Barack Obama campaigns with Abdul El-Sayed for Michigan Senate race as midterm elections near

[0:00] is the promise of America and in 2012 I had the privilege of working on [0:06] President Obama's reelection campaign. He inspired me to get involved in my [0:14] community, to believe that public service mattered and to eventually put my own [0:19] name on the ballot. Now there are people on the other side who will tell you that [0:30] that American dream is over or that it was never meant for people with names [0:36] like mine or for working families in cities like Detroit, but my family's [0:41] story tells me otherwise. And looking out at all of you today, I know that there [0:46] are countless more stories still waiting to be written because make no mistake [0:57] Detroit is the heartbreak of democratic victory in Michigan. When Detroit shows [1:03] up, Michigan wins. When Detroit votes, Michigan wins. Now we have just 10 days [1:17] left, 10 days to leave everything on the field. Every single phone call you make, [1:23] every door you knock, every neighbor, every cousin, every co-worker you get to the [1:28] polls matters. And when Michigan votes in November, with Democrats leading the way, [1:34] we know there is a bright, undeniable light at the end of this tunnel and [1:40] together we will elect Democrats up and down the ballot and I will work every [1:46] single day as the next speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives. [1:51] And we will work to build a brighter, a bolder, and a stronger Michigan worthy of our children's [2:03] dreams. And now I am honored to introduce my friend and partner and future Lieutenant Governor, [2:12] Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks. [2:15] Leader Perry, Detroit, are you ready to flip the state house and make Ranjeev the next speaker? [2:32] Ready to grow our majority? I sure am. He is the Senate Majority Leader, a role that I have proudly held [2:49] since you delivered a democratic trifecta four years ago. Together we delivered historic change, [3:01] cutting taxes for working families, guaranteeing free breakfast and lunch for every Michigan public [3:07] school student, restored workers' rights, and so much more. And now I'm running to be Lieutenant Governor, [3:19] on the ticket with Jocelyn Benson, your next Governor. Secretary of State Jocelyn saved you time and money, [3:32] and she defended your right to vote when Donald Trump and John James came to undermine our elections. [3:39] And when you make your voices heard and elect Jocelyn Benson to be our next Governor, she will deliver for you again, [3:53] lowering costs, raising wages, and ending corruption. But she can't do it alone. [3:59] Detroit, we are asking you to show up again and vote. Not just for the top of the ticket, but all the way down the ballot. [4:08] And together we will flip the State House and send Matt Hall packing. And together we will expand our Senate Majority. [4:29] The path to keeping and growing our majority in the State Senate runs straight through Metro Detroit. [4:41] We must re-elect Kevin Hertel and Darren Camilleri, elect Teresa Brooks and Sean Carlson. [4:54] So, Detroit, I have just one question. Are you ready to get it done? Excellent. Thank you. And now, please welcome your next Congresswoman from Michigan's 10th Congressional District, Christina Hines. [5:22] Kids less than what we inherited. [7:11] Right now, my community is barely hanging on. Trump's terrorists killing manufacturing jobs. [7:20] We have thousands of them in our district alone. Millions of millions of people kicked off of their health care premiums for all of us. [7:33] Now listen, I'm a mom on a mission. A mission that Americans who have built our communities can still afford to live in them. [8:05] I tell you, Michigan's 10th Congressional District is an open toss-up seat. It is the most competitive seat in the entire country. [8:14] And, thank you, and I, against Michael Bouchard, Jr., degrees with Donald Trump in Congress, supports over $80 billion to data centers and tax breaks, and now they are buying his campaign! [8:52] Supported the bill that kicked millions of people off of SNAP and Medicaid and now is raising all of our costs. [9:01] Here's the deal. When I was 18 years old, voting in my very first election for Barack Obama, he taught me something. [9:17] He taught me that even when you are tired of a government that refuses to listen to you, and even when you're tired and frustrated by the senseless, endless wars, and even when you're pissed off that the price of gas is way too dang high, we are not powerless. [9:36] We have a voice! We have a voice! We have a vote! We can come together and make history. So when we win on November 3rd, I'm excited that I will be the first person in my community to go for Congress who is actually a woman. [10:01] I am so excited to be able to fight for my community. So one more time, one more time, y'all, for our communities, for our country, and for our children. Let's remind them what we are capable of. Everybody in the delegation, ready? [10:33] Yes, we can! [10:49] Yes, we can! [10:50] Without any further ado, I get to introduce our fearless senator who knows something about winning tough races, who knows how to do the right thing even when it's hard, even when the president is threatening her, our great senator, Alyssa Slotkin! [11:18] Detroit, Melissa Slotkin, your junior senator, soon to be your senior senator. Happy to be back here with the great Barack Obama. He was here in 2018, he was here in 2024 when we were on the stage, and he is back again. And if we can read anything into the tea leaves, when Barack Obama comes to Detroit, Democrats win. [12:33] We know it's excellent timing because Donald Trump is flying into Michigan tomorrow. J.D. Vance, J.D. Vance, they are upset over there. J.D. Vance is coming later this week. [12:51] It's been, it's been an interesting, it's been an interesting week. I am clearly triggering the president of the United States. A little triggered. This week he said again that I should be put on trial from the Oval Office for, thank you, [13:14] for one very specific reason, because I deign to say that if you break the law and abuse taxpayer dollars, you should be held accountable for that. [13:25] But I think it's important for the president to hear this, for the vice president to hear this. [13:38] Michiganders are not stupid. Americans are not stupid. We understand that our democracy is precious and we are not going to let you ruin it. [13:48] Now, that's why we need a new generation of leadership, right, that works harder and thinks differently and never forgets that they are public servants. [14:02] And I want to address something, especially since our media friends are here, because I think all eyes are on Michigan right now and they want to understand, right? [14:11] They're like, we don't understand, you know, Senator, you're, you're Alyssa Slotkin, but Abdul is running. Like, how does a state produce these two senators? You're so different. [14:24] So let me just explain and you tell me if I'm right. Okay. The difference these days under this president is not between progressive versus moderate. It is between team fight and team flight. [14:37] Do you believe? Do you believe that is our responsibility to stand up to the abuse of our democracy? Or do you believe, as so many others have told me, you know, just wait, people will come back to Democrats, just like sit on your hands and wait for that to come back around? [14:56] No, if we want this country to be something for our kids and our grandkids to believe in, we have to fight for it. And whatever we may have as disagreements and we do, it's okay, because we agree on so much more, which is putting a check and balance on Donald Trump in the White House. [15:12] So if you're from out of state and you're having a hard time understanding our politics and how big our tent is, and you're about to see some of the great ones come out here and show that on display, let me make it simple for you. [15:33] Michigan believes in electing fighters. That is what we are here to do. It is our responsibility as the state that invented the middle class to figure out how we're going to save our economy. And that is what we're going to do in just a couple of days. [15:52] Now, that big tent is how we have Christina Hines, who you just saw, who's going to win her flip seat. We have two very important Supreme Court justices, Megan Cavanaugh and Noah Hood. Don't forget them. We have Ellie Savitt, who's going to be our next Attorney General. [16:12] Garland Gilchrist, our next Secretary of State. Jocelyn Benson and Winnie Brinks, who are going to lead into the future as our governor and Lieutenant Governor. And then very soon, my partner Abdul El-Sayed in the Senate. The next time someone says, I don't understand Michigan, you tell them we are on goddamn team fight. Further ado, we're going to start our official program. Please help me welcome Ellie Savitt, our next Attorney General. [16:57] We'll be trying to write my lyrics off of this paper before I land. But you won't take this thing out of these words before I say it. Because ain't no way I'm going to let you stop me from causing man. When I say I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it. I don't give a damn what you think. I'm doing this for me. So the bird feeded beings is gassed up. If you think you're stopping me, I'm going to be what I set out to be. Without a doubt, I'm trying to bleed. And all those who are telling me, I'm telling, telling me. [17:20] Well, hello, Troy. I need to win. I want to first of all, thank for fighting for the people of the state of Michigan, but also for beating Mike Rogers once, which we're going to do again on November 3rd. Am I right? [17:41] My name is Ellie Savitt. I am proud to be your Democratic nominee for Attorney General. And if you need to know just one thing about me, it is that I will always fight for you as the lawyer for the people of the state of Michigan, no matter who it is. That's on the other side. [18:01] This is the work I've done throughout my career. I've successfully sued the opioid industry and corporate polluters. I have stood for civil rights and voting rights and the right to literacy for Detroit school children. [18:23] As Washtenaw County Prosecutor, we don't just put predators behind bars. We also go after bosses stealing from their workers, corporations ripping us off, and predatory slumlords who are taking advantage of tenants. [18:39] And that is the work that I am going to do as your next attorney general. [18:45] I do not care who it is that is harming the people of the state of Michigan, whether it's your boss stealing from your paycheck, a corporate polluter, a criminal on the street, a corporation price gouging you, or the president of the United States himself. [19:04] If you come from Michigan, I will see you in court. [19:07] And that is what this entire ticket represents. We are going to elect a ticket on November 3rd that is going to fight for the working class, even against the most powerful of interests, and even against Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. [19:28] And folks, that's the vision that we have as the Democratic Party. And we have seen what the other side has. [19:43] They have no vision. They have no plan to make life better for working families. [19:49] And so instead, what they are doing is they are flooding our airwaves with hate and lies and division. [19:55] And when they are doing that, they are making a bet. They are making a bet that in the state of Michigan, we can't see past the lies. [20:05] We can't see past the hate. We cannot see past the division. [20:09] And we're going to be blinded by the differences in race and religion and background rather than what brings us together. [20:17] Well, I have a message for those who think that Michiganders cannot see through lies and hate and division to borrow from another guy you're going to see pretty shortly. [20:26] Yes, we can. And hate and division. Yes, we can work together across race, across religion, across background to build a brighter Michigan future, [21:00] one in which no child has to worry about drinking contaminated water or breathing on clean air or going to schools that are substandard [21:10] and one in which every family earns every single penny that they should have been entitled to in the workplace [21:17] and is not being ripped off by corporate bosses on the other end. [21:22] Yes, we can build that future. [21:24] But we will only be able to do so if we get out and vote on November 3rd. [21:36] And that is precisely why they are coming for our right to vote. [21:40] They are trying to throw out mail-in ballots. [21:42] They are trying to disenfranchise women and racial minorities. [21:46] And we saw in 2020, in 2020, when Joe Biden won the presidential election, which is something, yes, we can all say, [22:00] they tried to throw out the votes here in Detroit and on college campuses throughout our state. [22:06] I have a simple message for anybody who is trying to mess with Michigan's elections. [22:14] As your next attorney general, you will come through me. [22:17] I will see you in court and I will make sure that our elections are free, fair and final. [22:32] But to do that, it takes a team. [22:35] And so it gives me great pleasure to introduce one of the best teammates in the game. [22:40] He's even taller than me. [22:42] He is going to protect our elections as your next secretary of state. [22:46] Please give it up for our lieutenant governor and your next secretary of state, Garland Gilchrist. [23:08] I want to greet y'all in the way that only a Detroiter can. [23:51] What up, though, Detroit? [23:58] I need y'all to talk to me. [24:12] Now, when I was growing up, there were some words that my father would say to me over and over again. [24:20] And I think about those words all the time. [24:25] I think about them every time I go to a Detroit public school. [24:30] And I see little black kids sitting in classrooms that are always either too hot or too cold. [24:43] Where my AFT at? [24:44] I think about these words every time. [24:54] I see black voters purged. [24:56] I see black polling places closed. [25:01] And I still see black folks lined up to vote anyway. [25:16] This is what he told me. [25:19] Black people are the most generous and forgiving people on this planet. [25:30] The first to give and the last to receive. [25:36] Always doing right, even when we are being wronged. [25:40] And I know, look, a lot of black folks right here, right now, feel just like that. [25:51] Here we go again. [25:56] Being asked to step up for everybody else. [26:03] And some of us are just straight up tired of it. [26:07] Tired of being asked to put our own pain, our own needs, and our own aspirations to decide. [26:17] Tired of being told that what's good for everybody will eventually be good for us. [26:26] I got to tell you something I learned about power. [26:35] Nobody asks powerless people to do powerful things. [26:48] See, they come to us because they know what we can do. [26:54] They know that our decisions represent progress. [26:58] They know that our presence is power. [27:02] Our generosity and our grace is our power. [27:10] All right, so we in the gym, right? [27:13] So that makes me think of the first time I dunked a basketball. [27:17] It is the best feeling in the world. [27:36] And I've even dunked a basketball in this gym. [27:47] Now look, okay, so once you can dunk, you want to dunk on everybody all the time. [27:53] Because when you're in the air, reaching for the hoop, you feel untouchable. [28:02] There is nothing like it. [28:04] And I'm going to tell you, look, if I had a ball right now. [28:12] But look, so that's the thing about feeling your own power. [28:17] Powerful people never pass up a chance to use and show that they are powerful. [28:29] Never. [28:32] Nobody has ever said, I know I can dunk on you, but I'm not going to dunk on you this time. [28:37] Because if you don't use your power to win, the other side will use theirs to ensure that [28:50] you lose. [28:53] And this is why I'm running to be your next Secretary of State of Michigan. [29:00] To protect that power. [29:07] To expand that power. [29:11] Of us. [29:15] And that's also why I support Abdul El-Sayed to be our next United States. [29:31] Because look, y'all, let's face it. [29:34] Between now and November 3rd, too many of us feel like we're losing the game in this country. [29:42] But today is about unity. [29:47] November 3rd is about power. [29:50] The power to build. [29:52] The power to say who gets a shot. [29:54] The power to say who gets to have a say. [29:58] So it's up to all of us. [30:03] The ball is in our hands. [30:05] And the hoop, the goal, our democracy is just a few feet away. [30:10] So Detroit, this is our moment. [30:14] Let's dunk the ball. [30:16] Let's win the election. [30:19] Let's show how powerful we are. [30:23] Let's win and let's do it together. [30:27] Thank you. [30:28] God bless you. [30:29] And God bless the great state of Michigan. [30:33] Run to the checkup flare. [30:54] Run to the red light. [30:56] Can't be good. [30:57] It won't pull over till I'm dead. [30:58] Ride till the sun. [31:00] Ride can't help. [31:00] I know they ain't gonna get no b****. [31:03] Ride with me. [31:03] Let me be inside. [31:06] Let me all the different shower. [31:09] I'm a hoppin' in. [31:12] Bags. [31:14] It's a lot to you to me. [31:15] I love you. [31:16] Let them mind. [31:16] Share them for the care. [31:18] I'm allowed. [31:19] Uh-huh. [31:19] Real dope boys in the trap. [31:21] Uh-huh. [31:22] Big guy. [31:23] All them like a big shot. [31:24] So my d**** make me room for you. [31:27] Gotta let them know. [31:28] I don't turn around so I don't lip box. [31:30] Uh-huh. [31:31] Solid tails. [31:31] All I do is big rocks. [31:33] I came from Dylan Rock. [31:34] All the way to headshot. [31:36] On the throne b****. [31:37] Then when I'm on she can kick rock. [31:39] Let her know. [31:39] Keep my foot up on the gas. [31:42] He a free. [32:16] Tell him free bro. [32:17] Nell it. [32:17] To the cross. [32:18] He walk around like T-Zo. [32:19] What's up with these? [32:20] You don't even. [32:21] Trying to see Compton. [32:22] The industry can hit me. [32:23] From all in the mama. [32:24] How many options you really got? [32:25] I mean there's too many options. [32:27] I'm finna pass on this party. [32:28] I'm John Stockton. [32:31] Beat your f**** out the Bible if God watch you. [32:34] Sometimes you gotta pop out his show. [32:36] Certified buggy man. [32:37] I'm the one that up the score with him. [32:38] Walking down the whole time. [32:39] I know he got some a** on him. [32:41] Pole on him. [32:41] Extort. [32:42] Really got a** on him. [32:43] Say Drake. [32:44] I hate you like I'm young. [32:46] You better not have her go to cell block 1. [32:48] Can you hear me? [32:48] You better talk to him and they in love? [32:50] Just make sure you hide your little sister from him. [32:53] They tell me Jeff the only one that get your hand down. [32:55] And party after party. [32:56] Playin' with his nose now. [32:57] And Baka got a weird case. [32:59] Why is he around? [33:00] Certified lover boy. [33:01] Certified pedophiles. [33:02] Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop. [33:04] That f*** him up. [33:04] Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop. [33:06] I'ma do my stuff. [33:07] Why you trolling like a bitch? [33:09] You tired? [33:09] Trying to strike a chord. [33:10] And it's probably A minor. [33:13] They not like us. [33:19] They not like us. [33:20] They not like us. [33:22] They not like us. [33:23] They not like us. [33:25] They not like us. [33:26] This one is for the boys with the boomer system. [33:37] Top down AC with the coolant system. [33:38] When you come up in the club, we be blazing up. [33:40] He got sex on deck like he's saving up. [33:42] And he ill, he will. [33:43] He might got a deal. [33:44] He bop, bop, dog. [33:48] He always in my house. [34:10] All right, y'all funny for that one. [34:16] All right. [34:17] Y'all funny for that one. [34:18] What's up, Detroit? [34:26] Detroit! [34:27] To see your next U.S. [34:31] Senator! [34:38] Y'all want to see my president, Mr. Barack Obama? [34:42] That's what I'd like to hear in Detroit. [34:44] Let's go! [34:46] Your secretary of state and next governor of the great state of Michigan, Jocelyn Benson. [1:05:14] For generations to come, to you tonight, is this. [1:06:18] What are you willing to do for that future? [1:06:21] How hard are you willing to fight to ensure our teachers and nurses have better and more [1:06:29] respect? [1:06:30] In the election, voters will face a simple choice. [1:07:08] Who do you want our leaders to work for? [1:07:12] The people or the powerful? [1:07:15] Well, you all know who I'm fighting for. [1:07:19] All of my neighbor here in Detroit. [1:07:25] Her name is Gwen. [1:07:27] She might be here tonight. [1:07:29] Earlier this year, she was diagnosed with cancer, and she told me how every month she [1:07:36] looks at her bills and has to choose whether to pay for her chemotherapy or her electric [1:07:41] bill. [1:07:42] That's real. [1:07:43] I am fighting for the mom I met in Saginaw who has to work four jobs, one for child care, [1:07:49] one to pay for health care, one to pay rent, and another to cover the cost of food and everything [1:07:53] else, when she should only be able to work one job and do all of that. [1:08:03] I'm fighting for the parents in Traverse City who have to choose who in their family gets [1:08:08] health insurance because they can't afford to cover everyone with the rising premiums. [1:08:13] I'm fighting for the senior citizens in Warren who wonder every month how they're going to [1:08:17] cover the rising cost of medicine on their fixed incomes. [1:08:21] I'm fighting for the educators who show up to work every day. [1:08:25] And yet, and yet, you show up to work every day and still can't afford to live in the communities [1:08:35] where you teach because housing is unaffordable. [1:08:39] And, and, I'm fighting for the kids, my son and every kid in this state who are looking to [1:08:45] us and asking us to fight for them. [1:08:49] My friends, we have just 10 days left in this election, just 10 days to show the nation who [1:09:03] we are, what we stand for, and what we're fighting for. [1:09:08] This election is a choice between leaders who will show up every day, as I will, as everyone [1:09:13] you're hearing from tonight will, and work to bring down costs and wages and ensure our wages [1:09:19] are going up and that we're ending corruption. [1:09:22] It's a choice between those leaders and people like my opponent, John James, who are only [1:09:26] fighting for the power. [1:09:28] This opponent has been in Congress for less than four years, and in that time, he's become [1:09:48] a multimillionaire buying stocks in the companies he regulates. [1:09:52] He's voted to raise our health care costs, wow, supporting a reckless war in Iran and tariffs [1:10:02] that are driving up the cost of everything we buy. [1:10:05] He does not stand for the people of Michigan. [1:10:10] He stands with Donald Trump, including, including, and this is the kicker, folks, in 2020. [1:10:19] Remember that election? [1:10:21] I do. [1:10:22] So just indulge me for a moment here. [1:10:24] That year, 2020, in Michigan, we fought back against an unprecedented effort to overturn the [1:10:31] accurate results of not just a valid election, but what was at that point the highest turnout [1:10:38] election in our state's history. [1:10:41] Now, as Secretary of State, I stood up to Trump when he lied about me, defeated his plan to [1:10:59] illegally overturn an accurate election, a plan that escalated into a tragedy at our U.S. [1:11:05] Capitol on January 6. [1:11:06] I had to shelter in my home here in Detroit, protecting my kid, while people with guns protested [1:11:13] on my front lawn because of lies that they'd been fed about our election. [1:11:17] But, but listen to this. [1:11:19] I want you to remember, those election lies, they weren't just coming from Donald Trump. [1:11:25] My opponent, John James, he lied too. [1:11:30] In fact, in fact, he also lost that election, and he also refused to concede, and he also [1:11:37] spent millions of dollars amplifying Trump's baseless claims and supporting Trump's voter [1:11:42] suppression tactics to block your voice from being heard and your vote from being counted. [1:11:48] That's real. [1:11:49] That's the contrast in this race. [1:11:51] Because listen, in 2028, the path of the presidency to the future of our nation runs right through [1:11:56] Michigan. [1:11:57] But listen, let me ask you this. [1:12:06] Who do you want leading this state when Donald Trump tries to pressure the governor to overturn [1:12:12] an election or to turn over your private voting information in the lead-up to that election? [1:12:19] Who do you want? [1:12:20] Who do you want leading this state when Trump tries to illegally send ICE agents to our polling [1:12:26] places? [1:12:46] So you're telling me you don't want my opponent, John James, leading this state? [1:12:50] My opponent, John James, the election denier leading this state? [1:12:59] The election defender protecting your vote and protecting your voice and leading this state? [1:13:08] Let me tell you this. [1:13:09] I will proudly, proudly stand up to anyone, anytime, anywhere who tries to stand in the [1:13:14] way of your rights, your freedoms, your privacy, and our democracy. [1:13:18] You've done that as your Secretary of State, and now I'm ready to do it as your Governor. [1:13:28] So listen, this election cycle has already been filled with mudslinging and misinformation, [1:13:42] all designed to discourage you from participating or even believing in your own voice and in the [1:13:48] power of your vote. [1:13:49] Our opponents are resorting to these tactics because they know they can't win on the merits. [1:13:54] They know, they know that Michiganders will reject their vision for our future because [1:14:00] it's a vision that would raise health care costs even more. [1:14:03] It's a vision that would favor the wealthy and not all of us. [1:14:06] It's a vision that would leave Michiganders sicker, angrier, and less prosperous. [1:14:11] But here's the deal. [1:14:14] Those forces only win if they convince you to stay home this November. [1:14:19] That's it. [1:14:20] If with all their noise and lies and chaos, if they make you feel like your voice doesn't [1:14:26] matter. [1:14:27] But we're not going to let them make us feel that way, are we, Michigan? [1:14:31] Folks, I am tired of bullies and billionaires defining our nation, right? [1:14:39] I'm tired of politicians like my opponent who just do everything Donald Trump tells them [1:14:52] to do. [1:14:53] I'm tired of Donald Trump embarrassing us on the global stage with corruption and cruelty [1:14:58] and chaos. [1:15:05] Michigan, tonight I'm asking you to join me in saying enough. [1:15:10] Enough. [1:15:12] Tonight I'm asking you to roll up your sleeves and work as hard as you can for the next 10 [1:15:17] days. [1:15:18] Tonight I'm asking you to recognize the power we have here in Michigan to define our future. [1:15:24] We have the power to ensure our kids will be safe in their schools. [1:15:28] That we can visit a doctor when we're sick, that we're bringing well-paying union jobs [1:15:33] to this state and increasing our salaries. [1:15:35] We have the power to ensure the freedom to vote. [1:15:47] Our democracy will remain secure for all. [1:15:50] My friends, this is our moment when the eyes of the nation, of the world, are on us to show [1:15:58] up, show who we are, what we stand for, and what we will fight for. [1:16:03] I'm going to ask you one more time, Michigan. [1:16:15] What are you willing to fight for? [1:16:17] Will you fight for hope over fear? [1:16:20] Will you fight for unity over chaos? [1:16:24] Will you fight for democracy? [1:16:27] Yes. [1:16:28] Will you vote for democracy? [1:16:29] Yes. [1:16:31] Well, let me hear you say it. [1:16:34] Vote. [1:17:04] Please welcome your next U.S. Senator, Abdul-el-Sayed. [1:17:08] Detroit, what up bro? [1:18:00] You showed up and you showed out. [1:18:08] We give it up for our next Attorney General, Ellie Savitt, and our next Secretary of State, [1:18:15] Garland Gilchrist, and our next Governor, Jocelyn Benson. [1:18:21] look I've known Jocelyn for over a decade the Secretary of State she [1:18:27] withstood some of the worst attempts to undermine our democracy and voting rights [1:18:32] right here in Michigan and she kept our democracy safe Michigan I can tell you [1:18:37] this you're about to have one of the most tenacious hardest working leaders [1:18:41] you could ever imagine in Lancet my name is Abdul El Sayed and I am running for [1:18:51] US Senate you're not here no we fired up Detroit Detroit say it with me now it [1:19:21] just shouldn't be this hard and that's why we need money out of money in your [1:19:27] Medicare for more time money out of money in York Medicare for it just shouldn't [1:19:36] be this hard in the richest most powerful country in the history of the world [1:19:41] shouldn't be this hard to afford a second bag of groceries shouldn't be this hard [1:19:46] to fill up your tank shouldn't be this hard to pay your rent or your mortgage [1:19:50] shouldn't be this hard to see a doctor shouldn't be this hard to pay your taxes [1:19:55] and know that that money is going to be spent on you and your kids instead of [1:19:59] dropping bombs on somebody else and their kids. [1:20:01] It shouldn't be this hard. [1:20:04] Now look, politics was not part of my life's plan. [1:20:09] Look, I got an 11-letter first name. [1:20:11] I know that. [1:20:13] And there are two others after that one. [1:20:16] Growing up, I wanted to be a doctor. [1:20:17] And I wanted to be a doctor because I could go 15 hours to my family's native Egypt, or [1:20:22] 15, or I could go 15 minutes from where I grew up into this city. [1:20:30] Either way, I'd cross a 10-year life expectancy difference. [1:20:33] And on the other side of those 15 hours, I'd be in Egypt where my father grew up. [1:20:38] His mother, my teta Suad, was the wisest, most intelligent person I've ever met. [1:20:43] Yes, she is. [1:20:44] She never got to go to school. [1:20:47] Raised six kids of the eight to whom she gave birth in a one-bedroom apartment overlooking [1:20:52] a fish market where my grandfather sold vegetables. [1:20:55] One summer, my teta didn't quite love the way I was showing up. [1:20:59] Pull me aside. [1:21:00] Habibi, come sit down. [1:21:02] Points to one of my cousins. [1:21:03] That one is smarter than you. [1:21:05] Points to the next one. [1:21:06] That one, I don't have to tell you, is taller and better looking than you are. [1:21:10] Third one, nicer and kind of harder. [1:21:12] Fourth one, works harder than you do. [1:21:13] Kept going. [1:21:14] And by the end of this, I'm now a puddle on the floor. [1:21:18] I'm like, Teta, what do I got going for me? [1:21:20] She said, Habibi, you have the best thing of all. [1:21:22] I said, what's that? [1:21:23] She said, you get to go back to America at the end of the summer. [1:21:31] She was teaching me about opportunity. [1:21:35] And over these last three months, you've probably seen a lot of folks talking about my name and [1:21:39] my faith. [1:21:40] They're trying to get you to question my love of this country. [1:21:44] But let me be clear about something. [1:21:46] No one understands the promise of America, like a kid who was born here but for the accident [1:21:53] of history. [1:21:54] No one loves America like someone who understands exactly what America gave me. [1:21:58] And I know exactly what that is. [1:22:00] Incredible public schools. [1:22:01] The privilege of democracy. [1:22:03] The very notion that we, the people, get to decide what kind of world we want to build [1:22:06] for our kids. [1:22:07] So don't get it twisted. [1:22:11] I love America. [1:22:13] I'm so grateful I get to raise my two daughters here in America. [1:22:16] I just love America enough to call on her to be America for all of her kids. [1:22:25] See, my grandmother couldn't have known this, that I could go just 15 minutes and meet kids [1:22:29] whose opportunities look more like my cousins than they did mine. [1:22:33] And that's why I became a doctor. [1:22:35] Because it shouldn't matter where you grow up. [1:22:36] Shouldn't matter the color of your skin. [1:22:38] Shouldn't matter what you or your parents do for work. [1:22:41] Shouldn't matter if you're urban, rural, or suburban. [1:22:43] You deserve a long, healthy life in these United States of America. [1:22:46] On my way to med school, I ended up at the University of Michigan. [1:22:54] Go blue. [1:22:55] Tough game today. [1:22:56] But look, I got some really bad advice on my last day there. [1:23:01] I was the valedictorian of my class. [1:23:02] I got to give the student commencement speech. [1:23:04] The main speaker, who everybody actually went to go listen to, a former president named Bill Clinton. [1:23:10] So I give my speech. [1:23:12] Bill Clinton gives his speech, mentions me in his speech. [1:23:16] My immigrant father, who's here somewhere, claps for me for the first time in my whole life. [1:23:29] And afterwards, President Clinton comes up to me. [1:23:33] He says, son, why are you going to medical school? [1:23:35] That's not usually a question you get when you're going to med school. [1:23:40] I'm like, well, I'm brown and Muslim. [1:23:41] It's just what we do. [1:23:42] But also, I love people. [1:23:43] And I love science. [1:23:44] And this is how I want to serve. [1:23:46] And he looks at me and he's like, you know, that's great. [1:23:48] But you've got a gift for speaking. [1:23:50] Maybe someday you'll run for office. [1:23:51] I laughed out loud in his face. [1:23:54] Mr. President, did you see my name? [1:23:57] There are 11 letters in my name. [1:23:58] And I got two others after that. [1:23:59] People like me don't get to run for office. [1:24:01] He thought about it for a minute. [1:24:02] And he chuckled and walked away. [1:24:04] That was 2007. [1:24:06] In 2008, I watched a guy named Barack Hussein Obama run for the presidency. [1:24:11] He won Michigan twice. [1:24:15] And it was the first time I ever saw anybody who looked at all like me in politics. [1:24:22] His dad immigrated from Africa. [1:24:23] My dad immigrated from a different part of Africa. [1:24:26] He had mixed parents. [1:24:27] I was raised by my dad and my stepmom, Jackie, a daughter of the American Revolution in the [1:24:33] middle of the state. [1:24:33] They said he got a funny name. [1:24:37] I got a funny name. [1:24:39] He's tall and skinny and, well, I'm 5'8". [1:24:43] But I've been watching him since that 2004 DNC speech. [1:24:46] Y'all know the one. [1:24:47] I'll never forget where I was. [1:24:50] I was in my parents' house doing dishes. [1:24:52] I heard him take the stage and start speaking. [1:24:54] I just stopped. [1:24:55] I got suds falling from my hands. [1:24:58] He showed us all what elegance and grace and determination looked like in a politician. [1:25:03] And he showed me something in myself that apparently I never forgot. [1:25:11] I followed it all the way. [1:25:11] Went off to med school to learn how to heal. [1:25:13] Only to realize that our health care system is more interested in billing than healing. [1:25:17] So I went into public health, had the honor of rebuilding the health department in this [1:25:22] city, leading Wayne County's department. [1:25:24] And I'm never going to forget one frigid morning early on in my time in the city. [1:25:31] We'd all gotten this call about Spain Elementary, not too far from here. [1:25:35] I want you to imagine walking into a first grade class, little kids bundled up in their [1:25:39] coats trying to learn how to read with icicles falling from the ceiling. [1:25:44] That's what I saw. [1:25:45] Gym floor was growing mold. [1:25:48] That's what years of disinvestment and devastation of our public schools. [1:25:51] What unfair, inequitable funding formulas under GOP leadership had created. [1:25:58] We worked with DPSED to make sure that our kids were safe in that and every other school [1:26:04] in this city. [1:26:05] Working with and for Detroiters. [1:26:08] We put glasses on kids' faces. [1:26:10] Made sure they weren't exposed to letting their schools. [1:26:14] Took on corporate polluters to tackle asthma. [1:26:17] Put Narcan in vending machines to take on the opioid epidemic. [1:26:20] Canceled millions of dollars in medical debt. [1:26:22] Now fast forward to last year. [1:26:28] The same GOP austerity politics that led those kids to have to try to learn in those conditions, [1:26:34] it struck again. [1:26:35] It was the day Donald Trump froze federal funds. [1:26:37] Y'all remember that? [1:26:38] A reckless fool of a president froze everything from our vaccine program to community health [1:26:45] centers to the WIC program that moms and babies depend on for food. [1:26:50] All frozen. [1:26:51] Next day, Senator Gary Peters announced he wouldn't be seeking re-election. [1:26:57] There would be an open U.S. Senate seat. [1:27:00] I had to ask myself, where does the fight for our community go now? [1:27:04] See, if I were to be elected, I'd be the first Democratic doctor elected to the U.S. Senate [1:27:09] since 1969. [1:27:12] And if you think a little bit about the guy running HHS, I think we could use a Dr. Senator [1:27:20] right about now. [1:27:25] Now, there are crystallizing moments in all our lives. [1:27:28] Moments that lay bare the stakes of the next step we take, the next move we make. [1:27:34] So, 18 months ago, we kicked off a campaign built on three simple ideas. [1:27:40] Money out of? [1:27:41] Money in your? [1:27:43] Medicare for? [1:27:45] We went everywhere. [1:27:47] We talked to everybody. [1:27:49] A lot of folks wondered if someone like me could even get this far. [1:27:52] You probably heard the naysayers. [1:27:54] But his name's Abdul, though. [1:27:57] But we spoke to the challenges that folks face. [1:28:00] We met folks where they were, in their small towns, in their big cities. [1:28:04] We listened and we learned. [1:28:05] We had the conversations at the very heart of our democracy. [1:28:08] Who are we and who do we want to be? [1:28:11] This campaign has never been about what we're against. [1:28:13] It's always been about what we're for. [1:28:17] See, Michigan, you know this. [1:28:21] Donald Trump is not the disease of our politics. [1:28:24] Donald Trump's just the worst symptom of the disease of our politics. [1:28:27] The disease. [1:28:28] It's the system that allows billionaires and corporations and special interests to buy [1:28:32] and sell politicians in ways that leave them rigging the system against us. [1:28:36] It's why we pay more for all we have to buy, get paid less for the work we do. [1:28:41] It's not just about fighting big pharma. [1:28:44] It's about fighting for a mom on the east side drowning in medical bills because her kids have asthma. [1:28:50] It's not just about fighting big insurance. [1:28:53] It's about fighting for black moms who face four times the likelihood of dying in childbirth. [1:28:58] Whose babies, their babies deserve to live long, healthy lives. [1:29:02] It's not just about fighting big oil. [1:29:06] It's about fighting for the kids whose schools sit across the street from smokestacks that pollute their lungs. [1:29:12] It's not just about fighting big tech. [1:29:14] It's about fighting for that family that's worried about the data center they're trying to put in the middle of their community. [1:29:20] It's not just about fighting big banks. [1:29:25] It's about fighting for the UAW autoworkers who haven't gotten a raise in years while GM just did the biggest stock buyback in automotive history. [1:29:34] And y'all, it's not even about fighting Donald Trump. [1:29:38] It's about fighting for the family on the west side who can't afford their groceries because of this stupid war in Iran. [1:29:44] Not just about fighting the military industrial complex or AIPAC. [1:29:53] It's about fighting for the family sending their kids to Spain Elementary that deserve our money to be spent on them rather than dropping bombs somewhere else. [1:30:02] So who's my opponent in this race? [1:30:10] It's not just Mike Rogers. [1:30:12] It's the system that created Mike Rogers. [1:30:14] It's the system that allows big tech and big oil and big pharma and big banks to buy politicians and rig the system against the rest of us. [1:30:22] Now, you might have seen earlier this week we had a debate. [1:30:25] More like I had a debate and he played MAGA's greatest hits. [1:30:29] But there's really only one line he said that's worth paying any attention to. [1:30:35] He said that the last two years have been amazing. [1:30:38] So Detroit, let me ask you, have the last two years been amazing? [1:30:47] Has it been amazing when you're trying to afford a second pound of ground beef at the grocery store? [1:30:52] Has it been amazing when your boss tells you they're cutting back your hours because of the tariff war with Canada? [1:30:58] Has it been amazing when you can't see a doctor because of this big ugly bill? [1:31:04] Has it been amazing when you pump your gas? [1:31:07] But I guess if you're Mike Rogers or Donald Trump, I guess life has been amazing. [1:31:12] Trump made another $2.2 billion off the presidency. [1:31:15] Mike Rogers, his data center investments have made him quite a bit, I'm sure. [1:31:22] Now, as if it's not bad enough to try to live in Trump's America, he's coming here to remind us about it. [1:31:29] He's going to be in Port Huron tomorrow and he wants to remind you Donald Trump is on the ballot. [1:31:37] So Detroit, let me just tell you for him. [1:31:39] Detroit, Mike Rogers and Donald Trump really want you to know Donald Trump is on the ballot. [1:31:44] So please make sure to vote like Donald Trump is on the ballot. [1:31:50] We don't need that president to come here and tell us because, y'all, we've already got our president. [1:32:05] And he's here tonight to remind us exactly what is on the ballot. [1:32:10] So you can go on and take your Donald Trump with you back to Florida, Mike, because we got President Barack Obama in the house. [1:32:17] Trump got us into a war. [1:32:24] We got no business fighting. [1:32:25] President Obama, he contained a nuclear threat without war. [1:32:29] Trump's tariffs costing auto workers their livelihoods. [1:32:32] President Obama, he made sure that they didn't lose their jobs in the worst financial crisis in a century. [1:32:39] Trump is the poster child for how Citizens United destroyed our politics. [1:32:45] President Obama condemned it the day it was decided. [1:32:48] Trump's big, ugly bill gutting health care for millions. [1:32:51] President Obama passed the legislation that expanded it in the first place. [1:32:56] And that there is where I want to pause and reflect. [1:33:01] Here's what President Obama said. [1:33:03] I just want us to reflect on what President Obama said on that long-awaited day when the Affordable Care Act was finally signed into law. [1:33:34] He said, we're not a nation that scales back its aspirations. [1:33:39] We do as hard and we shape our own destiny. [1:33:44] We shape our own destiny. [1:33:46] It's about building on the foundation of those who've come before us. [1:33:50] Learning from the lessons they leave us behind. [1:33:55] For me, that foundation was having watched the skinny guy with a funny name do what I thought was impossible. [1:34:03] His legacy, it continues to offer a guiding light and fitting lessons for the work that is yet to be done. [1:34:10] And that work is not just about getting elected, but using your seat to make a difference in the lives of the people you serve. [1:34:16] So when they tell me, but his name's Abdul, though, I remind them his name was Barack, though. [1:34:30] Because we stand on the shoulders of giants and we work for the America whose light they made brighter. [1:34:43] So Detroit, it is my absolute honor. [1:34:46] It is my privilege to introduce a man who needs no introduction, the 44th president of the United States. [1:35:07] Detroit, it's good to be back in Detroit. [1:35:37] Back in the Motor City. [1:35:42] It is great to be with your next governor, Jocelyn Benson. [1:35:46] And your next senator, Abdul El-Sayed. [1:35:52] So, listen, I've been doing this a long time. [1:36:14] I don't know if you've noticed, I've gotten a little gray. [1:36:19] Some people might say, I've been doing this too long. [1:36:25] No, no, no. [1:36:26] It's true. [1:36:27] And you know one of the people who says that is Michelle Obama. [1:36:32] She's like, oh, man, sit down. [1:36:35] But one advantage of having seasoning and experience, when you've campaigned in as many elections as I have, [1:36:51] I can tell you when an election comes along that just feels a little bit different. [1:36:58] An election where people are so ready for something new, so hungry for something better, [1:37:06] so sick and tired of being sick and tired, that everywhere you go, it feels like change is in the air. [1:37:13] And Michigan, that's what I'm feeling right now. [1:37:17] That's what you get a chance to do in 10 days. [1:37:24] After 10 years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence, tomfoolery, nonsense, [1:37:38] the lights of which this country has not seen in modern times at least, [1:37:45] you get to say enough is enough. [1:37:48] We're voting for change right here in Michigan. [1:37:50] By the way, while I'm at it, I'm not just asking you to vote for Abdul and Jocelyn. [1:38:07] I'm also asking you to vote for your next Secretary of State, Garland Gilchrist, [1:38:13] your next Attorney General, Ellie Savick, [1:38:18] your next Congresswoman for the 10th District, Christina Hines, [1:38:23] your Chief Justice, Megan Kavanaugh, and Justice Noah Hood. [1:38:28] We're going to keep the state Senate thanks to the leadership of Majority Leader Brinks. [1:38:35] Win back the State House thanks to the work of Minority Leader Puri. [1:38:40] So we got work to do. [1:38:45] You got that whole ballot you got to fill out. [1:38:48] The good news is you got plenty of time because early voting started today. [1:38:51] So if you have not already voted, go to michigandems.com slash vote, [1:39:02] and they'll tell you where to go. [1:39:06] Now, now, I love you back, but we got some business to attend to now, [1:39:17] and I appreciate that. [1:39:22] Thank you, man. [1:39:24] I'm going to come give you a kiss after we're done, [1:39:27] and Michelle won't mind. [1:39:32] So you just go ahead and you just go ahead and have a seat. [1:39:35] You don't have to stand the whole time now, man. [1:39:37] I appreciate you. [1:39:42] Now, I don't have to tell you how tough things are out there. [1:39:48] You're living it. [1:39:50] But I do think it's worth reminding ourselves just how we got here [1:39:55] and the promises that the current occupant of the White House [1:40:00] was making on the campaign trail two years ago. [1:40:04] It's always good to play back the tape because we've got a record. [1:40:12] At the time, there were a lot of people who were already not crazy about the guy's character. [1:40:19] They had seen that on display. [1:40:22] But they were frustrated about the post-COVID inflation, seeing prices go up, [1:40:28] and they heard him promise to get costs under control. [1:40:32] That was what he was saying. [1:40:33] I'm going to get costs under control. [1:40:35] Those weren't the only promises he made. [1:40:38] He also promised he'd impose tariffs that would bring down the deficit. [1:40:42] He promised he'd stop getting us involved in unnecessary wars. [1:40:48] He promised he'd pass a beautiful health care bill that would make everybody's lives better. [1:40:57] He had been promising that since the first time he was president. [1:41:00] Let's see how all these promises worked out. [1:41:06] Let's run back the tape. [1:41:10] Now, first, if you thought everything cost too much before, guess what? [1:41:17] Everything costs more now. [1:41:20] Your mortgage, your health care, your utility bills. [1:41:25] Interest rates are up. [1:41:26] And then there's gas, $4 a gallon, $5 a gallon. [1:41:33] Diesel, over $6 in climate. [1:41:38] Now, I want to be fair, because I believe in facts. [1:41:44] And the fact is, as a former president, I can say this, [1:41:48] sometimes factors beyond your control end up foiling your best-laid plans. [1:41:54] You know, you can say you're going to do something, [1:41:58] and then there's some economic crisis, or, you know, something happens. [1:42:03] So sometimes a president has to deal with things he didn't expect during the campaign trip. [1:42:11] But that's not the case here. [1:42:14] In this case, the administration's actions are directly responsible for rising costs. [1:42:21] The current president chose to make a series of bad decisions. [1:42:29] The most important of which was he decided to start an unnecessary war [1:42:34] nobody had asked for, and nobody voted for. [1:42:37] Now, hey, by the way, y'all must, those of you who've been to my rallies, [1:42:45] you don't boo here. [1:42:47] What do you do? [1:42:48] You vote. [1:42:49] They can't hear you booing. [1:42:51] They can hear you voting. [1:42:58] I want you to think about this around war. [1:42:59] The original rationale was, well, we're going to go in there. [1:43:04] Let's go, we're going to make them, you know, [1:43:07] bend the knee and give up their nuclear program, their nuclear weapons. [1:43:14] Of course, Iran didn't have nuclear weapons. [1:43:17] We had curbed their nuclear program because I put in place a deal [1:43:21] that everybody acknowledged had kept them from getting nukes. [1:43:28] I didn't have to fire a missile. [1:43:31] I engaged in diplomacy. [1:43:32] So, seven months later and six months after, they declared victory. [1:43:43] Keep in mind, like, a month in, they're all like, oh, this is the greatest war ever. [1:43:47] Look, seven months later, how's that war going? [1:43:52] Our allies and bases have been attacked. [1:43:57] American soldiers have been killed. [1:44:00] Hundreds of Americans have been wounded. [1:44:02] We've run down our stock of missiles, dangerously low. [1:44:08] And this is the thing. [1:44:10] Iran now has veto power over the Strait of Hormuz where oil goes through to get to the world. [1:44:18] So they're in a stronger strategic position now than before the war started. [1:44:24] That was a decision this administration made. [1:44:28] And that is the reason that the price of oil is up and the price of diesel's up [1:44:34] and the price of just about everything is up. [1:44:36] And by the way, it's not over. [1:44:39] It's still going on. [1:44:42] Meanwhile, you got the defense secretary. [1:44:45] Who, who, who, don't move. [1:44:49] Who, who? [1:44:52] Meanwhile, you got the defense secretary who is like a laser focused on important matters [1:45:02] like the jawline and testosterone levels of our troops. [1:45:06] And, and, and live streaming executions. [1:45:11] Because, because that's how he thinks you cultivate that manly warrior spirit. [1:45:18] How, how much time do you think this man spends in front of the mirror every day? [1:45:22] I mean, he just, these are not serious people. [1:45:34] And we are paying for the price of their lack of seriousness. [1:45:43] Now, oil prices aren't the only reason prices keep going up, [1:45:46] although they're the primary driver of it. [1:45:49] There's also this whole tariff business. [1:45:51] And this is especially important for Michigan. [1:45:53] Our current president loves tariffs. [1:45:57] Loves them. [1:45:59] That's his one economic policy. [1:46:00] Tariffs. [1:46:02] They're going to be great. [1:46:03] The greatest tariffs ever. [1:46:07] And, and somehow we've gotten them so mad [1:46:10] because they're just constantly being abused and talked about [1:46:15] and talking about annexing their country, [1:46:19] making it a 51st state. [1:46:20] And, and so rather than these tariffs bringing down the deficits, [1:46:26] like he said he would, they're driving up your prices. [1:46:29] And now we are running a debt to the tune of $40 trillion. [1:46:34] I want to, I, I can't resist pointing out, by the way, [1:46:39] when I was president, we're in the middle of the worst financial crisis. [1:46:41] Because all these Republicans are all deficits, deficits, debt, debt. [1:46:46] You got to do something about it. [1:46:47] And now $40 trillion crickets. [1:46:53] What happened? [1:47:02] What happened? [1:47:05] Somehow deficits only matter when, when a democratic president is in office. [1:47:09] So, anyway, you would think that with all this going on, [1:47:15] at least our current president would have passed some legislation [1:47:18] to try to bring down prices. [1:47:22] But no, the only bill they have passed of any significance [1:47:27] was a trillion dollar tax break that mostly benefits the richest Americans. [1:47:33] Now, don't boo, vote. [1:47:37] Now, I have heard the argument that the president's done some things [1:47:43] that folks wanted to do, like tightening up the border. [1:47:47] Now, you know what? [1:47:49] I believe we do need to make sure our border is orderly and secure. [1:47:53] I believe that we want folks coming here lawfully. [1:47:57] And, in fact, when I was president, [1:47:58] I got criticized by some democratic allies [1:48:00] for tightening up enforcement at the border. [1:48:03] I do not recall anybody campaigning on sending masked agents [1:48:11] running through our streets. [1:48:13] I don't recall anybody talking about law-abiding citizens [1:48:19] being arrested and detained and shot and killed. [1:48:24] We did not ask for that. [1:48:26] That's not how you get our border under control. [1:48:29] But let's be honest, and I'm not telling you something you don't know. [1:48:43] Does anybody really think this guy is spending that much time [1:48:48] thinking deeply on these issues? [1:48:52] I don't know if you've noticed, [1:48:54] but he is very focused on home renovation. [1:48:58] He should be on HGTV. [1:49:00] The guy is building a ballroom that is bigger than the White House. [1:49:07] Paved over the Rose Garden. [1:49:10] Paved it over. [1:49:12] Put a helicopter pad on the side of the lawn. [1:49:15] And then there is just gold everywhere. [1:49:19] What's up with the gold? [1:49:25] I mean, he's got the White House looking like [1:49:27] Saddam Hussein opened a cheesecake factory. [1:49:30] It's just gold everywhere. [1:49:33] He is clearly not focused on lowering prices for you. [1:49:44] People will come in to talk about the Iran war [1:49:48] and talk about lowering prices. [1:49:49] Uh-oh, it's okay. [1:49:50] All right, all right, hold up. [1:49:52] It's a little hot in here, and somebody fainted. [1:49:54] So if we got an EMT, that's what happens. [1:49:57] EMTs, we just give her a little space. [1:50:02] Just give her a little space. [1:50:04] They'll be fine. [1:50:05] And for those of you who have not yet fainted, [1:50:08] bend your knees. [1:50:11] That's what you do. [1:50:11] You can lock your knees. [1:50:13] That's important. [1:50:15] A little tip. [1:50:16] Stay hydrated. [1:50:17] Bend your knees. [1:50:18] I have been in a lot of gyms. [1:50:23] She'll be okay. [1:50:24] So just let, just give space. [1:50:26] Let the EMTs work. [1:50:27] All right, I'm going to keep on going, though. [1:50:30] Now, the one thing that the current president is focused on, [1:50:37] other than home improvements, [1:50:38] is enriching himself and his family and his cronies. [1:50:42] Just look in the last couple weeks, [1:50:49] and I just want to be clear here. [1:50:51] This is all documented. [1:50:52] Like, you can just look it up. [1:50:55] I'm not making it up. [1:50:58] You would have thought I was making it up, but I'm not. [1:51:02] We've got a U.S. ambassador shaking down a donor [1:51:06] to pay off her credit card bills, $100,000. [1:51:08] We learned a Venezuelan billionaire wanted a pardon, [1:51:14] so he paid one of Trump's personal lawyers $50 million [1:51:17] to acknowledge to be general counsel of a company [1:51:19] nobody knows anything about, [1:51:21] and lo and behold, the pardon falls out of the sky. [1:51:26] This is a culture that's set at the top. [1:51:29] We have never seen a president excel [1:51:34] in straight-up grifting on your dime like this. [1:51:40] Never seen a president so intent on selling favors like this. [1:51:45] We have lost count. Vote. [1:51:55] Because we have lost count. [1:52:01] See, this group's a quick study. [1:52:06] We have lost count of all the deals he and his family have done. [1:52:11] You can't keep up. [1:52:13] Mean coins, taxpayer-funded contracts for his kids' companies. [1:52:19] As Abdul mentioned, [1:52:21] the guy's become billions of dollars wealthier in office. [1:52:24] Nobody disputes this. [1:52:28] Nobody denies it. [1:52:30] It's just, how do you do that [1:52:32] when you're supposed to be looking out for you? [1:52:38] And the worst part about it is [1:52:40] not a single Republican in Congress [1:52:43] has done anything to stop it. [1:52:45] Any of the Republicans on the ballot [1:52:52] here in Michigan [1:52:53] have done anything to stop any of this nonsense. [1:52:58] Most of them supported him every step of the way. [1:53:02] You know, you remember, roll back the tape. [1:53:06] We're going to drain the swamp. [1:53:08] The only thing they drained is the reflecting pool [1:53:11] on the National Mall [1:53:13] because some no-bid contract got it all messed up. [1:53:16] And then they tried to blame him [1:53:18] on this three-time Olympian. [1:53:21] You remember that? [1:53:22] Said he vandalized it. [1:53:24] And they had to drop the case [1:53:25] because it was foolishness. [1:53:28] But, and we could just go down the list. [1:53:30] All right. [1:53:30] Now, I, I, I, like it or not. [1:53:34] And, and remember, don't, don't boo [1:53:37] because I'm going to say this. [1:53:38] Like it or not, [1:53:40] we got two more years of this administration. [1:53:44] Vote! Vote! [1:53:47] That's how, that, that's how our system of government works. [1:53:50] Wait, wait, we're, we are, we're stuck with that. [1:53:53] But, but you know what we're not stuck with? [1:53:55] We're not stuck with a spineless Congress [1:53:59] and Republican governors who are enabling [1:54:01] all this lawlessness and corruption [1:54:05] and indifference to working people. [1:54:07] We're not stuck with those who will enable policies [1:54:12] that take more and more out of your paychecks [1:54:15] and your health care and drive up inflation. [1:54:17] We're not stuck with that. [1:54:20] This election is our last, best chance [1:54:23] to at least rein in some of the foolishness [1:54:27] of this administration. [1:54:28] It is the circuit breaker in the system. [1:54:32] We got to flip that circuit breaker. [1:54:34] Bring some accountability to this government. [1:54:40] We need to start showing the American people [1:54:42] who are hungry for solutions [1:54:45] what real leadership looks like, [1:54:48] what concrete plans look like [1:54:50] that actually lower costs [1:54:51] and make health care more affordable [1:54:53] and make housing more affordable [1:54:55] and get utility bills under control. [1:54:58] No, we just can't, we can't just be against something. [1:55:02] We got to be for something. [1:55:04] We got to start showing what a future [1:55:09] on the other side of this administration can look like. [1:55:14] And that starts with all of you. [1:55:17] It starts with you electing Jocelyn Benson governor. [1:55:22] It starts with you sending Abdul El Saeed [1:55:26] to the United States Senate. [1:55:27] Now, almost, and I emphasize almost, [1:55:41] feel bad for their Republican opponents. [1:55:43] Almost. [1:55:44] Because after spending the last couple years [1:55:50] just singing this president's praises, [1:55:53] doing anything he asks, [1:55:57] they've now come to realize, [1:55:59] whoops, folks are kind of upset [1:56:03] with all these broken promises. [1:56:07] So what are they doing? [1:56:08] Well, there are a number of strategies. [1:56:11] Number one, they're pretending [1:56:13] they've never heard of a guy. [1:56:15] Donald who? What? [1:56:20] Now, you know, don't know the guy. [1:56:22] They avoid the subject. [1:56:24] And what they're doing, [1:56:25] which is par for the course, [1:56:26] is running all kinds of scary ads [1:56:28] to make you think Democrats or radicals [1:56:30] or communists or jihadists [1:56:32] or the woke police [1:56:34] that will come arrest you [1:56:36] and force-feed you tofu [1:56:38] instead of hamburgers. [1:56:40] We are not going to fall for that okey-doke. [1:56:48] We are not going to be bamboozled like that. [1:56:54] We're clear about the choice in this election. [1:56:58] Abdul is fighting for change. [1:57:00] It's real change. [1:57:03] Change that will bring an end to this war. [1:57:06] Change that will get money out of politics [1:57:08] and put money in your pocket. [1:57:11] Change that will finish the job [1:57:13] we started with the Affordable Care Act [1:57:15] and guarantee quality, [1:57:17] affordable health care [1:57:18] to every single American. [1:57:26] He's taking on, [1:57:27] he's taking on crony capitalism [1:57:30] and corrupt politics [1:57:32] that only benefits people [1:57:33] with enough money and power [1:57:35] to game a broken system [1:57:37] in Washington at your expense. [1:57:40] And you hear people say [1:57:44] this is somehow radical. [1:57:46] What is radical about that? [1:57:48] Wanting everybody to have health care? [1:57:51] How's that radical? [1:57:55] Wanting everybody to have a place to live [1:57:56] that they can afford? [1:57:57] How is that radical? [1:58:01] Now, it doesn't, [1:58:03] by the way, [1:58:03] I want to talk about this. [1:58:06] Some of these folks say, [1:58:07] well, you know, [1:58:08] Abdul didn't like some things [1:58:10] you did as president. [1:58:11] Let me tell you something. [1:58:15] We are not going to agree [1:58:17] on every detail of every issue. [1:58:24] You know, [1:58:25] yeah, [1:58:25] so Abdul didn't agree [1:58:27] with some things [1:58:28] we wanted to do [1:58:29] that our administration was doing [1:58:30] when I was president. [1:58:32] You know who else [1:58:32] doesn't agree [1:58:34] with everything I do? [1:58:35] Michelle Obama. [1:58:39] Michelle Obama. [1:58:40] I'd say about five times a day. [1:58:44] She says, [1:58:45] you knucklehead. [1:58:46] Why do you do that? [1:58:51] You think I'm, [1:58:52] I'm speaking facts now. [1:58:57] Disagreeing on means [1:59:00] is different [1:59:02] from disagreeing on ends, [1:59:05] on our goals. [1:59:08] When people who share [1:59:10] your fundamental values [1:59:12] are arguing for, [1:59:16] I think we can go this way [1:59:18] and do it that way, [1:59:19] that's the kind of disagreement [1:59:20] we want in a democracy. [1:59:23] And Abdul shares [1:59:25] my values of wanting [1:59:26] everybody to get healthcare. [1:59:29] He shares my values [1:59:30] that if you work hard every day, [1:59:33] you should have [1:59:34] a living wage. [1:59:37] And you should be able, [1:59:38] if you're a young person [1:59:40] starting a family, [1:59:41] to be able to buy a house [1:59:43] that you can afford. [1:59:44] And that you shouldn't have [1:59:47] to pay six bucks [1:59:49] every time you fill up [1:59:50] the tank of gas [1:59:51] to get to work. [1:59:52] We share those values [1:59:55] of making sure everybody [1:59:57] gets a fair shot [1:59:59] in this society. [2:00:01] And that the system's [2:00:03] not just run [2:00:04] for those at the top, [2:00:07] for the high and mighty, [2:00:09] those who can afford [2:00:10] a lobbyist. [2:00:12] And I can also tell you [2:00:13] this from experience. [2:00:15] Whenever a movement [2:00:17] builds to challenge [2:00:20] that broken system, [2:00:22] the people who benefit [2:00:24] from the status quo [2:00:25] will say and do anything [2:00:26] to stop that train [2:00:27] from coming. [2:00:29] They will use lies [2:00:30] and they will use fear [2:00:31] and they will use division. [2:00:35] And they may even use [2:00:36] your name or your faith [2:00:38] to somehow suggest [2:00:40] that you are dangerous [2:00:42] and less than trustworthy [2:00:44] and less patriotic [2:00:46] and less American [2:00:47] than they are. [2:00:48] We have seen this movie [2:00:50] before. [2:00:51] I starred in it. [2:00:53] I was, I'm, I'm, I'm the, [2:00:56] I was, I was, I was, [2:00:58] I've got a long form [2:01:02] birth certificate [2:01:03] to prove it. [2:01:05] This stuff didn't work [2:01:07] on me, not in Michigan. [2:01:08] It's not going to work [2:01:09] on Abdul. [2:01:10] It was as Michigan [2:01:22] as it gets. [2:01:24] Abdul was born here. [2:01:26] He was raised here. [2:01:27] Parents in the auto industry [2:01:28] played football [2:01:30] in, in Bloomfield Heights. [2:01:33] Captain of his high school [2:01:34] football and lacrosse [2:01:35] and wrestling team. [2:01:37] I mean, he, he just a jack. [2:01:39] You know, he like, [2:01:40] you see those big guns, [2:01:41] that's where he wears [2:01:42] those t-shirts. [2:01:45] You know, I, [2:01:51] I never campaigned [2:01:54] in a t-shirt. [2:01:57] I, I, I ain't got [2:01:59] those big guns. [2:02:01] Michigan Wolverine. [2:02:03] Somebody, somebody [2:02:08] who became a doctor [2:02:10] to help people. [2:02:13] Yeah, in fairness, [2:02:14] there is something [2:02:15] that's different [2:02:15] about Abdul. [2:02:16] Unlike Mike Rogers, [2:02:19] Abdul hasn't spent months [2:02:20] cheerleading the Iran war. [2:02:23] Even as folks right here [2:02:24] in Michigan were facing [2:02:25] the country's biggest [2:02:26] spike in gas prices. [2:02:28] Unlike Mr. Rogers, [2:02:31] not that Mr. Rogers, [2:02:33] this Mr. Rogers, [2:02:33] Abdul hasn't called [2:02:36] these, these tariffs [2:02:38] quote unquote masterful. [2:02:41] Even as they're killing [2:02:43] manufacturing jobs [2:02:44] right here in Michigan. [2:02:46] Unlike Mike Rogers, [2:02:49] Abdul will always stand up [2:02:51] to special interest [2:02:52] to lower cost [2:02:53] for Michigan families. [2:02:55] He'll fight for you [2:02:55] every day of the week. [2:02:57] And, and, and by the way, [2:02:59] imagine the, the, the, [2:03:00] cause you already got [2:03:01] a pretty good senator [2:03:03] right here. [2:03:04] Imagine the power duo [2:03:05] of Abdul and Alyssa. [2:03:07] You've got a, a Muslim man. [2:03:09] You've got a Jewish woman [2:03:10] fighting for you [2:03:12] in the United States Senate. [2:03:14] That's something Michigan [2:03:15] you can be proud of. [2:03:30] And they'll fight for you [2:03:31] in Washington, [2:03:32] just like Jocelyn [2:03:33] will fight for you [2:03:34] here in Michigan. [2:03:35] So her Republican opponent, [2:03:41] just like Mike Rogers, [2:03:42] John James voted six times [2:03:43] to support the Iran war, [2:03:45] voted to keep tariffs [2:03:45] on Canada, [2:03:47] voted to raise [2:03:48] cost of healthcare [2:03:48] not once or twice, [2:03:49] but three times. [2:03:52] Jocelyn Benson [2:03:52] is running to lower costs, [2:03:55] raise wages. [2:03:57] She knows how hard [2:03:58] it can be to make it all work [2:03:59] when costs are so high. [2:04:00] She's a working mom herself. [2:04:02] She gets it. [2:04:04] So she'll fight [2:04:04] to make healthcare [2:04:05] more affordable, [2:04:06] more accessible, [2:04:07] include more rural communities. [2:04:09] She'll make it easier [2:04:10] to build homes faster [2:04:11] and make housing [2:04:12] more affordable. [2:04:13] She'll take on utility companies [2:04:15] and profit-driven rate huts, [2:04:17] invest in clean energy [2:04:18] so families can lower their bills. [2:04:20] She'll make childcare [2:04:22] more affordable, [2:04:23] invest in public schools [2:04:25] and educators [2:04:26] so Michigan children [2:04:27] get a world-class education. [2:04:38] And Jocelyn will not back down. [2:04:41] When armed protesters [2:04:43] showed up outside her home [2:04:44] in 2020, [2:04:46] demanded she overturn [2:04:47] Michigan's fair [2:04:48] and free election results, [2:04:50] Jocelyn stood her ground. [2:04:53] Stood up for you [2:04:55] and your rights. [2:04:57] That's who she is. [2:05:00] Someone who knows what's right [2:05:01] and fights for what she believes in. [2:05:03] So when you cast your ballot [2:05:06] for Abdul [2:05:06] and you cast your ballot [2:05:08] for Jocelyn, [2:05:10] I'd also urge you [2:05:11] to vote yes on Prop 2 [2:05:12] so we can curb pay-to-play politics. [2:05:15] Stop corporations [2:05:16] with big government contracts [2:05:18] from giving money [2:05:19] to the politicians [2:05:19] who green-light those contracts. [2:05:26] All right, now, [2:05:29] you know, [2:05:29] I know this is a good rally [2:05:30] because I'm starting [2:05:31] to beat up a little bit. [2:05:32] That's a good feeling. [2:05:35] That means we're warmed up. [2:05:39] So let me just close [2:05:41] by saying this. [2:05:42] These are unsettling times. [2:05:48] The economy is changing fast [2:05:49] and is just going to [2:05:50] start changing faster. [2:05:53] AI, [2:05:54] I know it's been hyped, [2:05:57] but there is a real technology [2:05:59] that's coming. [2:06:00] It is going to change a lot. [2:06:05] And we've got to make sure [2:06:06] it benefits everybody, [2:06:07] not just a few billionaires. [2:06:08] We are going to need [2:06:11] to revamp our education system [2:06:14] for the new era [2:06:16] that AI is ushering in. [2:06:18] We are facing [2:06:19] a really big housing shortage. [2:06:22] We've got to build [2:06:23] millions of homes [2:06:24] so the generation [2:06:25] that's coming up [2:06:26] can afford to buy homes [2:06:27] just like their grandparents could. [2:06:28] We need to rein in [2:06:30] the cost of childcare [2:06:31] so young families can afford it. [2:06:34] We've got to make sure [2:06:35] no one has to worry [2:06:36] about high healthcare premiums. [2:06:38] And I understand [2:06:41] the frustrations [2:06:42] that people feel [2:06:44] and the anger [2:06:44] and the cynicism [2:06:46] because we've got to be honest, [2:06:48] the system, [2:06:49] the status quo is not working. [2:06:53] Partly because of gerrymandering. [2:06:55] Partly because rich people [2:06:57] go out of their way [2:06:59] to try to buy and sell elections [2:07:01] like never before. [2:07:02] We've never seen [2:07:03] this much money. [2:07:05] Folks just writing [2:07:06] $100, $200, $300 million checks [2:07:09] to try to influence an election. [2:07:12] Partly because we've got [2:07:13] a Republican Party [2:07:14] that used to stand [2:07:17] for smaller government. [2:07:19] And we could have that argument. [2:07:21] There were good, [2:07:22] decent Republicans [2:07:22] who just felt like, [2:07:24] all right, [2:07:24] we can cut taxes a little bit. [2:07:28] We can shrink government [2:07:29] a little bit. [2:07:29] Now, [2:07:30] the party seems to stand [2:07:31] for corrupt government [2:07:33] or inept government [2:07:34] or no government. [2:07:36] Part of the reason [2:07:40] the system doesn't work [2:07:41] is also because [2:07:42] too often, [2:07:44] even well-intentioned people, [2:07:46] including Democrats, [2:07:48] have been at times [2:07:49] so caught up [2:07:49] with process and bureaucracy [2:07:51] that we don't deliver [2:07:53] for people fast enough. [2:07:57] And people get frustrated [2:07:58] because they look around [2:07:59] and they say, [2:08:00] well, nothing's changed. [2:08:02] I'm still struggling. [2:08:06] And that's the reason [2:08:07] why we need serious people [2:08:11] in Washington [2:08:11] and in state capitals. [2:08:12] These are serious times. [2:08:16] This is not the time [2:08:18] for reality TV. [2:08:21] This is not the time [2:08:23] for Real Housewives, [2:08:25] except on television, [2:08:28] but not in our politics. [2:08:31] And what's striking [2:08:33] about this moment [2:08:34] is just how unserious [2:08:35] these people are. [2:08:37] The damage they do [2:08:38] is serious. [2:08:39] But they don't even seem [2:08:41] to be doing their homework. [2:08:44] People who are more [2:08:45] interested in performance [2:08:46] and flexing [2:08:47] and putting people down [2:08:50] instead of lifting them up. [2:08:54] And what that all means [2:08:55] is when you find [2:08:56] somebody like [2:08:57] Abdul El-Sayed, [2:09:00] when you find somebody [2:09:01] like Jocelyn Benson, [2:09:03] when you find people [2:09:04] who genuinely care [2:09:05] about people [2:09:06] and who have [2:09:07] a strong track record [2:09:08] and are offering [2:09:10] real solutions, [2:09:12] people who are not [2:09:12] in this to enrich themselves [2:09:15] but to serve, [2:09:17] you've got to realize [2:09:18] how precious that is [2:09:19] and you've got to [2:09:20] deliver for them. [2:09:22] We've got to make sure [2:09:23] we elect them [2:09:24] to the United States Senate [2:09:26] and to the governor's mansion [2:09:29] because Abdul and Jocelyn [2:09:33] understand that this election [2:09:35] is not about them, [2:09:37] it's about you. [2:09:39] It's about us. [2:09:40] It's about we. [2:09:42] And there's a related thing [2:09:44] they understand. [2:09:46] They understand [2:09:47] what ails us right now, [2:09:51] what's throwing this country [2:09:52] off kilter so much. [2:09:54] It's not just about economics. [2:09:57] It's not just about inflation. [2:09:59] It's not just about policy. [2:10:03] It's about values. [2:10:07] There's a moral component [2:10:08] to the choices [2:10:10] that we face right now. [2:10:13] And we are not going to fix [2:10:16] a system that's broken. [2:10:19] We won't unrig our economy [2:10:22] so long as we've got a culture [2:10:24] where anything goes, [2:10:27] where people in the highest offices [2:10:30] in the land think it's okay [2:10:31] to lie and cheat and bully. [2:10:34] Where what is true [2:10:39] and what's false [2:10:40] is all just poured [2:10:41] into social media [2:10:42] and it doesn't matter [2:10:43] what's what. [2:10:45] And where money is the only measure [2:10:47] of our worth. [2:10:48] And that's the signal [2:10:49] that's sent every single day. [2:10:51] If you're not rich, [2:10:52] you don't count. [2:10:54] Every single day. [2:10:56] That is the thing [2:10:57] that is, [2:11:00] that's the message [2:11:01] we deliver to our children, [2:11:03] consciously and subconsciously. [2:11:06] And that's part [2:11:07] of what's going on right now. [2:11:08] We have lost touch [2:11:09] with those things [2:11:10] that really matter in life. [2:11:13] Caring for our families, [2:11:15] helping our neighbors, [2:11:16] treating other people [2:11:17] with respect. [2:11:20] You know, [2:11:23] back when I was president, [2:11:26] you know, [2:11:27] and we made a bet [2:11:29] on the auto industry. [2:11:31] And a whole bunch of plants [2:11:33] had closed [2:11:34] and Michigan was teetering [2:11:37] and everybody was, [2:11:40] no bailouts [2:11:41] for the auto industry. [2:11:42] He said, [2:11:43] no, no, [2:11:43] we're going to restructure, [2:11:44] but we're going to make these work [2:11:45] because communities count on this [2:11:47] and we believe [2:11:48] in making cars [2:11:49] here in America. [2:11:50] And so I came, [2:11:52] I came to Detroit, [2:11:54] I came to Detroit [2:11:56] and I visited [2:11:58] Chrysler's Jefferson North plant. [2:12:01] And some of y'all remember, [2:12:03] some employees there [2:12:05] had recently won the lottery. [2:12:11] And the guy [2:12:12] who bought the winning ticket [2:12:13] was a proud UAW member [2:12:15] who worked in the paint shop. [2:12:17] And everybody assumed [2:12:19] he was going to retire. [2:12:20] after he won, [2:12:23] had the winning ticket. [2:12:25] And everybody would have understood [2:12:26] if he had, you know, [2:12:27] said, [2:12:28] all right, [2:12:28] I'm going to kick it [2:12:30] in the Bahamas. [2:12:31] But that's not what he did. [2:12:35] He used some of the winnings [2:12:36] to buy [2:12:36] some new American flags [2:12:38] for his hometown. [2:12:39] And then [2:12:41] he got right back to work. [2:12:45] He was on the assembly line [2:12:46] after he'd won this lottery [2:12:48] because he knew [2:12:51] there was something [2:12:52] more important than money [2:12:53] because he knew [2:12:55] he had friends [2:12:57] and a community [2:12:58] and a sense of purpose [2:13:01] and pride [2:13:03] in a job well done. [2:13:06] He drew a sense [2:13:06] of meaning [2:13:08] from contributing [2:13:10] to his community. [2:13:12] And that's something [2:13:15] I think we can all learn from [2:13:17] because, [2:13:18] yes, [2:13:18] we need to lower costs [2:13:19] and we need to put money [2:13:21] in people's pockets [2:13:23] and we need to end this war [2:13:24] and stop corruption [2:13:26] in Washington. [2:13:27] But we've also got to [2:13:29] re-find our North Star. [2:13:31] If we don't return [2:13:34] to some of those [2:13:35] old-fashioned virtues [2:13:37] of honesty [2:13:38] and integrity [2:13:40] and kindness [2:13:41] and compassion, [2:13:44] values that can be found [2:13:45] in every religion, [2:13:48] every tradition, [2:13:49] if we don't rediscover [2:13:53] those values, [2:13:54] we will continue [2:13:55] to fester [2:13:57] in anger [2:13:58] and division. [2:14:00] And I don't know about you, [2:14:01] but I am tired [2:14:02] of anger and division. [2:14:04] I want some friendship [2:14:11] and neighborliness [2:14:13] and joy [2:14:13] and everybody [2:14:15] rolling up their sleeves [2:14:17] in the common enterprise [2:14:18] of rebuilding this country [2:14:20] and then handing it off [2:14:21] to our kids [2:14:22] a little better [2:14:23] than it is right now. [2:14:24] That's what I want. [2:14:25] That's what you want. [2:14:27] We didn't get into [2:14:28] this moment overnight. [2:14:31] We're not going to get [2:14:31] out of it overnight. [2:14:33] But Michigan, [2:14:34] I know this election [2:14:35] can be a start. [2:14:38] This election [2:14:38] can be an inflection point. [2:14:41] This election [2:14:42] can be a course correction [2:14:43] in America's long journey [2:14:46] towards a more perfect union. [2:14:49] Because if we're willing [2:14:50] to turn out [2:14:51] in big numbers here in Michigan [2:14:52] and across the country, [2:14:53] if we're willing to vote [2:14:54] for change [2:14:55] up and down the ballot, [2:14:57] then this election [2:14:58] might not just mark [2:14:59] the moment this country [2:15:00] began to move [2:15:01] in a better direction. [2:15:02] This will be the moment [2:15:03] when we began [2:15:04] leaving our worst impulses behind [2:15:06] and started aligning [2:15:08] our politics [2:15:09] with our highest ideals. [2:15:13] Michigan, [2:15:13] you and I have proved before [2:15:15] it's hard to stop change [2:15:17] when its time has come. [2:15:20] In 10 days, [2:15:21] you have a chance [2:15:23] to do it again. [2:15:24] So I'm asking you right now, [2:15:25] are you fired up? [2:15:27] Are you ready to go? [2:15:29] Let's make Jocelyn Benson [2:15:31] governor. [2:15:32] Let's make Abdul El-Sayed [2:15:33] senator. [2:15:34] Let's get on to the path [2:15:37] of making this country better. [2:15:38] I love you, Detroit. [2:15:40] God bless you. [2:15:41] God bless the United States [2:15:43] of America.