>> It's exciting, it's humbling, it's everything we've worked for.
And it shows the strength of this movement.
It shows the strength of the progressive movement overall.
And it shows that this district was ready for change.
In the same way, they told us in the very beginning before we officially launched our
campaign, we continued to hear, it was time for a change, it was time for a change.
And people have been excited for an entire year.
They spoke loudly tonight with their votes so far, not just tonight, but early voting.
So we are early voting for about a week and then we have tonight.
So, yeah, it feels good, feels good.
>> So, Jamaal, what do you think made the biggest difference in what people would have
perceived certainly when you and I first talked as a giant upset victory here.
>> Well, I think we have an incredible team.
Our team is just second to none.
They're like the 92 Dream Team.
They're unbelievable.
And our ground game and our field game was strong from the very beginning.
And we targeted all communities, but specifically the most ignored, the most marginalized, the
most disenfranchised.
We wanted them to know from the beginning that they are part of this process and they
are part of this movement and we need them.
Not just to win an election, but move this country forward.
So I would say the team overall, specifically the ground game, I think got us to this point.
>> So Jamaal you're just democrat as AOC is.
Now Marie Newman has also won.
She's also just democrat.
Are we gonna get a squad 2.0 here?
>> I don't know, we'll see.
We certainly hope so.
And we still got more work to do, man.
There are other elections going on across the country.
I haven't gotten to look at other results.
And we will see hopefully 2.0 and then 4.0 and 6.0.
And we keep growing exponentially within the next few years.
We don't want to wait 20 years for the dramatic change that needs to happen.
It needs to happen sooner rather than later.
>> Exactly, so let me ask you last couple of questions here.
If you're going to Congress soon as it looks like, what are you going to prioritize?
>> Same thing we've been prioritizing from the very beginning.
Racial and economic justice, through Medicare for all, through a Green New Deal, through
fully investing in our public schools, through infrastructure, through investing in healthcare
in a way where we'll hire more nurses that have the resources necessary to provide exemplary
health care and just fighting for those who have been disenfranchised and ignored.
That's what we focused on from the very beginning.
That's not gonna stop, that's not gonna change, and thankfully the squad is already there.
And Congresswoman Jayapal and many others who've already gotten the ball rolling in
many directions.
I hope to add my education expertise to some of the conversation and get right to work.
>> So Jamaal, of course, you have the Progressive Caucus, which you're likely to join, but the
Progressive Caucus also has some non-progressives in.
If there was a smaller more coherent Caucus that was gonna vote strictly progressive,
let's perhaps call it the Justice Caucus, would you join that?
>> I don't know man.
You got me speculating on starting a new Caucus.
We didn't even win the election yet.
>> Give me a minute to soak it in, and then I'll reflect on the new Caucus after I get
to Congress and see how things work.
>> Jamaal, what is your re-election strategy looking like right now?
>> Do the job, show up and do the job, how about that?
If I do the job, I'll be re-elected.
>> So Jamaal, one last thing.
When you started you were a massive underdog, and we were there together, and at some point,
it looked like, My God, you could win.
What was that point for you?
You remember when you thought, holy cow, I think I think we might get this thing.
>> Quite honestly I thought that from the beginning.
I never saw myself as a massive underdog.
And with the team we have around us, I didn't think we were underdogs at all.
Maybe they felt that way and didn't tell me.
>> But I felt like we always have a chance.
We always have a shot.
>> All right, well, that's the winning attitude that got you here.
>> Yes sir, yes, sir.
All right, I gotta run y'all I'm still on
>> Congressman Jamaal Bowman, thank you.
All right, thank you so much.
>> Appreciate.
>> Okay.
>> Hey guys, all of you that have ever contributed a buck or anything to TYT or these candidates,
you might have started something.
So, here we are.
And you know the great thing about starting something is, you don't even necessarily need
to finish it.
And don't get me wrong.
We're gonna finish this thing.
We're gonna get the legislation.
If you don't get the legislation, you didn't do anything.
Cuz it isn't about Jamaal, it isn't about AOC, it isn't about any of us.
It's about passing those bills to change your lives, okay?
But sometimes things take on a momentum of their own.
And so you don't necessarily have to keep personally participating.
I want you to don't get me wrong.
I'm doing the opposite of trying to dissuade you.
I want you to come on.
I want you to come on to the team and to help in every way that you can.
But you plant a seed and you could leave and come back and find a mighty oak.
And so we've got a couple of mighty oaks, and so soon we might have a forest.
>> And I think that we might have begun to change the world because what America does
is so monumental.
Climate change is a perfect example of it.
We're either gonna lead our way out of this mess, or as we did under Trump, we're gonna
go backwards or stay in neutral as we did under the establishment.
But can you imagine?
Let's switch from a dream of a world where America is the progressive light.
The progressive Chinese city on a hill.
And if you in any way helped, volunteered, donated, whatever it is, to any of these candidates,
causes, groups, etc, well, you're the one who gonna have that started.
And if you in any way helped, volunteered, donated, whatever it is, to any of these candidates,
causes, groups, etc, well, you're the one who got that started.
And you had a role and you planted a seed.
So if it comes to Jamaal Bowman, if it comes to Justice democrats and you were here from
the beginning.