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Peggy Flanagan: “Paid family and medical leave would never happen. Well, we…”

Featuring: Peggy Flanagan, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

The Many Over The Money Rally in Minneapolis with Bernie Sanders and Peggy Flanagan

Published July 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 38:46

And Senator Smith talked about this. They said that raising the minimum wage here in Minnesota and indexing it to inflation was too much and too ambitious. Well, we won. They said that Paid family and medical leave would never happen. Well, we won. They said that feeding every public school student breakfast and lunch was too much. Well, Friends, we won that too. Because in Minnesota, we get what we organize for. (38:46)

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Asserts that Minnesota implemented paid family and medical leave despite initial opposition.

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“Two years ago, Angie Craig was the only Minnesota Democrat to send 2,000 pound bombs to Israel after President Biden ordered a population…”
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“AIPAC is Angie Craig's largest lifetime supporter. Nearly a million dollars over her career.”
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“The cryptocurrency industry has spent more than a million dollars running ads for Congresswoman Craig two years ago.”
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“Raising the minimum wage here in Minnesota and indexing it to inflation was too much and too ambitious. Well, we won.”
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“Feeding every public school student breakfast and lunch was too much. Well, Friends, we won that too.”
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“In Minnesota, we get what we organize for.”
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“I support Medicare for All.”
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“I support universal child care.”
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“I support a national paid family and medical leave program.”
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“I support raising the federal minimum wage and indexing it to inflation.”
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“I support ripping ICE apart and holding them accountable.”
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“Donald Trump, Well, we showed him that we are powerful and not powerless in the face of this lawless agency that is killed with impunity.”
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“They are tired of paying for an illegal war in Iran while falling deeper into debt because of their own medical bills.”
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“AIPAC is spending tens of millions of dollars across the country for elections in support of more weapons to Israel's right wing government.”
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“Last year, she turned around and was the only Minnesota Democrat to vote with Republicans for crypto's dream bill, the ironically titled…”
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“Health insurance companies have been among Angie Craig's biggest funders.”
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“She is opposed to Medicare for All. And I'm for it.”
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“It is time to ban prior authorization.”
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“I cannot wait to go to the United States Senate and join Bernie Sanders to pass Medicare for All.”
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“Every other Minnesota Democrat in Congress voted no, because they knew what was coming.”
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“The only Minnesota Democrat who voted for Donald Trump's immigration bill was Angie Craig.”
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“They've already spent $15 million in attack ads.”
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“I am fighting for the nurses who care for everyone else but cannot afford health care themselves.”
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“I am fighting for immigrant families who deserve due process and dignity.”
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“I am fighting for children who have been separated from their moms and dads.”
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“Minnesotans have shown for a very long time that we know that organized people can beat organized money.”
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