Bloomberg Talks
00:03:28 · Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel, Anne-Marie Hordern
[00:03:28] S0: He's leaning into that. Well, there's no doubt. [00:03:31] S3: Now, everything I just mentioned to you, let's just take that apart. You, I would put in there the five things. For all three branches, ban on stock trading, ban on prediction market participation, mandatory blind trust, mandatory retirement or term limits, and what I call the Kushner rule, no foreign money while in service and two years after. [00:03:51] S0: There's a lot of Republicans who agree with this. That's right. [00:03:53] S3: Even in Trump's administration agree with this. Republicans will vote for it, and the president has a decision. Sign it, we win. Veto it, we win. Minimum wage, sign it, Republicans will vote for it. [00:04:03] S0: Sign it, we win. Veto, we win. [00:04:05] S3: The tariffs will be, there will be a lot of Republicans, if you look at the advertising, against his tariff. [00:04:11] S0: Policy, and he has to make a decision. [00:04:14] S3: So he has a say, and my usual approach when I was mayor, when I was also chief of staff, we're going to find common ground, and when we don't, I'm going to stand my ground. [00:04:23] S2: If this is a repudiation on Trump and not an enforcement on these Democratic candidates, what is your advice and have you spoken to Senator Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries? How are they going to bridge the more progressive wing of your party to the centrists?
00:04:23 · Anne-Marie Hordern, Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel
[00:04:23] S2: If this is a repudiation on Trump and not an enforcement on these Democratic candidates, what is your advice and have you spoken to Senator Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries? How are they going to bridge the more progressive wing of your party to the centrists? [00:04:37] S3: Well, look, by picking issues that unite Democrats. So, ethics reform, and I'll give you an example, and this is a thing that leadership has to do. As I said, I'm for the hearings because I think it's important to find out what's going on with this Venezuela money. [00:04:51] S0: Where'd it go? [00:04:52] S3: You don't know, you're a business channel. You have no idea. And that's money that's supposed to, there. Now you can go towards impeachment, And that will be a food fight with no result. You can do lobbying and ethics reform, unites the Democrats, divides Republicans, and that will get signed into law. So you have to seek the key on both politics, whether it's legislative or electoral. What unites our team and divides the other side? And if you seek that bipartisanship, now, look. [00:05:23] S0: Have you spoken to them at all about this? I've communicated. Do I look quiet and silent or shy? No. Well, you're never quiet and silent.
00:05:23 · Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel, Anne-Marie Hordern
[00:05:23] S0: Have you spoken to them at all about this? I've communicated. Do I look quiet and silent or shy? No. Well, you're never quiet and silent. [00:05:30] S3: So here's what I would say, but I don't reveal those kind of conversations, but know that I've had conversations. Here's what I would say to you that's important. You now have a senator in South Carolina, a senator in Kansas. Things that haven't happened before. Since the 30s. 1939 in Kansas. You now have possibly a senator in Mississippi. And you have a governor in Georgia. You have a governor in Nevada. [00:05:58] S0: Texas. And Texas. [00:06:00] S3: That is not because there is a giant pull for DSA. That was a giant pull, and this is the key part, It was Democrats, independents, and non-MAGA Republicans that gave us this majority. [00:06:14] S0: Build on that coalition. Don't put at risk a South Carolina senator. Now, I was in. [00:06:21] S2: Is that the Democrats' biggest risk? [00:06:23] S0: Well, you've got to be. [00:06:24] S3: Strategic about it, and you've got to be thoughtful about it. You've got to deliver change that also, as I said, brings Democrats together. [00:06:31] S0: Now, one of the rules I had as. [00:06:33] S3: Mayor, one of the rules I used to say, or comments I used to say to President Obama... In politics, sound is not always fury. Sometimes it's just sound. Just because somebody is loud doesn't mean they represent a lot of people. A lot of people intimidated the Biden White House not to deal with the border.
00:06:33 · Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel, Tim Stenovec, Anne-Marie Hordern
[00:06:33] S3: Mayor, one of the rules I used to say, or comments I used to say to President Obama... In politics, sound is not always fury. Sometimes it's just sound. Just because somebody is loud doesn't mean they represent a lot of people. A lot of people intimidated the Biden White House not to deal with the border. [00:06:50] S0: They didn't represent the American people. They just were loud. [00:06:53] S3: I can go through the list with you, but you get that gist. And so you have to know the difference between sound and fury. Now, I think there are a lot of things that will bring Democrats together. [00:07:04] S0: Focus on those. Bring the energy. [00:07:06] S3: But I also want to say something that is not just a substance. The American people want to see speed. And the Democrats sometimes get very focused on the rules and not on the results. Focus on the results, not on the rules and the process and in that effort. Like I would say today, I will give you an example. First two months, we're gonna have an ethics bill out of the House. You forget that in 06, when Nancy gets the gavel, we're caucus chair, we pass the six in 06 in 100 hours. [00:07:38] S0: Move. [00:07:39] S1: Speed counts. [00:07:39] S0: Do you think they're going to do that? Yes. [00:07:41] S2: Or do you think it's going to be a lot of noise around hearings? The incoming oversight chair said, quote, lawyer up.
00:07:41 · Anne-Marie Hordern, Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel
[00:07:41] S2: Or do you think it's going to be a lot of noise around hearings? The incoming oversight chair said, quote, lawyer up. [00:07:46] S3: You should have hearings because there's a lot of corruption out there. And I'm from Chicago. I have a high standard when it comes to corruption. You should have those hearings. But if you don't deliver lobbying and ethics reform, those hearings was just about. [00:08:01] S0: Vindication. Not vindication. Vindictiveness. Deliver. [00:08:06] S3: That change so that the Republicans who took a bet on the Kansas senator, the Republicans that took a bet on a Democratic senator in Texas, then you'll have said to that coalition, that was a good bet. [00:08:18] S2: Let's talk about 2028. [00:08:19] S0: Let's say we did and we don't. No, let's talk about 2028. [00:08:23] S2: Who do you think this puts in prime position? [00:08:27] S3: Oh, look, that's a fair question, but not the right time to ask the question. [00:08:31] S0: I think what you will see— Well, because you're probably going to run. Well, look, here's how I look at it. [00:08:36] S3: In 2024, the party didn't have a choice. We were told to. 2020, the same thing. 2016, you got to. [00:08:42] S0: Go back to 08. [00:08:43] S3: It's been 20 years since our party had a good thrashing, and we should have a good thrashing. [00:08:48] S0: We should have a good debate. [00:08:49] S3: Now, as I joke, 2028, it's going to be Baskin and Robbins. [00:08:53] S0: You're going to have 31 flavors. [00:08:54] S3: And if I decide to do this, I'm going to be Rocky Road.
00:08:54 · Rahm Emanuel, Anne-Marie Hordern, Tim Stenovec, Rahm Emanuel
[00:08:54] S3: And if I decide to do this, I'm going to be Rocky Road. [00:08:58] S2: Okay, but here's the problem. Can someone like you win a primary in the Democratic coalition? [00:09:03] S1: Sure. [00:09:04] S0: Even when you have. [00:09:06] S2: very left-wing progressive candidates that are also likely going to throw their name in the wing. [00:09:11] S0: That's great. That's good.