Yang Gang --

Tonight, I'm speaking at one of the biggest events in Iowa, the Liberty and Justice Celebration.

I wanted to share with you what I'm saying tonight.

I’m a parent.  I have two young boys, Christopher and Damian, who are here with me in Iowa.  And as a dad, I want to talk about something we don’t like to talk about, but many of us feel.

There is a fear for the future.  A fear that our kids, our grandchildren, and future generations will not be able to live the American dream. To put it simply, that our kids are not alright.

We are in the midst of the greatest transformation in the history of our society -- what many experts have called the Fourth Industrial Revolution.  And we cannot keep proposing the same failed solutions that got us here in the first place.

It’s time for a new way forward.

A new way forward that rewrites the rules in this economy to work for YOU, the PEOPLE of this country.

I've been giving families around the country $1,000 a month for months now.  One of the recipients is a guy named Kyle Christensen, who lives in Iowa Falls with his mom who is recovering from cancer.

I saw Kyle earlier tonight and before that on one of my last trips to Iowa -- and he seemed like a new man.  He was beaming.  After he used some of the money to cover expenses and care for his mother, you know what he used some of the money for?  A guitar.  And he was playing shows for the first time in years.

This is what our campaign is about, Yang Gang.  We need a new way forward.  One that will value us and our kids, and not the broken systems and companies that got us here in the first place.

This is the hope we’re bringing to people all over the country.

As I called to thank donors for their contributions yesterday, I heard this hope.  Folks who had never cared about politics before, never made a political contribution in their life, are now spending hours every week organizing for this campaign.

That’s special, Yang Gang.  That’s how we’re going to win. Building a wave of people from all walks of life and all over the country who are inspired to join us in tackling the biggest problems of our era.  Building this wave big enough that no one can stop us.  And bringing that wave all the way to the White House.

Thank you for helping to build that wave with me,

-Andrew