Appearing live on TODAY, Talarico said his mandate is to "unrig this economic system that only benefits the top 1%," pass universal healthcare, invest in teachers and students, and end "corrupt forever wars." The former San Antonio public school teacher says that agenda "should be bipartisan," not just for Democrats.
The receipt
- Who
- James Talarico
- Where
- TV interview - TODAY show, morning after election night
- Original footage
- TODAY · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 37 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
We gotta unrig this economic system that only benefits the top 1%. We gotta pass universal healthcare, so that no one in our state, no one in our country goes bankrupt just because they get sick. Before I ever ran for office, I was a public school teacher on the west side of San Antonio, so we must invest in our teachers and our students so that every underdog in this country has a fighting chance. And of course we have to end these corrupt forever wars that are driving up prices and killing our brave men and women in uniform That is the mandate we have and that should be bipartisan This shouldn't be just Democrats.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.