Matt Mahan

And our inability to take on the big fights and solve our problems despite spending more and more is frankly giving a lot of ammunition to the MAGA movement,

to a president that thinks that might makes right.

We talk about being the resistance and pushing back and fighting against Trumpism.

And yet we're not minding the story here.

If we don't fix our problems and show that our values actually deliver results for working people in practice, we don't have any credibility against this movement.

The best resistance is results.

You know, Chuck, to be honest with you, I'm not that concerned about it.

I think there's been a lot of ink spilled on this.

I think it is overblown.

Most voters are not paying attention yet.

People are busy doing their jobs, paying their bills, raising their kids.

As voters start to tune in, you will see some consolidation.

Right now, undecided is beating everyone.

And it's overwhelmingly Democratic and independent voters who are undecided.

When Republicans see the name on the ballot with Republican next to it in a state where they haven't won statewide office in 15 years, they say, yeah, I like that guy who's a Republican.

So we have a lot of time for discussion.

this field to consolidate and i jumped in because no one was saying what's wrong with the state of california everybody in my party wants to simply blame somebody else for the problem and i think as democrats we have to remember that the best resistance is delivering results and we have to take ownership

of our public policy shortcomings and be really honest with voters that we can do better, but it's going to mean taking on the interest within our own party.

It's going to mean changing things in a way that won't always be popular.

I thought it was critically important to get into this race to speak to all of those undecided and disillusioned voters.