Can you hear me, Congressman?

Yes, I can hear you.

Oh, hey.

How you doing?

Good.

How are you?

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

the 2022 midterms.

Maloney represents New York when he's in the capital, but he's also got a side hustle.

He's the chair of the D-Triple C. That's shorthand for the Democratic Congressional Campaign

Committee.

So while you and I might worry about the midterms on an amateur basis, Congressman Maloney,

he is a pro.

I hate to disappoint you.

It's not like Michael J. Fox in an episode of the American President, but we are focused

like a laser beam on having the right record to run on.

And I think that because it's an ambitious and important agenda, and it's taken some

time to get it across the finish line, we're paying a bit of a price in the messaging

war.

I mean, earlier this year, I know that you went into this closed room meeting with some

of your Democratic colleagues, who's late July, and you're kind of dark.

Like you were like, if we had the midterms right now, we'd lose the house.

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