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Should be focusing on gender very much. but they won, and if you look at why the women won, almost to a person they were much closer to the center and the traditional democratic views than what we're seeing with the new crops, you included. do you think that is a reflection about how much change your party can take and how soon, that more of those candidates are winning because they're hewing more closely to traditional democratic standards? >> well, i think you have to take a look at two things. where the american people are at and then also what wins campaigns. and it's no secret that while ...

But they won, and if you look at why the women won, almost to a person they were much closer to the center and the traditional democratic views than what we're seeing with the new crops, you included. do you think that is a reflection about how much change your party can take and how soon, that more of those candidates are winning because they're huing more closely to traditional democratic standards? >> well, i think you have to take a look at two things. where the american people are at and then also what wins campaigns. and it's no secret that while grassroots campaigns absolutely are -- ha...

Right now? let's find out from the reporters tracking the internal debate. joining me right now, cnn's senior political reporter nia malika henderson, and alex burns. great to see you guys. alex, you've been traveling the country, taking a measure of this generational revolt within the democratic party. what are you finding? >> look, you're seeing the rally as a great example of what you're seeing in primary elections across the country. you have this newer generation of voters and activists who may not have voted in the past, may have voted once in the past, may have volunteered not that ofte...

Now holding score, holding sway in the united states. think that's the most important thing that we can do is win elections in november, so that we can reform i.c.e., so that we can reform the epa, so that we can change this culture of corruption that has inspected the federal government and it's infected the federal government because its leadership in the form of this president is ethically void. >> final question, does the president's rhetoric embolden or strengthen racists and white supremacists here at home and in europe? >> well, i mean, we've seen -- you look at the hate crime statistic...

Leaders set the tone of this nation. >> wait, did you just say we should abolish donald trump? >> intolerance. his tolerance for total ethical lapses, whether it's the epa or hhs, or elsewhere. this administration has set the tone. i went after joe arpaio. we sued him when i was the head of the civil rights division. i didn't try to abolish the maricopa county sheriff's office. we understood that the problem reied in the leadership of joe arpaio. and joe arpaio is now the former sheriff and the current sheriff has worked very hard to change the culture. we need a change in leadership at the to...