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Neera Tanden

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
694 total appearances

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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

And I think a lot of people are really surprised, and you see that in his numbers. People are actually more concerned about the cuts in the federal government to services. They see cutting veterans or firefighters or police or nurses or doctors who are carrying for them or their neighbors or their family members as, you know, actually a terrible thing.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

But, you know, I think there's a big debate in the party. Your last point of, you know, I don't like Trump, but I also don't like the Democrats, I think really gets to this big debate in the party. And I think that debate is whether Democrats should, you know, roll over and play dead, as some have suggested. Just wait, you know, as others have suggested, just wait for Republicans.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

But, you know, I think there's a big debate in the party. Your last point of, you know, I don't like Trump, but I also don't like the Democrats, I think really gets to this big debate in the party. And I think that debate is whether Democrats should, you know, roll over and play dead, as some have suggested. Just wait, you know, as others have suggested, just wait for Republicans.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

But, you know, I think there's a big debate in the party. Your last point of, you know, I don't like Trump, but I also don't like the Democrats, I think really gets to this big debate in the party. And I think that debate is whether Democrats should, you know, roll over and play dead, as some have suggested. Just wait, you know, as others have suggested, just wait for Republicans.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

to kind of implode, or do we need to fight back and fight back hard? And I really think the challenge here is that we need to provide an alternative, not just an opposition. And I think it's not that hard to develop ideas that,

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

to kind of implode, or do we need to fight back and fight back hard? And I really think the challenge here is that we need to provide an alternative, not just an opposition. And I think it's not that hard to develop ideas that,

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

to kind of implode, or do we need to fight back and fight back hard? And I really think the challenge here is that we need to provide an alternative, not just an opposition. And I think it's not that hard to develop ideas that,

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

uh capture you know our the base of our party and the broad middle trump is has an extreme agenda again there are a bunch of people who he has a mega base who took him literally but there are other voters who took him figuratively and for those voters we have to say you know of course what he's doing is wrong but we offer a better alternative you know you can actually have a government

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

uh capture you know our the base of our party and the broad middle trump is has an extreme agenda again there are a bunch of people who he has a mega base who took him literally but there are other voters who took him figuratively and for those voters we have to say you know of course what he's doing is wrong but we offer a better alternative you know you can actually have a government

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

uh capture you know our the base of our party and the broad middle trump is has an extreme agenda again there are a bunch of people who he has a mega base who took him literally but there are other voters who took him figuratively and for those voters we have to say you know of course what he's doing is wrong but we offer a better alternative you know you can actually have a government

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

that puts the consumer first, that improves services to people, that makes it easier, not harder to get Social Security, get the benefits you deserve. Not of a government that's kind of run by a ketamine adult person who is essentially, you know, just firing people in charge of the nuclear stockpile, firing veterans willy-nilly. You know, there's a choice between two visions of change.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

that puts the consumer first, that improves services to people, that makes it easier, not harder to get Social Security, get the benefits you deserve. Not of a government that's kind of run by a ketamine adult person who is essentially, you know, just firing people in charge of the nuclear stockpile, firing veterans willy-nilly. You know, there's a choice between two visions of change.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

that puts the consumer first, that improves services to people, that makes it easier, not harder to get Social Security, get the benefits you deserve. Not of a government that's kind of run by a ketamine adult person who is essentially, you know, just firing people in charge of the nuclear stockpile, firing veterans willy-nilly. You know, there's a choice between two visions of change.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

Democrats are offering a vision that improves your lives, not so chaotic. And then there's the Trump wrecking ball.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

Democrats are offering a vision that improves your lives, not so chaotic. And then there's the Trump wrecking ball.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

Democrats are offering a vision that improves your lives, not so chaotic. And then there's the Trump wrecking ball.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

Yeah, so I think the real challenge for us is if we are just saying Trump is wrong, you know, we're not offering any alternatives. We're just saying this is wrong, this is wrong, this is wrong. He can say to the country, at least I'm trying. The status quo is terrible, and at least I'm trying. They like the status quo. I think this is very dangerous.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

Yeah, so I think the real challenge for us is if we are just saying Trump is wrong, you know, we're not offering any alternatives. We're just saying this is wrong, this is wrong, this is wrong. He can say to the country, at least I'm trying. The status quo is terrible, and at least I'm trying. They like the status quo. I think this is very dangerous.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

Yeah, so I think the real challenge for us is if we are just saying Trump is wrong, you know, we're not offering any alternatives. We're just saying this is wrong, this is wrong, this is wrong. He can say to the country, at least I'm trying. The status quo is terrible, and at least I'm trying. They like the status quo. I think this is very dangerous.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Neera Tanden on Beating Back Trump & MAGA

I think it's very dangerous for us to be in a posture of, where we are just criticizing what he's doing and not offering an alternative so um you know when he tries to destroy the department of education we should be clear about why department of education is important for improving schools improving your child's education and how we would