| In a new interview with The Contrarian, Marni von Wilpert highlighted how her record as a former member of the Peace Corps, civil rights attorney, and public servant has informed her fight back against skyrocketing costs, health care cuts, and voting rights being ripped away by D.C. Republicans and MAGA rubber-stamps like Jim Desmond.
“The person who wins this congressional seat will have the power to decide who gets access to health care and who does not in this country. And I’m gonna fight for access to health care…I’m going to stand up, fight against Donald Trump, and take our nation back.” – Marni von Wilpert
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- “I’ve beaten Republicans before. I…flipped the most conservative city council district in San Diego from red to blue… And now I’m going to flip this district red to blue and take back Congress…We need Democrats to be in control so we can stand up to Donald Trump and take our country back.”
- “I’ve spent my entire career in public service. Honestly, helping people is my north star. I…joined the Peace Corps in Sub Saharan Africa helping take care of children… I then became an attorney and decided to start my career as a civil rights lawyer…So I understood exactly what was going to happen when the Supreme Court…crushed…the Voting Rights Act.”
- … I want to bring back the Voting Rights Act. I want the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to be amended, the Freedom to Vote Act. We need to make sure we protect our rights…”
- “We need to undo the horrible things that the Big Ugly Bill…is doing to everyday Americans. We’re already seeing Planned Parenthoods closing because the Big Ugly Bill defunded them…the Big Ugly Bill [will] kick 32,000 residents in my congressional district alone off of health care.”
- “The person who wins this congressional seat will have the power to decide who gets access to health care and who does not in this country. And I’m gonna fight for access to health care.”
- “In the middle of my campaign, … I went in for a routine mammogram [and was] diagnosed with early stage breast cancer…I went through surgery 3 weeks ago, it was very successful…”
- As I was sitting in the doctor’s offices and waiting for test results, I kept thinking how lucky I was that I could afford my mammogram, my biopsies, and my surgery without ever wondering if it was going to bankrupt me just to save my life. But there are millions of Americans who are not [going to] have that same security because of what Donald Trump’s administration is doing to health care in this country…I am running to fight back to restore affordable health care.”
- “Instead of giving tax breaks to the wealthy, how about everyone in this country gets to afford health care?”
- “My opponent, Jim Desmond, has been endorsed by Donald Trump. He is a MAGA Republican. And when gas prices spiked in California because of [the] reckless war in Iran, Jim Desmond told the people of this district… no pain, no gain, right? Is that who you want representing you?… I’m going to stand up, fight against Donald Trump, and take our nation back.”
- “I am running for office because I believe that we need to have a democracy where everyone can afford access to health care and a roof over their head and good education and good jobs…And I’m running because I believe that no matter who you are, who you love, where you’re from…what religion you believe in, you deserve to be treated with dignity and respect in our country, and you deserve a government that promotes that.”
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