with all of this new data in the Times and get your reaction to this analysis that shows your party

hemorrhaging voters from several different demographics.

Well, good morning. Thanks for having me. I think it's certainly something you can't ignore. I think for

some time now, people in the party have ignored the trends.

I thought the article did a great job of identifying the problem, and you have to acknowledge the problem before you can begin to address it.

I know that what I'm doing here back in Rochester is really trying to organize people, trying to get them to knock on doors and visit with community, and talk to people and really engage in conversation about what voters have expectations around, what things they're concerned about. Sometimes, you know, we become convinced that the things we care about is what

everyone cares about. And sometimes that's not the case. So we really have to do a much better

job in a very granular way, in a literally door-by-door way. And we're organizing here in Rochester.

I've literally spent every waking moment meeting with groups in the community, people with all political

persuasions and stripes, to talk to them, engage with them in what they see happening.

And there are real concerns about authoritarianism, but they're equally concerns about, you know,

am I going to have health care?

Am I going to be able to feed my family to the price of goods too high?

And those are the things that I think we need to address. The Democrats have to go where we do

have the numbers. And keep in mind how bad this is in terms of denying people representation.

I mean, this is all about busting up black congressional districts. Let's just put it out there. They're trying to do it in

Missouri to a Congressman Cleaver, who is former mayor of Kansas City, beloved in Kansas City,

as represented in Kansas City ably, and with a lot of popularity for years, they're going to try to

take away his seat in Missouri. So we'd be down to, with two

major metropolitan areas, we'd be down to one black congressman in the whole state of Missouri. And

that's what they're doing in Texas. They'll be down to two black congressmen or women in the state

of Texas. And one district goes 500 miles. Now, I was a state representative. I can assure you, you cannot represent folks

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