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Speaker 1: Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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Speaker 2: And joining us now here on Bloomberg TV and Radio

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Speaker 2: as we broadcast live from Chicago is Democratic Congresswoman Susan

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Speaker 2: del Bene of Washington. She is chair of the Democratic

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Speaker 2: Congressional Campaign Committee D Triple C. It is essentially your job, congresswomen,

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Speaker 2: to get as many Democrats in that House as possible. Clearly,

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Speaker 2: as we've seen in the data, you have more money

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Speaker 2: in the bank. It does feel like the energy here

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Speaker 2: in Chicago may provide something of a wind at your backs.

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Speaker 2: How many seats do you think Democrats can safely target

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Speaker 2: to flip down?

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Speaker 3: Well, we need to net four more seats to take

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Speaker 3: back the majority. So that is a key number. In fact,

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Speaker 3: we have some pins out there that say four more

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Speaker 3: and twenty four. We need four more seats to take

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Speaker 3: back the devils to make King Jeffries the Speaker of

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Speaker 3: the House. So we are working hard across the country.

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Speaker 3: We have thirty candidates we call them are red to

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Speaker 3: blue candidates, so they are looking to either keep open

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Speaker 3: seats that we have or flip seats and so incredible opportunities.

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Speaker 3: And they're in New York and California and Iowa, Nebraska,

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Speaker 3: and Pennsylvania and Alabama, so all over the country of

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Speaker 3: incredible opportunities, and we want a strong governing majority, so

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Speaker 3: we're going to work hard to win as many as

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Speaker 3: we can.

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Speaker 4: Well, suddenly that seems like a real possibility that in

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Speaker 4: a way did not four or five weeks ago. And

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Speaker 4: the reporting has been pretty consistent that after the debate,

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Speaker 4: the presidential debate, it was House members who started to

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Speaker 4: fear the ramifications of Joe Biden staying in this race.

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Speaker 4: It was Joe Biden's realization that losing the House in

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Speaker 4: this next election was not an option. What does that

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Speaker 4: say about the royyer chamber is playing here in the

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Speaker 4: Democratic Party and his decision to leave the race.

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Speaker 3: Well, we've been running ahead this whole cycle. People have

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Speaker 3: seen the chaos that dysfunctioned in extremism on the Republican side,

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Speaker 3: and it's nowhere a better example than the House of

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Speaker 3: Representatives where he had speaker elections and then kicking out

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Speaker 3: there our own speaker. The ongoing challenge that they've had

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Speaker 3: to respond the government. But we've been in an incredible

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Speaker 3: position and had strong support across the country, So our

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Speaker 3: candidates have been running ahead They've had strong fundraising throughout

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Speaker 3: this cycle, and our candidates and our concumbents are out

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Speaker 3: raising their Republican counterparts, and at the d tb Z,

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Speaker 3: we're out raising our Republican counterparts too. So we just

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Speaker 3: raised seventeen point six million dollars last month, six million

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Speaker 3: more than the Republicans. We have more cash on hand,

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Speaker 3: so we're in a strong position. And when you take

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Speaker 3: all the energy and enthusiasm that you see here in Chicago,

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Speaker 3: you see that on the ground all across the country.

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Speaker 3: Volunteers churning out to help knock on doors, to make

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Speaker 3: phone calls. There's a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm

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Speaker 3: and we're seen in every part of the country and

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Speaker 3: that's going to be key to helping us win well.

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Speaker 2: And we've been paying attention to a few specific demographic groups,

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Speaker 2: the idea that Latino and blackfool may be more enthusiastic

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Speaker 2: now suburban women as well. We actually spoke earlier today

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Speaker 2: with Tara setmey Or. She is CEO of the Seneca

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Speaker 2: Project who was trying to get women elected Kamala Harris specifically,

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Speaker 2: and she had this to say about mobilizing that vote.

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Speaker 1: The fact that the Republicans chose a ticket that wasn't

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Speaker 1: exactly friendly to women's needs or rights, and that they're

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Speaker 1: taking that for granted and almost disrespectfully insulting women like this,

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Speaker 1: They're almost doing our job for us as far as

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Speaker 1: messaging is concerned, because women can see through this. They

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Speaker 1: can see through the insults, They see through the childless

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Speaker 1: cat lady comments. And you know, every week it's a

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Speaker 1: different set of insults for women, different demographics of women,

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Speaker 1: and that mobilizes women.

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Speaker 2: How is the DTL see looking at trying to target

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Speaker 2: and mobilize that specific group of voters.

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Speaker 3: Well, absolutely, she's right. They are making the case and

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Speaker 3: they've made the case since the Dobbs decision. They trying

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Speaker 3: to take away reproductive freedom across the country. They want

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Speaker 3: a national abortion ban, So that alone has been mobilizing women.

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Speaker 3: We've heard the terrible stories of women being denied basic

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Speaker 3: health care, so women are energized. We know in special

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Speaker 3: elections since November of twenty twenty two, when abortion has

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Speaker 3: been on the ballot, Democrats have turned out and we've

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Speaker 3: seen increased democratic performance and we've won even in places

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Speaker 3: in New York three where we gained one more seat.

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Speaker 3: Even in Alabama where a state legislative race, a seat

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Speaker 3: that was very red flipped to a Democrat after that

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Speaker 3: Supreme Court IVF decision. They're strong. So that was a

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Speaker 3: thirty point swing, by the way, strong support. So we

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Speaker 3: know abortion is going to be on the ballot in

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Speaker 3: many of our battleground states across the country Florida, Arizona,

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Speaker 3: New York. These are going to be This is really

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Speaker 3: going to be critical for folks because when we are

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Speaker 3: going to turn out, but people across the country this

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Speaker 3: is a critical issue and voters are with us on this.

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Speaker 3: So we're going to see enthusiasm and turn out across

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Speaker 3: the country. And again another reason why we're in a

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Speaker 3: very strong position.

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Speaker 4: You spoke at the convention last night at the DNC

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Speaker 4: here sounding pretty optimistic about your odds for taking back

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Speaker 4: the House. Here's what she said.

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Speaker 3: In twenty twenty two, we came within seven thousand votes

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Speaker 3: of the majority. So it's within our power to win

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Speaker 3: these critical races. This election is about our rights, our freedoms,

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Speaker 3: our democracy, and our future.

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Speaker 4: I want you to walk us down ballot or maybe

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Speaker 4: across the map is a better way to see it

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Speaker 4: here Because we spend so much time talking about the

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Speaker 4: presidential race and these seven states in a world in

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Speaker 4: which none of the others matter. How much more complicated

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Speaker 4: is the calculation for someone like yourself, as Kaylee said,

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Speaker 4: tasked with getting how members elected? Because your map looks

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Speaker 4: a lot different than the presidential race, how local does

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Speaker 4: it get? How different is that exercise?

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Speaker 3: It's a great question and is very Different'll think about

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Speaker 3: the presidential which is very focused on swing states, or

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Speaker 3: the Senate, where it is very focused on a few

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Speaker 3: races because they aren't all up every but we are

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Speaker 3: up every two years. So our map is over sixty

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Speaker 3: seats across the country, and we are we have important

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Speaker 3: races in states that are blue, like New York and California.

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Speaker 3: We also have opportunities in swing districts if you look

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Speaker 3: at places like Michigan or Arizona. But we also have

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Speaker 3: states like Iowa and Nebraska, Montana where we have opportunities

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Speaker 3: to pick up seats, even Alabama, So we're everywhere across

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Speaker 3: the country. Absolutely, Our candidates are focused on the issues

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Speaker 3: of these districts, and we have independent thinkers folks who

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Speaker 3: are very results oriented running all across the country, and

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Speaker 3: you know that is a big difference between the House

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Speaker 3: and some of the other races, and definitely the presidential

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Speaker 3: it will be very local. We've got a lot of

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Speaker 3: races and incredible candidates, and so they are talking to

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Speaker 3: folks in their districts, talking about the issues that matter.

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Speaker 3: They want to come back to Congress to govern.

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Speaker 2: Well, so as we talk about your fundraising and the

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Speaker 2: idea that you are out raising your Republican counterparts when

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Speaker 2: it's so many races, once you spread that money out,

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Speaker 2: maybe it's just a lot that it has to go

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Speaker 2: a very long way. We've had a few conversations about

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Speaker 2: the sudden burst of fundraising we've seen after Harris has

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Speaker 2: entered the race. Do you worry that that's going to

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Speaker 2: donation is sustainable.

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Speaker 3: Well, you know, we've been running ahead this entire cycle.

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Speaker 3: So we've had strong fundraising and been out raising Republicans

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Speaker 3: for the House because people know how close we are

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Speaker 3: to taking back the majority. But we had our biggest

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Speaker 3: online fundraising day after Vice President Harris anounced their candidacy.

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Speaker 3: What about really see more and more momentum. And it's

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Speaker 3: not only to the committee, the d trible C, but

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Speaker 3: also to our candidates. I mean they are outraising their

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Speaker 3: opponents too, so important because those resources are critical for

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Speaker 3: their races. We can support them, but they are also

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Speaker 3: doing a great job directly themselves.

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Speaker 4: Well, and you're running back into the hall, have a

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Speaker 4: fun night tonight, have the pressure of speaking this time.

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Speaker 3: You just get exactly makes a little easier.

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Speaker 4: I'm sure that's true. Democratic Congressman Susan del Bene of Washington.

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Speaker 4: We thank you, and we should note that Michael Bloomberg,

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Speaker 4: founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, and this network

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Speaker 4: is a major donor to the House Majority Pack largest

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Speaker 4: super Pack, backing congressional Democratic candidates