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But how is making middle America pay more a measure to help middle America? Right.

Yes, I agree on that. Yeah, I think that's really important. And I think what my party has to do is respond to this in a way that doesn't make it sound like our whole argument is let's just go back to 2024. Right. Like, yeah, yes.

Yes, I agree on that. Yeah, I think that's really important. And I think what my party has to do is respond to this in a way that doesn't make it sound like our whole argument is let's just go back to 2024. Right. Like, yeah, yes.

Yes, I agree on that. Yeah, I think that's really important. And I think what my party has to do is respond to this in a way that doesn't make it sound like our whole argument is let's just go back to 2024. Right. Like, yeah, yes.

Things like this, moments like this, movements like the one that's in charge of the White House right now, don't spring up in a country or an economy where everything's going along fine. And look, I lived this, too. I grew up in South Bend, Indiana. People think South Bend, they know Notre Dame. Notre Dame, yeah. The big employer that propelled South Bend wasn't Notre Dame. It was Studebaker.

Things like this, moments like this, movements like the one that's in charge of the White House right now, don't spring up in a country or an economy where everything's going along fine. And look, I lived this, too. I grew up in South Bend, Indiana. People think South Bend, they know Notre Dame. Notre Dame, yeah. The big employer that propelled South Bend wasn't Notre Dame. It was Studebaker.

Things like this, moments like this, movements like the one that's in charge of the White House right now, don't spring up in a country or an economy where everything's going along fine. And look, I lived this, too. I grew up in South Bend, Indiana. People think South Bend, they know Notre Dame. Notre Dame, yeah. The big employer that propelled South Bend wasn't Notre Dame. It was Studebaker.

Studebaker made cars. Before the big three, it was the big four. And we were one of them. It dominated our city, grew our city. And then in 1963, they shut down. That's 20 years before I was born. And we were still dealing with it 20 years later. We were still dealing with it 50 years later when I became the mayor there at the age of 29. And what had happened was...

Studebaker made cars. Before the big three, it was the big four. And we were one of them. It dominated our city, grew our city. And then in 1963, they shut down. That's 20 years before I was born. And we were still dealing with it 20 years later. We were still dealing with it 50 years later when I became the mayor there at the age of 29. And what had happened was...

Studebaker made cars. Before the big three, it was the big four. And we were one of them. It dominated our city, grew our city. And then in 1963, they shut down. That's 20 years before I was born. And we were still dealing with it 20 years later. We were still dealing with it 50 years later when I became the mayor there at the age of 29. And what had happened was...

I mean, when we were going to school, I would go in between just acres of collapsing factories that literally looked like a war zone. I have been to war zones that look very similar to the way a lot of places in the industrial Midwest, like where I grew up, looked because of some of these things you're talking about. Right.

I mean, when we were going to school, I would go in between just acres of collapsing factories that literally looked like a war zone. I have been to war zones that look very similar to the way a lot of places in the industrial Midwest, like where I grew up, looked because of some of these things you're talking about. Right.

I mean, when we were going to school, I would go in between just acres of collapsing factories that literally looked like a war zone. I have been to war zones that look very similar to the way a lot of places in the industrial Midwest, like where I grew up, looked because of some of these things you're talking about. Right.

Which is why I think there's an appeal to saying, we're going to bring back manufacturing, right? And by the way, again, I don't want to like... Move away from what I was saying that we shouldn't go back to where we were because I think a lot needs to change.

Which is why I think there's an appeal to saying, we're going to bring back manufacturing, right? And by the way, again, I don't want to like... Move away from what I was saying that we shouldn't go back to where we were because I think a lot needs to change.

Which is why I think there's an appeal to saying, we're going to bring back manufacturing, right? And by the way, again, I don't want to like... Move away from what I was saying that we shouldn't go back to where we were because I think a lot needs to change.

But I would point out that in our entire lifetime, the year when there was the most investment in factories in the United States, the most factories being built was last year because there were a lot of policies. The chip stuff, the manufacturing stuff, trying to get more of the green economy stuff to be built on U.S. soil. That led to a lot of these factories.

But I would point out that in our entire lifetime, the year when there was the most investment in factories in the United States, the most factories being built was last year because there were a lot of policies. The chip stuff, the manufacturing stuff, trying to get more of the green economy stuff to be built on U.S. soil. That led to a lot of these factories.

But I would point out that in our entire lifetime, the year when there was the most investment in factories in the United States, the most factories being built was last year because there were a lot of policies. The chip stuff, the manufacturing stuff, trying to get more of the green economy stuff to be built on U.S. soil. That led to a lot of these factories.

Now, a lot of them are still in construction as we speak. Some of them actually opened. Some of them still haven't. But right now in Kokomo, Indiana, I just read a story today about 370 workers at Stellantis who just got laid off. Auto workers who got laid off because of the tariffs. So this is a tool that you can use for sure.