are you going to see that in the democratic party? she more like you, more like the bernie sanders wing? is that the vibrant future where you can get blue-collar workers, maybe white working-class workers, to look toward the party? >> what we are trying to do is appeal on an economic message. i think one thing we can agree on is bernie sanders and donald trump ran on a similar message of the system being rigged against them and it resonated. people talk about the fact that unfortunately in this town special interests have too much sway and they feel that. drain the swamp was the brilliant line. >> laura: how did wisconsin go for trump? >> because of trade. trump. he fumbled it completely. >> laura: getting all these jobs back. >> harley-davidson. >> laura: i love harley-davidson but they had already started to transition in some extent into bicycles. they couldn't figure out a way to market the big, what do they call them, the hogs. they had a little trouble with that. i don't think we should attack harley-davidson. i'm saying there's

i think her politics representt e majority of the democratic party, the silent majority of the democraticarty. i think it would be amazing, not only jcust historiut what the party needs. i cannot understate the fact that this kind of leadership is the only kind of leadership the democrats can look to do actually prove to be a counter point to the republicans who are 90% of the time agreeing with trump, the ones in congress, and the fact tha the supreme court may be pro trump policie means there is not a counterpoint. so we're going to cross the sle to me not as important as being an important counterp to the trump administration. >> how much is the democratic party being hurt by, you know, what we sawlay out thiweek, which is sort of this lack of civility, right? then you have congresswoman maxine waters over a megaphone telling people to publicly confront trump officials. she was criticized by party leaders, but there also this generation of activists that are saying, no, this is exactly what is need. the democratic party has been weak. ri >>t. there was a column the other day in "the ch

what is the future of the democratic party? and who will lead it? massachusetts democrat congressman seth moulton addressed the question on msnbc earlier today. >> who is the leader of the democratic party? >> who is the leader of the democratic party? that's who she asked. >> does my silence say something? that's the challenge that we have right now, i don't think that people are looking at pelosi, all due respect to her, and saying here is the future of our party. >> so who is the future of the democratic party? he's honest there. let me think, california senator kamala harris. >> if you had to be stuck in a elevator with either president trump, or jeff sessions, who would it be? >> does one of us have to come out alive? >> what about new jersey senator cory booker? >> why is it so disturbing for me, why am i frankly seething with anger is to mark your assignments in your amnesia is colicity. >> laura: he's very angry. what about massachusetts on her and her elizabeth warren? >> my aunt bea has walked by that picture at least a thousand times and i

he was so ingrained in the democratic party. he voted for bernie sanders in 2016 in the primary pennsylvania. but, he found himself about midsummer taking a look at this race and saying i got to go with trump because the democratic party, i mean, the democratic party just isn't there for the working people. you know, he had been in charge of the working people in his county. he had see the economic devastation. when president trump on inauguration day said-- what did he call-- >> forgotten men and women. >> but he also said there was carnage. said there was carnage in america and people laughed at him and i was on several panels where people were making a joke about it. there is carnage out there and the ed harry's of the world thought it. they were trying to save it and they decided-- he made a very strong decision that he was going to flip and leave the democratic party behind. now, for someone that ingrained in the party, that was so remarkable to me to see that change in him and this guy was incredibly successful in the demo

the energy is on the left in the democratic party. we have seen the tea party take over the republicans a long time ago. this is the occupy generation that rallied around bernie sanders' campaign. yes, she is a democratic socialist. but she did in her viral campaign ad play the idea of working class, dissing joe crowley for being out of touch, talking about income equality. the queens, bronx, majority, minority, crowley no centrist per se, he is a very liberal guy, but not a good fit for the district. >> i don't think anyone saw it coming, including will alexandria ocasio-cortez. let's watch her reaction last night. >> she's right here. she's looking at herself on television right now. how are you feeling? can you put it into words? >> no. i cannot put this into words. >> can you believe the numbers that you are seeing right now? >> i cannot believe these numbers right now. but i do know that every single person here has worked their butt off to change the future. that's what i know. that's what i know. and this victory belongs to ever

watched hubert humphrey tonight stand where he has wanted to for so long, at the very top of the democratic partyions in this party run very deep, indeed, and hubert humphrey who wants to be a healer for the party and for the country has very little time to heal the divisions in this party in terms of the november election. it's my judgment that hubert humphrey starts out an underdog. >> nixon could be gleeful about trumping his enemies and it gave him great joy to go to chicago to begin his campaign in the very place where the democratic party had been humiliated by a riot. ♪ stand up and let's strike the band up ♪ >> here comes richard nixon, the uniter, coming through the city of chicago like a roman emperor and being cheered by tens of thousands and harassed by no one. so it looks like this would be the fellow that can unite the country. ♪ >> humphrey's in an impossible situation. he's associated with the chaos of the anti-war movement because of what happened at the convention. he has this albatross of a war tied around his neck. and everywhere he goes, chaos follows. >> republican party wit

would you say i'm a member of the democratic party this morning? >> i'm absolutely proud to be a democrat. i was raised in a democratic family with democratic values but it also means that the democratic party is a big tent and there are so many ways to be a democrat and i'm proud to bring to congress an addit perspective and a ls towards what the future of the democratic party may be. >> in 2020, should you win in nove in 2020, can you see right now that y unequivocally back the democratic nominee in opposition to president trump? >> yeah. >> would it be a guarantee that hillary clinton would have gotten your vote? yeah. >> or do you foresee a reasonable scenario in which that wouldn't happen? >> no. i think that we're just at a moment where we absolutely have to support the democratic nominee against president trump, absolutely, withoutstion. >> here in new york as you know there is a gub no torrial race that's getting a lot of attention. governor andrew cuomo running against cynthia nixon. she's calls for some similar things as you. who are you b

>> the democratic party is a really big town.a lot of people who are much more conservative. i've been a progressive. and we used to be called liberals back then. and so the people who win are the ones that in our party who are inch with their constituents and who their constituents know will fight for them. and i think alexandria was very clear on the things that were important to her constituents and they heard her message. >> and so do you think that message will reflect or should reflect in the halls of congress when it comes to the current makeup of democratic leadership? does that need to change? >> to me the lesson learns that all of us should be very in touch with our statistic consti that they need to know that we're fighting for them. this is not a one size fits all. our candidates have to know their districts and they need to understand what the concerns are of their own conuencyonstituenc. that is not the same across the country. so the ones who win are the ones who understand and who are in touch. >> and what is the

common theme in the lead up to the november midterm election the hillary clinton wing of the democratic party is facing an uprising of sorts of minutes own ranks now at this point average democrats among the rank and file may not really approve of the party elite however they have a pretty solid base of funding billionaires like howard schultz the former c.e.o. of starbucks michael bloomberg and george soros are pouring in money meanwhile the former starbucks top boss is saying he's deeply worried about the bernie sanders wing of the liberal politics as so many voices within the democratic party are going so far to the left and i ask myself how are we going to pay for all these things in terms of things like single payer or people especially the fact that the government is going to give everyone a job i don't think that's realistic we decided to ask new yorkers what they think should be next for the democrats i think the democrats have to come up with their own ideas of their own agenda and they can't just be a party of persistence and i think all the politicians should start actually wonderi

democratic response. it speaks to the polarization on both parties. wants their representative to be luke warm on trump. and so someone like crowley loses in a democratic socialist win and what i think we should be looking towards is the polarization of our electoral issues instead of an immigration debate, we're looking forward to a debate where i.c.e. is eliminated, and donald trump is calling for stormtroopers to go knocking on every door and obamacare repeal versus medicare for all. so this is pretty ugly, but when extreme candidates dominate the politics, this is what we'll get. >> and the other thing going on with republicans and i don't have to tell you this, supreme court justices get conservatives out to vote. they run on it. >> absolutely. >> you don't see democrats doing that. traditionally democrats drk angela could back me up. they don't get out to vote because of the supreme court and right now they're trying to run on the economy and health care. not supreme court justices at this point. >> and they're also trying to run on building a ba

and his critics but below the surface another fight is boiling the fight for control of the democratic party in new york city's borough of the bronx a ten term democratic congressman faced off against a twenty eight year old for the nomination of the democratic party because you cortez accused her opponent representative crowley of being quote bankrolled by corporations she made clear she wasn't just taking aim at crowley but if the leadership of her own party commands a. questionable political. have presided over a lot of. around corporate now the political newcomer in the bronx is not alone the theme of arresting the control of the democratic party away from a corporate elite is becoming a pretty common theme in the lead up to the november midterm election the hillary clinton wing of the democratic party is facing an uprising of sorts of minutes own ranks now at this point average democrats among the rank and file may not really approve of the party elite however they have a pretty solid base of funding billionaires like howard schultz the former c.e.o. of starbucks michael bloomberg and g

they decided that he made a very strong decision that he was going to flip and leave the democratic party behind. for someone that ingrained in the party that was so remarkable for me to see the change in him. the sky was incredibly successful in the democratic party. it was not like he was just some union guy and he worked in the shop but was instrumental in the strength of that union. he went to trump rally was at this rally and that is not why met him, though, he went to the trump rally in wilkes-barre and when he got there local news people saw him and they thought what was going on and he goes yeah, i support trump. i guess i will have to resign from the labor council because he was president of the labor council. >> the union point is valid one. there was a time when labor was wag the dog and walter was president with the labor is the biggest q2 shepherd [inaudible] when they endorsed him in a 13.7 million members. when it endorsed hillary clinton and mitchell .5 million members and that was not just a loss of a million members because 92 million dragons went but fate and in the sel

to congress, a different lens and what the future of the democratic party could be. >> what happened and what does it mean for democrats in 2018 th me now david chalian. all right, david. what happened? >> there she was. she's the big star of the night. alexandria ocasio-cortez. this is astonishing and an earthquake in the democratic party because this isn't just generational, which it is. there is aacial component and d crowley is not quite representative of that. exactly. it's also ideological. this is a medicare for all, get rid of i.c.e., progressive, liberal democrat inside the party and she didn't just squeak by. 57% to 42.5%. this is going to be a wake-up call and not just what it means that the number four house democrat is out in the primary for what that means for leadership elections for what the democrats win in november and if you're a 2020 democrat looking at the white house and running in the nomination race for the democratic nomination, you are taking lessons about where the energy is and where the fire and the passion is inside the democratic party right now and it'

listen to what she said. >> the democratic party is increasingly younger, more diverse, more progressive. should the democratic house leadership vote that way? [ inaudible ] >> what's your problem? [ inaud >> they made a choice in one district. let's not get yourselves carried away on demographics and the rest of that within or outside the caucus. >> she said it was only one district and let's not get carried away as an expert on demographics. is she right, senator, or do you think establishment figures like her should be worried? >> wolf, again, with all due respect, those are media type questions. the real issue is what people stand for? there are people in the establishment who fight every c day for working people. and i support them. so issue is how do we elect a government that actually represents the needles of working families in this country? what are the issues? mothers today are watching this program, can't afford child care. we are the wealthiest country in the history of the world. we should not have this ugly and grow te grotesque level income. taking on the fsil fuel indust

common theme in the lead up to the november midterm elections the hillary clinton wing of the democratic party is facing an uprising of sorts of minutes own ranks now at this point average democrats among the rank and file may not really approve of the party elite however they have a pretty solid base of funding billionaires like howard schultz the former c.e.o. of starbucks michael bloomberg and george soros are pouring in money meanwhile the former starbucks top boss is saying he's deeply worried about the bernie sanders wing of the liberal politics and so many voices within the democratic party are going so far to the left and i ask myself how are we going to pay for all these things in terms of things like single payer or people a spouse in the fact that the government is going to give everyone a job i don't think that's realistic we decided to ask new yorkers what they think should be next for the democrats i think the democrats have to come up with their own ideas of their own agenda and they can't just be a party of persistence and i think all the politicians should start actually wonde

common theme in the lead up to the november midterm elections the hillary clinton wing of the democratic party is facing an uprising of sorts of minutes own ranks now at this point average democrats among the rank and file may not really approve of the party elite however they have a pretty solid base of funding billionaires like howard schultz the former c.e.o. of starbucks michael bloomberg and george soros are pouring in money meanwhile the former starbucks top boss is saying he's deeply worried about the bernie sanders wing of a liberal politics and so many voices within the democratic party are going so far to the left and i ask myself how are we going to pay for all these things in terms of things like single payer or people spouse in the fact that the government is going to give everyone a job i don't think that's realistic we decided to ask new yorkers what they think should be next for the democrats i think the democrats have to come up with their own ideas of their own agenda and they can't just be a party of resistance and i think all the politicians should start actually wondering

this upset had changed all the jockeying within the democratic party about speaker of the house, whichrhaps a lack of focus of what the top of the party should be talking about today. how much do you think, though, they are doing it in a different way. talking to constituents on a level where they get it. is there enough momentum there for them to really grab hold of the top of the party and say, now you're going to listen to us. >> listen, if you didn't get the telegram, you didn't get the e-mail, you didn't get the facts. if the carrier pigeon didn't get to you and you are still thinking, hey, everything is fine, i don't know what else has to happen. you tphaoefd smoke signals is? >> even just in terms of the machine in terms of the elections, do you need that support? >> no. that's part of the problem. the tools that are available to a young woman in her late 20s who literally -- this is going to go down in history books, this election. the knocking off of a top democrat with a great story. she believes in this agenda. nobody had to give her a talking point. she believes in this stu

and the divide in the democratic party becoming more clear. ard not comfortable with embracing this style of socialism bernie sanders. should they be? >> voters are not comfortable with the label. and the democrat platform and socialism, and the platform is the same, she's not afraid to call herself a socialist. and it will hurt them at the ballot box. >> free healthcare, ending ice, and the majority of americans, what do you think? >> resonated with the democrats, millennials responding to and it was a grassroots campaign and seemed to work for her. and my sources think she got money from republicans secretly that wanted her in the midterms because crowley could not be beaten. this is a huge upset for democrats because many believed crowley was too strong and republicans helped her win. rob: very low turnout in that district as well. that's talk about the president and the trump moment and when he backed somebody. dan donovan in staten island meet michael grin, despite being a convicted felon, very popular in that area, mcmaster in south carol

the gob -- on the democratic side the gubernatorial candidates are trying to break the defeats for the party >> welcome our 4 candidates. >> 4 of the 5 democratic candidates held their governor's debate. >> i. running for governor to it make sure everybody has the opportunity to live the american dream. >> levine said he would spend $25 million on his candidacy. >> too many people in florida are struggleing. >> former congresswoman graham wants to increase environmental standards and makes opposition to the president a campaign centerpiece. >> our country is under attack by donald trump. >> we should have to turn decisions for the direction of this state over to the millionaire's only club. >> the tallahassee player wants to hike corporate tax rates and spend that on education and enact a bernie sanders-like medicare for all policy. for an aggressive man he called for ending the tax penalty and legalizing marijuana. a millionaire did not enter the game campaign in time to make the debate but he is in the race now willing to spend whatever it takes. even though no democrat was elected florida

this is a particularly strange election because the democratic party, everybody knows the republican party is undergoing huge strains and difficulties and rebuilding and whatever. the democratic party is doing the same thing, simply because there's -- the real juice in the democratic party has nothing to do with what's going on in washington at all. it is all a bunch of 35 and youngers out there knocking on doors and running -- 15,000 candidates running all the thing we should have been doing for years, school boards, county commissions not just congress. that's how you run a party. that's what people are doing. >> many of those people were animated by bernie sanders. many of those people will say to you donald trump won by not catering to the middle. democrats have done that for too long. and we need to double down on the left. >> that's what the inside the beltway young people say. most of them don't care and they all voted for hillary after they got done with bernie. look, these kids are on social issues they are with the democrats and they will vote with the democrats probably for

don't forget bernie sanders, the most prominent socialist in the democratic party, he won 21 or 22 context and 13 million votes in presidential primary against the invincible queen herself. they now have candidates in primaries, last night the big winner of all the contests was president donald trump, governor mcmaster won handily and increased vote totals by 40% in county or the area where the rally was the night before. he did -- he increased vote count from just a couple of weeks earlier and that's the power and the force of air force one coming to your state, coming to your district to help you and that's why the president is so active and the vice president is so active in these races this year. she will be leaving again to go to north dakota for candidate there. the other winner was dan donovan. all polls showed donovan losing and he won by double digits. i think all of the people, geniuses who got 2016 wrong are getting 2018 wrong because they don't see the growing left ward poll of the democratic party. this is, i think, also people should recognize that joe crowely, the number 4 l

this is a particularly strange election because the democratic party, everybody knows the republican party is undergoing huge strains and difficulties and rebuilding and whatever. the democratic party is doing the same thing simply because the real juice in the democratic party has nothing to do with what's going on in washington at all. it's all a bunch of 35's and youngers knocking on doors. 15,000 candidates running. all the things we should be doing for years for school boards and county commissioners and not just congresspeople. that's how you rebuild the party. that's being done by people who are not candidates. rachel: many of those people animated by bernie sanders, many of those people will say to you, donald trump won by not catering to the middle. democrats have done that for too long and we need to double down on the -- governor dean: that's what inside the beltway people don't care. bernie -- look, these kids are on social issues they are with the democrats. they will vote with the democrats probably for the rest of their lives. they care deeply about diversity. they like

public-sector labor has been almost exclusively in the camp of the democratic party. >> i would just add to that, i agree with that analysis. but you know, because you're a member of a union doesn't mean that defines you as a democrat. race was a huge issue in this election. those guys are all white guys who when they lose their job can't get another one because they don't have internet skills. people in rural areas are terrified of huge social changes. in the last 15 years, we've had an african american president and two men can get married. that's fine if you live in the city and you're used to this stuff. it's no so great when you're in the middle of nowhere and you've chosen to live in a place where you know your place and it you care about your place and it's a place about places. you have an enormous cultural change. i think this is a backlash to the cultural revolution. i think the cultural revolution is essentially over. this fantastic book called stranger in her own it's about people in the bayou country in louisiana. she's a flaming liberal from san francisco. somebody asked

is the new cry of the democratic party.hich is out of step where the vast majority of america is on this. if you want to fix daca issue or child separation issue, for democrats you can't even talk about the problem of illegal immigration. >> melissa: they say if you explain, you are losing. but does the democrats explain voting no on daca? is that hard to defend for re-election? >> marie: the repubcan caucus cannot get enough votes because the hard right doesn't want dreamers to get a pass to citizenship. >> melissa: is that the argument the candidates make? >> marie: no, let's be honest why the legislation is not going to pass. i think democrats should look at it. if this is the one chance to fix daca and protect the dreamers, if this is it, and i fear it might be, i think we should take a long and hard look at it. >> melissa: they are not doing it. >> some are. the fact that dianne feinstein is worith ted cruz is ground breaking in d.c. last week the president tweeted let's not pass anything on immigration. today he says

he was the party boss for lack of a better term. the queens county democratic chairman. his mentor held the job. he took over for his mentor. he was the party boss locally. that was supposed to insulate him. his challenger here coming from the left, alexandria ocasio-cortez, a member of the democratic socialists of america. she campaigned this week for the abolition of i.c.e. in response to all of the news around the border. she has been talking about that issue. not an issue you hear a lot of democrats talking about. beating him by double digits. crowley represents a little bit of what the past was for the democratic party. this part of new york, his district, think of the show "all in the family" back in the '70s. archie bunker. they used to call them the white ethnics, italian, irish, culturally conservative, working class. that used to be sort of the prototype for this district. this district has changed. the country has changed. the democratic party has changed. this is now a district that is three quarters non-white. and there was a demographic change there, and cro

democrats. they are two real factions of the party. >> it's going be an interesting test for president candidatesatic side. i remember when a whole bunch of democratics had to endorse ned lamont. that created this weird progressive establishment rift and everybody said i'm going with ned lamont. >> part of e channel we'll see, we'll have a slate of candidates like we saw on the republican side on the democrat side. the difference is unlike the republican who is will cast that ballot for republican at the end of the top of the ticket, there's a wing of democrats that will cast independence. that could fracture the party in larger ways than we could imagine. >> it's a very important difference that we're seeing in the resistance and the tea party of 2010. it was primarily interested in purifying their own ranks or kicking out moderates. they were toppling their own republican party establishment. we're not seeing that on the democratic side. for better or worse you have a bunch conservativeng democrats. john tester ran. >> might be a little yellous a bit. >> republicans do well eating their old. th

a new voice rising in the democratic party. it's a powerful moment for the party as it moves toward the midterms. >> it is a very powerful two minutes of video. you're absolutely right. our thanks on this breaking news night to robert costa, to jill colvin, to jeremy bash. >>> coming up for us after our first break, from heaping praise to twitter threats, president trump now says it's the beginning of the end for a quintessential american company that was until recently a big friend of his. >>> and later, more of tonight's big primary results. "the 11th hour" on a tuesday night continues after this. what about him? let's do it. ♪ come on. this summer, add a new member to the family. at the mercedes-benz summer event. lease the glc300 for $429 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. jushis local miracle ear t at helped andrew hear more of the joy in her voice. just one hearing test is all it took for him to hear more of her laugh... and less of the background noise around him. for helen, j

is very divided into various no question there are some people in the democratic party with their own self-interest to want to kind of continued to cultivate the image that you are not between democrats that i served with about 190 democrats in the congress and every single one of us thinks every american should have healthcare. we have different ways of getting there. some are single pay, people have different ideas. every member of congress believebelieveclimate change isd human behavior is contributing to it. some people want a carbon tax, some people want cap and trade. every member of congress believes every child should have pre- k.. they look at the facts, the datd they know it is the best investments we make so when i look at the other side of the aisle my republican friends voted to take care of a from 20 million people. very few of them believe it is a problem in human behavior is contributing. i helped found the solutions which is a bipartisan caucus and we have good republican participation but when i say good, a couple dozen of 230 members. relative to where the membe

so only by winning swing districts and the pressure that tim talked about of the left of the democratic partyyou have to be for this or you are out is going to require one of two things. result in one of two-- one or two things either a lot of democrats in seats where they require independent republican votes to get elected, not nancy polo z's district or barbara lee's district, but a swing district in the midwest that will require them to walk the plank and they will be gone after one term regardless of impeachment or it will result in the house of representatives feeling to approve an impeachment resolution supported by virtually all democrats imposed by every republican and the democratic party will be even more slick going into 2020. it's bad for the country. but, it will also be bad for the democrats unless as tim says there is clear evidence of an impeachable offense and you saw a bit of this play out inside the republican party in the failed impeachment of a guy who had sex with an intern in the hallway off the oval office and lied about it costing him his law license, or even that rep

the democratic party i am a proud member of you have been fighting for the democratic party longer than i have and thank you for that but listen what comes out of their mouth everything out of their voice obviously the republican party does the same thing most americans know they have friends and people they work with the neighbors people they go to church with any other party they respect them and like them and they think they are smart with occasional good ideas. that is the private sector because i always try to always think about best practices and best ideas you should always be thinking what is the best idea or practice for this opportunity or challenge? i was struck by how there is so little of that in politics like elected officials to get in there to say my job i don't care what it comes from not what makes you a democrat or republican typically at orientation how you see the role of government could lean to one set of ideas as opposed to the other but that doesn't mean you are entirely focused on one sid side. >> you that a member of congress since 2013 with an opportunity to

party. let's watch. >> a true democrat, lowercase d, thinks they know bte than anyone else. and they start to think of themselves as one of them, instead of being better than them. but let's get back to the party of the people. and they are not there yet. there are too many elitism's. it's so outrageous. >> that's the old bubble of, the late tom wolf said america is in the middle, the coast of the parentheses. an ihink he knows what he' talking about. >> i think you could find that in any party, and everything that doug schoen said i could show you a clip from 2010 that says the same thing about the republican part party. >> right, that's why we have donald trump and his historic victory. >> we have the situations where, there is an insurgent's coming on right there in the democratic party. it slightly to the left of where it's been and that will have to bring a lot of energyit it and it will sweep the power. we will have our own will legal marts get elected that year and people will say, how is that person a congressperson. but watch it, it will happen. >> i say the people i

constituents and that is more of an example of the service than an actual strain of socialism in the democratic partythree democrats on the 70s, is it time for change? the change is coming. if they lose and the do not run the house back double but if you add up the members and the conference opposing nancy pelosi with the candidates who are running, she doesn't have the votes to become the next speaker and i think we facing a wash—out. the next speaker and i think we facing a wash-out. i was watching that campaign video she did which went viral, i thought it was fascinating. you see this image of a working mum standing in the bronx, putting on her high heels, she was outspent 10—1 in this campaign and i cannot help but see parallels with what has gone here in the uk with the momentum movement of the opposition labour party. they are highly skilled at using social videos and violent way —— and a viable way and you ignore it at your peril. yes you do. the millennial generation has certainly one not to ignore but in the us we are finding they are politically disengaged. they are disgusted with both part

. >> how about within the democratic party? is there room for those claims especially up against non-values based pres.. >> this is a challenge, we are in the middle of this discussion within the party and our view is democrats are a big tent party, people can approach this however they like, some people on the left think there is a certain way to be a democrat and certain values that we need and there are litmus tests on these things and if you are not on board with the litmus test you will pay a price but the challenge is trying to get the majority, you don't answer heidi heitk p heitkamp, not everybody is bernie sanders or elizabeth warren. we went to be more big tent. we have to acknowledge we are going to make room for that and there is no one way to approach that. it is important to give people space to make up their own minds and approach foreign policy as they feel appropriate. >> what is it like operating in that big tent ecosystem? especially representing a white house of groups fighting for a similar objective but fr

party. and i think that our view is, look, there's room for all of us. democrats are a big tent party. people can approach this however they like. i think there are some people on the left -- on the far left who think there is a certain way to be a democrat and there are certain values that we need and that there are litmus tests on these things. if you are not on board, you'll pay a price. but the challenge is in electoral politics if you're trying to get to a majority, you need joe manchin and heidi heitkamp. you can't have everybody vote like bernie sanders or elizabeth warren. if we want to represent america and put forward a governing agenda we have to be a little more big tent. we have to acknowledge we'll make room for that and there's no one way to approach that. it's important that we give people the space to make up their own minds and approach foreign policy as they feel is appropriate. >> leigh, what is it like operating in that very big tent, very unruly progressive ecosystem? how has it been, especially representing this value set with a wide host of groups fighting for si

over time the establishment democrats move into the republican party and govern from that side. here's a blip in the '089s with the election of ann richards as a liberal democrat but since then texas has been solidly republicn. every statewide office has been won by a republican candidate and yet the cities are these blue spots on the map. that's they state of where we are now. right now there's a senate election happening in texas, a couple years ago we had a rather were publicked gubernatorial x-rays people in america are asking, is texas going to turn blue, when? what the factors that are going to be part of that. there's number of less beyond that give us some insaying. -- insight. the fit i what made the democratic coalition successful was that it succeeded -- it connected high politics politice electoral arena to grassroots social movements, particularly to morally driven, incentury general sits about fundamental human rights. when the coalition trade to do just politics, it doesn't win. when its trade to overlook deeper issues and couldn't -- didn't win but the more libera

trump against his allies just in general i think maxine waters is is the biggest enemy to the democratic party is look like an idiot saying the things that she says and does and i i find it repugnant i've been attacked because. i'll speak and i'll say well as a democrat and then i get blasted on twitter from people saying you can't say that you're not a real democrat you're a phony you're you're you're a plant you're a bob and so it's like oh i can have any kind of dissenting opinion i have to just have an automaton o'clock response and you know all the drama will be oh i mean rob let's look at me and with all due respect what do you expect from identity politics ok if that's exactly where it goes you're not fitting the mold you know then you're an enemy that's what identity politics does let me go to ron ron what does the left hope to achieve by this strategy i mean you don't have the leadership speaking out against that schumer said something and then he got attacked for it again identity politics comes into play it's a losing proposition i don't know what the democrats hope to achieve by go

oaf at the democratic party the ideological shift toward socialism is frightening. gone is the party of j.f.k. and here very the party so socialism. that is out of step by the american people by a longshot. >> harris: one of the popular people in america in the runup to the election on your side of the aisle is bernie sanders. this woman worked on bernie sanders. but a wider scope, what do you do with a candidate like this? the d.n.c. didn't necessarily like it. debbie wasserman schultz potentially helped push him out to make room for hillary clinton. >> let me go back. she is talking about socialism. let's talk about fascism, which is where the republican party is going wesiden we have t believe in the rule of law and the constitution. he sent out a tweet that talked about not following due process. and the equal protection under the law. to talk about where parties are going i'd rather be where we are as the democratic party than the party of steve king and donald trump at this point. >> harris: last word. >> jaime, it's interesting to hear you talk about the const

democratic party which am a proud member of any been fighting for the democratic party for as long as i have. but when you listen to what comes out of the mouth everything a report republican believes is wrong. republican party does the same thing. but that's not where the country is. they have friends and people you work with their respect them, like them and have good values and they think they're smart. so that's probably the private sector and me. something's a think about is best practices. should i spit think about what's the best idea the best solution for this opportunity or challenge. >> i was struck by how there is so little of that of politics. so little of elected officials getting in there and saying my job is to find the best idea i don't care where it comes from. now it makes it democrat or republican is probably leaning you towards one set of ideas over another. but that doesn't mean you entirely focus on one side. >> you been a member of congress since 2013. he worked with democrats and republicans. in the book you also look at them into a partisanship and especially