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Rudy Salas: “I'm always going to do what's right for the valley.”

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

Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas

Published February 2, 2024 | Video Starts at 26:08

So to put a very fine point on it, you having, again, the backing of Democrats locally, statewide and nationwide does not limit your ability to go outside of party expectations or demands of you. That's correct. I'm always going to do what's right for the valley. And like I said, I mean, the gas tax was a very big exclamation point on that, voting no on the gas tax. Okay. I'm just making sure I cover all my bases here. (26:08–26:10)

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Asserts that Rudy Salas will always prioritize the interests of the valley.

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“Historically, looking at this district and looking at the state of California in the Central Valley, more people do turn out in presidential…”
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“We brought in millions of dollars, lots of stories you guys have covered here, whether it's, you know, the cancer center, the community…”
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“I received the party endorsement from the Democratic Party and a lot of the organizations.”
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“We've been fortunate enough to receive a ton of endorsements, fraud only from the national Democrats and the governor and I, US Senator…”
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“I've delivered, the billions of bringing taxpayers dollars back into our area.”
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“We've been able to been very successful in bringing tax dollars back, not only for our community colleges, over at Bakersfield College and…”
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“Building new multi use facilities at the different extension campuses, like the Delano extension campus, the welding program, saving Kern…”
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“Our only trauma center in the entire region, the $10 million that we did for the cancer center, building a 911 dispatch center, our public…”
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“He [Mister Valadeo] voted against capping the price of our healthcare premiums. He voted against capping the price of insulin, knowing that…”
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“Fixing healthcare, for one, making sure people have access. Our water pipes here in California still need to be addressed, and they still…”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 07:59-08:08
“Just a couple months ago, Mister Valadeo voted to cut veterans benefits. He voted against meals on wheels for seniors.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 08:39-08:47
“We know that a few months before that, he [Mister Valadeo] voted to increase taxes on every homeowner.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 08:47-08:53
“When we talked about farm worker overtime, you know, it was real simple. It's like, you know, the kid at McDonald's in an air conditioned…”
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“Increasing the minimum wage, making sure that farmworkers got overtime.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 10:37-10:43
“Yeah, it's increasing minimum wage for all the workers. I'm happy to provide you the legislation for that.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 11:26-11:32
“I was a co author on proposition one. I was happy to do that because, like I said, we need to defend a woman's right to choose, defend her…”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 12:16-12:26
“We definitely need to make sure that our border is secure, but we need to also have immigration reform.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 13:35-13:41
“Having to wait 15-20 years for the US government to just tell us yes or no on their immigration status is really what's driving this crisis.”
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“We need to make sure that we have enough people in homeland security so that we can get these answers to people in a very reasonable way.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 14:18-14:25
“I support the funding, funding for both [Israel and Ukraine].”
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“Mister Valadeo had the most amount of money than any independent expenditures being spent for him across the country.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 15:50-15:58
“They spent upwards from $15 to $20 million to support Mister Valadeo to attack me.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 16:01-16:08
“Mister Valadeo just voted to make your healthcare higher.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 16:17-16:20
“Mister Valadeo just voted to not cap the price of medicine for diabetes.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 16:19-16:26
“He just voted to cut meals on wheels for seniors.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 16:25-16:32
“I was born and raised here, right? I actually worked out in the fields with my dad and with my family.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 17:21-17:28
“You can point to all of the things that I've been able to deliver here, whether it's the cancer center, whether it's the multi-use building…”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 17:38-17:52
“I can stand out in front of the 911 dispatch center that we built or the police station or the water wells.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 17:54-18:02
“It's really making sure that we have those infrastructure investments right, providing those opportunities for not only families, but even…”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 18:23-18:32
“Making sure that infrastructure money that's being put back in is actually coming back to places like the Central Valley, places with…”
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“Mister Valadeo has supported the most extreme people in his party to become speaker.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 20:20-20:26
“When the most extremist people in his party push forward legislation and policies that are like cutting meals on wheels for seniors, for…”
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“Last cycle was just such a low voter turnout.”
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“I would love it if 100% of eligible voters voted in every election.”
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“I'm sure that's a very small percentage of all of the votes that I've actually cast.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 22:13-22:18
“I've been there for every, for all of the major votes.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 22:29-22:33
“I was the only Democrat in the assembly to vote no on the gas tax.”
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“You'll see that I've weighed in on a lot of those pieces of legislation.”
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“If you fix this so that it doesn't hurt people or it helps people, people here in the valley, then I'll be able to go ahead and vote for…”
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“They see the work that I put in, but also my ability to be the bridge, to be a collaborator and to make things happen.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 24:58-25:06
“I don't agree on every issue, even with the governor or us senator or the national Democrats.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 25:11-25:17
“The gas tax was a very big exclamation point on that, voting no on the gas tax.”
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“We're working every single day, reaching as many voters as we can.”
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“There are real differences between me and the other democratic candidate, me and the republican candidates.”
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“When the extremists in his party voted to increase taxes on homeowners here in California, Mister Valadeo voted for that.”
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“Did you know that Mister Valadeo actually voted to make those healthcare premiums go up?”
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“He voted to not cap the price of insulin for your diabetes, for your medication.”
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“I've worked with the governor a lot on making sure that those workers are protected.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 29:03-29:08
“The Climate Economic Resiliency fund, which started out as my legislation and then got put into the budget again, another deliverable…”
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“All of these things that actually Valadao voted against that would have brought infrastructure dollars back into the Central Valley.”
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“When they had, for instance, the recall on Governor Newsom, nobody criticized the election integrity then.”
Interview with 22nd Congressional District candidate Rudy Salas | Uploaded February 2, 2024 | 33:00-33:07
“I think the people that work at the elections office, at the secretary of state, they're doing the right thing.”
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