What Democrats Must Do. With Rep. Mark Pocan
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 28 January 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Trump's back in and tearing up the Constitution, the Federal Government and the World Order. What can elected Democrats do? In this pod, Bill talks with Congressman Mark Pocan of Wisconsin. He is a a long-time advocate for progressive policies. He was sworn in as the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s second congressional district in 2013. A small business owner, union member, Rep. Pocan fights for policies that promote economic and social justice. In the current Congress, he serves on the House Appropriations Committee where he sits on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee; and the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. He is Chair of the Equality Caucus, Co-Chair of the Labor Caucus, and Chair Emeritus of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, good friends. |
| 0:07.9 | Here we are with the latest edition of the Bill Press Pod. |
| 0:11.1 | Welcome back. |
| 0:12.7 | And it's our pleasure today to welcome back your good friend of the podcast, Representative |
| 0:17.5 | Mark Pocan from the great state of Wisconsin, a member and former co-chair of the House |
| 0:22.8 | Progressive Caucus. With Republicans in control of the White House, the Senate, and narrowly the |
| 0:29.3 | House, the next two years presents a real challenge to Democrats, not only how to block some of |
| 0:36.1 | Trump's most extreme policies, but also how to make |
| 0:39.7 | any mark of their own, and most importantly, how to regroup and rebuild the Democratic Party |
| 0:46.1 | nationwide in order to regain control of Congress in the midterm elections of 2026. So how do Democrats respond to the flood of bad legislation |
| 0:57.7 | coming from the Trump White House? And what can Democrats do? What do they have to do to win again? |
| 1:05.7 | Good questions to start today's conversation with Congressman Pocan. Congressman Pocan, welcome back to the Bill Press pod. |
| 1:13.3 | It's good to talk to you again. |
| 1:14.6 | Hey, it's good to talk to you, Bill. |
| 1:16.7 | So I hate to kind of start with this quote, but certainly Donald Trump is practicing what Steve |
| 1:24.7 | Bannon said should be the rule with a new administration, which is, quote, |
| 1:29.3 | flood the zone with shit. |
| 1:33.3 | They're certainly flooding us with shit, Congressman. |
| 1:35.7 | Before we get to how Democrats can respond, I have to ask you about some of the things that Trump has done in the last few days. |
| 1:43.4 | Let's start with firing |
| 1:45.7 | a whole mess of 15 or so, inspectors general. I didn't think a president could do this, |
| 1:52.3 | Congressman. What's your reaction? No, I mean, there's a process. It's something that he |
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