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Democrats in the state of Colorado are battling to keep
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control of the governorship this November when the state's current governor,
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Jared Polis, is forced to step down due to term limits.
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Democratic nominee and current state attorney general Phil Weiser is
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facing off against Republican Victor Marx in that race. Weiser
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defeated incumbent Senator Michael Bennett in the Democratic primary earlier
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this year.
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And he joins us now.
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Mike Barnicle, Jen Palmieri, also back with us. Attorney General,
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thank you so much for being here. We were talking
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as you sat down. I mean, there's one of the
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themes this year.
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For the Democratic in the primaries.
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There's been certainly some in some places, progressives are winning.
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In other states, more moderates are winning.
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We were talking about the state of race in Massachusetts
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last night in the Senate, where it felt like there
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was the calls for generational change were rebuffed. But the
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one theme, the one consistent seems to be voters wanting
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someone who's going to fight. And you think that's what
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made the difference for you.
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There's no question, Jonathan, when our campaign was launched, there
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was a through line, whether it's a lawless bullying Trump
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administration or whether it's irresponsible companies like Meta's harms to
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our kids with social media. Coloradans know I'm fighting for them.
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People are feeling scared. They're concerned. Housing costs are too high.
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Our kids are struggling. And in Colorado, we've got a
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range of challenges. People want the answer to this question.
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How do I know you're fighting for me? How do
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I know I can trust you? If you can earn
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that trust, putting in the work at the grassroots level
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and people believe you, you can get their vote. If
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people think, hey, you're just trying to win this campaign
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with lots of money and campaign ads. I was outspent
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two to one and I won by 14 points. People
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are thinking, hey, I can trust you.
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I believe you.
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I'm with you.
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There also seems to be no question, real enthusiasm.
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Among Democrats this November, which could stand to benefit your
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general election race, but also a fear among some Democrats about, well, frankly,
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whether they're going to be able to actually vote. And
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I know mail in balloting is something big in Colorado.
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It's something you've been working on, but something the Trump
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administration learning by the day, including this new whistleblower report,
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seems to want to curtail.
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It's surreal.
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The president votes by mail. Republican states like Utah vote
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by mail. Colorado standard is a gold standard. We've had
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Republican secretaries of states administer it. It's pretty simple. Get
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people their ballots in plenty of time. People can think
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about the issues. We have a lot of direct propositions
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on the ballot. People need to get these ballots in advance.
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They can mail them back if they want. They can
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hand them in drop boxes.
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They can vote in person. It's reliable. These attacks on elections,
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they are so lawless and dangerous.
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It's worth emphasizing the president has no authority under the
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Constitution to do any of this. This is all a
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bullying and intimidation game. You even hear the Republican governor
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in Wyoming saying, I don't want you sending. These poll
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monitors because you're intimidating people. The president's got to get
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this memo. We need Republicans on this page. Get the
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hell away from elections. It's not your job.
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So are you prepared or will you be prepared if
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the federal government wants to inject like troops or ICE
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agents around polling places on Election Day?
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Let me give an advertisement for Colorado elections because we
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have a resilient system. There are not a lot of
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people voting on Election Day in polling places.
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Most people will be able to vote.
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Ahead of time, handing in ballots to drop boxes or
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voting early at stations or in the mail. That means
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if they do what you're worried about, Mike, and I'm
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worried about that, too, for states that.
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Have a one day election. I'm really worried.
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Colorado, we've got weeks and weeks, so we're not going
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to be as vulnerable to that as other states. Talk
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about the meta sentiment that you reached last week with
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them on social media.
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This is a really big deal.
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Lori Schott, who's from my state, was held up by
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the surgeon general as someone, as a brave mom who
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lost her daughter, Ana, who died by suicide. She looked
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at Ana's phone and there was information from Instagram being
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fed to her saying, don't talk to your parents about
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your mental health because they're going to institutionalize you. We've
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seen self-harm rates go up. If you're a girl like Ana,
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you're twice as likely to get self-harm as other people.
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So we took this on after the whistleblower testified in Congress.
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Congress has ignored this problem. We have a coalition, essentially
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every state in the union. We had the pressure fully
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on Meta. We were in trial. We had them on
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the ropes. There was a Tennessee case, a companion case.
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Meta then came to the table and said, what do
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we need to do?
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And we said, you've got to change your behavior.
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These notifications and alerts, all hours of the night, And
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during the day, kids weren't sleeping. They were distracted at school.
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Kids were feeling terrible about themselves. This is a game changer.
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It'll limit the total time people can be on these platforms.
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It'll ensure age assurance so young kids aren't getting on.
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We are going to have.
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Other industry actors like YouTube, like Snap or TikTok. We
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have to go after them, too, because this is not
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just a meta problem, but it's been a big meta problem.
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And we've got a big result, including up to 18
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billion dollars.
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Certainly hope this seems to be a tipping point on
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this particular subject. So as you go about in this
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in this campaign, Democrats, certainly a state of Colorado, certainly
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a state that has.
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Turned bluish in recent years, a little less.
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Of a swing state than it used to be, but
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certainly Republicans do win there from time to time.
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What are voters telling you matters most?
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I think about it's a state with a lot of
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military bases, the Air Force Academy also there. Is the
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war in Iran and the costs accompanied that part of it?
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Is it cost of living? What are voters telling you?
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This point about cost of living and affordability is a big,
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big issue. Housing tends to be the top of mind.
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Colorado is a state where many of us could look
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forward to buying a home. You heard the phrase starter home.
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That is now feeling out of reach for people. So
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teachers in Denver or surrounding counties used to be able
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to say, we're going to be able to buy a
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home here. They can't say that now. Firefighters used to
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be able to say, we're going to buy a home here.
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They can't say that. We've got to fix this. This
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is a top of mind challenge for me. People use
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the phrase a lot. It's meaningful to me because I'm
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a first generation American. My mom and grandparents came here
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having survived the Holocaust to build a good life for yourself,
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to live the American dream.
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People feeling that's out of reach.
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So fighting to make sure we have more affordable housing,
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whether you're a renter or can own is the top
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of mind. Health care is a big concern. How much
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health care costs? Feeling like the system is ripping you
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off when you're sick, not trying to keep you healthy.
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People are concerned about their kids future.
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The point about meta and the youth mental health crisis
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or kids being set up to succeed. There's a lot
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on voters mind. And overall, how do we build a
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thriving economy that we're a growing state? Colorado has been
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looking at potentially declining population.
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That's a concern. So people are nervous right now.
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And of course, all the stuff with how Trump is
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threatening our elections or threatening to pull Space Command from Colorado.
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There's a lot on voters minds.
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Do you ever hear from voters who discuss in a
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rather general way the disappearance of America, the America that
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they grew up knowing or reading about and learning about
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that the country that is in their mind is disappearing slowly?
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Mike, I think that is a central question right now
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for people. Is the America that we grew up believing
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in still the America in front of all of us?
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And in this next generation, we're either going to establish that, yes,
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you can get a good education here and an economic mobility.
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You can own a home. You can build a small business.
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Or if people feel like all that's out of reach,
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that's fueling a lot of the anger out there. That's
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really a problem in our politics. The reason we have
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Donald Trump as president is people were angry and frustrated.
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They're willing to do anything. The reason that I'm running
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against someone in this race who's let's just say really unconventional,
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is people are willing to think, you know what, I
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can't trust anybody. And so the way I view this
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is my job is to put in the work so
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people know I'm fighting for them. He's in this because
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he believes in all of us needing all of us.
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And for me, this is personal. As I said, my family.
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survived the Holocaust, came here with nothing, and I've had
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the chance to live this American dream. I worked for
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, worked in
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President Obama's White House. Now I'm running to become his governor.
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That's the America I know and love. That's what I'm
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fighting for.
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Democrats in the state of Colorado are battling to keep
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control of the governorship this November when the state's current governor,
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Jared Polis, is forced to step down due to term limits.
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Democratic nominee and current state attorney general Phil Weiser is
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facing off against Republican Victor Marx in that race. Weiser
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defeated incumbent Senator Michael Bennett in the Democratic primary earlier
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this year.
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And he joins us now.
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Mike Barnicle, Jen Palmieri, also back with us. Attorney General,
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thank you so much for being here. We were talking
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as you sat down. I mean, there's one of the
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themes this year.
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For the Democratic in the primaries.
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There's been certainly some in some places, progressives are winning.
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In other states, more moderates are winning.
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We were talking about the state of race in Massachusetts
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last night in the Senate, where it felt like there
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was the calls for generational change were rebuffed. But the
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one theme, the one consistent seems to be voters wanting
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someone who's going to fight. And you think that's what
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made the difference for you.
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There's no question, Jonathan, when our campaign was launched, there
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was a through line, whether it's a lawless bullying Trump
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administration or whether it's irresponsible companies like Meta's harms to
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our kids with social media. Coloradans know I'm fighting for them.
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People are feeling scared. They're concerned. Housing costs are too high.
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Our kids are struggling. And in Colorado, we've got a
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range of challenges. People want the answer to this question.
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How do I know you're fighting for me? How do
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I know I can trust you? If you can earn
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that trust, putting in the work at the grassroots level
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and people believe you, you can get their vote. If
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people think, hey, you're just trying to win this campaign
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with lots of money and campaign ads. I was outspent
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two to one and I won by 14 points. People
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are thinking, hey, I can trust you.
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I believe you.
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I'm with you.
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There also seems to be no question, real enthusiasm.
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Among Democrats this November, which could stand to benefit your
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general election race, but also a fear among some Democrats about, well, frankly,
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whether they're going to be able to actually vote. And
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I know mail in balloting is something big in Colorado.
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It's something you've been working on, but something the Trump
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administration learning by the day, including this new whistleblower report,
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seems to want to curtail.
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It's surreal.
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The president votes by mail. Republican states like Utah vote
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by mail. Colorado standard is a gold standard. We've had
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Republican secretaries of states administer it. It's pretty simple. Get
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people their ballots in plenty of time. People can think
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about the issues. We have a lot of direct propositions
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on the ballot. People need to get these ballots in advance.
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They can mail them back if they want. They can
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hand them in drop boxes.
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They can vote in person. It's reliable. These attacks on elections,
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they are so lawless and dangerous.
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It's worth emphasizing the president has no authority under the
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Constitution to do any of this. This is all a
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bullying and intimidation game. You even hear the Republican governor
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in Wyoming saying, I don't want you sending. These poll
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monitors because you're intimidating people. The president's got to get
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this memo. We need Republicans on this page. Get the
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hell away from elections. It's not your job.
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So are you prepared or will you be prepared if
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the federal government wants to inject like troops or ICE
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agents around polling places on Election Day?
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Let me give an advertisement for Colorado elections because we
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have a resilient system. There are not a lot of
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people voting on Election Day in polling places.
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Most people will be able to vote.
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Ahead of time, handing in ballots to drop boxes or
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voting early at stations or in the mail. That means
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if they do what you're worried about, Mike, and I'm
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worried about that, too, for states that.
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Have a one day election. I'm really worried.
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Colorado, we've got weeks and weeks, so we're not going
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to be as vulnerable to that as other states. Talk
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about the meta sentiment that you reached last week with
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them on social media.
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This is a really big deal.
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Lori Schott, who's from my state, was held up by
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the surgeon general as someone, as a brave mom who
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lost her daughter, Ana, who died by suicide. She looked
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at Ana's phone and there was information from Instagram being
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fed to her saying, don't talk to your parents about
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your mental health because they're going to institutionalize you. We've
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seen self-harm rates go up. If you're a girl like Ana,
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you're twice as likely to get self-harm as other people.
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So we took this on after the whistleblower testified in Congress.
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Congress has ignored this problem. We have a coalition, essentially
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every state in the union. We had the pressure fully
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on Meta. We were in trial. We had them on
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the ropes. There was a Tennessee case, a companion case.
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Meta then came to the table and said, what do
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we need to do?
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And we said, you've got to change your behavior.
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These notifications and alerts, all hours of the night, And
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during the day, kids weren't sleeping. They were distracted at school.
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Kids were feeling terrible about themselves. This is a game changer.
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It'll limit the total time people can be on these platforms.
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It'll ensure age assurance so young kids aren't getting on.
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We are going to have.
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Other industry actors like YouTube, like Snap or TikTok. We
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have to go after them, too, because this is not
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just a meta problem, but it's been a big meta problem.
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And we've got a big result, including up to 18
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billion dollars.
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Certainly hope this seems to be a tipping point on
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this particular subject. So as you go about in this
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in this campaign, Democrats, certainly a state of Colorado, certainly
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a state that has.
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Turned bluish in recent years, a little less.
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Of a swing state than it used to be, but
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certainly Republicans do win there from time to time.
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What are voters telling you matters most?
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I think about it's a state with a lot of
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military bases, the Air Force Academy also there. Is the
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war in Iran and the costs accompanied that part of it?
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Is it cost of living? What are voters telling you?
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This point about cost of living and affordability is a big,
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big issue. Housing tends to be the top of mind.
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Colorado is a state where many of us could look
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forward to buying a home. You heard the phrase starter home.
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That is now feeling out of reach for people. So
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teachers in Denver or surrounding counties used to be able
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to say, we're going to be able to buy a
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home here. They can't say that now. Firefighters used to
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be able to say, we're going to buy a home here.
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They can't say that. We've got to fix this. This
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is a top of mind challenge for me. People use
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the phrase a lot. It's meaningful to me because I'm
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a first generation American. My mom and grandparents came here
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having survived the Holocaust to build a good life for yourself,
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to live the American dream.
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People feeling that's out of reach.
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So fighting to make sure we have more affordable housing,
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whether you're a renter or can own is the top
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of mind. Health care is a big concern. How much
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health care costs? Feeling like the system is ripping you
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off when you're sick, not trying to keep you healthy.
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People are concerned about their kids future.
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The point about meta and the youth mental health crisis
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or kids being set up to succeed. There's a lot
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on voters mind. And overall, how do we build a
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thriving economy that we're a growing state? Colorado has been
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looking at potentially declining population.
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That's a concern. So people are nervous right now.
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And of course, all the stuff with how Trump is
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threatening our elections or threatening to pull Space Command from Colorado.
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There's a lot on voters minds.
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Do you ever hear from voters who discuss in a
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rather general way the disappearance of America, the America that
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they grew up knowing or reading about and learning about
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that the country that is in their mind is disappearing slowly?
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Mike, I think that is a central question right now
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for people. Is the America that we grew up believing
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in still the America in front of all of us?
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And in this next generation, we're either going to establish that, yes,
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you can get a good education here and an economic mobility.
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You can own a home. You can build a small business.
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Or if people feel like all that's out of reach,
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that's fueling a lot of the anger out there. That's
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really a problem in our politics. The reason we have
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Donald Trump as president is people were angry and frustrated.
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They're willing to do anything. The reason that I'm running
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against someone in this race who's let's just say really unconventional,
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is people are willing to think, you know what, I
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can't trust anybody. And so the way I view this
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is my job is to put in the work so
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people know I'm fighting for them. He's in this because
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he believes in all of us needing all of us.
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And for me, this is personal. As I said, my family.
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survived the Holocaust, came here with nothing, and I've had
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the chance to live this American dream. I worked for
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, worked in
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President Obama's White House. Now I'm running to become his governor.
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That's the America I know and love. That's what I'm
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fighting for.
