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Politico is calling this week's Democratic primaries in Colorado an anti-establishment avalanche. Obviously,
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it was happening in New York. And let me read something that Robert Reich wrote on Substack about these elections.
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Voters who have supported these candidates haven't done so cuz they've been particularly attracted to the idea
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of Democratic socialism. In reality, voters have been attracted to vigorous young people who are committed to
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getting stuff done. Steve Bannon said nearly the [music] same thing, which was really interesting. What are your
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thoughts on this? >> I think that's exactly right. The establishment didn't lose on policy
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here, Kara. They lost on energy. Look, I've been calling for disruption in the Democratic Party. I
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think Leader Jeffries and Minority Leader Schumer are absolutely the wrong people to provide the kind of robust,
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energetic pushback that the Trump administration warrants. But here's the thing about disruption, is you don't get
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to pick the exact calibration of your disruptions. There's a lot to like about these candidates. They're youthful,
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they're energetic, they're unafraid. And that for me is 70 or 80% good. worry that they're embracing a form of
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socialism that has never worked throughout history? Yeah, I trust there'll be modulating forces from the
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center on both sides on that. But the reality is the Democratic Party needs to shed its skin.
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>> And I do think they're not looking for necessarily just upsetting the incumbents. They want effective. They're
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vigorous young people who want to be effective. That is what I think is attractive.