NEW AD: Mark Kelly takes message directly to Navajo Nation
For Immediate Release: July 2, 2020
Today, the Mark Kelly for Senate campaign announced a new radio ad focused on the Navajo Nation, the only Senate campaign to take its message directly to the Navajo community. Kelly opens the ad by introducing himself in Diné, then he goes on to commit to work with the Navajo community on investments in education, housing, infrastructure and health care and the need for more funding to combat COVID-19. The 90-second ad will run on KTNN Radio beginning this week.
“As Senator, I will proudly work with the Navajo community to invest in education, housing, infrastructure and – especially – healthcare,” Kelly says in the ad. “The federal government must provide more support and funding to combat COVID on the Navajo Nation.”
Prior to the pandemic, Kelly has visited the Navajo Nation three times, participating in the Navajo Nation parade and meeting with voters and leaders in education, health care, and government. Since the coronavirus outbreak on the Navajo Nation, Kelly has spoken out about the inadequate response at the federal level and called on Congress to investigate the faulty medical protective gear sent as they work to flatten the curve. Kelly previously tapped Arizona State Senator Jamescita Peshlakai to serve as his campaign treasurer, the first member of a tribal nation to endorse Kelly’s campaign.
Listen to the full radio ad HERE. You can read the full transcript below:
[Mark]:
Yá ‘át’èèh, shik’éí dóó shidine’é. Mark Kelly yinishyé.
Hi, I’m Mark Kelly.
I’ve spent my life committed to public service. First as a Navy pilot. Then as a NASA astronaut.
Now I’m running for the U.S. Senate to serve the people of Arizona.
That means defending and protecting the sovereignty of the Navajo people.
As Senator, I will proudly work with the Navajo community to invest in education, housing, infrastructure and – especially – healthcare.
The federal government must provide more support and funding to combat COVID on the Navajo Nation.
We must protect people with pre-existing conditions and address the overall inequity in healthcare.
And there must be an investigation into how faulty medical protective gear was sent to your community.
It’s simple – federal government must live up to its treaty obligations to the Navajo people.
As your Senator, I will work every day to make that happen.
Ahéhee’
I’m Mark Kelly, candidate for U.S. Senate, and I approve this message.
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