Randi Weingarten

that what I saw in the last 24 hours is the American people basically said to its political actors

remember us, affordability, that's the issue.

And they voted for people who cared about trying to address the cost of living.

And they also said they were really uncomfortable with Trump's abuses of power.

And so they basically said, remember us, that's who you work for.

work on cost of living issues, work on affordability, work on the promise of America.

Don't work on your own, you know, cronyism or, you know, don't just work for the rich dudes.

So that's what I think they said.

And they also said they were really uncomfortable with Trump's abuses of power.

But at the same time, Trump has the presidency.

He basically has the Supreme Court and he has the Congress.

So he has all the different levers of government that the founding fathers basically said they tried to divide up all those powers so that it wouldn't all be in one person's hand.

So we have Congress.

a lot of work to still do for we the people to have the power over the course of the next year as expressed by the elections in 2026.

There's still a lot of work to do.

Am I hopeful because of how many people came out for no kings?

Yes.

Am I hopeful because of what just happened in terms of these elections?

Yes.

But there's a very long road to hoe.