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The Briefing with Jen Psaki · With nothing to run on, Republicans return to low road 'gutter' politics · 6 Aug 2026 podcast

We just don't need you.

Well, and I think the challenge is they're saying that, you know, the reason that the president thinks things are going so well is because he's hearing from the only people that have access to him.

And that is people who it actually is going pretty well for them.

For people who are just simply, you know, looking at the fact that crypto continues to jump.

But, you know, it also continues to jump housing prices.

They're looking at the fact that the stock market continues to rise.

But, you know, it also continues to rise grocery bills.

And so he's hearing from people who are telling him that things are going fantastic.

And for the president and those around him, things are going great.

But for the vast majority of Americans, they are not.

The vast majority of Americans, they are still struggling and suffering under the fact that we are watching health care being pulled away, that we are watching children who are losing food assistance.

And we're doing that all at the same time while we've given billionaires tax cuts and we are fighting wars that we are spending billions on to fight.

And so that becomes the frustration for a lot of people where they are speaking and they are speaking loudly.

But the problem is the president is not hearing from them because they don't have access to the president because they do not have access to his ballroom.

Before I let you go, Governor, I want to raise with you an issue I raised with your colleague and friend, Governor Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, just a couple hours ago on the weeknight, and that is redistricting.

Part of why I think our midterms are going to be so competitive this year is because, of course, of Trump's midterm gerrymandering, the effort behind that campaign to move and change the game.

In Maryland, you've responded.

And after a little bit of back and forth with State Senator Ferguson, the Senate president, passed a proposed state constitutional amendment yesterday to move forward with redistricting.

It doesn't draw new maps, but it hopes to, I guess, insulate new maps from being struck down by a court in the future.

What should people understand about the path forward?

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