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Neera Tanden

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
694 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

It was trying to save the economy. But one of the challenges of it is that we passed the American Rescue Plan. And again, I think it did really crucial work to save the American people. But we took an act early in the administration, and then we had inflation, and Republicans were able to make an argument about how AARP was actually driving inflation.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

It was trying to save the economy. But one of the challenges of it is that we passed the American Rescue Plan. And again, I think it did really crucial work to save the American people. But we took an act early in the administration, and then we had inflation, and Republicans were able to make an argument about how AARP was actually driving inflation.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

Now, again, you know, the Fed did a lot more than the AARP, etc. But here you have Trump's actual actions on tariffs driving prices up and also threatening a lot of chaos. And ultimately, you know, people will lose their jobs in a range of sectors because prices are too high. And this is the number one job of an opposition party, to draw the connection between what Trump is doing

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

Now, again, you know, the Fed did a lot more than the AARP, etc. But here you have Trump's actual actions on tariffs driving prices up and also threatening a lot of chaos. And ultimately, you know, people will lose their jobs in a range of sectors because prices are too high. And this is the number one job of an opposition party, to draw the connection between what Trump is doing

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

Now, again, you know, the Fed did a lot more than the AARP, etc. But here you have Trump's actual actions on tariffs driving prices up and also threatening a lot of chaos. And ultimately, you know, people will lose their jobs in a range of sectors because prices are too high. And this is the number one job of an opposition party, to draw the connection between what Trump is doing

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

and how it affects you as a person. And I think that the challenge for everybody is that he's doing so many things, he's violating the constitution, et cetera. But I think a very simple frame is what is the action he is taking today? that makes your life harder, that makes a working class person's life harder, that makes any American's life harder.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

and how it affects you as a person. And I think that the challenge for everybody is that he's doing so many things, he's violating the constitution, et cetera. But I think a very simple frame is what is the action he is taking today? that makes your life harder, that makes a working class person's life harder, that makes any American's life harder.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

and how it affects you as a person. And I think that the challenge for everybody is that he's doing so many things, he's violating the constitution, et cetera. But I think a very simple frame is what is the action he is taking today? that makes your life harder, that makes a working class person's life harder, that makes any American's life harder.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

Because as you know, just to get into narrative, what the right has done over the last four years with Joe Biden was develop this whole archetype of, you know, there's this government, this giant Goliath that is using the Justice Department. I mean, I was always confused because, you know, You know, either Joe Biden was like a puppet or he was a socialist mastermind. But either way.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

Because as you know, just to get into narrative, what the right has done over the last four years with Joe Biden was develop this whole archetype of, you know, there's this government, this giant Goliath that is using the Justice Department. I mean, I was always confused because, you know, You know, either Joe Biden was like a puppet or he was a socialist mastermind. But either way.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

Because as you know, just to get into narrative, what the right has done over the last four years with Joe Biden was develop this whole archetype of, you know, there's this government, this giant Goliath that is using the Justice Department. I mean, I was always confused because, you know, You know, either Joe Biden was like a puppet or he was a socialist mastermind. But either way.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

But there was a nefarious big government effort to harm this person, you know, take away the rights of this person. Now, sometimes it was the Justice Department prosecuting a person who. invaded the Capitol on January 6th. But, you know, they had this kind of David versus Goliath narrative. And my view is every day we have David versus Goliath.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

But there was a nefarious big government effort to harm this person, you know, take away the rights of this person. Now, sometimes it was the Justice Department prosecuting a person who. invaded the Capitol on January 6th. But, you know, they had this kind of David versus Goliath narrative. And my view is every day we have David versus Goliath.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

But there was a nefarious big government effort to harm this person, you know, take away the rights of this person. Now, sometimes it was the Justice Department prosecuting a person who. invaded the Capitol on January 6th. But, you know, they had this kind of David versus Goliath narrative. And my view is every day we have David versus Goliath.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

Every day Donald Trump is hurting the American people, individual American people, like veterans who are really trying to help address veteran suicide, who he fires and then rehires. And, you know, even when it comes to Doge, I think we really have to be hyper-focused on the impact on the public. what it means for people. And I'll just give you an example that just scares the shit out of me.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

Every day Donald Trump is hurting the American people, individual American people, like veterans who are really trying to help address veteran suicide, who he fires and then rehires. And, you know, even when it comes to Doge, I think we really have to be hyper-focused on the impact on the public. what it means for people. And I'll just give you an example that just scares the shit out of me.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

Every day Donald Trump is hurting the American people, individual American people, like veterans who are really trying to help address veteran suicide, who he fires and then rehires. And, you know, even when it comes to Doge, I think we really have to be hyper-focused on the impact on the public. what it means for people. And I'll just give you an example that just scares the shit out of me.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

So if you don't mind.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

So if you don't mind.

The Bulwark Podcast
Neera Tanden and John Fetterman: They're Playing With People's Lives

So if you don't mind.