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Conor O'Callaghan: “What Donald Trump did and what David Schweikert pushed hard…”

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

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Published June 27, 2024 | Video Starts at 36:40

That's who they're going to support. And so, you know, you're absolutely correct that, you know, 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 in this country. And sadly, you're not wrong. They haven't forgotten it. But the reality is, one thing that I hate is I hate the term the rich need to pay their fair share. (36:40–36:51)

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Asserts that the Trump tax cuts were a $3 trillion benefit to the wealthiest Americans.

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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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“Patriotic Millionaires [is] going to be endorsing me.”
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