Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is a Representative who emphasizes the importance of community and personal history in her political journey. This interview reveals her energetic approach to leadership, as she navigates complex issues while remaining deeply connected to her constituents.
“I, yeah, I think it does. I think it's been. Been really important for me to have, like, you know, I go to the Bible study because I need more Jesus, not because I need more politics. But I think it's really damaging to the whole of dialogue when it's when it becomes one-sided.”
“Yeah, yeah. So my parents met at Western Washington University. My dad had some random aunt there. And when the government shut down the universities in Mexico, he went out there to get his degree. His father owned a bus factory. They made buses in Mexico. And so he was going to get his degree in engineering to help with that.”
“Yeah, yeah. Well, that was a really difficult thing, but there was a storm and a really large tree came down. It was over a hundred-year-old fir tree. And yeah, this is like the mentality of like, you don't ask if you can do something, you ask how you can do it.”
“For a political agenda, and this is not an agenda that is oriented around our priorities or our values. It's imported from somewhere online. And I had felt that like, you know, a Democrat that is not, I didn't know if I could win, but I knew that I could at least challenge the narrative that all Democrats are these very like urban elite i…”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 603 — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
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