SHE’S THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF
AMERICA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING
US TONIGHT.
YOU’VE TAKEN ON A TOUGH JOB
TRYING TO ELECT DEMOCRATS IN A
MIDTERM ELECTION.
WHAT YOU HAVE GOING AGAINST YOU
IS HISTORY, OF COURSE, BECAUSE
HISTORICALLY PRESIDENTS WILL
LOSE SEATS IN THE SENATE, LOSE
SEATS IN THE HOUSE, IF YOU LOSE
ONE IN THE SENATE, YOU’VE LOST
THE SENATE BUT WE’RE LIVING IN
THE AGE WHERE THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS
HAPPENED.
WE JUST ELECTED TWO DEMOCRATIC
SENATORS IN GEORGIA SO HOW DO
YOU MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE HAPPEN
AGAIN IN 2022 AND ELECT AND
PRESERVE DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE?
>> WELL, I THINK YOU’RE
COMPLETELY RIGHT, LAWRENCE.
WE’RE LIVING IN UNPRECEDENTED
TIMES AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE
DO NOW IS THAT JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS AND THE DEMOCRATS
IN CONGRESS DELIVERED
IMMEDIATELY ON SO MANY THINGS
THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO AND WHAT
I DO KNOW FROM 2018 WE WON THE
HOUSE BACK BECAUSE OF WOMEN.
THEY TURNED OUT IN RECORD
NUMBERS HISTORIC GENDER GAP.
WOMEN WON THE ELECTION AGAIN IN
2020 AND I BELIEVE THAT’S GOING
TO BE THE ROUTE IN 2022, WHICH
IS WHY I’M EXCITED ABOUT THAT
PROJECT WITH AMERICAN BRIDGE.
YOU KNOW, WOMEN LOST SO MUCH
DURING COVID.
2.5 MILLION WOMEN LOST THEIR
JOBS AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
GOVERNMENT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT AND THE INCREDIBLE THING IS
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS HAVE
DONE THAT, NOT ONLY SHOTS IN
ARMS BUT STIMULUS CHECKS TO
PEOPLE BUT REOPENING SCHOOLS,
FOCUSSING ON THINGS THAT WOMEN
NEED TO GET BACK IN THE WORK
FORCE LIKE CHILD CARE, LIKE PAID
FAMILY LEAVE AND I THINK THESE
KIND OF PRACTICAL, YOU KNOW,
ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT WOMEN HAVE
BEEN LOOKING FOR HELP ON, WE’RE
DELIVERING ON AND I THINK IT
ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
JOE BIDEN DID THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN WITHOUT A SINGLE
REPUBLICAN VOTE AND THAT
DIFFERENCE, I THINK, CAN REALLY
MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR US IN
2022.
>> LET’S LISTEN TO THE FIRST
WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT IN HISTORY
TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS TARGETING THE
NEEDS OF WOMEN.
>> WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
THOSE MOMS WHO NEED TO WALK ON
THE SIDEWALK TO GET TO THE BUS
PUSHING A STROLLER WALKING A
TODDLER, THEY ARE NOT
IDENTIFYING THEIR PROBLEM
THROUGH THE LENS OF WHO THEY
VOTED FOR IN THE LAST ELECTION.
WHEN WE’RE LOOKING AT THE
CAPACITY TO GROW THE ECONOMIC
VITALITY OF COMMUNITIES
INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESSES AND
INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF A
WORK FORCE MUCH LESS EXPAND THE
WORK FORCE, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT
THE REALITY IS THAT PEOPLE
REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY VOTE FOR
AND WITH WHICH PARTY THEY
REGISTER WITH, THAT’S WHAT THEY
WANT AND THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT
TO SEE THEIR GOVERNMENT FOCUS
ON.
>> AND SO FAR CECIL, THERE IS A
POLL SHOWING THAT 67% BELIEVE
THAT REPUBLICANS ARE
COMPROMISING TOO LITTLE WITH JOE
BIDEN, THAT THEY WANT TO SEE
MUCH MORE REPUBLICAN COMPROMISE
WITH JOE BIDEN, WHICH THEY ARE
NOT GETTING.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND I THINK THAT’S
WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THE
REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY DON’T HAVE
ANYTHING TO PROPOSE THAT THEY’RE
DOING AND THAT’S WHY I THINK
THEY’RE GOING AFTER VOTING
RIGHTS AND OTHER ISSUES.
I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT
LAWRENCE, WHY IT IMPORTANT WE
ARE DOING THIS WORK NOW TO
EDUCATE WOMEN AND ALL VOTERS
ABOUT WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION
IS DOING IS WE KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA.
WE PASSED HISTORIC HEALTH CARE
REFORM BUT DIDN’T STOP TO
EXPLAIN IT TO FOLKS, LET THEM
KNOW THE BENEFITS THEY WERE
GETTING, WE JUST KEPT GOING AND
I THINK RIGHT NOW WHAT AMERICA
IS COMMITTED TO DOING AND I’M
COMMITTED TO DOING IS MAKING
SURE WOMEN KNOW WHAT’S IN THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, WHAT THE
JOBS PACKAGE IS AND WHAT THE
AMERICAN FAMILY PLAN IS SO WHEN