Michael Bennet Pledges To Fight Current ‘Nightmare’ Under Trump Admin For Future Generations

During a town hall on Tuesday, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) spoke about recent actions from the Trump Administration.

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00:00I would first of all thank Jason for his extraordinary leadership and I know you

00:05all know that he's an incredible member of Congress and some of you may be

00:10thinking well the bar isn't very high back there and that's actually true but

00:17if we had a bunch of people more like Jason who understood that his response

00:24his job really has nothing to do with him but it's about serving the people of

00:29this district serving the people of Colorado serving the country something

00:34that I know he learned in his service to our in our military overseas lessons that

00:43have care have carried with him throughout his political career and into

00:48this auditorium tonight you know we'd have I think it's safe to say the House of

00:53Representatives would have a 90% approval rating instead of the 9% approval rating

00:58that they have right now and it's been a great privilege for me to have the

01:02chance to work with him and I want to thank all of you for being here as well

01:07I mean this is an extraordinary time in our country's history is a profoundly

01:12reactionary period in American history and I have no doubt that if we do what we

01:18are required to do when we consider what our responsibilities are to this democracy

01:27that we will not just get through this but that there will be something on the

01:32other side of this that is very important to the future of the kids for

01:38example who are graduating this weekend or did graduate this weekend from Arapahoe High

01:43School that is who is in my mind when I am on the floor of the Senate I see the

01:49super is it the superintendent no Board of Education member here that is who is in

01:54my mind as somebody who once was superintendent of Denver Public Schools

01:58work in a school district where most of the kids were kids of color most the

02:02kids were kids living in poverty whose parents were working two and three jobs the

02:07question for me in the end of all of this nightmare that we're in today is how do we

02:11build a better future for them how do we build a better future for the kids who

02:15graduate from Arapahoe how do we build a better future for the kids that are

02:19graduating all over rural Colorado as we're standing here today we've got to

02:24keep that question in our sights we are going to have a very scientific approach we

02:30have that Easter Bunny head over there and that has traveled with me to all of my

02:37town halls I'm grateful that Jason's that it's true I he's not like but what we

02:45don't we don't screen questions in these town halls that's also an unusual part of

02:50my town halls I want you to feel like you're able to ask when you're able to

02:54ask her that more important we're answering what you really had we're gonna

02:58call two tickets two numbers at a time and then we'll have microphones come to

03:04you and then you'll ask your question and we'll try to do the best we can to

03:08answer it we're gonna end on time because you guys have responsibilities

03:13Jason has responsibilities and I have the honor of introducing my friend Cory Booker

03:20at something in Denver today that I need to get to the show John take it away