BRING IN SOMEONE WATCHING THIS
RACE VERY CLOSELY.
DNC CHAIR PERSON, JAIME
HARRISON.
THIS IS THE FIRST BIG TEST FOR
DEMOCRATS, BUT IN VIRGINIA AND
NATIONWIDE WHY IS IT THAT IT
SEEMS DEMOCRATS KEEP RUNNING
AGAINST TRUMP?
HEâ€™S NOT IN OFFICE.
>> LISTEN, STEPHANIE, I WOULDNâ€™T
SAY THIS IS THE FIRST BIG TEST.
WE HAD TO FIGHT BACK AND PUSH
BACK AGAINST RECALL IN
CALIFORNIA.
WE HAVE A RACE IN NEW JERSEY
RIGHT NOW AND IN VIRGINIA AS
WELL.
THIS IS THE THING, DONALD TRUMP,
IF YOU ASK THE REPUBLICANS, HEâ€™S
STILL THE HEAD OF THEIR PARTY.
RONA McDANIEL SAID THAT OFTEN.
WE SEE THAT IN TERMS OF HOW
REPUBLICANS REACT.
HE HAS ENDORSED GLENN YOUNGKIN
SIX TIMES IN THIS RACE.
SO HIS PRESENCE IS LOOMING STILL
IN AMERICAN POLITICS.
SO THEREFORE ITâ€™S IMPORTANT THAT
THE VOTERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA UNDERSTAND THAT
OF VIRGINIA UNDERSTAND THAT
YOUNGKIN IS A TRUMP AK CCOLITE.
HE IS AGAINST MARRIAGE EQUALITY.
LAST TIME I LOOKED, ITâ€™S 2021,
AND HEâ€™S AGAINST MARRIAGE
EQUALITY.
HE HAS AN AD OUT WHERE HE WANTS
TO BAN BOOKED LIKE "BELOVED."
AGAIN, THIS SORT OF HARKINS BACK
TO THE OLD PAST THAT WEâ€™VE HAD
IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE THEREâ€™S
ONLY CERTAIN ELEVATED
COMMUNITIES.
THATâ€™S WHAT YOUNG KIN
REPRESENTS.
ITâ€™S IMPORTANT THAT WE EDUCATE
THE VOTERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH
THAT THATâ€™S WHO HE IS.
>> TRUMP IS A LOOMING THREAT BUT
HEâ€™S NOT IN POWER, DEMOCRATS
ARE.
RIGHT NOW DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT
GOTTEN ANYTHING DONE ON
INFRASTRUCTURE, VOTING RIGHTS,
GUN REFORM AND POLICE REFORM.
HOW DO YOU GET VOTERS ENERGIZED
IN VIRGINIA FOR DEMOCRATIC
IDEALS, NOT JUST AGAINST TRUMP?
>> THIS IS THE THING.
WITH ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU
MENTIONED, THOSE THINGS ARE IN
PROGRESS.
ITâ€™S BEEN NINE MONTHS SINCE JOE
BIDEN HAS BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
WHAT HAS HE GOTTEN DONE?
HE GOT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
DONE, IN AND OF ITSELF, IF YOU
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT BILL
AND THE THINGS THAT IT ACTUALLY
DID AND ACCOMPLISHED, ITâ€™S
NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING.
TAKE ONE ASPECT OF THAT ALONE,
JUST THE CHILD TAX CREDIT.
ITâ€™S CUT POVERTY IN HALF.
NOTHING HAS EVER DONE THAT IN
THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.
WE SAVED PENSIONS, WE GOT SHOTS
IN ARMS.
WE DID SO MUCH IN THAT BILL.
RIGHT NOW CONGRESS IS
NEGOTIATING ON SOME MORE BIG
THINGS IN ORDER TO GET DONE FOR
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS PROCESS
AINâ€™T A FAST ONE.
I KNOW WEâ€™RE ALL SORT OF
McDONALDâ€™S/BURGER KING MENTALITY
WHERE YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE
DRIVE-THROUGH AND GET SOMETHING
DONE AN GET IT DONE IN A HURRY
BUT THATâ€™S NOT HOW THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WORKS.
YOU HAVE TO DO NEGOTIATIONS AND
MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
WEâ€™RE ON THE BRINK OF DOING JUST
THAT.
Iâ€™M PROUD OF WHAT WEâ€™VE DONE SO
FAR.
I KNOW WEâ€™LL CONTINUE TO DELIVER
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MOVING
FORWARD.
>> ARE YOU WORRIED THAT
DEMOCRATS OVERPROMISED?
THAT 3.5$3.5 TRILLION HUMAN
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL HAD TONS OF
GREAT THINGS IN THERE, BUT AT
THE END OF THE DAY, YOUâ€™RE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON A
LOT OF IT.
BEST CASE, EVEN IF YOU ONLY GET
THE TRILLION DOLLAR BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL, THATâ€™S A
HUGE WIN.
BUT AT THIS POINT, DO DEMOCRATS
FEEL LIKE ITâ€™S A WIN?
THEY WERE PROMISED A LOT MORE. >> LISTEN, I THINK THE FOLKS ON
>> LISTEN, I THINK THE FOLKS ON
MAIN STREET, PEOPLE --
BEAUTITIONS, BASH SBEAU
BEAUTICIANS, BARBER SHOTS, THEY
WANT TO SEE CONGRESS IS WORKING
FOR THEM.
THEY ARE GETTING THINGS DONE.
YOU DONâ€™T GET ALL YOU WANT AT
ONE TIME.
YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WERE
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH SLIM
MAJORITY.
I THINK BACK TO HISTORY AND WHAT
LBJ AND FDR, THEY HAD 100 PLUS
MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE.
HUGE MAJORITIES IN THE SENATE.
WE GOT A HANDFUL.
AND WE ARE ABOUT TO ACCOMPLISH
SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN
SINCE THAT TIME.
SO I THINK IN TAT THE END OF THE
DAY, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT US
TO GET THINGS DONE FOR THEM.
WEâ€™RE WORKING ON THEIR BEHALF.
ON THE CONTRAST, THEREâ€™S NOT
MUCH GOING ON WITH THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE.
THEYâ€™RE TRYING TO HIDE FROM THE
INSURRECTION.
THEYâ€™RE TRYING TO AVOID THIS AND
THAT AND BLOCK THINGS INSTEAD OF
ACTUALLY DELIVERING FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Iâ€™M PROUD OF OUR FOLKS.