Senator Chris Murphy
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Whatever you thought of the Bernie bros, there were a lot of young men who were attracted to what Bernie was selling. And I do think that that's because young men and young women together, but maybe young men in particular because of the very quick downfall of sort of the economic patriarchy, see the consequences of a system that is totally and completely rigged.
And they are looking for an explanation about who did it to them. For young men, you know, the conservative movement says, well, women did this to you. Women did this to you. Their rise in the workforce combined with the Me Too movement has been the source of your unraveling and undoing. Well... What Bernie says is that, yes, somebody did this to you, but it's not women.
And they are looking for an explanation about who did it to them. For young men, you know, the conservative movement says, well, women did this to you. Women did this to you. Their rise in the workforce combined with the Me Too movement has been the source of your unraveling and undoing. Well... What Bernie says is that, yes, somebody did this to you, but it's not women.
And they are looking for an explanation about who did it to them. For young men, you know, the conservative movement says, well, women did this to you. Women did this to you. Their rise in the workforce combined with the Me Too movement has been the source of your unraveling and undoing. Well... What Bernie says is that, yes, somebody did this to you, but it's not women.
It's the billionaire class. It's the corporate class who has rigged an economy to make sure that no young person can succeed as quickly as they could 30 or 50 years ago. And I just don't know that you'll win young men back or you'll win young people back if you don't have a source for
It's the billionaire class. It's the corporate class who has rigged an economy to make sure that no young person can succeed as quickly as they could 30 or 50 years ago. And I just don't know that you'll win young men back or you'll win young people back if you don't have a source for
It's the billionaire class. It's the corporate class who has rigged an economy to make sure that no young person can succeed as quickly as they could 30 or 50 years ago. And I just don't know that you'll win young men back or you'll win young people back if you don't have a source for
for them to root their frustration is if you don't have a story to tell about why their life got so difficult and so miserable all of a sudden. So, you know, you talked earlier about a moderate candidate being the only path forward. I'm not even sure that kind of center-right-left works any longer in describing sort of how the sort of political positioning exists today.
for them to root their frustration is if you don't have a story to tell about why their life got so difficult and so miserable all of a sudden. So, you know, you talked earlier about a moderate candidate being the only path forward. I'm not even sure that kind of center-right-left works any longer in describing sort of how the sort of political positioning exists today.
for them to root their frustration is if you don't have a story to tell about why their life got so difficult and so miserable all of a sudden. So, you know, you talked earlier about a moderate candidate being the only path forward. I'm not even sure that kind of center-right-left works any longer in describing sort of how the sort of political positioning exists today.
I think you probably win with a candidate who is more big-tentus on social and cultural issues, who is less judgmental about people who may not, you know, think the way that most progressives think on climate or guns or gay rights, but is pretty populist on economic issues, is willing to sort of
I think you probably win with a candidate who is more big-tentus on social and cultural issues, who is less judgmental about people who may not, you know, think the way that most progressives think on climate or guns or gay rights, but is pretty populist on economic issues, is willing to sort of
I think you probably win with a candidate who is more big-tentus on social and cultural issues, who is less judgmental about people who may not, you know, think the way that most progressives think on climate or guns or gay rights, but is pretty populist on economic issues, is willing to sort of
call out the way that corporations have rigged the economy and have some pretty big solutions, especially for young people, about how their life is going to get better much more quickly.
call out the way that corporations have rigged the economy and have some pretty big solutions, especially for young people, about how their life is going to get better much more quickly.
call out the way that corporations have rigged the economy and have some pretty big solutions, especially for young people, about how their life is going to get better much more quickly.
Yeah, and Sherrod, you know, I mean, Sherrod's bona fides on choice and gay rights, on climate, right? Rock solid. But like Bernie, Sherrod A. just chose to spend 80% of his time talking about an economic message. And B, I think the perception in Ohio, even though he lost, was that he was less judgmental of people who thought differently than him.
Yeah, and Sherrod, you know, I mean, Sherrod's bona fides on choice and gay rights, on climate, right? Rock solid. But like Bernie, Sherrod A. just chose to spend 80% of his time talking about an economic message. And B, I think the perception in Ohio, even though he lost, was that he was less judgmental of people who thought differently than him.
Yeah, and Sherrod, you know, I mean, Sherrod's bona fides on choice and gay rights, on climate, right? Rock solid. But like Bernie, Sherrod A. just chose to spend 80% of his time talking about an economic message. And B, I think the perception in Ohio, even though he lost, was that he was less judgmental of people who thought differently than him.
And, you know, we have applied these litmus tests. We just have as a party. And, you know, we let... The online left engage in a pretty regular shaming of anybody who isn't inside the conventional orthodoxy. And I think in the past, I've been a part of that. I think a lot of us have been a part of that, either in taking part in it or looking either way when it happened.