Congressman Tim Ryan: Dems Are In Period Of Transition | Morning Joe

WOULD BE AN EXCHANGE. >> I THINK THE REPEAL FOR REPEAL
SAKE MIGHT NOT BE CONSTRUCTIVE FOR REPUBLICANS WHO MIGHT WANT
TO BE ELECTED. >> WE STARTED THE BLOCK WITH A
SOUND BITE FROM YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.
TIM RYAN, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU. I WANT TO DIVE INTO THE HEALTH
CARE DEBATE WITH YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE MOTTO OR SLOGAN THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
COME UP WITH. WHAT IS IT AGAIN?
>> A BETTER DEAL. >> GREAT, LESS FILLING.
>> TIM, IT'S NOT GOOD. >> WELL, FIRST, I WANT TO THANK
PRESIDENT LINCOLN FOR SHOWING UP IN MY DISTRICT YESTERDAY.
IF I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE THERE, I WOULD HAVE WENT BACK
HOME TO HEAR THE SPEECH. I'M NOT A REAL SLOGAN PERSON.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD FIRST STEP BECAUSE IT AN AGREEMENT AMONG
DEMOCRATS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC ISSUES AND I
THINK THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT JOBS, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
ECONOMY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT GROWTH, WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITY. THOSE ARE ALL REALLY GOOD
THINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE ASPIRATIONAL INSTEAD OF JUST TRANSACTIONAL IN
THE CONCEPT OF TAX CREDITS AND THE KIND PIECES IN THERE.
I THINK WE NEED MORE OF AN ASPIRATIONAL MESSAGE.
WHAT DOES AMERICA 2.0 LOOK LOOK AND WHY CAN THE DEMOCRATS HELP
WORKING CLASS PEOPLE IN PLACES LIKE YOUNGSTOWN EXPERIENCE THAT
AMERICAN DREAM IN THAT NEW ECONOMY?
>> WHAT CAN YOUR CONSTITUENTS BELIEVE IN THAT BELIEVE IN?
>> I THINK THEY WANT JOBS AND AND THE FUNNY THING IS THAT'S
WHAT HE CAMPAIGNED ON. HE TALKED ABOUT A TRILLION
DOLLAR TRANSPORTATION BILL, THEY'RE IN TOTAL AGREEMENT ON
THAT. THE PROBLEM IS THE OPIOID
CRISIS, HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE, BUT
IN EACH INSTANCE, HE HASN'T EVEN PUT SOMETHING IN FRONT OF
CONGRESS. IT NOT LOOK HE SAID I HAVE A
JOBS BILL IN FRONT OF CONGRESS, WE'RE GOING TO PUT PEOPLE BACK
TO WORK, HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE IT HERE.
AND THEN ON THE HEALTH CARE PIECE HE'S GOING BACKWARDS BY B
SUPPORT IT WOULD GO BILLS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE THAT ARE
THROWING OFF OF HEALTH CARE, MAKING IT MORE EXPENSIVE AND
PROVIDE LESS TREATMENT FOR ADDICTIONS.
>> RIGHT NOW IT CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE CONFUSING TOING IF OUT WHO
IS LEADING THE DEMOCRAT BEING PARTY.
WHAT DO YOU SEE ON THE HORIZON FOR THIS PARTY AND WHO DO YOU
SEE EMERGING AS POTENTIAL LEADERS?
>> THAT'S A VERY POLITE WAY OF SAYING THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE CLEARLY IN A TRANSITION
HERE COMING OFF OF PRESIDENT OBAMA.
THIS HAPPENS PERIODICALLY IN POLITICS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING WORTH PANICKING OVER.
WE HAVE GUYS LIKE SETH MOULTON AND HAKEEM JEFFERIES AND CEDRIC
RICHARDS AND SO THERE ARE YOUNG LEADERS STARTING TO EMERGE
WITHIN OUR CAUCUS AND IN OUR PARTY AND OVERTIME THEY'LL BE ON
TV MORE AND PEOPLE LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY BUT IT IS A NEW
JOHNSON RACIAL OF LEADERSHIP. >> IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
THERE'S AN EDITORIAL THAT IS REALLY A DIFFERENCE AND DIVIDE
BETWEEN THOSE INVESTED IN OUR CURRENT INSTITUTIONS AND THOSE
DEEPLY SUSPICIOUS OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS SO FOLKS WHO ARE
REALLY SKEPTICAL ABOUT DEMOCRACY AS SUCH.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT DISTINCTION?ION?
IS THAT THE REAL CIVIL WAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN YOUR
VIEW? >> WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES
WE'RE DISCUSSING. I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THEM
THAT, A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY I THINK WHEN YOU GET
INTO THE HEARTLAND, I THINK YOU GET INTO THE SOUTH, THERE ARE
SUSPICIONS ABOUT THE INSTITUTIONS AND ABOUT THE PARTY
AND THIS IS WHETHER I TALK ABOUT OUR BRAND ISN'T NECESSARILY
CONNECTING IN THOSE AREAS. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.
IT THAT OUR PEOPLE THINK THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVEN'T DELIVERED
FOR THEM OVER TIME. NOW, THE ARGUMENT I WOULD MAKE
IS THAT IN MANY WAYS WE HAVE WITH HEALTH CARE, WITH COVERING
20 MILLION MORE PEOPLE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID WHEN WE
WERE IN CHARGE BUT CLEARLY THERE'S THIS HUGE ECONOMIC GAP
BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR, THE LACK OF JOBS, THE WAY
AUTOMATION IS COMING AND HITTING OUR COMMUNITIES.
IMAGINE A BILLION DOLLAR STEEL MILLION IN 1950 WOULD EMPLOY
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. WE STILL GOT TO WRAP OUR ARMS
AROUND OUR ARMS AROUND IT AND THAT'S WHERE
DEMOCRATS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. TRUMP IS NOT PRESENTING REALLY
ANY STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE ECONOMY ON HOW HE'S GOING TO
HELP WORKING CLASS PEOPLE GET BACK TO WORK AND ALSO CHANGE THE
TRAJECTORY OF THE ECONOMY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, SO THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE A VERY WIDE OPENING HERE.
HE CAN THROW THE RED MEAT AT THE BASE AND TALK ABOUT MT. RUSHMORE
AND LINCOLN AND THE REST BUT IN 18 MONTHS AND THREE AND A HALF
YEARS, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO JUDGE HIM ON WHAT HAS HE DONE AND HE'S
NOT PROPOSING ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO STRUCTURALLY CHANGE.
WE HAVE TO STEP IN AS DEMOCRATS AND SAY LOOK WE'RE THE PARTY OF
SOLUTIONS INS IN THE NEW ECONOMD THAT CAN HELP HEAL THAT RIFT
THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE PARTY. >> CONGRESSMAN TIM

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