so now this culture war of grievance that can become increasingly dangerous as it is amplified by conservative media. i think the question then, michelle, becomes if you are democrats operating on this asymmetric playing field, how do you address this attack that is coming, that is supposedly about freedom, that is supposedly about populism and actually about neither of the above? look, when the protests come here, it s going to be a real twist. obviously, people have the right to protest. they have the right to protest for causes that you find despicable. but they don t have a right to do is to block cities with huge vehicles. so there is going to have to be some kind of preparations so that, i ve been to many protests of all sorts in d.c. and they just don t let you drive downtown. some of it is just about people can protest, they can set up camp, that s what occupy did.
you, your way of life is being taken from you, your privilege, your culture, your freedom. have the reason that s why so dangerous is once something is being taken from you, then any means of defending yourself is okay. and that s essentially what we saw on january six. people who believed their vote had been taken from them, the election, democracy have been taken from them, the anger around critical race theory and these other issues, your culture, your way of life has been taken away from you. that is a shift from where we used to see republican politics around ideology and policies. to now this culture war of grievance that can become increasingly dangerous as it is amplified by conservative media. i think the question then, michelle, becomes if you are democrats operating on this asymmetric playing field, how do you address this attack that is coming, that is supposedly about freedom, that is supposedly about populism and actually about neither of the above? look, when the pro
controlling congress. i think it does come down to getting these bills passed to prove that the biden promise of the 2020 campaign, which is that he was competent, he was in charge, he was going to be able to get things done on behalf of the american people, is a promise he can keep. the other thing, looking into the data a little bit from tuesday, particularly in virginia that i think is of real concern, what s driving speaker pelosi and i think the president to act here is you saw a lot of voters come out of the exit polls that voted for youngkin. they were biden voters. that s eating into biden s support with biden voters. he has to turn that an gram. he also can t afford the wait to roll this out around thanksgiving because it is going to get swallowed whole by the holiday. time is of the essence. the three of us have talked many times about the asymmetric