Brewery, and we are here for the first town hall of this primary season. Were here in michigan, of course, which is one of the three states that flipped and gave the white house to donald trump in the 2016 election. He won by a razor thin margin, just 10,000 votes across this entire state. In 2018, things changed back, shifting back toward the democratic party, with statewide wins for democrats, here in the state and congressional districts like this one, which had not elected a democrat to the house for a full term since 1964. That streak was broken by Hailey Stevens who won here in 2016. All of these voters here are intending to vote in the democratic primary and they want to hear from the candidates on the issues that matter to them as we head into the 2020 race. Tonight, we have the newest candidate in the field. She just made her formal announcement, new york senator Kiersten Gillibrand. Thank you. Hey. How are you, chris . Thank you for having me. Come on up. Hey, everybody. How
Gave the white house to donald trump in the 2016 election. He won by a razor thin margin, just 10,000 votes across this entire state. In 2018, things changed back, shifting back toward the democratic party, with statewide wins for democrats, here in the state and congressional districts like this one, which had not elected a democrat to the house for a full term since 1964. That streak was broken by Hailey Stevens who won here in 2016. All of these voters here are intending to vote in the democratic primary and they want to hear from the candidates on the issues that matter to them as we head into the 2020 race. Tonight, we have the newest candidate in the field. She just made her formal announcement, new york senator Kiersten Gillibrand. Thank you. Hey. How are you, chris . Thank you for having me. Come on up. Hey, everybody. How are you . Hello. How are you . Good to see you. Nice to see you. Thank you for coming. Thank you, guys, very much. Have a seat. Thank you. All right. Have yo
used to be ford motor company, lincoln town car. that was one of the most powerful and busy plant in the united states, and this company here used to have 7 to 8,000 people, people who worked over there for 20 years, and suddenly they have no idea where they re going to end up. in this community, it s about jobs? it s about jobs 100%. you ask what do i need from my next candidate, what did i tell you, jobs. obviously jobs and the economy rank very high on the list of concerns of democratic primary voters. that was eddie osmond, a small business owner and immigrant from lebanon in michigan. we have some other michiganers, rebecca, a mom to a one-year-old, aj, a vp of the local w 600. a third generation auto worker, and sonia patel, a member of the democratic club and has a daughter headed off to college. eddie, what do you want to hear from a presidential candidate
you know reliable support when you have it, and that dependability is what we want to give our customers. at comcast, it s my job to constantly monitor our network. prevent problems, and to help provide the most reliable service possible. my name is tanya, i work in the network operations center for comcast. we are working to make things simple, easy and awesome. my name is eddie osmond, and i m the owner of the american fuel stop gas station. right across the street there was a manufacturing plant right across the street. that s correct.
eddie, what do you want to hear from a presidential candidate about the economy? jobs, what s going to happen to our jobs. do i have to worry about it. do i have to worry about my kids. they re 15, 16 years old. they re going to go to college. they re going to find jobs after their finish college? after we going to be able to afford college? is the united states going to be the number one economic power in the world or like they say china is going to take over us. are all the jobs going to be shifted overseas, are we going to stay in the united states, are we going to be able to get a decent pay. not like the minimum wage, live day by day, something is going to be like all days, something where america is great, and still something is going to make us afford to take vacations, afford to have homes, luxuries? what is your vision for what a middle class economy looks like? so i think the most important