ICYMI: Congressman Kim Delivers Primetime Address at DNC in Chicago

CHICAGO, IL - Following his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night in primetime, people across the country woke up hearing about his vision, the reason he’s running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey, and why he is supporting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz: “As a father, I refuse to believe our kids are doomed to grow up in a broken America.” His full speech and a collection of headlines can be found below.

New York Times: Andy Kim, Who Cleaned the Capitol After Jan. 6, Debuts on a Bigger Stage

By: Catie Edmondson

The first time most Americans were introduced to Representative Andy Kim was in the wee hours of Jan. 7, 2021, when a photographer captured a single image of the bespectacled congressman kneeling alone in the Capitol Rotunda, picking up trash left behind by rioters who had stormed the building just hours earlier.

“I thought to myself, ‘How did it get this bad?’ ” Mr. Kim told attendees in the packed United Center in Chicago on Wednesday night. “So I did the only thing I could think of: I grabbed a trash bag and started cleaning up. What I learned on Jan. 6 is that all of us are caretakers for our great republic. We can heal this country, but only if we try.”

NJ Globe: Andy Kim, Cory Booker share their visions for America at Democratic convention

By: Joey Fox

“When I was a kid, my parents brought me to the Capitol. They taught me that it’s sacred ground, a symbol of our democracy,” Kim said. “But [on January 6], we saw something unimaginable: a mob tearing down flags, assaulting police officers. That night, I walked into the Rotunda. The floor was covered in broken glass and garbage, strewn with the chaos unleashed by Donald Trump, and I thought to myself, ‘How did it get this bad?’ So I did the only thing I could think of: I grabbed a trash bag and started cleaning up.”

Politico: Rep. Andy Kim: It's time for a 'new generation of leadership'

By: Mia McCarthy

“As a father, I refuse to believe that our kids are doomed to grow up in a broken America,” said Kim, who is known for wholesome dad posts with his kids. “There is a hunger right now in the country for a new generation of leadership to step up.”

“What I learned on Jan. 6 is that all of us, all of us, are caretakers for our great republic,” Kim said. “We can heal the country, but only if we try.”

Philly Inquirer: New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim reflects on cleaning the Capitol after Jan. 6 at the DNC: ‘All of us are caretakers’

By: Katie Bernard

Issuing a plea for voters to pick Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nation’s next president, Kim insisted that the chaos of the current political moment could subside. ”As a father, I refuse to believe that our kids are doomed to grow up in a broken America,” he said.