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Ruben Gallego: “The minimum wage should be $15 and should be pegged to…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate

Published October 9, 2024 | Video Starts at 41:12

It was worth a dollar under President Trump. It's only $0.75 under Kamala Harris. 1 minute to respond. How do you make living more affordable for your constituents? Well, first of all, The minimum wage should be $15 and should be pegged to inflation. So it actually keeps moving up. Number two, you fight inflation by actually looking at how you bring down costs. Number one, we have a big opportunity right now. (41:12–41:16)

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Advocates for a $15 minimum wage adjusted for inflation.

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“She [Carrie Lake] will ban abortions.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 02:18-38:28
“A border wall is important to a security package, but it also has to be coupled with technology, manpower, and then laws.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 06:36-06:43
“The border security compromise bill passed, because it had a lot of those elements.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 06:45-06:50
“I have voted for border walls in the past and actually hundreds of miles with the border walls, because where appropriate, with the proper…”
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“This is something that the border Patrol wanted and endorsed. It would have brought more than a couple. It would have brought thousands of…”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 07:20-07:35
“From day one, I've worked on a bipartisan manner when it comes to this.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 08:08-08:12
“I worked with Congresswoman Martha McSally, a Republican from southern Arizona, to get veterans to join border Patrol.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 08:13-08:21
“I signed on to a bill, the only Democrats signed to a bill, Representative Crenshaw of Texas, to get more federal law enforcement, make it…”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 08:21-08:31
“I do not support open borders.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 11:32-11:35
“I have voted and brought thousands of border patrol agents to Arizona, have voted and funded hundreds of miles of border walls where needed…”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 11:44-11:58
“This is why I'm supportive of the border enforcement bill, the compromise bill that was supported by Border Patrol.”
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“We have more support from border mayors than she does.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 12:11-12:15
“I was actually in the room when I was negotiating this with General Kelly, chief of staff of then President Trump.”
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“We actually did agree to give the border wall for dreamers.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 16:21-16:26
“He came back and said, well, now we want to actually take and bring down more legal migration, take out green cards and everything else.”
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“The bill was actually separated.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 17:03-17:06
“We actually now have 45 Republicans. Former electeds and current electors have now crossed over support us.”
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“Yes, actually, we should have a proper deportation proceedings.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 18:38-18:42
“I also think that we shouldn't deport Dreamers.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 18:41-18:44
“There's not 20 million dreamers.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 18:46-18:49
“I was actually in support of a bill that would have brought more technology to the border.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 21:36-21:40
“Introduced a bill called the buck stops here, which helps us track down the sources of money that goes to fentanyl.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 21:53-22:07
“I've been working for the last two years to make sure that we bring money to our border communities.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 23:06-23:14
“We made sure that these migrants aren't affecting these small towns, they can't take that impact.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 23:40-23:46
“We appropriated money specifically for those border communities because they were asked for by these mayors.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 24:10-24:16
“This money has been requested by Nogales, by Santa Cruz.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 27:14-27:19
“I would codify Roe.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 28:15-28:18
“We have women that are now going to sepsis just so they could get a life saving abortion.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 28:29-28:35
“A ten year old baby girl victim of incest had to leave her home state and the comfort of her family to get an abortion.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 28:43-28:53
“The 1864 territorial law... had no exceptions for rape or incest.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 29:02-29:14
“That's correct. We'd go back to what were the protections we had for the last 50 years and Roe.”
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“There's also within that current law, no exceptions for incest and rape.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 34:17-34:24
“The child tax credit brought childhood poverty down by 60%.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 37:26-37:40
“Childcare is more expensive than sending your kid to ASU.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 37:42-37:47
“We need to stop the merger of the grocery stores in Arizona by allowing Kroger Alison's to merge. They're going to have 70% of all grocery…”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 41:22-41:33
“Executives from these grocery stores under oath said they did [gouge consumers].”
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“We've capped insulin at dollar 35.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 41:56-41:59
“Next year's seniors, they're going to have their prescription drugs capped at a total of $2,000.”
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“We have to make sure we fight these big corporations that are taking up one third of all the homes recently.”
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“We need to keep the middle class portion of tax cuts, the tax cuts to the corporations that made billions of dollars of price gouging. Those…”
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“We've actually increased the solvency of Medicare by negotiating for drugs.”
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“People that make more than $400,000 year are going to have the caps raised. And that's going to increase the solvency and payout of Social…”
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“I actually do have a bill, Social Security act of 2100.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 45:52-45:56
“We need to bring in more baseload energy, and that's going to have to be nuclear.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 48:12-48:17
“We need to make sure that we're making water investments to deal with the drought that is caused by climate change.”
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“In the 2026 negotiations that are coming up, we're probably going to have to cut about 760 acre feet of water.”
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“I'm not for illegals voting.”
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“She has 14 lawsuits. She's currently suing to be reinstated as governor.”
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“She has caused Stephen Richard, Republican, a good Republican, to have to go get private security because of all her threats.”
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“She admitted that she lied about him.”
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“She just also said that she wants to get rid of vote by mail.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 52:10-52:15
“Carrie Lake, again, who still has not accepted that she lost the 2022 election.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 52:17-52:22
“Secretary Stefantes, republican county supervisors, as well as county recorders. You show leadership.”
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“She has a nonprofit to fight the steal, but we don't even know what she's been using the money for.”
Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake face off in Arizona Senate debate | Uploaded October 9, 2024 | 52:53-52:59
“She's still holding up the judge in terms of discovery so he could see how much she owes Stephen Richard for lying about the election.”
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