Ruben Gallego

So it's very hard for people to say, hey, I'm you know, I like that Democrat.

Therefore, I am a Democrat.

Now, if you pull individual Democrats, individual states like elected officials, they're fairly popular.

I'm the most popular Democrat in Arizona, red Arizona.

Right.

Like there there is something that's happening.

But the overall brand does suck.

I think that actually starts shifting the closer and closer you get to elections and

You could kind of see that because we keep winning elections, right?

So I think that will eventually change.

I think that, you know, it's also important.

The other thing that needs to happen now is that the Democrats, House and Assembly should have to start introducing real economic policies that people can say, damn right, I'm with those guys, right?

And you're kind of seeing some of those things already, right?

Like the blowback to ICE and immigration enforcement has been, you know, a huge aid to Democrats, right?

Right.

Because now that one of the strongest points that Republicans have is now a weakness.

Right.

We're seeing this in a lot of Latino neighborhoods and precincts where there is massive switch from people that were Republican, curious or, you know, anti-democratic.

They're now running back to the Democratic Party.

You saw what just happened in Texas is a good example.