Robert Reich to Mamdani: Why Is It So Hard for Dems to Understand that You’re the Future of the Democratic Party?

REICH Well I you ░░░░░░░░ in terms of catching ░░░░░░░░ to the world I ░░░░░░░░ you are I think ░░░░░░░░ future I have said ░░░░░░░░ many times others have ░░░░░░░░ well the future of ░░░░░░░░ Democratic Party Why is ░░░░░░░░ so hard for the ░░░░░░░░ Party to understand that ░░░░░░░░ laughs I can I ░░░░░░░░ tell you that I ░░░░░░░░ I ve been very ░░░░░░░░ by what I ve ░░░░░░░░ from Democrats across here ░░░░░░░░ five boroughs here in ░░░░░░░░ York City And I ░░░░░░░░ you know part of ░░░░░░░░ resistance to the idea ░░░░░░░░ the Democratic Party could ░░░░░░░░ to being a party ░░░░░░░░ an affirmative vision that ░░░░░░░░ for the dignity of ░░░░░░░░ people is that there ░░░░░░░░ been a lot of ░░░░░░░░ who ve made a ░░░░░░░░ of money over the ░░░░░░░░ few years in having ░░░░░░░░ purely oppositional framework of ░░░░░░░░ it is that we ░░░░░░░░ for And there is ░░░░░░░░ a benefit to continuing ░░░░░░░░ the status quo And ░░░░░░░░ was always going to ░░░░░░░░ a difficulty in transforming ░░░░░░░░ But I think it ░░░░░░░░ it s ultimately very ░░░░░░░░ because the very Democrats ░░░░░░░░ inspired so many across ░░░░░░░░ country to find themselves ░░░░░░░░ this party are the ░░░░░░░░ whose words that we ░░░░░░░░ not hearing anymore You ░░░░░░░░ Fiorello La Guardia said ░░░░░░░░ cannot preach liberty to ░░░░░░░░ starving land And it ░░░░░░░░ not matter how many ░░░░░░░░ we extol the virtues ░░░░░░░░ democracy if that democracy ░░░░░░░░ deliver the material needs ░░░░░░░░ working class people then ░░░░░░░░ use does it have ░░░░░░░░ those people So our ░░░░░░░░ is to say that ░░░░░░░░ know in the same ░░░░░░░░ where we take on ░░░░░░░░ authoritarian administration of Washington ░░░░░░░░ C we have to ░░░░░░░░ take on the affordability ░░░░░░░░ here in New York ░░░░░░░░ And that s a ░░░░░░░░ where we bear an ░░░░░░░░ amount of responsibility as ░░░░░░░░ Democratic Party because it ░░░░░░░░ been Democrats time and ░░░░░░░░ who have had these ░░░░░░░░ of power and we ░░░░░░░░ seen two of the ░░░░░░░░ prominent ones in Eric ░░░░░░░░ and Andrew Cuomo we ░░░░░░░░ seen their language their ░░░░░░░░ more and more they ░░░░░░░░ akin to that of ░░░░░░░░ same ones that we ░░░░░░░░ fighting in Washington D ░░░░░░░░