
US Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Day 2 of the DNC
Clip: 8/20/2024 | 4m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
The congressman serves Illinois' 8th Congressional District.
WTTW News catches up with the congressman from Illinois' 8th Congressional District.
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US Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Day 2 of the DNC
Clip: 8/20/2024 | 4m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
WTTW News catches up with the congressman from Illinois' 8th Congressional District.
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AMANDA.
YES, I AM.
I'M JOINED BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
I BELIEVE BORN DELHI.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO IS OF INDIAN HERITAGE?
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IT TURNS OUT THAT HER FAMILY HAILS FROM EXACT SAME THAT MINE SO THERE'S AN CRIME.
OKAY.
YEAH.
SOMETHING POLITICAL.
PLOTLINE AND JEANNE AND MICAH YOU CAME THIS AFTERNOON, HE HAD A BIG FUNDRAISER I KNOW AND ALI TICKETS WERE GOING FOR LIKE BETWEEN 10 $100,000.
IS THAT RIGHT?
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THEY WANT TO MAKE LEADER JEFFRIES, SPEAKER HAKEEM JEFFRIES.
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A RECORD FOR THE D TRIPLE C AND IN THAT CHICAGO.
BUT IT WAS IT WAS LIKE UNITED NATIONS TYPE OF SCENE IN TERMS OF THE DIVERSITY OF THE AUDIENCE.
EVERYBODY WANTS THIS TO HAPPEN.
WHAT'S AT STAKE ARE THE HOUSE I THINK WE SAW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE REGULAR TARGET, LGBTQ PEOPLE REGULATE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS AND YOU HAVE ALL NONSENSE WHERE INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH EVERYDAY ISSUES THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT DEALING WITH, WHAT TYPE OF SHOULD BE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD?
I MEAN, THIS IS A KIND OF NONSENSE YOU WE DON'T WANT TO BE KIND OF RE WORKING ON WHEN THERE'S SO MANY PRESSING WHAT 50 YOU HAVE.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, IN TERMS THE HOUSE AND FLIPPING I THINK THAT THERE'S AN EXCELLENT I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO WORK EXTREMELY HARD TO REALLY ANY 77 DAYS.
JOKE.
IT'S 154.
IF YOU DON'T SLEEP, WE CAN ALL SLEEP ON NOVEMBER BUT I HONEST TRUTH IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.
BUT KAMALA HARRIS BEING AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF MOBILIZATION HELPS FOR SAYS HAD PRESIDENT BIDEN REMAINED WELL, I THINK THAT THIS IS SO MUCH ENERGY ENTHUSIASM.
I WENT AND KNOCKED ON DOORS WISCONSIN, TOOK SEVERAL CARLOADS ILLINOIS.
COLIN TEARS AND I SPOKE AT THE KENOSHA COUNTY DEMOCRATS.
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AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT 10 BUT THEY WERE JUST INCREDIBLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS.
AM I RIGHT?
JUST TO BE CLEAR, BY THE WAY, THAT THOSE TICKETS AND I WRITE THAT IT WAS 10, $200,000 AND WAS NOT.
IS NOT WE HAD A LOT OF VERY GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS.
WITH CASH TO SPEND FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE.
I WANT TO THEY BELIEVE ACCORDING TO OPEN SECRETS, YOU HAVE 17 MILLION OR SO IN YOUR CAMPAIGN FUND.
THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO BELIEVE THAT YOU MIGHT BE EYEING A U.S. SENATE SEATS SHOULD DURBIN DECIDE NOT TO RUN AGAIN?
SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE.
AND TIME 1000% BEHIND THEIR MAN, ONE OF MOST OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE WE'VE EVER THERE'S NO VACANCY AND HOPE RUNS FOR RE-ELECTION, NOT RUNNING AND NOT NOT WILLING TO GO THERE UNTIL OR UNLESS THERE IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
WHAT DO YOU PLAN DO WITH ALL THAT CASH THAT WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST I YOU KNOW, I YOU MIGHT HAVE I KNOW THAT I TOOK THE SILVER BEFORE I WON THE GOLD IN MY QUEST FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
I KNOW THAT WITH THE ADVENT OF SUPER PACS AND THE FACT THAT, YOU AGENTS PRESENCE, THE VAPING INDUSTRY, ACCORDING TO TIME MAGAZINE, HAS A TARGET ON MY BACK, ALONG OTHER COMPANIES HAVE TO BE READY FOR ANYTHING AND WE WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU SO
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