# Election Results: A Call for Democrats to Address the Affordability Crisis

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118116140236918970
- Source account: [@ZohranKMamdani](https://x.com/ZohranKMamdani)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:20
- Published: 2026-11-06
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis) Last night's election proved working people expect more from their government, and they're tired of waiting.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=6) JD Vance asked for a couple more years to finally fulfill the promises he'd made to our country.

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=11) Working people can't afford another two years to make rent that's due this month, childcare for their kids, or groceries for their family.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=18) People are tired of being told that there isn't enough to go around while Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire.

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=24) They are tired of being told to sacrifice their land and water for data centers.

[0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=28) They're tired of being told their needs are unrealistic by politicians who've been bought by the wealthiest people on the planet.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=35) They're tired of being told to ask for little and expect even less.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=38) And last night, the people stood up. They stood up to politicians that spend their taxpayer dollars on war crimes and genocide instead of on building schools and paving roads.

[0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=47) They spoke louder than the hundreds of millions of dollars that tried and failed to buy this election.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=53) They demanded an end to the affordability crisis that has become one of the few things that unites us all.

[0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=59) It is not enough to simply win power. We must use it, and the American people will know the difference between hollow words and hard work.

[1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=67) For years, we've had the debate. Now, it's time for us in the Democratic Party to deliver.

[1:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/tssIUZc2trJq/en/election-results-a-call-for-democrats-to-address-the-affordability-crisis?t=73) My friends, it's morning again in America.