So I just
want to say that I am
so proud of the
campaign that I ran
in the last...
hundred and six days that we
ran to so many all of
you are my supporters in here.
We wanted so much better for our
kids and I
you know it didn't turn out the way
we wanted it to but I'm
just so grateful for all
of your here.
I have founding Rocketship families
here.
I have friends here.I
have friends new friends
friends that believed in me right
away. I I have my team.
I have people from the beginning who
helped me explore whether or not
I was going to run in this race.
New friends, some of you in
the media that I really appreciate
and I got to know you and I
appreciated your fairness in
reporting and elevating the
issues around our children and how
they deserve more.
We cannot settle for only 3
out of 10 of our children, sorry,
3 out 10 children reading
well enough to go to college
or have a career.
we cannot settle for
only five percent of our black
children in Milwaukee reading well
enough to go to college.
It is a reading crisis and
I'm so glad that we were able to
elevate this reading
crisis so that all
of you who are listening to me now
will get in this fight for our
children.
So I want to especially thank my
team.
I'm probably not an easy candidate
So I want to thank them.
I want thank first.
DJ for getting in it with me when
it was just me.
And then Amy Loudon, where are you
Amy?
For believing in me and saying
she would get all the signatures.
And thank you to
Stefan and Chris and
Priya and I feel like I'm missing
someone.
And thank Rob for calling me.
Rob called me and said that he had
50 volunteers for me to
get signatures.
So I just want to say that
it didn't turn out the way we hoped,
but I hope more people
get involved and make sure
that our children are learning how
to read and that they
are prepared for the future.
We're dependent, you know, children
are depending on us.
So I want to say thank you all
so much.
This is just one race.
This is my life's calling is to
work for our children and I won't
stop today. So I hope you all don't
either. So thank you so much
Thank you.
All right, everybody.
All right guys she won't be
doing a gaggle after this but you'll
get a written statement out here
shortly
Thank you. Appreciate it.
Awesome.
Thank you guys so much for coming.
That's too far away!
Don't forget to sing along.
Thank you.