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My side's got a lot to offer, but it's that part.
My side's got a lot to offer, but it's that part.
Okay, please continue. So part of it's kind of that approach. Part of it is to demonstrate the things that... are going well or that can be done well. So we talk about crime, right, in cities. And you would think if you watch like the Republicans that like every city is a like hellhole of crime. Now, if we respond and we're like, what crime?
Okay, please continue. So part of it's kind of that approach. Part of it is to demonstrate the things that... are going well or that can be done well. So we talk about crime, right, in cities. And you would think if you watch like the Republicans that like every city is a like hellhole of crime. Now, if we respond and we're like, what crime?
Okay, please continue. So part of it's kind of that approach. Part of it is to demonstrate the things that... are going well or that can be done well. So we talk about crime, right, in cities. And you would think if you watch like the Republicans that like every city is a like hellhole of crime. Now, if we respond and we're like, what crime?
Then like obviously when you got like people getting pushed into the subway and you've got carjackings up, it's gonna sound like we're just making shit up. If on the other hand, we point to the fact that like Boston is at something like a 70 year low in the murder rate there.
Then like obviously when you got like people getting pushed into the subway and you've got carjackings up, it's gonna sound like we're just making shit up. If on the other hand, we point to the fact that like Boston is at something like a 70 year low in the murder rate there.
Then like obviously when you got like people getting pushed into the subway and you've got carjackings up, it's gonna sound like we're just making shit up. If on the other hand, we point to the fact that like Boston is at something like a 70 year low in the murder rate there.
Or we point to the achievements in Denver under their mayor there about tackling some of the hardest problems in the world, like homelessness and housing. And having lived that as a mayor in a largely low-income community, that is one of the hardest things that people working in government can ever try to solve, right?
Or we point to the achievements in Denver under their mayor there about tackling some of the hardest problems in the world, like homelessness and housing. And having lived that as a mayor in a largely low-income community, that is one of the hardest things that people working in government can ever try to solve, right?
Or we point to the achievements in Denver under their mayor there about tackling some of the hardest problems in the world, like homelessness and housing. And having lived that as a mayor in a largely low-income community, that is one of the hardest things that people working in government can ever try to solve, right?
And there are people who are doing it well, and most of those people, in my experience, are Democrats.
And there are people who are doing it well, and most of those people, in my experience, are Democrats.
And there are people who are doing it well, and most of those people, in my experience, are Democrats.
Now, they may not be, like, Washington Democrats or, like, federal, like, congressional part of our party, but because I think the folks who are saying, like, government got this wrong, which might be true any number of times, what they're really saying is, like, the policies of this person in government got it wrong, but they don't have an answer. Their answer is burn it all down, right?
Now, they may not be, like, Washington Democrats or, like, federal, like, congressional part of our party, but because I think the folks who are saying, like, government got this wrong, which might be true any number of times, what they're really saying is, like, the policies of this person in government got it wrong, but they don't have an answer. Their answer is burn it all down, right?
Now, they may not be, like, Washington Democrats or, like, federal, like, congressional part of our party, but because I think the folks who are saying, like, government got this wrong, which might be true any number of times, what they're really saying is, like, the policies of this person in government got it wrong, but they don't have an answer. Their answer is burn it all down, right?
If we haven't solved poverty... Their answer is we're going to slash Medicaid, which is what the Republican budget moving through Congress right now will do is slash Medicaid. Medicaid may not be perfect. In fact, I know for a fact, like many issues come up in the way it's administered, the way people have access to it.
If we haven't solved poverty... Their answer is we're going to slash Medicaid, which is what the Republican budget moving through Congress right now will do is slash Medicaid. Medicaid may not be perfect. In fact, I know for a fact, like many issues come up in the way it's administered, the way people have access to it.
If we haven't solved poverty... Their answer is we're going to slash Medicaid, which is what the Republican budget moving through Congress right now will do is slash Medicaid. Medicaid may not be perfect. In fact, I know for a fact, like many issues come up in the way it's administered, the way people have access to it.