Rep.-elect Cait Conley says incoming Congress will hold Hegseth accountable

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[0:00] One congressional race here in New York

[0:01] got a lot of attention this year. It is

[0:03] one of the few districts that elected a

[0:06] Republican two years ago even though Kla

[0:09] Harris beat President Trump there. That

[0:11] Republican Congressman Mike Lawler has

[0:13] conceded his re-election bid to Kate

[0:16] Connley, one of several female veterans

[0:18] running on Tuesday. And Kate Connelly

[0:21] joins us now. Good to have you here.

[0:25] What do you think was the margin of

[0:27] difference in your election?

[0:31] It came down to giving voters a person,

[0:34] not just a party to trust, and to

[0:36] understand that look, we know families

[0:39] are struggling. We know things have to

[0:41] change and that the Hudson Valley in

[0:42] America is not on the right path, but we

[0:45] can fix it. What what is broken, we can

[0:48] fix. What has been torn down, we can and

[0:50] will rebuild. And to give them hope that

[0:52] there's a generation of us coming in who

[0:54] are not going to accept the status quo.

[0:56] You know, Kate, I wanted to talk to you

[0:58] because you served 16 ye

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