"Let's Go Brandon" Rally Update - Paul Dame - Vermont Republican

Welcome to my hometown of Brandon, Vermont. I'm here at the Brandon Green. My name is Paul Dame. I'm the newly elected chair of the Vermont Republican Party. We're going to be having a big rally here on Saturday, my hometown of Brandon, Vermont, a Let's Go Brandon rally. It's been phenomenal to see how the word has spread much farther than I could have ever imagined. And so I just wanted to say a couple of things about what I'm hoping to get out of the rally. Sounds like there's a lot of confusion, people assuming they know what I mean when they actually don't, which is kind of how the whole Let's Go Brandon thing came about, right? You had a group of people chanting, they know exactly what they mean. And somebody with a microphone tries to say what they think they mean. And I think that's, it's been a stand-in. And one of the reasons that there's been momentum behind this phrase, Let's Go Brandon, if it was just about being upset with the president, that would have faded out pretty quickly. But I think it taps into the fact that people feel like they're not being heard, not being represented, that they're being glossed over and lost, especially in political considerations. And so I really wanted to do this rally, partly because we have an opportunity to show the rest of the world the Vermont way, to take something that's toxic, negative, and national, and recycle it like we do in Vermont, repurpose it and make it into something that can be both positive and locally focused. We all can have the frustration with national politics, whether it was with the last president or with this one. And sometimes that frustration leaves us to a point where we get agitated, we get angry at each other. And part of what I want to do with this rally, what I'm going to talk about, is how we can move beyond that. How do we accept the fact that we don't like the way things are and move beyond complaining, to stop looking at the past and instead start looking towards the future? What can we do? What actions can we take? So my goal is to come to Brandon, invite friends to come to Brandon, and leave it better than we found it. Like I said, I'll give a few words at a rally, what I think that looks like for the Republican Party. I think we especially have had problems with just a lot of complaining, a lot of looking backwards. And the success that Republicans saw in Virginia came about from leaving those sort of grievances in the past and looking towards the future. What can we do for people in the future? How can we listen to parents? Education was a big issue. How do we listen to the people that we can represent? And how do we do better in the next election? How would a Republican majority improve the lives of people in Vermont, Virginia, or all over the world? And so to do that, to focus on the future, we've got to make sure that we can leave behind the past. And that's what I'm this event is, is sort of a pivot. If you've been frustrated, angry about national politics, leave that frustration and anger behind and let's move forward into something that's positive and local. So the plan is we'll have just kind of a get-together, 3.30 till about dusk here, 5 o'clock. I'll give a few words about my vision for the future. And then I want to encourage everyone who's here to shop in Brandon. Lots of great places to eat here. You can fill your, your gas tank here. You can get souvenirs here. There's a lot of phenomenal things that I love about my hometown. And Vermont has the opportunity to show the rest of the world that despite all the negative stuff happening nationally, each one of us, every individual, regardless of what government does or doesn't do, every individual has the power to make a difference and to make a change. And I think that's, that isn't true anywhere else in the So I just want to warn folks, if you're coming here, I'm just going to ask you to be, be simple, be respectful, right? Leave, leave your baggage at home. Come with an idea that you've got an open mind about despite the fact you're frustrated. What do we actually do about it? How can we make things better? What steps can we take? And if you don't like this idea, I understand it's not for everybody. If you don't like it, you don't have to come. Or if you don't like it, you can hold a counter rally the next weekend, or you can do something bigger and better in a different place. It's, it's a free country. That's, that's your right to do so. I'm going to ask if you do come, bring a positive attitude. Let's make sure that we, we leave Brandon better than we found it. We support local businesses and support what people in Brandon are trying to do. So I'm looking forward to, to, to making a couple more announcements before we get to Saturday. But, but, but stay tuned and, and let's, let's go Brandon.