The top three Democrats whoāve announced their intentions to run for U.S. Senate appeared together at a Maryland Democratic Party event Wednesday.
Prince Georgeās County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D), Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando (D) and Rep. David Trone (D-6th) gave brief remarks before a packed crowd at the New Fortune Restaurant in Gaithersburg. The one-hour program celebrated Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, with featured guests including Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller (D), the first South Asian woman elected lieutenant governor in the United States, and the first Indian American lieutenant governor in Maryland history.
āAnd most importantly, it is a community that believes in getting stuff done,ā Trone said. āThis is not about junior high school. This is about getting stuff accomplished and thatās what we can do in the U.S. Senate.ā
Jawando, whose father came from Nigeria to the United States in 1970, talked about immigrants becoming successful in America.
But āthereās a big lie in America. The lie is that this room shouldnāt exist. ā¦ [That] when we help our immigrant neighbors, when we help those less fortunate, it lessens my life. Thatās a lie,ā he said, echoing his announcement video.
Alsobrooks said during her tenure as states attorney, violent crime in her jurisdiction decreased by 50% and the county broke ground on 10 new schools in the last three years.
āWhen I tell you what I intend to accomplish for people in the Senate, Iām not speaking aspirationally. Iām not speaking to you theoretically. Iām telling you what weāve been able to accomplish already to this point,ā she said. āThereās so much more we can do for our families.ā
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