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How Democrats Found Their Voice and a Winning Message

Progressive YouTube host and author Brian Tyler Cohen joins me from the DNC to breakdown how the Harris-Walz ticket was able to reclaim GOP branding and messaging to galvanize the party.

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The man, the myth, the progressive YouTuber sensation known as Brian Tyler Cohen joins me live from the DNC despite not having slept in a week.

In addition to being a host and MSNBC contributor, Cohen is the editor of a new substack and author of the just released book Shameless: Republicans’ Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy recounting how the GOP was able to cynically exploit right-wing messaging, corporate media complicity, and Democratic weaknesses to gain power and relevance despite advancing unpopular views and policies.

But why are the same old tricks not working anymore? Why is the majority rejecting Trump’s schtick and embracing the optimism and energy of the Harris-Walz ticket? How can Democrats continue to unify the base and truly move forward to assure victory down ballot in 2024? And how has the Harris-Walz campaign been able to rebrand Democrats as the party of freedom and take advantage of Trump and the GOP’s hypocrisy, cruelty, and numerous missteps?

We unpack all of it in this episode of Chai Talk.

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