Most hated politician in America gets BAD NEWS

I'm joined now by Bobby La Pen, who is. running in Maryland's 46 Senate. District. Bobby, you are running against. somebody who's been dubbed the most. hated Democrat in America. Uh you just. found a way to get his attention in a. way that you haven't been able to do. before. Can you explain what you did? Um yeah, so. coming into this race, you know, what. pulled me into this race to give you. background and understand where this. came from. The guy that I'm running. against twice killed a provision in a. bill that would have prevented Maryland. law enforcement cooperation with ICE,

the called 287G agreements. Um I live in. a pretty highly immigrant neighborhood, and so that really made me angry. I. announced that I was running against. him, and just hours after I announced my. candidacy, he turned he turned his uh he. changed his position on 287G agreements. And we actually passed the ban in this. in this session. It's been signed into. law. Um so with redistricting, because. redistricting is such an important. issue, um you know, we you can't turn on.

the news without seeing the horrible. things that are happening in this. country. And I try to use my voice, my. social media, you know, my volunteers, uh my supporters to try to push. redistricting into the point that in a. representative democracy, where we elect. people to go to represent us, the last. thing that should happen with any type. of bill that is popular or impactful is. that it dies behind closed doors. So the. redistricting bill in Maryland. overwhelmingly passed in the House of. Delegates. In fact, each district in.

Maryland has one senator and three. delegates, and the three delegates in. the district that I'm running in, basically the three delegates that work. with my opponent, Bill Ferguson, they. all three of them voted for. redistricting in the House of Delegates. When that bill was sent over to the. Senate, uh Bill Ferguson used his power. as Senate President to basically kill it. in committee. Didn't have a hearing, didn't have a vote. So we started a. petition through Move On, um. and the petition basically said, you. know, regardless of where you are in. redistrict, you know, whether you're for. it or against it, I think we can all.

agree on this, that in a representative. democracy that only works if the people. we elect actually represent us. And so, by my opponent disallowing the rest of. the 46 senators in the state of Maryland. from even having a debate or a vote on. the floor, it literally attacks the. foundations of democracy itself. So, we had almost 7,000 signatures uh. for that petition, basically requiring. that there be a debate and a vote on the. Senate floor. Uh we got that in about a.

week, and I delivered it personally to. the State House. Um I wasn't allowed to. see him cuz I wanted to give it to him. personally, face-to-face, you know, man-to-man type of thing. Um but that wasn't accepted. So, uh a. nice police officer over there delivered. it to his office for me. Um from that. point, we heard nothing. Uh the. petition's still out there, it's getting. more signatures, but in the reality of. things, and I guess this is the sad part. here, is you know, our deadline to file.

for candidacy in Maryland was Tuesday. And in order for redistricting to even. be still an option, we would have to. pass now a a series of new laws in both. the House of Delegates and the State. Senate, basically moving back the deadline to. file for candidacy and also moving back. our primary. Which, if we couldn't even. get redistricting to have a simple. debate in the Senate, it's just out of the question that these. two additional laws would probably be. introduced and voted on. Yeah. You know, Bobby, I think one of the.

biggest problems that Democrats are. contending with is this idea that there. are a lot a lot of anti-democratic or. undemocratic aspects of the party. You. know, it's been plaguing us for a gener-. a decade now. I mean, we we saw the the. super delegate situation with with. Bernie and Hillary. And and even in this. latest general election cycle, there. there always felt like there wasn't. enough of a choice. What is this What is something like what. Bill Ferguson is doing here or has done. here? How does that further add to the.

brand problems that the Democrats are. contending with? It's It's a It's 100% and I don't want. to say it's all Democrats, either. I. just want to say that it's status quo. establishment Democrats. You know, the. corporate back Democrats because there. are a ton of people out there like me, progressives, who aren't taking money. from corporate packs, who aren't taking. money from developers, who are honestly. doing this because I'm a working person. trying to fight for working person. And. I feel both parties, Republicans and the. establishment Democrats, aren't fighting. for me and people like me, obviously.

And the redistricting goes into this. this deeper conversation about what's. happening in America. When I was a government teacher in high. school, I used to tell my students that. the biggest impact on your life is local. government. You know, all government is. local. And if you think about what's. happening throughout this country, it is. horrible. Obviously, we need to win back. Congress. I want to I want to say that. That's so super important. We need to. fight back against authoritarianism. But. while we're all focusing on Donald Trump.

and everyone is focusing on DC, like all. the Democrats, for the last decade, MAGA has quietly and methodically. been looking at state races. They've. been trying to take over school boards. They've been trying to take over city. council races. They're trying to take. over state legislators legislatures, you. know, and meanwhile, the Democrat. establishment is focusing so much on DC, so much on an organization that has less. than a 30% chance of actually passing. meaningful legislation that working.

people, by large amounts, would agree to. in this country. It's literally Congress is just seems. like if I was running for Congress and I. won, I would feel like I'm going to DC. to just bat my head against the wall. because it doesn't seem We've seen it. all. Like nothing happens. And the best. that we can rely on from this Congress. is is strongly worded letters. to Donald Trump, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Well, also also we know I'm sure there's. a post office or two getting renamed. So. don't don't forget about that. >> right right right. And probably banners.

going up and so on and so forth. But. like and this is what I mean. And this. is what I want people to understand cuz. it's so super important to understand. how local politics is. When Florida banned books. that wasn't Congress that did it. It was. their state legislature. This week alone we saw that transgender. people in Kansas are being threatened. with jail time if they don't turn in. their driver's license and their IDs and. change it to their birth gender. Literally, you'll go to jail either you.

out yourself or you go to jail. And that. was a state legislature. You know, if we. look at uh energy prices, if we look at. the way snap is administered, if we look. at how we spend money on education, that's all of your state legislature. Even redistricting itself, let's be. honest about this. Uh Texas, California, Ohio, North Carolina, here in Maryland, wasn't Congress. All state legislatures. And while it is. important to win back Congress and it is. important to support progressive.

candidates. um who are trying to shake up the party. the more you. ignore. the local and the state, your city. councils, your county councils. that is how MAGA can have a lifetime. hold. on this country. And I just want to remind people about. it. I mean, look at the guy that I'm. running against, okay? We already talked. about that, you know, hundreds of. Maryland families were deported because. he failed to ban 287G agreements. Why?

Because he said he was afraid of. retaliation from Donald Trump. I entered. the race as a good working person trying. to do good by my community and he. changes his stance. I have I have. poor folks, brown and black folks all. over Baltimore City that live near a. trash incinerator. A trash incinerator. in which my candidate took money from. And meanwhile, it's causing a hundred. million dollars worth of health damages. each year to working people. And while. everybody is focusing on Donald Trump. and the Congress and so on and so forth,

we have state legislators out there all. throughout this country who are taking. advantage of local people. That is where. I really want to implore people that. they have to pay attention. The biggest. investment you can make in life, the. biggest investment, is investing in. someone who will go to, you know, whatever your state house is or whatever. your city council is, and literally. bring your voice with them. Someone who. is unbought by the corporations and only. owes allegiance to the people, the. working people of this country. Through. Citizens United and through all of these.

things that we have seen, you know, in. the past couple of years, uh you know, it feels hopeless out there, right, Brian? It feels hopeless. But here's the. hope in this. Here's the hope in this, and I want to be clear about this. There's what, 537. elected federal politicians in DC. There's roughly 8,000 elected state. representatives throughout this country. There are 165. million working people in this country. So, although the billionaires can use.

their money to buy elections like they. buy a yacht, and our media, owned by the. same billionaires, are trying to keep us. distracted by fighting each other over. culture wars while they're trying to win. this class war. We have to remember the strength that. people have. We have 165 million working. people in this country. If we rise up. together, if those people would find a. guy like me and donate 27 bucks to a. campaign. I'm running against the guy. who's got two million. This is how we take our voices back. By.

one city council. district at a time, by one county. council district at a time, by one state. at at a time, and then we'll take the. federal government. That was That was. perfectly put. I'm going to put the link. to that point uh before we continue uh. to donate to Bobby's campaign right here. on the screen and also in the post. description of this video. If you've got. a few bucks and you're looking to help. elevate the voice of somebody whose. voice clearly needs to be elevated, um. please take this opportunity right now. It can have a big It can have a big. impact. And look, there there is a. reason that you know, I I don't. interview a lot of state Senate.

candidates in in various states across. the country. In fact, I don't think I've. interviewed any state Senate candidates. in any state across the country, but. there's a reason that I'm interviewing. Bobby and that I've interviewed Bobby. before. It's because his voice is one. that we need to elevate. Uh this is. somebody who who should be in a position. of power. Um so again, if you're if you. have the opportunity to donate, please. go ahead and do so. Bobby. >> to say And I got to say Brian real. quick. And it's not about me, man. It's. about all of us. Like we all feel the. same way. I'm just saying what everyone. is saying at home in their living room. Everybody watching this video and your.

videos everyone's saying the same thing. We are just fed up, you know? And um but. yes, I do need the help. So. makechange.com, I would appreciate you. all if you can just pitch in what you. can. 27 bucks for democracy, y'all. Bobby, to that end, what is the focus of. your campaign? I I I know I know. what was the impetus to kind of to jump. in and join, but let's say you have the. opportunity to represent your. constituents in the 46th uh district in. Maryland, what's going to be your. priority? Uh affordability, 100%. I.

mean, it's I think it's the You know, we. listened to that ridiculous State of the. Union the other day, right? Uh the. ridiculous State of the Union that's. trying to tell us, "Oh yeah, the. economy's great. Everything's good." The. Dow's at $50,000. Um but meanwhile, that doesn't really. translate well into bread prices or, you. know, the amount of money that we have. in our bank accounts. Yeah. Right now in. Maryland and in most in the 13 states in. our energy grid are facing incredibly.

high. energy bills. I mean, energy bills that. are so high that senior citizens are now. choosing between keeping the lights on. or buying their prescription medication. Working families are having to choose. between going out and like taking their. kids to a movie or paying their. electricity bill. I mean I'm talking. about my electricity bill. I live like. an 1,100 square foot home. So you guys. I'm I'm truly a working person. I live. in an 1,100 square foot home with my. wife and our electric bill was nearly. $500 for 1 month. How is that even possible? And in the.

end you go back and you see that the guy. I'm running against has taken over. $100,000 of incentive president from BGE. local. utility monopoly. He's taken personally, you know, tens of thousands of dollars. from utility companies. And then he. comes to the people and he says, "Oh, I'm blaming BGE on all this." But how. can you simply stand there and tell. working people that, "Oh, the utility. company is super super bad." When. literally what were they paying you for, Bill? What what Yeah. they give you? 25.

He took in 2024 he hosted a $25,000 per. ticket Colorado getaway. We live in. Maryland, okay? Colorado giveaway of. which the CEO of BGE attended. And the. CEO of Washington Gas Light and United. Healthcare and CareFirst. $25,000 a ticket. And what's crazy is if. you think about that, like $25,000 is a. ton of money to me, you know, as a. working person. But if you step back and. you look at how much profits the utility.

companies, how much profit Exelon made. in 2024, $25,000 to them is the. equivalent of 7 cents. Yeah. So for 7 cents Bill Ferguson sold. these senior citizens out, sold these. working families out, these struggling. young people trying to still afford a. life. You know, we have rent prices that. are spiraling out of control. We can The. American dream is dead. Do you know like. everyone is talking about rent stable.

stabilization and and rent caps and that. is very very much needed. But we also. have to talk about this American dream. where people can own a home. You know, we're pushing so many young. people in just being renters and no one. is talking about well, what should we do. to make housing more affordable where. young people can have that American. dream that folks had decades ago. The pride of owning your own home and be. able to have some spending cash in your. pocket at the end of the day to go out. to a movie, to go have a drink with.

friends, to go watch a football game. Affordability is the biggest thing. And for years from the. beginning when they. enslaved people to do the work of the. rich. Then the immigrants came to this. country to do the work of the rich, all. mistreated, all mistreated cuz the rich. have always controlled the the roost. But in the end of the day, the hope is. this. 537 federal politicians, 8,000 state. politicians, 165. million of us, hard-working Americans.

who built this country with our hands. Not our pocketbooks. That's the power, man. Perfectly put, Bobby. I'm going to leave. it there. Again, for those who are. watching right now, I'm going to put the. link to donate to Bobby's campaign right. here on the screen. He's running against. Bill Ferguson who has been dubbed the. most hated Democrat in America. We don't. have to settle for bad Democrats. We. don't have to settle for bought and sold. Democrats. We have a solution here. It's. right in front of us. I would ask if you. have the opportunity to to donate, donate. If you have the opportunity to.

volunteer for Bobby's campaign, volunteer for the campaign. If you know. anybody in Maryland, please send them. this video, send them Bobby's. information, uh subscribe to his social. media and share his uh social media post. with them. We don't have to settle uh. for for for what we don't deserve here. So, uh Bobby, best of luck in the. campaign trail as I've. as I've said before and and thanks for. taking the time today. Hey, thank you, Brian. Thank you for you using your. voice, too, man. I appreciate you.