Sen. Amy Klobuchar enter the presidential race with a video portraying the Minnesotas as a pragmatic doer, implicitly contrasting herself with a Democratic primary field that has largely run to the left.
"From America's heartland," she begins from a living room, "I'm announcing my candidacy for president of the United States." She narrates over a montage of the Senator meeting with average people on the street and on factory floors. She emphasizes her roots as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, daughter of a public school teacher and a journalist.
Speaking to the frustrations of many, she says, "We are all tired of the shutdowns and the putdowns, the gridlock and the grandstanding." She touts her record as an early advocate for a mandatory 48-hour hospital stay for new mothers, and says as a senator she has sought "common ground and shared prosperity." She closes by saying, "let's get to work."
The video lacks the zip of other recent announcements, but it fits Klobuchar's persona as a workhorse and not a showhorse.
"From America's heartland," she begins from a living room, "I'm announcing my candidacy for president of the United States." She narrates over a montage of the Senator meeting with average people on the street and on factory floors. She emphasizes her roots as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, daughter of a public school teacher and a journalist.
Speaking to the frustrations of many, she says, "We are all tired of the shutdowns and the putdowns, the gridlock and the grandstanding." She touts her record as an early advocate for a mandatory 48-hour hospital stay for new mothers, and says as a senator she has sought "common ground and shared prosperity." She closes by saying, "let's get to work."
The video lacks the zip of other recent announcements, but it fits Klobuchar's persona as a workhorse and not a showhorse.