Life of the Party: New Hope For Democrats After a Good Week
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What recent events sparked hope for Democrats?
A massive show of opposition in cities across the country this weekend after a resounding message from voters in two states. and a jolt of hope on Capitol Hill from Senator Cory Booker after his record-breaking speech on Monday and Tuesday. He's going to join me first to talk about what all of this means and where we go from here. Plus, Trump's tariffs are having an absolutely devastating impact on the markets and probably your 401k, as well as the cost of everything from fruit to cars to even beer. Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garland Gilchrist just announced his plans to run for governor, and he joins me to talk about how Trump's tariffs are impacting the people in his state. And finally, the Trump administration threatened to withhold funding from public schools. Former Education Secretary Miguel Cardona joins me for his first national interview since leaving office to talk about one impact that may have on our kids.
So yeah, I mean, this week has definitely served up another reminder, or many reminders, of just how damaging Trump and his misguided policies are on all of our lives. And we're going to talk about all of that over the course of the next hour. Tariffs, schools, all of it. But I wanted to start on more of a hopeful note, because this week has been tough, but has also shown that there are a lot of people out there who are fighting back. I'd even venture to say this has been the best political week Democrats and anyone else horrified know there's a lot of you out there by the Trump administration and what they've done since Election Day. And what's most exciting is that this energy shift is really being driven by people across the country. Hundreds of thousands of Americans poured into the streets yesterday in communities, big and small communities, too, to protest against Trump. While cities like New York and D.C. saw tens of thousands of people, big crowds also showed up in red areas, too.
Places like Farmington, Maine, in a county that Donald Trump has won in every election. Red Bank, New Jersey, where Trump won the county by double digits. Sedona, Arizona, in a county Trump won by more than 30 points as he flipped the state red again. Missoula, Montana, in a state where Donald Trump won by 20. So red states, blue states, swing states, people everywhere are making their voices heard. And they're doing it at the ballot box, too, because this week also, on Tuesday, the people of Wisconsin delivered a complete rebuke to Elon Musk, shown there in the cheese hat, as he attempted to buy a state Supreme Court seat. I mean, the world's richest man even went so far, and this is what you're watching on the screen right now, as to travel there to campaign with oversized checks and cheeseheads. And voters basically sent the message they hated that. That's what they said. Instead, they went out to the polls and they elected a liberal judge by a double-digit margin over Elon Musk's MAGA-favorite candidate.
And it wasn't even just Wisconsin. Even where Democrats lost in some of the reddest corners of Florida, the outpouring anti-Trump and anti-Musk energy shaped roughly 15 to 20 points off Republicans' November margins in two special elections for Congress there on Tuesday. All of these are good signs. A number of people have also put their hat in the ring to run for higher office recently. People like Javier Becerra in California, Garland Gilchrist in Michigan, who I'm going to talk to shortly, and people like Mallory McMorrow.
We need new leaders because the same people in D.C. who got us into this mess are not going to be the ones to get us out of it. I'm Mallory McMurrow. And yes, I'm running for U.S. Senate because we don't have a minute to wait. Are you with me?
And Democrats in Washington are also showing some serious signs of life. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey held the Senate floor for 25 hours and five minutes. He broke the record of segregationist Strom Thurmond, that must have felt good, and reminded Americans that someone is standing up for them in Washington.
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