＂Not A Moment Of Peace＂ - J.B. Pritzker's ATTACK On Trump Sparks MAJOR Backlash
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Summary
On today's show, Adam and Rob are joined by political commentator Van Jones and former Minnesota Congressman and 2024 presidential candidate Dean Phillips to discuss the Democratic response to Governor J.B. Pritzker's comments on President Trump and Elon Musk.
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Dan's haven't figured out position beyond outrage at Trump.
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So on Monday, CNN's Laura Coates live, CNN public commentator,
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and former Obama advisor Van Jones said that Democrats have yet to figure out
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what the proposition, what are the Democrats offering?
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Besides outrage at Trump and Musk, Jones said, I applaud Governor Pritzker.
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Political commentator Van Jones is back with us now,
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along with former Minnesota congressman and 2024 presidential candidate,
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Is this, in your opinion, a realistic strategy from Governor Pritzker?
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If you, Rob, you find it, I'm going to try to wrap up the rest of the stuff
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We do not need to stand up, and we do not need people to try to raise the stakes.
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They're going to look around and try to raise the stakes to figure out what they're
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And if everybody is kind of calm, wringing their hands, then most people won't move.
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You need a fire alarm, and you need a fire station.
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A fire alarm is somebody that can raise the concern level in an appropriate way.
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The opposition is important, but what's the opposition?
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What are Democrats offering besides outrage at Donald Trump and Elon Musk that has to be
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But the one thing you can't say about Trump is he is playing the game.
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It's almost like Team Trump versus the Team Democrats.
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And one team is playing the game, and the other team is just on the sidelines booing.
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You're not going to win the game by booing at the other team.
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And that's what the Democratic Party is at this point.
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Yeah, but you guys aren't running any plays whatsoever on the field.
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Yes, sometimes he'll have some interceptions, some turnovers.
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But you're just sitting there booing from the sidelines.
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Like voters, aka the fans in this case, you got to give them a reason to cheer for your
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And I feel like that's exactly what the Democratic Party is at this point.
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Just booing at Trump, booing at Elon, but not actually in the game themselves running
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Okay, and by the way, there's some Pritzker saying, calling out like fire.
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So here's a billionaire from Chicago that wants to become a president, and he's probably
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Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption.
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These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.
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That we will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have.
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We must castigate them on the soapbox, and then punish them at the ballot box.
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Maxine Waters was like, when you see these people get in their face,
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They're the party that wants to cause violence, and they want to push you to the limit so you
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It's like lighting a match and then blaming the fire on the wind.
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Does the inflammatory statement surprise me with J.B.
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When you hear him speak, the position is so easy to see.
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Like on, you know, Google satellite maps of Chicago, Governor Pritzker is easy to see.
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So I think you've got opportunities here to either be upset at this or to respect your opponent
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I never, never, never pick on a last place team.
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Because they're about to get draft picks that can change the game.
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And I think that Van Jones is not just screaming at microphones.
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And people on his side are going to start listening to him.
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He's not just repeating, you know, pablum to the masses on their side the way, you know,
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And I respect Van Jones for doing that, even as I disagree with Van Jones on his principles
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And so I respect the fact that they're out there trying to put it together.
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That's a political, so that's a red meat line and everybody cheers.
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And I said, but wait, what do we, what do we say when we're on the soapbox?
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That's when you talk to political strategists, they say that's what it is.
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So you don't have to go police crap like Jed Bush.
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I think Pritzker is a more formidable candidate that people think on the core.
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Like I always say, always say, listen, you campaign in poetry, but you govern in pros.
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Don't try to own this quote that you're Mario Cuomo all of a sudden.
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What I will say, I want to ask your opinion on J.B. Pritzker.
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Because on one hand, by the way, I think he's losing weight.
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I think he looked at Chris Christie and said, I can't go out like that.
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I got to literally lose 100 pounds because I got to get to 20, 28 without aiding somebody.
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He's not some schmuck congressperson like AOC or the girl down in-
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You're going to think AOC is not going to carry weight on 2020?
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Just because she gets media views does not mean she knows how to govern.
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Because I happen to think she's smarter than people think.
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I don't think some of the things she says I agree with.
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And I think sometimes she's missed the mark on what she wants to do.
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She graduated with honors and was a double major.
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And people try to portray her as this silly bartender.
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No, but I mean, when you say comments like the world's going to end in six years.
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I'm saying let's not be cocky before Super Bowl.
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I'm simply saying that a governor carries more weight than a senator.
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A senator carries more weight than a representative.
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Do you think he's a viable candidate in 2028 is what I'm asking?
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By the way, you've got to let the market decide on how they're going to fight.
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At the end of the day, end of the day, do you put him above or below AOC as a viable candidate?
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I mean, if you hit the button, I couldn't have asked the question.
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No, you still haven't made a point, but it's a nice question.
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I mean, if you go to, like, when I think about somebody who's ran a business and ran a state,
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When I think about a marketer, somebody who has marketing down, I mean, who was Bobby Kennedy?
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So to me, I give a lot of credit to AOC knowing how to make noise.
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