Patrick Gaspard

Mitch McConnell got lucky because let's be honest. Mitch McConnell said, we're going to do everything we can to make this guy fail. And they failed to do that. Last time I checked, Barack Obama got reelected. even though unemployment was near double digits at the time.

Mitch McConnell got lucky because let's be honest. Mitch McConnell said, we're going to do everything we can to make this guy fail. And they failed to do that. Last time I checked, Barack Obama got reelected. even though unemployment was near double digits at the time.

So, Mitch McConnell's enterprise was a failed enterprise, and then Republicans lucked up after that in 2016, where this savant who has this kind of negative charisma and a gift for the moment, like, comes in. And let's never forget, Tim, that before Donald Trump uh, subdues Hillary Clinton and democratic party. He had the first bring to heel institutional Republicans, never forget that.

So, Mitch McConnell's enterprise was a failed enterprise, and then Republicans lucked up after that in 2016, where this savant who has this kind of negative charisma and a gift for the moment, like, comes in. And let's never forget, Tim, that before Donald Trump uh, subdues Hillary Clinton and democratic party. He had the first bring to heel institutional Republicans, never forget that.

So, Mitch McConnell's enterprise was a failed enterprise, and then Republicans lucked up after that in 2016, where this savant who has this kind of negative charisma and a gift for the moment, like, comes in. And let's never forget, Tim, that before Donald Trump uh, subdues Hillary Clinton and democratic party. He had the first bring to heel institutional Republicans, never forget that.

So this, this moment is not a Mitch McConnell victory or a victory for all these folks who all have been kind of had to suck it up, uh, for the extreme wing of their party.

So this, this moment is not a Mitch McConnell victory or a victory for all these folks who all have been kind of had to suck it up, uh, for the extreme wing of their party.

So this, this moment is not a Mitch McConnell victory or a victory for all these folks who all have been kind of had to suck it up, uh, for the extreme wing of their party.

I disagree. So I'm going to disagree with you. I'm going to totally disagree. I'm going to invite you to do a thing. Go back and watch Donald Trump's speeches in that 2016 campaign, 2015, 2016, and to that whole run. I lived them, man. I know. But if you watch that stuff and listen to him carefully, what did that guy always do? He conducted focus groups in real time. He'd come out there.

I disagree. So I'm going to disagree with you. I'm going to totally disagree. I'm going to invite you to do a thing. Go back and watch Donald Trump's speeches in that 2016 campaign, 2015, 2016, and to that whole run. I lived them, man. I know. But if you watch that stuff and listen to him carefully, what did that guy always do? He conducted focus groups in real time. He'd come out there.

I disagree. So I'm going to disagree with you. I'm going to totally disagree. I'm going to invite you to do a thing. Go back and watch Donald Trump's speeches in that 2016 campaign, 2015, 2016, and to that whole run. I lived them, man. I know. But if you watch that stuff and listen to him carefully, what did that guy always do? He conducted focus groups in real time. He'd come out there.

That's true. And he would throw six things out to his audiences. And sometimes some of those things would get booed. And he would never bring them up again. He would listen to the things that people rally towards.

That's true. And he would throw six things out to his audiences. And sometimes some of those things would get booed. And he would never bring them up again. He would listen to the things that people rally towards.

That's true. And he would throw six things out to his audiences. And sometimes some of those things would get booed. And he would never bring them up again. He would listen to the things that people rally towards.

He was always a foe.

He was always a foe.

He was always a foe.

That's like the one I'm saying. I'm agreeing with you on that front. But I am saying that this is also, as for Klein's point, it is also a definitional moment. And you can't beat something with nothing. And I would take us back to what my friend, the senator from New Jersey, did.

That's like the one I'm saying. I'm agreeing with you on that front. But I am saying that this is also, as for Klein's point, it is also a definitional moment. And you can't beat something with nothing. And I would take us back to what my friend, the senator from New Jersey, did.

That's like the one I'm saying. I'm agreeing with you on that front. But I am saying that this is also, as for Klein's point, it is also a definitional moment. And you can't beat something with nothing. And I would take us back to what my friend, the senator from New Jersey, did.