Astead Herndon

That's really what I'm asking for.

I mean, is it just a matter of tone?

I mean, did Democrats lose because they were fighting back or things like that?

Or was it about an actual difference between where they were and where voters were on things like economy, immigration, cultural issues?

Like, you know, like how much is the Democrats issue currently about how they're messaging versus what that message actually is?

You know, I'm having trouble.

Yeah.

I wanted to ask about the, you know, kind of issue in Gaza specifically.

When you visited the Holocaust Museum in June, you were asked whether Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, and you said you thought that was for other people to address.

I wanted to ask again, like, do you think that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, and why is it for other people to address?

Yeah.

Do you see anti-Semitism among Democrats in a way that worries you?

You know, I want to add a couple more.

Governor Josh Shapiro wrote in his memoir that Harris's vetting team asked whether he'd been an agent of the Israeli government.

He called it offensive and

and said it was because he was the only Jewish candidate on the short list.

You were also on that short list, you're also Jewish.

I wanted to know if you were asked the same question, and do you find that question offensive?

I think the argument that I heard some folks say was that it was more specific to his previous volunteering for the idea for things like that.

But you're saying anyhow you put it, you find the question offensive.