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Rudy Salas: “If we don't win the seat, we don't win the house.”

Featuring: Rudy Salas, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House California, District 22

MEET RUDY SALAS, CA-22 candidate for Congress

Published November 8, 2023 | Video Starts at 47:33

Right? That's what all of the national articles are like. Look, Ca 22 paves the way for the house. If we don't win the seat, we don't win the house. That's what we saw last year. But if we win this seat, then the prospects for us winning the house is extremely high. And so I just want to say thank you guys. (47:33–47:36)

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Asserts that winning the CA 22 seat is crucial for winning the House.

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“David Valadeo voted to cut Meals on Wheels.”
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“Kevin McCarthy at the time, putting proposals that are cutting veteran services.”
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“Kevin McCarthy at the time, putting proposals that are cutting...bills on wheels for seniors.”
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“Republicans...failed to want to cap...the price of insulin.”
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“Rudy Salas brought clean drinking water well to the city of Delano.”
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“We have to find ways to break through all of that noise to let people know, look, this is why this matters to you.”
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“I know that they've done 50,000 calls into the district.”
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“Governor Gavin Newsom is formally endorsed us now.”
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“Ever since Citizens United decision was ruled... the other side has a ton of money.”
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“The higher the voter turnout, the better it is for Democrats.”
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“If all historical voting trends hold true in a presidential year, we know more people vote and we can win this.”
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“Last time, had we had two more people vote in every neighborhood, we would have flipped this seat.”
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“School board races... they're decided by less than twelve votes, less than five votes sometimes.”
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“David Valadeo voted to cut veterans benefits.”
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“David Valadeo voted no on the infrastructure bill.”
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“Democrats are trying to help you save money by capping the price of insulin.”
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“I was actually the author of the California Economic Resiliency Fund.”
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“The serf funding actually started in my legislation and then we put it into the California budget.”
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“It was $750 million, and now it's grown to over a billion dollars to actually move us towards a sustainable future.”
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“The legislation that I actually authored and then was subsequently passed is a pathway to do that type of stuff [transitioning to new…”
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“We've broken the state up into regions because we know that every region has unique challenges and has unique opportunities.”
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“Younger voters typically are aligned more with the Democratic Party, even if they're not exactly registered as democrats.”
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“The secretary of state is doing this program where she's going out to high schools to make sure that we're doing the pre registration where…”
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“I look forward to working with the caucus to actually talk about an ethics [code]... like we have for congressional members... why don't we…”
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“We should actually go and execute our values and our morals because we know that when the other side has control, they never ask us how we…”
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“We just need to go and do the right things for Americans and get that done, and then leave no wiggle room for the Supreme Court to…”
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“People asked me questions, for instance, when Trump had talked about doing away with natural born citizenship.”
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“That's part of the amendments during the civil war.”
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