Congressman Pat Ryan (D-NY) Talks Trump, Taxes, and Turning Voters

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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For the first time on Find Out, we’re joined by a sitting member of Congress—Rep. Pat Ryan of New York’s 18th district. Pat breaks down how he held onto a district that went to Trump in 2024 by leaning into direct, local engagement—even in the reddest parts of his community. We also get into why he calls the Trump tax bill a “shit sandwich,” and what Democrats need to do better when it comes to actually connecting with voters. It’s a sharp, unfiltered look at what real political leadership can still look like.Follow us on Substack at findoutpodcast.substack.com Get Find Out Merch at findoutpodcast.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody and welcome back to the Find Out podcast.
0:04.0	And today is our first episode for Thursday.
0:08.0	And we have a very, very special guest.
0:11.0	Our first member of Congress is joining us today.
0:14.0	Congressman Pat Ryan from New York's 18th district.
0:18.0	I had to get that right because you were actually the 19th district before.
0:26.0	He's in his second term in Congress from the great state of New York. And we want to welcome the Congressman here to the Find out podcast. Congressman, it's great to have you here.
0:30.5	Thank you guys for having me on. I heard there's a Celtics fan in this group. Should we apologize?
0:36.8	Should we just go right there, right, directly?
0:38.7	I think there's two of us, right, Tim?
0:40.3	Yeah, that's me and Zach.
0:43.9	I was actually watching, what was that game five or six,
0:47.0	whatever that horrible one this weekend.
0:49.2	And I was thinking, oh, five is horrible if you're a Knicks fan.
0:51.8	Six was, six was, you know, much better.
0:54.2	Oh, yeah, it was six. It was six. So I, uh, yeah, I have to say congratulations, even though that pains me as a diehard, uh, you guys played well.
1:01.5	You guys played well. So we got a, I got to take it. there I fair no it's been since I watch you know now I have the the Reggie Miller like
1:16.2	trauma from my early days that I now that's like the next phase of this for us
1:22.6	nix fans is like how to deal with that so Well, congratulations. Well deserved.
1:28.4	Hopefully I won't have to say the same thing about the Yankees or the Mets or anybody
1:31.7	at the end of this year.
1:32.5	But anyways.
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