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The Warning with Steve Schmidt

How The Democratic Party Can Fight Back Against Trump | A Conversation with Congressmen Ro Khanna

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

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News, Government, Politics

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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After being handed a decisive loss in the presidential election, the Democratic party is looking for how to combat the incoming administration. Steve Schmidt sits down with Congressmen Ro Khanna to discuss the aftermath of losing to Trump and where the Democrats go from here. Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES

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0:00.0

This is the warning and live from the Cannon House Office building is Congressman Roe Kana, a bright light in a dim time. Welcome.

0:10.3

Thank you, Steve. I appreciate your voice out there. What is the mood amongst your fellow Democrats right now?

0:19.3

Well, it's one of introspection to see what we need to do in terms of connecting with rural

0:29.9

communities, with deindustrialized towns, factory towns, communities of color, working class

0:37.3

voters to build trust.

0:41.6

But it's also one of resolve, a sense that we can win back in 2026, win back in

0:51.3

28, stand up to the president when he engages in actions that are extreme

0:59.1

and betray the people who voted for him.

1:03.8

Do you feel like that there's a plan or a plan coming together inside the House

1:11.6

where there is a vision to be able to block,

1:18.6

to pick up a couple vulnerable Republican members,

1:22.6

to help you block Trump from doing his worst, including perhaps even voting to restrict funding

1:33.0

to some of Trump's more abusive policies. Has anybody sat down so far and with you in the room,

1:42.3

and I would hope you would be one of the people in the room,

1:45.6

and said, we're not going to talk about what happened in the election.

1:50.3

We're not going to talk about why we're sitting in the minority by two seats.

1:56.4

We're going to have a conversation about what the plan is going to be come to noon hour on January 20th

2:03.6

to be upfront in opposition to the abuses that we know are coming down the highway. Is that going on?

2:14.6

It is. I just was chatting with Jamie Raskin this morning in the House Democratic caucus, and he was

2:19.5

talking about how do we focus our attention on the most egregious abuses, and we're having

2:28.4

those conversations with the ranking members on our committees.

2:32.3

In fact, this morning we were electing ranking members

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