00:00a retired teacher. Thank you. I always consider the Democrat Party the party of inclusivity,
00:09right? We cover and stand for a lot of marginalized groups, underserved groups,
00:14but I think we're missing a group. My best job I ever had is as a mom, and so I have a 21-year-old
00:21son, and there's this group of white young men between 18 and 25 who we are not reaching,
00:27right? And my son totally understands his white privilege. So kudos to you two young men that are
00:33here today. Thank you. So my thought is to tell people who have nephews, grandsons, sons,
00:46and how do we draw that group in? Because their frontal lobes are not developed yet. We all know
00:53that, right? And so some of the whole Trumpism stuff, they think is cool or funny. So how do
01:00we get that group of young men to feel like they belong to the Democratic Party? Because I feel
01:06like that's one of the groups that we do not reach out to enough.
01:09Yeah. Well, at risk of sounding obvious, step one is talk to them. And those conversations need to
01:23happen. A lot of them are online. A lot of these, you know, I taught a day a week. I was at the
01:29University of Chicago this spring. And I'd always do a show of hands with the students and ask them
01:36where they got their information. And this won't be a revelation to younger folks who are here.
01:40I asked them what percentage of, you know, how many of them, I always started with television,
01:43because that's how I'm used to getting my news. How many of you get your news by watching a television?
01:47You really, really? Okay. You might be the first person I've met. Do you actually watch television
01:53on a television? And all your friends are saying, that's really weird. It's like retro.
02:00It's going to be like vinyl. Watching television to this generation is like vinyl.
02:10Mr. Secretary, thank you very much. We have time for one more question.
02:14Okay. Well, then, just to finish the thought, and then I'll take one. Thank you, gentlemen.
02:20They really keep you squared away, these army things.
02:22We got to be talking to folks where they are. That's why I'm going on these podcasts.
02:28A three-hour podcast was not on my bingo card until a few weeks ago.
02:33We're going to be doing more of those. But also, again, speak to how everyday life is going to be
02:36different. If it just looks like a show or a game, then you go with whoever's cooler, whoever looks
02:40like they have more swagger sometimes. And that's something that happens when you reduce politics to a
02:45kind of a death match, you know, wrestling death match. It's what it's become.
02:51We do better than that. But we have to have that conversation and have something to offer
02:55besides just, these guys are no good, even though these guys are no good.
03:01No pressure. The last question.
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