Sarah Longwell

But I also want someone who's, like, going into the senior center and just having, like, a conversation in – you know, about social security with their- They don't need to do a TikTok dance while they're there. Yes, right? And that's actually, the problem is that we've like, we've tried to universalize this approach and it gets pretty cringe. Yeah.

But I also want someone who's, like, going into the senior center and just having, like, a conversation in – you know, about social security with their- They don't need to do a TikTok dance while they're there. Yes, right? And that's actually, the problem is that we've like, we've tried to universalize this approach and it gets pretty cringe. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm a bad poker player. Here's what I'll say. I think AOC is one of the most talented political leaders, messengers, communicators we have in the party. And I would love to see more opportunities for her to lead not just politics.

Yeah, I'm a bad poker player. Here's what I'll say. I think AOC is one of the most talented political leaders, messengers, communicators we have in the party. And I would love to see more opportunities for her to lead not just politics.

By creating her own structures to lead, which she's doing a great job of alongside Bernie with the tour, I would love to see opportunities for her to have an institutional microphone in the House, in the caucus. I mean, AOC overperforms. She does very well, right? Yeah. I think we would benefit from having her with a microphone, with a gavel.

By creating her own structures to lead, which she's doing a great job of alongside Bernie with the tour, I would love to see opportunities for her to have an institutional microphone in the House, in the caucus. I mean, AOC overperforms. She does very well, right? Yeah. I think we would benefit from having her with a microphone, with a gavel.

I'm not going to make a comment on where my other colleagues are on a particular committee conversation. I think you can gather that I want to see her have more opportunity in the party. And I think that that conversation is a good example of if you can identify risk, you say, well, then we can't do it.

I'm not going to make a comment on where my other colleagues are on a particular committee conversation. I think you can gather that I want to see her have more opportunity in the party. And I think that that conversation is a good example of if you can identify risk, you say, well, then we can't do it.

Agreed. You know? Agreed. And I actually think trans issues have been a great example of that. When the bathroom thing came up, She led on a message around the impact it would have on all women. And now I got to tell you, if it wasn't AOC making that argument, they might have gotten a lot of critique from the trans community.

Agreed. You know? Agreed. And I actually think trans issues have been a great example of that. When the bathroom thing came up, She led on a message around the impact it would have on all women. And now I got to tell you, if it wasn't AOC making that argument, they might have gotten a lot of critique from the trans community.

But the argument that they were putting forward was not an argument off the trans community. It was an argument about cisgender women. But she was absolutely right. And then... In the weeks and months afterward, when there was an anti-trans bill before the House, what messaging did the caucus use? Two or three messages in particular was a message around local control.

But the argument that they were putting forward was not an argument off the trans community. It was an argument about cisgender women. But she was absolutely right. And then... In the weeks and months afterward, when there was an anti-trans bill before the House, what messaging did the caucus use? Two or three messages in particular was a message around local control.

There was a message that sort of was about the efforts to distract and divide. And then there was a message about... This would empower grown men to ask invasive questions or even require the bodily inspection of girls as young as five. Right. And that is that was an AOC forged message. So I agree.

There was a message that sort of was about the efforts to distract and divide. And then there was a message about... This would empower grown men to ask invasive questions or even require the bodily inspection of girls as young as five. Right. And that is that was an AOC forged message. So I agree.

Sure, so I remember back in 2015, 2016,

Sure, so I remember back in 2015, 2016,

when it felt like we were on this unending, cresting wave of progress for the entirety of the LGBTQ community, as we saw the bathroom bill blow up in Pat McCrory's face in North Carolina, the governor who had signed it into law, as general public support and cultural acceptance of trans people seemed to be growing and growing and growing pretty rapidly, people would say, why do you think this is happening so quickly?

when it felt like we were on this unending, cresting wave of progress for the entirety of the LGBTQ community, as we saw the bathroom bill blow up in Pat McCrory's face in North Carolina, the governor who had signed it into law, as general public support and cultural acceptance of trans people seemed to be growing and growing and growing pretty rapidly, people would say, why do you think this is happening so quickly?