About This Movement
I’ve worked in restaurants for 12 years. I feel very close to the moments most Americans are getting all too familiar with. I work with people who would rather live out of their car than pay rent. I work with people who have other jobs, from small business owners to teaching public high school. I work with people who are watching corporations make record-setting profits, while they are being priced out of the most important moments of their lives, from starting a family to being able to retire.
This campaign is not about one person. This is about a movement happening across our country. Millions of Americans recognize we must lead the way to the future we deserve. Tens of thousands of first-time candidates are running for office. These are not the sort of people you would expect to see on the campaign trail. They are not political insiders. They are not backed by large corporations, lobbying firms, or Super PACs. They are normal people facing the same challenges most of us share.
Together, we are building an America that is committed to all of its people.
For decades, our government has been dedicated to the most wealthy and well-connected. It has allowed billionaires and conglomerates to gain unacceptable levels of control over the prices we pay, the candidates we elect, and the laws we follow.
If we want a nation committed to all Americans, we need representatives unbeholden to the system that has corrupted our government and is bankrupting our people.
I’m a waiter. I was born in Columbia, South Carolina, educated in public schools, and raised in a small, middle-class family. I used to believe people like me couldn’t run for office. Now, I believe people like me have to run for office.
We know what life in America is for most people. It’s $1000 a month just to rent a room in someone’s house. If you didn’t buy a home before COVID, you feel like you may have lost your chance. Going to the doctor feels like a luxury. Most people have more debt than savings.
Meanwhile, we see the Trump administration tearing down the White House to build a ballroom. We see celebrities traveling to outer space. We see billionaires with yachts worth more than hospitals. We see politicians sending our money to harm people in lands we will never visit. We see the value of a day’s labor decline, while stock portfolios continue to climb.
Americans deserve a future built for us, not at our expense. If the political establishment will not do it, we will.
Our movement is championing solutions big enough to meet the moment. We know that democracy, freedom, and prosperity are not inherited - they are created by all of us, every single day. This movement is creating an America that values workers before Wall Street, voters before corporate interests, and our nation before political partisanship.
Together, we can create a future where our healthcare system treats us as patients, not customers. Where homes are for families, not investors. Where every student can prove how far they can go, because we will give them the chance. A future dedicated to each and every one of us.