ALISON HARTSON IS NOW THE SENATE CANDIDATE IN
CALIFORNIA FOR THE JUSTICE DEMOCRATS.
SHE IS TAKING ON DIANE FEINSTEIN.
SHE WAS THE
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF WOLF PAC, ONE OF THEM.
MIKE IS THE OTHER.
WOLF PAC NEEDS TO REPLACE HER.
YOU CAN'T REPLACE HER OVERALL, WE'RE GOING TO GET A YOUNG
GUY IN WHO WE THINK IS GREAT, WHO HAS BEEN A FIGHTER FOR US
ALREADY AT THE STATE LEVEL AND HAS BEEN AN ORGANIZER FOR US,
BUT WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO HELP BY BECOMING A MEMBER.
IT IS A SIMPLE DRIVE AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO THIS
BECAUSE IF WE DO NOT DO THIS, WE CAN'T GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS
AND THEN WE LOSE ON ALL OF THE ISSUES, NET NEUTRALITY, THE
ENVIRONMENT, BANK BAILOUTS, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
WHAT WE
WANT YOU TO DO IS GO TO WOLF-PAC.COM/JOHN SIGN UP TO
BECOME A MEMBER.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A THERMOMETER, IF WE GET THE 250
MEMBERS, WE HIRE JOHN.
WE NEED THE MONEY TO HIRE JOHN OTHERWISE WE CANNOT HIRE
HIM AND THAT IS THE WAY THINGS WORK BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE
BIG DONORS, WE JUST HAVE YOU GUYS AND IF YOU FIGHT
TOGETHER, YOU CAN WIN TOGETHER.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO OF JOHN IN THE SECOND.
THAT IS A PICTURE OF JOHN SHEN.
HE IS FROM CONNECTICUT.
HE GOT HIS NICKNAME BECAUSE HE WOULD DRIVE AN HOUR AWAY FROM
HIS HOME TO GO CANVAS VOTERS TO GET THEM TO TURN OUT AND MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND HE WAS ALWAYS THE LAST GUY IN BECAUSE HE HAD TO
WORK AND THEN DRIVE ALL THE WAY IN AND THEN CANVAS AND HE'S THE
LAST ONE OUT AND HE WORKED SO HARD, HE WAS THE WORKER OF THE
MONTH IN APRIL AND THEN HE BECAME THE ORGANIZING DIRECTOR
IN CONNECTICUT.
HE'S GOT A MASTERS DEGREE FROM YALE AND HE'S FIGHTING
RIGHT NOW FOR NO MONEY AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HIRE HIM
FOR VERY LITTLE MONEY TO HELP BRING DEMOCRACY BACK.
PEOPLE GO TO IVY LEAGUE COLLEGES AND THINK CHA-CHING.
I'M GOING TO GET PAID, I'M GOING TO GET A LOT OF MONEY,
GO INTO FINANCE OR A STARTUP OR THIS OR THAT.
JOHN IS BUSTING HIS ASS AS A VOLUNTEER TO TRY TO GET
DEMOCRACY BACK AND GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
LET'S HIRE HIM.
LET'S RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO HIRE HIM.
IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT MUCH.
WE NEED 250 PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
BY THE WAY, HE IS CURRENTLY A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES
BACTERIA, SO IT'S A GOOD PERSON TO CLEAN UP WASHINGTON.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHO JOHN IS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SHORT VIDEO.
THIS IS WHAT THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE IN ILLINOIS AND THEY
DID A GET TOGETHER FOR WOLF PAC DIRECTORS AND ORGANIZERS
AND JOHN TOLD HIS STORY BACK THEN.
MY NAME IS JOHN.
I ORGANIZE CONNECTICUT.
I AM A RESEARCH ASSOCIATE.
FOR ME, GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS IS THE ISSUE THAT
STANDS IN THE WAY OF EVERY OTHER ISSUE THAT I CARE ABOUT, ISSUES
LIKE STOPPING THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE OR
GETTING UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE ARE ALL BEING HELD UP BY THE FACT
THAT IN THIS COUNTRY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND IN OUR
POLITICAL SYSTEM THEN OTHERS HAVE LOST THEIR VOICE.
MONEY IN POLITICS IS PERSONAL TO ME, JUST IN THIS MOST PREVIOUS
ELECTION, I WASN'T VERY POLITICALLY ACTIVE OR
POLITICALLY CONSCIOUS EVEN BEFORE MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF
AGO AND I WAS SORT OF AWAKENED BY BERNIE SANDERS' CAMPAIGN AND
SINCE THEN, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF MONEY IN
POLITICS AND THE THINGS THAT MONEY IN POLITICS HAS ENABLED TO
BECOME REALITY IN OUR COUNTRY.
IT'S NOT THE SORT OF WORLD THAT I WANT TO LIVE IN OR THE
KIND OF COUNTRY THAT I WANT TO LIVE IN IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S NOT THE KIND OF COUNTRY THAT I WAS PROMISED AS A KID OR
THAT I WANT TO LEAVE TO MY CHILDREN SO THAT'S KIND OF
WHY I'M FIGHTING FOR THIS.
IT'S REALLY BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE SO FAR, WORKING WITH
THE TEAM, MEETING PEOPLE FROM REALLY ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN
CONNECTICUT AND WORKING TOWARD THE SAME GOAL THAT WE SHARE.
CURRENTLY, I AM THE ORGANIZING DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE OF
CONNECTICUT.
TO COME HERE TODAY I'VE TAKEN TWO DAYS OFF OF WORK,
SPENT MONEY OUT OF MY OWN POCKET TO BUY A PLANE TICKET, PAY FOR
THE HOTEL REALLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THIS ISSUE AND THIS
ORGANIZATION AND THE PEOPLE I'VE MET THROUGH MY TIME HERE.
THE KID WENT TO YALE AND HE HAS VERY LITTLE MONEY AND HE IS
PAYING OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET TO GO TO LEARN ABOUT ORGANIZING SO
HE CAN GO BACK HOME AND FIGHT TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS SO WE
CAN FREE OUR GOVERNMENT.
YOU HAVE TO HELP US HIRE HIM.
WE HAVE TO GET WARRIORS LIKE THIS IN HERE AND HE SAYS IN THE
LONGER VERSION OF THE VIDEO THAT THEY HAVEN'T WON IN
CONNECTICUT YET.
THEY WON IN FIVE STATES, CONNECTICUT IS NOT ONE YET.
WE'RE REALLY CLOSE THERE AND HE SAID EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T WIN
YET, THE WINS THAT WE DID GET, HE SAID IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
FULFILLING THINGS HE'S EVER DONE IN HIS LIFE SO LOOK, I GET IT,
NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE MONEY TO DONATE BUT THEN VOLUNTEER
YOURSELF AND YOU SEE WHAT WE DO.
ALISON WAS A TEACHER IN ORANGE COUNTY AND SHE GOT PROMOTED ALL
THE WAY UP.
MIKE WAS A GUY WHO WOULD GO UP ON TELEPHONE POLES TO FIX
THEM AND NOW IS A NATIONAL DIRECTOR.
ONE IS CALLED THE MECHANIC BECAUSE HE IS A MECHANIC AND
JOHN WENT TO YALE AND HE CAME IN AND HE WORKED THE HARDEST
TO GET TO A POSITION, LET US HIRE HIM.
WOLFñPAC.COM/JOHN.
MAKE IT HAPPEN TOGETHER, IF WE FIGHT TOGETHER, WE WIN
TOGETHER.
I WANT TO DELIVER FIVE NEW STATES FOR YOU
GUYS THIS YEAR BUT WE NEED THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
LET'S GO DO IT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU.