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The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Are Gen-Z Voters Self-Interested? Or Is That A Misconception?

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt

News, Politics, Government

4.8784 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Are Gen-Z voters only motivated by their own interest? Steve Schmidt poses the question to Kaivan Shroff, the Press Secretary for Dream for America. The organization recently endorsed President Biden in the 2024 rematch against Trump. But Shroff argues that there are misconceptions about young voters at the ballot box and that older voters have self-interests driving them to the polls as well. ** Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/

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0:00.0

Do you worry about the debt at all as a young person?

0:06.0

Let's focus on getting the economy better, right?

0:08.0

Isn't that the best thing to do?

0:10.0

Like, why wouldn't we build on the economic success we're enjoying right now under Joe Biden's

0:14.0

policies and leadership instead of stabbing ourselves in the foot and going back to Trump,

0:19.0

you know, the best thing to pay off the debt, let's have a

0:21.6

great economy. Let's invest in America, right? Let's succeed. That's step number one, I would think.

0:26.7

Kavanaugh is the press secretary of Dream for America. And that organization is lucky to have him.

0:35.8

He is smart, articulate, dedicated, and filled with conviction about being

0:43.9

involved in politics, about fighting to make America a better place. That's why I was so happy

0:52.4

that he was able to come on the warning podcast.

0:56.7

I learned a lot from listening to him, and I hope you'll listen to the conversation in its entirety.

1:06.0

But I wanted to talk more directly about a couple of issues that came up during the interview.

1:13.6

When I have these conversations, the point of them is not for me to challenge,

1:20.6

not for me to assert my views over the guests.

1:24.6

It's to listen.

1:26.6

It's to provoke. It's to incite sometimes, but not to get

1:32.6

into a debate. I offer my opinion on the podcasts, on the commentaries, on a frequent

1:41.6

enough basis that everybody knows where I'm coming from.

1:46.0

There's an issue in American life, in our politics, that is extremely important,

1:56.0

that has always been understood to be important.

2:01.6

And every president, regardless of party,

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