THE FED NEEDS TO DEAL WITH IT,
THEY HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO THAT.
>> THE REWARD OUTWEIGHS THE
RISK.
>> MOST LIKELY.
>> MICHAEL, THIS IS FROM TRIPP
GABRIEL IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
TALKING ABOUT WHAT REPUBLICANS
HAVE BEEN DOING.
DONALD TRUMP DID VERY WELL WITH
BLUE COLLAR WORKERS IN THE LAST
ELECTION, BUT SINCE THEN
REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE VERY
LITTLE TO OFFER THEM ANYTHING
AND DEMOCRATS ARE FACING
UNIVERSAL OPPOSITION FROM
CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS TO THE
PACKAGE, WHICH IS CHOCKFUL OF
MEASURES TO BENEFIT STRUGGLING
WORKERS A FULL YEAR INTO THE
PANDEMIC.
INSTEAD GABRIEL WRITES
REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS FOLLOWING
MR. TRUMP’S OWN EXAMPLE ARE
EXPLOITING THE CULTURAL ANGER
AND RACIAL RESENTMENT OF A
SIZEABLE SEGMENT OF THE WHITE
WORKING CLASS BUT ARE MAKING NO
CONCERTED EFFORT TO HELP THESE
AMERICANS ECONOMICALLY.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT,
MICHAEL?
>> I THINK THAT’S A VERY
ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE
PLAY HAS BEEN FOR AT LEAST THE
LAST TWO CYCLES.
CERTAINLY WE SAW THE EARLY
EMERGENCE OF THAT IN THE 2018
CYCLE WHEN IT WAS PLAYING TO AND
I WOULD SAY PREYING ON THE FEARS
OF FOLKS HAVING CARAVANS OF
BROWN-SKINNED INDIVIDUALS COMING
ACROSS THE BORDER.
THIS CYCLE IT WAS, YOU KNOW,
LETTING WHITE WOMEN IN SUBURBAN
AMERICA KNOW, OH, THEY’RE COMING
TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WATCH OUT,
BE CAREFUL, I ALONE CAN PROTECT
YOU.
SO THIS CULTURAL NARRATIVE, THIS
PLAYING ON GRIEVANCE, THIS
PLAYING ON THE FEARS, THE RACIAL
FEARS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY
ANCHORED IN RACISM PER SE, BUT
EXPLOIT THAT NARRATIVE TO THE
DEGREE THAT THE REPUBLICANS
HAVE, AND WE SEE IT NOW IN
PLACES LIKE GEORGIA AND
ELSEWHERE WITH THE LEGISLATION
ON THE BACK END OF THE ELECTION
WITH RESPECT TO VOTING RIGHTS IS
A CARRYING CARD.
WHAT THE PARTY IS NOT PUTTING
OUT A COUNTERAJEPD -- AGENDA TO
WHAT JOE BIDEN WANTS.
YOU DON’T WANT TO SPEND $1.9
TRILLION.
LAY OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO SPEND
AND HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF
THOSE BLUE COLLAR WORKERS IN
YOUR BACKYARD WHO BY THE POLLS
ARE SHOWING 59% OF REPUBLICANS
LIKE, OVER 75% OF AMERICANS
LIKE, WHAT IS YOUR
COUNTERPROPOSAL.
BUT THE NARRATIVE PLAYS AND
WORKS RIGHT NOW IF I CAN PREY ON
YOUR FEARS.
THAT’S HOW I KEEP YOU ANCHORED
TO MY HEEL.
BUT THE REALITY, KATY, IS SIMPLY
THIS, AND THIS IS WHAT THE
ARTICLE POINTS OUT, THOSE VOTERS
ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR
RESULTS.
THEY’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR
SOLUTIONS.
AND IF THE ONLY SOLUTION ON THE
TABLE IS, AS WE SEE IN THE COVID
PLAN, WHAT JOE BIDEN IS PUTTING
ON THE TABLE AND THEY LIKE THAT,
GUESS WHERE THEY GO.
THAT’S THE CHALLENGE AND THE
REALLY GNARLY POINT OF 2022
GIVEN THE NARRATIVE THAT WE SEE
PLAYING OUT RIGHT NOW AND TRUMP
IS DICTATING THAT NARRATIVE FOR
THE GOP.
>> MICHAEL, THE POINT ALSO WAS
MADE IN THAT ARTICLE THAT
REPUBLICANS KNOW THAT THIS BILL
IS GOING TO PASS.
THEY EXPECT TO BENEFIT FROM THE
BILL PASSING AND TO ONLY REALLY
FEEL ANY PAIN IF THEY STOPPED
THE BILL FROM PASSING.
SO I DON’T KNOW, PUSHING BACK ON
THE IDEA THAT VOTERS WILL BE
LOOKING FOR RESULTS.
MAYBE THEY’RE LOOKING FOR
RESULTS.
THEY’LL SEE SOME RESULTS BUT
THEY WON’T NECESSARILY REWARD
THE DEMOCRATS FOR IT,
CONSIDERING THAT DONALD TRUMP,
AND I KNOW IT’S A MIXED BAG, BUT
DONALD TRUMP DID GAIN VOTERS IN
2020.
>> YEAH, BUT YOU’VE GOT TO LOOK
AT WHY HE GAINED VOTERS.
EVERYBODY IS GOING OFF OF THIS
NARRATIVE, OH, THEY GAINED ALL
THESE VOTERS.
WELL, LET’S UNDERSTAND WHY.
YOU KNOW WHAT WAS DRIVING THAT
GAIN WAS THE POLICE NARRATIVE,
THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAD AN
IRRESPONSIBLE ANSWER FOR, ALONG
WITH SOME OTHER VARIABLES THAT
MAY HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO THE
GROUND.
SO I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT IN THE
SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARTY
IS GOING TO TRY TO RIDE THIS
AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE CREDIT,
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO EFFORT
IN SORT OF REINING THE HORSE.
BUT THE REALITY IS HOW THE
DEMOCRATS THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS SPEAK ABOUT THIS.
RIGHT NOW JOE BIDEN HAS THE
UPPER HAND OF THE NARRATIVE.
THE POLLING IS REFLECTING THAT.
THAT’S NOT GOING TO BENEFIT