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Chapter 1: Why are some Trump supporters expressing regret?
Did you vote for President Trump?
I did three times. Why? Because I thought he was the right person for the job and I didn't expect this.
I didn't expect this. You know, they say all politics is local. And when you go and speak to people now at the local level, you're hearing stories like that individual, a disabled veteran who was recently fired from his job after glowing performance reviews. More on him in a moment, that three time Trump voter who now has regrets.
Chapter 2: What challenges are red states facing under Trump's policies?
You look at red states like Iowa, a recent town hall that was held there with Senator Chuck Grassley, who's been representing that state for like literally decades and decades. Here's what happened at that town hall in Ruby Red, Iowa.
Let's play it. My question to you is, why do you believe that President Trump is above the law? And I'll just reinforce what other people have been saying here. Why have you not spoken out for it? And we have trusted you with our votes. We have sent you to Congress for decades. We expect you to follow through on what we Iowans really want our government to do and not to have a federal government
that is being dismantled by this President Trump and Elon Musk. Please, stand up for what's right and do your job.
Please stand up for what's right and just do your job. I'll take you to a Pennsylvania butcher who's commenting on how Trump's tariffs crushing their business. Let's play it.
Chapter 3: How are local economies being affected by trade policies?
Here, this is all domestic. But as you know, you used to work at Costco. The big chains, they get a lot of their beef from Canada and Mexico. If you get a 25% tariff on that, what's that do?
It's going to increase the price. The consumer's going to pay for it.
You on board with that?
Well, listen, I mean, you have no choice in the way. I mean, me, my philosophy is to sell as low as you can to show a savings of value to the customer and hopefully you have more customers to generate your revenue.
Notable as you look at that Chiron right there, you see the market tanking once again for a lot of Americans, especially when you ask them at a local level as well. That means their pensions are getting destroyed. Their 401ks are being destroyed. Their life savings suddenly disappearing. In addition to a lot of people.
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Chapter 4: What impact do federal funding cuts have on scientific research?
being affected in lots of different ways by what's going on in the government i mean take a look at this you have a promising advance in the fight against alzheimer's now being threatened by doge cuts
A promising advance in the fight against Alzheimer's could be threatened by doge cuts and funding delays. Researchers have developed an experimental drug that appears to delay symptoms in some people who are genetically destined to get the disease in their 40s or 50s. It is a first of its kind study, but early results have been encouraging.
However, the NIH grant that researchers hoped would fund further research to save lives has been delayed, an example of how spending cuts and confusion in Washington are affecting critical scientific research.
You know, finally, Donald Trump's commerce secretary, a billionaire, Howard Lutnick, he's been the one who's been on TV telling people to buy Tesla stock, and he wants everyone to, in the future, buy Tesla robots for $30,000 a piece. Must be nice. He went on a tech bro podcast called the All In Podcast, where I guess they just talk about
like rich people problems and like their mansions and their stock portfolios, like whatever, their Bitcoins. I don't know what the hell they talk about. But here they ask Howard Lutnick, should we be speaking in a more empathetic way about Doge destroying people's lives? The official answer from the Trump regime. Let's play it.
Before we get there, I want to ask one last question on the cuts. Can we speak in an... Do we need to speak in a more empathetic way? Because that trillion dollars of spending flows into someone's pocket. Some percentage of that pays people a salary and they live on that income. And I think a lot of... No, no.
Okay, I think this is important for you to highlight because a lot of people are reacting...
No, no, no, we shouldn't be more empathetic. Let's just be the way we are and just destroy people's lives. I want to bring in Heather Williams. She's the president of the DLCC, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. You focus on the state races. All things are local, Heather. You watch that. Some of the data that we have shows that this is permeating some of the local special elections.
I want you to speak about that. But state Democrats are now overperforming by an average of nine points in state legislative special elections. Can you can you speak to what you're seeing at the state level and how important it is at these state races?
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Chapter 5: What is the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee's strategy for state races?
Guggenhauer is a police officer who supervise detectives, and he serves on the school board. And then he's running against a guy who's a fire chief. And, you know, this one's been, I guess, nationally a little bit under the radar. I think people in the commonwealth you know, know about it.
In my view, I think it was important to share all of those clips at the beginning because, you know, I think the strategy, and correct me if you think I'm wrong here, is the Republican candidate, the fire chief, he's trying to go under the radar. He's trying to disconnect himself from the ramifications, which would be the Doge-ification of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A vote for the Republican in this race means all of those things that Elon Musk is doing at the federal level, they're going to wreck the Commonwealth and it's just going to become Doge all over again. So the protections that Governor Shapiro has been able to fight for, that may be in jeopardy now if you tip the scales to the Republican. Tell us about that race.
That is exactly right. Every Republican should be held accountable for what they are doing to dismantle our, not only our government, but cancer protection for kids, for our education funding, for the things that make our communities thrive. And what's interesting, it's a little more context maybe about this Pennsylvania race is You know, in 2024, this is a place where state Democrats did well.
We held onto this chamber by one seat, the federal results obviously being different. And this will be the fifth opportunity this year for Democrats to hold a legislative chamber. And Pennsylvanians, I think, are well aware of their choices and their options. And there is no way that Republicans here can dodge what is happening within their party and what they are ultimately supporting.
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Chapter 6: Why is the Pennsylvania special election crucial for Democrats?
Can't dodge doge. It's right in your face. They're calling social security a Ponzi scheme. They're taking away your Medicaid. You feel it in your 401k and every day you wake up and it's like, what new drama are these people going to be inflicting in our lives? It feels like, as I like to say it, we're kind of non-consensual participants in their dystopian reality show.
And all we want to do is just try to take care of our family and
and get on with our day and make an honest day's living what else should people know about your organization and it's very important everyone always talks about how one of the ways democrats have been outflanked in the past was that republicans focused on local they focused on the states and so i want to highlight what you're doing because democrats are now focusing on the states and local and you're the person leading that i mean you're an official it's an official arm of the democratic party
at the local level. This is what people have been asking to see. So I want to show them this is what's happening. So what should they know? What can they do? Anything else you want to tell the people?
Yeah. You know, we've got elections again coming up sort of all the time. We start in November with really critical, important races in Virginia, where we'll be holding on to that chamber and then moving into next year. These local races are everywhere. And they are a great place to channel your energy.
We need to win at the ballot box against these Republicans and build power in the states alongside building our federal power. You can head to DLCC.org, find out more. You can follow us at DLCC across all the social platforms.
Lots of opportunities to get involved, lots of opportunities to channel your energy and your frustration and to stand up for democratic values that really just mean we're fighting for people to live the lives they want to live with the opportunities that they deserve in communities that are resilient and supportive of all.
the lives they wanna live, the opportunities they have, and just treat people right. I said at the beginning, I was gonna go back to that first clip I showed you of that veteran. And I just wanna briefly close this video by showing people the types of individuals who Doge and Trump are picking on, disabled veterans. And if they're picking on disabled veterans, don't think that you're immune.
If they haven't already come for you, trust me, they're coming for you. So why don't we play out with this clip right here, just so we can see here, play it.
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