Welcome to Democracy-ish. I am Danielle Moody.

And I'm Wajat Ali, about to buy a tan suit.

Yes.

Waj, welcome back, first of all.

You were away last week. I missed you but our our friend and fellow

nerd adventure gentob uh filled in but boy is this a week is this a week it is dnc week um i am in chicago

it is wild um waj, you know, for years, you and I have been talking about the fact that Democrats bring a legal pad to a gunfight. What do you make of where we are now four weeks in to the seismic shift?

You're very kind. I always said they brought an eraser to a gunfight and they erase themselves.

And then they apologize to Republicans. Now they've brought brass knuckles and the earrings.

They haven't even taken off the earrings. They got the hoops on.

They've kept their heels on. And they're wearing a tan suit. And they're going up to the

Republicans with a smile on their face and punching them right in the mouth. And not just

punching them on the mouth. They're going to the top rope like macho man Randy Savage and jumping

off with a flying elbow, all with a smile on their face as the

crowd is going wild, as little John is there hyping them up. This is the type of energy and fight.

See, you know, I know people are talking about joyful warriors, and we can we can talk about both.

Joyful because oftentimes Democrats, as we've

discussed, are terrified of their own shadow, which I've said is black, their base, and they run away

from it. Don't call us progressive. We're sorry. We're apologized that we want these popular policies.

Warriors conciliation. Let's reach out across the aisle. Maybe we'll

win over Chet, who's wearing a magnet and is still undecided in the Rust Belt. And now they're like,

we don't care. We're going to come out and we're going to punch you in the mouth, punch you in

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