The Democrats have a very big problem.
And that big problem of course, is what do we do after president Biden now, right now,
president Biden's approval rating continues to fall.
He's losing against Donald Trump in these, uh, hypothetical matchup polls.
He is not doing well.
Vice president, Kamala Harris.
Her approval rating is even worse than Biden's.
Nobody wants her to run.
Nobody wants her to be the heir apparent of the democratic party.
So the question the Democrats have to answer and they better answer it pretty soon is who
takes over once Biden is finished, or I think a better question would be who can take over
for Biden because he cannot win another election.
There is no way in hell president Biden can win a second term.
And I'm not saying that because I hate the guy I'm saying that because I'm looking at
literally all of the evidence and it all tells us Biden's not gonna get a second term, which
in my opinion is one of the biggest reasons he needs to be primaried in 2024.
He should not run again.
Harris should not run again.
She is historically unpopular and ineffective.
Now, when you look over at the Republican side, obviously Donald Trump, you know, uh,
thinks he is going to be the nominee.
But even if he's not, what do the Republicans have?
They have a hell of a lot of people ready to run for president who believe they have
the experience and name recognition to make it happen.
They have Ted Cruz.
They have Nikki Haley.
They have Chris Christie.
They have Josh Holly.
They have Tom cotton.
They have Mike Pompeo.
They may even have Rand Paul again, who knows.
They may even have Matt gates, Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbot, perhaps they've got people waiting
to take over for the party to continue it moving forward.
Who the hell do the Democrats have answer me that right now, if you were to take away
this entire Biden administration, as if they don't exist, who is leading the democratic
party, nobody has a clear answer for that.
And I know because I have asked people this in multiple interviews, multiple different
people from centrist to hardcore leftists, and nobody can give a straight answer, but
there is always one name that pops pops up as a possibility.
One name, Katie Porter, an interview after interview that I have conducted for the ring
of fire podcast.
The people that I have asked this question of, they don't always go to Bernie.
It's not
AOC.
It's not Pete Buttigieg, but one person that we would all like to see more of.
And I've said this myself in videos as well is Katie Porter, Katie Porter could and should
be the future of the democratic party.
The squad I have full faith in them.
I, I, I don't buy into any of the attacks that the squad gets either from the right
or these so-called left, which is really just the new right.
I don't believe it at all.
These people are fighters, but we need them fighting where they're fighting.
Katie Porter is a fighter who hasn't been tarnished.
Unfortunately like the members of the squad have by the Republicans, the Republicans have
launched so many attacks against the members of the squad that I don't know that they could
win a national election.
I would love for them to be able to.
I'm just telling you, Republicans have already gotten them.
They haven't gotten Katie Porter.
Katie Porter loves to just beat the hell outta these corporate CEOs.
She loves to use facts.
She loves to pull out those charts.
She loves to make an example that the American public can easily understand another person
who I think the Democrats should, uh, uh, consider little older.
So I don't know how much yo juice he's got left in the tank, but pair him with somebody
younger, like Katie Porter.
And you got a real ticket for 2024.
That person is, uh, Senator Jeff Merkley.
I would love to see Porter, Merkley, Merkley Porter.
I don't even care which order, honestly, for 2024, but those are the people that should
be carrying the democratic party forward.
I would like to see Bernie, but Bernie, unfortunately we have to accept reality.
I don't think he's he's in it anymore.
He's still out there fighting for us.
Hell yeah.
But is, does he have another presidential run in him?
I doubt it.
And I think the age issue after what we've seen with Biden, I think the age issue kills
Bernie's chances of winning at all.
And I'm, again, you may disagree with me.
Fine.
I'm just trying to be as honest as possible, but the Republicans got like 20 people over
here waiting to take over their party.
The Democrats don't have anybody that's actively trying to do that.
I threw out those two names, Porter and Merkley, because I would love to see them do that.
But that doesn't mean that they're out there actively trying to, you know, lead the democratic
party or take it over.
But the Democrats have to start thinking about the future because whether you wanna admit
it or not, the future is right around the corner.
Republicans are ready for it.
Democrats aren't.