Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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Yeah, listen, it's extraordinary. I mean, these crowds that are showing up for kind of anything, right? Tens of thousands for Bernie Sanders. But, you know, you throw a protest against the Tesla dealership in my state and you're going to get a thousand people. You know, folks want to be plugged into action right now.
So I do think it's incumbent upon those of us who are leaders at the national level to be out across the country, holding town halls, holding rallies, giving people actions that they can take to try to stop this thievery and corruption. But I also think that we need to meet the moment by meeting Trump's volume level.
So I do think it's incumbent upon those of us who are leaders at the national level to be out across the country, holding town halls, holding rallies, giving people actions that they can take to try to stop this thievery and corruption. But I also think that we need to meet the moment by meeting Trump's volume level.
So I do think it's incumbent upon those of us who are leaders at the national level to be out across the country, holding town halls, holding rallies, giving people actions that they can take to try to stop this thievery and corruption. But I also think that we need to meet the moment by meeting Trump's volume level.
There's a little bit of a theory that some have in the Democratic Party that we should sort of sit back and just wait for these guys to disintegrate and collapse. Well, they may collapse politically, but when they flood the zone, we need to flood the zone.
There's a little bit of a theory that some have in the Democratic Party that we should sort of sit back and just wait for these guys to disintegrate and collapse. Well, they may collapse politically, but when they flood the zone, we need to flood the zone.
There's a little bit of a theory that some have in the Democratic Party that we should sort of sit back and just wait for these guys to disintegrate and collapse. Well, they may collapse politically, but when they flood the zone, we need to flood the zone.
So what a lot of us are doing is just dramatically upping the content we put out there so that every time Trump says something, we can explain to you why it's happening and how it fits into this broader storyline that Tim was laying out, which is that They're trying to turn the government over to their billionaire friends, to their Mar-a-Lago friends.
So what a lot of us are doing is just dramatically upping the content we put out there so that every time Trump says something, we can explain to you why it's happening and how it fits into this broader storyline that Tim was laying out, which is that They're trying to turn the government over to their billionaire friends, to their Mar-a-Lago friends.
So what a lot of us are doing is just dramatically upping the content we put out there so that every time Trump says something, we can explain to you why it's happening and how it fits into this broader storyline that Tim was laying out, which is that They're trying to turn the government over to their billionaire friends, to their Mar-a-Lago friends.
Everything is about empowering these oligarchs. And they're willing to destroy the democracy because what they're doing is super unpopular. So they have to try to crush dissent in order to get away with it. So I just think we have to be running a national political movement. We need to give people options for action. We need to be really loud.
Everything is about empowering these oligarchs. And they're willing to destroy the democracy because what they're doing is super unpopular. So they have to try to crush dissent in order to get away with it. So I just think we have to be running a national political movement. We need to give people options for action. We need to be really loud.
Everything is about empowering these oligarchs. And they're willing to destroy the democracy because what they're doing is super unpopular. So they have to try to crush dissent in order to get away with it. So I just think we have to be running a national political movement. We need to give people options for action. We need to be really loud.
We need to triple the content that we're putting out there. That's the best way right now that we can meet the moment try to spur on the kind of national epic scale mobilization that we're going to need to save the country.
We need to triple the content that we're putting out there. That's the best way right now that we can meet the moment try to spur on the kind of national epic scale mobilization that we're going to need to save the country.
We need to triple the content that we're putting out there. That's the best way right now that we can meet the moment try to spur on the kind of national epic scale mobilization that we're going to need to save the country.
I'm hearing the same thing as Chris. We had our first recess week in March since we came in in January, and I did 26 events in seven days around Virginia. And I just heard a boatload of concerns and anxieties. And what I tell people is, look, there's a five-level strategy we have. It's courts, Congress, states, elections, and activism.
I'm hearing the same thing as Chris. We had our first recess week in March since we came in in January, and I did 26 events in seven days around Virginia. And I just heard a boatload of concerns and anxieties. And what I tell people is, look, there's a five-level strategy we have. It's courts, Congress, states, elections, and activism.
I'm hearing the same thing as Chris. We had our first recess week in March since we came in in January, and I did 26 events in seven days around Virginia. And I just heard a boatload of concerns and anxieties. And what I tell people is, look, there's a five-level strategy we have. It's courts, Congress, states, elections, and activism.
And in each one of these, we have to have a coordinated set of plans. The one that I'm most responsible for, obviously, with Chris is in Congress, what can we do? And we We're in minority in both houses. So what I did is I asked my staff after the dust settled in November, OK, we're in the minority in both houses and Trump's got the White House.