{"id":42858,"date":"2024-11-04T00:03:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T05:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=42858"},"modified":"2024-11-04T09:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:59:24","slug":"ron-lee-lets-vote-to-move-america-forward-with-harris-and-walz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/11\/04\/ron-lee-lets-vote-to-move-america-forward-with-harris-and-walz\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Lee: Let&#8217;s vote to move America forward with Harris and Walz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bXUfzFDAtHI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Indianz.Com Video: <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/2024\/10\/26\/video-vice-presidential-nominee-tim-walz-rallies-on-navajo-nation\/>Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz rallies on Navajo Nation<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Kamala Harris will be a Great President for all Americans<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, November 4, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Ron Lee <\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOn Tuesday, let\u2019s go vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe respect is there:  Navajo Nation leaders have met with Vice President Harris.  They know her as an honest, hard-working person.  She will be an outstanding President.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTim Walz is well known in Indian Country.  When he came to Window Rock, Arizona, last month, Walz thanked the Navajo People for the invitation, respected our land and honored our Veterans and honored our Code Talkers as the \u201cHeroes of World War II.\u201d  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWhen he came back to Flagstaff again last week, Walz emphasized the importance of including Indian country in the new Administration: \u201cThe sovereignty of our Native nations is paramount.  We must honor our promises.\u201d  Walz also made a stop in Las Vegas to meet with Tribal Leaders convened for the National Congress of American Indians.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, Northern Arizona showed up to elect Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Ruben Gallego, and former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez. Arizona is ready to continue our path of progress and elect the leaders who will work for all of us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CnDfAhvAy3\">pic.twitter.com\/CnDfAhvAy3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Deb Haaland (@DebHaalandNM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DebHaalandNM\/status\/1852873848255074344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nAt a Phoenix rally, Kamala Harris said:  \u201cAmerica must honor our treaty and trust responsibilities to Native Americans.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAs Vice President, Harris has a record of working for all Americans, including our Native American People\u2014the American Rescue Plan (ARP) provided a path forward for America out of the National COVID-19 Pandemic that hit our Navajo Nation so hard.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Biden-Harris ARP economic relief plan funded household checks. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Act and Inflation Reduction Act funded water, sewer and road projects at Navajo.  Projects that we waited for years to see.  The CHIPS Act is creating jobs and new technology, including manufacturing jobs.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLast week, Trump called America a \u201cgarbage can\u201d and drove around in a garbage truck.  His colleague, Mike Johnson, Republican House Speaker said, if Trump wins, they\u2019ll seek to repeal the CHIPS Act.  They want to take away Obama\u2019s Health Care Act too.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ten days from Election Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Walz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tim_Walz<\/a> could be anywhere, but he\u2019s here in Window Rock because he and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a> care about Native communities.<br><br>And in an election this close, Navajo Nation has the power to put <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a> in the White House and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NezForAZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NezForAZ<\/a> in the House. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QQIZQ2uGkr\">pic.twitter.com\/QQIZQ2uGkr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Captain Mark Kelly (@CaptMarkKelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaptMarkKelly\/status\/1850342325589057959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nPresident Harris, when elected, will work to reduce household prices, build new housing and new infrastructure, promote green energy and create jobs.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOn Tuesday, let&#8217;s vote to move forward.  Vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for a bright future for America.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nVote Democrat for our next Senator, <a href=https:\/\/gallegoforarizona.com>Ruben Gallego<\/a>, and <a href=https:\/\/www.jonathannezforaz.com>Jonathan Nez<\/a>, our next Congressman.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<HR><EM>Ron Lee works for Harris-Walz for Arizona, in the Flagstaff, Arizona, office, supporting the Democratic presidential ticket of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. He is Din\u00e9, born and raised on the Navajo Nation.<\/em><HR>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/10\/22\/navajo-nation-is-the-turning-point-democrats-rally-native-vote-in-arizona\/\" title=\"\u2018Navajo Nation is the turning point\u2019: Democrats rally Native vote in Arizona\">\u2018Navajo Nation is the turning point\u2019: Democrats rally Native vote in Arizona<\/a> (October 22, 2024)<\/div>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/04\/timwalz.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for a bright future in America.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[3786,385,42,4144,647,170,5,94,75,56,121,284,48,696,1319,28,54,138,4292,55,24,7,521,85,5549,124,91,3186,154,57,102],"class_list":["post-42858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","category-politics","tag-3786","tag-aca","tag-arizona","tag-arpa","tag-code-talkers","tag-congress","tag-coronavirus","tag-democrats","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-employment","tag-energy","tag-house","tag-housing","tag-infrastructure","tag-jonathan-nez","tag-kamala-harris","tag-meetings","tag-mike-johnson","tag-native-vote","tag-navajo","tag-ncai","tag-nevada","tag-republicans","tag-ron-lee","tag-ruben-gallego","tag-senate","tag-tim-walz","tag-treaties","tag-veterans","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/04\/timwalz.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-b9g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42858"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42888,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42858\/revisions\/42888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}