Neera Tanden
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I mean, this is why mass protests are really important, because everybody sees that there is a strong opposition, and that's been hugely critical.
I mean, this is why mass protests are really important, because everybody sees that there is a strong opposition, and that's been hugely critical.
Let's hope it's just a trend right now.
Let's hope it's just a trend right now.
yeah now i do think and this is an important thing for all of us i do think it is it feels very different if you were in the 30s than if you're in the 40s and i think institutions will treat him differently and you know i keep harping harping on these institutions but i will say when you look at other countries that face an authoritarian threat it feels very different in the country
yeah now i do think and this is an important thing for all of us i do think it is it feels very different if you were in the 30s than if you're in the 40s and i think institutions will treat him differently and you know i keep harping harping on these institutions but i will say when you look at other countries that face an authoritarian threat it feels very different in the country
When all like a whole range of institutions are just, you know, kowtowing to the administration. So it is important that we keep at it and and drive his numbers down. And I will say cap and cap action. We are very focused on driving the connection every day between a thing Trump has done and the cost to you and your family.
When all like a whole range of institutions are just, you know, kowtowing to the administration. So it is important that we keep at it and and drive his numbers down. And I will say cap and cap action. We are very focused on driving the connection every day between a thing Trump has done and the cost to you and your family.
Well, I... I think, honestly, lots of people are cross-pressured on lots of issues. And I think it's multidimensional and it's not just economics. I mean, Joe Biden had an agenda for working class people. It was, I'm going to get the Congress to pass hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and 70 to 80 percent of those jobs are going to go to people without a college degree.
Well, I... I think, honestly, lots of people are cross-pressured on lots of issues. And I think it's multidimensional and it's not just economics. I mean, Joe Biden had an agenda for working class people. It was, I'm going to get the Congress to pass hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and 70 to 80 percent of those jobs are going to go to people without a college degree.
Now, maybe we didn't communicate that, but that was definitely a strategy focused on working class people. And he talked about plants and manufacturing locations and jobs in places that had been economically left behind in red state, in blue state, in purple states. And that message was trumped by other messages in this last election. Now, maybe it's also possible we didn't communicate it well.
Now, maybe we didn't communicate that, but that was definitely a strategy focused on working class people. And he talked about plants and manufacturing locations and jobs in places that had been economically left behind in red state, in blue state, in purple states. And that message was trumped by other messages in this last election. Now, maybe it's also possible we didn't communicate it well.
Always a possibility. So I think we should understand that. But I also think there's two other things that are going on that we also have to wrestle with. First, there are kind of security issues, culture issues where. I mean, I do think a range of voters thought of immigration as a kind of economic issue as well.
Always a possibility. So I think we should understand that. But I also think there's two other things that are going on that we also have to wrestle with. First, there are kind of security issues, culture issues where. I mean, I do think a range of voters thought of immigration as a kind of economic issue as well.
The right really focused on large numbers of people coming in and raising rents and other issues. So that's something that I think we have to wrestle with and address, and actually address, which we're working on. But I also think, and this is, you know, I kind of defer to you, where I think there's just a constant...
The right really focused on large numbers of people coming in and raising rents and other issues. So that's something that I think we have to wrestle with and address, and actually address, which we're working on. But I also think, and this is, you know, I kind of defer to you, where I think there's just a constant...
drumbeat online and elsewhere that by the right, well-funded, that says liberal elites look down on you as a working class person. They judge you. Their values are different from you. And I think there's two ways to approach that. First, we should figure out our own mechanisms of communication. But I also think we have to go out of our way in instances where that might feel
drumbeat online and elsewhere that by the right, well-funded, that says liberal elites look down on you as a working class person. They judge you. Their values are different from you. And I think there's two ways to approach that. First, we should figure out our own mechanisms of communication. But I also think we have to go out of our way in instances where that might feel