New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tells hereandnow he will be the one to win the 2020 election because he is “speaking out for working people.” “[President Trump] lied to working people, and that’s his Achilles' heel,” the Democrat says.
Democratic presidential candidate and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a forum on gun safety at the Iowa Events Center on August 10, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Lower tier presidential candidates are facing a tough climb to qualify for the September Democratic debate.De Blasio is billed as a progressive who supports “Medicare for All,” but so are frontrunners Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. He says he’s also proud of his mixed race family, however, there are candidates of color running for the nomination.
So why is he running for president? De Blasio says he is campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination on his record of decreasing inequality in New York City, by instituting free pre-K education for all children and a $15 minimum wage. “It's about the need to change this country urgently. America right now is not working for working people,” de Blasio says. “These are real life things that are making a huge difference for millions of people. I've been able to do them in a really tough environment and that's why I'm running.”
De Blasio says he will be the one to defeat President Trump because he is “speaking out for working people.Interview Highlights“Hundreds of thousands of folks already have been lifted out of poverty because of the things we've done to fight inequality, because of that $15 minimum wage, because of affordable housing programs. Let me tell you rent regulation, rent control — it works. And I'm glad we strengthened the laws.
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