stupid. they understand that, but they do want us to show a fierce sense of urgency and then speak simply and cogently. we have to ignore the twitteratti and focus on everything from the union halls to barbershops to working to the kitchen table. and actions speak to the american people. and when we do that, we re going to win. more importantly than winning, we re going to help people who need it. debbie, do you agree the conversation about who runs for president and how that goes is far removed from the concerns of your constituents and what they actually need to see happening? yeah. absolutely. i mean, the only people concerned with that are the republicans that are trying to divide us. they re trying to divide the democratic party, democrats in washington, d.c. and trying to create drama where there is none right now. we have seen that already. we have passed the infrastructure bill, we passed the build back better bill and the house democratic caucus did that. so what we need t
but there s a bigger problem here, which is let s pretend or suppose or think about the future where they might be in the white house situation room together. you can t have people with diametrically opposed positions on something as fundamental as how we re going to deal with russia. that is just a recipe for disaster in terms of american national security. from a russian perspective, let s say that trump and pence were elected and this difference between them is never resolved and that s how they get sworn in, that s how they take office next year, how would russia view that? would they see that as an opportunity for themselves? would they see that as worrying? well, of course, the russians have been delighted with there trump for several months. their media loves him, their twitteratti love him. mr. trump has complimented him. they think this would be just a breakthrough in terms of russian national interests if trump were to become president.