Speaking to reporters after her election victory, Congresswoman-elect Nancy Lacore says she will deliver on what she has campaigned on since January: lowering the cost of living for the Low Country through housing, health care, and repealing several tariffs she says were put in place by "this administration." Asked how Democrats should handle Trump, she says they have the House majority and appear to have a significant Senate majority, so "we'll have some real power."
The receipt
- Who
- Nancy Lacore
- Where
- press remarks - morning after election night, South Carolina Low Country
- Original footage
- WCBD NEWS 2 · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 47 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
excited It's gonna be delivering on what I've been talking about since January, which is lowering the cost of living for the low country What does that look like? That means bringing down the housing costs making medical care health care more affordable Making general life more affordable which would include repealing several of the tariffs that have been cast out by this administration You'll be in a Congress dominated by Democrats, but Trump's still in the White House. How should the Congressional Democratic Party navigate the relationship with Trump? Well, I mean, we have the majority in the House. Looks like we have a significant majority in the Senate as well, so I think it'll be, I think we'll have some real power.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.