Dan Koh

No, and you're seeing this, David, in all the work you do, and you do amazing work to get in front of millions of people every single episode you do.

We can't be afraid to have the hard conversations.

And if we believe as Democrats that we have thoughtful ideas around policy, on things like universal childcare, on things like universal pre-K,

or revoking Trump's tariffs that are driving prices up for everyone.

We should put our money where our mouth is and go to places that aren't that friendly and have the confidence to have those conversations and debates.

We don't have to all yell past each other.

We don't have to take personal attacks.

But what we should do is not be afraid to make the case to the American people about why the Democratic Party's platform and its fight to lower costs is the right way to go.

I've been fortunate to have spent a significant amount of my time at different levels of government, at the federal level, at the state, excuse me, the city level and the local level.

And so I'm not afraid to go into those unfriendly environments.

And so whether it's on Newsnight with Scott Jennings, whether it's with Tommy Loren in Nashville or whether it's on Fox News Sunday, I haven't been and I will not be afraid if I'm fortunate enough to get elected to Congress to have those hard conversations and win those conversations because we need to go to all the places where different audiences are, make that case and candidly win those cases.

I'm really interested in you.

right i think most of all we need to be human and have a soul we think about our approach to government but that doesn't mean that we can't take lessons from the private sector to make sure that we are satisfying and delivering uh for our constituents as much as possible you know steve jobs used to say that he wants to delight his customers i think every single elected official should want to delight their constituents and what does that mean for people every day you know it's making sure that the streets are clean to make sure the trash is being picked up and at the federal level

It means that making sure that they have elected officials that they believe are actually fighting for the right things and delivering for them.

People get very frustrated when they feel like nothing's happened on gun control in a very long time.

People get really, really frustrated when they hear Democrats doing press conferences and chanting, but then their grocery bills keeps going up every year.

And I think the most concerning thing about the 2024 election

on top of, obviously, President Trump being elected, was how many people stayed home.

And we need to give people a reason to come back to the Democratic Party and to want to be joining alongside our fight.

You made a reference to this, but when I was chief of staff in the city of Boston, I recognized with Mayor Walsh that people cared so much about making sure the city services worked for them.