very, very popular. and that is one of the reasons that democrats did so much better in the midterms than any of the pundits and washington insiders and even pollsters predicted. let s talk about georgia. this thing is not over yet. yep. there were a lot of people who thought republicans would be less invested in particularly herschel walker if this was not about the balance of power in the senate. there are a lot of democrats who think they should be more invested in warnock at this moment in order to get some of the things you just talked about done because 50/50 senate does not give progressive priorities the priority that someone like you would hope that they would have. look, i very much hope that warnock wins his re-election. but the number one reason for that is because he is a good and decent man.
hard look at politics now. we had a lot of timber issues that i think alienated democrats in rural communities. i m a fifth generation come from five generation of loggers inra washington state. and my sense is that so many democrats come into rural communities with post graduate degrees and try to explain stuff to us. that gets really old really quick. in rural communities, we know stuff thatom those folks don t. and i think it takes listening and not assuming you know how to fix our problems with without understanding what the realms problems are. i actually get my internet from a radio tower. i m surera i m the only member congress that doesn t have broadband internet at home. i m tired of having people try to fix my problems without listening to me about what my problems really are. congresswoman elect, thank you for joining us tonight. thank you for telling us about your roadk to victory. the congresswoman elect from
whose emergency funds are going to be wiped out by petty crime. this is what, you know, frankly, a hot ofkn america looks like right now. so you had an opponent that was a conspiracy an election denier. one thing that republicans used against democrats in this past election, two things really, inflation issue and culture wars. you know one of them very well. obviously inflation is something you deal w you re a small business owner. nobody environment gertsbu a bi forbo repairing their car that they think is the right amount or not twice or three times as much as they want. you didn t get drawn into culture wars. tell me howwn you skirted these issues. just talking about what matters to lkpeople. i think we re all really tired of the political agenda being setge by twitter. we want good schools. we want to have the cops show up when we call them. i had my building broken in four times this year.me that gets expensive. he can t afford to keep going
for a congress that looks more like america and people that want to fix things in our country. build bridges, not burn them down. and, you know, i really respect the principled stance congressman herrera-butler took in her vote. i got in the race to stand up against the political extremes. and that s why i m so proud to have seen the district, you know, we were outspent 40-1 in the primary. that is part of the equation here. so manyqu moderate independents and democrats really got behind us and propelled us to the front of the race. i know you didn tro mean it a cliche. you actually fix things. that s right. we re an independent auto shop. we fix cars of middle america.id people just trying to get to work.
down this road of polarization. our kid need an america that has a level playing field for small businesses, for public schools and homeownership. all that stuff deeply matters for a d long term economic heal andec health of our democracy.ou tell me about the issues now. you are not going to be part of thein majority. but you come there with a deep understanding ofit the issues. innation and thehe economy continue to be the top issue fot people. you deal with both of them. you deal with the fact that we have low unemployment. rising wages. it s part of the reason people repair cars that otherwise they would get rid of or do something else. what do you want to seer done that you got you stand a stronger chance and democrats stand a stronger chance versus republicans in the house in 2024? i m here to be advocate for middle america. one of the bleeding edge of that is something is right to repair