Congressman Pat Ryan

These are the specific impacts, whether economic, especially, but certainly to key things like childcare and veteran services that are real and visceral and tangible and do it in a nonpartisan way. We've rallied in my district, a bipartisan group of veterans, VFWs, legions, elected officials of both parties who have said, this is like not who we are as a country where we leave our veterans hanging.

These are the specific impacts, whether economic, especially, but certainly to key things like childcare and veteran services that are real and visceral and tangible and do it in a nonpartisan way. We've rallied in my district, a bipartisan group of veterans, VFWs, legions, elected officials of both parties who have said, this is like not who we are as a country where we leave our veterans hanging.

And this is some of what that article you mentioned was sort of focused on is what happened with young people and especially young men. I mean, I don't think any person or group likes to be sort of talked to in such a political way of like, here's my plan to... win back men, or here's my plan to win back women. Like, I think that's disingenuous and comes up people's BS meters very high.

And this is some of what that article you mentioned was sort of focused on is what happened with young people and especially young men. I mean, I don't think any person or group likes to be sort of talked to in such a political way of like, here's my plan to... win back men, or here's my plan to win back women. Like, I think that's disingenuous and comes up people's BS meters very high.

And this is some of what that article you mentioned was sort of focused on is what happened with young people and especially young men. I mean, I don't think any person or group likes to be sort of talked to in such a political way of like, here's my plan to... win back men, or here's my plan to win back women. Like, I think that's disingenuous and comes up people's BS meters very high.

And that just rings the bell of like, this is just a politician trying to sell me a, sell me a bridge or whatever. And so I think we need to be much more authentic and real. I think what I talked about in the article is sort of like, there is this conversation about toughness and masculinity happening where if the brand of the Democratic Party is, to me, there's two aspects to sort of leadership.

And that just rings the bell of like, this is just a politician trying to sell me a, sell me a bridge or whatever. And so I think we need to be much more authentic and real. I think what I talked about in the article is sort of like, there is this conversation about toughness and masculinity happening where if the brand of the Democratic Party is, to me, there's two aspects to sort of leadership.

And that just rings the bell of like, this is just a politician trying to sell me a, sell me a bridge or whatever. And so I think we need to be much more authentic and real. I think what I talked about in the article is sort of like, there is this conversation about toughness and masculinity happening where if the brand of the Democratic Party is, to me, there's two aspects to sort of leadership.

One is care and one is fight. I have to fight for my people, but I have to do it from a place of caring about them. That's good leadership to me, whether in the army, business, family, politics. The Democratic Party, I think, is very heavy on the care, which is great, but hasn't shown the fight very much, right? Trump and MAGA are big on the fight, less so on the care.

One is care and one is fight. I have to fight for my people, but I have to do it from a place of caring about them. That's good leadership to me, whether in the army, business, family, politics. The Democratic Party, I think, is very heavy on the care, which is great, but hasn't shown the fight very much, right? Trump and MAGA are big on the fight, less so on the care.

One is care and one is fight. I have to fight for my people, but I have to do it from a place of caring about them. That's good leadership to me, whether in the army, business, family, politics. The Democratic Party, I think, is very heavy on the care, which is great, but hasn't shown the fight very much, right? Trump and MAGA are big on the fight, less so on the care.

And the sweet spot is both and doing it authentically. I think if we do that, certainly with policy, but more so at a values and culture level, That's when our brand is strongest. When we are fighting for the underdog, we're fighting for you against a person like Musk, by the way. And we can get back to that. Absolutely. That's, you know, we've had FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln.

And the sweet spot is both and doing it authentically. I think if we do that, certainly with policy, but more so at a values and culture level, That's when our brand is strongest. When we are fighting for the underdog, we're fighting for you against a person like Musk, by the way. And we can get back to that. Absolutely. That's, you know, we've had FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln.

And the sweet spot is both and doing it authentically. I think if we do that, certainly with policy, but more so at a values and culture level, That's when our brand is strongest. When we are fighting for the underdog, we're fighting for you against a person like Musk, by the way. And we can get back to that. Absolutely. That's, you know, we've had FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln.

I mean, these are models of how to have that sort of what I'm calling patriotic populism. I know populism is like a word with a lot of current connotations, but we're in a populist moment in the country and Trump is destructive answers to that. We have to have constructive answers and policies to meet the populists rage to riff on your title here of your great podcast. Like,

I mean, these are models of how to have that sort of what I'm calling patriotic populism. I know populism is like a word with a lot of current connotations, but we're in a populist moment in the country and Trump is destructive answers to that. We have to have constructive answers and policies to meet the populists rage to riff on your title here of your great podcast. Like,

I mean, these are models of how to have that sort of what I'm calling patriotic populism. I know populism is like a word with a lot of current connotations, but we're in a populist moment in the country and Trump is destructive answers to that. We have to have constructive answers and policies to meet the populists rage to riff on your title here of your great podcast. Like,

That's where we're at. And we got to be we got to listen and hear voters on that.

That's where we're at. And we got to be we got to listen and hear voters on that.

That's where we're at. And we got to be we got to listen and hear voters on that.