Michelle Cottle

All those suburban moms.

So many suburban moms.

And I'm still tired.

All right.

So last thing before before we end this is so what message do you think is most useful for Democrats in this cycle?

And in Texas, let me just say that we focus on the top of the ticket.

But as you know, my eternal hobby horse is that's not all that's at stake, especially this year where Trump has tried to rig the system to get himself more House votes.

I think all up and down the ballot,

You're fighting for something important in Texas.

So I just want people to think about that.

This is not just about one Senate race.

But going forward, kind of what message do you think is most important for the Democratic Party in the cycle?

Yes.

Yeah, that's that strikes me as right.

And it's what I've heard from Democratic lawmakers, including Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, which is that you've got to connect those dots between the issues that are keeping people up at night and kind of the chaos and madness and corruption of the current administration, which is that

Because they're doing X, your health care costs more, your schools are worse, your housing is more unstable.

The tariff thing I find fascinating because as we've talked about, people don't pay a lot of attention to economic details and policies and macro trends.

But at some point in time, and tariffs can be complicated, right?

Trump, it's not entirely clear that Trump understands tariffs a lot of the time.

But the American people at some point decided they really hate tariffs.