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Gavin Newsom: “The American people always support strong and wrong versus…”

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Ex-Head of the DNC Jaime Harrison Is Fighting For Every. Single. Seat.

Published August 27, 2025 | Video Starts at 48:53

Yeah, I thought Bill Clinton summed it up beautifully when we got shellacked in one of those midterm elections. I can't remember which one. He said, given the choice. Given the choice, The American people always support strong and wrong versus weak and right. Yes. And this notion of strength is so important and you see that reflected in the Democratic brand, appearing to be weak. And so I could not agree with you more. (48:53–48:59)

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Asserts that American voters prefer candidates perceived as strong, even if they are wrong, over those perceived as weak.

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“Obama wins the presidency in 08 with 53% of the vote, more than any other presidential majority since 1964.”
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“We're talking a lot about the future of the Democratic Party, what the Democratic Party represents to people today.”
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“No better guess than the former chair of Democratic National Committee. This is Jamie Harrison.”
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“It's a hell of a journey to be on, to be the head of the Democratic Party.”
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“I get this question all the time. Who, who's, who leads the Democratic Party?”
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“Democratic brand today is more, some have argued and people don't like the word toxic.”
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“27% approval in early this year in an NBC poll, 29%, which is a high water mark at the time, and a CNN poll.”
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“People feeling we're out of touch, we're weak, we're not quote, unquote, focusing on their priorities.”
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“You inherited that mantle sort of incumbency, different mindset, different relationship to the White House.”
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“You wildly outperformed as DNC chair, the Biden administration, as an incumbent president in that midterm you broke with all, I mean…”
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“We won Amendment 3 on abortion [in Missouri].”
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“We won the $15 minimum wage [in Missouri].”
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“This notion of strength is so important and you see that reflected in the Democratic brand, appearing to be weak.”
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“We're about to pick up the Virginia's governor's race. So we're going to have net one there.”
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“We're going to hold with great, but by the way, two extreme extraordinary Democratic candidates in, in not just Virginia, but also New…”
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“We lost people on immigration. We may have taken from the midterms the wrong lesson on immigration and border.”
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“A lot of Democrats, including Democratic border state governor like myself, there was a lot of frustration and that was expressed very…”
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“I'm sick and tired of these guys rewriting history, censoring historical fact.”
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“We talked about where we're right on issues like minimum wage and sick leave and child care and issues that I think define the best of our…”
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“There are some issues where we're not necessarily where the American people are.”
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