Discover video-sourced quotes by politicians

Ned Lamont: “During the worst of COVID every afternoon I took every…”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special

Published October 28, 2022 | Video Starts at 19:56

I think it's a cheap shot. I think you guys know I've been out there every day answering questions. During the worst of COVID every afternoon I took every question I could tell people why I'm asking you to do what I'm trying to get you to do and explain my thinking. I couldn't do it with a heavy hand. I couldn't do it with requirements. But I could try and lead by telling you the best of my thoughts on this stuff. (19:56–20:07)

CLAIM

Asserts that he communicated openly with the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.

Discover more from

Ned Lamont

“We put in place the biggest middle class tax cut in history, about $650 million.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 01:56-02:02
“We hadn't added a new job in the previous 30 or 40 years and we were flat as a pancake.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 03:29-03:35
“We were one of the few states to get almost all of our schools open for in-person learning in the fall of 2020.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 22:57-23:07
“We're the third state in the country to do the gas tax cut.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 02:12-02:17
“Now we have over 100,000 jobs I've got to fill.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 03:38-03:42
“We have a very low unemployment rate.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 03:56-03:59
“I don't want to spend away the rainy day fund.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 04:13-04:16
“First thing I had to do was we're looking at $2 billion budget deficits as far as I could see.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 05:03-05:08
“Balance that without raising income taxes, which is what four or five of my predecessors have done.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 05:08-05:14
“We've had four balanced budgets in a row.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 05:25-05:28
“Now we're talking about a surplus.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 05:27-05:30
“You probably said, I think you said maybe 300, $340 million.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 06:46-06:51
“I didn't see my income tax go up. I didn't see my sales tax go up.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 07:17-07:21
“I didn't [mandate vaccines] during the worst of COVID I'm certainly not going to do it now.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 07:17-23:58
“We've made significant investments in terms of helping people get back to work, including expansion of daycare and K through 12 education…”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 08:12-08:21
“We've got a tax cut in place that went into effect. They didn't get any Republican support for that.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 08:21-08:26
“When I took over, there was no reserves in that special transportation fund.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 09:19-09:24
“That tax on the big track, the trailer trucks, a lot of them are just coming through the state. That raises us say 80, $90 million.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 09:56-10:04
“Rape is up compared to last year when there was a lot of people sheltering in place. It's the second lowest in the last decade.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 11:39-11:47
“We have one of the lowest crime rates, you know, in the country right here in Connecticut.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 11:53-11:59
“First year I got in the office, I said, we're going to start hiring additional classes of state police. And we've done that.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 12:07-12:14
“We've got more police in training or on the ground now in our municipal police than ever before.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 12:13-12:19
“We got a bipartisan crime bill that was a big deal. Got us more judges, more information in terms of they can know if it's a repeat offender…”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 13:26-13:36
“Overnight, we had the inspector general say [the police officers] did the right thing.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 14:13-14:18
“How many cases have been brought under the qualified immunity in the last year and a half. And that's because it's a very high bar.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 14:42-14:51
“Public safety is my number one, two and three responsibility.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 15:29-15:32
“I don't agree with a word of that Supreme Court decision.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 16:20-16:24
“I really hope we send people to Congress that make Roe v. Wade the law, the land again.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 16:34-16:40
“We put in place a safe harbor bill.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 17:13-17:16
“I think it's a solution. Looking for a problem. You go to Planned Parenthood, dan. You know, 95, 98% of those girls come in with a mother…”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 18:11-18:24
“CDC recommended it, and I recommend it, too, but I'm not mandating it.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 24:34-24:39
“I think we're beginning to get our fiscal house in order.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 26:09-26:12
“I think we are one of the safest states in the country.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 26:13-26:16
“For the first time in a long time, we got the resources to speed up our rail, speed up our commutes.”
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special | Uploaded October 28, 2022 | 26:25-26:31