00:00I left a public school classroom at age 41 to run for public office for that very simple reason all of you are here, to fight for working families just like my own.
00:09Now there's those that doubted us, but I'll tell you what, I ran in a district, by the way, I didn't know this, I'm glad I didn't know it.
00:16There had only been one other Democrat since 1892 in that congressional district.
00:21I know, and you know how it goes. You see this, oh, we can't put money in South Carolina, that's a red state.
00:27And I said last night, and I'll say it today, it doesn't look very red to me, it looks pretty blue, looks pretty blue.
00:36Said we couldn't win because we didn't have any experience.
00:38You're going to watch candidates come up here and say, I don't know, but I'm running for office, and they'll tell you their name and they're going to do it.
00:45Support them, help them out. What are we going to do? You ever see these races where we don't even run anybody?
00:50Look, we got them in Minnesota, trust me. We got these people who I don't know how they get elected, but I don't know South Carolina.
01:01This Nancy Mace thing is really something to me. I'm saying it.
01:04But just think about it. In 500 days, we work hard, we get somebody up here, she's got to answer for the damage she's done to people.
01:15And then you won't see her on TV anymore again, and you'll see someone else.
01:22And to the teachers out here, I'm going to encourage you this.
01:29You have to listen to people tell you that, you know, oh, I don't know, you're overpaid, you only work nine months out of the year.
01:35You know this. One of the reasons I ran for office, too, was I was sick and tired of people beating up on public servants,
01:41like our police, and like our firefighters, and like our teachers, and like our nurses.
01:46Look, none of us expected to get rich doing those jobs if we didn't take a damn oath of poverty to do it.
01:52So you pay them. You pay them. And guess what happens when you do that?
01:57You get really good people who can afford to buy a house and raise their family, and they serve the rest of us.
02:02And the thing is, is for all of you out there, and I'm speaking to you, public school teachers,
02:06this is one thing I learned when they told us we weren't going to do this.
02:09Just don't ever underestimate a public school teacher. They're pretty damn tough.
