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Harold Ford Jr.

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
792 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

If the focus is there, then you begin to try to populate words around that agenda that will resonate and connect with voters. That's one thing. But if you're only looking to trying to find find words that may make you seem more masculine or may make you seem more manly, I'm using the terminology they're using. I think not only will you not persuade voters, you'll just continue to confuse yourself.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

If the focus is there, then you begin to try to populate words around that agenda that will resonate and connect with voters. That's one thing. But if you're only looking to trying to find find words that may make you seem more masculine or may make you seem more manly, I'm using the terminology they're using. I think not only will you not persuade voters, you'll just continue to confuse yourself.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

So affordability. What's going to make America stronger and smarter over the next 25, 50 years? And what's going to make our national security better? If we figure that out first, then you can develop the words and the language that can help you convey that, but not in reverse order. Then it would be a waste of money.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

So affordability. What's going to make America stronger and smarter over the next 25, 50 years? And what's going to make our national security better? If we figure that out first, then you can develop the words and the language that can help you convey that, but not in reverse order. Then it would be a waste of money.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

Yeah, they were. As I've said many times, this story is not getting any better for those around President Biden, for his family or for him. But I'm not stuck here. I think going forward is the midterm elections. And you can't win a midterm election by reminding people that they did the right thing by voting the other guy out. They knew that he was wrong on the border.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

Yeah, they were. As I've said many times, this story is not getting any better for those around President Biden, for his family or for him. But I'm not stuck here. I think going forward is the midterm elections. And you can't win a midterm election by reminding people that they did the right thing by voting the other guy out. They knew that he was wrong on the border.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

They knew he was wrong on immigration. They knew he was wrong on things that were dear to them. I happen to think that for Republicans, I sometimes give advice to Democrats. If I were Republicans... I'd stop with him because at the end of the day, the midterm is going to be won. And usually, as we all know, the midterm is a referendum on the incumbent in the White House.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

They knew he was wrong on immigration. They knew he was wrong on things that were dear to them. I happen to think that for Republicans, I sometimes give advice to Democrats. If I were Republicans... I'd stop with him because at the end of the day, the midterm is going to be won. And usually, as we all know, the midterm is a referendum on the incumbent in the White House.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

Doesn't matter whom the incumbent is, Democrat or Republican. It's been that way for a long, long time. And I happen to think two things. One, if the tariffs don't produce more good manufacturing jobs, if the tariffs don't produce a great amount of revenue,

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

Doesn't matter whom the incumbent is, Democrat or Republican. It's been that way for a long, long time. And I happen to think two things. One, if the tariffs don't produce more good manufacturing jobs, if the tariffs don't produce a great amount of revenue,

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

for the country, or if the tariffs don't produce new trade deals that are beneficial to the country, President Trump will have a lot of explaining to do, and so will Republicans.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

for the country, or if the tariffs don't produce new trade deals that are beneficial to the country, President Trump will have a lot of explaining to do, and so will Republicans.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

Secondarily, and I think equally important, if Putin is as strong as he is today, if he continues, I'm going to use President Trump's words, tag him along, if we're here having this conversation three to six months from now, Kayleigh, and or if she is continuing to make deals in South America and Africa and Europe and Asia because he thinks that we are weaker,

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

Secondarily, and I think equally important, if Putin is as strong as he is today, if he continues, I'm going to use President Trump's words, tag him along, if we're here having this conversation three to six months from now, Kayleigh, and or if she is continuing to make deals in South America and Africa and Europe and Asia because he thinks that we are weaker,

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

then I think it doesn't matter if his name is Trump or Biden, whomever the incumbent is, it happens to be President Trump, his party will be disadvantaged as we head into the fall. The one thing you have working in your favor is that Democrats suck, and we have no real alternative.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

then I think it doesn't matter if his name is Trump or Biden, whomever the incumbent is, it happens to be President Trump, his party will be disadvantaged as we head into the fall. The one thing you have working in your favor is that Democrats suck, and we have no real alternative.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

The things we've been trying to address around the table, there's an opening if we are willing to get the substance and the purpose and the reasons right, and then you focus on the language. But an opening is there if Democrats are willing to take it.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

The things we've been trying to address around the table, there's an opening if we are willing to get the substance and the purpose and the reasons right, and then you focus on the language. But an opening is there if Democrats are willing to take it.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

I don't know. I hope they were able to quickly, Jesse, because I agree. There's so many great Americans who've come from that university. And I think they are becoming a little bit of a metaphor for some of the things that the Trump administration. I think largely we've had a conversation around this table and Dana has been an instigator and a leader in this regard.

The Five
The Five 05-27-2025

I don't know. I hope they were able to quickly, Jesse, because I agree. There's so many great Americans who've come from that university. And I think they are becoming a little bit of a metaphor for some of the things that the Trump administration. I think largely we've had a conversation around this table and Dana has been an instigator and a leader in this regard.