Screw you
At day 4 of the DNC, Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ) speaks of his time in the Marines. He says VP Harris and Gov Walz, who served 24 years in the Guard, are the right choice for veterans before bringing onstage public servant veterans supporting the ticket.
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Watch: 2:45 they all walk in -- all the Veterans
I AM A DAD, HUSBAND, CONGRESSMAN, AND THE PROUDEST ARIZONAN YOU WILL EVER MEET, BUT I AM EVEN PROUDER TO BE A MARINE. [APPLAUSE] MY MOM RAISED US ALONE ON HIS SECRETARY'S SALARY. I SLEPT ON THE FLOOR. I WORKED EVERY JOB I COULD, MEATPACKING, CONSTRUCTION, DELIVERING PIZZAS. I MADE IT TO HARVARD WITH NO MONEY AND NO CONNECTION. OTHER KIDS WERE HAPPY BECAUSE I WAS AT HARVARD. I WAS HAPPY BECAUSE I FINALLY HAD A MATTRESS.
THEN I ENLISTED, FOUGHT ALONGSIDE MY BROTHERS WITH LIMA 325 IN IRAQ. THEY CALLED US LUCKY, BUT OUR LUCK RAN OUT. WE SAW SOME OF THE HEAVIEST COMBAT OF THE WAR, AND WHEN WE GOT HOME OF THE GOVERNMENT FAILED TO HELP US READJUST. WE HAVE A DUTY TO CARE FOR OUR PATRIOTS WHO SERVE OUR NATION. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
FOR THE VIETNAM VETERANS WHO RELY ON FOR A MEDICATION, IT TO THE AFGHAN FEDERMAN IN PITTSBURGH WHO FINALLY GOT TREATMENT FOR HIS PTSD, FOR THE MARINE IN MILWAUKEE: A LAMP THEY EARNED, FOR MY NAVAJO BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO SERVED WITH ME IN THE MARINES, I REMEMBER YOU TOO. KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ ARE FIGHTING FOR THEM. KAMALA HARRIS HAS DELIVERED MORE BENEFITS TO MORE VETERANS THAN EVER BEFORE AND HAS ACHIEVED THE LOWEST VETERAN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN HISTORY. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS DEDUCT FOR US AND OUR FAMILIES ALWAYS. TIM WALZ SERVED FOR 24 YEARS. HIS PASSION FOR VETERANS URGENT RESPECT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, AND HE STANDS WITH US TOO. IN FACT, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF MANY DEMOCRATS WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT SERVICE MEANS, BECAUSE WE PUT COUNTRY OVER POLITICS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
2:45 they all walk in -- all the Veterans
WE WERE PROUD TO WEAR THE UNIFORM. AND WE ARE PROUD SERVING OUR COUNTRY IN CITY HALL, STATE CAPITALS, THE U.S. HOUSE, AND THE SENATE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THESE VETERANS REPRESENT THE BEST OF OUR COUNTRY. WE STAND UNITED AS VETERANS, DEMOCRATS, AND PATRIOTS TO FIGHT FOR EVERYONE WHO SERVED. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] POLITICIANS LIKE DONALD TRUMP DO NOT STAND WITH US. THEY CALL PATRIOTS LIKE SENATOR MCCAIN LOSERS. JOHN MCCAIN WAS AN AMERICAN HERO. SHOW SOME RESPECT. PROJECT 2025 WILL SLASH VETERANS BENEFITS AND FORCE VA HOSPITAL SOUP CLOSE ACROSS THE NATION.
SHOW SOME RESPECT. SO FOR THE 18-YEAR-OLD WHO DECIDES TO ENLIST, OR THE FAMILIES LIKE MINE WHO PRAY EVERY NIGHT THAT THEIR LOVED ONES WOULD COME HOME, FOR OUR TROOPS STATIONED THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY, FOR MY MARINES OF LIMA COMPANY, LET US ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ, WHO DO NOT JUST RESPECT OUR SERVICE, BUT REVERE IT. BECAUSE THE VETERANS WHO DEFENDED THIS COUNTRY ARE NOT JUST THE REASON WE CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT. THEY ARE THE REASON WE CAN DREAM. AND TOGETHER, TOGETHER WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR VETERANS AND EVERYONE WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHANTING "USA"
