Rep. Greg Landsman
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first heard May 2025
last heard May 2025
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She and I serve on energy and commerce together, and I think we're a decent crew, right? She's more progressive on many things than me, but she's got, obviously, an incredible amount of talent when it comes to communications. It's huge.
And her ability to make arguments and to, I think, break through, which is a huge part of what Democrats have to figure out, is how to get attention and to break through. And there's a lot to learn from her, though, you know, and I've said this to her, there's, I think, a lot to learn from her.
us too which is i represent part of the the country where you have an equal number of democrats independents and republicans and so it's it's a pretty pragmatic middle-of-the-road district and i i think i have a pretty good sense of where voters are on most issues in the language they use and you know i think people like us working together is a good thing
Yeah, I think that's right. I mean, you know, ultimately you want to. build and you have to build the broadest possible coalition. And that takes a lot of intentionality and work and, uh, it's, it's organizing and it's the way in which you communicate and it's, it's how you build teams, but you know, it's a big part of what has to happen moving forward, in my opinion.
We, you know, as Democrats, we have to sort of come clean with voters in terms of where things weren't what we said or others in our party said and rebuild some trust because there's an issue there, right? Like even though Trump is underwater, so are Democrats. And so there's some work to do there. Ultimately, there's got to be this national effort to organize the broadest possible coalition.
And, you know, you can wait for a candidate to emerge that really has that ability to build that coalition, or you can start to lay the groundwork. Now, I'm a let's lay the groundwork now and build that huge coalition and do it by laying out, in part, a really compelling strategy.
you know, set of fixes or policies similar to what the Republicans did in 1994 with the Contract for America, just do one You know, and I've taken a stab at this and laid it out and shared it with folks, including AOC, to say, like, look, this is, you know, where I think we build the broadest possible coalition.
And, you know, ultimately, I think that's what you're going to see over the course of the next couple of months is a more unified national effort where we're not just fighting the chaos and corruption and cruelty of Trump, but there's also a larger, really compelling vision.
So for me, there are three. One is fixing the economy, and that's one where Democrats have to, you know, come clean. This is where, you know, AOC and I are close in that, you know, are aligned. I know that the economy has been fundamentally broken for decades, and that's something that she and Bernie and others have been talking about.
It's what I've been talking about in my very purple district, and it's what Pat talks about. I mean, Pat, Ryan, and I, you know, This is where we sync up and all agree that the economy's been structurally broken and the idea that there were Democrats telling people it was okay and look at GDP and look at unemployment and all this other stuff. It's like, no, look at people's bank accounts.
I mean, it's grim. People are struggling to pay all their bills. the concentration of wealth is just, you know, is so egregious and so harmful. And so you got to fix the tax code. You got to fix the economy. You got to get rid of price gouging. You got to take on corporate consolidation, all that stuff. Number two is, you know, reforms to government and politics.
And, you know, just like fixing the economy, we have to be the anti-establishment reformer crew again and say, look, you know, We had, you know, power in 2021 and 2020. The presidency, the House and the Senate, and the Senate didn't pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
We didn't, you know, the House passed a bill to end partisan gerrymandering and to end voter suppression and dark money and get money out of politics, but the Senate didn't. And, you know, Democrats have to own that. And then the last piece, and this is where there's going to be some disagreement within the party, and that's okay. I just, you know, hopefully I went out.
is that it's public safety, national security. And part of public safety is border security and immigration reform, which we were the leaders on for so long. And then way too many in our party were like, oh, it's not that important. It's like, it's hugely important. The last time we had meaningful gun reform where we tackled gun violence is we paired it with hiring more cops.
That's how the crime bill got done. Now, I'm not suggesting you do the crime bill again, but you do say, like, we're going to hire more police officers because communities all over the country need cops. And we need, you know, the kind of common sense gun reform that's going to lead to, you know, safer communities. And from a national security standpoint, we need a strong defense, you know.
And so there are many of us in our party that are pretty hawkish. Yeah. And it's not because we want war. It's the exact opposite. It's an old Roman saying, if you want peace, prepare for war. That's all. And, you know, so in any event, those to me are the three big things. Fix the economy, fix politics and government, and keep everyone safe.
Yeah, I mean, I will.
I'm nodding my head because I understand where it comes from. I think people want toughness. You know, things are broken. And when things are broken, you want somebody who can come in and fix it. That's where we are. And if there is a bumper sticker, you know, that I'd be okay with, we're going to be the ones that fix it. We'll fix this.
And you need to have a toughness to you and to your team and to the people you pull together because it is complex and it is messy and it's going to require a, I would say a toughness and a level of strength and determination and action that says, you know, that gives people the confidence that you're going to break through and get it fixed. And that to me is where
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