I'm here with Sophia Bush, so glad to run into you. This is an exciting moment in history. This convention is coming to a close today. The roster has been deep. There has been so many significant moments. It's the time for Democrats to have the largest tent possible. How do you feel about how it's gone.

I'm here with Sophia Bush, so glad to run into you. This is an exciting moment in history. This convention is coming to a close today. The roster has been deep. There has been so many significant moments. It's the time for Democrats to have the largest tent possible. How do you feel about how it's gone.

I am so inspired everyone I have run into, you know, from my incredible friends in the news like you, to folks I've done activism work and advocacy work for nearly twenty years now. People are happy, they are inspired. It feels incredible to be in a space where we really are being reminded that there are enough rights and enough resources in this beautiful country we call America to go around, and we've got one candidate who unfortunately hates people, and our candidate who loves people, loves this country and loves us. And you can feel it. It's palpable here.

I am so inspired everyone I have run into, you know, from my incredible friends in the news like you, to folks I've done activism work and advocacy work for nearly twenty years now. People are happy, they are inspired. It feels incredible to be in a space where we really are being reminded that there are enough rights and enough resources in this beautiful country we call America to go around, and we've got one candidate who unfortunately hates people, and our candidate who loves people, loves this country and loves us. And you can feel it. It's palpable here.

You know. Joy has been a constant theme and quite the split screen that we have certainly saying as as the theme, We're not going back and you're here with the Human Rights Campaign, and part of the conversation has been about the rolling back of rights that are invaluable that cannot be quantified. Yes, why is it so important for you to get the message out to voters about forward motion as opposed to rolling back rights of people who deserve to be as equal and free as any American.

You know. Joy has been a constant theme and quite the split screen that we have certainly saying as as the theme, We're not going back and you're here with the Human Rights Campaign, and part of the conversation has been about the rolling back of rights that are invaluable that cannot be quantified. Yes, why is it so important for you to get the message out to voters about forward motion as opposed to rolling back rights of people who deserve to be as equal and free as any American.

The entire premise of this country was founded on the idea of equality. We have spent generations working to achieve those founding ideals, and we don't always get it right, but we've never given up on it. And that is what I think makes America so beautiful. It's the reason that my father came to this country. It's the reason that my mother's mother was brought to this country. It is why I believe we are all so passionate about in America. That is for all of us. And for the first time, the Supreme Court took rights away from us. Instead of increasing access to rights for folks like us, for women, for people of color, they rolled back the rights of women. They have endangered us. We are seeing women die around the country. There is nothing pro life about killing mothers. There's nothing pro life about making women carry babies that will not live to term and risking their lives. It is so unbearably cruel and so We're not going back to a time where scientific knowledge didn't exist. We're not going back to times where we had less rights than our neighbors, where women have less rights than their husbands. We should be moving forward and pressing forward into a space where no matter who you love, how you love, and what you need, you get it, because that's what America is supposed to be.

The entire premise of this country was founded on the idea of equality. We have spent generations working to achieve those founding ideals, and we don't always get it right, but we've never given up on it. And that is what I think makes America so beautiful. It's the reason that my father came to this country. It's the reason that my mother's mother was brought to this country. It is why I believe we are all so passionate about in America. That is for all of us. And for the first time, the Supreme Court took rights away from us. Instead of increasing access to rights for folks like us, for women, for people of color, they rolled back the rights of women. They have endangered us. We are seeing women die around the country. There is nothing pro life about killing mothers. There's nothing pro life about making women carry babies that will not live to term and risking their lives. It is so unbearably cruel and so We're not going back to a time where scientific knowledge didn't exist. We're not going back to times where we had less rights than our neighbors, where women have less rights than their husbands. We should be moving forward and pressing forward into a space where no matter who you love, how you love, and what you need, you get it, because that's what America is supposed to be.

You know, it has been a trying time as a mother of a daughter and a son, trying to explain the climate and trying to explain to them what has been happening, and it feels like at times kind of Sysiphian where the rock is going right back down the hill, but keeping encouraged. And you know, your podcast work in progress is really synonymous where we are in our country in so many respects. The mission is never quite done. What are you hoping will be carried over in the weeks to come, because, as you know, Sophia, having a convention is one thing, but then that March to two seventy is still a hurdle.

You know, it has been a trying time as a mother of a daughter and a son, trying to explain the climate and trying to explain to them what has been happening, and it feels like at times kind of Sysiphian where the rock is going right back down the hill, but keeping encouraged. And you know, your podcast work in progress is really synonymous where we are in our country in so many respects. The mission is never quite done. What are you hoping will be carried over in the weeks to come, because, as you know, Sophia, having a convention is one thing, but then that March to two seventy is still a hurdle.

Yes, it is. And unfortunately we know that the right is gonna weaponize disinformation, They're gonna weaponize hey, They're gonna do things that we've always wanted to say that's beneath us. But if we do not get in the mud and fight to get to two seventy, we're gonna we're we're gonna really be putting our progress at risk. And while the right is hoping we never have another election again, we are all hoping that we are going to continue to defend American democracy. We are gonna continue to make sure everyone gets to be heard, and we can disagree on policy, but what we cannot disagree on is your right to exist as a person in this country. And so my real goal for us is to harness, yes, this joy, because joy is great fuel, but to make no mistake about how ugly the other side will be, and knock every door and speak to every voter and make sure that we remind people what we are voting for, and that if we give Kamala Harrison Tim Walls the White House, if we give them a Senate, we give them a Congress, we will codify our rights and we won't have to be fighting about whether or not we're going to go back anymore. We will continue to move forward, and we will do it by the way, with a party that has been fixing Republican messes on rights and even the economy since the nineteen eighties. Because we are the job creators. We are the ones who fix the deficit. We're not the ones adding eight trillion dollars to it and so on, money, math, morals. We are the people for the people, and I need us to communicate that message all the way through the end of November fifth and beyond when we enact all of these policies.

Yes, it is. And unfortunately we know that the right is gonna weaponize disinformation, They're gonna weaponize hey, They're gonna do things that we've always wanted to say that's beneath us. But if we do not get in the mud and fight to get to two seventy, we're gonna we're we're gonna really be putting our progress at risk. And while the right is hoping we never have another election again, we are all hoping that we are going to continue to defend American democracy. We are gonna continue to make sure everyone gets to be heard, and we can disagree on policy, but what we cannot disagree on is your right to exist as a person in this country. And so my real goal for us is to harness, yes, this joy, because joy is great fuel, but to make no mistake about how ugly the other side will be, and knock every door and speak to every voter and make sure that we remind people what we are voting for, and that if we give Kamala Harrison Tim Walls the White House, if we give them a Senate, we give them a Congress, we will codify our rights and we won't have to be fighting about whether or not we're going to go back anymore. We will continue to move forward, and we will do it by the way, with a party that has been fixing Republican messes on rights and even the economy since the nineteen eighties. Because we are the job creators. We are the ones who fix the deficit. We're not the ones adding eight trillion dollars to it and so on, money, math, morals. We are the people for the people, and I need us to communicate that message all the way through the end of November fifth and beyond when we enact all of these policies.

It sounds like we are the ones we are waiting for, and you're work awaiting the conversation today, Sophia, but always great to see you. Thank you so much.

It sounds like we are the ones we are waiting for, and you're work awaiting the conversation today, Sophia, but always great to see you. Thank you so much.