There have been. I'm not sure how many are left. Mike DeWine in Ohio, when the General Assembly sent him a bill denigrating trans kids in sports and school activities, took time to consider and said no. He didn't just veto the bill, he gave a presser and explained in a way that his own GOP was bound to hate, and did, but made it clear that he would not sign something that hurt trans kids without some reasoning, and the legislature showed no reason their bill was necessary to protect anyone from anything. Sadly, our GA has a supermajority, and overrode him, but tell me you're a trans youth looking at Mike DeWine the same as Ron DeSantis or Kristi Noem. You probably wouldn't feel like your state's head of government hates you and wants you to go away. Which is better than a lot of states could offer.
I am a Delawarean and I am so proud of her, she makes me proud of our state. That being said, how dare these republicans try to take the people of Delawares elected representative feel like she is unwelcome, judged and try to dox her of sorts. When I voted for her I knew it would trigger people like them and felt badly that we knew it was coming. It encouraged me that she was so brave and bright to take on this challenge and represent us in the house! So anyone democrat or republican, first I have not seen any of you that brave, second she is our representative and how dare you criticize the person our state choose and how she responded to it! Maybe you should take that magnifying lenses and look at yourself!
I’m so happy for Delawareans like yourself to have her as a representative. She’s a f-ing hero. To handle these horrible republicans with such class that they don’t even deserve says so much about her character.
I think Sarah McBride has the exact right strategy. Take the issue off the table, don't let them have the fight they want. Just do the work for her constituents. That will be good both for them and the party as a whole.
I can understand a voter who says they care about the border because of fentanyl, but the disconnect is that Democrats have tried to do things about fentanyl and Republicans have opposed it. Drug-smuggling is primarily done by US citizens crossing the border legally. It's an entirely separate issue from illegal immigration and the big policy proposals like mass deportations from Trump do absolutely nothing to deal with fentanyl.
Not only is approx 85% of fentanyl arrests at the border US citizens, it's only approx 0.02 percent of migrants that are arrested. On the border in general, IF politicians really cared about illegal immigration they would aggressively investigate and prosecute people that hire them - IF they didn't know our economy needs the labor force, and IF they didn't love cheap labor. It's all smoke and mirrors
It's not that simple. An open border is still a problem regarding smuggling. Best we close and enforce our borders. Then step 2 we fix and expand legal immigration and migration.
@@jacobcastle5925 sigh so true, the dem party never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity. But she’s feisty and I don’t think anyone can keep her down! We got you AOC!
Actually it may end up in this: The men asks for transwomen to use the womens bathroom in the Congress. They may realise that they dont like powder in the zink, large amounts of perfume sprayed around or who knows what a woman mightdo in a toilet.😂
Bathrooms, seriously? She handled this gracefully, while also reminding EVERYONE she’s not there for herself. She’s there to represent her constituents. Period.
I cannot believe people are so self righteous that they criticize Sarah Mcbride for not fighting back. The only ones who should be criticized are intolerant Republicans! She has no obligation to fight fights that someone else wants to fight. Her courage to openly work in congress as a transgender person to fight for certain issues has my deepest respect and is a fight for transgender rights in itself.
I’d also like to see some dems and perhaps even a Republican or two with a spine to speak in support of Sarah McBride. I totally agree, she should not have to make this her fight when she’s just trying to exist.
Exactly. McBride's response literally took all the oxygen out of Mace's attempt. The fact that there are so many extremely urgent problems that need to be addressed and people get stuck in a contrived outrage about someone using a toilet.....again. They seem obsessed with toilets. It is so bizarre that someone in a position like Mace would want to so publicly crawl into the sewer when she could become famous for finding solutions to so many more urgent and pressing issues for so many millions of people. It is apparently corruption that would make even a dictator blush.
As a trans woman myself, I’d say Sarah Mcbride is doing more for trans people and than any of those activists. By being a person who is trusted by the state of Delaware! She is a human first, a woman second and everything else last. Trans people are typical people and the country needs to see that.
@@yessum15 She won because she has been an incredibly impressive figure in her state for many years and has a record of fighting for her constituents in Delaware, not because she's trans, and not because of trans activism.
Sarah McBride f&cking won on this one. She hit the ball right out of the park and stuffed right back up those sadistic GOPers who want to perpetuate the deceit that trans people are anything other than human. She has shown who the real humans are and where the real humanity lays.
Amen. I hope the followers of these vile attacks one day pay attention to how disgusting it is…and count how many children are fed, how many families are housed, how many people get care they need and deserve, when they spend their taxpayer-funded time banning ONE HUMAN BEING from a bathroom.
She won as much as Harris won the presidential election. You and other pathetic Dems will sit in your coffee houses, telling each other she and you won, while across the country congress has just given the green light to discriminate against all trans people and the Dems response is “we won!” FFS.
Who in the hell walks into a bathroom and starts evaluating all the people in there. I promise you that you have gone to the bathroom with a transgender and didn’t even know it. Be careful mtg someone is going to want proof about you. 😂
"Who in the hell walks into a bathroom and starts evaluating all the people in there"? Someone that has bad intentions might. Women have the right to have female only spaces.
@yumapigfarmer in theory yes. But when MTG threatens to assault McBride unsolicited if she tried to use a woman's restroom, I don't think it's the biological females that feel threatened in this scenario.
@@yumapigfarmer In answer to your question, Trump is your 'who the hell' walks into female only spaces to evaluate the teenage contestants in his beauty pageants.
How many times will Nancy Mace even be in the bathroom at the same time Sarah McBride over the next four years? I imagine there is more than one women's bathroom in their workplace. If she saw Sarah going into a bathroom, she could just wait until she came out, if she is as mortified as she is claiming. Let's be generous and say that she might unwittingly find herself in the same bathroom, at the same time as Sarah McBride, one time over the next four years. If Mace is incapable of feeling uncomfortable once every four years, she should not be in government, she should be in a rubber room.
The inhumanity and bigotry of these people is suffocating. I'm so grateful for your voice of reason and humanity! It's almost unbearable to listen to the news right now, normalizing fascism and cruelty.
Pam Bondi also apparently adopted a dog after Hurricane Katrina and when the family found the dog and wanted it back she refused, accused them of neglect and then they were forced to sue her to get their dog back. The case went on for over a year. That says a lot about her character to me.
I loved that Sarah McBride ran on making things better for the middle class. I voted for her, and I had no idea she was trans. I love that she just wants to get things done for everyone.
Sarah McBride is there for one reason, to represent her constituents. Any chatter or debate about her gender is a distraction away from the reason why she is there. If she was to make a big deal about the GOP's distraction, she would be falling into their trap. Sarah McBride is so intelligent, she is making the GOP look as petty as they are, especially Nancy Mace! I applaud Sarah McBride for her ethics and courage!
Are we back in 1961, when black women could not use a white restroom, as in the film Hidden Figures, where exceptional minds that advanced us in our country, have we not learned anything, it's only a restroom, and realize women's facilities have individual stalls! We have much bigger concerns right now!
No because the women in Hidden Figures did not have a Penis. He is a man because he has no uterus to give birth which is the essence of a woman and why we are all here
Glad to see Sarah taking the high road on this bathroom thing. Psycho Donnie and his accomplices thrive on as much chaos and conflict as possible. Don't give 'em the satisfaction, keep focusing on their disastrous cabinet picks.
The people not interviewed? The millions of Biden voters who chose to not vote. They made a difference. The difference, imo. I see noöne investigating that, yet. Also missing... most of the increase in inflation occurred preIRA yet most people blamed inflation on Biden-Harris, not Tfg.
I think the post-mortem on the election is still happening. I hope the Dem leaders will take a hard look. Lying to ourselves is not helpful. Yes, sexism, and racism was a part of it, but there was more going on. Men in general felt that the Democratic party was no longer wanting their vote. We need to figure out why, instead of ceding men to the GOP.
Can't blame them. They are afraid for their safety especially when they were confronted with men marching through the streets waving swastika on flags!🥴
I believe Donnie said he'll get rid of all the immigrants, starting with the Springfield Haitians. After he was initially challenged on the "eating the dogs" BS, he doubled down with that promise. So yeah, I'm sure they *are* fleeing.
I live in Nancy Mace's district. I'm very upset she was reelected but the democrats didn't put up a fight. I didn't even know she or a contender were on the ballot until I built mine on vote save america. Joe Cunningham was great and I live in a light red/purple district. Nancy Mace is an embarrassment. Dems! Please put in a real effort in South Carolina!
I agree Sarah McBride couldn’t do much else and I respect her and give her a ton of credit. But the entire Democratic caucus needs to be fighting for her and standing with her, and I’m not seeing that. The entire party needs to be on offense and take AOC’s messaging.
No. They need to play smart, which is what they’re doing. The voters voted for Sarah. She doesn’t have anything to prove. The voters already trust her. Creating outrage is exactly what the other side wants.
@@imalwaysright stop trying to play 4d chess and just do what is right. It is shameful what Congress is doing here and if the Dems had a spine they would fight against it. This just sends another signal to the base that there is no one they are not willing to sacrifice. And people wonder why they can’t turnout the vote.
They are doing exactly the right thing. When Sarah gets interviewed on this after she is seated, and she will, she can say the truth: that the folks that have been wrong are a minority of Republicans. She can say all the Democrats and most Republicans have been great to her, and that she hopes eventually everyone will. That is how to win
There’s no issue here. Members of congress have private bathrooms and there are gender neutral bathrooms throughout the building. Everyone is being sanctimonious and self righteous and it’s silly.
But how many of those are gender-neutral bathrooms? How far in advance will Sarah have to scope out a bathroom so she can make sure to have a place of her own to pee. This is ridiculous when women's bathrooms are already sectioned off into closed stalls.
I lost 20 people ( family, friends, former co-workers) in the 12- months from spring 2020-2021. COVID deaths all but one. All were voting age. 50-98. All were voters. We are still reeling from the pandemic in ways we are still grappling with.
I think I remember Pam Bondi while Attorney General or some DA investigating donold and accepting a campaign contribution for her campaign from him and -voila! the investigation dropped
That was an investigation into Trump University and then he donated to her campaign and she stopped the investigation. Wow if that isn't bribery I don't know what is!!
Echoing what Dan said. “The Republican Party is made by rich people for rich people”, needs to be the guiding message for all Democrats running in 2026, and we need to start messaging now.
His coalition is almost identical to Boris Johnson’s in 2019, if not more fragile & that one completely collapsed. People are impatient for positive change these days & I expect Trump’s coalition to break apart pretty easily
Sarah McBride's commonsense and maturity in the face of such course immaturity is amazing. She's one of our teachers in life. America needs to encourage wisdom in the national conversation.
I want one republican....ANY republican to explain why trump as president is ok but Gaetz as AG is not. I know the answer to both questions. "It's not ok and it never should be ok". But do they know the answer?
They know but Trump has co-opted a large number of people who will use violence to prove their point even though they know nothing about our government or how they voted against their own interests!
Expectations for her are going to be 10 times higher than anybody else, she’s going to be constantly under a microscope and any misstep or emotional response will be seized upon. This is what every Black person experiences daily. Like everyone else….i look for blacks to make a mistake out of habit. They never get a pass, even when they’re doing the same exact thing as everyone else. And I’m not even racist. I’m glad she won to help us all be better people. Much success. ❤
Not that many people voted for it though. The Mango Menace got less than 50% of the vote, his total was only higher than his 2020 total by 1% more than population growth. There was no 'rightward shift', Harris lost because 7 Million Biden voters stayed home.
Less than 50% who voted, which was only 60% of eligible voters, voted for the shitshow. Gotta remember that the lack of voter turnout is why he won, as Trump didn’t get any more votes than he did last time, and the non-voters need to be called out because they, not just the Trump voters, are responsible.
I keep thinking about the bathroom scene in the movie Hidden Figures. Where are the brave Congressmen and Congresswomen who could demand Sarah’s rights. This is not her fight to fight alone against the evil of bigotry. Sniveling Mike Johnson is deplorable.
I thought her response to Nancy Mace was perfect. It's never wrong to say you are planning to work for your constituents. I am so pleased to see a trans woman elected and am hoping she can begin to normalize being Trans. The bathroom decision by Johnson is disgusting but not surprising. It's a fight for another day. Mace has no redeeming qualities as a human being. Period.
She is doing the exact right thing by not making the bathroom a huge deal. One it takes all the power away from the mean spirit and fight that they clearly wanted. And 2 it shows that she is their to be in Congress to fight for all people. Republicans were successful in making this election all about identy politics. What crushes is that is having a Democratic Party that is accepting of all people. Just because she is Trans doesn't mean that is all she is. I absolutely loved her response because it made that lunatic who put forth the proposal about the bathroom as just kind of sad and mean spirited. That's how we win back control by showing we are the party of all people not like Republicans who want to just find the differences in us.
2:50 "we have know about Gaetz paying a minor for sex for months now", ummm where have you been, I heard about this YEARS ago, and I am on the other side of the world.
I’m proud of AOC. Blue state WA here, we all know how I voted. I’ve shut down rah rah from the right by simply stating: Folks making $360k and below a year are picking up the tab for all the right wing shananagans , by way of increased taxes and decreased benefits while the rich will status quo tax cuts . This seems to strike a deep nerve and inspire push back. Once I am able to explain the play book of the red they quiet down. I tell them the richy rich meant its about to get rough for you too,
Sarah McBride is doing this the right way, imo. If SHE doesn't make it an issue, it dies in the news cycle and takes away the voices of those that are trying to make it an issue. Absolute class and intellect! Show them how to make it about "the people" instead of yourself.
I think one of the biggest mistakes we made was making the issue so much about anti-Trump (the person) instead of anti-Trump POLICIES. Voters got sick of hearing about Trump, and Trump's gaffs, and Trump's delusions, and Trump's cognitive decline, and Trump Trump Trump. Voters NEEDED to hear what Trump was going to DO, and who he was going to get to do it. Now they are getting the real story about HOW and WHO, and some are second-guessing their vote. Too late now.
Another fantastic episode of Pod Save America!👏 Jon and Dan do an excellent job breaking down the issues. I love the depth and clarity you bring to these complex issues! Keep up the great work!
Elon basically bought the country with guidance from Putin. And Trump thinks all his attention and money Elon put behind Trump was because he really likes him!😂
As usual, you two are brilliant! You deliver news & badly needed updated polling results. Luckily for us, your followers, you also deliver thoughtful & balanced opinions. Now I'm about to post a statement that is both true & regretable: AMERICA WILL NEVER VOTE FOR A WOMAN TO BE PRESIDENT. I take no pleasure in making that statement. My best friend (a professional educator with 23 years under her belt) is the person who 1st told me that. We argued. I didn't want to believe her but alas, here is where we are now & in the foreseeable future.
I for one, as a trump hater, applaud trump mightly on this one... He, in his own way, got rid of matt faster than anyone else could. Convince him to step away from congress to be AG, pull the AG from him, gaetz is never getting back in congress... He will disappear, trump just outed gaetz in a week flat 🫡🫡🫡
I hope you are getting your news from a variety of sources, not just a podcast. The Guardian, ProPublica, The Grist, BBC, Al Jazeera, AP News, The Age, and so many others are worth regularly perusing because each platform picks and chooses what they want to highlight and offer different perspectives. This is one great source for analysis, but shouldn’t be anyone's exclusive source (nor should one site be for anyone).
Who cares? Gaetz was born rich and awful and no one in this comments section is gonna make him any less of either of those. Let's just let him peace out to his reward.
I doubt that severely - Musk only respects serious intelligence and hard work and doesn't like lawyers that much. He's a ruthless employer and not fun to work for and Gaetz has zero useful skills for an engineering firm. He doesn't even have legal experience to speak of.
Wow loved Marie Gluesenkamp Perez! 'Sounds like a politician' these days essentially means 'Uses phrases mapped to datapoints to win'. Instead, Listen to people answer real questions rather than check boxes of clichés. Then, use language to express how you agree with us and how you plan on getting us there. Don't use it like some kind of desperate semaphore to induce a feeling and activate the votes attached to your datapoints. Especially not if you want to win in 'bad headwinds'.
It seems like Ms Perez kept trying to tell him that her race wasn't about national politics and it just went straight over Jon's head. He kept asking her about national stuff and just didn't seem to get it.
VERY EASY! GET THE MONEY OUT OF ELECTIONS. We will never have a true representative government as long as votes are not the only currency and lobbies run the show. Take the monetary incentive out of being a member of congress and more congress people will be there for better reasons.
21:30 McBride could change Mike Johnson's mind, all she has to do is now use the same bathroom as him, everytime he goes, she goes... If she does that, I am willing to bet that rule gets changed back.
On a serious note, what are the policy ramifications of personal privacy ? The government should be able to know your name, your age, your address maybe, your voter status, your ID#. What else do they need to know ?
Have to respectfully disagree with John. This IS the government the majority of Americans voted for. Yes, they want a government to help with costs of living, but they also knowingly voted for a strong man narcissist who openly touts his authoritarian principles.
Also can we please let this give us the opportunity to blast highlight how Trump would go into women’s dressing rooms unannounced at his pageants?!? Let’s make them regret this.
Remember folks, the cruelty is the point. That's where we are and I'm not sure how we change it. And when I'm subjected to cruelty I want to be cruel. Kudos to Sarah for her response to Mace.
Sarah McBride has the grace and class that no R will ever have.
There apparently have been Republicans and their staffers that have reached out to her to support her. It is not ALL Republicans.
She is capitulating to right wing framing, how did that work for us on the “border crisis”?
There have been. I'm not sure how many are left. Mike DeWine in Ohio, when the General Assembly sent him a bill denigrating trans kids in sports and school activities, took time to consider and said no. He didn't just veto the bill, he gave a presser and explained in a way that his own GOP was bound to hate, and did, but made it clear that he would not sign something that hurt trans kids without some reasoning, and the legislature showed no reason their bill was necessary to protect anyone from anything. Sadly, our GA has a supermajority, and overrode him, but tell me you're a trans youth looking at Mike DeWine the same as Ron DeSantis or Kristi Noem. You probably wouldn't feel like your state's head of government hates you and wants you to go away. Which is better than a lot of states could offer.
I am a Delawarean and I am so proud of her, she makes me proud of our state. That being said, how dare these republicans try to take the people of Delawares elected representative feel like she is unwelcome, judged and try to dox her of sorts. When I voted for her I knew it would trigger people like them and felt badly that we knew it was coming. It encouraged me that she was so brave and bright to take on this challenge and represent us in the house! So anyone democrat or republican, first I have not seen any of you that brave, second she is our representative and how dare you criticize the person our state choose and how she responded to it! Maybe you should take that magnifying lenses and look at yourself!
I’m so happy for Delawareans like yourself to have her as a representative. She’s a f-ing hero. To handle these horrible republicans with such class that they don’t even deserve says so much about her character.
I think Sarah McBride has the exact right strategy. Take the issue off the table, don't let them have the fight they want. Just do the work for her constituents. That will be good both for them and the party as a whole.
Thank you Nancy Mace for showing the Universe who and what you are. Shame on you.
Sarah McBride just won the thousand points Nancy Mace lost.
I can understand a voter who says they care about the border because of fentanyl, but the disconnect is that Democrats have tried to do things about fentanyl and Republicans have opposed it. Drug-smuggling is primarily done by US citizens crossing the border legally. It's an entirely separate issue from illegal immigration and the big policy proposals like mass deportations from Trump do absolutely nothing to deal with fentanyl.
90% of the fentanyl coming into the country is coming through ports of entry. Much of it by American citizens.
They know that. Their job is to con idiot voters with nonsense - and it works. Fux Lies helps greatly.
If only the democrats could communicate things like this effectively. I suspect that about 0% of trump voters know about what you wrote.
Not only is approx 85% of fentanyl arrests at the border US citizens, it's only approx 0.02 percent of migrants that are arrested. On the border in general, IF politicians really cared about illegal immigration they would aggressively investigate and prosecute people that hire them - IF they didn't know our economy needs the labor force, and IF they didn't love cheap labor. It's all smoke and mirrors
It's not that simple. An open border is still a problem regarding smuggling. Best we close and enforce our borders. Then step 2 we fix and expand legal immigration and migration.
Dan has been on fire since before the election with modest, insightful takes. Keep it coming!
As always, AOC bringing the heat. She’s the bright future of the Dems IMO.
Agreed
I hope so, but after decades of watching democrats… don’t hold your breath that they will do anything wise
The AOC will be a beast she said bring it on she ready 🙏🏽🇺🇸💙👊👍🤗
@@jacobcastle5925 sigh so true, the dem party never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity. But she’s feisty and I don’t think anyone can keep her down! We got you AOC!
Actually it may end up in this:
The men asks for transwomen to use the womens bathroom in the Congress.
They may realise that they dont like powder in the zink, large amounts of perfume sprayed around or who knows what a woman mightdo in a toilet.😂
Bathrooms, seriously? She handled this gracefully, while also reminding EVERYONE she’s not there for herself. She’s there to represent her constituents. Period.
I cannot believe people are so self righteous that they criticize Sarah Mcbride for not fighting back. The only ones who should be criticized are intolerant Republicans! She has no obligation to fight fights that someone else wants to fight. Her courage to openly work in congress as a transgender person to fight for certain issues has my deepest respect and is a fight for transgender rights in itself.
Well said
I’d also like to see some dems and perhaps even a Republican or two with a spine to speak in support of Sarah McBride. I totally agree, she should not have to make this her fight when she’s just trying to exist.
Sarah McBride: class act
Nancy Mace: classless
The bathroom issue is a side show to keep our eyes off the main show under the tent: sex offenders trying to be passed through the senate.
MHM Sure and you guys could not resolve this issue.
@@LinardsZwho are you guys and what’s your idea?
Exactly. McBride's response literally took all the oxygen out of Mace's attempt. The fact that there are so many extremely urgent problems that need to be addressed and people get stuck in a contrived outrage about someone using a toilet.....again. They seem obsessed with toilets. It is so bizarre that someone in a position like Mace would want to so publicly crawl into the sewer when she could become famous for finding solutions to so many more urgent and pressing issues for so many millions of people. It is apparently corruption that would make even a dictator blush.
It’s only a sideshow if you’re not the one with a dude in your bathroom.
@@floridamanrides863 why are you more worried about hypothetical sexual misconduct, then actual sexual misconduct?
As a trans woman myself, I’d say Sarah Mcbride is doing more for trans people and than any of those activists. By being a person who is trusted by the state of Delaware! She is a human first, a woman second and everything else last. Trans people are typical people and the country needs to see that.
Agreed. She is handling all of this with class.
She wouldn't have been able to make it without the work of "those activists".
@@yessum15 She won because she has been an incredibly impressive figure in her state for many years and has a record of fighting for her constituents in Delaware, not because she's trans, and not because of trans activism.
Sarah McBride f&cking won on this one. She hit the ball right out of the park and stuffed right back up those sadistic GOPers who want to perpetuate the deceit that trans people are anything other than human. She has shown who the real humans are and where the real humanity lays.
Amen.
I hope the followers of these vile attacks one day pay attention to how disgusting it is…and count how many children are fed, how many families are housed, how many people get care they need and deserve, when they spend their taxpayer-funded time banning ONE HUMAN BEING from a bathroom.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. 👏🏻 🏳️⚧️
She won as much as Harris won the presidential election.
You and other pathetic Dems will sit in your coffee houses, telling each other she and you won, while across the country congress has just given the green light to discriminate against all trans people and the Dems response is “we won!”
FFS.
Who in the hell walks into a bathroom and starts evaluating all the people in there. I promise you that you have gone to the bathroom with a transgender and didn’t even know it. Be careful mtg someone is going to want proof about you. 😂
"Who in the hell walks into a bathroom and starts evaluating all the people in there"? Someone that has bad intentions might. Women have the right to have female only spaces.
I studiously ignore everyone aside from the bare minimum necessary not to walk into anyone.
@yumapigfarmer in theory yes. But when MTG threatens to assault McBride unsolicited if she tried to use a woman's restroom, I don't think it's the biological females that feel threatened in this scenario.
@@yumapigfarmer In answer to your question, Trump is your 'who the hell' walks into female only spaces to evaluate the teenage contestants in his beauty pageants.
How many times will Nancy Mace even be in the bathroom at the same time Sarah McBride over the next four years? I imagine there is more than one women's bathroom in their workplace. If she saw Sarah going into a bathroom, she could just wait until she came out, if she is as mortified as she is claiming. Let's be generous and say that she might unwittingly find herself in the same bathroom, at the same time as Sarah McBride, one time over the next four years. If Mace is incapable of feeling uncomfortable once every four years, she should not be in government, she should be in a rubber room.
The inhumanity and bigotry of these people is suffocating. I'm so grateful for your voice of reason and humanity! It's almost unbearable to listen to the news right now, normalizing fascism and cruelty.
Why not discuss Maine’s voter approved limit on PAC contributions. I think this is a way forward.
Get rid of Citizens United which this Supreme Court pushed through. Take money out of politics!!
I guess I’ll focus on Maine when they vote out the fink that is Susan Collins.
Pam Bondi also apparently adopted a dog after Hurricane Katrina and when the family found the dog and wanted it back she refused, accused them of neglect and then they were forced to sue her to get their dog back. The case went on for over a year.
That says a lot about her character to me.
In other words, she is a Republican. Being a douchebag is fundamental.
I loved that Sarah McBride ran on making things better for the middle class. I voted for her, and I had no idea she was trans. I love that she just wants to get things done for everyone.
Sarah McBride is there for one reason, to represent her constituents. Any chatter or debate about her gender is a distraction away from the reason why she is there. If she was to make a big deal about the GOP's distraction, she would be falling into their trap. Sarah McBride is so intelligent, she is making the GOP look as petty as they are, especially Nancy Mace! I applaud Sarah McBride for her ethics and courage!
Are we back in 1961, when black women could not use a white restroom, as in the film Hidden Figures, where exceptional minds that advanced us in our country, have we not learned anything, it's only a restroom, and realize women's facilities have individual stalls! We have much bigger concerns right now!
Exactly!!!!??
No because the women in Hidden Figures did not have a Penis. He is a man because he has no uterus to give birth which is the essence of a woman and why we are all here
Color isn’t a choice, playing girl is.
Some are still concerned with men being in women spaces. Those ppl voted Trump.
The irony is the GOP is the supposed “don’t tread on me” party and all they do is stomp all over others.
Glad to see Sarah taking the high road on this bathroom thing. Psycho Donnie and his accomplices thrive on as much chaos and conflict as possible. Don't give 'em the satisfaction, keep focusing on their disastrous cabinet picks.
Bathroom talk: DISTRACTION.
it’s gonna be a long four years… make your corner of the world a little better
The people not interviewed? The millions of Biden voters who chose to not vote. They made a difference. The difference, imo. I see noöne investigating that, yet.
Also missing... most of the increase in inflation occurred preIRA yet most people blamed inflation on Biden-Harris, not Tfg.
I think the post-mortem on the election is still happening. I hope the Dem leaders will take a hard look. Lying to ourselves is not helpful. Yes, sexism, and racism was a part of it, but there was more going on. Men in general felt that the Democratic party was no longer wanting their vote. We need to figure out why, instead of ceding men to the GOP.
I heard that Haitian immigrants are fleeing Springfield, Ohio. Is this impacting businesses there? Someone should be talking about this.
Can't blame them. They are afraid for their safety especially when they were confronted with men marching through the streets waving swastika on flags!🥴
I believe Donnie said he'll get rid of all the immigrants, starting with the Springfield Haitians. After he was initially challenged on the "eating the dogs" BS, he doubled down with that promise. So yeah, I'm sure they *are* fleeing.
It’s been in the news a lot - just depends on where you get your news, but I’ve seen it in a ton of major sites.
I live in Nancy Mace's district. I'm very upset she was reelected but the democrats didn't put up a fight. I didn't even know she or a contender were on the ballot until I built mine on vote save america. Joe Cunningham was great and I live in a light red/purple district. Nancy Mace is an embarrassment. Dems! Please put in a real effort in South Carolina!
I agree Sarah McBride couldn’t do much else and I respect her and give her a ton of credit. But the entire Democratic caucus needs to be fighting for her and standing with her, and I’m not seeing that. The entire party needs to be on offense and take AOC’s messaging.
I agree with you, but the democrats are sadly feckless cowards who refuse to understand the basics of where their political power comes from.
Agreed.
No. They need to play smart, which is what they’re doing. The voters voted for Sarah. She doesn’t have anything to prove. The voters already trust her. Creating outrage is exactly what the other side wants.
@@imalwaysright stop trying to play 4d chess and just do what is right. It is shameful what Congress is doing here and if the Dems had a spine they would fight against it. This just sends another signal to the base that there is no one they are not willing to sacrifice. And people wonder why they can’t turnout the vote.
They are doing exactly the right thing. When Sarah gets interviewed on this after she is seated, and she will, she can say the truth: that the folks that have been wrong are a minority of Republicans. She can say all the Democrats and most Republicans have been great to her, and that she hopes eventually everyone will. That is how to win
Tulsi needs to go too!!!
All none of them no good 👍
There’s no issue here. Members of congress have private bathrooms and there are gender neutral bathrooms throughout the building. Everyone is being sanctimonious and self righteous and it’s silly.
But how many of those are gender-neutral bathrooms? How far in advance will Sarah have to scope out a bathroom so she can make sure to have a place of her own to pee. This is ridiculous when women's bathrooms are already sectioned off into closed stalls.
Who and how will this be checked? Seriously.
Respect the heck out of Sarah.
I lost 20 people ( family, friends, former co-workers) in the 12- months from spring 2020-2021. COVID deaths all but one. All were voting age. 50-98. All were voters. We are still reeling from the pandemic in ways we are still grappling with.
Begging everyone - even well meaning people! - to stop saying underage women. They are underage girls. Children.
I think I remember Pam Bondi while Attorney General or some DA investigating donold and accepting a campaign contribution for her campaign from him and -voila! the investigation dropped
Yep. $25,000 for a dropped Trump University case.
That was an investigation into Trump University and then he donated to her campaign and she stopped the investigation. Wow if that isn't bribery I don't know what is!!
Echoing what Dan said. “The Republican Party is made by rich people for rich people”, needs to be the guiding message for all Democrats running in 2026, and we need to start messaging now.
His coalition is almost identical to Boris Johnson’s in 2019, if not more fragile & that one completely collapsed. People are impatient for positive change these days & I expect Trump’s coalition to break apart pretty easily
As do I,they will sink their own ship.
I really love you guys for many reasons but also for always injecting humor. Thank you!
Sarah McBride's commonsense and maturity in the face of such course immaturity is amazing. She's one of our teachers in life. America needs to encourage wisdom in the national conversation.
Sarah McBride gets to pick her own battles. Nobody gets to tell her where she should put her attention.
I want one republican....ANY republican to explain why trump as president is ok but Gaetz as AG is not. I know the answer to both questions. "It's not ok and it never should be ok". But do they know the answer?
They know but Trump has co-opted a large number of people who will use violence to prove their point even though they know nothing about our government or how they voted against their own interests!
I'd love to hear this answer as well.
And obviously her constituents saw something positive in her enough to send her to represent them
Great point about branding the R Party as extreme, Dan. 100% agree.
Expectations for her are going to be 10 times higher than anybody else, she’s going to be constantly under a microscope and any misstep or emotional response will be seized upon. This is what every Black person experiences daily. Like everyone else….i look for blacks to make a mistake out of habit. They never get a pass, even when they’re doing the same exact thing as everyone else. And I’m not even racist.
I’m glad she won to help us all be better people.
Much success. ❤
They did vote for this though, let’s stop sugarcoating it. The American people voted for the coming sh!tshow.
Wait until they realize that they were duped and voted against their own interests.😊
Not that many people voted for it though. The Mango Menace got less than 50% of the vote, his total was only higher than his 2020 total by 1% more than population growth. There was no 'rightward shift', Harris lost because 7 Million Biden voters stayed home.
in their idiocy yes
Less than 50% who voted, which was only 60% of eligible voters, voted for the shitshow. Gotta remember that the lack of voter turnout is why he won, as Trump didn’t get any more votes than he did last time, and the non-voters need to be called out because they, not just the Trump voters, are responsible.
I hope the Trump voters get everything they voted for.
I keep thinking about the bathroom scene in the movie Hidden Figures. Where are the brave Congressmen and Congresswomen who could demand Sarah’s rights. This is not her fight to fight alone against the evil of bigotry. Sniveling Mike Johnson is deplorable.
GAETZ should be in prison.
Great show guys. Enjoyed your interview with Congresswoman Gluesenkamp Perez! You go girl!
I thought her response to Nancy Mace was perfect. It's never wrong to say you are planning to work for your constituents. I am so pleased to see a trans woman elected and am hoping she can begin to normalize being Trans. The bathroom decision by Johnson is disgusting but not surprising. It's a fight for another day. Mace has no redeeming qualities as a human being. Period.
She is doing the exact right thing by not making the bathroom a huge deal. One it takes all the power away from the mean spirit and fight that they clearly wanted. And 2 it shows that she is their to be in Congress to fight for all people. Republicans were successful in making this election all about identy politics. What crushes is that is having a Democratic Party that is accepting of all people. Just because she is Trans doesn't mean that is all she is. I absolutely loved her response because it made that lunatic who put forth the proposal about the bathroom as just kind of sad and mean spirited. That's how we win back control by showing we are the party of all people not like Republicans who want to just find the differences in us.
There is safety in numbers...I believe the number of Republicans who resist will grow
2:50 "we have know about Gaetz paying a minor for sex for months now", ummm where have you been, I heard about this YEARS ago, and I am on the other side of the world.
Exactly,thank you. Apparently the people who run investigations in this country are horrible at their jobs.
What takes so damn long?
Pam Bondi was the plan all along. Keep up.
I’m proud of AOC.
Blue state WA here, we all know how I voted.
I’ve shut down rah rah from the right by simply stating:
Folks making $360k and below a year are picking up the tab for all the right wing shananagans ,
by way of increased taxes and decreased benefits while the rich will status quo tax cuts . This seems to strike a deep nerve and inspire push back.
Once I am able to explain the play book of the red they quiet down. I tell them the richy rich meant its about to get rough for you too,
I loooooooooooooved AOC’s response!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Voting for corruption to end corruption. Please explain.
Sarah McBride is doing this the right way, imo. If SHE doesn't make it an issue, it dies in the news cycle and takes away the voices of those that are trying to make it an issue. Absolute class and intellect! Show them how to make it about "the people" instead of yourself.
I think one of the biggest mistakes we made was making the issue so much about anti-Trump (the person) instead of anti-Trump POLICIES. Voters got sick of hearing about Trump, and Trump's gaffs, and Trump's delusions, and Trump's cognitive decline, and Trump Trump Trump. Voters NEEDED to hear what Trump was going to DO, and who he was going to get to do it. Now they are getting the real story about HOW and WHO, and some are second-guessing their vote. Too late now.
Another fantastic episode of Pod Save America!👏 Jon and Dan do an excellent job breaking down the issues. I love the depth and clarity you bring to these complex issues! Keep up the great work!
I completely agree with you about Rep. McBride's response. I feel like the republicans almost wanted a response from her. That's what bullies do.
Hi to Sarah whom I voted for as a proud Delawarean!
Great show. Thank you.
Sugar momma and First Lady Elonia Musk really is showing us why billionaires are actually the problem with this country.
Elon basically bought the country with guidance from Putin. And Trump thinks all his attention and money Elon put behind Trump was because he really likes him!😂
some
I want what AOC said on a shirt.
Trump’s new AG pick didn’t pursue lawsuit against Trump University - after he donated $25k to her campaign🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
Matt Gaetz should be going to Jail.
Yeah thats never going to happen, Trump will pardon him first. It wouldn't surprise me if they had both attended the same parties
Why don't people understand that politics affects all humans worldwide??
Desi Lydic brilliantly exposes Mace's narcissistic hypocrisy. What this world needs is more Lydic
I love AOC! Great response!
As usual, you two are brilliant! You deliver news & badly needed updated polling results. Luckily for us, your followers, you also deliver thoughtful & balanced opinions. Now I'm about to post a statement that is both true & regretable:
AMERICA WILL NEVER VOTE FOR A WOMAN TO BE PRESIDENT.
I take no pleasure in making that statement. My best friend (a professional educator with 23 years under her belt) is the person who 1st told me that. We argued. I didn't want to believe her but alas, here is where we are now & in the foreseeable future.
There's no way he stepped out without Trump forcing him, if he still had Trumps backing he would've fought it out.
I for one, as a trump hater, applaud trump mightly on this one...
He, in his own way, got rid of matt faster than anyone else could.
Convince him to step away from congress to be AG, pull the AG from him, gaetz is never getting back in congress...
He will disappear, trump just outed gaetz in a week flat
🫡🫡🫡
Love these guys!!
Thank you Pod guys! My favorite information guys!
This is where I get my news! Thanks guys!
I hope you are getting your news from a variety of sources, not just a podcast. The Guardian, ProPublica, The Grist, BBC, Al Jazeera, AP News, The Age, and so many others are worth regularly perusing because each platform picks and chooses what they want to highlight and offer different perspectives. This is one great source for analysis, but shouldn’t be anyone's exclusive source (nor should one site be for anyone).
Investigate Bondi now please!!!!
Trump will give Gaetz a recess appointment or maybe Musk will provide a cushy high income no work job...he will be rewarded generously.
Nah he’s not worth it anymore
Who cares? Gaetz was born rich and awful and no one in this comments section is gonna make him any less of either of those. Let's just let him peace out to his reward.
I doubt that severely - Musk only respects serious intelligence and hard work and doesn't like lawyers that much. He's a ruthless employer and not fun to work for and Gaetz has zero useful skills for an engineering firm. He doesn't even have legal experience to speak of.
He’ll be on Fox by next week.
Now let's pressure the rest of the nominated sexual assaulters to step down!
Wow loved Marie Gluesenkamp Perez! 'Sounds like a politician' these days essentially means 'Uses phrases mapped to datapoints to win'. Instead, Listen to people answer real questions rather than check boxes of clichés. Then, use language to express how you agree with us and how you plan on getting us there. Don't use it like some kind of desperate semaphore to induce a feeling and activate the votes attached to your datapoints. Especially not if you want to win in 'bad headwinds'.
Hahaha “Mitch McConnell, welcome to the resistance “
AOC is the bomb
In the sense of being a danger that her party has to tiptoe around. McBride had the more strategic response. AOC is undercutting it.
her and Jasmine Crockett are freaking awesome
AOC is such a good speaker. Republican men don’t like her because she doesn’t take shit from them.
@@hf5486you mean racist? Sure
@@morganmiller376 yeah whatever
It seems like Ms Perez kept trying to tell him that her race wasn't about national politics and it just went straight over Jon's head. He kept asking her about national stuff and just didn't seem to get it.
VERY EASY! GET THE MONEY OUT OF ELECTIONS. We will never have a true representative government as long as votes are not the only currency and lobbies run the show.
Take the monetary incentive out of being a member of congress and more congress people will be there for better reasons.
Can't argue with that
I love y'all and AOC. Thank you! McBride is smart!
Listening to the survey questions and they are so misleading. Biden’s economic policies are not failed policies. Why aren’t we talking about that?
21:30 McBride could change Mike Johnson's mind, all she has to do is now use the same bathroom as him, everytime he goes, she goes... If she does that, I am willing to bet that rule gets changed back.
I doubt if Johnson uses any bathroom besides his own in his office.
On a serious note, what are the policy ramifications of personal privacy ? The government should be able to know your name, your age, your address maybe, your voter status, your ID#. What else do they need to know ?
I have never heard of the expression "goat rodeo." Learn something new every day on the Pod!
I spit out my coffee at goat rodeo.
Have to respectfully disagree with John. This IS the government the majority of Americans voted for. Yes, they want a government to help with costs of living, but they also knowingly voted for a strong man narcissist who openly touts his authoritarian principles.
abd that is totally disgusting.for the next 4 years as a canadian if there is any ocSsion where america asks us to trust them my response is HELL NO
I received an email from Thom Tillis this morning saying he will be voting to confirm all of Trump's nominees. So there goes that.
Can you email or call his office to say not to?
Love this woman 🔥
That was funny John… (Welcome to the Resistance) referring to Mitch McConnell. 😆
I do think this is a ‘be careful what you wish for’ situation
Also can we please let this give us the opportunity to blast highlight how Trump would go into women’s dressing rooms unannounced at his pageants?!? Let’s make them regret this.
If they want the economy to be back where it was the first time, then Obama needs to come back for a bit...
Release the reports. Prove MTG correct
Love Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.
trump wants birds of a feather for his cabinet.
He also wants leverage so he can get what he wants.
Very interesting interview. After taking a very bad loss it's always a good idea to talk to the people who won, and then really listen to them.
Remember folks, the cruelty is the point. That's where we are and I'm not sure how we change it. And when I'm subjected to cruelty I want to be cruel. Kudos to Sarah for her response to Mace.
Its got to be bad if even Hardcore GOP'er Mitch McConnell is saying hell no.