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Thank you. Thank you for being here with me tonight and for your support throughout this campaign.
There are so many to thank for their hard work. You have been out in the cold wind and rain, talking to neighbors and friends and strangers, too.
I want to give a special thank you to Sandra. Your enthusiasm and your volunteers have inspired me and so many others to work harder. Thank you.
Sarah and Afiyah – thank you for your dedication and hard work every day, starting with the petition drive and going right up to this evening. This campaign would not have started without the 12 thousand 15 signatures.
And a special thank you Curtis, my friend first and then my loyal campaign manager. I don’t have time to mention all your strengths and abilities, your contacts, your 24/7 work habit and your counsel.
This campaign was all about your families’ future and we the people.
It’s about changing our government to work for the people not the investment bankers and the multinational corporations.
When 3 men in a room tried to tell us who would be on the ballot, 12 thousand of you said, “No, we won’t let you tell us who to vote for.”
And when the lobbyists came and spent millions of dollars to buy this election, we said “no, we won’t let you tell us who to vote for.”
And when the Wall Street investment bankers said we don’t need to make things in America anymore, we said “No, you are wrong. You are destroying our jobs, our homes, our health care, our Social Security, and putting our children in debt and poverty.”
We built this campaign the same way we built this country – with pride, hard work and honesty.
Tonight, the people of Western New York have sent a message to Washington. We’ve had enough of politics as usual. We won’t be fooled by labels.
We are dedicated to America … to an America where we are manufacturers, not just consumers of foreign products.
I have been at war against job-killing free traders since 2003. I have won battles and lost some.
My motto is “I have not yet begun to fight.”
The fight goes on.
In a matter of days, three new free trade agreements will come up for votes in Congress. We will continue to fight against them.
This election served notice to every member of Congress:
You ignore the wishes of the people, and your own job will be challenged.
The American people do not want their congressmen to be job-killers.
We will challenge the leaders of both parties in their districts.
We can be proud of what we have done today. We have changed the politics of western New York. We have set an example for voters across the country for the 2012 election.
Remember: “No Illegitium Carborundum.”
Translated: “Don’t let the lying bastards grind you down.”
On to the next battle.
Thank you.
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