Chuck Schumer
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And every week I met with each of the senators about implementing legislation. We called it implementation. If we said that to the public, that would be a bad idea, but it was a concept. And they did. So Jackie Rosen was in Las Vegas saying, that infrastructure bill, I am now getting you the thing we've dreamed of in Nevada for a long time. Las Vegas has about three quarters of their population.
And every week I met with each of the senators about implementing legislation. We called it implementation. If we said that to the public, that would be a bad idea, but it was a concept. And they did. So Jackie Rosen was in Las Vegas saying, that infrastructure bill, I am now getting you the thing we've dreamed of in Nevada for a long time. Las Vegas has about three quarters of their population.
a high-speed rail from Los Angeles to Las Vegas so people could get on the train, spend their money in Las Vegas, and go home. Tammy Baldwin delivered this bridge that northern Wisconsin had been dying for for 30 or 40 years.
a high-speed rail from Los Angeles to Las Vegas so people could get on the train, spend their money in Las Vegas, and go home. Tammy Baldwin delivered this bridge that northern Wisconsin had been dying for for 30 or 40 years.
We won. We won in four of those five. I don't think the presidential campaign did enough of it. And I don't think Democratic Party as a whole did enough of it. We just assumed we were on the side of working people so they would just naturally assume it. And it didn't happen. We lost them because they didn't think we cared about them enough. We always did care about them, but we didn't convey it.
We won. We won in four of those five. I don't think the presidential campaign did enough of it. And I don't think Democratic Party as a whole did enough of it. We just assumed we were on the side of working people so they would just naturally assume it. And it didn't happen. We lost them because they didn't think we cared about them enough. We always did care about them, but we didn't convey it.
So now, as you said, we're learning to convey in different ways. I put Cory Booker. and Tina Smith in charge of the social media. We had like 60 influencers at the State of the Union, and again, learning how to communicate, not just Chuck Schumer talking about the legislation we passed, but I brought people there who were affected by what's happening.
So now, as you said, we're learning to convey in different ways. I put Cory Booker. and Tina Smith in charge of the social media. We had like 60 influencers at the State of the Union, and again, learning how to communicate, not just Chuck Schumer talking about the legislation we passed, but I brought people there who were affected by what's happening.
I brought a veteran, and they went on all the social media, and according to the people tell me, because I get all these reports, it had millions and millions of views. And the bottom line is, I think the party as a whole neglected how the social media has become so much more important, but we're learning it quickly and we're doing it much better and we're going to do it better still.
I brought a veteran, and they went on all the social media, and according to the people tell me, because I get all these reports, it had millions and millions of views. And the bottom line is, I think the party as a whole neglected how the social media has become so much more important, but we're learning it quickly and we're doing it much better and we're going to do it better still.
That's in the past.
That's in the past.
It just happened. I got excited. I wanted to tell people I didn't do it right. But it's one day, you know, you can't get because a bunch of people on, you know, in the social media attack you. And most of the attacks on me, even on that, were from the right wing.
It just happened. I got excited. I wanted to tell people I didn't do it right. But it's one day, you know, you can't get because a bunch of people on, you know, in the social media attack you. And most of the attacks on me, even on that, were from the right wing.
There's always going to be people who take a shot at you. That's how it is. You just got to move forward.
There's always going to be people who take a shot at you. That's how it is. You just got to move forward.
I don't think it is. I think, first of all, talking about the difference between the two parties is what we're supposed to do. We're supposed to give the contrast. And we have a unique opportunity now. When Trump ran... He could say anything. He said, I'll lower your costs on day one.
I don't think it is. I think, first of all, talking about the difference between the two parties is what we're supposed to do. We're supposed to give the contrast. And we have a unique opportunity now. When Trump ran... He could say anything. He said, I'll lower your costs on day one.
And once he's not running and he has to govern and he is so enthralled by tax cuts for the billionaires, it gives us an opening to talk to the people who were listening more to Trump before because we didn't talk to them. The negative that Trump is doing is spreading, but gives us an opportunity to regain the ear
And once he's not running and he has to govern and he is so enthralled by tax cuts for the billionaires, it gives us an opening to talk to the people who were listening more to Trump before because we didn't talk to them. The negative that Trump is doing is spreading, but gives us an opportunity to regain the ear