Trump LOSES IT with PANICKED new announcement

Trump is finally starting to feel the. heat because for days, he had been. defiantly claiming that the Republicans. should absolutely refuse to strike up a. deal with the Democrats to fund TSA and. alleviate those long lines at airports. because he wanted Americans to feel that. pain as much as possible so that he. could use that public pressure to first. pass the Save America Act. Why? Because. as Trump says, that bill will ensure. that Republicans don't lose another. election for 50 years. And he may be. right considering that's just a massive. voter suppression bill. But now, it.

seems that the panic is finally setting. in for Trump because whereas he had been. bragging that he's responsible for. refusing to take a deal on TSA, now he's. singing an entirely different tune. Most. recently, he posted on Truth Social, "Blame the Democrats for the airports. mess. They want our country to do badly. They want our country to fail.". Quote, "Blame the Democrats." In other. words, he went from saying that he. doesn't want a deal because he could use. that pain to try and pass the Save Act. and doing all of this publicly to now.

suddenly claiming that he's not. responsible for any airport delays at. all. All the Democrats. Which suggests. that Donald Trump is starting to see. that while Americans are angry, it's not. something he can leverage for his own. personal benefit because that anger is. directed at him. And this all comes at a. miserable time for Trump because it's. not just the long lines at airports that. fall squarely in his lap. It's the fact. that he engaged in a war in the Middle. East that is the least popular war at. its outset in US history and that no one. knows why we're there, what the plan is,

what the objective is, or when we're. going to get out. It's that said war is. also causing gas prices to surge here at. home, which raises the cost, yes, of gas. at the pump, but also of literally. everything else. Air travel, consumer. goods. And of course, that's on top of. the already surging inflation, which is. expected to exceed 5% this year. That. means everything collectively 5% higher. For posterity, when Joe Biden left. office, inflation was at 3% and that's. Joe Biden. That's the guy who.

Republicans vilified for ushering in the. highest prices in the history of the. world. Trump's inflation rate will be. nearly double what that guy's inflation. rate was. In other words, he has ushered. in. high prices, expensive gas, endless war, and insane travel delays in an election. year. But, the worst part isn't even for. him. It's for the rest of his party that. somehow has to make the case to. Americans that they should be reelected. even though they have spent every waking. minute shoving themselves as far up. Trump's ass as they can. Here, for.

example, is Mike Johnson. >> The president has done so much for the. American people and we want to honor him. in some small way, some token of our. appreciation for his leadership. And so, tonight we have created a new award. Uh. we have uh we're we're going to do. something we've never done before. We're. going to honor him with a new award that. we'll present annually from this point. forward. But, he is the suitable and. fitting recipient of the the first-ever. America First Award. We can think of no.

better title for what that is. That's this beautiful golden statue. here. Appropriate for the new golden era in. America. >> A new award. Like Trump is a. 9-year-old. It is amazing to watch him. offer himself up as an anchor tied. around their necks and these groveling. sycophants tie that knot even tighter. Which is to say, they are not unwitting. victims of Trump's mismanagement. They.

are accomplices. They own it. They suck. up to him. They embolden him. They give. him fake trophies and statues. They want. this. They're celebrating it. They're. throwing parties for themselves. This is. unadulterated, unflinching, unapologetic. Republican governance. Expensive food, expensive clothing, expensive utilities, gutted healthcare, gutted food. assistance, long lines, high inflation, and forever war. Literally, everything. these people ran against is what they're.

ushering in right now. And then patting. themselves on the back for it. And so. it's no wonder that Democrats are. running the table on Republicans. It's. no wonder that they're winning special. elections by double-digit swings to the. left. No wonder that even Mar-a-Lago is. now represented by a Democrat in the. Florida legislature. You see, part of. governing like an autocrat is you don't. think that you're accountable to the. public. You don't think that political. gravity exists anymore for you. But. clearly it does. And despite the best. efforts by this MAGA GOP, democracy is. still able to function in America, and.

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formerly Prince Andrew. So, can you give. your reaction to the fact that other. governments are now seeking the same. files that the US government refuses to. release because they're actually willing. deigning to hold criminals to account. >> Isn't it ironic, Brian, two American. congress people, um, Thomas Massie and. me, forced the release of the files. And. you would think then that the American. government would lead the investigation. and call for prosecutions. But it's. actually other governments in other. countries that are leading the calls for.

investigation and are demanding the full. files including the 50% that Pam Bondi. has not released. This shows that law. enforcement in Britain believes that the. unreleased files has something to do. with the former Prince Andrew's guilt or. Lord, uh, Mandelson's guilt. And of. course, Bondi should comply with that. request, but she should also comply with. the law here in the United States and. release these files. And she should.

actually start to investigate some of. these people, especially people like Les. Wexner and Leon Black who have. incredibly outrageous allegations. against them. >> Can you give an update in terms of. another piece of news that we have from. the Epstein files, which is the fact. that the House Oversight Committee has. dumped the Epstein accountant and. lawyers deposition videos. Um, and of. course, most of the media's distracted. by what's going on in Iran to talk about. it, but any update as far as those. depositions are concerned?

>> Well, here is what is, uh, most. concerning about those videos and people. can see them for themsel- for. themselves. You had Khan, uh, answer one. of my questions saying, yes, the estate. paid a settlement to the woman who. accused Donald Trump of rape when she. was 13. That Epstein paid that. settlement. Then four, five hours later, he reverses himself. No, no, no, no, no. Uh, I didn't mean that. I misspoke. Then. the next day, he reverses his reversal.

And he says, "Now we can't confirm or. deny whether, uh, we did pay this woman. who accused Donald Trump of raping her. when she was 13. If you look at his body. language, you can tell he is so afraid. when the word Trump comes up. He can. just be sitting there calculating, "Please don't say anything that's going. to get me on the wrong side of Donald. Trump." And. it's he gave totally inconsistent. testimony. It also shows that there may. have been an actual settlement with this.

woman who accused Trump of raping her. >> Is there a way for the committee to haul. Epstein's accountant, Richard Kahn, to. answer some questions given the fact. that, you know, this deposition actually. raised more questions than it did answer. them? >> Well, he he came in and he he he depo-. he was deposed, but you're saying, "Can. we pursue it further?" I guess we could, but the real issue is that he may have. perjured himself. He needs to be investigated by the. Department of Justice. Look, Congress.

can only do so much. We can investigate, we can get the reports out, we can have. accountability, but in terms of. investigation and prosecution and law. enforcement, we have a whole Justice. Department for that, and that's what. really needs to be doing the work. And. if they're not going to do it, the next. administration must do it. >> Is there any update here in terms of, you know, we are more than 3 months. behind in terms of when the full Epstein. files were supposed to be released? So. far, we only have 3 million documents. out of the 6 million that have been. released. Any update in terms of why Pam.

Bondi hasn't deigned to allow us to see. the rest of those documents? >> No, and we'll know more on April 14th. when she's going to have a deposition, when she's going to have a lawyers ask. her detailed questions, when she can't. just respond with a flip. answer, and she's going to actually have to. answer these questions under oath. But. there's no excuse. I mean, they claim. because we had a closed-door briefing. and I asked some of these questions, they claim that they were they're just. protecting survivors. Really? 3 million.

documents all redacted just to protect. survivors when survivors are telling us. they want those documents released? >> Do you um are you confident that she. will show up for the April 14th um. deposition given the fact that she. offered herself up for an off-the-record. briefing with members of Congress just a. just a week or two ago and and that you. know, there was some concern that her. doing that would be you know, her way of. saying, "Well, look, I've I've already. been I've already been transparent and.

here I'm here for an off-the-record. briefing and uh so now there's no need. for me to show up uh under oath and do a. deposition for for the Oversight. Committee.". >> I do believe she will show up. The. reason I believe she she will show up is. there there are Republicans on the. committee. uh who will not tolerate her uh avoiding. it, but uh it's not 100%. She refused to. give that 100% confirmation to me or. Robert Garcia uh when asked about it. So, we have to be vigilant. I just think.

it would be total political malpractice. for her not to show up and Comer himself. has said that she must show up. Why? Because he sees the votes in the. committee. I mean, there are Republicans. who would be outraged. >> Right. Congressman, to what extent do. you think that what we're seeing happen. in Iran right now, even if not the. principal reason, could have some. some some tertiary benefit to Trump in. that it's it serves as a distraction. from the Epstein files which were. otherwise enveloping the news cycle for.

months leading up to this point? >> Well, Google searches are dramatically. down when it comes to Epstein since the. war started. Look, Trump promised not to. get us into a war in the Middle East and. to release the Epstein files and hold. them accountable. Instead, he has gotten. us into a war in the Middle East and. he's covered up for the Epstein files. It's been a total betrayal of his. voters, but uh one of the things it has. done uh, is taken that off the front. page and, uh, he is, uh, no longer.

having to answer both for his own, uh, appearance in those files, for the his. own allegations that are against him, uh, or uh, for the cover-up of the. Justice Department. >> You know, we heard as far as the as far. as the situation unfolding in our. airports, we've heard Donald Trump just. a few days ago say, "You know what? I. was I was brought a deal by these. Republicans and Democrats to fund the. entirety of DHS except for ice. I don't.

want it because, you know, I I I I want. I want the fighting to continue so that. we can try and get the Save America Act. passed." He was pretty forthright in. saying that. We had Senator uh, Kennedy. come out and said and say the same thing. that a deal was brought to Trump to fund. TSA and that Trump denied it. Uh, Punchbowl News reported the same thing. that John Thune, uh, um, you know, echoed the same sentiment. And now, today, Donald Trump has come out and. said that, in fact, the long lines and. the situations unfolding at the airports. are the Democrats' fault. And so, what. do you attribute the flip-flop to where.

Trump was initially perfectly content to. take all the blame for what was. happening with regard to TSA and the. airports and then suddenly today did a. total about-face where he decided that, "You know what? It's not my fault. anymore. Now it's the fault of the. Democrats.". >> Well, he's got a real problem and he. knows that. Gas is up over a dollar a. gallon. California almost $7. He's got a problem in terms of the. airline costs. If you have to buy an. airline ticket, gone up because jet fuel.

has skyrocketed. Groceries are up because half the oil we. get goes into food products and consumer. products. There's a really an energy. crisis in America, the kind we haven't. seen since 1973 and 1979. And then he's. got long lines for anyone who's flown. And unfortunately, my job requires a lot. of flying, so I fly all the time. But. let me tell you, the lines are long at. these airports. And people are upset, and he's the. president of the United States, and he's. caused a lot of this. This was not some.

like COVID, something that may have been. unavoidable. He caused it by going into. Iran, and he caused it by rejecting. Democratic offer after offer to fund. TSA. And why did he reject the Democratic. offer to fund TSA? Because he wants. married women 190 90 million American. women to show their birth certificates. and their marriage certificates before. they can vote. It is absolutely absurd, and people are seeing through it.

>> In terms of the Republicans feeling the. pressure from Trump, do you think that. they're going to relent? He's either. trying to get, you know, exacerbate this. pain so that Democrats can come to the. table and relinquish their conditions to. fund ICE, which are pretty reasonable, not wearing masks, identifying. themselves, making sure that any. warrants are signed by a judge, uh not. having ICE uh be present at the polls. come midterms, all those pretty. reasonable stuff. Um but, he's clearly trying to to to. exacerbate these problems to either. pressure Democrats into relenting, which.

isn't looking like it's going to happen, or pressuring Republicans into nuking. the filibuster to shoehorn this thing. through. Do you think that the. Republicans are going to to kind of um. you know, cater to him and and uh and. nuke the filibuster in so that he can. get the Save America Act passed? >> No, maybe they would have. about a year ago. >> Yeah. >> He's weak. I mean, he's at 40% approval, under 40%. The laws of political gravity. even apply to him, and there are more. Republicans who are saying, "I don't.

want to go down with the ship. I'm not. going to lose my seat in the the the. midterms." Uh the reality is that uh. he's going to quickly realize that he's. on. an increasing island, and I do think the. Democrats are going to get our way. I. mean, I'm for tearing down the entire. ICE agency given how abusive it is. But, the reforms that we've put forth are. such common sense. It's basically saying. treat an ICE officer like a cop. Same. standards. I mean, it's not even reform.

It's just a uphold the standards you. have for any other law enforcement. officer. >> Right. Well, you know, this. I I presume that some of the pressure is. coming from the fact that even as Trump. continues to engage in all of this stuff. pretending like political gravity. doesn't exist for him, we're seeing the. American people speak loud and clear at. the ballot boxes in all of these special. elections. In fact, just yesterday, um. the district the legislative district. that represents Mar-a-Lago was flipped. and now it's under Democratic control. And that's a 13-point swing from what it.

was in in 20 2024. So, can I have your. reaction to some of these more recent. election uh wins that we're seeing right. now happen uh happen in these special. elections or off-year elections where. where there's, you know, 11, 13, 15, 20. point swings to the left? >> There's a new coalition forming in. American politics. They're opposed to. this war in the Middle East that is. driving up costs and making life more. expensive. They're. opposed to elite impunity. They want the.

Epstein class held accountable. People. who think they the law doesn't apply to. them and that they get to write the. laws. They are opposed to uh Trump's. policy of giving tax breaks to. billionaires and they want something. done to lower their utility prices, to. lower their grocery prices. And they're voting in that way. And. they're appalled by ICE terrorizing. American citizens. Yesterday, I sat. through a hearing where an American.

citizen, 16-year-old, said he was held. in a chokehold by ICE agents. Where a. mom said that she was threatened to have. her head blown off, an American citizen. So, people are finally reacting to this, and it's an anti-Trump. uh movement. sentiment in the American. public because our country deep down is. incredibly good and decent and kind. And. yes, we need an affirmative agenda. Don't get me wrong, but let me tell you. something. The anti-Trump sentiment is. very strong in.

in in making sure that we will win the. midterms. >> I I also want to be clear not to just. pin the blame entirely on Trump. Clearly, he's driving the ship, but the. Republicans could serve as a check on. him if they wanted to. They run a. coequal branch of government. They run. every coequal branch of government, and. yet in the House, in the Senate, they. have just decided to contract every. ounce of their power to him. Is there. any acknowledgement by your Republican. colleagues in that conference.

about the extent to which he is serving. as an anchor around their necks and that. they are voluntarily ushering in their. own demise by by constantly deferring to. him 100% by constantly kowtowing to him. regardless of how unpopular their. behavior is. >> We discussed this before, Brian, that. I do believe the Epstein Transparency. Act was a historic break from Trump. It. was the first time the Republicans said, "You know what? I'm not just getting on. his train that is going into a place.

that is going to lead to loss. We're. going to jump off.". And since then, you do have Republicans. challenging him. Hundreds of discharge. petitions. Now, it's not as much as we. would like, but there Republicans upset. about ground troops in Iran and said. that that's a red line. The Republicans. upset about the gas prices. The. Republicans upset that they're still not. being transparent about Epstein. The. Republicans upset in knowing that ISIS. gone too far and it's hurting them with. Latino voters and Asian-American voters.

So they see that they're headed for. defeat. And the question for them is. just can they convince Trump to to write. the ship at all or not? >> Yeah, well, I think he's made it. abundantly clear that he wants to. continue to exacerbate this pain that. Americans are feeling because it will. help him. promote his own personal political. agenda, which is, you know, as some as. he himself has said, legislation that. will help Republicans win every election. for the next 50 years, which is just a.

you know, a bunch of window dressing for. a massive voter suppression bill. With that said, Congressman, as always, I appreciate the work you're doing and. thanks so much for the time today. >> Thank you, Brian. >> I'm joined now by Ezra Levin and Leah. Greenberg, who are the co-founders of. Indivisible. You guys have an. announcement about something big. happening this weekend. Can you explain. what that is? >> Yeah, Brian, it's only the largest. protest in all of American history with. more than 3,100 protests globally that. everybody should be making a plan to. show up with tons of friends and. families and colleagues to make it a.

huge historic event and make Donald. Trump very sad that he is small and puny. and on the way out. >> So, can you talk a little bit about. about what you hope to accomplish with. this third iteration of the No Kings. protest? >> Sure. Well, that's a great question. No. Kings is a it's a tactic within a. strategy. The strategy is about. fostering mass defiance everywhere that. pushes back on Donald Trump, on his. regime, on his secret police, on his. policy agenda. The way that we do that is organizing.

locally and occasionally collectively. coming together for a massive show of. popular defiance that demonstrates that. the resistance to Donald Trump is. literally everywhere in the country. You. are within 30 minutes of a No Kings. protest wherever you are in America. right now. That it is growing on an ongoing basis. and that there are an enormous number of. us who are collectively coming together. to link arms and to oppose this agenda. of chaos, cruelty, and corruption. And. it also funnels all those people into. ongoing local organizing so that we are.

moving people on a regular basis into. Ace Watch in their neighborhood, into. mutual aid, into advocacy, into. electoral work. All of the things that. we collectively are going to need to. beat back these fascists. >> I I think one thing to keep in mind, Leah said this already, but it is a. tactic among many tactics in a strategy. I don't think anybody is under the. illusion that we have a historic protest. with millions of people out and suddenly. democracy wins. We don't have to worry. about it anymore. Trump is gone. That. That's not how this works. Nobody thinks. that's how this works. It is, however, a.

very essential tactic for welcoming new. people into the movement and then. getting them trained up and connected. locally so we can escalate tactics as we. move forward towards an election in. these midterms that Donald Trump is. saying himself he plans to sabotage. >> And that's the part I want to dig into a. little bit because, you know, there. there is some concern that like these. happen and the protests come and go and. that there's no kind of tail from them, that there's no. overall benefit other than a show of.

force. And look, I I I think that. anytime you can get people out onto the. streets to to to display their. opposition to an administration that. kind of relies on the optics of total. control, that pierces that bubble. And I. think that that's important in its own. right. But, you know, we have these rare. opportunities where millions and. millions of people show up on the. streets. And so And so in terms of. making sure to get the biggest ROI on. that stuff, how do you harness that many. people to have the the longest tail, to. have the biggest return on on the.

investment that is everybody giving out. their time? >> Well, for us it's all about treating. this not just as a a big popular message. to the powers that be, but also as a. mass absorption event. If you talk to. anybody who is hosting or organizing one. of these, what they're going to talk. about is not just their plan for the. day, but the ways that they are. recruiting and absorbing the folks who. come out to these events, right? We're. actually working with hosts uh and. organizers. Some of these are. Indivisible groups or 50-51 or DSA or.

the League of Women Voters or a local. immigrant defense organization. Any. number of folks across the political. spectrum, but we're working with folks. on how do we all collectively recruit at. these things and then plan a what's next. event afterwards? Because what we want. to make sure is that if you come out to. a No Kings for the first time, you're. actually getting uh you're getting. invited by a human to go to another. place or another location where you're. going to get absorbed into ongoing work. that is meaningful to you in your town. That is for us the real victory with one.

of these is that there are a lot of. people who maybe came out for the first. time who are actually moving into. ongoing cycles of local activation. We. know from our side we get a. hundreds of new Indivisible groups. whenever there is a No Kings because. somebody raises their hand, they start. organizing a No Kings, and they say, "Hey, 50 people came out in my tiny red. town. Wow, that's 50 people I didn't. know agreed with me. Let's keep this. going." And they're off to the races. >> I think you'd need to look no further. than the Twin Cities for the in to see. the impact of what these national.

protests and organizing that comes out. of them can have. I mean, the same. people who I think have inspired. certainly us and the country through. their opposition to the regime in the. Twin Cities and their the secret police. force that was terrorizing their. communities and murdering Americans like. Alex Ready and Renee Good. Those same. people were at Hands Off last April, were at No Kings in June, were at No. Kings 2 in October, and then spun up Ice. Out for Good protest after Renee Good's. murder. There were 1,300 of those in 48. hours. You're not able to accomplish. that kind of rapid response targeted.

organizing unless you're building over. time. So, I would think of March 28th, No Kings 3, as this historic moment, but. a moment that then leads to more. historic moments. >> How are you thinking about this in terms. of new areas? Like have you seen. Indivisible chapters um sprout up in. these areas that otherwise wouldn't. normally be where you would think uh you. would see these chapters. I mean, we're. not talking about like, you know, West. Hollywood or or or New York or you know, something like that. But like, are you.

seeing kind of this movement grow thanks. to the exposure that some folks are. getting at No Kings where all of a. sudden you have real infrastructure. that's going to outlast, you know, just. the the the the protest that we're. seeing right now? >> Absolutely. What we've seen since Trump. was elected is that we've grown about. 150% in new chapters with a. disproportionate number of those coming. in red and purple areas and particularly. in in some of the rural areas where. we've actually not had presence before.

And that's just not not just our data. That is actually the finding when you. look at folks like Erica Chenoweth and. the Crowd Counting Consortium. What. they're finding is that protest in the. second Trump term and organizing the. second Trump term is extending further. and deeper into red areas of the country. than it ever did under the first Trump. term. >> I'm from I'm from rural Texas and one of. the incredible things that I get to see. is all these small little rural areas or. these red deep red areas where Trump won. the district or the county by 70 or 80%.

They're having No Kings protests as. well. So, look, Bruce Springsteen is going to help us. kick off the flagship event in the Twin. Cities. I know New York City is going to. be huge. I know San Francisco is going. to be huge and LA is going to be huge. That's great. We need that. But just as. important are is Coloma, California, population 372. Gustavus, Alaska, population 612. There are 17 events. across Alaska. There are 12 events all. across Hawaii, multiple events on. multiple islands. I mean, it is.

important for us not just to show we're. here in big crowds, but to connect with. community, with our own community. because that's how we recruit for what's. to come. >> Yeah, I like the idea of of this kind of. being a funnel because, you know, at its. core like, we have to make sure that we. get people who aren't already in the. tent. Look, if you're if you're a Democrat, you just. lived through an election in 2024 where. Democrats lost the electoral vote, they. lost the popular vote, lost the House, the Senate, and the White House. We. don't have the privilege of being able.

to rest on our laurels and say this is. our coalition. We've got everything. covered. We have to grow the tent. We. have to grow the coalition because it's. the only way we win. And so, I do like. the idea of these mass events serving as. a funnel to get people more involved as. we move forward. and get closer and closer to midterms. Are you seeing any difference in the in. the participation as Trump's. unpopularity grows? Like, are you seeing. the net catch people that would. otherwise not have shown up to an event. like this who would otherwise have.

identified as an independent or even a. Trump voter? >> Absolutely. That's a That's a really. common thing that we are hearing from. our groups around the country is that. this is this the harm that this. administration does has been so. wide-ranging and so. enormous that it is bringing in people. who never would have activated before. From the DOJ cuts that have had a. disproportionate effect on veterans to. the massive backlash that has been. triggered by ICE and CBP going after.

people's neighbors, what we're seeing. collectively is that there's a bunch of. folks who maybe don't consider. themselves political, certainly didn't. consider themselves a Democrat, but who. feel incumbent on them to come out right. now. >> It's interesting because. everybody has their own breaking point. Everybody has their own reason for being. part of this, and one of our the goals. for the movement right now is not to see. new people come in and say, "Well, why. the hell weren't you here last week or. last month or last year?" It's actually. our responsibility to welcome everybody. into this big coalition of no kings,

including people who didn't vote with us. back in 2024. I want Trump voters who. voted for Trump thinking he was going to. do no worse. He was going to cut the the. of their eggs or their bread or their. gas. They believed a better world was. possible. They didn't like the status. quo, so they took a chance and now they. feel betrayed. We got to welcome them. with open arms. To your point, Brian, we. cannot just organize the Kamala Harris. voters or just the folks who consider. themselves Democrats. We have to build a. gigantic coalition and that is one of. the reasons why we are organizing. everywhere. We want to provide a place.

where people feel comfortable to join. and can connect with their community in. a powerful and fun environment. >> I think the idea of infrastructure is is. um so important too because as we see. the success of some of these. organizations on the right that have. been in place for years and years and. years. As we look at the Turning Point. USA's of the world, obviously having. that infrastructure intact um has some. has some gives some advantage confers. some advantage to the other side and. look, the left has been slow at building. up that infrastructure.

Uh you know, there there's a story that. I like to that I like to kind of um. revert back to and that is this idea. that in South Florida, you know, maybe. maybe about 10 years ago, um Democrats. were buying up ads in the lead up to the. election and you know, spending millions. of dollars on ads to get these elusive. um uh Latino voters or or Miami voters, whatever it may be. And you know, for. 15-second spots that would go in one ear. and out the other and meanwhile, uh. there was a right-wing group that bought. a radio station for $350,000.

And now they get to now they get to. reach those people every single day and. that's how you build up allegiances. That's how you share your worldview and. kind of proselytize folks much more. effectively than waiting until September. or October and saying here, we're going. to throw a bunch of attack ads on air. and then just hope that does the trick. People consume media differently and I. think without that infrastructure, um. we're kind of leaving ourselves we're. kind of relying on tactics from, you. know, the late '90s and early 2000s uh.

to win elections in the late 2020s. >> I couldn't agree more there. I had. personally had this experience in 2016. Lee and I were out in the Philly suburbs. knocking on doors for for Hillary. Clinton. We knock on doors, we try to. every single midterm, and vividly. remember coming into into somebody's. neighborhood and a guy stops and he's. like, "What are you doing?" And I said, "Knocking on doors for for Clinton. We. need to get the vote out." And he said, "Yeah, y'all are here every 4 years, and. then I don't see you again.". >> Yeah. >> And that that is real. That is real. I I.

do not think we can just treat midterms. or or presidential elections as an. October and November organizing effort. We've got to be engaged year round. And. I'll tell you, the same people who are. going to show up on Saturday for the. first time, never went to a protest. before, these people are going to be the. folks who are knocking on doors and who. are protecting the vote come the. midterms when Trump tries to sabotage. it. >> So, for folks who are looking to. participate, where can they go? >> You can head to nokings.org and you can.

find a protest near you, and we can. pretty much guarantee you there will be. a protest near you because they are all. over the country. >> Awesome. >> My challenge to folks trying to fight. help out in this moment though is I know. everybody watching Ryan, they're going. to go. They're committed to helping out. My challenge to folks watching this. though is think of three people in your. life who aren't activists, who aren't. organizers, who might think politics is. and have never participated, but they don't like the direction of the. country. Reach out to them and give them. the gift of an invitation to hang out. with you this Saturday. That's how we're.

going to build this up to be historic. >> Great call. And I'm going to put the. link to to the website right here on the. screen and also in the post description. If you're listening on the podcast, that's going to be in the show notes. Highly, highly, highly recommend for. everybody who is watching right now. Get get out there and be with some. community. I know that a lot of us, I. can speak for personal experience, it gets tedious. just, you know, being alone and you. know, with your phone. It is nice to. have some sense of community. It's also, you know, as we get toward spring, it's.

obviously much more nice out, much much. nicer outside. So, try to get out there. and and do something good for the for. the weekend here. Um Ezra and Leah, thank you as always. for all the work y'all y'all are doing. and thanks for taking the time today. >> Thanks, Bernie. >> Pleasure to join. >> To listen to the audio version of this. episode, click the link right here on. the screen and make sure to subscribe. And of course, to see more of my video. content, that subscribe button's on the. screen as well.