>>> THERES NO WIDESPREAD EFFORT
TO STOP VOTERS FROM CASTING A
BALLOT.
AND THERES NO DESIRE TO HAND
STATES CONSTITUTIONAL
AUTHORITIES OVER TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
OUR DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES ARE
STRUGGLING TO ACCEPT THIS
REALITY.
>> WHAT COULD BE MORE
HYPOCRITICAL AND CYNICAL THAN
INVOKING MINORITY RIGHTS IN THE
SENATE AS A PRETEXT FOR
PREVENTING DEBATE ABOUT HOW TO
PRESERVE MINORITY RIGHTS IN THE
SOCIETY.
>> YOU KNOW, JOHN CORNYN IS
RIGHT.
I DONT THINK A LOT OF AMERICANS
WILL WANT FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO TAKE OVER RIGHTS
THAT THE STATES HAVE WHEN IT
COMES TO VOTING.
THAT SAID, WHEN THE STATES ARE
TAKING OVER -- THE STATE
LEGISLATURES ARE TAKING OVER THE
POWER FROM LOCALITIES AND FROM
SECRETARIES OF STATE AND FROM
LOCAL COUNTY SUPERVISORS AND THE
LIKES AND SAYING, OH, WE CAN
JUST DECIDE WHAT VOTES WERE
GOING TO COUNT AND WHAT VOTES
WERE NOT GOING TO COUNT, THATS
A BIG PROBLEM.
LETS BRING IN THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE DCCC, DEMOCRAT, CONGRESSMAN
SHAUNEAN PATRICK MALONEY, AND
ADRIENNE ELROD, ALSO FORMER
SENIOR ADVISER TO THE HOUSE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, KURT
BARDELLA, ALSO A COLUMNIST FOR
THE L.A. TIMES.
THIS IS DCCC DAY HERE.
>> AND SEAN SAYS OUR STUDIO IS
THE COLOR OF HIS DINING ROOM.
>> GOOD TO KNOW.
>> GOOD TASTE.
>> SO SEAN, EVERYBODY SAYS THAT
DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO LOSE.
YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY,
DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO LOSE.
YOU LOOK AT REDISTRICTING,
DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO LOSE.
TELL ME WHY DEMOCRATS ARENT
GOING TO LOSE?
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MORNING
AFTER THE ELECTION.
THE VOTERS WILL DECIDE THAT.
WHAT WERE GOING TO DO IS FIGHT
FOR GOOD JOBS AND GOOD HEALTH
CARE AND SAFE STREETS AND END
THE PANDEMIC AND GROW THE
ECONOMY.
AND THE OTHER SIDE IS TRYING TO
THROW UP BARRIERS TO VOTING AND
TAKING US BACK TO AN ERA WHEN
STATES RIGHTS ARGUMENTS WERE
USED TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE AND TO
ENGAGE IN RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.
I THINK THATS A GOOD COMPARISON
IN THE SWING DISTRICTS.
AND WELL LET THE VOTERS FIGURE
IT OUT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE BLOCKING AND
TACKLING IN THE SWING DISTRICTS?
ARE YOUR MEMBERS HOLDING TOWN
HALL MEETINGS EVERY WEEKEND?
ARE THEY KNOCKING ON DOORS EVERY
WEEKEND?
ARE THEY DOING THE BLOCKING AND
TACKLING THAT DEMOCRATS HAVENT
ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AT DOING IN THE
PAST?
>> THATS A FANTASTIC QUESTION.
WE JUST MOVED A HUGE NUMBER OF
RESOURCES INTO EARLY COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING, INTO COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.
WERE GOING TO BUILD BACK
BETTER.
WERE GOING TO BE IN COMMUNITIES
WITH CULTURAL COMPETENCE, WITH
LOCAL PEOPLE, WORKING WHO ARE
TRAIN TODAY DO SO.
IM A BIG BELIEVER IN GETTING
AWAY FROM THE AIR WARS WE ALWAYS
FIGHT, BACK TO THE BASICS.
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT, WERE
GOING TO BE ON THE GROUND, AND
IT STARTS WITH GREAT CANDIDATES
AND MEMBERS OF GRES DOING THEIR
WORK AND DELIVERING ON THINGS
LIKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE,
ON THINGS LIKE ENDING THE
PANDEMIC, ON BRINGING RESOURCES
TO LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS
WHICH WERE DOING, AND EVERY
REPUBLICAN VOTED AGAINST.
THOSE ARE THE RESULTS WERE
GOING TO BE RUNNING ON.
WERE GOING TO DELIVER.
>> YOURE A FORMER REPUBLICAN,
IM A FORMER REPUBLICAN.
YOURE CONSULTING WITH THE DCCC
RIGHT NOW.
I DONT KNOW IF YOU CAN SAY
THIS.
HAVE YOU NOTICED A CULTURAL
DIFFERENCE, LIKE REPUBLICANS, I
HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE.
WHEN I RAN, I DIDNT RUN TO WIN
BY ONE PERCENTAGE POINT.
I RAN TO GET EVERY VOTE, TO GET
EVERY DOLLAR, AND MAKE SURE THAT
PERSON WOULD NEVER, EVER THINK
ABOUT RUNNING AGAINST ME AGAIN.
IT WAS TOTAL POLITICAL WARFARE.
NOW, WE WOULD PLAY IT CLEAN, BUT
IT WAS REALLY ROUGH.
AND IT WAS AN OBSESSION.
I HAVENT SEEN DEMOCRATS, LIKE,
NOT A LOT OF DEMOCRATS WITH THAT
INTENSITY.
IS THERE A CULTURAL DIVIDE
BETWEEN HOW DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS RUN?
>> I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST
DIFFERENCE CERTAINLY THAT I HAVE
OBSERVED IS THAT REPUBLICANS
TRULY, THEY DONT CARE IF
SOMETHING IS 100% RIGHT, 100%
ACCURATE, 100% FACTUAL.
AND DEMOCRATS REALLY DO CARE
ABOUT THE TRUTH.
I THINK IT SURPRISES THEM, I
HAVE HAD MANY DEMOCRATS ASK ME,
DO REPUBLICANS REALLY NOT CARE?
AND MY ANSWER IS NO, THEY DONT
CARE.
THEY DONT CARE WHAT IT TAKES,
HOW UGLY IT GETS, HOW NASTY IT
GETS.
>> LET ME ADD ON TO THIS, I WILL
SAY, IN MY EXPERIENCE, DEMOCRATS
THINK THEYRE RIGHT AND
EVERYBODY ELSE IS WRONG.
I MEAN, THE DEMOCRATS THAT I
HAVE BEEN AROUND AT TIMES, AND
THATS NOT GREAT WHEN YOURE
CAMPAIGNING.
LIKE, ITS SORT OF LIKE, WE TALK
ABOUT DBT AND YOU HAVE TO SAY,
MAYBE SOME PEOPLE LISTEN TO
THESE REPUBLICANS AND THEY THINK
THEYRE RIGHT.
HOW AM I GOING TO BEAT THEM?
I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE
IS, ON THE SURFACE --
>> BY THE WAY, PLEASE, DONT
TWEET AT ME.
I
>> BY THE WAY, DONT TWEET AT
ME.
I DIDNT SAY THAT SKILLFULLY.
>> I KNOW WHAT YOURE SAYING.
>> I WAS TRYING TO HELP, BUT I
THINK IVE --
>> LET ME HELP BAIL YOU OUT.
I THINK PART OF IT IS ON THE
SURFACE, DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT,
HEY, WE ARE RIGHT ABOUT A LOT OF
THESE THINGS.
WE ARE THE PARTY THAT IS FOR
DEMOCRACY, WE ARE THE PARTY THAT
IS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
EQUALITY, AND THE REPUBLICANS
ARE 100% NOT.
BUT THAT IN ITSELF IS NOT ENOUGH
TO WIN.
ITS NOT ENOUGH TO BE RIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO CONVINCE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THERES
SOMETHING IN IT FOR THEM.
REPUBLICANS ARE VERY GOOD, IN
FACT REPUBLICANS ARE BETTER THAN
DEMOCRATS OF USING FEAR AND
WEAPONIZING FEAR TO GET AHEAD
ELECTORALLY.
AND I THINK DEMOCRATS ARE GOING
TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN 2022.
THEYRE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
STAKES ARE SO MUCH HIGHER NOW,
THAT LITERALLY DEMOCRACY -- WE
HAD A VIOLENT INSURRECTION AND
REPUBLICANS, THE LAW AND ORDER
REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING IT WAS
JUST --
>> THIS IS THE THING.
SO I GUESS I WAS THINKING LIKE A
DEMOCRAT GOING INTO THE TRUMP
ELECTION, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS
IS VERY SIMPLE.
>> YEAH.
>> THIS IS DEMOCRACY VERSUS A
GUY WHO HAS FASCIST TENDENCIES,
HES TRYING TO GET HIS ATTORNEY
GENERAL TO ARREST HIS OPPONENT.
>> YEP.
>> HES CALLING THE FREE PRESS
ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE, HES
TRYING TO GET SOME MEMBERS OF
THE PRESS THROWN IN JAIL AND
EXECUTED.
THIS IS EASY.
HE GETS 75 MILLION VOTES.
OBVIOUSLY I MISSED SOMETHING
LAST TIME.
>> YEAH.
>> SO TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT
IT IS, SORT OF THE MEAT AND
POTATO ISSUES AT THE END OF THE
DAY, A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE
LIKE, OKAY, SO AM I GOING TO BE
ABLE TO PAY MY BILLS, IS MY
STREET GOING TO BE SAFE, IS
INFLATION GOING UP, IS IT GOING
DOWN.
>> THATS REALLY WHAT IT COMES
DOWN TO, JOE.
AND LETS NOT FORGET ABOUT THE
"ACCESS HOLLYWOOD" TAPE.
WE THOUGHT WHEN THAT CAME OUT,
ITS OVER, DONE DEAL.
BUT IT REALLY DOES COME DOWN TO
HOW DOES ELECTING THIS PERSON
AFFECT MY EVERYDAY LIFE AND
THATS WHY I THINK DEMOCRATS
RIGHT NOW ARE DOING SUCH A GOOD
JOB ON DRAWING A CONTRAST ON A
LOT OF ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE
LIVES OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE.
THE CHILD TAX CREDIT, FOR
EXAMPLE, HUGE THING THATS GOING
TO HIT MAILBOXES IN MID-JULY.
DEMOCRATS ARE PLAYING THAT UP
AND THEY ARE MAKING SURE THAT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS
A BIDEN/HARRIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
IT DID NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE THESE
CHECKS MAGICALLY APPEARED.
YOUVE GOT TO DRIVE IN THE POINT
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO AFFECT THE
LIVES OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE.
SAME WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
I SAW MY OLD FRIEND FROM THE
CLINTON WHITE HOUSE DAYS ON
EARLIER TALKING ABOUT THE
PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS AND
THEYRE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER.
DEMOCRATS HAVE TO KEEP DRIVING
HOME THOSE ISSUES THAT AFFECT
THE LIVES OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE.
IN 2006, RAM EMMANUEL WAS THE
CHAIR.
I THINK THOSE DAYS ARE OVER, I