Neera Tanden

So I think, you know, resistance and opposition today has to mean. Three things. One, really trying to drive facts about what Trump is doing and really make clear to the American people in the miasma of Greenland and Canada, he's actually harming your pocketbook, he's taking away security for your families, health security. raising prices. So it's really driving that connection.

So I think, you know, resistance and opposition today has to mean. Three things. One, really trying to drive facts about what Trump is doing and really make clear to the American people in the miasma of Greenland and Canada, he's actually harming your pocketbook, he's taking away security for your families, health security. raising prices. So it's really driving that connection.

I also think it's vital that we create an alternative agenda so that people see that they have two choices of change, not just Trump's wrecking ball versus a Democratic Party status quo. And then third, and I think this really goes to the democracy point, we have to think about how we bolster institutions and

I also think it's vital that we create an alternative agenda so that people see that they have two choices of change, not just Trump's wrecking ball versus a Democratic Party status quo. And then third, and I think this really goes to the democracy point, we have to think about how we bolster institutions and

buck them up and really push against institutions that want to cave to Trump because, you know, that is also very, very dangerous and different.

buck them up and really push against institutions that want to cave to Trump because, you know, that is also very, very dangerous and different.

Yes, yes.

Yes, yes.

So I think this is really a central question for the party going forward. And I think that in many ways we sort of misread 2020 and we being all of us, all of us misread 2020. And I think, you know, every election is actually a change election. Every election has been a change election since 2006, except for one.

So I think this is really a central question for the party going forward. And I think that in many ways we sort of misread 2020 and we being all of us, all of us misread 2020. And I think, you know, every election is actually a change election. Every election has been a change election since 2006, except for one.

And that was President Obama's reelection in 2012, which if you think about it now, going back, looks pretty amazing that given all the trend lines before and since. It's a realist standout. So every election has been a change election. I think one of our challenges in 2020 was that, and I speak for all of us, is that we thought that it was really a restoration.

And that was President Obama's reelection in 2012, which if you think about it now, going back, looks pretty amazing that given all the trend lines before and since. It's a realist standout. So every election has been a change election. I think one of our challenges in 2020 was that, and I speak for all of us, is that we thought that it was really a restoration.

It was like a restoration of the order. And I think it may have just been a repudiation of the form and function of Donald Trump's presidency. And I really fundamentally believe that people in the country are still angry across the board about... What, you know, a whole range of problems and that really the tactic that or the approach has to be, you know, that we're going to solve every problem.

It was like a restoration of the order. And I think it may have just been a repudiation of the form and function of Donald Trump's presidency. And I really fundamentally believe that people in the country are still angry across the board about... What, you know, a whole range of problems and that really the tactic that or the approach has to be, you know, that we're going to solve every problem.

And I think it's this is an even more important issue for Democrats because we believe in government. And so, you know, I look back and I'll say candidly, I think we should have solved problems earlier. You know, I wasn't there for the entire time on immigration and I didn't, you know, handle the border day to day. But I was on the immigration team and we should have handled that much earlier.

And I think it's this is an even more important issue for Democrats because we believe in government. And so, you know, I look back and I'll say candidly, I think we should have solved problems earlier. You know, I wasn't there for the entire time on immigration and I didn't, you know, handle the border day to day. But I was on the immigration team and we should have handled that much earlier.

Yes, so we took actions in June of this year to really ensure that we were limiting border crossings. And, you know, very painful to do in the party, but candidly, doing it after Trump was the nominee really communicated to a lot of people, I think, that, you know, if you really cared about immigration, he was the force that was making us do it.

Yes, so we took actions in June of this year to really ensure that we were limiting border crossings. And, you know, very painful to do in the party, but candidly, doing it after Trump was the nominee really communicated to a lot of people, I think, that, you know, if you really cared about immigration, he was the force that was making us do it.

If we'd solved it a year or two earlier, then maybe we'd be in a different place. And I just think, actually... I actually think the most important thing is that we offer solutions on a whole host of things. And, you know, we've been working on, for example, we've been working on government reform issues.

If we'd solved it a year or two earlier, then maybe we'd be in a different place. And I just think, actually... I actually think the most important thing is that we offer solutions on a whole host of things. And, you know, we've been working on, for example, we've been working on government reform issues.