In the 2022 election and your average congressional election, it was over plus 20 points for progressives for the 18 to 29 year old demographic. That means that we aren't canceling out our votes like we used to. We are very clearly voting for candidates that care about the issues that we care about. In order to enact the agenda that you are talking about, a Democrat needs to be president of this country right now. Two of the biggest threats to that happening in 2024 come from your home state, right? Former president Donald Trump,. A new emigre to your state and governor Ron DeSantis who Maxwell, you have accused of engaging in fascism.
Five years after March for Our Lives, one of the historic protest’s organizers and his historic friend explain why it’s easy to forget how much progress has been made. Plus, Rep. Frost breaks some news about his first proper piece of legislation.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin and Siona Peterous, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram and Noel King.
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