Designated Survivor (TV Series)

#thesystemisbroken (2019)

Ted Hambly: Male Protestor

Quotes 

• Tom Kirkman : Thank you for letting me crash your party. I came here to Iowa to deliver a speech. And now that I'm standing here among you, it doesn't feel as relevant. Now, I don't know if you've heard, but I had my ass handed to me today. By the Senate. You see, we had a bill. A really, really good bill. A bill that was designed to help people like you, in places like this. To transform forgotten communities and turn them into revitalized ones. Communities of hope and industriousness. It was designed to help the people in North Carolina, who right now are suffering a loss that, unfortunately, I am far too familiar with. This bill would have helped them rebuild the failing infrastructure that surrounds them. But the Senate... the Senate killed it.

  Male Protestor : All they wanna do is tear things down!

  Tom Kirkman : It makes sense to be angry. Angry like all of you are. Hell, I am with you. But anger alone is no prescription. We need to figure out how to take that anger and turn it into action. So please tell me, how do we fix this?

  Female Protestor : It's unfixable!

  Tom Kirkman : Why do you say that, ma'am?

  Female Protestor : Because no one listens.

  Tom Kirkman : Okay. Okay, I understand that because I feel like that sometimes, and, hell, I'm the President of the United States. People have to listen to me. But I felt like that in the Capitol the other night. I felt like that today when the Senate voted down the bill. But if I'm gonna be honest, I think all of us might be a little guilty of not listening. Myself included. But I wanna do better. In fact, I promise you, I am going to do better. So, ma'am, here I am. Standing right in front of you. What do you want me to hear?

  Female Protestor : When the shop closed, I tried to find other work, but there's nothing.

  Tom Kirkman : [his voice fades as he talks]  These are the kinds of things that we're not addressing. Party politics are interfering with your neighborhood...

  Seth Wright : I love this job.