i'll ask quote-unquote moderate congresswoman susan wilde. did progressive politics take a hit in tuesday's elections? not in philadelphia. progressive prosecutor larry krasner was easily reelected as d.a., and he joins me tonight to talk about criminal justice reform, defund the police, and more. good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. since darkness fell an hour earlier today it seems appropriate this daylight standard evening to begin by playing the blues. upon occasion the late legendary bluesman bb king would jam with an amateur guitarist and singer named lee atwater. king and isaac hayes were among the many artists who appeared on lee atwater's 1990 album "red hot & blue" but it was his day job that the soul music hobbyist really made his mark as the dark soul of the modern republican party. atwater was a preeminent political strategist who mastered and perfected the art of talking about race without talking about race. he did it in south carolina to a democratic congressional candidate named tom turnip seed. yes, that was his real name. by havi

representative susan wilde said that one of her constituents firmly believes the extra money in their bank account from the child tax credit is thanks to the former president. do you agree with senator gillibrand's assessment? how do you plan to address some of the challenges the party has faced in selling its agenda? sec. psaki: i would say in my experience, working in communications, it is challenging to sell something before it exists. now we have a package that the president is out there selling, including a trip to minnesota tomorrow, a couple of trips he already took, and our message is very clear and coordinated and united across democratic party. now is the time to do that, which is that the president's democratic agenda is going to lower costs for people and give them some more breathing room. that contradicts what we're seeing from the other side, which is not a lot of ideas in the cupboard. i think you will see people out there -- we now have a package to sell. we are working to get build back better across the finish line and the president will be out there selling it. i w

i'll ask quote-unquote moderate congresswoman susan wilde.ressive prosecutor larry krasner was easily reelected as d.a., and he joins me tonight to talk about criminal justice reform, defund the police, and more.

congresswoman susan wilds joins us now.o much. >> my pleasure, don, thank you so much. >> it was a long night for everyone involved. there is a lot of finger pointing going on now. where do you think the blame lies for democrats' losses last night and how does your party rebound from this? >> so i don't really see the point in assigning blame. first of all, i don't know where the blame would lie. i'm a big believer that the individual candidates are very much the masters of their own destiny myself included, every member that i serve with, it's up to us to win our races and i just don't see a whole lot of point in pointing fingers or trying to assign blame. i think where we go from here is exactly where i was intending to go over the coming year, which is coming to work incredibly hard for my district and quite honestly, toting the many successes that we as a party have had and that i have had and taking things home and delivering them for my district. >> so no blame but is there a lesson in it from last night? it was, you

i'll ask quote-unquote moderate congresswoman susan wilde.tuesday's elections? not in philadelphia. the progressive prosecutor was easily re-elected as da and joins me tonight to talk criminal justice reform, defund the police, and more. good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. since darkness fell an hour earlier today it seems appropriate this daylight standard evening to begin by playing the blues. upon occasion the late legendary

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