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Republicans i was talking to because they see what she does in front of a crowd. they understand how she is a messenger for what she truly is trying to get out there. how do you see it? >> keep in mind, again, this election is not going to be decided in greenwich village those crowds are not necessarily going to be the kind of crowds that determine this election look, its the frafrican-americn vote, the suburb vote, also the white working class vote shes not been doing well among some of the eli...

When you could tailor your message to the emerging majority of young people of color. thats actually the base of the democratic party -- women of color. i think that every candidate should be thinking about that as theyre framing their message. >> i think if history shows us anything, its that the democratic party has not won the white, working class vote. >> since 1964. >> it will be interesting to see how that goes into the calculation. matt, we saw a lot of attacks on the legacy of former pre...

And the real time effect on real people was mayor pete buttigieg and i think there needs to be more of an alignment with the democrats running for president highlighting how there is an inequality in this economy right now. if youre one of the elite few who probably benefited from president trumps tax cuts, yeah the economy is great for you. if youre the middle class, working class, and working poor in this country the economy is leaving you behind. if democrats dont get on board with that messa...

Let me say as someone here whos sitting in the midwest and i dont think people understand -- i think a lot of democrats dont understand. a lost people who are in the leadership dont understand this isnt 1980. this discussion of reagan democrats, of this sort of -- the working class, they talk about the working class like its lunch bucket joe. the majority of the working class in this country are women. when you say working class, youre talking about young people 18 to 35. they make the least amo...

Dont think people understand. a lot of democrats dont understand a lot of people in the leadership dont understand. this isnt 1980. this discussion of reagan democrats and the sort of working class, you talk about the working class like its lunch bucket joe. the working class the majority if the country are women. you youre talking about young people. 18 to 35. they make the least amount of money. you talk about working class talking about people of color. they make the least amount of money. th...

It was interesting because i think before all of this, she was seen as a very east coast, almost, you know, exclusively far left democratic candidate who couldnt make end roads with voters who could be perceived to flip from president trump to the democratic side. she has been trying to make her voice heard, and trying to make an effort with these voters holding countless town halls in these states, especially iowa, and i think the trump campaign is looking at someone like elizabeth warren, star...

With 14%. john lemire, it really does look as though some of what folks were saying initially might happen is elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are dueling in there for that progressive, working class vote. >> it seems that way. senator warren does seem to have having a bit of a moment here. the idea of i have a plan for that has caught on. also, just her retail politics skills have sharpened and you improved. greeted enthusiastically, particularly money women voters. were seeing something rea...

We know of his racist comments and background. >> you spent -- >> thats not even counting the policies of this administration. we have consent decrees all over this country including in cleveland. we have a justice department thats turned its back on it. we know about voter suppression. i was secretary of state of ohio. my job when i was secretary of state was to encourage people of all races to vote, especially young people and especially young people of color. and we worked at that. we now hav...

Cant have another black guy. >> you know why -- im not subscribing to that theory, but you know why it comes up. >> because im a black guy. >> right. >> what did you think of his appearance? his former vp is likely running. >> after the 2016 election and the democratss autopsy report, there was a feeling they y neg t neglected the white working class vote. you see it there, for example. democrats and members of the media turned to people like bernie sanders or joe biden. in the mid-terms, we saw...

Kind of 401(k) trumpists, who are with him right now because t -- theyre doing pretty well. but suddenly theyre not doing well. and suddenly this white working class vote that supported him, made him president, you know, the are a t of those folks, remarkably, who voted for obama and for trump. now, that means you are clearly up for grabs in a presidential election. and so if all of this stuff creates the tariffs, the talk, all of this creates more economic uncertainty, then he begins to put him...