WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.168 NEWS, NBC NEWS, I’M TOM GOMEZ, AND THAT’S WHAT WE DO EVERY 00:00:01.202 --> 00:00:04.661 AND THAT’S WHAT WE DO EVERY NIGHT. 00:00:04.672 --> 00:00:06.673 NIGHT. >> WELCOME BACK. AS DEMOCRATS 00:00:06.707 --> 00:00:08.264 >> WELCOME BACK. AS DEMOCRATS DEBATE ALL ASPECTS OF THE 00:00:08.275 --> 00:00:09.499 DEBATE ALL ASPECTS OF THE PARTY’S STRATEGY AND MESSAGING 00:00:09.510 --> 00:00:11.544 PARTY’S STRATEGY AND MESSAGING AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR’S MIDTERMS, 00:00:11.545 --> 00:00:13.403 AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR’S MIDTERMS, ONE VETERAN OPERATIVE WITH DEEP 00:00:13.414 --> 00:00:15.482 ONE VETERAN OPERATIVE WITH DEEP TIES TO THE PARTY IS CALLING 00:00:15.516 --> 00:00:17.240 TIES TO THE PARTY IS CALLING FOR A NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS. 00:00:17.251 --> 00:00:19.519 FOR A NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS. ADAM JENTLESON, WHO HAS WORKED 00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:21.211 ADAM JENTLESON, WHO HAS WORKED FOR EVERYONE FROM THE LATE 00:00:21.222 --> 00:00:22.389 FOR EVERYONE FROM THE LATE SENATOR HARRY REID TO JOHN 00:00:22.423 --> 00:00:23.780 SENATOR HARRY REID TO JOHN KERRY AND MOST RECENTLY SERVED 00:00:23.791 --> 00:00:25.125 KERRY AND MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS CHIEF OF STAFF TO 00:00:25.126 --> 00:00:26.226 AS CHIEF OF STAFF TO PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR JOHN 00:00:26.227 --> 00:00:28.395 PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN, HAS LAUNCHED A NEW 00:00:28.429 --> 00:00:30.220 FETTERMAN, HAS LAUNCHED A NEW GROUP. IT’S CALLED SEARCHLIGHT 00:00:30.231 --> 00:00:31.822 GROUP. IT’S CALLED SEARCHLIGHT INSTITUTE, AIMED AT REFOCUSING 00:00:31.833 --> 00:00:33.524 INSTITUTE, AIMED AT REFOCUSING DEMOCRATIC MESSAGING AND 00:00:33.535 --> 00:00:35.291 DEMOCRATIC MESSAGING AND STRAYING AWAY FROM MORE 00:00:35.302 --> 00:00:37.370 STRAYING AWAY FROM MORE PROGRESSIVE TALKING POINTS AND 00:00:37.372 --> 00:00:39.230 PROGRESSIVE TALKING POINTS AND ISSUES. AND JOINING ME NOW TO 00:00:39.241 --> 00:00:41.465 ISSUES. AND JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS THIS NEW GROUP IS ADAM 00:00:41.476 --> 00:00:43.577 DISCUSS THIS NEW GROUP IS ADAM JENTLESON, THE FOUNDER OF THAT 00:00:43.578 --> 00:00:45.436 JENTLESON, THE FOUNDER OF THAT GROUP. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ADAM, 00:00:45.447 --> 00:00:47.447 GROUP. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ADAM, FOR JOINING US. WE REALLY 00:00:47.448 --> 00:00:47.771 FOR JOINING US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 00:00:47.782 --> 00:00:48.348 APPRECIATE IT. >> ABSOLUTELY, KRISTEN. 00:00:48.349 --> 00:00:50.317 >> ABSOLUTELY, KRISTEN. >> IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE. 00:00:50.351 --> 00:00:52.352 >> IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE. >> WELL, IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU 00:00:52.353 --> 00:00:54.911 >> WELL, IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. ADAM. LET ME JUST START 00:00:54.922 --> 00:00:56.556 HERE. ADAM. LET ME JUST START WITH THE BIG QUESTION. WHY DID 00:00:56.558 --> 00:00:57.448 WITH THE BIG QUESTION. WHY DID YOU WANT TO START THIS GROUP? 00:00:57.459 --> 00:00:59.526 YOU WANT TO START THIS GROUP? WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S TIME FOR 00:00:59.561 --> 00:01:01.452 WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S TIME FOR A NEW PATH FORWARD? 00:01:01.463 --> 00:01:02.353 A NEW PATH FORWARD? >> THAT’S A. GREAT QUESTION. 00:01:02.364 --> 00:01:03.286 >> THAT’S A. GREAT QUESTION. >> AND YOU. 00:01:03.297 --> 00:01:04.364 >> AND YOU. >> KNOW, THE REASON. 00:01:04.365 --> 00:01:05.665 >> KNOW, THE REASON. >> IS THAT FOR TOO LONG. 00:01:05.667 --> 00:01:07.635 >> IS THAT FOR TOO LONG. >> DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN LOCKED 00:01:07.669 --> 00:01:10.528 >> DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN LOCKED INTO A CULTURE OF RIGIDITY AND 00:01:10.539 --> 00:01:10.761 INTO A CULTURE OF RIGIDITY AND ORTHODOXY. 00:01:10.772 --> 00:01:11.562 ORTHODOXY. >> THAT I. 00:01:11.573 --> 00:01:11.896 >> THAT I. >> THINK HAS. 00:01:11.907 --> 00:01:13.473 >> THINK HAS. >> BEEN VERY DAMAGING TO. THE 00:01:13.475 --> 00:01:14.699 >> BEEN VERY DAMAGING TO. THE PARTY. AND I THINK THE KEY 00:01:14.710 --> 00:01:16.867 PARTY. AND I THINK THE KEY THING HERE IS THAT WHAT WE AT 00:01:16.878 --> 00:01:17.668 THING HERE IS THAT WHAT WE AT SEARCHLIGHT ARE ADVOCATING FOR 00:01:17.679 --> 00:01:19.513 SEARCHLIGHT ARE ADVOCATING FOR IS NOT MOVING RIGHT, LEFT OR 00:01:19.514 --> 00:01:21.372 IS NOT MOVING RIGHT, LEFT OR CENTER. IT IS. TO HAVE A MIX OF 00:01:21.383 --> 00:01:22.583 CENTER. IT IS. TO HAVE A MIX OF POLICY POSITIONS THAT REFLECTS 00:01:22.584 --> 00:01:24.351 POLICY POSITIONS THAT REFLECTS THE TRUE COMPLEXITY OF THE 00:01:24.386 --> 00:01:26.587 THE TRUE COMPLEXITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND FOR ABOUT 00:01:26.588 --> 00:01:27.478 AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, YOU’VE HAD THE 00:01:27.489 --> 00:01:28.245 TEN YEARS, YOU’VE HAD THE GROWTH. 00:01:28.256 --> 00:01:29.590 GROWTH. >> OF THIS MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR 00:01:29.591 --> 00:01:31.358 >> OF THIS MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INFLUENCE INDUSTRY. WHOSE 00:01:31.393 --> 00:01:31.616 INFLUENCE INDUSTRY. WHOSE PRIMARY. 00:01:31.627 --> 00:01:32.626 PRIMARY. >> GOAL HAS BEEN TO KEEP 00:01:32.627 --> 00:01:33.217 >> GOAL HAS BEEN TO KEEP DEMOCRATS. 00:01:33.228 --> 00:01:34.385 DEMOCRATS. >> IN ADHERENCE. 00:01:34.396 --> 00:01:37.365 >> IN ADHERENCE. >> TO A VERY. RIGID LIBERAL, 00:01:37.399 --> 00:01:38.356 >> TO A VERY. RIGID LIBERAL, ORTHODOX VIEWS. 00:01:38.367 --> 00:01:39.466 ORTHODOX VIEWS. >> AND THAT IS WHY. 00:01:39.501 --> 00:01:40.858 >> AND THAT IS WHY. >> DEMOCRATS HAVE. 00:01:40.869 --> 00:01:41.326 >> DEMOCRATS HAVE. >> LOST THE ABILITY TO. 00:01:41.337 --> 00:01:42.636 >> LOST THE ABILITY TO. >> COMPETE IN. 00:01:42.637 --> 00:01:43.594 >> COMPETE IN. >> RED STATES AND PURPLE STATES 00:01:43.605 --> 00:01:44.295 >> RED STATES AND PURPLE STATES AND. 00:01:44.306 --> 00:01:45.373 AND. >> SWING STATES. WHEN I WAS 00:01:45.407 --> 00:01:45.630 >> SWING STATES. WHEN I WAS WORKING. 00:01:45.641 --> 00:01:47.374 WORKING. >> IN THE SENATE IN 2009. 00:01:47.409 --> 00:01:48.432 >> IN THE SENATE IN 2009. >> DEMOCRATS HAD. 00:01:48.443 --> 00:01:49.634 >> DEMOCRATS HAD. >> 60 SENATE SEATS. WE HAD BOTH 00:01:49.645 --> 00:01:51.235 >> 60 SENATE SEATS. WE HAD BOTH SENATE SEATS IN ARKANSAS, BOTH 00:01:51.246 --> 00:01:54.081 SENATE SEATS IN ARKANSAS, BOTH SENATE SEATS IN WEST VIRGINIA. 00:01:54.116 --> 00:01:54.872 SENATE SEATS IN WEST VIRGINIA. A SEAT IN STATES. 00:01:54.883 --> 00:01:55.249 A SEAT IN STATES. >> LIKE LOUISIANA. 00:01:55.250 --> 00:01:56.584 >> LIKE LOUISIANA. >> NEBRASKA AND INDIANA. AND 00:01:56.618 --> 00:01:58.542 >> NEBRASKA AND INDIANA. AND WE’VE LOST OUR. ABILITY TO 00:01:58.553 --> 00:01:59.286 WE’VE LOST OUR. ABILITY TO COMPETE IN THOSE STATES. 00:01:59.321 --> 00:02:00.778 COMPETE IN THOSE STATES. >> BECAUSE WE’VE BECOME. 00:02:00.789 --> 00:02:01.422 >> BECAUSE WE’VE BECOME. >> TOO RIGID AS A PARTY. 00:02:01.423 --> 00:02:03.691 >> TOO RIGID AS A PARTY. >> SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO 00:02:03.725 --> 00:02:05.382 >> SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS BREAK OPEN THAT CULTURE OF 00:02:05.393 --> 00:02:06.594 IS BREAK OPEN THAT CULTURE OF RIGIDITY AND GET DEMOCRATS TO 00:02:06.628 --> 00:02:08.152 RIGIDITY AND GET DEMOCRATS TO THINK BIG AND TO THINK 00:02:08.163 --> 00:02:08.429 THINK BIG AND TO THINK CREATIVELY. 00:02:08.430 --> 00:02:09.954 CREATIVELY. >> AND ACROSS IDEOLOGICAL 00:02:09.965 --> 00:02:11.365 >> AND ACROSS IDEOLOGICAL BOUNDARIES ONCE AGAIN. 00:02:11.366 --> 00:02:12.423 BOUNDARIES ONCE AGAIN. >> WELL, LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT 00:02:12.434 --> 00:02:14.502 >> WELL, LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS IN PRACTICAL TERMS 00:02:14.536 --> 00:02:16.460 THAT MEANS IN PRACTICAL TERMS BASED ON WHAT I’VE READ. AND I 00:02:16.471 --> 00:02:18.272 BASED ON WHAT I’VE READ. AND I WANT YOUR TAKE, PART OF WHAT 00:02:18.273 --> 00:02:20.231 WANT YOUR TAKE, PART OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS WE NEED TO 00:02:20.242 --> 00:02:24.669 YOU WERE SAYING IS WE NEED TO FOCUS LESS ON ISSUES LIKE LGBTQ 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:26.471 FOCUS LESS ON ISSUES LIKE LGBTQ RIGHTS, CLIMATE CHANGE. IS THAT 00:02:26.482 --> 00:02:28.440 RIGHTS, CLIMATE CHANGE. IS THAT ACCURATE? IS THAT AN ACCURATE 00:02:28.451 --> 00:02:30.384 ACCURATE? IS THAT AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF PART OF YOUR 00:02:30.386 --> 00:02:30.642 DESCRIPTION OF PART OF YOUR STRATEGY? 00:02:30.653 --> 00:02:31.520 STRATEGY? >> NOT EXACTLY, BECAUSE. 00:02:31.553 --> 00:02:33.444 >> NOT EXACTLY, BECAUSE. >> I THINK WHAT. WHAT WE WOULD 00:02:33.455 --> 00:02:33.711 >> I THINK WHAT. WHAT WE WOULD ADVOCATE. 00:02:33.722 --> 00:02:35.256 ADVOCATE. >> FOR IS FOR DEMOCRATS TO BE 00:02:35.257 --> 00:02:37.725 >> FOR IS FOR DEMOCRATS TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHERE THE AMERICAN. 00:02:37.760 --> 00:02:38.550 CLEAR ABOUT WHERE THE AMERICAN. >> PEOPLE STAND. AND WE DO 00:02:38.561 --> 00:02:39.717 >> PEOPLE STAND. AND WE DO BELIEVE. THAT LEADERSHIP. 00:02:39.728 --> 00:02:40.385 BELIEVE. THAT LEADERSHIP. >> IS IMPORTANT. WE ARE NOT 00:02:40.396 --> 00:02:41.396 >> IS IMPORTANT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO TELL. 00:02:41.397 --> 00:02:42.631 GOING TO TELL. >> DEMOCRATS TO ONLY TAKE 00:02:42.665 --> 00:02:44.589 >> DEMOCRATS TO ONLY TAKE POSITIONS THAT POLL. WELL OR 00:02:44.600 --> 00:02:44.990 POSITIONS THAT POLL. WELL OR ONLY TAKE POSITIONS. 00:02:45.001 --> 00:02:46.257 ONLY TAKE POSITIONS. >> THAT ARE. ALREADY POPULAR. 00:02:46.268 --> 00:02:46.691 >> THAT ARE. ALREADY POPULAR. WE THINK LEADERSHIP. 00:02:46.702 --> 00:02:47.559 WE THINK LEADERSHIP. >> IS IMPORTANT. 00:02:47.570 --> 00:02:49.895 >> IS IMPORTANT. >> AND SO WHAT WE THINK IS THAT 00:02:49.906 --> 00:02:50.338 >> AND SO WHAT WE THINK IS THAT DEMOCRATS BELIEVE. 00:02:50.372 --> 00:02:50.771 DEMOCRATS BELIEVE. >> VERY STRONGLY. 00:02:50.773 --> 00:02:52.464 >> VERY STRONGLY. >> THAT THEY WANT TO. 00:02:52.475 --> 00:02:54.633 >> THAT THEY WANT TO. >> LEAD OUT ON AN ISSUE SUCH AS 00:02:54.644 --> 00:02:55.376 >> LEAD OUT ON AN ISSUE SUCH AS TRANS RIGHTS OR CLIMATE CHANGE. 00:02:55.377 --> 00:02:56.577 TRANS RIGHTS OR CLIMATE CHANGE. >> THEY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY DO 00:02:56.579 --> 00:02:58.146 >> THEY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY DO THAT, AND WE WILL SUPPORT THEM 00:02:58.180 --> 00:02:58.479 THAT, AND WE WILL SUPPORT THEM IN DOING SO. 00:02:58.481 --> 00:02:59.404 IN DOING SO. >> BUT WHAT. 00:02:59.415 --> 00:03:01.449 >> BUT WHAT. >> WE WANT THEM TO KNOW IS 00:03:01.484 --> 00:03:02.341 >> WE WANT THEM TO KNOW IS WHERE THEY STAND WITH THE 00:03:02.352 --> 00:03:03.418 WHERE THEY STAND WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND FOR TOO 00:03:03.419 --> 00:03:05.353 AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND FOR TOO LONG, WE HAVE CREATED AN 00:03:05.388 --> 00:03:06.445 LONG, WE HAVE CREATED AN INFORMATION CULTURE THAT HAS 00:03:06.456 --> 00:03:07.479 INFORMATION CULTURE THAT HAS BASICALLY LIED TO DEMOCRATS 00:03:07.490 --> 00:03:07.813 BASICALLY LIED TO DEMOCRATS WITH NUMBERS. 00:03:07.824 --> 00:03:08.313 WITH NUMBERS. >> AND CAUSED. 00:03:08.324 --> 00:03:10.115 >> AND CAUSED. >> THEM TO BELIEVE THAT ALL OF 00:03:10.126 --> 00:03:11.126 >> THEM TO BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE ALREADY 00:03:11.127 --> 00:03:12.160 THESE ISSUES ARE ALREADY POPULAR WITH THE AMERICAN 00:03:12.194 --> 00:03:12.417 POPULAR WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 00:03:12.428 --> 00:03:14.286 PEOPLE. >> AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS WE 00:03:14.297 --> 00:03:15.430 >> AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS WE NEED TO SORT OF. 00:03:15.431 --> 00:03:16.264 NEED TO SORT OF. >> BRING SOME HYGIENE BACK TO 00:03:16.299 --> 00:03:17.422 >> BRING SOME HYGIENE BACK TO THIS INFORMATION CULTURE AND 00:03:17.433 --> 00:03:18.624 THIS INFORMATION CULTURE AND HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE. 00:03:18.635 --> 00:03:19.567 HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE. >> THE AMERICAN. 00:03:19.602 --> 00:03:20.759 >> THE AMERICAN. >> PEOPLE ACTUALLY STAND, SO. 00:03:20.770 --> 00:03:21.302 >> PEOPLE ACTUALLY STAND, SO. >> THAT IF. 00:03:21.304 --> 00:03:22.571 >> THAT IF. >> THERE ARE CORE ISSUES WHERE 00:03:22.605 --> 00:03:24.529 >> THERE ARE CORE ISSUES WHERE DEMOCRATS WANT TO LEAD OUT ON. 00:03:24.540 --> 00:03:25.397 DEMOCRATS WANT TO LEAD OUT ON. >> BECAUSE IT’S VERY IMPORTANT 00:03:25.408 --> 00:03:26.375 >> BECAUSE IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM OR TO THE 00:03:26.409 --> 00:03:27.332 TO THEM OR TO THE CONSTITUENCIES. 00:03:27.343 --> 00:03:28.534 CONSTITUENCIES. >> THEY REPRESENT, THEN BY ALL 00:03:28.545 --> 00:03:29.944 >> THEY REPRESENT, THEN BY ALL MEANS THEY SHOULD. 00:03:29.946 --> 00:03:30.879 MEANS THEY SHOULD. >> DO SO, AND SEARCHLIGHT WILL 00:03:30.913 --> 00:03:31.536 >> DO SO, AND SEARCHLIGHT WILL BE RIGHT THERE. 00:03:31.547 --> 00:03:32.447 BE RIGHT THERE. >> SUPPORTING THEM. 00:03:32.448 --> 00:03:33.481 >> SUPPORTING THEM. >> BUT WHAT. 00:03:33.516 --> 00:03:34.373 >> BUT WHAT. >> WE’VE DONE IS WE’VE GOTTEN 00:03:34.384 --> 00:03:35.383 >> WE’VE DONE IS WE’VE GOTTEN OUT IN FRONT OF. 00:03:35.418 --> 00:03:36.618 OUT IN FRONT OF. >> THE PUBLIC OPINION. 00:03:36.619 --> 00:03:39.020 >> THE PUBLIC OPINION. >> NOT JUST ON ONE OR 2 OR 3 00:03:39.021 --> 00:03:41.122 >> NOT JUST ON ONE OR 2 OR 3 ISSUES, BUT ON 5 TO 10 ISSUES. 00:03:41.124 --> 00:03:42.481 ISSUES, BUT ON 5 TO 10 ISSUES. AND THAT IS A BIG PART. 00:03:42.492 --> 00:03:42.657 AND THAT IS A BIG PART. >> OF. 00:03:42.658 --> 00:03:44.292 >> OF. >> WHY DEMOCRATS HAVE COME TO 00:03:44.327 --> 00:03:44.683 >> WHY DEMOCRATS HAVE COME TO FIND THEMSELVES. 00:03:44.694 --> 00:03:45.451 FIND THEMSELVES. >> OUT OF POWER, AS. 00:03:45.462 --> 00:03:46.618 >> OUT OF POWER, AS. >> WE HAVE TODAY. 00:03:46.629 --> 00:03:48.253 >> WE HAVE TODAY. >> WHAT IS THE REACTION THAT 00:03:48.264 --> 00:03:50.055 >> WHAT IS THE REACTION THAT YOU’RE GETTING SO FAR, ADAM? 00:03:50.066 --> 00:03:51.366 YOU’RE GETTING SO FAR, ADAM? HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY BACKLASH TO 00:03:51.367 --> 00:03:52.467 HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY BACKLASH TO THIS STRATEGY WHERE YOU’RE 00:03:52.468 --> 00:03:53.868 THIS STRATEGY WHERE YOU’RE BASICALLY SAYING, LET’S BE 00:03:53.870 --> 00:03:54.503 BASICALLY SAYING, LET’S BE PRACTICAL MOVING FORWARD? LET’S 00:03:54.537 --> 00:03:56.028 PRACTICAL MOVING FORWARD? LET’S LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE. ARE 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:57.239 LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE. ARE YOU BRACING FOR BACKLASH? 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:59.398 YOU BRACING FOR BACKLASH? >> OH, WE’VE GOTTEN SOME. 00:03:59.409 --> 00:04:01.633 >> OH, WE’VE GOTTEN SOME. >> AND WE KNEW WE WOULD. AND 00:04:01.644 --> 00:04:02.477 >> AND WE KNEW WE WOULD. AND THAT’S YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT 00:04:02.478 --> 00:04:04.436 THAT’S YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS. 00:04:04.447 --> 00:04:04.646 WE’RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS. >> TO. 00:04:04.647 --> 00:04:06.238 >> TO. >> INTRODUCE A CULTURE WHERE WE 00:04:06.249 --> 00:04:07.316 >> INTRODUCE A CULTURE WHERE WE GO BACK TO. 00:04:07.350 --> 00:04:08.574 GO BACK TO. >> SAYING THE THINGS THAT WE 00:04:08.585 --> 00:04:10.175 >> SAYING THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE OUT LOUD IN. PUBLIC AND 00:04:10.186 --> 00:04:11.443 BELIEVE OUT LOUD IN. PUBLIC AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY 00:04:11.454 --> 00:04:11.620 LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY. 00:04:11.654 --> 00:04:13.678 MAY. >> I THINK WE’VE HAD A CULTURE. 00:04:13.689 --> 00:04:14.422 >> I THINK WE’VE HAD A CULTURE. >> THAT HAS SORT. 00:04:14.457 --> 00:04:16.348 >> THAT HAS SORT. >> OF TRIED TO SUPPRESS PEOPLE 00:04:16.359 --> 00:04:16.658 >> OF TRIED TO SUPPRESS PEOPLE FROM SAYING. 00:04:16.659 --> 00:04:17.682 FROM SAYING. >> THINGS THAT. THEY TRULY 00:04:17.693 --> 00:04:18.527 >> THINGS THAT. THEY TRULY BELIEVE. 00:04:18.561 --> 00:04:19.351 BELIEVE. >> I THINK THERE VERY FEW. 00:04:19.362 --> 00:04:20.419 >> I THINK THERE VERY FEW. CANDIDATES OUT THERE WHO 00:04:20.430 --> 00:04:21.454 CANDIDATES OUT THERE WHO BELIEVE EVERY SINGLE. 00:04:21.465 --> 00:04:22.688 BELIEVE EVERY SINGLE. >> LEFT WING POSITION ON. 00:04:22.699 --> 00:04:24.266 >> LEFT WING POSITION ON. >> EVERY ISSUE, BUT THEY FELT. 00:04:24.267 --> 00:04:25.491 >> EVERY ISSUE, BUT THEY FELT. >> LIKE THEY’VE HAD TO SAY IT. 00:04:25.502 --> 00:04:26.936 >> LIKE THEY’VE HAD TO SAY IT. >> AND SO. 00:04:26.970 --> 00:04:27.560 >> AND SO. >> YOU KNOW. 00:04:27.571 --> 00:04:28.360 >> YOU KNOW. >> THE REACTION IS PART OF. 00:04:28.371 --> 00:04:30.572 >> THE REACTION IS PART OF. WHAT WE ARE GOING FOR HERE. WE 00:04:30.574 --> 00:04:31.531 WHAT WE ARE GOING FOR HERE. WE THINK IF. 00:04:31.542 --> 00:04:32.365 THINK IF. >> WE WERE NOT CAUSING. 00:04:32.376 --> 00:04:33.265 >> WE WERE NOT CAUSING. >> SOME PEOPLE TO. 00:04:33.276 --> 00:04:34.343 >> SOME PEOPLE TO. >> GET UPSET. 00:04:34.377 --> 00:04:34.733 >> GET UPSET. >> WE WOULDN’T. 00:04:34.744 --> 00:04:37.046 >> WE WOULDN’T. >> BE DOING OUR JOBS. RIGHT. SO 00:04:37.080 --> 00:04:38.237 >> BE DOING OUR JOBS. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE HAD IT. WE’RE NOT 00:04:38.248 --> 00:04:38.548 WE HAVE HAD IT. WE’RE NOT DAUNTED BY IT. 00:04:38.582 --> 00:04:40.506 DAUNTED BY IT. >> WE THINK THAT’S PART OF A 00:04:40.517 --> 00:04:41.851 >> WE THINK THAT’S PART OF A SIGNAL. THAT WE’RE. 00:04:41.885 --> 00:04:42.775 SIGNAL. THAT WE’RE. >> DOING OUR JOBS RIGHT. 00:04:42.786 --> 00:04:44.477 >> DOING OUR JOBS RIGHT. >> BUT ALL WE CAN DO IS STAY. 00:04:44.488 --> 00:04:45.611 >> BUT ALL WE CAN DO IS STAY. COMMITTED TO OUR CORE 00:04:45.622 --> 00:04:45.888 COMMITTED TO OUR CORE COMMITMENTS. 00:04:45.889 --> 00:04:47.656 COMMITMENTS. >> OF. TELLING THE TRUTH. 00:04:47.691 --> 00:04:48.447 >> OF. TELLING THE TRUTH. >> OF BEING TRANSPARENT AND 00:04:48.458 --> 00:04:48.858 >> OF BEING TRANSPARENT AND PUTTING INFORMATION. 00:04:48.892 --> 00:04:50.383 PUTTING INFORMATION. >> OUT THERE THAT WE BELIEVE TO 00:04:50.394 --> 00:04:51.494 >> OUT THERE THAT WE BELIEVE TO BE TRUE. AND THAT’S WHAT. 00:04:51.495 --> 00:04:53.453 BE TRUE. AND THAT’S WHAT. >> WE’RE GOING TO DO. 00:04:53.464 --> 00:04:54.563 >> WE’RE GOING TO DO. >> ADAM, I WONDER IF YOU CAN 00:04:54.598 --> 00:04:56.355 >> ADAM, I WONDER IF YOU CAN TAKE US INSIDE YOUR TIME FRAME 00:04:56.366 --> 00:04:57.924 TAKE US INSIDE YOUR TIME FRAME FOR THIS. IS THIS SOMETHING 00:04:57.935 --> 00:04:59.425 FOR THIS. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK? DO YOU THINK 00:04:59.436 --> 00:05:00.293 THAT YOU THINK? DO YOU THINK YOUR GROUP CAN MAKE REAL 00:05:00.304 --> 00:05:01.504 YOUR GROUP CAN MAKE REAL INROADS AHEAD OF THE MIDTERMS? 00:05:01.505 --> 00:05:03.439 INROADS AHEAD OF THE MIDTERMS? OR ARE YOU LOOKING MORE AT THE 00:05:03.440 --> 00:05:04.173 OR ARE YOU LOOKING MORE AT THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? 00:05:04.207 --> 00:05:05.307 NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? >> I THINK WE. 00:05:05.309 --> 00:05:06.900 >> I THINK WE. >> CAN MAKE AN IMPACT RIGHT 00:05:06.911 --> 00:05:07.109 >> CAN MAKE AN IMPACT RIGHT AWAY. 00:05:07.110 --> 00:05:08.367 AWAY. >> I THINK. I THINK WE ALREADY 00:05:08.378 --> 00:05:08.544 >> I THINK. I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE. 00:05:08.545 --> 00:05:10.336 HAVE. >> WE LAUNCHED ON WEDNESDAY AND 00:05:10.347 --> 00:05:11.380 >> WE LAUNCHED ON WEDNESDAY AND WE’VE ALREADY MADE A BIG 00:05:11.415 --> 00:05:11.671 WE’VE ALREADY MADE A BIG REACTION. 00:05:11.682 --> 00:05:13.315 REACTION. >> I’M HERE TALKING TO YOU. AND 00:05:13.317 --> 00:05:15.418 >> I’M HERE TALKING TO YOU. AND WE ARE. WE ARE, I THINK, IN THE 00:05:15.419 --> 00:05:17.987 WE ARE. WE ARE, I THINK, IN THE MINDS OF A LOT OF FOLKS ALREADY. 00:05:18.021 --> 00:05:18.244 MINDS OF A LOT OF FOLKS ALREADY. >> AND. 00:05:18.255 --> 00:05:19.746 >> AND. >> YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO BE 00:05:19.757 --> 00:05:21.490 >> YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT A HIGH. VOLUME OF 00:05:21.525 --> 00:05:21.748 PUTTING OUT A HIGH. VOLUME OF POLLING. 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:22.215 POLLING. >> DATA. 00:05:22.226 --> 00:05:23.817 >> DATA. >> A HIGH VOLUME OF CREATIVE. 00:05:23.828 --> 00:05:24.450 >> A HIGH VOLUME OF CREATIVE. UNORTHODOX ISSUES STARTING 00:05:24.461 --> 00:05:25.518 UNORTHODOX ISSUES STARTING RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK. 00:05:25.529 --> 00:05:27.296 RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK. >> WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF 00:05:27.331 --> 00:05:27.630 >> WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION. 00:05:27.631 --> 00:05:29.388 INFORMATION. >> OUT THERE THAT WILL BE 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:29.765 >> OUT THERE THAT WILL BE USEFUL TO PEOPLE. 00:05:29.767 --> 00:05:30.300 USEFUL TO PEOPLE. >> IN THE. 00:05:30.334 --> 00:05:31.224 >> IN THE. >> MIDTERMS. 00:05:31.235 --> 00:05:32.235 >> MIDTERMS. >> BUT IN PARTICULAR. 00:05:32.236 --> 00:05:33.793 >> BUT IN PARTICULAR. >> LOOKING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, A 00:05:33.804 --> 00:05:34.928 >> LOOKING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, A BUILDING TOWARDS A SYNTHESIS OF 00:05:34.939 --> 00:05:35.871 BUILDING TOWARDS A SYNTHESIS OF A COMPREHENSIVE AGENDA IN. 00:05:35.873 --> 00:05:36.439 A COMPREHENSIVE AGENDA IN. >> 2027 AND 2020. 00:05:36.440 --> 00:05:37.440 >> 2027 AND 2020. >> AND 2028. 00:05:37.441 --> 00:05:39.909 >> AND 2028. >> ADAM, I DO WANT TO ASK YOU 00:05:39.944 --> 00:05:40.567 >> ADAM, I DO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR FORMER BOSS, SENATOR 00:05:40.578 --> 00:05:42.435 ABOUT YOUR FORMER BOSS, SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN. LAST YEAR, YOU 00:05:42.446 --> 00:05:43.313 JOHN FETTERMAN. LAST YEAR, YOU RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HIS 00:05:43.347 --> 00:05:45.448 RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HIS MENTAL HEALTH AS HE CONTINUED 00:05:45.449 --> 00:05:47.507 MENTAL HEALTH AS HE CONTINUED TO RECOVER FROM THE STROKE HE 00:05:47.518 --> 00:05:48.718 TO RECOVER FROM THE STROKE HE SUFFERED DURING HIS CAMPAIGN. 00:05:48.752 --> 00:05:51.310 SUFFERED DURING HIS CAMPAIGN. HE CALLED IT A, QUOTE, HIT 00:05:51.321 --> 00:05:53.523 HE CALLED IT A, QUOTE, HIT PIECE. I WONDER HOW TOUGH OF A 00:05:53.557 --> 00:05:56.082 PIECE. I WONDER HOW TOUGH OF A DECISION IT WAS FOR YOU TO 00:05:56.093 --> 00:05:57.484 DECISION IT WAS FOR YOU TO LEAVE HIS OFFICE. 00:05:57.495 --> 00:05:58.595 LEAVE HIS OFFICE. >> IT WAS. 00:05:58.596 --> 00:06:01.388 >> IT WAS. >> IT WAS REALLY HARD. AND I. 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:02.655 >> IT WAS REALLY HARD. AND I. >> THINK I STILL FEEL A 00:06:02.666 --> 00:06:04.233 >> THINK I STILL FEEL A TREMENDOUS. AMOUNT OF 00:06:04.268 --> 00:06:05.425 TREMENDOUS. AMOUNT OF COMPASSION TOWARDS HIM. 00:06:05.436 --> 00:06:06.994 COMPASSION TOWARDS HIM. >> I THINK. 00:06:07.005 --> 00:06:08.371 >> I THINK. >> THAT ULTIMATELY I FELT 00:06:08.372 --> 00:06:08.638 >> THAT ULTIMATELY I FELT COMPELLED. 00:06:08.672 --> 00:06:09.972 COMPELLED. >> TO SAY. 00:06:09.974 --> 00:06:11.198 >> TO SAY. >> THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT. 00:06:11.209 --> 00:06:12.942 >> THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT. >> I BELIEVE IS. 00:06:12.977 --> 00:06:16.179 >> I BELIEVE IS. >> A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION 00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:18.038 >> A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND CONDITION. AND THAT’S, YOU 00:06:18.049 --> 00:06:20.550 AND CONDITION. AND THAT’S, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE. 00:06:20.585 --> 00:06:21.642 KNOW, PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE. >> TO SAY. 00:06:21.653 --> 00:06:22.385 >> TO SAY. >> ABOUT THAT. I WISH. 00:06:22.386 --> 00:06:24.320 >> ABOUT THAT. I WISH. >> HIM ALL THE BEST. 00:06:24.322 --> 00:06:26.480 >> HIM ALL THE BEST. >> BUT I THINK THE TRUTH IS THE 00:06:26.491 --> 00:06:27.280 >> BUT I THINK THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH. AND IT’S. REALLY 00:06:27.291 --> 00:06:29.959 TRUTH. AND IT’S. REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE OF 00:06:29.994 --> 00:06:30.684 IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE AMERICAN 00:06:30.695 --> 00:06:32.519 PENNSYLVANIA AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN GENERAL TO TO KNOW 00:06:32.530 --> 00:06:34.064 PEOPLE IN GENERAL TO TO KNOW THE TRUTH. 00:06:34.098 --> 00:06:36.199 THE TRUTH. >> WELL, I DO WANT TO ASK YOU, 00:06:36.200 --> 00:06:37.557 >> WELL, I DO WANT TO ASK YOU, AND THIS KIND OF FITS INTO THE 00:06:37.568 --> 00:06:39.426 AND THIS KIND OF FITS INTO THE BROADER QUESTION ABOUT STRATEGY 00:06:39.437 --> 00:06:40.270 BROADER QUESTION ABOUT STRATEGY MOVING FORWARD. SENATOR 00:06:40.304 --> 00:06:41.427 MOVING FORWARD. SENATOR FETTERMAN JUST MADE SOME 00:06:41.438 --> 00:06:43.297 FETTERMAN JUST MADE SOME COMMENTS THAT GOT A LOT OF 00:06:43.308 --> 00:06:44.774 COMMENTS THAT GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION, BASICALLY SAYING 00:06:44.809 --> 00:06:48.168 ATTENTION, BASICALLY SAYING THAT HE DOES NOT THINK THAT 00:06:48.179 --> 00:06:49.637 THAT HE DOES NOT THINK THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD BE 00:06:49.648 --> 00:06:51.338 PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD BE DESCRIBED AS AN AUTOCRAT. HE 00:06:51.349 --> 00:06:52.716 DESCRIBED AS AN AUTOCRAT. HE SAYS IF YOU ACTUALLY COMPARE 00:06:52.717 --> 00:06:54.308 SAYS IF YOU ACTUALLY COMPARE HIM TO AN ACTUAL AUTOCRAT, THAT 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:56.620 HIM TO AN ACTUAL AUTOCRAT, THAT IS NOT JUST THAT HE HAS A BACK 00:06:56.621 --> 00:06:58.655 IS NOT JUST THAT HE HAS A BACK AND FORTH AND HE SAYS, I JUST 00:06:58.656 --> 00:07:00.423 AND FORTH AND HE SAYS, I JUST DON’T AGREE WITH MANY OF THE 00:07:00.425 --> 00:07:01.425 DON’T AGREE WITH MANY OF THE THINGS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. 00:07:01.426 --> 00:07:02.626 THINGS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE HIM AN 00:07:02.627 --> 00:07:04.561 BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE HIM AN AUTOCRAT. DO YOU AGREE WITH 00:07:04.562 --> 00:07:06.863 AUTOCRAT. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT MESSAGE FROM SENATOR 00:07:06.865 --> 00:07:09.433 THAT MESSAGE FROM SENATOR FETTERMAN, OR DO YOU SIDE AND 00:07:09.434 --> 00:07:12.169 FETTERMAN, OR DO YOU SIDE AND WOULD YOU ADVOCATE FOR A 00:07:12.170 --> 00:07:13.270 WOULD YOU ADVOCATE FOR A STRATEGY THAT INCLUDES USING 00:07:13.271 --> 00:07:15.405 STRATEGY THAT INCLUDES USING WORDS LIKE AUTOCRACY TO 00:07:15.440 --> 00:07:16.363 WORDS LIKE AUTOCRACY TO DESCRIBE WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT 00:07:16.374 --> 00:07:17.208 DESCRIBE WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? 00:07:17.242 --> 00:07:18.365 NOW? >> I THINK. 00:07:18.376 --> 00:07:19.443 >> I THINK. >> SENATOR FETTERMAN IS. 00:07:19.444 --> 00:07:21.335 >> SENATOR FETTERMAN IS. >> FREE TO DESCRIBE THINGS THE 00:07:21.346 --> 00:07:22.646 >> FREE TO DESCRIBE THINGS THE WAY HE WANTS TO. 00:07:22.647 --> 00:07:25.616 WAY HE WANTS TO. >> I THINK DEMOCRATS SHOULD 00:07:25.650 --> 00:07:26.850 >> I THINK DEMOCRATS SHOULD SPEAK THEIR MIND VERY CLEARLY. 00:07:26.851 --> 00:07:29.152 SPEAK THEIR MIND VERY CLEARLY. I THINK THE THINGS THAT 00:07:29.154 --> 00:07:29.610 I THINK THE THINGS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP. HAVE 00:07:29.621 --> 00:07:31.378 PRESIDENT TRUMP. HAVE UNEQUIVOCALLY, CLEARLY RAISED. 00:07:31.389 --> 00:07:32.623 UNEQUIVOCALLY, CLEARLY RAISED. SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 00:07:32.657 --> 00:07:33.547 SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RULE. OF LAW. 00:07:33.558 --> 00:07:34.581 RULE. OF LAW. >> AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF. 00:07:34.592 --> 00:07:36.560 >> AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF. >> POWER IN THE EXECUTIVE 00:07:36.561 --> 00:07:37.528 >> POWER IN THE EXECUTIVE BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN 00:07:37.562 --> 00:07:39.620 BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN MANY, MANY YEARS AND 00:07:39.631 --> 00:07:40.288 MANY, MANY YEARS AND POTENTIALLY EVER IN THE. 00:07:40.299 --> 00:07:42.156 POTENTIALLY EVER IN THE. >> PRESIDENCY HERE IN AMERICA. 00:07:42.167 --> 00:07:44.168 >> PRESIDENCY HERE IN AMERICA. SO I THINK. THAT THERE. 00:07:44.169 --> 00:07:45.536 SO I THINK. THAT THERE. >> IS IMPORTANT NOT TO DOWNPLAY 00:07:45.570 --> 00:07:47.728 >> IS IMPORTANT NOT TO DOWNPLAY THOSE CONCERNS, EVEN AS. WE 00:07:47.739 --> 00:07:49.240 THOSE CONCERNS, EVEN AS. WE DEBATE OVER, OVER THE USE OF 00:07:49.274 --> 00:07:49.530 DEBATE OVER, OVER THE USE OF LANGUAGE. 00:07:49.541 --> 00:07:50.465 LANGUAGE. >> BUT I THINK. WHAT SENATOR 00:07:50.476 --> 00:07:51.308 >> BUT I THINK. WHAT SENATOR FETTERMAN IS DOING. 00:07:51.309 --> 00:07:52.643 FETTERMAN IS DOING. >> IS REALLY. 00:07:52.677 --> 00:07:53.534 >> IS REALLY. >> SORT OF ZEROING IN ON. 00:07:53.545 --> 00:07:55.203 >> SORT OF ZEROING IN ON. >> ON LANGUAGE. 00:07:55.214 --> 00:07:56.170 >> ON LANGUAGE. >> AND SEMANTIC CONCERNS. 00:07:56.181 --> 00:07:56.647 >> AND SEMANTIC CONCERNS. >> THAT I THINK ARE. 00:07:56.681 --> 00:07:58.005 >> THAT I THINK ARE. >> PROBABLY. 00:07:58.016 --> 00:07:58.749 >> PROBABLY. >> NOT CORE. TO THE. 00:07:58.784 --> 00:08:00.541 >> NOT CORE. TO THE. >> REAL ISSUES AT STAKE HERE. 00:08:00.552 --> 00:08:01.452 >> REAL ISSUES AT STAKE HERE. >> AND JUST BIG PICTURE, ADAM, 00:08:01.486 --> 00:08:03.444 >> AND JUST BIG PICTURE, ADAM, AS YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE 00:08:03.455 --> 00:08:04.522 AS YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE MIDTERMS, AS YOU LOOK TOWARDS 00:08:04.523 --> 00:08:05.289 MIDTERMS, AS YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 00:08:05.290 --> 00:08:06.290 THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE BIG DIVIDE IN THE 00:08:06.291 --> 00:08:07.982 THE BIG DIVIDE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IS IT TIME 00:08:07.993 --> 00:08:09.760 DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IS IT TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT FIRE 00:08:09.795 --> 00:08:11.486 FOR DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE? HOW DO YOU SEE THIS 00:08:11.497 --> 00:08:12.896 WITH FIRE? HOW DO YOU SEE THIS BATTLE PLAYING OUT? 00:08:12.898 --> 00:08:14.355 BATTLE PLAYING OUT? >> I THINK IT IS. 00:08:14.366 --> 00:08:15.333 >> I THINK IT IS. >> ABSOLUTELY TIME FOR 00:08:15.334 --> 00:08:17.335 >> ABSOLUTELY TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT. 00:08:17.336 --> 00:08:19.194 DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT. >> I THINK ONE OF THE MISTAKEN. 00:08:19.205 --> 00:08:20.371 >> I THINK ONE OF THE MISTAKEN. ASSUMPTIONS WE’VE BEEN WORKING 00:08:20.405 --> 00:08:21.505 ASSUMPTIONS WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT TEN. 00:08:21.507 --> 00:08:24.299 ON FOR ABOUT TEN. >> YEARS NOW IS THAT THAT FIGHT 00:08:24.310 --> 00:08:24.532 >> YEARS NOW IS THAT THAT FIGHT HAS TO. 00:08:24.543 --> 00:08:25.643 HAS TO. >> COME BY MOVING. 00:08:25.644 --> 00:08:27.702 >> COME BY MOVING. >> FAR TO THE LEFT ACROSS A 00:08:27.713 --> 00:08:28.780 >> FAR TO THE LEFT ACROSS A RANGE OF ISSUES. 00:08:28.814 --> 00:08:29.604 RANGE OF ISSUES. >> AND I THINK YOU’RE EVEN 00:08:29.615 --> 00:08:30.472 >> AND I THINK YOU’RE EVEN SEEING A. 00:08:30.483 --> 00:08:31.549 SEEING A. >> RECOGNITION OF. 00:08:31.550 --> 00:08:31.883 >> RECOGNITION OF. >> THAT FROM. 00:08:31.917 --> 00:08:33.241 >> THAT FROM. >> FOLKS ON THE LEFT. 00:08:33.252 --> 00:08:34.442 >> FOLKS ON THE LEFT. >> I THINK THE WAY. 00:08:34.453 --> 00:08:35.653 >> I THINK THE WAY. >> TO WIN THIS FIGHT THAT. 00:08:35.654 --> 00:08:36.754 >> TO WIN THIS FIGHT THAT. >> WE ARE PITTED. 00:08:36.755 --> 00:08:37.245 >> WE ARE PITTED. >> IN. 00:08:37.256 --> 00:08:39.290 >> IN. >> WHICH I THINK IS THE STAKES 00:08:39.324 --> 00:08:40.548 >> WHICH I THINK IS THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER, IS TO 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:42.150 COULD NOT BE HIGHER, IS TO BUILD AS BIG AND BROAD A 00:08:42.161 --> 00:08:43.495 BUILD AS BIG AND BROAD A COALITION AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 00:08:43.529 --> 00:08:44.786 COALITION AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. >> TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES. 00:08:44.797 --> 00:08:46.597 >> TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES. >> THAT WILL ALLOW DEMOCRATS TO 00:08:46.632 --> 00:08:47.388 >> THAT WILL ALLOW DEMOCRATS TO ONCE AGAIN WIN IN THOSE. 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:49.500 ONCE AGAIN WIN IN THOSE. >> KINDS OF STATES THAT. 00:08:49.535 --> 00:08:49.734 >> KINDS OF STATES THAT. >> WE. 00:08:49.735 --> 00:08:50.758 >> WE. >> USED TO REPRESENT AS 00:08:50.769 --> 00:08:51.469 >> USED TO REPRESENT AS RECENTLY AS THE OBAMA 00:08:51.470 --> 00:08:52.503 RECENTLY AS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. THAT IS THE. 00:08:52.538 --> 00:08:54.429 ADMINISTRATION. THAT IS THE. >> WAY TO OVERCOME THE 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:54.739 >> WAY TO OVERCOME THE STRUCTURAL. 00:08:54.740 --> 00:08:56.231 STRUCTURAL. >> FORCES THAT WE FACE TODAY. 00:08:56.242 --> 00:08:57.866 >> FORCES THAT WE FACE TODAY. BUT THAT HAS TO BE ABOUT 00:08:57.877 --> 00:08:58.710 BUT THAT HAS TO BE ABOUT BUILDING A BIG TENT. AND THERE 00:08:58.744 --> 00:08:59.500 BUILDING A BIG TENT. AND THERE IS NO. 00:08:59.511 --> 00:09:00.244 IS NO. >> CONTRADICTION BETWEEN A. 00:09:00.246 --> 00:09:01.570 >> CONTRADICTION BETWEEN A. >> BIG TENT STRATEGY AND A 00:09:01.581 --> 00:09:03.014 >> BIG TENT STRATEGY AND A STRATEGY THAT’S DEDICATED TO 00:09:03.048 --> 00:09:04.205 STRATEGY THAT’S DEDICATED TO FIGHTING. IN FACT, I WOULD 00:09:04.216 --> 00:09:05.483 FIGHTING. IN FACT, I WOULD ARGUE. THAT THOSE ADVOCATING 00:09:05.484 --> 00:09:06.641 ARGUE. THAT THOSE ADVOCATING FOR BIG TENT STRATEGY, FOR. 00:09:06.652 --> 00:09:07.585 FOR BIG TENT STRATEGY, FOR. THOSE LIKE US WHO. 00:09:07.586 --> 00:09:08.519 THOSE LIKE US WHO. >> ARE. ADVOCATING THAT TRADE 00:09:08.554 --> 00:09:09.277 >> ARE. ADVOCATING THAT TRADE OFFS. 00:09:09.288 --> 00:09:10.622 OFFS. >> ARE. A REAL. 00:09:10.656 --> 00:09:11.379 >> ARE. A REAL. >> AND NECESSARY PART. 00:09:11.390 --> 00:09:12.681 >> AND NECESSARY PART. >> OF POLITICS, WE ARE THE. 00:09:12.692 --> 00:09:14.325 >> OF POLITICS, WE ARE THE. >> ONES WHO ARE GOING TO LEAD 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:15.283 >> ONES WHO ARE GOING TO LEAD US TO A. 00:09:15.294 --> 00:09:16.752 US TO A. >> STRATEGY THAT ENABLES US. 00:09:16.763 --> 00:09:17.729 >> STRATEGY THAT ENABLES US. >> TO BEAT. 00:09:17.763 --> 00:09:18.786 >> TO BEAT. >> BACK THESE DANGEROUS FORCES 00:09:18.797 --> 00:09:19.387 >> BACK THESE DANGEROUS FORCES THAT ARE THREATENING OUR 00:09:19.398 --> 00:09:19.654 THAT ARE THREATENING OUR DEMOCRACY. 00:09:19.665 --> 00:09:20.966 DEMOCRACY. >> ALL RIGHT. ADAM JENTLESON,