>>> I’M TIM RYAN AND I’M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
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>> DURING THE PAST WEEK, WE
LEARNED OF TWO MORE CONGRESSMEN
WHO ARE JOINING THE EVER-GROWING
FIELD OF 2020 PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN OF OHIO AND
CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL OF
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. I HAD A CHANCE THIS WEEK TO MEET
IN PERSON WITH MOST OF THE 2020
CANDIDATES DURING THE NAN
CONVENTION.
CONVENTION. ONE OF THEM WAS THE FIRST TO
ANNOUNCE HIS BID BACK IN 2017.
HE JOINS ME NOW, FORMER
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN OF
MARYLAND, JOHN DELANEY.
CONGRESSMAN, YOU WERE VESSEL
RECEIVED AT THE CONVENTION AND
YOU TALKED ABOUT A COMMITMENT TO
BLACK AMERICA.
BLACK AMERICA. ONE OF THE THINGS, I THINK, WITH
SOCIALISM OF YOU COMING FORWARD
AND SPEAKING TO THOSE ISSUES, IT
SHOWS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS
NOT RUNNING AWAY FROM BLACK
VOTERS SAYING THEY HAVE NOWHERE
ELSE TO GO, BUT REALLY DEALING
WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES AND
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE
SOME SAYING LET’S GET OUT OF
IDENTITY POLITICS, I THINK
STRAES ABRAMS SAID AT THE
CONVENTION BEST, I DON’T WANT TO
LOSE MY IDENTITY IN ORDER TO
ENGAGE IN WHAT I CONSIDER RIGHT
POLITICALLY FOR THE COUNTRY.
>> I HAVEN’T HEARD THAT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME.
ME. I REALLY ENJOYED IT AND THE
CONFERENCE WAS TERRIFIC.
AND I DID ANNOUNCED MY
COMPLIMENT TO BLACK AMERICA AND
I TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS I WANT
TO DO IN EDUCATION IN
PARTICULAR.
PARTICULAR. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN
TERMS OF HOW WE FUND EDUCATION
IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IS
FUNDAMENTALLY UNFAIR AND IT’S
RACIALLY UNJUST IN MANY WAYS.
AND I HAVE PLANS TO CONTAINING
THAT, WHICH INCLUDE EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, WHICH I
THINK EVERY CHILD SHOULD HAVE AS
A RIGHT.
A RIGHT. I TALKED ABOUT EDUCATION AND ALL
THE THINGS WE ALL WANT TO DO TO
FIX OUR BROKEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. I TALKED ABOUT MY PLANS FOR
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
BUT WHAT I REALLY FOCUSED ON, AS
YOU KNOW, REVEREND, IS MY PLANS
TO MAKE SURE WE’RE INVESTING IN
PEOPLE IN EVERY COMMUNITY AROUND
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. I ALWAYS BELIEVED NOTHING
HAPPENS UNLESS SOMEONE SOME NEW
IDEAS FOR HOW TO REALLY GET BOTH
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CAPITAL
FLOWING TO THESE COMMUNITIES SO
WE CREATE JOBS IN THESE
COMMUNITIES AND CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES TO LIFT PEOPLE UP.
>> NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE
ALSO RAISE, I RAISE WITH EVERY
CANDIDATE, IS THE ISSUE OF
REPARATIONS AT THE NAN
CONVENTION AND THE ANSWER FOR
THE MOST PART WAS THE SAME,
WATCH THIS.
WATCH THIS. >> IF THAT PASSES AND YOU ARE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
WOULD YOU SIGN THAT BILL?
>> YES.
>> YES. >> OF COURSE.
>> I SUPPORT CONGRESSWOMAN
JACKSON LEE’S HR HAD 40.
>> YES, I WOULD.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> WHEN I AM ELECTED PRESIDENT,
I WILL SIGN IT.
>> YES, I’M GOING TO PASS IT.
>> OF COURSE, I WOULD SIGN IT.
>> YES, I WOULD.
>> I FIRMLY SUPPORT
CONGRESSWOMAN JACKSON LEE’S
BILL.
BILL. >> AND THIS IS CONGRESSWOMAN
JACKSON LEE TALKING ABOUT A
COMMISSION TO STUDY REPARATIONS
AND HOW IT COULD BE DONE, AND
EVEN WITH ISSUES THAT NOT SO
LONG AGO WERE NOT IN THE
MAINSTREAM POLITICAL DISCUSSION,
THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT SHYING
AWAY FROM IT THIS TIME,
CONGRESSMAN.
CONGRESSMAN. >> I THINK WE KNOW SPECIFICALLY
AS IT RELATES TO THE QUESTION OF
REPARATIONS, I THINK WE ALL KNOW
THIS TERRIBLY LONG SHADOW OF
SLAVERY, THE MOST IMMORAL THING
THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER DONE IS
STILL AFFECTING PEOPLES’ LIVES
AND I THINK WE’RE ALL COMMITTED
TO MAKE SURE EQUALITY IS NOT
JUST A WORD WE ALL THROW AROUND,
YOU KNOW, IN SPEECHES AND IN
CONFERENCES, BUT IT’S SOMETHING
THAT WE LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS A
GREAT CLIP.
GREAT CLIP. I MEAN EVERYONE LEANED IN TO IT
AND I’M GLAD YOU ASKED THE
QUESTION OF EVERYONE.
>> NOW, HOW IN A FIELD THAT IS
SEEMINGLY EVER WIDENING DO YOU
DISTINGUISH YOURSELF?
DISTINGUISH YOURSELF? YOU’VE BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST TO
ANNOUNCE, YOU’VE BEEN TO IOWA,
HOW DO YOU DISTINGUISH YOURSELF
IN THIS TYPE OF CAMPAIGN WHICH
SO MANY -- WITH SO MANY
CONTENDERS?
CONTENDERS? >> WITH GOOD IDEAS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS SHOULD BE A
BATTLE OF IDEAS OF THE THAT’S
WHAT A GOOD PRIMARY IS ABOUT.
I’M VERY MUCH A SOLUTIONS
ORIENTED PERSON, BECAUSE I THINK
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS
SHOULD BE ASKING THE CANDIDATES,
WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR AND HOW
ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN?
BECAUSE WE CAN’T WAIT ANY LONGER
TO DO SO MANY OF THESE THINGS.
I USED TO SAY IN MY PRIOR LIFE
AS AN ENTREPRENEUR BEFORE I RAN
FOR CONGRESS, THE COST OF DOING
NOTHING IS NOT NOTHING AND WE’VE
PAID A HUGE PRICE, RIGHT, IN SO
MANY ASPECTS OF OUR SOCIETY FOR
OUR FAILURE TO GET THINGS DONE.
SO I THINK THIS ELECTION IS
INCREASINGLY GOING TO BE ABOUT
HOW YOU GOING TO MAKE SOME OF
THIS STUFF HAPPEN.
I DISTINGUISH MYSELF THERE
BECAUSE I HAVE REAL SOLUTIONS
THAT I BELIEVE I CAN GET DONE AS
YOUR PRESIDENT.
YOUR PRESIDENT. SO I’VE GOT A GREAT OPERATION ON
THE GROUND IN IOWA,
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. I THINK I’VE GOT THE BIGGEST
OPERATION IN IOWA AT THIS POINT.
I’VE GOT EIGHT OFFICES OPENED
ALL OVER THE STATE, SAME THING
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND I’M REALLY
ENGAGING WITH VOTERS, MEETING
THEM ON THEIR DOORSTEPS AND IN
THEIR LIVING ROOMS AND TALKING
TO THEM ABOUT HOW I WANT TO
SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, HOW I
ACTUALLY WANT TO GET THIS STUFF
DONE AND REALLY RETHINK OUR
FUTURE TOGETHER.
FUTURE TOGETHER. I AM A MORE CENTRIST ORIENTED
CANDIDATE WHICH I THINK IS WHAT
WE NEED AS A COUNTRY TO NOT ONLY
WIN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, BUT
ALSO TO GOVERN SUCCESSFULLY, TO
CREATE THE KIND OF COALITIONS
THAT WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING
LIKE EXPANDED EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION OR TO GET UNIVERSAL
PRE-K AS SOMETHING THAT EVERY
YOUNG PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY
GETS AS A RIGHT.
TO GET THAT STUFF DONE, YOU
REALLY NEED TO BUILD COALITIONS
AND I BELIEVE I KNOW HOW TO DO
THAT.
THAT. I WAS RANKED ONE OF THE
BIPARTISAN MEMBERS OF THE
CONGRESS AND I THINK I CAN GO
TOE TO TOE WITH ANYONE ON THIS
NOTION THAT I CAN ACTUALLY GET
THIS STUFF DONE.
>> AND IN THE DEBATES YOU HOPE
THAT IT IS A DEBATE AROUND IDEAS
AND POLICIES AND NOT A LOT OF
PERSONAL ATTACKS?
PERSONAL ATTACKS? >> IT SHOULDN’T BE ANY PERSONAL
ATTACKS.
ATTACKS. LISTEN, I THINK EVERY DEMOCRAT
WHO’S GOING TO GET ON THAT
DEBATE STAGE IS BASICALLY
FIGHTING FOR THE SAME THING.
WE’RE FIGHTING FOR A FUTURE THAT
IS MORE JUST, MORE PROSPEROUS
AND MORE SECURE FOR ALL OF OUR
CITIZENS.
CITIZENS. WE’RE FIGHTING FOR THIS NOTION
THAT EVERY ONE DESERVES AN
OPPORTUNITY NO MATTER WHAT THE
CONDITIONS OF YOUR BIRTH, WE’RE
FIGHTING TO BUILD THAT BETTER
FUTURE AND CONFRONT SOME OF THE
BIG CHALLENGES WE FACE, WHETHER
IT BE CLIMATE CHANGE OR INCOME
INEQUALITY OR THE FACT THERE’S
TREMENDOUS CONCENTRATION OF
OPPORTUNITIES.
OPPORTUNITIES. SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE
RESPECTFUL.
RESPECTFUL. I THINK WE SHOULD LAY OUT HOW
WE’RE GOING TO MAKE THESE THINGS
HAPPEN AND I THINK THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTER IS
GOING TO GET BEHIND THE PERSON
WHO THEY THINK WILL BE THE BEST
LEADER AND HOW I’M DEFINING THE
BEST LEADER IS SOMEONE WHO CAN
ACTUALLY BRING THIS COUNTRY
TOGETHER BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW,
REVEREND, BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT
THIS SO ELOQUENTLY, WE’RE SO
TERRIBLY DIVIDED RIGHT NOW AND
WE’VE GOT TO RESTORE THIS NOTION
OF COMMON PURPOSE NOT ONLY SO WE
FEEL BETTER ABOUT OURSELVES BUT
SO WE CAN GET REAL THINGS DONE
THAT MATTER TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> I’M GOING TO HOLD IT THERE.