‘We need to be conservative in terms of protecting our people and our environment.’
Rose was on the air Oct. 23 with Steve Gibson, KQMS News Talk radio (105.7-104.9-167), where she talked about why she believes the North State deserves better representation, why she calls her opponent Subsidy Doug, and how she plans to serve CA District 1.
“Politics That Work is a nonprofit group that has looked at the voting record of Doug LaMalfa. And I guess it won't surprise the listeners to know that 95% of the time he has voted for the interest of the wealthy; 95% of the time he has voted for big business; 95% of the time he has voted for big agriculture,” Rose pointed out. “So that kind of lets us know who Doug LaMalfa really is representing. … It's not the person driving right now going to work. It is big agriculture and big business that LaMalfa is representing.”
Asked how she would respond to those who say, “But his Republican values though are what I appreciate, and I hear you're quite the lefty,” Rose gave her take on conservative values.
Rose with Steve Gibson and Clark Schopflin at KQMS
“Let's really define what Republican values are and what conservative values are. Conservative comes from the word conserve, right? And … how do we really conserve? We conserve by making sure that our people have the means to live a good life. We conserve by making sure that we have an environment here in District 1 where we are not threatened by wildfires. We conserve by making sure that our families are able to get by with parents who can work a single job and feed and house their families by having living wages for those jobs so that we can have parents who can be there for their kids. We conserve by having mothers with newborns who can be with their newborn son or daughter by having paid maternity leave. Likewise, we conserve by having a father be there for his wife or newborn son and daughter by having paid maternity leave,” she said.
“And so those are my conservative values. And those are what I believe voters in District 1 also want. So it doesn't really matter what our labels are. What is really the proof of the pudding, especially for us rural voters, is what does the person stand for? What are her campaign priorities going to do for me? How are they going to influence the way that I live my life? Are they going to materially help improve how I live? And so those are the things that we need to look at. Labels are meaningless. So I invite all of your Republican listeners out there to vote for me, Rose for Congress, because yes, we need to be conservative in terms of protecting our people … and our environment that we live in. I totally am a conservative in that regard.”
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