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Dave Weigel

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
556 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

Vance?

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

I don't know.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

But a lot of Republican gains just were wiped away in Pennsylvania.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

The Minneapolis thing is...

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

It's interesting because of how conservative media cover it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

I think they call Omar Fateh the Minneapolis Mamdani, which that's alliteration.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

That's pretty good.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

But Jacob Fry is probably winning a third term in Minneapolis.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

He won his second term after refusing to endorse defunding the police and abolishing the police department.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

He is favored to win this term over a DSA member who was much more left wing than him.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

And Tim Walz actually campaigned for Fry over this guy.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

It divided the party locally.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

But if you are a Democrat, let's say you're a Democrat who wants to rebut your opponent, that everyone in the entire party is represented by the worst thing Mamdani said.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

Progressives are I think they've regained some ground in cities.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

But it's very important how Mamdani renounced defund the police many, many times.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

And I talked to him in debates.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

He ran to the right of where he was when he got into politics.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

A more pro-socialist candidate in another liberal city is not going to win.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

So it's not like the Democrats have figured out the Goldilocks situation where they know exactly how they should run around the country.

The Bulwark Podcast
Dave Weigel: Now That's a Landslide

But yes, the progressives have some limits.