Ruben Gallego
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And I will pick and choose what I think is good for the people I'm trying to represent.
In the past, what I've seen kind of older politicians, they kind of get stuck in their orthodoxy, right?
If I'm a
I'm a blue dog.
I'm only going to be a blue dog.
I'm going to do blue dog things the blue dog way, right?
If I'm a progressive, I'm going to do progressive things the progressive way, and that's it.
And no crossover.
And I think you're seeing that environment change a lot, which is extremely, extremely helpful.
And, you know, it helps us kind of just throw shit against the wall and see what sticks.
I guess that's a bad analogy.
Throw spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks.
Absolutely.
And I saw that during the Senate race.
Like when the Senate race, for example, people were very confused.
Like you're all over the place.
Like, no, I'm not over the place.
Like literally I am, you know, progressive in some areas.
I'm conservative in some areas.
I'm moderate in some areas.