Daniela Mendieta: [00:02:32] I was. Disappointed but not. Surprised, like it was kind of expected on my end that he was going to win. [00:02:39][6.5]
Reporter: [00:02:41] How are you feeling this morning? [00:02:43][1.3]
Karla Morales: [00:02:44] Relieved and extremely relieved that Trump won. He’s one person that speaks exactly what’s in our heart and in our mind. It might not be as eloquent as we as a presidential candidate should be, but that’s what we love him because he is an American and he speaks for what we feel and how we what we think. [00:03:06][22.0]
Erika Mendoza: [00:03:33] Me siento decepcionada porque esperaba… Pues, mi voto fue por alguien que no es el que está ahora, Trump. Y no me gusta la política que él trae. Siento que es una política para personas que tienen dinero y como yo soy mediano o ‘low-income,’ siento que no es para mí.
English translation: I feel disappointed, because I had hoped… Well, my vote was for someone who was not the person who won, Trump. And I don’t like his policies. I feel it’s policies for people with money, and me as a middle class, or low income, person, I don’t feel it’s for me.
Victoria Mendoza: [00:03:34] I’ve been here since 2009 with my mom and I. We both came to this country, were first generation basically, and. It’s just sad to see because this country has done so much for us in many ways. And now I just feel like it’s just going back in time. [00:03:53][19.8]
Reporter: [00:03:58] What are the the issues that he cares about that really resonate with you? [00:04:02][4.5]
Karla Morales: [00:04:03] For me. It’s a lot. When Trump was in office, there was no more. And now with Biden, we had 3 or 4 wars. And it’s like people are waking up. America comes first. Not for all these illegal immigrants, not the outside countries. It’s America. [00:04:20][17.0]
Reporter: [00:04:21] First. And are there things now that Trump has been elected that you’re worried about going forward? [00:04:30][9.2]
Chris O’Doud: [00:04:31] I think that the environment is going to suffer and basically comes down to how dedicated we are to moving away from an oil based energy system. [00:04:46][14.6]
Erika Mendoza [00:05:06] Como esposa de un inmigrante y mamá de una inmigrante, estoy preocupado por ellos, porque es mi familia. Tenemos una vida aquí. Y él tiene políticas muy rudas sobre los inmigrantes en particular. Y estoy preocupada porque si algo pasa, tendremos que salir de este país.
English translation: As the wife of an immigrant and the mother of an immigrant, I’m worried for them, because that’s my family. We have a life here. And he has really harsh policies, especially about immigrants. And I’m worried, because if something happens, we’d have to leave the country.[00:05:06][0.0]
Victoria Mendoza: [00:05:07] We were even thinking of maybe moving back to Mexico because things are really are going really well. I mean, same sex marriage, abortion is still, you know, legal there now. [00:05:18][11.5]
Reporter: [00:05:22] And what are you most worried about going forward? [00:05:25][2.8]
Fabian Herrmann: [00:05:27] A de facto dictatorship and an escalation of the four years of turmoil, chaos and confusion that we experienced four years ago. [00:05:43][15.7]
Gabriela Maldonado: [00:05:44] I think I’m really worried about looking at the breakdown and the just sheer shifts in the results from 2020 versus the results from this year’s election. The extreme rightward shift. [00:05:57][13.7]
Victoria Mendoza: [00:05:58] Women’s rights are nowhere to be seen. So there’s not much you can expect from Trump, really. I mean, with his history with what he did while he was in charge of the country. And I just feel like we just look like such a joke to other countries as well. [00:06:15][16.7]
Reporter: [00:06:16] Is there anything giving you hope about the future? Giving me hope. [00:06:20][4.6]
Gabriela Maldonado: [00:06:23] Yeah, I think I’ve been trying to find that hope. [00:06:26][2.9]
Victoria Mendoza: [00:06:27] We just got to figure out what we’re going to do from now on. Maybe there’s still some hope left in one way or another. [00:06:35][7.9]
Chris O’Doud: [00:06:36] I hope that it energizes people to just be more present and do good work. [00:06:47][11.0]
Reporter: [00:06:55] What’s your reaction or care’s reaction to the news that Donald Trump has been elected president of the country again? [00:07:00][5.0]
Zahra Billoo: [00:07:01] There are a lot of mixed feelings about this outcome. In the lead up to voting was twofold. One, dread at how much worse things might be under Donald Trump as well as anger at how the Biden-Harris administration has not only permitted the genocide to go on for so long, but in fact enabled and in some cases expedited and defended it. And so Muslim voters that we were hearing from were sitting at the attention of both of those sentiments. Last time that we moved quickly to respond to his various threats, most notably the Muslim ban. Our message to our community has been we are more experienced. We are more capable and we are better resourced today than we were then. Today. [00:08:03][61.7]
Ellen Dumensil: [00:08:03] We met as a team and discussed priorities. And I’d say our first priority is to continue to be a trusted source for immigrants who understandably have questions about what this means for them. We’ve been around for 106 years and we’ve been committed to supporting immigrants. And today, having access to high quality, low cost immigration. Legal services is more critical than ever. Full stop. [00:08:29][25.4]
Tom Temprano: [00:08:30] I think for Equality California and LGBTQ people across the state and country, there is a you know, there’s a feeling of shock. Folks are are deeply concerned about what a second Trump presidency means for the LGBTQ community and in particular for transgender people and transgender youth. We are going to need to of course, I’d already have been planning for what? What a fresh round of attacks from a Trump presidency might mean and how we can be prepared in California to best defend ourselves from those attacks. [00:09:08][38.2]
Reporter: [00:09:17] Can I get you to say your name and your. Title, please? [00:09:18][1.5]
David Chiu: [00:09:19] Sure. David Chu. I am the city attorney of San Francisco. My office and our city of San Francisco had dozens of legal matters challenging the first Trump administration. We will be preparing ourselves to once again stand up for the rights of all San Franciscans and Californians. And I will use every legal tool at our disposal to defend our city, our Constitution and our country’s laws. [00:09:46][26.9]
Reporter: [00:09:50] So to start off, can I just get you to say your name and your title, please? [00:09:53][2.9]
Ro Khanna: [00:09:55] Ro Khanna, I represent the 17th Congressional District. Probably we need a new generation of leadership. Frankly, as the party, I think this generation of establishment failed us. It was a colossal defeat. It’s not going to be enough just to say we’re part of the resistance. We’ve got to go around the country, see why people didn’t vote for us or what people are upset about why we’ve lost working class vote and have a positive vision and agenda to inspire them again, to build them back. [00:10:22][28.0]
Reporter: [00:10:25] Lateefah Simon joins us now. Hello. [00:10:27][2.2]
Lateefah Simon: [00:10:28] Good morning. Good morning. [00:10:29][0.9]
Reporter: [00:10:30] Good morning. What kinds of legislation do you plan to pursue? We know that the Senate will be in Republican hands and this is a second Trump administration. [00:10:38][8.3]
Lateefah Simon: [00:10:39] I know full well that I’m not coming in next week to introduce the ton of new legislation. We have to fight like hell to ensure that the people of the United States have health care, that we push back on the Trump administration’s promise to gut Social Security. Women like my children, my girls do not have the right to pursue bodily autonomy. And at the states of this country, we have to literally cling on to the rights that we have fought for. [00:11:09][29.8]
