16:02But this is my girl.
16:04You are going to be the U.S. senator.
16:07That's right.
16:07Period.
16:08I declare a decree.
16:11That's our senator.
16:12We don't need anyone that's going to have to guess where the bathroom is on day one.
16:19We need someone that is going to be ready day one to take on Donald Trump.
16:26Are we ready?
16:28Are we ready?
16:31Stand on your feet and say, Haley, Haley, Haley, Haley, Haley.
16:38Haley, Haley, Haley.
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