Energizing Independent Politics

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🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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David Jolly, former member of Congress and current NBC/MSNBC analyst, joins Andrew to discuss modern tribalism and changing political incentives. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/blAb5ftVRW4 Follow David Jolly: https://twitter.com/DavidJollyFL | https://davidjolly.com Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think tone is important in the independent movement.
0:02.6	You have a lot of people who are just angry and they're always going to be angry and
0:06.0	they're going to beat up on the parties.
0:08.2	I don't know that that helps us a lot because the reality is candidates today in incumbents
0:13.7	are responding to the incentive structure that lets them keep their job.
0:17.2	And we all do that in every walk of life.
0:19.2	If you're a street sweeper or a doctor, you do the things that let you keep your job
0:23.0	and get ahead.
0:24.0	And so we can beat up incumbent Republicans and Democrats for their behavior, but it's
0:28.8	not going to change anything because they're acting rationally within the system.
0:34.0	If we can change the system, we will change their behavior.
0:37.7	And that's where the independent space is contributing so much to the politics of the
0:42.1	country.
1:04.7	It is my pleasure and privilege to welcome to forward one of the biggest leaders for
1:09.8	independent politics in the country.
1:12.9	You might know him from NBC and MSNBC where he's an analyst.
1:17.5	Former member of Congress out of the state of Florida, David Jolly.
1:21.0	Welcome David.
1:22.0	Andrew, it's great to finally be with you on your podcast.
1:24.6	Congrats on this, by the way.
1:26.0	Oh, thanks brother.
1:27.1	So you and I got to know each other when you were heading something called the Serve
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