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Trisha Calvarese: “She [Lauren Boebert] voted against it.”

Featuring: Trisha Calvarese, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Colorado, District 4

The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog

Published April 9, 2024 | Video Starts at 30:47

Yes. Yes. And that's what the Chips and Science act was a fabulous start. Bipartisan chips and science act was a fabulous. Without Lauren Boebert, with. Exactly. Yes. She [Lauren Boebert] voted against it. Good start. But, like, chips are only one part of it, it's the science part. Let's create those amazing pathways into jobs of the future, because you better believe our adversaries have plans to do it right. (30:47–43:07)

CLAIM

Asserts that Lauren Boebert voted against the Chips and Science Act.

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Trisha Calvarese

“I was former director of speech writing at the AFL CIO.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 30:29-30:32
“I was a federal, a member of the federal civil service.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 30:32-30:36
“Thanks to his [father's] benefits, he lived four years beyond his diagnosis of a kidney cancer.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 30:52-30:59
“I'm running so that everybody else can have a union, too.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 31:16-31:28
“Lauren Boebert...not doing their job to fund the government and instead are doing these sham impeachments.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 31:33-34:32
“Lauren Boebert plays with other people's livelihoods by not wanting to fund the government.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 32:45-32:50
“Bipartisan investments...can create pathways into the middle class and good union jobs in places that have been overlooked and left behind…”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 32:53-33:04
“If we don't get this election right, it could sincerely be our last.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 33:56-34:01
“Federal government employees...are under sourced, we're underpaid.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 34:10-34:22
“By not funding the government, you're hurting employees of the government and the livelihoods that their critical services support.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 35:17-35:25
“In the eastern part of our district where there's drought issues constantly.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 35:58-36:03
“We should be making [solar panels and windmills] here. We should be making them on the eastern plains.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 36:17-36:21
“He is getting rid of water and irrigation on his land, and he's putting up solar panels instead for his sheep.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 36:24-36:31
“We need the pro act.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 39:58-40:00
“Let's make it easier to form and join unions because of AI.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 40:02-40:07
“Every single time they say [AI] sure did [cause job loss].”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 40:26-40:28
“The Chips and Science act was a fabulous start.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 42:57-43:00
“There's actually a plan to leapfrog us in key industries.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 43:20-43:24
“What happened to America? Competitiveness. We're the best in the world. We've always been the best.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 43:27-43:33
“I returned to take care of my parents at the end of life.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 43:47-43:51
“I am running to take care of people who have been overlooked and left behind for too long.”
The Rick Smith Show - Wagging the Dog | Uploaded April 9, 2024 | 43:51-43:56