![]() THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE: The decision to keep Space Command in Colorado came after Biden settled a debate that had divided key Pentagon leaders, our LARA SELIGMAN reports. “I’m here in Florida and I will tell you there is no roundtable, no lecture, no invitation we will accept to debate an undeniable fact: there were no redeeming qualities of slavery,” Harris said. She also continued to criticize the governor’s new education standards that prohibit an AP course for high schoolers on Black history and revise the state’s curriculum to bypass lessons on slavery and the civil rights movement. During a speech Tuesday in Orlando, Harris said there was nothing to debate. RON DESANTIS, who had challenged her to a debate on Black history standards. HARRIS TO DESANTIS: GTFO: Vice President KAMALA HARRIS didn’t say his name but, nonetheless, delivered a pointed response to Florida Gov. Name the two presidents who became presidents of Ivy League universities before they served in the Oval Office?īREAKING NOW: Federal prosecutors have charged DONALD TRUMP with various crimes for his brazen efforts to overturn the 2020 election. ĭid someone forward this email to you? Subscribe here ! And we’ll keep you anonymous! Email us at. MESSAGE US - Are you CARA ABERCROMBIE, deputy assistant to the president and coordinator for defense policy and arms control? We want to hear from you. Well if you see a hot yoga studio pop up with the name We The People, you’ll know it’s me. Had you not gone down this route, you could have gone down the hot yoga studio route. Have you ever thought about opening a studio? Ten out of the last 11 days I’ve done hot yoga practice. But no, I don’t have any real interest in getting back into it.ĭude. You’ve stressed that this is different than No Labels. It will be the most fun political organization in the country. We want to do concerts and partner with different organizations doing cool stuff in the country. We’ve got a lot of entertainers interested. But we’re gonna do a lot of cool projects, too. When you say ‘taking on,’ what do you mean?Ī lot of ads. And so we will be taking on the hate and fear and anger coming from them. But one of the biggest things preventing these solutions from emerging is the hate machine that is primarily led by the MAGA movement. There are a lot of innovative solutions out there to solve some intractable problems. One of the things we want to do is highlight some of the really cool stuff going on in the country. So how does this new group work in practice? I mean, if it looks like it’s going to be what it is, which is a pro-democracy candidate against an anti-democracy candidate, there is not even a question there. What we’re saying is there is space to keep people engaged. And then all of these volunteers, all of the organization and digital content, washes away like a sand castle on the beach. ![]() We spend billions of dollars on elections. I think one of the issues was that the organization created through President Obama was for his campaign and then his reelection. The way to heal the country is by getting citizens to be inspired, to participate and work on things together.īarack Obama was inspirational. We’re saying the way to heal is not from Washington D.C. But I don’t think the dialogue has changed a whole lot. Some stability, I think, given the fact that the anti-democratic forces, if they were in power, it would be frightening to think of where we would be. What we want to do with We the People is give people an opportunity to participate in building the civic institutions and getting back and engaged in their communities, where you can actually meet somebody and the first thing you’re talking about isn’t if you’re a red shirt or a blue shirt.īiden ran as someone who was going to bring normalcy and less drama back to politics. There was a lot of fear around both sides. We had a record number of voters in the 2020 elections. ![]() There is a general sense that people don’t want to be a part of the toxic political conversation that’s happening. What makes you think people are checked out of politics and why would they wanna check back in? ![]() The interview has been edited for length. And so, we called the Ohio Democrat to discuss the creation of “We the People,” and why the past two Democratic presidents - BARACK OBAMA and JOE BIDEN - weren’t able to produce the type of inspiration and drama-less governance that Ryan is seeking. To us jaded West Wing Playbook types, this seemed like pie in the sky stuff. Send tips | Subscribe here | Email Eli | Email Laurenįormer congressman and Senate candidate TIM RYAN is launching a new group with a lofty goal: bring exhausted Americans back into the political process by showing them that civic engagement not only works but can be fun. Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. By SAM STEIN, ELI STOKOLS, LAUREN EGAN and LAWRENCE UKENYE ![]()
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