Lulu Garcia Navarro
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2,001 appearances
28 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 13 Jun
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Here are my two conversations with Senator Chuck Schumer. Senator Schumer, in your book, you write that you rarely faced anti-Semitism when you were growing up in Brooklyn. What was the moment that you felt that things changed in this country that made you want to write the book now?
I'm also not sure that everyone understands the important relationship between Jews and the United States itself. What did you want people to understand about the way American Jews feel about their place here and the way that that's changing?
I hope I did. You did write it in your book, but it's true. It is a very good summation of Jewish holidays. You know, we seem to be at a moment in American life where issues of identity have become very charged. When you were entering politics, how did you navigate how much to make Jewishness part of your brand in your life? Not that much.
Who was that?
You just mentioned this idea of inauthenticity when you were talking about recruiting. And you wrote that in the book. You said voters can smell inauthenticity the way bloodhounds track assent. Yeah. And it did bring to mind the situation Democrats find themselves in at the moment. Do Democrats have an authenticity problem?
But you know that's not how the American people views the Democratic Party right now.
I've heard this from Democrats before, though. This isn't new. I mean, I think that that is something that has always been the rallying cry of Democrats against Republicans.
I am glad you brought this up. What I'm hearing you say is that you need to get back to the original message that Democrats have had.
There is a sense, though, that whatever messaging Democrats are doing right now is either too little, too late, or, to use a little bit of Internet speak, a little cringe. I mean, I've noticed a discernible increase in the way party leadership, including you, is attempting to use social media since the election. Yeah, you are. With more direct-to-camera videos, more explainers.
It feels so that it's coming from consultants. I use that word again, authenticity, isn't it?
So all these things helped them win.
As you know, you got a rough ride because of your protests that you had. I know.
What did you think about that? Whose idea was that?
Former Ohio Representative Tim Ryan called it depressing, wrote it on X. Is it Saturday Night Live or Real Life?
I guess it brings in just this wider concern that I've heard from Democratic voters. You know, there's real grief, anxiety, worry. I don't have to tell you that. And many feel that Democratic leadership are operating with an old playbook.
You describe yourself as an institutionalist. You've been a Democratic leader through a period of American politics, though, where the rules were understood. Politicians on both sides of the aisle operated under mostly agreed-upon norms. Yes. And I think it's fair to say that that no longer feels true.
So are you the right person to lead the party at this moment as someone who basically championed the rules-based order, which is now fundamentally offensive?
All right. I want to talk a little bit about the Democrat strategy more broadly. Last month, you said in an interview that Trump will screw up.
Do you really think, though, that there's something that will move the needle for either Republican legislators or voters? I ask because that feels like a familiar argument against the president. Surely this will be the final straw for someone.
I'm sure. Yes, it's not a sight you want to see. Before we move on from this, I do want to ask you about the last election, especially around President Biden's decision to run for a second term. Yes. Did you know about President Biden's declining faculties before that disastrous debate?
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