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You know, the almost the frustrating thing about having a primary so early in places like Illinois is once you guys have the primary to the rest of the world, Illinois kind of.

falls off the map and unless something specific happens we don't really hear about what's going on anymore so what what have things been like in chicago in your area since since the last time we talked

Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of the sentiment has been that people want to see what this next individual who won the primary state rep, LaShawn Ford, who is the Democratic nominee, what happens.

what he will do when he's in office.

I think people are open to seeing how he will follow through on a lot of the promises.

And one thing I'm proud of during the campaign was the ways in which I pushed forward a lot of the progressive priorities that I hold.

And again, those values that I hold that I sincerely hope he addresses.

And I think that we obviously have, Um, need to see what his record looks like once he is in office.

Um, but I think overall the sentiment has just been that people are, are kind of like in a space where, you know, those, those very real issues that we're facing them, healthcare.

Insecurity, housing insecurity, obviously the continued affordability in this crisis in this country where so many of the black and brown working class, low income communities on the South and West sides are bearing the brunt of the decisions that are being made at the federal level.

Things like the snap cuts that we saw in Trump's big, ugly bill, right? Those are things that are on people's minds.

And ultimately, those need to continue to be addressed.

And of course, I hope that they're addressed by the people elected to office.

But also, the intention here is how do we continue to create pressure on the outside by the people who have a lot of power and might not realize that power, but- you know, we need to kind of have a better understanding also of the ways that dark money got involved in the seventh district and other districts across the south and west sides.

And that's where I noticed a major political education gap was that lack of awareness and understanding around not just how dark money operates, but they're increasing their deceptive tactics and to infiltrate a lot of our communities and neighborhoods, obviously to push forward their agenda that ultimately is only worsening the daily cycle of survival that many working people are caught in.

And so, you know, that's, it angers me and it's something that I think I'm excited to be able to talk to more people about that because I think once people understand that, and many already do, but once more people understand that, I think they will be able to connect the dots between the day-to-day cycle of survival that they're caught in, the reason why gas prices are almost $6 a gallon and have steadily been that way, the reason why housing issues have not been addressed in their communities and how it ultimately ties back to a lot of these dark money groups and the agendas that they're pushing.

Yeah.

You know, the almost the frustrating thing about having a primary so early in places like Illinois is once you guys have the primary to the rest of the world, Illinois kind of.

falls off the map and unless something specific happens we don't really hear about what's going on anymore so what what have things been like in chicago in your area since since the last time we talked

Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of the sentiment has been that people want to see what this next individual who won the primary state rep, LaShawn Ford, who is the Democratic nominee, what happens.

what he will do when he's in office.

I think people are open to seeing how he will follow through on a lot of the promises.

And one thing I'm proud of during the campaign was the ways in which I pushed forward a lot of the progressive priorities that I hold.

And again, those values that I hold that I sincerely hope he addresses.

And I think that we obviously have, Um, need to see what his record looks like once he is in office.

Um, but I think overall the sentiment has just been that people are, are kind of like in a space where, you know, those, those very real issues that we're facing them, healthcare.

Insecurity, housing insecurity, obviously the continued affordability in this crisis in this country where so many of the black and brown working class, low income communities on the South and West sides are bearing the brunt of the decisions that are being made at the federal level.

Things like the snap cuts that we saw in Trump's big, ugly bill, right? Those are things that are on people's minds.

And ultimately, those need to continue to be addressed.

And of course, I hope that they're addressed by the people elected to office.

But also, the intention here is how do we continue to create pressure on the outside by the people who have a lot of power and might not realize that power, but- you know, we need to kind of have a better understanding also of the ways that dark money got involved in the seventh district and other districts across the south and west sides.

And that's where I noticed a major political education gap was that lack of awareness and understanding around not just how dark money operates, but they're increasing their deceptive tactics and to infiltrate a lot of our communities and neighborhoods, obviously to push forward their agenda that ultimately is only worsening the daily cycle of survival that many working people are caught in.

And so, you know, that's, it angers me and it's something that I think I'm excited to be able to talk to more people about that because I think once people understand that, and many already do, but once more people understand that, I think they will be able to connect the dots between the day-to-day cycle of survival that they're caught in, the reason why gas prices are almost $6 a gallon and have steadily been that way, the reason why housing issues have not been addressed in their communities and how it ultimately ties back to a lot of these dark money groups and the agendas that they're pushing.

Yeah.