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Will Rollins: “Having a public option and having some public version of…”

Featuring: Will Rollins, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House California, District 41

Meet the Candidate - Will Rollins 08-08-2022

Published September 5, 2022 | Video Starts at 31:15

And so that's where I end up coming down on it. I also think that Having a public option and having some public version of Medicare for everybody who wants it is a key part of competing with the private sector. And so as the government actually operates in this space, I think we'll see our markets overall to become more competitive. (31:15–31:27)

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Asserts that a public healthcare option is essential for competition with the private sector.

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“My opponent, Ken Calvert, an ultra MAGA Republican who voted to overturn the, the last election is a threat to our democracy.”
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“140 police officers were injured [on January 6], some of them later losing their lives.”
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“The last president lost by more than 7 million votes.”
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“Our adversaries like Russia and China are exploiting [polarized disinformation, conspiracy theory, echo chambers].”
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“We used a fairness doctrine in broadcast media [before and after World War II].”
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“We did not waste time debating complete nonsense [like whether the polio vaccine had microchips in it].”
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“One of the more popular threads on Reddit was actually written by two robots.”
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“Big tech companies cannot [be sued for false advertising], even when they know that their software is responsible for spreading lies.”
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“Big tech companies themselves have started to realize that this is a problem [with section 230].”
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“Roughly 70% of Republicans we got in that vote last week.”
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“80 90%, regardless of party affiliation, [support] basic gun safety.”
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“My opponent just voted against [a red flag law].”
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“Democrats now outnumber Republicans in this congressional district by a narrow, narrow margin.”
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“The new district includes not just some of the redder spots like Norco or Menifee, but bluer areas.”
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“Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, La Quinta, those four cities all went Biden in 2020.”
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“I have raised more money against Ken Calvert than any Democrats challenge him going back to 1992.”
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“Q two became the first challenger in history to outraise him head to head in a quarter.”
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“Proposition one, protecting a woman's right to choose on the ballot.”
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“A rabid anti choice Republican who not only just voted against the contraception bill recently.”
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“Elected republican leadership [is] veering extremely far to the right of what their own electorate has told them they want.”
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“They haven't won the popular national vote since I was, you know, five years old.”
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“The last election was stolen [is a lie].”
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“The legislature in Indiana just voted to enact a pretty radical abortion ban that most of the electorate doesn't want.”
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“They've gerrymandered a ton of these seats.”
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“They've also started enacting laws designed to disenfranchise black Americans, Latino Americans, across all different parts of the south.”
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“The vast majority of Americans support the kinds of policies that are designed to protect reproductive freedom.”
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“An anti-democratic, ultra far-right party has taken control in far too many state legislatures.”
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“I think if folks have healthcare that they get through an insurer that they like, they should be allowed to keep it.”
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“We as a society and the wealthiest society in the history of humanity have an obligation to cover everybody who cannot get covered through…”
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“There is a meaningful and good public option for people to go to as a baseline that everybody will absolutely get no questions asked if they…”
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“We'll also have an ability to do things like now directly negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for prescription drug costs.”
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“It's the largest investigation in the history of the Justice Department.”
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“We've had 14,000 Republicans in Southern California leave the party after January 6.”
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“Washington Post was reporting that this was related to the alleged mishandling of classified information.”
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“The FBI doesn't go overt like this with their...execution of a search warrant...unless they are close to the end of the investigation.”
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“There's a chance [the Respect for Marriage Act] passes the Senate.”
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“70% of even Republicans believe that gay marriage should be legal.”
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“14 months ago [a vehemently anti-gay Republican] voted against the Equality Act.”
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“Republicans have won the White House [only] once since the late eighties.”
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“The number of justices is set by statute.”
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“This is the first time in history really wherever, arguably, when an individual constitutional right was taken away.”
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“400 families having 60% of all wealth in the United States, more than 150 million Americans combined.”
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“Inflation Reduction act that help address some of that inequality, at the same time that we invest and meaningfully combat climate change.”
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“I'm running against one of the most corrupt members of Congress in California.”
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“There's a lot of run ins that he's had with the law over the years, including... he was caught with a sex worker in his car.”
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“They won a Freedom of Information act lawsuit against the Corona police Department, and the police report showed that this had happened.”
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“Allegedly investigated by the FBI... for taking, um, our tax dollars and using them to earmark a highway project near vacant plots of land…”
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