Progressive Democrat William Lawrence, speaking to PBS NewsHour the day after election night, said voters "delivered a striking rebuke to the Trump agenda." He named his priorities: lower prices, protect the Affordable Care Act, reverse the Medicaid cuts, and pass a war powers resolution to end the war in Iran. He also said people want to stop arming Israel while his mid-Michigan neighbors "can't afford basic housing and health care."
The receipt
- Who
- William Lawrence
- Where
- TV interview - PBS NewsHour with Amna Nawaz, day after election night
- Original footage
- PBS NewsHour · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 49 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
She is a moderate. You are a progressive. What does your win say about this district or about the party more broadly? I think all the results last night show that the American people delivered a striking rebuke to the Trump agenda and are, have delivered a mandate for change. We have got to get the prices down. We have got to protect the Affordable Care Act and reverse the cuts to Medicaid. We've got to pass a war power's resolution to end this war in Iran. And people also want to see us stop arming Israel, stop sending money to drop more bombs around the world when our neighbors here in mid -Michigan can't afford basic housing and health care. And I see that similar message was delivered all over the country, and I'm thrilled to be part of this huge majority, and we got to be ready to go in January to pass
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.