 For months now, I have been bringing progressive after progressive after progressive on this program in an effort to Expand the squad and get them elected every single Saturday I usually have a brand new congressional candidate to introduce you to and quite a bit of them saw success They won their Democratic Party primaries and on Tuesday night. We had more than 30 progressives up for election now I'm not including the progressives who are already in cumbits Pramila Jayapal, Katie Porter, Ro Khanna, Barbara Lee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhana Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Presley. We're not including them So when I say there were 30 progressives up for election I'm referring to new progressives who if elected would be adding to our numbers in Congress Expanding the block of left-wing people in Congress So the question is how many of them actually were successful? How many of the progressives who won their Democratic Party primaries were successful? Well, I'll be honest with you. I was disappointed with the results, but it's not it's not all bad There were some really important key victories, but we lost a lot of big names And that's disappointing to me and there were a lot of key races that didn't go as We suspected So there's a lot there's some puzzling congressional victories in here that we're gonna talk about but first of all We're gonna get to all of the progressive congressional candidates that lost and since there were so many I can't go through and give you the breakdowns as to you know the margin and how big the loss was I'm just going to name all of the progressives that lost and that list unfortunately is huge So that includes Nate McMurray running in New York's 27th congressional district Adam Christensen running in Florida's third congressional district Adrienne Bell running in the 14th congressional district of Texas Antonia Eliasson running in Mississippi's first congressional district Audrey Denny running in California's first congressional district Beth Doglio running in Washington's 10th congressional district Kathy Kunkel running in West Virginia's second congressional district Christine Olivo running in Florida's 24th congressional district Cindy Bandjai running in Florida's 19th congressional district Dana Allen Ferguson running in Michigan's first congressional district Donna Iman running in Texas's 31st congressional district Giorgette Gomez running in California's 53rd congressional district Hilary Turner running in West Virginia's third congressional district John Headley running in Michigan's sixth congressional district Julie Oliver running in the 25th congressional district of Texas Kara Eastman running in Nebraska's second congressional district Kathy Ellis running in the eighth congressional district of Missouri Kim Nelson running in South Carolina's fourth congressional district Liam O'Mara running in California's 42nd congressional district Mia Mason running in Maryland's first congressional district Mike Siegel running in Texas's 10th congressional district Nick Robondo running in Ohio's 5th congressional district Kossum Rashid running in Virginia's first congressional district Ray Lensie running in Illinois 12th congressional district and last but certainly not least Shea Hedbatar running in California's 12th congressional district against Nancy Pelosi all of these progressives lost and Some of these hurt Really bad to where when I saw the results it was like a gut punch and when I say that these are progressives these are progressives I saw a lot of graphics being spread online about all of these progressive races to look out for and When I say that these are progressives I am telling you I spent Countless hours vetting each and every single one of these individuals to ensure that these are actually Progressive people they were either endorsed by justice Democrats or a brand-new Congress or endorsed by someone like Bernie Sanders And more importantly the policies on their page were displayed clearly and explicitly I saw you know Confirmation that they support either Medicare for all or singer single-payer if I see any rhetoric relating to Expanding access to healthcare. I don't count them as a progressive. So these individuals are just the ones that are progressive and These ones lost and that's really disappointing now having said that It wasn't all bad. There were some victories. First of all 85% of DSA endorsed candidates running at the local level in states across the country Won their races. This is according to the Gravel Institute. This is excellent news Now in terms of who won, of course, all of the incumbent progressives they won easily We're talking about the entire squad Katie Porter, Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal. They all won Now who are the new progressives that will be going to Congress? How many new members of the squad will there be? Well It's not a lot, but it's still it's still important. We're looking at potentially Five new members of the squad four confirmed one hanging in the balance in a race that has not been called So who is hanging in the balance currently? Well in the 34th congressional district of California David Kim is currently facing off against Democratic incumbent Jimmy Gomez David Kim is a progressive and currently with 77% of precincts reporting Jimmy Gomez is leading 52.6 to 47.4 So it is not over yet. There are still more votes to be counted We could have a progressive oust an incumbent corporate Democrat if David Kim pulls this off He will unquestionably be a very progressive member of the squad. I had him on the program I was thoroughly impressed basically if you take Marianne Williamson Andrew Yang and Bernie Sanders and you squash them all together into one candidate You get David Kim if he wins this if he pulls this out. This is Huge news now. We did get four confirmed victories The first one is Cory Bush. Now, this was expected But nonetheless, it still is really important in the first congressional district of Missouri Cory Bush defeated her Republican opponent Anthony Rogers by a land slide We're talking almost 50 points. This is huge in New York's 16th congressional district Jamal Bowman defeated his Republican opponent Patrick McNamuss also in a landslide 83 to 17% Phenomenal win when it comes to the third congressional district of Illinois Marie Newman who ousted conservative Democrat Dan Lipinski She defeated her Republican opponent 53.2 to 46.8 when it comes to the 17th congressional district of New York Mondaire Jones defeated his Republican opponent 47.5 to 44.1 with 35 percent of precincts reporting although this race has been called for Mondaire Jones So it was close But it seems as if there is enough confidence to assert that there is going to be a Mondaire Jones victory I'm not sure the criteria But it's been called and he won. So that is four possibly five new progressives that will be going to Congress and When they do go to Congress, they will be just as loud and unapologetically progressive as AOC as Ilhan Omar Will they be perfect? No, will we disagree with them and be disappointed in their votes from time to time? Yes, but this is a victory for us. This is a huge victory and my favorite of all of these It's gonna be a tie between David Kim and Cory Bush. Cory Bush really is Just she's a phenomenal candidate. I think one of the best congressional candidates running in the country So the fact that she made it and she will be a member of Congress. This is honestly This is huge for the movement. Now having said that there's more than just the house races There were some really important races for the US Senate in terms of progressives We had two that I was watching very closely Polygene Swarajan in West Virginia going up against the Republican incumbent Shelley Moore capitol Unfortunately, Polygene Swarajan lost. There was a hard pill to swallow. That was That was tough Now another one is Marquita Bradshaw in Tennessee. Unfortunately, she did not win Another one is Lisa Savage a green party candidate running in Maine who had a shot because of Maine's ranked choice voting system Unfortunately, Lisa Savage did not win and also Susan Collins was re-elected So the Democrat didn't win there either but other key races not necessarily progressive people but individuals who were running against high-profile Republicans Amy McGrath to no one surprise. She lost to Mitch McConnell. What is it more than a hundred million dollars? wasted went up in flames and She ran a terrible campaign Amy McGrath lost to Mitch McConnell. He won in a landslide So the most destructive member of the Senate will likely remain in control of the Senate assuming Republicans retain control of the Senate. So That's awful Additionally, Jamie Harrison not a progressive by any stretch of the imagination But I was hoping he would pull out a victory against Lindsey Graham Lindsey Graham clung to power now John Ossoff is Someone who I think ran a good campaign against David Perdue. I was dunking on him back in Back in Georgia before when he ran in I think 2017 on the special election But he stepped up. He's better still not a progressive. I mean, we're still waiting on results in Georgia So we can't say anything about this race yet. John Hickenlooper though He did defeat Cory Gardner and this is the guy who ran for president who watched porn with his mom So he's going to Congress for whatever reason. I mean, I'm glad that John Hickenlooper defeated Cory Gardner, but it's like was there not anyone else in the entire state of Colorado that could have run in place of John Hickenlooper really John Hickenlooper We've got to do better Democrats, what are we doing? Why are we running people like this who have zero charisma zero policy ideas? Like what's what's the end goal here? Just to hang on to power forever and make sure that the left and progressives are like perpetually dissatisfied like what are We doing? Now there were a couple of races that are going to make you Scratch your head a little bit. I'm talking about some right-wingers who won Now first of all the good news Laura Loomer. She lost Wasn't expected to win because this was a district that leaned heavily in favor of Democrats, but The Republican Party has some new individuals who I am assuming they will trot out as rising stars in the Republican Party I'm referring to two Q and honors and one Nazi who got elected to Congress Madison Cawthorne he was elected and the first thing that he said was cry more libs or something to that effect I mean, this is a member of Congress now talking about owning the libs Brilliant Now I've talked about him before The dude is a dunce. He has zero policy ideas. Doesn't know what he's talking about Somehow won against a Trump backed candidate. He wasn't expected to win, but now he's gonna go to Congress He's been accused of sexual assault he Again is a Nazi so that's great. Good job Republicans. You elected a Nazi Okay, now QAnon has got two members of Congress now Laura Boebert got elected to Congress in Colorado's third congressional district and perhaps the craziest of all Republican candidates running in this cycle Which is a really high bar to pass Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia's 14th congressional district defeated the Democrat By almost 50 points. It was not even close. It was the landslide. So on one hand We did elect some more progressives not nearly as much as I wanted but on another hand a Nazi and Two QAnoners will be going to Congress. I mean the Republican Party is So irredeemable so beyond the pale that they are now literally electing members of a conspiracy cult and people who have an affinity for Adolf Hitler If that doesn't tell you How far gone they are nothing will so we need to stop talking about the radical left and Start actually talking about how the radical right truly is off the spectrum The Republican Party is now the Donald Trump Party even if Donald Trump loses. I mean this party is now openly embracing Fascism and conspiracy theories and it's just it's not shocking. I was gonna say shocking, but it's not really shocking It's just disappointing. So overall, you know, Democrats did not take back the Senate The House Democrats lost a little bit of ground so far based on what we know with preliminary results So they're actually discussing possibly a leadership change Will that happen? Will Nancy Pelosi actually relinquish power or will she try to back everyone into a corner and Try to force her way back into a leadership role again after she has been approved in failure We'll wait and see but at least we can look forward to Cory Bush, Jamal Bowman, Mondare Jones Possibly David Kim and Marie Newman in Congress serving alongside members of the squad So that's something that's genuinely exciting to look forward to but overall for congressional candidates Not the best results and I think that once we really see all of the votes counted We need to talk about whether or not the lack of enthusiasm for Joe Biden hurt down ballot Democrats And we're not just talking about progressives. We're talking about corporate Democrats everywhere. I mean Jamie Harrison lost in the McGrath lost Democrats centrist and progressive lost is Joe Biden not being you know, um a good enough candidate part to do with this I mean, I don't know. We'll have to wait and see but for now I'm a little bit disappointed to say the least but you know, it's It's okay, you know, I was hoping for some surprise victories here But maybe next time maybe next time we're doing better each election cycle. I just hope that you know By 2022 we'll have even more victories