Refinery29 has a great piece where they interview Rep. Jacky Rosen (D. NV) in her bid to unseat U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R. NV). The whole interview is worth the read because it covers how healthcare and the confirmation process of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court are playing in the race. She also talks about immigration, education and election security being the key issues that Congress needs to be addressed. But this particular section of her interview really shows how inspiring and influential her campaign has been:
Trump has given you the nickname “Wacky Jacky.” Where do you think he got that?
Laughs. I think it just came from it rhymes. There is nothing more to it, basically. I will tell you that every time someone says that they chuckle. I don't necessarily think that is what the president wanted when he gave me a nickname. But either way, I just keep moving forward. I have my blinders on. I know what I need to do here in Nevada. I need to hold Sen. Heller accountable for his actions. The president is going to do what he wants. He wants to give me a nickname. That's great. But the people who live there are smart. They pay attention, and they're not going to be distracted by a nickname when you just point out the facts. And that's what I'm going to do.
This is something they do to women. It’s another tactic used to demoralize and make women seem less than. They call me “Wacky Jacky” to say I'm not qualified. They've photoshopped me to give me evil eyebrows. There are a lot of things that the other side has tried to do that I believe are very sexist.
How do you deal with that? What’s your advice to young women who see this kind of thing happening and see it as a reason to just stay out of politics?
I’ll tell you the same advice I give my daughter: Don't not do something because it's hard. Time's going to go by anyway. And if you don't try you never will get there so what you have to do is don't wait to be asked. Don't wait. One of the things that I think young women — well maybe they don't, I'm not a young woman anymore! But I can tell you that women of my generation and many women I’ve talked to, we always think that we're not prepared enough.
We think, if I had one class or one more degree or one more whatever, we would be ready. And I think that that's the narrative that has to change in our own minds. And so if you see something that you want to try, don't sit back and say I'll try it after I take one more class or do x y z whatever that is for that particular endeavor. I would tell women to stand up to not wait to be asked to go for things that you think that that are important to you. Go out there. Get your friends mobilized, get organized, and try.
And let me tell you, her campaign has built up a lot of momentum being fueled by a powerful grassroots fundraising:
New fundraising reports in the neck-and-neck Nevada Senate race show Democrat Rep. Jacky Rosen raised three times as much money as Republican Sen. Dean Heller did over the past few months.
Campaign finance reports published late Monday show Heller raised $2.2 million from July through September. Rosen raised $7.1 million.
She's outraised Heller every quarter since she jumped into the race in July 2017.
Let’s make sure Rosen rides the Blue Wave to victory. Click below to donate and get involved Rosen and her fellow Nevada Democrats campaigns:
Jacky Rosen for U.S. Senate
Steve Sisolak for Governor
Kate Marshall for Lt. Governor
Aaron Ford for Attorney General
Dina Titus for Congress
Susie Lee for Congress
Steven Horsford for Congress
Nelson Araujo for Secretary of State
Zach Conine for Treasurer
Catherine Byrne for Controller