you re playing with here? i get that democrats are not republicans. i get that you guys don t do lockstep the way they do, most of the time. but your mandate was, you know, you guys right now are saying the mandate was the spending bill, yes, and infrastructure, but really the spending bill, no. the top item on your mandate, ro, and i know you know this, was no more trumpery, no more toxic politics, no more opposition as a position, get things done. are you guys worried that even what s happening right now may weaken your hand going into the midterm? chris, yes, we re worried. i mean, i read robert kagan s chilling piece about the rise of trump in 2024. anyone who dismisses that is foolish. and we have to govern. we have to deliver. the consequences of us failing are very severe, not just for our party, not just for this president, but for democracy itself. and a number of members of the caucus made that point, that
why ask for the dna now, by the way? just to go back to the first forensic point. yeah, i think they re closing in. i think they re clear to that. remember, there is a grand jury investigation going on at this point. what does that mean? a grand jury convened again consisting of the 23 people, not deciding guilt or innocence, just establishing this reasonable cause to believe a crime was committed and that the subject of that investigation committed it. that s mr. laundrie. w we know the simple majority can vote out the indictment to the one count of the electric fraud. we know they didn t go. that s authorities and prosecutors to a grand jury to get an indictment for debt fraud. we know in front of that grand jury presenting significant evidence to build up to the m murder so you want to present that to the grand jury. one, the crime scene issue, two, if you find him and identify him and three, if there are remains, identify that and four, get the
right who thinks it. many in my business are often told off the record how bad trump is. he s like a bad rash. but the base, whoa, you know, i have book after book keeps telling us that trumpers like lindsey graham, mike lee, they know the danger. that s why you re not shocked to hear so-called republicans say one thing in public but something else in private. the argument that you often here is that if you do something that s perceived as against trump, that, you know, you ll put yourself in political peril. all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing. now, that is commonly misattributed to edmund burke a century ago in england, but so on-point that jfk adapted it here in the 60s.
low. the base is not with him at this point, the enthusiasm is low. i would say, again, just looking at these numbers, passing these bills could be the jet fuel he needs at this point. now, all of this is a s snapshot of a moment in time, we know where we are, that s why this point could be pivotal. you have over six in ten who believe the country is going the wrong way. there are various reasons why they may feel that. but how does it all play into where we are right now in terms of how people feel about the midterms? this to me, this slide says it all. and what essentially i did here was, okay, let s take the choice for congress and say, are you enthusiastic or not about voting next year? among those who are extremely or very enthusiastic, look at that. the republicans hold a four-point lead. but if you look at those who are somewhat or not theenthusiastic it s democrats who hold a six-point need. midterm elections, yes, it s about preference, but it s also about turnout. democra
votes, they cheat on the election. the man will lie and stop at nothing. are the democrats playing like that s what they re playing against? let s bring in a better mind, van jones, the one and only. good to see you. good to see you. am i missing something? well, listen, i think it s a healthy debate. i know right now people are biting their nails, it s a tough week. but the progressives have a point. the policies the progressives have been fighting for are wildly popular, insanely popular. and they have the opportunity to get more done. and when you have that moment, you know in politics, when you have that moment, you want to get all you can out of it. people keep saying, just compromise, compromise. i understand why you say that. at the same time, every dollar they back off of could be a grandma that doesn t get a hearing aid, could get a toddler that doesn t go to pre-k. the ideas that they re fighting