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Conor O'Callaghan: “I am the product of public schools here in Arizona in the…”

Featuring: Conor O'Callaghan, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 1

Arizona Election: Conor O'Callaghan's Vision for Educational Equity and Reform

Published June 27, 2024 | Video Starts at 02:08

So that that in and of itself stands out about you, my friend. Well, listen, I appreciate that. And so, you know, so something I'd love to drive home for your listeners is I am the product of public schools here in Arizona in the same district that I'm now seeking to represent. So I moved to what is now Congressional District one when I was four years old. I was born in Ireland. I still had an Irish accent. (02:08–02:14)

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“Things aren't as good and the opportunities aren't as good now as they were for me, you know, 30 years ago.”
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“When I was going to school here, you know, women had the right to have an abortion.”
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“We had an assault weapons ban.”
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“There's really a fight over the public school system...Republicans want to...deconstruct the public school system, make it more charter and…”
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“The Democrats sort of view it as their mission to save the public school system.”
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“I think there's three things that are at stake nationally. It's your health, it's your wealth, and it's your individual freedoms.”
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“It's abortion rights...It's also aspects of the Affordable Care Act. It's Medicare...He wants to slash Medicare, wants to slash Social…”
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“David Schweiker doesn't necessarily want [Social Security] money to be there for you when you retire.”
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“Some of the things that are being proposed by the MAGA extremists like Donald Trump and David Schweikart... are really, really scary things.”
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“David, you co-sponsored the Life and Conception act six times, which would have been tantamount to a national abortion ban and restrict IVF…”
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“He sponsored this thing six times and as recently as 2021.”
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“I'm in a six-way race... the two probably most formidable competitors... are very recent former Republicans.”
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“Marlene Gallon Woods... was a Republican for almost 40 years, and she was a Republican until after the midterms in 2018.”
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“Her husband was a very well respected state attorney general here in the 90s, but he was a Republican. He led, literally led court cases…”
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“She supported Jan Brewer so extensively that she was literally standing over Jan Brewer shoulder on her reelection night.”
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“This was after Jan Brewer signed the draconian SB 1070 law, which was one of the most racist immigration laws in the history of this…”
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“In that second term that Marlene helped her get, she went and passed the, you know, signed the most draconian abortion law in the country at…”
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“In 2017, she was retweeting a tweet from Ben Sasse, who was a very pro life senator.”
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“Amish Shah, who, you know, is another formidable competitor. He was a Republican in 2016, voted in the Republican presidential primary here…”
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“He lobbied hard against over the counter access to contraceptives for women.”
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“He led some brutal hearings on gay conversion therapy, and they ended up allowing religious exemptions for gay conversion therapy.”
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“Arizona is a very interesting place. And one of the things I love about it the most is it has a real, still like independent in the literal…”
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“Everybody nationally kind of talks about how Arizona is a purple state, you know, or even a blue state.”
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“We have, you know, a great Democratic governor and Katie Hobbs, we have a great Democratic Attorney General and Chris Mays, we have a great…”
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“I actually think it's still kind of a pink state.”
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“The Republican Party, to a degree, can't get out of its own way because they keep nominating these crazy MAGA candidates that can't win…”
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“We have abortion access amendment petition on the ballot this November that would enshrine abortion rights in our state constitution.”
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“Stock markets at near record highs, unemployment's at near record lows.”
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“Unemployment for minorities is at historic lows.”
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“Inflation's come way down under Biden.”
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“Republicans have a one seat advantage in both the Arizona Senate and House.”
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“The voucher program in Arizona is threatening to bankrupt the public school system and the state.”
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“83% of the voucher program money is going to people already outside the public school system.”
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“Arizona has a 2.5% flat tax.”
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“Patriotic Millionaires [is] going to be endorsing me.”
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“What Donald Trump did and what David Schweikert pushed hard for with the Trump tax cuts, that was a $3 trillion gift to the wealthiest folks…”
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“The top 5% in this country pay 85% of the taxes or something very high like that.”
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“I'm the only candidate in this race with more cash on hand than David Schweickert.”
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“We think this is a $9 million general election.”
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“I've raised money, I'm proud to say, in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.”
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