Senator Ruben Gallego

that are worried about this mythological left that's coming to hit you, but it's not true.

And there's this certain over-level of self-policing that is creating this environment where we're not reaching out to men, and not just black and Latino men, but we don't even approach white men anymore.

And I think if we're going to have a national party, if we're going to be able to win in places...

that we need to in order for us to even have a chance to ever have the majority again, we have to feel comfortable also reaching out to white men within our own values, but not just be afraid.

I think if you're a Democrat, you can't actually go and have those conversations.

conversations and be authentic enough to actually create that bond, especially if you have to be misogynistic.

It's not gonna happen, right?

If it's not in you, it's not in you, nor should you be a Democrat if you're misogynistic, number one.

Number two,

you do have to accept that they're not going to be perfect.

You, as a politician, need to be near as perfect as possible, right?

You have to be able to hold your values and still be able to communicate on the areas that you have agreement with.

Where are those bonds?

So I do find the bonds over sports, but sports that I particularly love.

For example, boxing is a big thing for me.

And when I go to the boxing gyms, when I go to the boxing tournaments, I hosted a boxing tournament recently.

I don't talk politics, right?

I'm just there.

And a lot of why I do that is not because I love boxing, but I think the reason it's effective is because the voter doesn't just see me as this elite elected official because of the fact that I'm there with them.

And I think that that still can happen.