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0:16A man was missing out in Oklahoma.
0:20They found him in his truck out in the wild.
0:25Barry Christian father, husband, candidate.
0:29A community is grieving for this child.
0:33And we say rest in peace, we mean it truly.
0:37No one here is cheering anyone's pain.
0:41A life was lost and families are broken.
0:45>> [music] >> And nothing brings that man back home again.
0:49But while the cameras rush to tell his story and every headline carries out his name, I'm sitting here and thinking of the others.
1:01The ones who never got to play THAT GAME. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 50,000?
1:09The ones who died in silence, no one came. No cameras, no reporters at the doorstep.
1:17No anchor reading out their families' names. They were fathers. They were mothers. They were children.
1:25They had people waiting home who loved them, too. But nobody put their faces on the television.
1:34So tell me now, what are we going to do?
1:42And then there's Senator Sasse on the television fighting cancer with the months he has remaining.
1:49>> [music] >> And he says the problem is that we play Candy Crush while the birth rates in this country keep on draining.
1:58>> [music] >> And I respect the man who's facing what he's facing.
2:02I respect the fight he's putting up each day.
2:06>> [music] >> But Senator, the reason people aren't having children isn't games, it's that the bills won't go away.
2:13>> [singing and music] >> It's the rent that went up three times in four years.
2:18It's the student loans that follow people home.
2:22It's the jobs that pay you just enough to suffer.
2:27It's the feeling that you're raising kids alone. What about the other 50,000?
2:35The ones who died in silence, no one came.
2:39No cameras, no reporters at the doorstep.
2:43No anchor reading out their families' names. They were fathers. They were mothers. They were children.
2:51They had [music] people waiting home who loved them, too. But nobody put their faces on the television.
2:59So tell me now, what are we going to do?
3:03We're not celebrating anybody's suffering.
3:07We're not [music] pointing fingers at a grieving wife.
3:11We're just asking for the same amount of coverage for the people who are fighting for their lives >> [music] >> without the money and the title and the platform, without the name that gets you on the news, without the status that determines whose death matters and whose story is the one the world will use.
3:36Every single one of them had people who loved them.
3:40Every single one of them had somewhere to be.
3:44Every single one of them was more than just a number.
3:48But the number is the only thing that we can see. [music] 50,000 is not just a talking point.
3:5650,000 is a mother on the floor.
4:0050,000 is a family without answers.
4:0450,000 knocks that go without a door.
4:10>> [music] >> So we mourn for Barry Christian out in Oklahoma.
4:16And we pray for Ben Sasse in his fight.
4:20>> [music] >> And we hold space for every single person suffering because compassion doesn't turn off overnight.
4:28>> [music] >> But compassion has to stretch beyond the headline, beyond the story that the cameras chose to run.
4:37Until we grieve for all of them the way we grieve for one, this conversation isn't over.
4:43It's not done.
4:46What about the other 50,000?
4:51The ones who died in silence, no one came.
4:55>> [music] >> No cameras, no reporters at the doorstep.
4:59No anchor reading out their families' names. They [music] were fathers. They were mothers. They were children.
5:07They had [music] people waiting home who loved them, too. Somebody should put their faces on the television.
5:16The question is, is that somebody you?
5:20Rest in peace to every single one of them.
5:26Every single one who died in Oklahoma.
5:32They found him in his truck out in [singing] the wild.
5:38Barry Christian father, husband, candidate.
5:43A community is grieving for this child.
5:49And we say rest in peace, we mean it truly.
5:55No one here is cheering anyone's pain.
6:01A life was lost and families [music] [singing] are broken.
6:07And nothing brings that man back [singing] home again.
6:12But while [music] the cameras rush to tell his [singing] story and every headline carries out his name, I'm sitting here and thinking [singing] of the others.
6:30The ones who never got to play that game.
6:35What about the other 50,000?
6:41The ones who died [music and singing] in silence, no one came.
6:48No [music] cameras, [singing] no reporters at the doorstep.
6:52>> [music] >> No anchor reading [singing] out their families' names. [music] They were fathers. They were mothers.
7:02They were children. [singing and music] They had people waiting home who loved [singing] them, too. [music] But nobody put their faces on the television.
7:17So tell me now, what are we going to do?
7:27And then [music] there's Senator Sasse on the television fighting cancer [music and singing] with the months he has remaining.
7:39And he says [music] the problem is that we play Candy [singing] Crush while the birth [music] rates in this country keep on [singing] draining.
7:51And I respect the man [music] who's facing what he's facing.
7:57I respect [music] the fight he's putting up each day.
8:02>> [music] >> But Senator, the reason [singing] people aren't having children isn't games, it's that the bills won't go away.
8:13>> [music] >> It's the rent that went up three times in four years.
8:20It's the student loans that follow people home.
8:26It's the jobs [music] that pay you just enough to suffer.
8:32It's the feeling that you're raising kids alone.
8:37What about the other 50,000?
8:42The ones [music] who died in silence, no one came.
8:49No cameras, no reporters [music] at the doorstep.
8:54No anchor reading out [singing] their families' [music] names.
9:00They were fathers.
9:03They were mothers. They were children.
9:06They had people waiting home who loved them, too.
9:13But nobody [music] put their faces [singing] on the television.
9:19So [music] tell me now, what are we going to do?
9:25We're not celebrating anybody's suffering.
9:31We're not [music] pointing fingers at a grieving wife.
9:37We're just asking for the [music] same amount of coverage for the [music] people who are fighting [singing] for their lives without the money and the title and the platform, [music] without the name that gets you on the news. [music] Without the status that determines whose death matters.
10:06>> [music] >> And whose story is the one the world will use. Every [music] single [singing] one of them had people who loved them.
10:17Every [music] single one of them had somewhere to be.
10:23>> [music] >> Every single one of them was more than just a number.
10:30But the number is the only [music] thing that we can see.
10:3750,000 [music] is not just a talking point.
10:4350,000 [music] [singing] is a mother on the floor.
10:4950,000 is [singing] a family without answers.
10:5450,000 knocks [music] that go without a door. [singing] So we mourn for Barry [music] Christian out in Oklahoma.
11:09And we pray for Ben Sasse and his fight.
11:15And we hold space for every single person suffering.
11:20>> [music] >> Because compassion doesn't turn [singing] off overnight.
11:26But compassion [music] has to stretch beyond the headline.
11:32Beyond the story [music] that the cameras chose to run.
11:38Until we grieve for all of them the way we grieve for one. [music] This conversation isn't over. It's not done.
11:49What about the other 50,000? [music] The ones who died in silence.
11:58No [music] one came.
12:02No cameras.
12:04No reporters at the doorstep. No anchor reading out [music] their families' names.
12:13They were [music] fathers. They were mothers. They were children. They had people [music] waiting home who loved them too.
12:25Somebody should put their faces on [singing] the television.
12:32The question is is that somebody you?
12:38Rest in peace to every single one of [singing] them.
12:43Every single one.
12:47Rest in peace.
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