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House Democrats’ Long-Shot Plan to Dodge Disaster

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

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🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

All signs point to rough congressional elections next year. What are House Democrats doing to hold their majority?

Guest: Rep. Sean Maloney (D-N.Y.), chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

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Can you hear me, Congressman? Yes, I can hear you. Oh, hey, how you doing? Good, how are you?

1:11.0

I called up Congressman Sean Maloney, because I wanted him to give it to me straight

1:16.1

about the 2022 midterms. Maloney represents New York, when he's in the capital. But he's

1:22.1

also got a side hustle. He's the chair of the D-Triple C. That's shorthand for the Democratic

1:27.5

Congressional Campaign Committee. So while you and I might worry about the midterms

1:32.7

on an amateur basis, Congressman Maloney, he is a pro. I hate to disappoint you. It's

1:39.8

not like Michael J. Fox in an episode of the American President. But we are focused like

1:46.4

a laser beam on having the right record to run on. And I think that because it's an ambitious

1:53.7

and important agenda and it's taken some time to get it across the finish line, we're

1:59.9

paying a bit of a price in the messaging war. I mean, earlier this year, I know that

2:03.9

you went into this closed room meeting with some of your Democratic colleagues. There's

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