Fourth District Democratic U.S. Representative Gwen Moore joined Harris at her Convention
Week rally in Milwaukee Tuesday. Representative Moore was the first black person in Wisconsin
elected to Congress back in 2004. Now, she's looking to welcome the first woman and the
first woman of color as U.S. President. We're joined now by Congresswoman Lauren. Thanks
so much for being here.
Oh, thanks so much for having me, Andrea. It's always great to be with you.
So what is it like to see Kamala Harris possibly ascend to the highest elected office in the
nation?
Well, you know, let me just say it's awesome. However, when you just stop and think about
what America has become, it's the melting pot. And Kamala Harris looks more like what
an American looks like these days, person of mixed heritage. And I think that when we
look at the difference in the messaging of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party,
the Republican Party, Donald Trump, pushing fear of the other fear of immigrants and people
of color, of gaining power and influence in the country and the rise of a Kamala Harris,
we know that demographically we have been on this trend for a while. So while it's awesome,
it's about time.
How important is Milwaukee and its potential turnout to the outcome of this election?
I think that Kamala Harris and the DNC made it perfectly clear that Milwaukee was important.
They started their tour, I think, in Pennsylvania. And instead of bypassing Milwaukee and heading
straight to Chicago for the convention, they made sure that they filled up the very same
stadium where Donald Trump and the RSC had been a month prior, filled it up as well as
having all of the delegates nationwide be in Chicago at the United Center. So I do think
that Milwaukeeans love to be asked for their vote. They love to be respected for their vote.
And the fact that Kamala Harris and Tim Walts took time away from the main stage as it were
in Chicago to come to Milwaukee really was rewarded with a packed stadium in Milwaukee.
It was absolutely thrilling.
Do you see the energy of her campaign on the ground in your district?
Yes, we do. One of the things that I'm really happy about is all the delegates
from Wisconsin, including Osaka County and Waukesha County were fired up at the convention.
And we do think that it's important that people continue to, we've been very careful
to tell people not to take any victory laps, that the convention is all about arming you
to go on and do the work of getting that vote out. We're very clear in Milwaukee that local
elected officials have to come together and come with some strategy of being visible
and actually asking people to early vote and to participate and to each one reach one.
There's no reason that this sort of enthusiasm can't multiply by people simply talking to their
neighbors, their relatives, people who are at their job about the the futuristic message
of the Democratic Party. What do voters there most want from a candidate and in your mind?
Does Kamala Harris deliver that? Let me just tell you, it's about time.
We physically had a woman other than Hillary, whom I love run for president, but for us to take
a chance at this again. But the difference is, is that Kamala, or like her stepchildren called,
her Mamala, has a very female centered, in my opinion, agenda. When she talks about
down payment assistance, or the rent is too damn high, who's concerned with those issues,
but women, the homemakers. When she talks about the cost of food and going after predatory
issues in the marketplace, when she talks about that and how she's done that in her past as the
Attorney General of California, she's speaking directly to the women who go through the store,
who put the food on the table. When you talk about cutting the cost of health care, going
after the pharmaceutical industry, it's a lot more clear and not abstract. Like saying, oh,
we're going to have the Inflation Reduction Act. No, your medication is going to be dropped at $35
a month. If you need insulin, we're going to spread that throughout the population.
That is direct. We talk about that in education. And of course, when you talk about the right to
choose to have an abortion, you're bulling right down the alley of family oriented,
child tax credit, hate family leave, right down the alley of the kind of people we need to bring
to the table. Women, Frederica, 46% of women are heads of households these days. And if you look
at a black household, we're talking over 50%, 52%, 53% of households are held by women. We talk about
the numbers of younger people who are becoming homeowners. That would be women. And so she is
speaking to, I think, the constituency that is most open to hearing about the difference in her
administration than any other administration that we have had in their lifetimes. All right. We leave
it there. Congresswoman Glenn Moore. Thanks very much. Thank you, Frederica.
Thank you. That was great as always. All right. Yeah. All right. Now you get a little rest.
So they didn't let you out. You didn't come to the convention. I didn't. We had teams there, but I
stayed back. Yeah. It would have been fun. It looked fun. Yeah. Well, you know, they had parties
every night. Let me tell you, the first night, the House of Blues, I was sort of hosting. Oh,
headlining an after party for the Arizona and Wisconsin locations. And boy, I thought I had
done something when I marched out the door at midnight. And I saw Ubers rolling in there. People
rolling out of the Ubers. They were coming to the venue at midnight. So, so I didn't really keep up.
Well, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. And thank you for taking the time today with us.
Thank you, Frederica. Bye bye. Bye.
Bye.