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Sold exclusively at Target. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. We just had a massive blue tsunami on Tuesday, and a lot of folks on our side already want Chuck Schumer out. Kylie, roll the clip. You have an opportunity to actually govern. Do it. Take it. And one of the first things you need to do is remove that system of seniority from democratic politics. It is a bullshit system, and it needs to go. And by the way, they're already like, Chuck Schumer deserves a lot of credit for putting. Chuck Schumer fought tooth and nail against half of these fucking people. And even if he didn't, he does not understand the urgency of the moment and what the future demands. Doesn't understand the urgency of the moment. Hi, all. I'm Charlie Goldenson. Folks online call me Shade Chuck. The ladies are out today on Fridays. I'm with Josh Welch filling in. Morning. Good morning, sir. So as Jon Stewart said, is Chuck Schumer ready for this moment? Josh, what do you think? You know, we've been talking about this all week. I think the country's been talking about it, but we could not agree more with Jon Stewart. I mean, he's playing music to our ears. We all think the same thing. And let's be clear about one thing. The Democrats succeeded on Tuesday in spite of Chuck Schumer. That's right. Not because of Chuck Schumer. We had to overcome the Haley Stevens debacle. That's right. He failed to fund Angie Nixon. All of these blunders, we're not even getting to his AIPAC loyalties and the money he takes from pro-Israeli groups. He needs to go. I mean, and I agree 100 percent. We need the most effective leaders that can advocate policy. And right now you see this great contrast between these young leaders, Tallarico, Abdul El-Sayed, the energy they bring. And then you go to a clip of Chuck Schumer and it's like watching Donald Trump to a certain extent. It's just like, oh, no, I don't want to go back to that. I don't we've been watching this shit for forever. Biden before that. No, no, we want new blood. That's right. I mean, actually, speaking of Donald Trump, we have somebody else who's actually disagreeing with Jon Stewart about this. Kylie, can you roll this clip, please? I think Schumer probably gets it because, you know, he's been around a long time. He's actually not a bad guy. I know. I know him better than most. Yeah. Yeah. So for folks who couldn't quite hear, maybe that is Donald Trump basically endorsing. Chuck Schumer to keep his powerful position as leader of the Senate. Let's all be honest with ourselves here. This election was a repudiation of everything that Chuck Schumer is and everything that Chuck Schumer has done. We are allowed to acknowledge the successes, the path that the historical successes and leadership of people, while also acknowledging that it is time for them to go. Like Josh said, Chuck Schumer hand selected Haley Stevens. She got crushed. He hand selected. Jam. Janet Mills in Maine. If you don't remember that name, it's because she became so fucking irrelevant that she lost early in the primary. He selected Angie Craig, who also lost, uh, in Minnesota. The idea that we, that voters want somebody like Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries is the same argument that voters want Joe Biden. They don't want Joe Biden. They didn't want Joe Biden voters showed up on Tuesday, uh, to say not that we want to go back to the old way, but to say that the old way is fundamentally. Broken, um, and a new way is required. And with a new way, we need new leadership. I'll also just say that this isn't new. The idea that American voters and Democrats want some type of new leadership. That is not a new idea either. In 2025 data for progress ran a poll. 51% of Democrats in 2025 said we needed new, um, Senate leadership. And, um, there's actually somebody else, uh, that also is supportive of Chuck Schumer leaving his position. That is, it came as a surprise to a few of us. Kyle, can you roll this clip, please? Every single day, um, uh, debate going on in the democratic party. And for me, this is why I'm a big believer in just new leadership, significant change. Um, the old models do not work for people. And that includes in the democratic party. That is Alyssa Slotkin, a democratic Senator from Michigan. I will note that is a clip from June of this year, but Josh, any thoughts on that? Yeah, and let me go back to Trump first. I, I think just the mere fact that Trump would endorse Chuck Schumer, uh, tells us everything that we need to know about that. These guys do go way back in New York city and relationships like that. That's a part of the problem with this new wave of progressive politics that we have, where we want candidates, we want officials elected that are not compromised, that don't have biases, that don't have relationships that aren't working backdoor deals. All of that represents the problem. And those guys do Schumer and Trump do know each other. And we want someone that we can put in there. That's not afraid to stand up to him. That that's going to legislate and offer policy. But beyond that, we're not in the mood to compromise with Donald Trump or ask him for anything. Let's not forget that this guy wreaked havoc on the American people for two years. I mean, it's been nothing but pure chaos in this country, all the hate, all the venom, all the racism, all the Islamophobia, all the. Trans the corruption over and over and over. So so no, that for me was Schumer in that position, knowing that he has that relationship with Trump. That's a disqualifier as to Senator Slotkin. It's refreshing to see her. It's refreshing. Like we showed Jon Stewart. There's a consensus that's building on IHIP. Jennifer and pumps have been saying it all week. If you take a pack money, you cannot be a leader of the Democratic Party, either in the Senate or the House. It's a disqualifier. It's a disqualifier. And. And. And for me and for all of us that voted that fought like hell, we don't want that. Listen to your constituents. Do not repeat 24 or 20. Do not do it because we will leave the Democratic Party. Life is all about making decisions. Sometimes you make questionable ones, like buying a new TV that's too big for the wall because the electronics store employee was a little too good at their job. Then sometimes you make great ones, like protecting your home and auto with progressive. You get customized coverage options so you can be sure you have the right coverage. Get your quote today at Progressive dot com. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company affiliates and other insurers not available in all states. That's right. And to your point about Trump also echo, you know, I think the problem with Chuck Schumer and this isn't just my own perspective, I think this is how the public views it is that we have we have left the window of having political differences with Donald Trump. These are ideological differences. These are moral differences. And this isn't a time where we want to think of our politicians as arguing on the Senate floor and then go having a glass of scotch or Coca-Cola and McDonald's french fries with Trump behind the scenes. We want them going at their fucking throats because these are fascist and fascist enablers. And this is not the time to be buddy buddy. And to the point about Alyssa Slotkin and your what you just said about AIPAC money and Israel money. One of the reasons this Alyssa Slotkin quote is so important. And again, she said this in June, but it's important on voters and us to kind of hold her feet to the fire here is that Alyssa Slotkin is very pro-Israel for the most part comparatively to other progressive Democrats in the Senate and in the House. She historically takes AIPAC money. She has historically defended Israel. So the idea that a a pro-Israel or more on the pro-Israel side Senate Democrat is out there saying we need new leadership is a big deal. And I will also say if you combine that with the fact that Abdul Al-Sayed, our senator elect in Michigan, is calling for Senate. Leadership change. That means that Michigan now has two senators calling for a Senate leadership change. That's a big deal. And we've also talked about on this show, the presidential in 2028 is going to go right through Michigan. So the idea that two of our senators are calling for Chuck Schumer to be changed out is a big deal. Now, there's been a lot of conversations, as we know, about Michigan and specifically Jewish voters in Michigan around Abdul Al-Sayed in the election there. Kylie, can you show this on screen here, please? This is from Jet here. And what this says is this is a really astonishing when you consider all punditry devoted to the Jewish vote in Michigan. The Jewish vote shifted 1.3 from Melissa Scott Slotkin, hailed as the great centrist vote getter, to Al Sayed. Since Jews make up 1.4% of Michigan voters, we're talking about roughly 0.00182 of the electorate. What that means is what this is saying is. a combination of Republicans and And liberal Zionists and conservative Zionists and neoliberal Democrats have tried to fearmonger for a year now that Jews should be scared of scary Muslim people and that Abdullah al-Sayed is part of al-Qaeda and is going to slaughter your children or whatever. Jews were not moved by this in Michigan. That was – and also for people to understand, only – less than 2% of the electorate in Michigan are Jewish. So we're talking about 1.3 of 2% of people were moved. That's less than 1,000 voters. So Jews, regardless of what the narrative is and regardless of what mass media is trying to tell you or Neera Tanden is trying to tell you or these neoliberal Democrats are trying to tell you, Jews overwhelmingly showed up in Michigan to vote for Abdullah al-Sayed. They voted against the genocide that the Israeli government is unleashing on the Palestinian people. And they voted for humanity. They voted for democracy. Josh? Yeah. And so – Can someone tell the media this? Because every time Abdullah al-Sayed got on TV, they ask him about Hassan Piker or they ask him about the Muslim Brotherhood. Can someone remind them now that after the election that it didn't sway the Jewish community, the Jewish voters very little, if any, in this election? Because the media, I think, loves this narrative. They love this narrative of trying to make Democratic candidates defend positions that they have that differ from this pro-Israeli agenda. That's being pushed on America. And so they like to link you with something. In this case, it was the Muslim Brotherhood. It was Mike Rogers. All of this racist, bigotry, Islamophobia, ad nauseum. And it didn't work. It didn't work. And so why isn't the media covering that? Why aren't they saying, hey, maybe that wasn't a big deal? Maybe that really wasn't. Maybe we just kind of hyped that up. Now, it is a big deal to call out Islamophobia and to call out racism. That is a big deal. But did it sway voters, according to that poll? Very little, if any. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. And it wasn't just Michigan. There's another poll that I saw yesterday from J Street that says that 72, from a poll, right? It's a rough estimate. But that 72% of American Jews voted Democratic in 2026 nationally. You know what it was in 2024? 72%. There was no Delta. There was no change. Jews, American Jews, overwhelmingly showed up for Democrats and overwhelmingly said, we are not going to give in to this Islamophobic, bigoted, xenophobic. We are going to put our foot down and say that we do not stand with the U.S. government and with U.S. politicians who take AIPAC money. We are not going to stand as the Israelis slaughter brown people abroad with the support of our tax dollars. Those are American Jews doing that. American Jews, like myself, are not a monolith. We are on a diverse, large, long spectrum of viewpoints and ideologies and thoughts and religious practices. And even though they try to tell you that so many of us and the majority of us are not a monolith, so the majority of American Jews are for all of this, please know that's a lie. They are, those people exist. There are absolutely Republican American Jews. There are Zionist American Jews who are in support of these things. They are the minority. They do not represent all of us. And with that, oh, sorry, please go for it. No, I would just add this, like, we need to make sure we separate our criticism of the Israeli government versus just the American Jewish community. Thank you. Yes. And that's a big thing because we are very critical of Israel and the government and what they're doing. But that doesn't equate to anti-Semitism and nor does it equate to criticism of Jewish American people that live here. That's a great point, which is a perfect lead into this next image. Kylie, if you can put this on screen. So this is from the same poll that I was just referencing. It says a super majority of Jewish Americans believe Israeli and AIPAC actions increase anti-Semitism. 80% say Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank increase anti-Semitism in the U.S. 66% say AIPACs. Campaign spending against candidates critical of Israel increases anti-Semitism. So again, just following up from our last point, American Jews are also allergic to AIPAC and AIPAC spending. American Jews also overwhelmingly so. 80% believe that the actions of the Israeli government, the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu, the actions of the IDF are increasing anti-Semitism. I will just say there are many of us on our side. We've been saying this for a very fucking long time. So I'm pleased that we're finally starting to talk about this. But exactly to Josh's point, when people, you know, if people are going to criticize the Israeli government, if somebody says you're being anti-Semitic, show them those numbers. The majority of American Jews agree with you, Josh. Well, and I think it's the conduct and policies of the Israeli government that causes so much of this. If I was Jewish and lived in Israel or America and I saw my government, I would say, oh, I'm against the government doing that. I mean, much like some of us American citizens had to witness Trump and some of these policies, it makes you irate. I'm sure they're irate with Netanyahu to a certain extent about the policies, because the policies breeds some of that, unfortunately, just like when we go overseas or something because of our president and the actions of our government, we're prejudiced somewhat. Like there are certain places we may not want to go because if people say, hey, they're American. And so I get it to that extent. I think the fault or the blame here with me lies in the policies of Israel. And when you commit genocides, when you do those things, just like when I go overseas and someone says your government's doing this, it's hard for me to defend that. Well, I mean, especially when sorry to interrupt, especially when this is where it gets so confusing. Right. And so difficult. And I have empathy for people who get confused here as a Jew because they are intentionally making it confusing. We see what's going on as a genocide, not because it's our own personal opinions, but because infinite amount of amounts of human rights. Groups abroad call it that there are even human rights groups in Israel calling it that. And yet and yet the Israeli government and many Zionists as well use Judaism as their defense for this. We are doing this to protect the Jewish homeland. We're doing this to protect Judaism. I, as a Jew, say, no, no, no, no, no, no. You do not get to use me and my family and my name to defend this atrocious act that you're doing. I'm going to stand up against this. Well, and I do commend you. It's a lot of courage for you to say that. I think that helps a lot of the listeners and viewers. It helps me to be able to hear you speak about it and talk about it like that. Thanks, Josh. Appreciate it. Let's move on past Israel and past all of this stuff to something a little more positive and exciting, which is our blue tsunami. And let's go to Texas, where we have a new blue governor there. Kylie, can you roll this clip? You announced, I think, earlier today, part of your transition team, including a former Republican state representative. What do you want your supporters to know about your commitment to working across the aisle? Because I'm sure there are people in the middle of the road who voted for you, who are happy to hear about a former Republican being part of your team. But there might be some folks on the left who are part of your coalition who think, oh, no. What do you say to that? I say that the left-right paradigm just does not meet the moment of our time. What this is about is about 99.9% of us in the same boat against, like, 15 billionaire tech guys who are, frankly, controlling government. And that's what the people voted against in this election. The people gave us a mandate for a change. You're laughing, Josh. What are you laughing about? Well, ding, ding, ding. Do you think Elon Musk was watching that clip thinking, where the fuck do I live? I just moved all my shit to Texas from California for this? For someone that's saying, basically, guys like you are the problem that we're coming after? I mean, I love it. And, you know, we talk about that all the time, that Elon Musk and these oligarchs, how they control so much. Like she said, the 1% and the 99% of us are out there suffering because of their decisions, the things they do. And so, kudos. And I hope that Elon is putting his house up on the market, leaving the hill country. Austin's a great place to live. But I think Mar-a-Lago is going to better suit him. I think he's going to look better down in Florida with Trump and some of those guys. That's right. Yeah, I agree fully. I also just think that, like, this message, this kind of top. Versus bottom message is a winning message that Democrats need to utilize all over the country at every level. And again, as long as they're being serious about it, right? We know that, like, Zoran in New York ran on affordability and won and the whole country and every Democratic campaign after that started using the word affordability, affordability, affordability. But voters, especially this election, prove themselves as not stupid. It is not just the idea or the message of affordability. You have to be backing it up with legitimate, real policies to fight for affordability. The other thing I'll say about this, too, is, you know, I think what's interesting about hearing her say this, the top versus down messaging, similar to Tallarico having the same messaging, similar to Abdul having the same messaging, is that all three of those candidates are not DSA. They are not socialists or Democratic socialists. And yet the Republicans and moderates are trying to say, right, oh, these extreme communists are all about they, you know, they hate the rich. They want to take your money away. This is a populist idea, right? This is a populist theory. It's not just lefty crazies or lefty socialists or communists. It is the everyday American voter who is starting to understand, wait a second, why the fuck does that guy have all this money while I'm suffering? Why the fuck does Jeff Bezos have more than twice as much money as Elon Musk have twice as much money as Jeff Bezos? Jeff Bezos is closer to zero than he is to Elon Musk. That's fucking insane, right? And so, you know, I really think that, like, Democrats, again, they need to be able to we need to understand that this is the message. People are fucking pissed. And when we talk about the corruption of Trump and the corruption of MAGA and the corruption, that is also about the rich. That is also about the elite and the wealthy ripping money out of workers' hands, ripping money out of the lower middle classes. And I'll also say that we want bold leadership. It connects back to Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries. We think about some of the most prominent, successful electives of our time and of history who are also the most beloved by voters. Let's think about Zoran. Let's think about FDR. Unfortunately, let's think about Trump. He did it in a bad way, but he did have a very bold style of governance. Voters are fucking begging, begging for bold governance. I would add one thing and just tell the governor like this, that these guys that she's talking about, these 1%. And Jennifer pointed this out yesterday. I think they're going to be coming for her as far as donations. She's going to get a bunch of money poured at her and offers made by these super PACs now that she's in power, right? Because they're not going to change their practice. I mean, that's what they're used to doing, which is buying everything up around them, just like Elon did in Texas, whether it's land, whether it's politicians, doesn't matter. He's going to buy it up as long as he can control it. And so I just, you know, it's coming for her too. And it sounds everything. I mean, what you're saying is spot on, like that both parties can get behind that. And what set of voters isn't going to agree with taking down the wealthy, the 1% oligarchs that are doing the things they're doing in this country. Everybody can get behind that message. So yeah, I say that. And I think I like what I hear from her. She's amazing. I'm with you. And let's remember too, that yes, we fought for these people to get into office and they're amazing and we wanted them to win. It is also now our responsibility to put pressure on them to actually enact the policy. That's right. Well, we're going to wrap this one up, everybody. Thank you so much for joining us. Like I said, I'm here with Josh today hosting where the ladies are out. We've been sitting in on Fridays. We're going to keep sitting in on Fridays. We're actually about to film another episode after this as well. One other thing I will say is we announced last week that Josh and I are starting our own podcast on this network. We asked y'all to submit suggestions for the names of that podcast in the comment section. We got some hilarious and great ones so far. Some inappropriate ones as well, I will say. Please keep commenting what you think we should call them. And also, like we always say, subscribe, like, comment. Thanks, everybody. We'll see you soon. Get your quote today at Progressive.com. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company affiliates and other insurers not available in all states.