know, the law enforcement candidacy of eric adams, victorious democrat in in new york. measures to change the police department in minneapolis failing. democratic socialist winning the democratic primary in in in buffalo. but then, losing to the former-democratic mayor in a write-in. um, i mean, has the democratic party gone too far left? i mean, your caucus? is it is that where the country really is? we are we have been working to pass the president s build back better agenda. this is not some far-left agenda. this is the president s agenda that he came down to capitol hill and unveiled to us in february and we are so proud of his leadership. he s been doing a phenomenal job with really bad hand and there are progressive candidates that have won in many cities across the country, including in boston and cincinnati. we re so proud of those firsts. but i think that this is really
their backs. i mean, the timing of this was obviously awkward, but i really believe that this is what happens in many elections when you have one party take over three in off-year elections. this is not abnormal. and i think that we will get through the next, you know, this doesn t mean anything for the midterms. that s not to say we shouldn t take it seriously. we absolutely should. you don t think this means anything for the midterms? well, i just think we have to take it seriously but it shouldn t be projected to be a loss for the midterms. what we have to do is turn the ship by passing these two bills, and i think there is increased urgency to do just that. there is real unity in the democratic caucus around passing both the build back better act and the infrastructure bill. and i hope to be able to do that this week. when you look at sort of, you know, the law enforcement candidacy of eric adams, victorious democrat in in new york. measures to change the police department