Mike Lawler: I Hope AOC, Jayapal, Greg Casar Are the New Face of the Dems So Republicans Would Be Winning Elections

PHILLIP: “Or do they need to — do they need to step aside?”
Bowman: “And — or step aside, because we need to hear new, fresh, bold voices. That’s what the American people want. And if we don’t — and if the party doesn’t do that, the party is about to be finished.”
LAWLER: “I hope that AOC, Pramila Jayapal, Greg Casar — I hope they’re the new face of the Democratic Party, because Republicans will be winning elections all over the country — “
Bowman: “What?”
LAWLER: “ — if that is the case in the Democratic Party.”
Bowman: “(Laughs) Are you crazy?”
LAWLER: “Are you?”
Bowman: “I mean, y’all look — “
LAWLER: “Listen, a district like mine that Joe Biden won by 10 points, okay, 10 points, Kamala Harris won by half a point. Okay? I won by six and a half points, 24,000 votes in a district that has 85,000 more Democrats than Republicans. Why?”
PHILLIP: “You’re right.”
LAWLER: “Because the Democrats — “
Bowman: “Yeah, but you ran against a coin ball candidate”
LAWLER: “You had — he was your friend.”
Bowman: “He was not my friend.”
LAWLER: “He was your friend long ago.”
Bowman: “You had someone running against you who was not a strong candidate. And we still — “
LAWLER: “Well, that we agree on. But — “
Bowman: “We still have consultants and big money controlling the Democratic Party — “
LAWLER: “What you’re missing — you’re missing — “
PHILLIP: “AOC outperformed Kamala Harris in her — “
Bowman: “Come on now. Sure. He knows this.”
LAWLER: “But — but here’s my point. The — New York, look no further than New York, where issues like cashless bail have been a disaster, issues like sanctuary state status, congestion pricing. In districts like mine, where Democrats on paper should win big, they’re losing. And so, if the messenger is AOC, who, by the way, was originally from my district, she grew up in Yorktown, not The Bronx, if AOC is the face of the Democratic Party in swing districts all across this country, she will mobilize voters way more than Nancy Pelosi ever did for the Republicans.”