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We ran Pete Heggs, in the minority, we ran Pam Bondi out of town. And in the majority, I said in the majority, I said in the majority, one of the first things we're going to do is run Pete Heggs out of town. Are you ready to send Elaine Luria back to the United States Congress? Are you ready to fire Jen Kiggins? Are you ready for us to take back our country? And are you ready for Democrats to take back control of the United States House of Representatives? What an honor and a privilege to be here in Virginia Beach, to be back in the Commonwealth. So thankful for all of you out here supporting an extraordinary public servant. I'm so appreciative of Elaine. Thankful for her heart, for her soul, for her courage, for her compassion. For her commitment, for her intellect, for her integrity, for her patriotic service to this country. And in three days, with your support, the next Congresswoman from Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. And of course, it's great to be here with so many distinguished elected officials and with two of my good friends, Congressman Bobby Scott and Speaker Don Scott. I'm here with the Scott Caucus, y'all. But I'm so appreciative of their friendship, their partnership, and their leadership. All of us standing here just three days from Election Day, the last day to early vote. And we want to make sure that we turn everyone out to vote early today. And in three days from Election Day, although I also refer to November 3rd not simply as Election Day, but as Judgment Day. Because in three days... The American people are going to judge these MAGA extremists and run them out of town for what they've done to our economy, to our military, to our families, our farmers, and to the American people all across the country. Judgment Day. Now, what's extraordinary to me is that all of these folks, they promised, these Republicans, they promised that they were going to lower costs on day one. But because of their policies, costs haven't gone down, costs have gone up. These are folks who promised that they were going to love and cherish Medicaid. That's what they said. And then turn around and enact the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. These folks, they promised that they weren't going to use your taxpayer dollars to get us involved in another endless war in the Middle East. And then turned around and got us involved in a reckless and costly war of choice in Iran. They've left behind a graveyard of broken promises. It's extraordinary to see. For two years, the American people have been wondering, were they lying or are they just incompetent? I've come to the conclusion it's all of the above. All of the above. Graveyard of broken promises. And so the stakes are very clear. We can either have more of the same. Extremism, attacks on our economy, our health care, on families and farmers and others, or we're going to have a dramatic change in direction. And when you vote for Elaine Luria, that represents a dramatic change in direction for this great country. Because Elaine, Elaine is going to fight for an affordable America. She's going to fight to drive down the high cost of living. Elaine believes, we all believe, in this great country that when you work hard, And played by the rules, you should be able to live an affordable life, a comfortable life, and a good life. That's a good paying job, good housing, good health care, a good education for your children, and when it's all said and done, a good retirement. That's the American dream, and Elaine Luria and House Democrats are going to fight hard to revive it. Here in Virginia Beach, across the commonwealth. And all throughout America, we want to restore the promise of America to make sure that when someone is sick or a family member, a loved one is sick, that they can afford to go see a doctor when they need one. We're going to protect, not attack, Social Security and Medicare because those aren't entitlement programs. Those are earned benefits, and we're going to work hard to make sure that everybody in America can keep them. So life is way too expensive. We're committed as Democrats to driving down the high cost of living, driving down the price of housing and gasoline and health care and groceries and goods so that everybody has an opportunity to live the American dream, to live an affordable and comfortable life in the face of all that we've seen. That's the affordability agenda, and we're going to lean into it every single day. We have the opportunity to serve you. Now, it's interesting to me that Jen Kiggins, she's voted with Donald Trump 100% of the time. Here's the thing, Jen. As members of Congress, we don't work for Donald Trump. We don't work for J.D. Vance. We don't work for Elon Musk. We don't work for your billionaire donors. We work for all of you, the American people. And that's what Elaine Luria is going to do every step of the way. Work for all of you, the American people. Now, as Elaine indicated, she recognizes that Congress, we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on and out of control, executive branch. That's not a partisan thing. That's a patriotic thing. We want to make sure for Democrats, for independents, and for Republicans, for everybody, that we deliver a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. That's what we're going to work hard to achieve. That's why we've made clear in the face of all of the corruption and extremism and law-breaking and norm-breaking that we've seen here in America over the last two years, that in the new Congress beginning on day one, we're going to hold the crooks accountable. House Democrats, we don't just talk about it, we've been about it. In the minority, we ran Kristi Noem out of town. In the minority, we ran Pete Hegseth. In the minority. We ran Pam Bondi out of town, and in the majority, I said in the majority, I said in the majority, one of the first things we're going to do is run Pete Hegseth out of town for all the damage that you've done to our military families, treating them with disrespect as opposed to lifting them up. That's why I'm so thankful for Elaine, because she understands that for all of our men and women in uniform, our military families, and our veterans, they need to be treated at all times with dignity and respect, and that's exactly what we're going to do. And so as I close, so thankful for all of you being here and urging each and every one of you to continue to work as hard as you can over these next three days. To talk to every family member, every friend, every neighbor, every co-worker, every voter about the importance of this election. And you can say to them that when things change, when the American people give us an opportunity to work on their behalf in the majority, we're going to fight hard each and every day for an affordable America. We're going to fight hard each and every day. Until we can reverse the Medicaid cuts that have been jammed down the throats of the American people. We're going to fight hard each and every day to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. We're going to fight hard each and every day to end this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran. We're going to fight hard to make sure that it's the American people who have the opportunity to decide who serves in government on their behalf. Which is why we're going to make sure. That we pass as soon as we can the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act so we can end the era of voter suppression in the United States of America once and for all. That's what we're going to do in the majority. And so three days to knock on every door, talk to every voter, and turn everyone out. And as we continue to do that, I'm confident in showing the courage and the character and the conviction of those upon whose shoulders that we stand That we will do what's necessary to show up and stand up and speak up to make this country the best version of herself. And over these next three days as we run through the finish line. I'm confident. We win the day. We win the week. We win the month. We win the year. We win the hearts and minds of the American people. And then with your support, we send Elaine Luria back to the United States Congress. And together, we take back control of the House of Representatives. God bless you. God bless Elaine. God bless the Commonwealth. God bless the United States of America.