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Bulwark Takes

Elections Will Be Won on Prices! (w/ Greg Landsman)

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

Politics, News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Tim Miller sits down with Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH) to discuss his bold new plan to reframe the Democratic Party’s message: a “Pledge to America.” Inspired by Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” Landsman argues Democrats must stop running as simply the anti-Trump party and start addressing core issues head-on: a broken economy, unaffordable housing and healthcare, public safety, and education reform. He calls for new language that actually connects with voters, while also embracing culture and authenticity. The conversation also touches on the Ohio Senate race, “Dark Gavin” Newsom’s tactics, and whether Democrats can finally reclaim trust with ordinary Americans.

Check out Landsman’s “Pledge to America” article here

Transcript

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0:00.0

Building a coffee business?

0:01.9

Serving the best Americano in town is up to you.

0:04.1

But winning back time and growing your business, leave that to sum up. Take orders and payments anywhere with the new SumUp terminal. Turn occasional customers into regulars with a free loyalty program. And with the SumUp point of sale system, you'll always know when you're running low on your best selling blends. Visit sumup.com.com. To learn more. Hey, yall, Tim Miller from the bulwark here with my buddy Congressman Greg Lansman from Ohio. Um, uh, he has a new pledge to America. He has a new pledge to him. Let's just get a great name. It's really, you get name is everything. We're workshopping the name. We're workshopping the name. He has been pledged.

0:37.8

What were the other ideas in the brainstorm?

0:40.7

So, you know, it started with in the 1990s with the contract for America when New Kingings,

0:46.8

like Republicans found themselves in a similar mess in the 90s, right?

0:51.7

And they put out a new governing document, which isn't the right language either,

0:57.1

but they said, look, we will fix this. Like, you know, it feels like everything is broken. If you put

1:02.9

us in charge, we will balance the budget. You know, we will keep you safe. We'll fix the economy.

1:08.6

And he called it the contract for America. And they won,

1:12.7

you know, 60, 70 seats. I mean, it was an insane election year in 1994 for them. And so I think

1:18.8

Democrats have to have something forward-looking that says, look, this is a mess. It's pure chaos.

1:25.8

There's a level of corruption none of us have seen.

1:29.1

There's a meanness in politics that none of us like.

1:32.6

But the economy needs to be fixed.

1:34.7

People need to be kept safe.

1:36.6

We need to fix the government.

1:37.8

There's just a whole bunch of things that need to be fixed.

1:39.9

Here are our 10 bills.

1:41.8

And it gives people something to hold on to, uh, and believe in and

1:47.1

work on in addition to just being against Trump, which I think Democrats and Americans in

1:53.0

general desperately need. What I like about this at first is, uh, you know, it's the alcoholics

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