Sold a Lie: Why Young Men Punished Trump

About this episode

On this episode of Stress Test, David Corn and Garrison Hayes process the thumping received by Donald Trump and the GOP and the road ahead for Democrats. How the party balances investigating Trump and his cronies with delivering everyday economic relief will define the opening chapter of the new session. “I think it’s a great message: affordability and accountability,” co-host David Corn explains. But knitting those themes together into a coherent governing strategy won't be simple. As David notes, Democrats must be strategic about timing their oversight so investigations “don’t step on each other,” while proving they can walk and chew gum by pushing legislation on healthcare, wages, the cost of living, the Iran war, and government ethics. That imperative was made even clearer by a review of the voters who hit the polls on Tuesday. “It kind of turns out it’s a pretty easy, simple analysis: everybody voted for Democrats,” David says. “Old people, young people, Black people, white people, Hispanics, Latinos... it’s just a total, total sweep.” But co-host Garrison Hayes cautions against treating the wave as an ideological blank check: “Democrats have to keep in mind that this man