Candidate Corner: Claire Valdez for NY-7

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🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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How would a labor organizer approach passing legislation in Congress? We spoke with Claire Valdez, New York State Assemblymember representing neighborhoods in Queens who is now running for Congress in NY's 7th District. We get into her platform, unions for all, Medicare for All, ending forever wars, and abolishing ICE, as well as building real power to organize in your workplace and neighborhood. Claire's endorsed by Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, Sunrise Movement and more and she's called for a ceasefire in Gaza, been arrested protesting arms sales outside Chuck Schumer’s office, and even stood up against ICE. She’s also been a key force in NYC DSA, helping build the movement that elected the NYC Mayor. COME ON NEW YORK! Support Claire’s campaign by knocking doors in your neighborhood: https://clairevaldezforcongress.com/ *** Rock the pod on your bod. Get a brand new “Abolish ICE” t-shirt and a brand new mug at: www.bitchuationroom.com. *** Support the show becoming a patron https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom and get NEW exclusive perks. You can also be a member on YouTube, Twitch, or a paid subscriber on substack: franifio.substack.com. *** May 21st, 8pm - Pasadena! Francesca and Matt Lieb will be LIVE for New World Disorder at The Ice House. Tickets $16 here: https://events.leapevents.com/event/new-world-disorder-05-21-26-8-pm *** Thanks to Paige Oamek, Andy Vasoyan & Brent Godin *** Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bitchuationroom.bsky.social Check Out The Bitchuation Room Podcast on: Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuation Google Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuation Stitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuation Spotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Find Francesca On: Substack: franifio.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Franifio Insta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	That's enough of that, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to candidate corner, a subsection of the bituation room.
0:17.1	On and off again, little subsection.
0:19.6	There are so many candidates so many corners you know
0:23.1	you can't be in them all so uh you know we just save these interviews for very special candidates
0:28.5	and boy oh boy do i have a special candidate someone who um you know what someone who's going to whip the
0:35.9	squad into shape let's just be real someone who's going to like organize a squad when they get to congress you know someone who's going to whip the squad into shape. Let's just be real.
0:37.8	Someone who's going to like organize a squad when they get to Congress, you know?
0:41.3	Someone who's going to organize the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
0:44.8	I'm putting this all on them.
0:46.8	But get excited, especially those of you who are in New York.
0:50.6	She's a labor organizer, a Democratic socialist.
0:53.4	She has been a New York State Assembly
0:56.1	member representing neighborhoods in Queens, also endorsed by current mayor, Zoran Mamdani,
1:02.4	Bernie Sanders of Bernie Sanders fame, the Sunrise Movement, and so many more. Please welcome
1:08.6	Claire Valdez.
1:09.6	Yes, hi.
1:11.6	Good to be here.
1:12.6	Good to have you here.
1:14.6	I do the stand-up intro, but there's no like audience clap.
1:19.6	So it's always a little weird.
1:21.6	For ourselves, it's fine.
1:22.6	All good.
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