00:00So if this campaign was about anything, it was about change and the need for the Democratic Party, in my
00:10view, to move in a new and bold direction.
00:14I personally have known Chuck Schumer for over 30 years, and I, like Chuck, nobody who works harder than Chuck
00:22Schumer.
00:23But in my view, the time is now for change, and I will not be supporting Chuck to be re
00:32-elected as the Democratic leader.
00:36And I think, as Senator Slotkin is going to get to in a moment, we need a process.
00:41We need a vigorous debate about the direction of the Democratic Party.
00:46I have my ideas, so this is used maybe different.
00:49But we need to have that out in the open to show the American people that a new day has
00:55come
00:55and that their votes meant a new direction in Washington.
01:01Melissa.
01:02Thank you. Hi, everybody.
01:05I mean, I think it is very clear that on election night, the American people voted for change,
01:13and they voted for their pocketbooks, and they're exhausted by costs and corruption.
01:18And I think we need to hear that.
01:21I think whoever wants to run this caucus should come forward with a plan on how they're going to govern
01:29differently,
01:30what they're going to do in the first 100 days to put money in people's pockets,
01:34and then in particular, how they're going to communicate differently.
01:38I am not actively seeking this job.
01:40I am seeking change.
01:42I've been very consistent for a very long time that we need a new generation of leadership.
01:48I said it before when I served in the House.
01:52I said it about Joe Biden, and I'm saying it here.
01:56I think we need to acknowledge that Senator Sanders and I disagree on some items,
02:01but we agree on the need for change.
02:05Now, we have a bunch of new members.
02:07We just had our first big meeting with the new caucus.
02:12They're from all kinds of new states.
02:14It's extremely exciting.
02:16We need leadership that's going to govern for the entirety of the caucus,
02:20for folks from blue states, purple states, and red states.
02:25But I think it's important to demonstrate that we've heard what people want from this last election.
02:33So I think it's important to have a fulsome conversation on things like AI.
02:39I want this new generation of leadership to be doing a joint committee, House and Senate, on AI.
02:45I think the country is desperate for us to actually put some left and right limits there.
02:49I think we should have the voices of freshmen and sophomore senators in leadership,
02:53helping to guide what happens when we take the majority.
02:57But at the end of the day, I don't think it's a radical idea to ask whoever wants to lead
03:03to come forward with a concrete plan, not just in words, but in deeds, how they're going to govern differently.
03:09So that's why we're here today and interested, again, across ideological lines in something different
03:19for the Democratic caucus.
03:22Senators.
03:23Yes, give us your name, please.
03:25Leon Caldwell.
03:27Has Senator Schumer responded to some of your concerns as he started to discuss a plan, for instance?
03:35And secondly, who else is there that would run or that you would support?
03:41Well, yeah, we just, the listener and I just came from a meeting where there was some serious discussion
03:46about a general idea of going forward.
03:48The answer to that is yes.
03:49Was it as definitive as it should be?
03:51In my view, it was not.
03:55And I think one of the names that's out there is Chris Van Hollen.
04:00I think Chris has indicated some interest, but you'll have to talk to him.
04:03There may be others.
04:05Yes.
04:06Julian Andrione with DropSite News.
04:08I just wanted to ask you, you know, Chuck Schumer is somebody who's taken loads of corporate
04:13PAC money, APAC money throughout his career.
04:15He also sort of, his stated electoral strategy was to abandon, you know, folks in the blue
04:19collar cities and communities in favor of moderate Republicans in the suburbs.
04:26And his daughter is a, you know, top lobbyist for OpenAI.
04:29So I'm wondering, how are you going to secure not only generational change, but also ideological
04:33change and change in integrity in finding this new leader?
04:38Do you want to go?
04:39I mean, so look, I think what one of the big messages out of this election was also that
04:46it's not just like progressive versus moderate.
04:49It is literally economic security at the forefront of people's minds.
04:54How am I going to provide for my kids, my grandkids?
04:58And how are they going to live a life that's as good as me, if not better?
05:02And I think we need to hear that.
05:05Similar issues to what was happening in 2024, right?
05:07Iran in 2024, and economic issues were the top of those issues.
05:11So I think we're moving to a point where if you listen to the American people, it's not
05:16about one wing or the other wing.
05:19It's about, are we going to have a strong middle class in this country or not?
05:22OK, now, I was very proud.
05:26We just had an election in Michigan.
05:30Abdul and I are the youngest single delegation.
05:32If you combine our years when we're the first delegation where neither of us have taken
05:37corporate PAC money, we don't agree on everything.
05:39I've been open about that.
05:41But we can work together to come up with solutions in a serious way.
05:46So I think that is, to me, one of the strongest messages coming out of Tuesday, is that the
05:53public is done with people who say a lot of words, but aren't actually going to put more
05:59money in people's pockets.
06:00And I personally will work with anyone who wants to work on that mission instead of looking
06:06like we're doing things.
06:08Let me just say, I don't want to get into all the policy issues, I think maybe you know
06:12where I'm coming from.
06:14But I think Alyssa was exactly right.
06:16And saying that we need a serious debate about serious issues and about the future and the
06:21direction of the Democratic Party.
06:24Foreign policy is a very important part of that debate, in my view.
06:29The war in Vietnam was based on a lie.
06:32The war in Iraq was based on a lie.
06:34The war in Iran is based on a lie, in my view.
06:38I think U.S. military aid to Israel is certainly a very sensitive subject among tens of millions
06:43of people.
06:44So these are issues that have got to be debated and discussed.
06:47Yes.
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