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C how are you feeling about the election these days?
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I don't know about you,
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but I feel like this whole election kind of was like a
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telenovela, honestly. Novella Vira.
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telenovelas are really long and played out no characters joining 200 episodes
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you don't know what's going to happen next.
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I'm sorry, but Trump getting shot in the ear was not
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It was like that was like,
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I had a left field literally literally because I think that guy
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But this is why we're going to be educating ourselves with this
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new segment called LA.
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We will cover the important topics,
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talk to some well informed educated people and poke fun at these
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ridiculous moments of this election because they're bound to happen.
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I mean, for sure they're already happening.
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I get they're serious matters.
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But also there's meme things that are happening,
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listen, I'm finally excited because for the longest time I've been
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sitting and I feel trapped watching these white guys in power having
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making big decisions that honestly really impacts me.
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My family my community,
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our community and I feel frustrated.
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I'm going to confess,
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I was one of those people that was literally like,
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oh why vote if California,
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we're in California. If California is going to be blue,
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why vote? Why am I going to go waste my time
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That's what I thought.
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it's not like it shouldn't be like that literally.
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You need to make your voice heard.
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I can't let other people dictate what,
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how I want my life to be.
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You know, it affects the people we love.
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I have family members that are immigrants and it's going to affect
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them. And for my future Children,
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I know I'm far from being a mom but this is about
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the future, a future for sure.
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I did watch the night.
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I was actually going to ask you about it.
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I watched the DNC and I feel like I finally got
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to meet Kamala, first of all major.
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T she was a little bit of school precip vibes too.
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Yeah. Like the school principal gets things actually happening.
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She means business. Did you see little John Paul?
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Well, John was going off when it came to Georgia casting
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their vote for Miss Madame Kamala Harris.
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The European mind truly cannot comprehend this moment,
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comprehend a lot of that what's going on here.
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But I feel like I missed out both Obama's speeches were incredible
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They were big moments and Michelle killed it and went scorched
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earth and Obama. He had jokes.
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What kind of joke BDE he has but not the other guy
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I mean, if you know what I'm talking about,
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I think I know what you're talking about.
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I see you. Oh my God.
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And something that was really not cute and honestly they should wipe
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it from the internet,
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bro. JD Vance's bad haircut.
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Who let him go out like that?
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I don't know, but clearly he needs love in his life
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Honestly, someone who does look good in four K.
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Did you see Miss Kamala Har?
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everything, her aura.
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She's looking amazing. Honestly,
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for me, it wasn't about her looks,
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it was her confidence,
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everything she was saying,
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her speech was truly amazing.
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It moved me, it moved my mommy,
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my poppy and it honestly got us a little tear in la
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last night and all this just sitting at home on the couch
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with my parents. I just can't even imagine how it was
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in person. But luckily we actually had some friends of the
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show who were there.
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So I guess they're gonna tell us about it.
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Well, we'd like to welcome our very own Sandra Cordero.
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Well, I am so happy and so tired because I have
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had the privilege of being here in Chicago for the past couple
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of days and it's been emotional and wonderful and joyful.
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The after parties were real fun and the convention it was great
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So it's been great and now I'm ready to go to
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Yes. So you were actually at the DNC?
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I mean, I felt it from my sala watching it with
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my parents. The energy,
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it felt like it was there.
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How was it in person?
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The energy was incredible.
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It was undescribable unless you were in the room,
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I think. But I think it translated really well onto television
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and sort of what I'm reading online and what I'm hearing from
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people, all the texts I was getting from like my mom
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my sister, friends from all over the country.
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It was just really beautiful,
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really unifying. There were a lot of really genuine moments that
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I know the theme of the convention and the campaign and sort
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of the moment where in his joy,
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there were also a lot of really genuine,
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beautiful, frankly devastating moments.
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You know, I don't know if you recall,
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there was a lot of gun violence survivors that spoke about their
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experiences and mothers of the anti gun violence movement that spoke and
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there was not a dry eye in the house,
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nor should there be because I think our country shame and that
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was incredibly moving and really grounding as to why we're there not
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just to party and celebrate.
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we really need to remember that our,
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and our policies affect people's lives and whose speech do you think
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like hit the hardest for you,
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Michelle Obama. Incredible.
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Better than her husband and I worked for her husband for a
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long time and better than her husband and he felt it too
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Right. Like I will do whatever,
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you know. And then Tim Waltz was incredible.
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But then Oprah upstaged him,
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you know, like she was incredible as well.
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And super moving, Amanda Gorman was incredibly moving.
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And even though she was saying she was beautiful and moving and
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future President Harris was,
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I think she hit every single point.
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I loved all the personal stories.
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Vice President Harris's speech was it touched on every single point.
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I think it makes a point that she's ready to be president
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And also that she's a human and she talked about her family
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I thought that was beautiful.
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And as also a first generation,
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oldest daughter was like,
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yes, girl, I feel all of those things when you're
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talking about your immigrant mom and your sister and the responsibility and
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beautiful complicated relationships that we have to our families.
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Absolutely. It felt very real life.
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And I think that's so important.
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Where can we keep staying informed?
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I think we can keep staying informed on me too.
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Right. That is true in B and we'll be talking all
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things election 2024 presidential election,
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2024. So I think that's a great place to be informed
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And thank you all for everything that you do.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. Good luck on your flight travel,
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take care. Hey Jorge,
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I am tired but still processing a lot of the joy but
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also lots of different feels that that came up this week.
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So yeah, I also heard too that there was a lot
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of chisme on a certain celebrity showing up yesterday.
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How was the ch on the ground floor And did any Chisme
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like, like that was actually true.
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all people were saying it was going to be Beyonce or Taylor
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Swift were going to come out.
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I don't know where they got Taylor from,
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but Beyonce sounded promising since Kamala Harris keeps,
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you know, go walking out to the song Freedom.
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And some folks were saying,
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oh, they just played Freedom or they just played a rear
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the song in rehearsal.
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So people were thinking it was Beyonce's rehearsal and did you meet
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any celebs or politicians,
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not celebrities? Unfortunately.
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I met Senator Elizabeth Warren.
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She's an icon. So it was really,
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really awesome. I also met the US Secretary of Health and
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Human Services that matters to me because I think he's also a
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Latino and was just able to chat with him.
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I've been in spaces with him before just doing some of that
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So it was cool to see him there again too.
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And I think it's special when you see other Latinos in a
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space that maybe we're not used to being in kind of like
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hey, we're here and we're meant to stay and be
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And I think in the previous speech I heard of his,
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he was talking about being first gen too.
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So I feel like just knowing he was first gen he's there
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You know, there's always like that kind of like inner
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child me, it's like,
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I also saw that you highlighted the uncommitted national movement.
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What exactly was happening?
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So the uncommitted national movement on Instagram,
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their uncommitted MVMT, I believe,
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but essentially they're a group of delegates who,
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you know, had their right to be there and,
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and, and they were representing their respective states.
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And essentially they were there organizing and connecting pressers and
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conversations with one simple goal,
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which is to simply organize and call for a cease fire and
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we as delegates are here and we would like to see a
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cease fire in Gaza and for the Palestinian people.
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And essentially their goal again is to sort of band arms and
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say we want to vote.
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We are Democrats, we want to vote for President Kamala Harris
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Vice President Kamala Harris to be President Kamala Harris.
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But in order to get the and in order to really get
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our vote, we need you to take a firmer stance on
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a cease fire. So that's what they were there doing
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How do you feel about Kamala's remarks towards,
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towards Gaza? I think Kamala Harris in her statement was
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definitely trying to appeal towards a lot of moderate voters,
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right? And I think historically,
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the US and relationship with Israel has been one that's,
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the US has really prided itself in that is her stance
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But I think it was a shame to ignore the millions
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of people here in the States,
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you know, her constituents who aren't just uncommitted voters who are
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also voting and other folks who are not voting.
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Again, folks from across the political spectrum who are very deeply
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impacting and are actively grieving the ongoing genocide.
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it was a lost opportunity for her to ignore that constituency
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And again, that's what the uncommitted delegates were there to
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hey, we're here and we are representing your constituency.
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And that's all they wanted to,
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to receive was just to be heard to be seen.
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They were asking that for a Palestinian speaker to be included
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in the programming and that demand was ignored.
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So I was personally let down,
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I know many others were and personally as a boricua,
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you know, the US has colonized Puerto Rico.
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My people also deserve to be free.
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Liberation is all connected globally.
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It's something that's very personal to me,
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it's something I really care about.
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So that's kind of where I come from when it comes to
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this larger conversation. Absolutely.
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I agree. I agree too.
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And thank you so much.
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I really appreciate you coming on the show and for your time
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and where can people follow you?
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People can follow me on Instagram tiktok at I Alvarez.
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Thank you. Thank you so much Jorge.
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We really appreciate you coming on and sharing about your experience.
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Look forward to staying tuned in as this election season continues.
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I mean, it was really nice talking to them and seeing
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like what really happened at the D MC.
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You know, I know you watch on TV.
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I missed it completely.
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But I, I like how they both kept it real
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I loved Sandra's enthusiasm with everything and I like how Jorge
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too. He kept it real with things that he wants to
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see. I guess them do better.
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I totally agree. It also gave me more insight on what's
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actually going down and helped me feel a little more aware.
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Of course, of course.
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So be sure to keep tuning in to La Bogota.
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This is Daniela and I'm Jenny and see you next time.
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