Stand Up - Sept. 5, 2023

NEWS REPORTER 1: An all too familiar scene in America.

NEWS REPORTER 2: Gunfire from an assault rifle.

NEWS REPORTER 3: Yet another horrific story playing out in the South.

JOHNSON: When will enough be enough? When will we elect leaders with the courage to stand up for us, instead of a bunch of bullies and cowards who only do what their party says?

I know fighting for justice has a cost. I learned that firsthand as a little girl, when I had to sleep in the hallway instead of my bedroom to avoid being shot, because my dad had the courage to bring the KKK to justice. And when my friends and I believed mothers and fathers who'd lost children at Covenant deserved a voice and we fought for it, they expelled them.

My name is Gloria Johnson. I'm not a politician, but I did beat one to become a state House member. Those politicians, they don't like me much. Because I speak my mind and when it's bullshit, I call it bullshit.

What I do is fight for justice for real people, because that's what Tennessee deserves. We deserve health care and prescriptions that don't make us go broke. We deserve the freedom to make our own choices with our bodies. And most importantly, we deserve a leader with the courage to stand up to extremists and billionaires that have taken over our system.

That person ain't Marsha Blackburn, but it is me. She supports a national ban on abortion,

and talks about freedom. And she voted against lowering our costs for insulin and prescriptions while taking nearly two million dollars from insurance and big Pharma.

Look, I'm 6'3. I'm not afraid to stand up to anyone when it comes to doing what's right for Tennessee, especially Marcia Blackburn. And that's why I'm running for Senate.