Socialist NYC mayor-elect calls for Starbucks boycott during 'Red Cup Rebellion'

Socialist NYC mayor-elect calls for Starbucks boycott during 'Red Cup Rebellion' We got some big labor news this morning. And, oh, joining us to make an important announcement is Michelle Eisen. She’s the national spokesperson for Starbucks Workers United.

She’s also been at the Buffalo store for over 15 years. Right, Michelle? Yes, I was at the Buffalo location, the first to organize in the U.S. in 2021. Amazing. Okay,

Welcome to the End Show, why don’t you tell the people what you guys are doing? So this morning, Starbucks baristas are out on our biggest unfair labor strike ever on the campaign trail today.

More than 1,000 baristas are currently in front of their stores, picketing, protesting the company’s refusal to budge and returning to the bargaining table with new proposals

that meet our remaining demands and expose their evil union. A little bit about, you know, it's been a few years. Discovering the origins of the Starbucksunionization movement here.

What's life been like with the company? You know, conceding to certain demands. Has the union been busted? What's the relationship with management like right now? Okay. Okay, it's been a wild ride.

It's been four years. You're right. It's been a long time. I'm unfortunate that I've been informed that the company has spent most of that time inciting the union, violating U.S. labor law left and right.

They're the most prolific violators of U.S. labor law in modern history. That's not debatable. Um they've been found guilty over 400 times.

Um ALJ judges across the country have found them guilty of violating workers' rights over 400 times. There are over 700 pending unfair labor practice charges that have yet to be dismissed.

And this year alone, they've committed 125 more. So, in 2024, the company contacted the union and said, “Hey, our fight is over. We want to reach an agreement.

We’re promising to have a fair contract with our unionized workforce by the end of 2024, as well as resolve outstanding legal issues.” They’ve failed to do either of those things

and instead have continued to fight workers everywhere and violate American labor law, and workers are absolutely fed up with it. Oh, there are some demands left after nine months of bargaining back in 2024

that the company has refused to give us any real proposals or solutions on. And they’re higher take-home pay, like making sure their workers can pay their bills, fixing staffing issues in our stores,

which are just cruel. If you've been to Starbucks anytime recently, you've seen stores that are very understaffed,

and meanwhile, at the same time, baristas aren't being paid the hours they need to pay the bill. And then continuing to violate the law and refusing to address any of these unfair labor practices

that are just hanging over their heads and really hurting the brand's reputation, hurting their workers,And the workers are ready to move accordingly. We set a time for the company. We set that we started the strike authorization vote a few weeks ago.

We said you have to come back with some resolutions by November 13th, which is Red Cup Day. This is a great day for the company. Um, here are our demands that have been very clear to you for the last 6 months

And they haven't come back. So, the workers are inactive right now and they're going to stay out there and they're going to get bigger and stronger until the company comes back. Oh, Michelle, how many stores have you unionized at this point?

We've won over 650 locations in 45 states and DC. Oh, but unfortunately, the company announced the store closures about a month ago. Mso currently has 550 union locations open

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And that's over 11,000 Starbucks baristas who are unionized. And how are unionized stores and baristas treated compared to ununized? Quite honestly,

Every Starbucks barista is suffering right now. Yes. Um, all the policies that have been implemented under Brian Nickel have only made the workers’ jobs harder and they haven’t improved the environment in those stores.

They haven’t improved the customer experience at all, which is why we’ve actually only seen an increase in our organizing under Brian Nickel.

Um, we’ve organized over 160 stores, I think, since he took over in that role. So, the non-union or union workers are recognizing

that this company is not ready to step up and take care of them. They’re ready to invest millions of dollars in other places

like the $96 million severance package that Brian Nickel received for just his first four months with the company. They spent $81 million on a 4-day managers' conference in Vegasthis past June.

So, we know the company has money. Obviously they're not worried about money. But unfortunately, they're not investing in their hourly workforce.

The people who bring in that revenue, the people who build those relationships with customers that make them come back to those stores and spend money every single day.

They're just not putting that money in the right place and the unionized workers are struggling very hard to make this business better. As we want the company to be successful. We want the company to be successful.

It would be detrimental for us not to do that. Um, and we've presented the company with a lot of options to help address those issues. Wouldn’t it be nice

to walk into a Starbucks for your Peppermint Mocha this holiday season and not have to wait 40 minutes, watch two or three baristas work or six people run around

because they haven’t put in enough effort to hide the business that the store is doing. When we see or I’ve heard a store manager say something like, “Oh, well, you know,

people just don’t want to work.” There are baristas who are dying to work hours who are begging for a schedule

so they can pay their bills, so they can qualify for these amazing benefits that the company says they offer.Um, and they're just not scheduling. So, it's not a case of not having enough workers.

It's a case of not scheduling enough of those workers to meet the needs of the business and to make sure they're able to qualify for benefits and pay their bills.

Many Starbucks baristas rely on SNAP and Medicaid. Why does a multi-billion dollar corporation have employees who are subsidized by the government? It's not

that just doesn't count. Yeah, right. Great point. Great point. And so we are. We're just waiting. The baristas are tired. It's going to get bigger.

This will be the biggest and longest strike in the company's history if the company doesn't come back to meet the demands. And we're asking our allies to stand with us.

For every barista who is on the picket line, a dozen allies have pledged not to cross the picket line and not to shop at Starbucks while the workers are on strike.

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That's the equivalent of thousands of people not spending their money at Starbucks this holiday season. So that's a very clear message and we're ready. We're ready. We've been ready for months.

We've been ready for years to get this deal done. We know it can be done in less than a day's sales. It would cost this company less than a day's notice to get a multi-year contract with the union.

Even less than they paid Brian Nickel millions of dollars for his first four months of employment. Even less than what they spent on that 4-day managers' conference in Vegas,

which was over $80 million. Um, Michelle, tell us a little bit about the allies who have pledged to stand with you in solidarity. And then finally, what are you asking the public to do?

So we had a sign on the letter that came from a bunch of different organizations. I'm sure the total number was in the millions, of which they represented tens of millions of people.

And they all said, you know, the people we represent are pledging not to cross the picket line if workers have to go on an unfair labor strike.

And here we are. Um, and we're not spending our money at Starbucks. We're not going to buy gift cards for our kids' teachers. We're not going to get our peppermint mochas,

you know, when we're shopping for the holidays. We're only going to stay away from Starbucks when workers are on strike.

Um, and so we have student activists in their colleges doing the same thing,

talking to their colleagues, um, talking to their administration about not having Starbucks products on their campuses. We have the global labor movement standing behind these workers.

Because, you know, we're all working class. Unless you're in the top 1%, you're a worker and you trust your employer to pay you fairly for your hard work, you know,

and so they just made a pledge not to cross a line and not to spend their money at Starbucks. And all we're asking is

that people keep it up. We have a site called nocontractnoccoffee.org. You can go there. You can get the latest information on amazing places.

Uh, you can sign our pledge not to cross the picket line and not to spend your money at Starbucks during the workers' strike.

And you can join us on the picket line. Um, workers are making sacrifices. It's the holiday season.We, you know, workers are sacrificing time with our families. They're sacrificing wages. They're potentially sacrificing,

you know, losing benefits of not going to work, being on strike to protest the company's failure to come back with new proposals that address these issues and to address these legal issues.

Um, and so say hello, if you see them on strike, join in for a little while, leave the doughnuts. Um, there's just always going to be more workers than CEOs in this country

And we have to stand together. So this is that moment and um this is this easy win and I think the company will finally see that this can be fixed. It can be fixed as soon as possible.

We could go back to tablets tomorrow. We could fix the problems. We could make the lives of workers better. We could make the experience better for the customers and overall it would make the company better overall.

Yes, that's right, Michelle. There is no contractcoffee.org website. I couldn't agree more with you about the importance of working people organizing.

I think the lack of that organization is one of the biggest things that's wrong with this country right now.

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New York Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani Announces All-Female Transition Team

New York Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani Announces All-Female Transition Team Last night we made history. And today I am proud to stand here as the elected mayor of the greatest city in the world. More than two million New Yorkers voted.

Whether it was the millions who supported this campaign, or those who supported someone else, or those who were too desperate to participate in the political process.

I will work every day to honor the trust I now have. The poetry of the campaign may have ended at 9:00 p.m., but the beautiful work of governing has only just begun.

The hard work of improving New Yorkers’ lives begins now. That process begins with transition. In the months ahead, my team and I will build a City Hall

that delivers on the promises of this campaign. We will create an administration that is capable and compassionate to the unequal divide, that is governed with integrity, and that is willing to work as hard

as the millions of New Yorkers who call this city home. And at the heart of that effort is a transition team defined by the excellence New Yorkers will soon expect from their government.

Our team will be led by Alana Leopold, whose roots in this city stretch back to her grandmother who ran the streetcar on Roosevelt Island. She has been a key part of our campaign to become the city’s next mayor.

  The transition will be led by our strong co-chairs: former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lena Khan, former First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres Springer, United Way President and CEO Grace Bonya,

 and former Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Melanie Hartzig. In the coming days, we will begin to announce the leaders who will implement our agenda.

People love deputy mayors who oversee all areas of government and commissioners who carry out the important work of city agencies. Some of these names will be familiar to you,

others will not. What will unite them will be a commitment to solving old problems with new solutions. We will cast a wide net. We will speak to organizers on the front lines of the fight to improve our city.

Government veterans with proven track records, policy experts from around the country and the world, and working people who know better than anyone what their neighborhoods need.

Throughout this campaign, I have worked hard to be accessible and transparent with New. It is that same passion that will drive this transition and City Hall

Because New Yorkers deserve government they can trust. And on January 1, as our city celebrates the inauguration of a new administration, let us also celebrate a new era for our city.

One that we all feel invested in and work to make a success of. Now, it is my pleasure to invite Elana Leopold to provide a few words.

Good morning, my name is Elana Leopold and I am very proud to serve as the Executive Director of Mayor-elect Mam Donny’s Leadership Team.

I want to thank Zoron for his confidence in Maybooth on the campaign trail and in the next exciting chapter of this movement. As a third-generation New Yorker who grew up in Mitch Lana Mitch Lama Housing

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and attended CUNI, I have a deep appreciation for the city’s commitment to this work and a commitment to building on it. I love this city with all my heart

and I am so grateful for the opportunity to help shape its future. I am also expecting a child soon and so I want the future she inherits

to be a possibility and an opportunity. And I want my new family, like so many others, to be able to count on the universal child care that the campaign has built on.

I know from first-hand experience that no one can fight for New Yorkers more than Zeron. He has the vision and drive to lower the cost of living

so that families like mine can afford to live in the city we built.

I can't wait to help shape government for our next mayor and for our builders.

My name is Grace Ba Oh and I am excited to be with you all today. I want to congratulate Mayor-elect Mannion on her story-telling victory and a campaign

that has captured the imagination of the Somalis and centered around the needs of working New Yorkers as a North Star. I am honored to be part of a transition team

and I look forward to working with you to build an administration that will work tirelessly to ensure

that working New Yorkers can finally afford to live and raise the families they love in the city they live in.

As a Queens native and the daughter of Ecuadorian immigrants who has dedicated her career to fighting for the rights of vulnerable New Yorkers,

this meeting means so much to me. Especially at a time when our immigrant communities and the people I serve are under attack. As we stand here today,

1.8 million New York City residents are helpless to feed themselves and their families due to the federal government’s inaction. I am confident that the Mayor-elect will always stand with New Yorkers

and fight against any federal encroachment and will not target the programs our neighbors need to survive. I look forward to helping him do the work that is needed to create an effective government

that keeps every New Yorker safe, healthy, livable, and upholding the greatness of our city and our people. My name is Mel Hartzig. Uh, when I’m upset

no one calls me Melanie except my mom. Um, and I’m so excited to be here with you all today. I want to start by congratulating our Mayor-elect Mandani on an impressive

and amazing campaign and victory last night. In my day job, I will lead New York Founding, one of the city’s largest and oldest social service organizations.

I previously served in two administrations as Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Deputy Commissioner for Administration for Children’s Services, among other roles.

There’s one thing I’ve been reminded of time and again in this job. It all comes down to economics. Paying your rent, putting food on the table, taking care of your kids. New Yorkers care deeply about that.

And it’s one that the mayor-elect has successfully applied. It’s an honor to be a part of the mayoral race and to join this incredible group of women

who are the epitome of public service to ensure that we bring the best, brightest, and most important people to this moment of promise for our fellow New Yorkers.

Thank you so much, everyone. It’s been great to see you all. Oh, I just want to start by congratulating our Mayor-elect, Manion, on an incredible victory and a remarkable campaign last year.

I think what we saw last night was New Yorkers not only electing a new mayor, but clearly rejecting a politics

in which corporate power and money too often dictate our politics and a clear mandate for change, where New Yorkers can move forward and where all workers and small businesses can thrive,

not only that. I think what we saw through the campaign was an operation that demonstrated extraordinary discipline, toughness, talent, and I know Zoron has the vision and the courage to make sure

that we can actually deliver. Oh, it's an honor to be part of his transition team, and I'm excited to work with the co-chairs to ensure that we build an administration that can hit the ground running and deliver for all New Yorkers. 

Everyone, my name is Maria Torres Springer, and first of all, I want to congratulate the Mayor on her extraordinary victory last night and on her campaign for the people.

I am thrilled to join her extraordinary women’s transformation team, and to help ensure that

her administration is ready to govern boldly and effectively from day one. As the daughter of immigrants who believed in the promise of this country and as a proud New Yorker who loves this city

and believes in it, I campaigned for mayor in a way that reminded us that housing is our greatest challenge and our greatest hope for our future.

I am so proud of the work I have done over three mayoral administrations to make our city more affordable and more equitable.

This has been my life’s work and I am eager to bring that experience, what was learned, what worked, what didn’t, to help the Mayor-elect deliver a quick, tangible win for New Yorkers.

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Despite the challenges we face as a city and a country, the Mayor-elect has truly rekindled something very powerful and a shared New York faith in working people.

Boldly. Most importantly, he and I share an unwavering belief in the ability of government to work for the people.

An incredible belief in the ability of public servants is not just met, not even met. I look forward to helping you build an administration

that will happily and quickly lower costs, build housing, expand child care,

and ensure that every New Yorker can live a life of dignity in the city we all love.. 

Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral election in 2025

Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral election  And we're paying them. - Governor Whitman, I hate this. I have to stop you. I have to thank you for joining us.

But we have another call we want to make, which is that NBC NEWSSCAN is now projecting that Democratic sociologist Zoran Mamdani is the likely winner.

Mayor-elect of New York City, the first Muslim to hold that distinction. He came close and topped the list in the Assemblyman primary, Governor Komvas was beaten there

And then Rana, an independent, and now he's declared the winner. Big board. How did he pull it off? How did he pull it off? What's going to be a historic win? - Yeah, well,

It's probably going to be closer than the Spanish win. It was a 12-point margin in that Hadi primary. I mean, CLRly said the polls were all over the place,

but the polls are still pretty close to being right here by a margin, partly because Curtis Silva voted, Ken Puyo voted 15 points lower than him and it looks like

that it's really coming together behind DIDANDREW CUOMO. One thing that continues to be looked at is will Mamdani end up clearing 50 percent? Will he now be able to say that he's going to get a majority

where the rest of the votes are coming from? One thing Mamdani, besides the fact that he won the race, if he wants to crack 50, the thing that's going to go his way is that he's going to get a disproportionately small number of votes compared to

the other boroughs, just in terms of the proportion of votes he's getting. And that's the best part of the city right now, and where the fewest votes are coming from is Staten Island.

And it's obvious that Mamdani is the worst part of the city. So Farmani has a chance to get over 50%. We'll see. Can he win that double digit over Cuomo?

We'll see. But again, you think about it. This is the Democratic nominee in one of the strongest democracies in the United States.

And in the general election, you're probably looking at, you know, a ten-point win. So there's a lot of people in the city who were willing to vote for Mamdani, even though they were with the Democrats.

And even the Democrats usually win New York City elections, you know,

 By an open length. So there's stability here. I think that's also worth noting. In the OUREXIT poll, we asked people if it was just a two-man race, Cuomo versus Mamdani,

and it was basically dead in the OUREXIT poll there as well. So if you're on the CUOMO campaign, you're looking at this stability. One thing you're probably thinking,

Jeez, hey, Eric, you got Eric Adams, the incumbent mayor, to step aside and leave Cuomo. What if they actually get out of this race and get a complete stability? This thing could actually,

be a real nail-biter right now. And just one final point as we see the final results come in with the cumulative, it's probably going to be a lot

that this is the end of this Cuomo family. You know it goes into the background. It goes back decades, I should say, with his father. His father ran for mayor of New York City nearly 50 years ago,

losing the Democratic primary, continuing his candidacy as a third-party candidate in the general election, just like Ed Koch 50 to 41%. And.Now we can make a major prediction in the New York City mayoral race. CNN projects a Democratic Socialist. So Democratic candidate Ron Mamdani will be elected the next mayor of New York.

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been defeated by Republican Curtis Mamdani to secure a historic victory in the city.

At 34, he will be the city's youngest mayor in a century. He will also be the first Muslim mayor of New York City.

Once again, CNN is predicting that Zoran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York, New York, and CNN's Abby Phillips Mamdani is a big winner in Brooklyn, New York.

Saron Mamdani, a candidate who was basically unknown in the city about a year ago, and now he's the mayor. We just heard the crowd behind us, screaming, shouting, clapping,

at the news that you just announced, on CNN. This room is really filling up with supporters. They are anxious, waiting, many nights have passed since hearing about a long journey.

These supporters who have stuck with Mamdani since the beginning despite the possibility of a candidacy, in these final days of the campaign, the race has become very negative. Many of his supporters believe that the attacks against him were Islamophobic, that they were, you heard it there, they are screaming that this news is spreading more. Supporters are happy tonight, as you can hear them on the news.

Five chances for the city to elect someone who, frankly, has never been elected before. Mamdani is both young. He is a Muslim,He's an immigrant, and he's someone who represents the fast food of the past. Jack, this crowd is really, really waiting to see the results after they come in. I know

that we're still looking at these numbers. He's so close to getting to 50 percent, and there are a lot of people in this room and in his campaign who don't want to see what that means

what it would have been like to use him, the minority of the city that Mamdani has won over, but if he's able to win the majority, he might have a chance to make the argument

that he has some kind of mandate in the city. I'm going to come to my colleague Gloria Parsley. Now here. She's been covering Mamdani for the last few months. And, you know

how you feel. Victory, for Mamdani supporters. Yes. This is a candidate who started out in the primary and was literally polling at 1 percent.

I was talking to someone earlier today who was talking about how hard it was for Zoran Mamdani to get press coverage to care about in the early days of the primary.

The underdog campaign, and he ran like an underdog. I think that's a really big lesson of this campaign. It doesn't matter what you think about the candidate's campaign

that has really picked up in the last few weeks as it often does. But, I mean, he was walking across Brooklyn Branch yesterday at sunrise, I'm sure that was it.

You. She was pumping her fist in the air. She's one of the elected officials in New York who stood with Mamdani even when he was being ridiculed as a communist in his own party, in the Democratic Party,

and as a shadow of Donald Trump, and that's what we've done a great deal of in the last few days. Support Andrew Cuomo.

He has been following in the footsteps of prominent Mamdani supporter Letitia James. He has promised to withhold funding for New York City.How big a factor has Donald Trump been? He's been a huge factor, both positive and negative. Okay. Donald Trump is weighing in on this race. We know from our reporting

that he's been talking about this race more than any other race in New Jersey and Virginia. Trump's threat to cut federal funding is something

that Zoran Mamdani and his team take very seriously. But you're sure he's heard that this is probably going to happen in the current city. Mayor Eric Adams hasn't done enough to respond to those threats,

and he says he will when he's elected. Okay. So, Jack, while we wait to hear what Mamdani says and he comes out in this room,

a very ardent supporter tonight, we'll just wait to hear what he says to New Yorkers, and what he says about the city moving out.

The very real threat from President Trump is that he will try to challenge Mamdani for the leadership of the city, which is even further in the realm of his efforts to defend New York City.

Jack. Interesting stuff. Abby, Philip and Gloria Pacino, thank you very much. And this is a historic night, not just for our own Mamdani, but for the Democratic Party, which has been so disillusioned since the 2024 election.

We have three big wins, which we will have in New York City. Independent Andrew Cuomo, who defeated the mayor in New Jersey, Congresswoman Mickey Sherrill, who defeated Republican Jackie Raleigh.

She will be the next governor of New Jersey, the first Democratic female governor of New Jersey. Defeating Spanberger, the current lieutenant governor. It was just a big night for Democrats,

who didn’t have much to smile about last year. Anderson Cooper is in New York, take him, Jack, Jack, thank you very much. You're with the team,

David Axelrod. What's the message in this race, the largest party for Democrats? The message should be to the president. I think, you know, it was interesting.

I spent a lot of time on CNN Pollster Day in the crosstab of this poll, and you could actually see a pattern of what's going to happen in this poll today, because, you know,

The overwhelming majority of people said, the economy and the cost of living were their main concern, the conditions today, were their concern. 28%, favorable, rating.

And they gave the president's economic, policies a really negative rating that was contributing to that. And those were the people who were ticking time bombs for the Republicans.

So if you're in the White House tonight and you're watching this. No, I mean, not only is this race in other states in New York,What are you starting to build now? Well, I'll tell you one thing I will do, I won't do, as the president does over and over again and tell people that this has been a historically successful year

and the economy is strong and it's the envy of the world. And if you're sitting at home trying to pay your bills and buy your kids' rent and buy your own rent. How are they going to do that,

you don't want to hear that. And if he doesn't believe that, talk to Joe Biden, because that's what he did. And that was a terrible, disastrous strategy for him.

So I think, you know, look, you had good candidates, you know, these gubernatorial and the latest candidates, they had biographies and they made great candidates.

I thought Spanberger gave a great speech tonight. It was really the opposite of the politics that people have become so disillusioned with. But, at the end of the day,

you know, when you have the conditions that we have in this country and you're the current president and you run everything and you make a point of running everything,

then you're going to be called to vote. Scott, do you think the White House should listen? I mean, look, these are blue states, and the Democrats should have won,

so I'm not going to override that. Virginia, in particular, has never been very good. Don't think that a lot of people's confidence in the Republican campaign was misplaced. Jersey is New Jersey,

so I would hesitate to override that. I don't think the concerns that you've raised are a legitimate political strategy. Concerns. You know, I think

that I just want to offer my condolences to Chuck Schumer. Honestly, what I'm reading here in New York City is that AOC is going to be the next senator from New York.

If she can pull off her last run and the 2028 Democratic primary and the 2026 Democratic primary for their senators, I see an energy behind the Democratic Party.

The energy among Virginia Democrats is looking to the violent candidate for attorney general who says he wants to kill Republicans in their children.What are you starting to build now? Well, I'll tell you one thing I will do, I won't do, as the president does over and over again and tell people that this has been a historically successful year

and the economy is strong and it's the envy of the world. And if you're sitting at home trying to pay your bills and buy your kids' rent and buy your own rent. How are they going to do that,

you don't want to hear that. And if he doesn't believe that, talk to Joe Biden, because that's what he did. And that was a terrible, disastrous strategy for him.

So I think, you know, look, you had good candidates, you know, these gubernatorial and the latest candidates, they had biographies and they made great candidates.

I thought Spanberger gave a great speech tonight. It was really the opposite of the politics that people have become so disillusioned with. But, at the end of the day,

you know, when you have the conditions that we have in this country and you're the current president and you run everything and you make a point of running everything,

then you're going to be called to vote. Scott, do you think the White House should listen? I mean, look, these are blue states, and the Democrats should have won,

so I'm not going to override that. Virginia, in particular, has never been very good. Don't think that a lot of people's confidence in the Republican campaign was misplaced. Jersey is New Jersey,

so I would hesitate to override that. I don't think the concerns that you've raised are a legitimate political strategy. Concerns. You know, I think

that I just want to offer my condolences to Chuck Schumer. Honestly, what I'm reading here in New York City is that AOC is going to be the next senator from New York.

If she can pull off her last run and the 2028 Democratic primary and the 2026 Democratic primary for their senators, I see an energy behind the Democratic Party.

The energy among Virginia Democrats is looking to the violent candidate for attorney general who says he wants to kill Republicans in their children.If you think you're getting rid of Grand Plattner in Maine now, think again. This is a terrible night for the national Democratic image given what's going on inside his party.]

Mom Donnie is a bona fide socialist. He's not who people say he is, he's who he says he is. The Democratic Party. That's who he is.

What's up there? Who's the leader now? Can someone tell me he's a life raft for Republicans who have to go on TV and I don't know, this. You own him? No you this.

 Open threat: Trump says China ‘Knows the Consequences’ If It Invades Taiwan 

 

Open threat: Trump says China ‘Knows the Consequences’ If It Invades Taiwan

Open threat: Trump says China ‘Knows the Consequences’ If It Invades TaiwanThis is breaking news from Washington and it is about Taiwan and the US President]Donald Trump says his Chinese counterpart Xiinping4755 understands the consequences if China attacks Taiwan

He specifically refused to say that the US would defend the island. He was asked if he would order US forces to take action if China takes military action on Taiwan.

Trump said, and Iquote, "You will know if that happens and he understands the response." He added that China's leader or China's leaders know the consequences.

Once again, Donald Trump has warned Beijing against attacking Taiwan in a statement by US President Donald Trump. He says that if China attacks Taiwan

then his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping understands the consequences. He specifically refused to say that the US would defend the island. He was asked

whether he would order US forces to take action if China launched a military operation against Taiwan. And this was his response.

If that happens, you will know. And he, Xiinping, understands the answer.

And now, just days after his meeting with the Chinese president, a US president on Sunday said that President Xi Jinping and the Chinese people know

what the consequences would be if they attacked Taiwan. Now Trump made the remarks in an interview with CBS after meeting Xi and, teasing the question of whether

the US military would be involved if China took military action on Taiwan, Trump said he could not give away his secrets while you would know. Now, US intelligence assessments show

that Xi Jinping has instructed the Chinese military to be ready for a possible attack on Taiwan by 2027. If that happens, you would know. And you understand the answer to that.

Oh, why didn't I say that this didn't come up as a topic yesterday either. He never brought it up. Oh, people were a little surprised by that. He never brought it up

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Because he understands it and he understands it well. He understands what’s going to happen and he’s been outspoken and his people have been outspoken in meetings

That when President Trump is president, we’re never going to do anything because they know the consequences. And now, a few days after meeting with the Chinese president and U.S. President Donald Trump, he said on Sunday

that President Xi Jinping and the Chinese people know what the consequences would be if that happened. Now, Trump made these remarks in an interview with CBS after meeting with Xi.

And when asked whether the U.S. military would be involved when China takes military action on Taiwan, Trump said he couldn’t give away his secrets while you’ll find out.

Now, U.S. intelligence assessments show that Xi Jinping has instructed the Chinese military to be ready for a possible invasion of Taiwan by 2027. If that happens, you’ll find out.

And he understands the answer. Uh, why not? It was never even a topic yesterday. He never brought it up. Oh, people were a little surprised that he never brought it up because he understands it

and understands it well. He understands what's going to happen and he's said it openly

and his people have said it openly in meetings that we'll never do anything under President Trump because they know the consequences.

A potential flashpoint with China, a potential flashpoint with China in the coming years, is the Taiwan issue. The Chinese military is occupying Taiwan's sea lanes,

its airspace, its cyberspace. I know you've said that Xi Jinping wouldn't dare take military action on Taiwan while you're in office.

But what if he does? Will you order US forces to defend Taiwan? If that happens, you'll know. And understand the answer.

Oh, why don't I say that it didn't come up as a topic yesterday either. He never brought it up. People were a little surprised that he never brought it up

Because he understands it and he understands it well. Do you mind if I ask why we don't talk about it to the rest of us when you say he does?

What does he understand? I don't want to give it away. I can't give away my secrets. I don't want to be one of those guys who tells you that if something happens, the other side knows

what's going to happen. Oh, I'm not someone who's going to tell you everything because you're asking me a question, but they understand what's going to happen. And oh, he's been outspoken

and his people have been outspoken in meetings that we're never going to do anything with President Trump as president because they know the consequences. Listen. 

 Now, a new flashpoint in US-China tensions. President Donald Trump claims that China will never escalate on Taiwan while he is in charge because Beijing knows

that it knows the consequences. Quote unquote. No explanation, but a clear warning. Listen to this. Would you order US forces to defend Taiwan? If it does, you will know.

And understand the answer. Oh why not say that it didn’t come up as a topic yesterday either. He never brought it up. Oh people were a little surprised

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that he never brought it up because he understands it and he understands it well. The strategic ambiguity with Trump is alive and well and I am quoting that I cannot give away my secret.

US officials have long been concerned about the possibility of China using military force against Taiwan. Beijing claims the self-governing island democracy as part of its own territory.

The Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, which governs U.S. relations with the island,

does not require the United States to take non-military action if China attacks, but U.S. policy is to ensure

that Taiwan has the resources to defend itself and to prevent any change.