Michael Lighty yog Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Txoj Cai Pej Xeem rau National Nurses United thiab California Nurses Association. Nws tau ua haujlwm ntawm Oakland Planning Commission, thiab hauv zej zog, kev kawm thiab cov koom haum nom tswv cov thawj coj ntawm pawg thawj coj. Nws yog thawj tus thawj coj LGBTQ rau qhov chaw nres nkoj Oakland.
SHARMINI PERIES: Nws yog Cov Xov Xwm Tseeb. Kuv yog Sharmini Peries, tuaj rau koj ntawm Baltimore. Cov nom tswv Republicans tab tom npaj rau lwm qhov kev tshem tawm thiab hloov Txoj Cai Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv pheej yig. Mitch McConnell xav tias yuav coj qhov tseeb version mus pov npav rau lub lim tiam tom ntej. Cov qauv no ntawm daim nqi no yog tsom rau kev yeej ntau dua cov pov npav ntxiv, tab sis Senator Susan Collins, Republican los ntawm Maine, thiab Rand Paul, Republican los ntawm Kentucky, tau tawm tsam daim nqi. Ib qho kev tawm tsam ntxiv los ntawm Republican sab yuav tua tus nqi, thiab Senate Feem Ntau Tus Thawj Coj Mitch McConnell tau hais tias yog tias daim nqi no tsis dhau, nws yuav ncav cuag rau Democrats, sim los ua lwm txoj hauv kev.
Mus tham txog daim nqi no nrog kuv yog Michael Lighty. Nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm pej xeem txoj cai rau National Nurses United. Michael, zoo siab tau ntsib koj nrog peb dua.
MICHAEL LIGHTY: Ua tsaug, Sharmini. Zoo siab tau ntsib koj dua.
SHARMINI PERIES: Michael, cia kuv pib nrog muab sijhawm rau koj los hais txog dab tsi hauv daim nqi no, lossis daim nqi no, uas tsis tau muaj ua ntej.
MICHAEL LIGHTY: Qhov kev hloov pauv tseem ceeb hauv daim nqi tseem ceeb yog qhov hu ua Cruz hloov kho. Nws ua rau kuv ntev ntev rau cov hnub uas Republicans nyuam qhuav daig rau kev txiav se rau cov neeg nplua nuj, vim tias tam sim no lawv tab tom ua dabbling hauv txoj cai tswjfwm kev noj qab haus huv, nws tau mob zuj zus. Qhov kev hloov kho Cruz yuav tsum hais tias, "Ok, rau tag nrho koj cov neeg uas tam sim no noj qab haus huv, koj yuav tau txais ib qho kev npaj pheej yig, thiab rau cov neeg ntawm koj tam sim no mob, koj yuav tau txais ib txoj kev npaj kim heev. Peb yuav muab cov nyiaj them se ntau dua kom koj tuaj yeem yuav cov phiaj xwm kim, ", yog li nws yog qhov zoo rau cov neeg tuav pov hwm. Nws yog ib qho txaus ntshai rau cov neeg mob, txaus ntshai rau cov kws saib xyuas neeg mob thiab kws kho mob ib yam nkaus, thiab nws yeej ua rau muaj kev xav tias peb txhua tus nyob hauv qhov no ua ke.
Qhov tseeb yog, Sharmini, koj tsis paub. Yog, xyoo no koj noj qab nyob zoo, lub hlis no koj noj qab haus huv, hnub no koj noj qab nyob zoo. Yuav ua li cas rau tag kis? Tom qab muaj xwm txheej hnyav? Tam sim no, qhov $ 10,000 qhov kev txiav tawm tsis zoo li qhov zoo. Lawv yeej tsis paub tias lawv tab tom tham txog dab tsi thaum hais txog kev kho mob.
SHARMINI PERIES: Yog lawm. Tam sim no kuv twv peb tham seb daim nqi no puas yuav dhau lub lim tiam tom ntej.
MICHAEL LIGHTY: Yog lawm, vim tam sim no koj tau txais Senators Cassidy los ntawm Louisiana thiab Graham los ntawm South Carolina hais tias, "Ntawm no yog txoj hauv kev sib txawv." Tom qab ntawd muaj qhov teeb meem lawv tsis tso nyiaj ntxiv rau hauv Medicaid. Lawv tsuas yog tso nyiaj ntau dua rau kev pab nyiaj pov hwm ntiag tug. Koj yuav tsum xav txog qhov twg ib tug neeg zoo li Senator Heller paub txog kaum tawm txhiab tus Nevadans uas yuav poob kev saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv los ntawm daim nqi no. Vim li cas nws yuav tsum pov npav rau nws? Tiag tiag, tag nrho cov kev xav no tau txhawb nqa los ntawm Republican ntsej muag lawm. Nws yog ib qho kev cai lij choj uas tsis muaj neeg nyiam, yog li kuv xav tias lawv nyob hauv qhov chaw nyuaj ua nom tswv. Tam sim no hais tias lawv tau txais cov lus pom zoo sib tw, nws tsuas yog tsis zoo li nws tau los ua ke rau lawv. Ua tsaug nawb.
SHARMINI PERIES: Ua tsaug rau qhov zoo. Tau kawg, Mitch McConnell kuj tau hais tias yog tias daim nqi no tsis dhau lub sijhawm no, nws yuav ncav cuag rau Democrats txhawm rau saib seb nws tuaj yeem tau txais los ntawm Democrats kom dhau daim nqi Republican. Koj xav tias yuav mus qhov twg?
MICHAEL LIGHTY: Kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav mus qhov twg, thiab nws yuav tsum tsis txhob, vim hais tias ncaj ncees, Democrats tsis muaj kev lag luam shoring ib tug phem version of the Affordable Care Act. Vim li cas peb thiaj yuav siv peb cov nyiaj mus ntxiv, xws li kev lag luam, cov neeg ua haujlwm, tsoomfwv, los pab cov tuam txhab tuav pov hwm cov txiaj ntsig? Nws tsis muaj kev nkag siab. Lawv tab tom nkim peb cov nyiaj, lawv tsis kam saib xyuas, thiab Democrats yuav tsum tau hais tias, "Zoo meej, Medicare Rau Txhua Tus yog tib txoj kev daws teeb meem." Tag nrho cov kev tsim tsa nom tswv nyob rau sab Democratic, thiab tam sim no ntawm Republican sab, tab tom qhia rau tib neeg, "Tsis txhob ua Kev Txhim Kho Medicare Rau Txhua Tus." Txawm li cas los xij, muaj qhov kev nce qib no thiab nws nrov dua puas tau. Ntau tus neeg txhawb nqa Kev Txhim Kho Medicare Rau Txhua Tus tshaj li txhawb nqa ACA lossis GOP tshem tawm. Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb. Democrats yuav tsum tau muaj lwm txoj hauv kev los txhawb kev lag luam pov hwm, thiab qhov ntawd yog Txhim Kho Medicare Rau Txhua Tus uas lav kev saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv rau txhua tus. Qhov ntawd yeej yog qhov lawv yuav tsum tau ua. Cov kev sib tham faux no los txhawb cov neeg tuav pov hwm lossis pab cov tshuaj yog qhov kawg ntawm kev nom kev tswv rau Democrats.
SHARMINI PERIES: Yog. Tom qab ntawd tau kawg muaj cov lus nug, qhov twg yuav tsum tau nce qib tau muab lawv cov kev txhawb nqa nyob ib puag ncig? Puas yog lawv yuav sim kho nrog Republicans, sim kho Txoj Cai Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv Nqis Nqis thiab ua kom nws palatable, lossis peb puas yuav tsum tso tseg qhov ntawd thiab npaj mus tawm tsam rau qhov kev thov ib leeg-them uas cov kws saib xyuas neeg mob tau tso tseg?
MICHAEL LIGHTY: Kuv xav tias peb yuav tsum ua tus them ib leeg, Txhim Kho Medicare Rau Txhua Tus. Nws nrov. Nws yog ib qho teeb meem uas tau txhawb nqa los ntawm 70% lossis 80% ntawm Democrats, nyob ntawm kev xaiv tsa. Tam sim no qhia kuv qhov no. Puas muaj qhov teeb meem ntawm sab Republican nrog rau qib kev txhawb nqa uas lawv tsis nrhiav? Tsis yog, tsis muaj. Qhov tseeb, GOP tshem tawm tau txaus siab rau qib kev txhawb nqa ntawm qee cov Republicans. Txoj haujlwm ywj pheej yog qhov tseeb. Nws nrov. Nws ua haujlwm. Nws tshem tawm cov tuam txhab tuav pov hwm cov nqi them, cov nqi txiav tawm, thiab cov nyiaj them ua ke uas raug tua peb. Nws daws cov teeb meem ntawm cov neeg Amelikas uas tsis tau txais kev kho mob uas lawv xav tau vim lawv tsis tuaj yeem them taus. Nws yeej yog qhov kev xaiv zoo tshaj plaws. Qhov ntawd yog txoj kev los yeej GOP. Qhov ntawd yog txoj hauv kev los yeej Trump ntawm qhov teeb meem no, yog hais tias, "Peb tau txais lwm txoj hauv kev zoo dua. Nws ua haujlwm. Nws nrov. Cia peb ua. Cia cov neeg tuav pov hwm tawm ntawm no. "
SHARMINI PERIES: Yog lawm. Cia wb mus saib koj qhov kev kwv yees seb daim nqi no puas yuav dhau lub lim tiam tom ntej.
MICHAEL LIGHTY: Nws zoo nkaus li zoo rau kuv. Kuv tsuas yog tsis pom ib tug senator zoo li Senator Heller los ntawm Nevada, uas nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua nyuaj heev nyob rau hauv '18, txiav txim siab tias lub tsheb no yog ib tug yeej rau nws. Nws tsis yog xwb. Nws tsis zoo rau Nevadans. Muaj tseeb tiag, nws phem rau lub tebchaws. Koj saib qhov deal uas lawv tau txais ntawm lub rooj tam sim no. Nws yuav tsis tau Rand Paul, tsis mus rau Susan Collins, uas yog xav txog Maine tus tswv xeev. Cov no yog peb qhov kev pov npav tsis zoo heev kom tau txais. Tseem muaj lwm tus nyob ntawd thiab. Pom tseeb, Senator Murkowski hauv Alaska. Koj tsuas yog tsis pom kev nom kev tswv tuaj ua ke los ntawm GOP. Lawv tau jettisoned txiav se loj rau cov neeg nplua nuj thiab sim ua kom qhov no me ntsis palatable, tab sis qhov tseeb yog, tam sim no lawv tau koom nrog txoj cai tswj hwm kev noj qab haus huv, lawv ua rau nws tsis zoo. Peb tsuas yog yuav tsum tau kom lawv nres.
SHARMINI PERIES: Okay, Michael. Kuv ua tsaug ntau uas koj tuaj koom peb hnub no.
MICHAEL LIGHTY: Ua tsaug, Sharmini. Zoo siab tau pom koj.
SHARMINI PERIES: Ua tsaug rau koj tuaj koom peb ntawm no ntawm Cov Xov Xwm Tseeb.
ZNetwork tau txais nyiaj tsuas yog los ntawm kev ua siab zoo ntawm nws cov neeg nyeem.
Pab Nyiaj
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Tom qab lub caij nplooj zeeg ntawm Trump (lossis tej zaum ua ntej), Dems yuav koom tes nrog Rethugs los "kho" Obamacare vim tias lawv yog ob lub tis ntawm duopoly tsim los txhawb thiab tiv thaiv neoliberal imperial capitalism.
Thaum peb xam pom qhov ntawd, peb tuaj yeem tsim kom muaj lub zog txaus los yuam cov khoom xws li Ib Leeg Them Nqi rau hauv lawv caj pas. Yog tias peb tseem ua si hauv "kev ua si sab hauv," peb tau poob.