THE ALL IN TOWN HALL WITH ELIZABETH WARREN IS NEXT.
>> THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING
WITH ELIZABETH WARREN.
>> ELIZABETH WARREN’S POPULARITY
IS GAINING NATIONALLY.
>> IN A FIELD OF CANDIDATES, SHE
IS THE WITH THE PLAN FOR
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. >> I HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT.
>> I HAVE A PLAN.
>> I HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT.
>> DOES SHE HAVE A PLAN TO WIN
IN THE PLACES THAT MADE DONALD
TRUMP PRESIDENT.
TRUMP PRESIDENT. >> DONALD TRUMP PUTS US SQUARELY
IN TROUBLE.
IN TROUBLE. >> LIVE FROM FT. WAYNE, INDIANA
IN TRUMP COUNTRY, AN ALL IN TOWN
HALL.
HALL. >> I’M ELIZABETH WARREN AND I’M
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES AND I HAVE A PLAN.
>> HERE NOW.
>> GOOD EVENING FROM FT. WAYNE,
INDIANA.
INDIANA. I’M CHRIS HAYES.
THE ADDRESS IS 2020 EAST
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD.
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. A FORMER BOTTLING PLANT FROM
1903.
1903. IT’S OUR VENUE FOR A SPECIAL
TOWN HALL EVENT.
WE ARE IN THE HEART OF THE
INDUSTRIAL MIDWEST IN FT. WAYNE,
INDIANA.
INDIANA. THEY HAVE SEEN FORTUNES RISE AND
FALL IN A STATE THAT POWERED
DONALD TRUMP TO VICTORY IN 2016
AMID HIS PROMISES OF JOBS AND
KEEPING FACTORIES OPEN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE
TRUMP BASE BEING THE TRUMP BASE,
BUT WHEN YOU GO BACK TO 2016 AND
YOU LOOK AT THE 77,000 VOTES
THAT COST THREE KEY STATES AND
THE PERFORMANCE IN STATES LIKE
INDIANA AND THE SWING STATES HE
EKED OUT, THE QUESTION IS, ARE
SOME OF THOSE VOTERS UP FOR PLAY
AND WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF
THEY WERE WILLING TO LISTEN OR
VOTE FOR ANOTHER CANDIDATE.
IT’S THE REASON, I THINK, THAT
ELIZABETH WARREN WANTS TO COOP
THE RHETORIC OF DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP CAME TO PLACES LIKE
FT. AND THROUGH THE INDUSTRIAL
MIDWEST AND SAID I WILL BE YOUR
PROTECTOR AND FIGHTER TO KEEP
JOBS HERE.
JOBS HERE. IN A SWING, ELIZABETH WARREN
UNVEILED ANOTHER NEW PLAN.
THIS GEARED TOWARDS WHAT SHE
CALLS ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM TO
RECAST THE TRUMPIAN APPEALS TO
PEOPLE’S MATERIAL INTERESTS IN
MANY OF THE PLACES IN THE
COUNTRY WHO HAVE SEEN
MANUFACTURING GO AWAY AND
ECONOMIC STAGNATION SET IN.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE TONIGHT’S GUEST,
SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> HELLO!
>> HELLO! >> HOW ARE YOU, SENATOR?
HAVE A SEAT.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>>.
>>. >> THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM ARE
EXCITED TO SEE YOU.
>> I’M VERY EXCITED TO SEE ALL
OF THEM.
OF THEM. >> HERE’S A QUESTION I GOT FROM
A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
WE WENT BACK AND FORTH AND SAID
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO A
TOWN HALL AND YOU SAID FT.
WAYNE, INDIANA.
WAYNE, INDIANA. >> YEP.
>> YEP. >> WHY ARE WE IN FT. WAYNE?
>> PEOPLE IN INDIANA UNDERSTAND
JOBS.
JOBS. THEY UNDERSTAND HOW YOU BUILD AN
ECONOMY THAT DOESN’T JUST WORK
FOR A THIN SLICE AT THE TOP, BUT
AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. PEOPLE IN FT. WAYNE, INDIANA
ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT LEAVING IT
TO A HANDFUL OF GIANT
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS TO
BUILD OUR ECONOMY JUST ISN’T
WORKING.
WORKING. THOSE BIG CORPORATIONS, THEY
DON’T HAVE ANY LOYALTY TO
AMERICA.
AMERICA. THEY DON’T HAVE LOYALTY TO
AMERICAN WORKERS.
AMERICAN WORKERS. THEY HAVE LOYALTY TO EXACTLY ONE
THING.
THING. THAT IS THEIR OWN PROFITS.
WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO IS HAVE A
GOVERNMENT THAT DOESN’T SAY HEY,
WHATEVER IT IS THE GIANT
CORPORATIONS WANT, LET US HELP
YOU.
YOU. WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT
THAT SAYS WE NEED THIS ECONOMY
AND THIS COUNTRY TO WORK FOR
WORKING PEOPLE AND THAT’S WHAT
WE ARE GOING TO DO.
>> THERE IS AN INTERESTING
MESSAGE AND MESSENGER QUESTION
HERE.
HERE. I THINK THAT THAT’S A VERY --
THAT’S A MESSAGE THAT HAS REAL
APPEAL IN PLACES LIKE THIS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT SEE YOU
AND SAY ELIZABETH WARREN IS A
HARVARD LAW PROFESSOR.
SHE’S A LIBERAL FROM
MASSACHUSETTS AND EVEN IF I LIKE
HER, ARE PEOPLE GOING TO LISTEN
TO THAT?
TO THAT? ARE YOU THE MESSENGER WHO CAN
TALK TO THE FOLK WHO IS ARE
EXPERIENCING THAT IN FT. AND
BEYOND?
BEYOND? >> THIS IS THE 20th STATE I HAVE
COME TO PLUS PUERTO RICO.
I HAVE DONE 90 PLUS TOWN HALLS
NOW.
NOW. IT’S ABOUT BEING OUT AND TALKING
TO PEOPLE.
TO PEOPLE. KEEP IN MIND, I WAS BORN AND
RAISED IN OKLAHOMA.
I HAVE THREE MUCH OLDER
BROTHERS.
BROTHERS. I WAS THE LATE IN LIFE BABY
REFERRED TO AS THE SURPRISE.
ALL THREE OF MY BROTHERS WENT
OFF AND JOINED THE MILITARY.
MY OLDEST BROTHER WAS CAREER
MILITARY.
MILITARY. HE SPENT 5.5 YEARS IN VIETNAM
OFF AND ON AND WE WERE LUCKY TO
GET HIM BACK HOME.
MY SECOND WAS STATIONED OVERSEAS
AND THIRD WAS A COMBAT MEDIC.
MY DREAM WAS TO BE A PUBLIC
SCHOOL TEACHER.
SCHOOL TEACHER. CAN WE HEAR IT FOR AMERICA’S
SCHOOL TEACHERS?
SCHOOL TEACHERS? IT’S ALL I EVER WANTED WAS TO BE
A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER.
BY THE TIME I GRADUATED FROM
HIGH SCHOOL, MY FAMILY DIDN’T
HAVE THE MONEY FOR A COLLEGE
APPLICATION, MUCH LESS TO SEND
ME OFF TO FOUR YEARS OF SCHOOL.
LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS IN
AMERICA, I DON’T HAVE A STRAIGHT
LINE STORY.
LINE STORY. MINE STARTS WITH I GOT A
SCHOLARSHIP TO COLLEGE, YEA!
I FELL IN LOVE.
>> I DID NOT KNOW THIS PART.
I READ A LOT OF IT.
YOU ARE 19 YEARS OLD AND FROM
OKLAHOMA.
OKLAHOMA. THREE BROTHERS WHO JOINED THE
SERVICE.
SERVICE. A NATIONAL DEBATING SCHOLARSHIP.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
GEORGE WASHINGTON. VERY FANCY EXPENSIVE SCHOOL.
YOU GO THERE AND YOU ARE LIKE
I’M OUT AFTER A YEAR.
>> I FELL IN LOVE.
AND GOT MARRIED TO THE FIRST
HUSBAND.
HUSBAND. NEVER GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE TO
NUMBER THEM.
NUMBER THEM. AND THEN AFTER I GOT MARRIED, I
THOUGHT THAT’S IT FOR ME.
I GOT A FULL TIME JOB, MINIMUM
WAGE ANSWERING PHONES AND
THOUGHT OKAY, IT’S A GOOD JOB.
IT’S A LIFE I CHOSE, BUT IT
WASN’T A DREAM TO TEACH SCHOOL.
HERE IT WAS FOR ME.
IT HAPPENED.
IT HAPPENED. I FOUND A COMMUTER COLLEGE AND
WE WERE LIVING IN HOUSTON OR
OUTSIDE HOUSTON.
OUTSIDE HOUSTON. 45 MINUTES AWAY COST $50 A
SEMESTER.
SEMESTER. THAT WAS MY CHANCE.
A FOUR-YEAR DIPLOMA.
I HUNG ON FOR DEAR LIFE AND
BECAME A SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER.
I HAVE LIVED MY DREAM.
>> A HUGE PART OF YOUR STORY
PERSONALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
YOUR TRAJECTORY WHICH IS
REMARKABLE.
REMARKABLE. CAN YOU FIND CHILD CARE.
ONE IS WHETHER YOU CAN CONTROL
YOUR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR
WOMEN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT
WHETHER TO GO TO SCHOOL AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE WAS AN INTERESTING THING
THAT HAPPENED.
THAT HAPPENED. FOR VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WHO
SAID HE WOULD NOT SUPPORT
REPEALING THE HYDE AMENDMENT.
A PROVISION THAT BARS A FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FROM FUNDING ABORTION
SERVICES.
SERVICES. YOU DISAGREE WITH THAT POSITION.
>> YES, I DO.
>> IS JOE BIDEN WRONG?
>> YES.
>> YES. >> WHY IS HE WRONG?
>> HERE’S HOW I LOOK AT THIS.
I LIVED IN AN AMERICA WHERE
ABORTIONS WERE ILLEGAL.
UNDERSTAND THIS.
UNDERSTAND THIS. WOMEN STILL GOT ABORTIONS.
NOW, SOME GOT LUCKY ON WHAT
HAPPENED AND SOME GOT REALLY
UNLUCKY ON WHAT HAPPENED.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY WERE
THERE.
THERE. UNDER THE HYDE AMENDMENT AND
EVERY EFFORT TO TRY TO CHIP AWAY
OR PUSH BACK OR GET RID OF ROWE
VERSUS WADE, UNDERSTAND THIS.
WOMEN OF MEANS WILL STILL HAVE
ACCESS TO ABORTIONS.
WHO WON’T WILL BE POOR WOMEN.
IT WILL BE WORKING WOMEN AND
WOMEN WHO CAN’T AFFORD TO TAKE
OFF THREE DAYS FROM WORK AND
VERY YOUNG WOMEN.
IT WILL BE WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN
RAINED AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN
MOLESTED BY SOMEONE IN THEIR OWN
FAMILY.
FAMILY. WE DO NOT PASS LAWS THAT TAKE
AWAY THAT FREEDOM FROM THE WOMEN
WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I SHOULD NOTE IN THE FACE OF
THE HYDE AMENDMENT, YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE LAWS IN
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.
THIS HAS BEEN THE LAW FOR A
WHILE.
WHILE. >> FOR HAS BEEN THE LAW FOR A
WHILE AND IT HAS BEEN WRONG FOR
A LONG TIME.
IT REALLY IS.
IT’S JUST DISCRIMINATION.
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE
WHO SAID I AGREE WITH YOU ON
SUBSTANCE, BUT AMERICANS HAVE
ALL SORTS OF CROSS PRESSURED
VIEWS ON ABORTION AND THERE IS
STRONG SUPPORT FOR KEEPING ROE
VS. WADE.
VS. WADE. IF YOU SAY GOVERNMENT FUNDING
ABORTION, THE POLLING FLIPS THE
OTHER WAY AND SAY THIS IS THE
SMART MOVE IF YOU NEED TO WIN IN
A GENERAL ELECTION TO SUPPORT
THE HYDE AMENDMENT.
>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS.
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS HEALTH
CARE, ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOM, ABOUT ECONOMIC FREEDOM
AND ABOUT, KWAL EQUAL OPPORTUNIT
ALL WOMEN.
ALL WOMEN. >> THE FINAL QUESTION IS, ARE
THERE THINGS, IT WOULD BE
AMAZING TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE
THE RIGHT POLICY WAS THE BEST
POLITICS.
POLITICS. IT’S NOT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.
MY QUESTION IS, ARE THERE THINGS
WHERE YOU THINK SUBSTANTIVELY
THAT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO,
BUT 70% DOESN’T LIKE IT.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD POLICY, BUT
IT’S A TOUGH SELL IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
PENNSYLVANIA. >> LOOK, THE WAY I SEE THIS,
THIS IS WHAT LEADERSHIP IS
ABOUT.
ABOUT. YOU DO WORK THROUGH WHAT YOU
BELIEVE IS RIGHT AND YOU GET OUT
THERE AND IF MOST OF AMERICA IS
NOT WITH YOU, YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU MAKE THE ARGUMENTS AND YOU
LISTEN.
LISTEN. BECAUSE MAYBE YOU DON’T HAVE IT
RIGHT.
RIGHT. YOU START WITH WHAT YOU BELIEVE
IS RIGHT AND THEN YOU GET OUT
THERE AND FIGHT FOR IT.
>> BY APPLAUSE O METER, WE ARE
IMPROVISE
IMPROVISE IMPROVISING.
IMPROVISING. I WILL ASK YOU IF YOUR TOP ISSUE
IS HEALTH CARE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
HOW ABOUT JOBS AND THE ECONOMY?
[ APPLAUSE ]
THAT’S INTERESTING.
THAT’S INTERESTING. >> THAT’S INTERESTING.
>> CLIMATE.
>> CLIMATE. [ APPLAUSE ]
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THIS
WITH DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IS BEATING
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. [ APPLAUSE ]
WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO A FEW
FOLKS WHO ARE HERE AND VOTED FOR
DONALD TRUMP AND WHAT QUESTIONS
THEY HAD FOR YOU.
DON’T GO ANYWHERE.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN.
SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN.K WITH SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN
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