@@lsmarsha Yea but the bigger question is why Trump supporters were called cult members enemies of the state etc etc etc . Why the FBI induced riot Jan 6th was turned into insurrection by the media and half the govt....? Democrats policies, and their methods and their propaganda news media, are rotten to the core.
Yes, and Harris was a terrible candidate and nobody cared for her cringeworthy personality, and could not spit out three sentences that made any sense without being coached.
@@c.a.t.732 Trumps appeal stems from the fact he is not part of the institution. he is an outsider. And the Democrats unfortunately for some years now, represent the institution that kick there feet when it comes to real beneficial policy and in the end only gives us crumbs when their feet get put to the fire. People are desperate and want change even if its from somebody like Trump.
@@kayraper295 What does that even mean? I feel like this elitism is a term that is a bit sporadic when it's applied. Seth works with a journalist team to do his news bits and he just have a different perspective than Brain.
If 1.3 BILLION dollars spent on the campaign, more than double what Trump spent, didn't get the message out.. maybe it's not a communication problem but that you're peddling something that people don't want
@@candiceberg5232 Don't forget about the patriarchy. If they just browbeat non-Harris voters for another 4 years that will surely win them the next one. Hillary/Kamala 2028.
We democrats are humbled aplenty. We received the biggest a$$kicking in the history of Presidential politics. No democratic voter is underestimating the level of success Trump and republicans have had electorally. However doesn't mean we forget what transpired on Jan 6, which caused the lives of several people and resulted in the grievous injury of over 100 Capitol Police. There is nothing, however, that Trump can do to increase the purchasing power of the Average American. There is no policy or regulation that will expand the financial flexibility of the average American. It sucks to say but look at how poorly he handled America's covid response. Remember the good old days wwhen he spent his fireside chats suggesting the consumption of household disinfectants and shoving UV lights up our a$$es, I sure as fck remember. But I digress; make no mistake if Trump follows through with his mass immigration plan, this will adversely affect the food supply, which, as you know, causes prices to precipitously rise. Likewise, unilaterally raising tariffs will impact the customer's purchasing power. Which demographic do you think will be most impacted by this...that's right the underprivileged and the working class. You might be familiar with our recent history, but just in case you don't know, what major disaster of biblical proportions did America experiences the last time tariffs were universally raised....oh that's right the Great Depression. You fckers will be the first to face food insecurity. It doesn't matter what voters expected, the fact that they voted for someone who wants to potentially expose America to financial collapse if he successively follows through these disastrous plans is discomforting to someone like me. American know full well what Trump's plans were all along, but voted for it all the same knowing it could potential send our economy into a tailspin is really hard to reckon with internally.
Brian was dead on, I am a little surprised Seth didn't try harder to take him down. On the other hand, it was a good conversation......Old fashioned honest.
Can't say the same for Jon Stewart the other night. He was obnoxious. I'd love if these late night comedian hosts could show morning talk shows how to actual have a guest on and LET THEM TALK. What's the point of having them on if all you are going to do is stuff blue mag pies in their face.
What could Seth have possibly said in the face of facts? The fact that Biden stood with unions (and on a picket line, iirc), and Harris ran a decent campaign in such a compacted time frame doesn't take away from any of William's points, including his very apt observation that "[the Democrat] party has gone quinoa and the rest of America's eating at Cracker Barrel". Combine all of that with all the in-fighting and finger-pointing within the Democratic Party post-election, and you basically have a one-party country right now, at least for the moment. Finger-pointing isn't going to save the Democratic Party. That the Teamsters would not endorse the Democrats for the first time in decades was one of the major signs that all was not well with the party, and nobody wants to acknowledge that. I forget who said it, but the 2024 election was the Democrat's to lose. Watch Drumpf's reaction during his victory speech: he looked almost surprised that he won. The fact that Biden even ran for a second term initially and then waited _far_ too long to step aside and let Harris take over hurt the Dem's chances immeasurably. Most working-class Americans don't give a damn about the stock market. That doesn't help them save money on groceries or at the pump. The Democrats spent too much time talking about how Donald Drumpf is a fascist to people who, by and large, don't truly understand what that even means. And not to beat a dead horse, but how does knowing that Donald Drumpf is a fascist help save the working-class folks money at the check-out line in Krogers? Of all the generations still alive in America today, the only ones with first-hand knowledge and understanding of Adolf Hitler (a known fascist dictator whom Drumpf admires) are currently sleeping off their afternoon pudding in nursing homes. And again, telling people that Donald Drumpf is a fascist dictator-wannabe doesn't help, because Democratic voters already know that and (probably) won't vote for him anyway, and Republican voters don't care and hate those who would talk badly about their hero. Perhaps the Democrats should look to former Presidents like the Roosevelts (both Teddy and Franklin D.) if they want to have any sort of chance in the 2028 election, because the message the voters sent is clear: "we'd rather stay home and abstain than vote for a bullshitter."
That’s because Democrats aren’t capable at understanding nuance or differing perspectives. Biggest hypocrites one will ever find, and that is why they keep losing. Self righteousness really blinds.
And that’s why democrats will continue to lose. It’s narcissistic to smear someone when he’s right and to call him maga is why they’ll keep losing. Admit you were wrong and start cleaning up the mess. Recalibrate and win but shuffling it under the rug will cause republicans more wins for more years to come.
Lifelong Democrat here. We have lost our way. We were the voice for the middle class; those who are trying to improve their lives. But we lost them. WE LOST THE MIDDLE CLASS. In our quest to be everything to everyone, make sure everyone with a larynx has a voice, we lost our base. We became the elitist party. And our response to the election - saying everyone who voted for Trump is an idiot - shows that. Until we can recalibrate and get back to our roots (which even Harris tried to do but it was too late), we are sunk. In 20 years, a third party will emerge that will negate the Democrats.
Very well said. The system makes a 3rd party candidate almost impossible. Look at what happened to Bobby. So long as Dems have money (which I hear is dwindling steadily) and MSM, they will block all 3rd party people at every step. To me, a sign of elitist, non-American foul play. I was an RFK fan, and when I saw what they did to them, it was easy for me to lean into MAGA - at first just to say F You to Obama, Clinton, Soros and whoever else is pulling the stings up there. Brian was right on when he said, the party needs to be torn down and rebuilt. it will take a bit, but that's perfect. MAGA needs 10 years to reset this gov't and its purpose so we can have a new baseline to grow from. All the best. xx
We're the party of the working class. Many of us who were getting into the middle class fell backwards during the Biden administration. People voted with their pocket books.
You cannot simultaneously have open borders AND support the working class. Those are diametrically opposed platforms. There are tradeoffs to policies and ignoring that reality will yield more losses.
How tf did the party who was literally only talking about helping the middle class, the elitist party? You just said a lotta words but they didn't amount to anything
If 1.3 BILLION dollars spent on the campaign, more than double what Trump spent, didn't get the message out.. maybe it's not a communication problem but that you're peddling something that people don't want
So now the guard rails are off what world are these people living in another not funny comedian and a fake journalist who was screaming Donald Trump was a Nazi
Seth won't get it. It went in one ear and out the other. All he could say was, it was the messaging. He didn't engage any of the factors Brian mentioned.
@@michaelschneider- Brian is 1000% correct. Democrats abandoned the middle class. And throwing a few pennies at them doesn't make them the party of the middle class. Trump is a charlatan, Republicans don't care about the working class... but dems have shown they don't either.
Seth thinks the problem with the Democratic party is the messaging. The problem isn't the messaging. The problem is the terrible policies! Maybe they should consider trying to have a secure border. Maybe they should consider being tough on crime. Maybe they should consider not wanting to allow men to play in women's sports. I could go on and on.
Wrong. The problem isn't their messaging. The problem is they don't have a message. They literally don't have a single policy other than pro-choice and the other side is evil. They depend on identity politics and hoodwinking people. They care about one thing: power.
The Democrat were the only ones talking about helping the middle class, DJT only talked about 'getting revenge' and cutting taxes and tariffs on our enemies and allies. The stupid is stunning so I guess we will have to suffer again for 4 years for people to 'get it'.
It took a retired news anchor to explain what most of us already knew. Why is Seth doubling down on messaging? It was their actions that put the nail in the coffin.
@ A good salesman is right about what he’s selling almost all the time. That’s why people keep coming back to buy. He just sold you the truth. If you don’t want to buy it, don’t. It’ll make it easier for Republicans to continue to win.
Bro, are you saying that Brian didn't lie about him being in the middle of a warzone? mfer was fired for lying about that. Please tell me you can actually read a gdam article or research on fckn google? FFS explains why a black man voted for Trump's racist a$$. Your mind is fckn deranged!
@@Goldmember66 if you were actually informed, you’d understand why so many democrats voted republican for the first time ever this election. We chose the only anti-war candidate on the ballot. Must suck for you to be informed by propaganda.
😂 The comments here are why the Dem party will not change and will continue to lose elections by wide margins. Every main point he made was accurate. We know this is true because the detractors here are mad that he exaggerated the price of paper towels. 😂
Translation for those Democrats who don't understand: if you don't move back to the center the following election results will be: Vance 2028, Vance 2032, DeSantis 2036, DeSantis 2040, is this what you want?
Center? You think being pro worker is more center. The Dems moved way too right in this campaign and at the end of the day when u do that republicans will still vote for republicans and the Dems lose their base to the couch. Like so many this election did. I think you’re trying to touch on “wokeness” but identity politics is a distraction (on both sides) so we don’t service the everyday working class people. Not once did Kamala Harris address how her policies would impact black Americans but we stuck that identity onto her so much
Brian Williams is right on target. Where's he been all these years? And Seth: Joe Biden was so good with the unions that the head of the Teamsters showed up at the RNC. Waske up, dude.
Shows like Seth meyers and Colbert have been laughing in the working classes face for years. It’s been a confusing time as most working class people have no idea what they’d done to deserve it.
I'm a die-hard Democrat, and I loved Joe Biden. He was desperately needed at the time, but dear God, not for another term. Brian Williams is right. (Also, he was screwed over by NBC, but I digress.)
Im really shocked at how perfectly Brian Williams hits on all the issues. He is very well in touch with the American people despite the fact that he is part of the elitist.
And when Trump pushes to repeal Davis Bacon wage protection, and pushes for national right to work ,watch what happens to middle class wages. They won't be going up,they'll be going down. Then we'll see if those Union members who voted R will think they made the right choice.
Good question. "Who thought it was a good idea for Joe Biden to stand for reelection at 80 years old with 37% approval rating?" Good question that nobody is answering.
Lots of us were screaming from the rooftops about this, but folks kept telling us NO..."he's as sharp as a tack"! Then the debate came and all these Biden die-hards were singing a different tune, and running around in a panic. He should have never sought a second term, and should have made that clear by early 2023, opening up a primary where we would have more choices. Possibly we could have won, but I ain't counting on the smarts of the average 'murican out there. As soon as the price on anything goes a couple of cents over what it was PRE-COVID, they're willing to hand over the keys to the orange headed Putin lapdog and give up Social Security and Medicare!
The $40 bounty thing wasn’t to be taken that serious as for the numbers he’s making a point that things are too expensive and poor people don’t care about the stock market. He’s out of touch but his point is well made.
I mean he wasn't entirely wrong, and since it depends on where you live. In NJ, it's roughly $34 dollars for that pack. Which means in manhattan, it would probably be around $40
All of you people are missing the bigger problem. Imagine what could happen if all of our government was focused on making the country and the world a better place to be instead of wasting all this effort on "outdoing the other party." This competition mentality is the undoing of us and many other nations.
It should be an exercise in who can service the customer better but not a PR/marketing circus focused on the wedding instead of the marriage. Sadly the right in office are more focused on thwarting Dem progress and spin than their own “concept of a plan”. I think we’re saying the same thing, but I’d say Dems “the woke socialist libs and progressives” (being good things that serve the greater good) are better placed policy and values-wise to service the majority of the country instead of the right spinning lies to that majority to get their vote -then delivering a fraction of promises while servicing the 1%. The whole globe is suffering a cost of living crisis and housing crisis. Soaring profits prove wage stagnation and price gouging contribute to the wealth gap. The right won’t legitimately address that cuz their buddies will lose out. Then there’s climate - what use is hoarding all that wealth when society will collapse in on itself as earth becomes uninhabitable. I guess they could build themselves a bubble or occupy Mars lol. Climate refugees will show us all what a genuinely problematic refugee crisis looks like.
@@JHW773 My apologies if you are unfamiliar with his insults towards our fighting forces. But you are somewhat ignorant in your aggression. Keep up the trolling with your 3 accounts.
The working class was well aware of Trump's criminality and failed first term. They had a clear choice. It is not the responsibility of the Democratic Party to maintain the integrity of the republic, the Republican Party gave its full faith and credit to Trump. Biden initiated programs and policies to benefit all, let the "working class" feel the pain and reality of "Idiocracy", maybe they will learn.😢
the messaging I got was trump killed a bipartisan border bill and that Harris would help the middle class and only increase taxes on the rich but also work on the price gouging
Stores are not price gouging. That's how much their supplies are due to inflation. Inflation is caused by Government's spending. Higher the spending, the higher the inflation.
@@Caleb_Mandrake872 "Inflation is caused by Government's spending." Wow. The marketplace and the oligopoly that is immune to competition doesn't set prices at all. Price surges are caused by the gov't. Sure thing, Chief.
@NotSoMuchFrankly He's right, govt intervention and spending caused the lagging inflation. Core inflation is at 3.3% yoy and remaining sticky because of the IRA. Corporations dont price gouge when they have 3% margins. This has been proven over and over again. Look at walmarts earnings for the third quarter vs targets earnings report. Then look at which one plummeted after earnings. That expalins why corporations dont have the power to move prices like the government.
There’s no way I’d be paying $40 for paper towels. I just paid $6 for 6 for the store brand last night. It works just as fine as is made in the same plant.
@@scan.86 Maybe don't shop at Amazon then. My grocery store doesn't carry bounty but a 12 pack of charmin is $15.47, Cottonelle is £13.50, Store brand is $4.45.
He's not wrong. Shrinkflation is real. I bought a big box of Scott Paper Towels and each role is now about 1/3 smaller than the ones I used to buy at Costco. Friggin jar of jam almost doubled in a year at my local Lucky's supermarket.
It's just paper towels! I grew up poor. I learned to be frugal and not to pay attention to a company name or logo on merch. The companies don't pay me to wear any name brand clothing. I'll give up Vance's stupid "price of eggs" stunt to keep a convicted rapist outside the White House! 50% of Americans said rape is okay. As well as all the other crimes Trump has been convicted of.
I just searched for “bounty 12 rolls” on Walmart’s app, and the first listing is 12 triple rolls for $33.18. Not sure if that’s the same price in-store, but it’s certainly not far from $40, at a store that A LOT of people shop at. Keep in mind, he didn’t say it’s impossible to find it cheaper than that. I think it’s not a stretch to say it might be $40 at a local grocery store or something, which is where many people might understandably shop for paper towels.
Sir, I buy name-brand paper towels and have NEVER paid $40 for a 12-pack. You must be going to boutique grocery stores. I paid $5.00 for a loaf of bread the other day but it is PEPPERIDGE FARMS, a more expensive brand any way.
I have to say that I am on an island on the East Coast and granted, we pay a little more for things coming over the bridges than they do on the continent. A loaf of bread here, unless you get the crap chemical laden white bread, is $5 or more. I feel lucky when the semi healthy, whole-grain bread that I buy is 3.50 at Walmart, and I get the last loaf. Because the supermarkets here are ridiculous. I'm supposed to eat sprouted bread, but that's eight dollars a loaf, and I can't drive forty minutes to Trader Joe's and get it for $4 every week. Eggs ate still $4, if I'm lucky.
The sad part about the cost of groceries going up is that they never seem to go back down to what would be considered normal. I’m not anti-union, but I believe that the reason why vehicles cost so much is because unions are demanding so much more which has been passed on to the consumer. (Just my opinion) also there is corporate greed. What ever happened to supply and demand? Confusing times.
@tamblyncecil7466 Things went crazy during the pandemic, and the problems with the supply chain, and that is when corporate greed became the worst I've ever seen.You're right, they have not gone down, and probably won't.
He’s still lying. He doesn’t live in Pt. Pleasant, he has a summer beach house in Bay Head. Hardly working class, 98.5% white, 0.5% black, household income almost 3X the state average, 100% of local officials are Rs. Working class roots my ass.
But that's where he lives now. What are his roots? Remember, he started off as a firefighter. I don't necessarily agree with everything he's saying. I'm just saying that he can have middle class roots and climb. Because we're allowed to do that. You are, too.
@@LindaC616 He was born in one of the wealthiest and whitest towns in NJ, His father was a corporate executive in Manhattan and he went to a private high school. He didn’t start out as a firefighter, he was a part time volunteer when he was in high school. This is easily discovered with a google search. Because we’re allowed to do that. You are too ( no comma needed).
Now that Brian Williams isn't on the reporting or journalist front lines (if you could even call him an actual journalist), he obviously feels much more comfortable not lying with at least every other word that comes out of his mouth! lol
He pushed back a bit, but was wrong... "I don't know why it doesn't matter Biden stood up for unions" for example. Biden pushed unions down as much as he semi backed them, and talk to me about Minimum Wage.
Do yourself a favor and listen to revisionist history on this. Our memories are often not accurate, and I for one think he's paid his due and should be back doing amazing journalism. Fucking learn to forgive people jesus.
To everyone complaining about this interview, please just answer me one question. What does Brian get wrong in the points he makes? Not trying to start an argument here, but I honestly want to know why some of you are reacting the way you are.
I don't remember the Democrats saying there was nothing wrong with the border. I remember the Democrats talking about more staffing for the Border Patrol and immigration judges. I remember Democrats working with Republicans to draft legislation to deal with the issue, but Republicans refusing to pass it. I also don't remember Democrats making a big deal about the NASDAQ. I remember them talking about tax credits for small business, improvements in health care, assistance with child care, and protection of labor union pensions.
Also, if you watch a right-before-the-election 20 min. video in The New York Times channel, their border policy was almost Republican - but they did negotiate with Central American countries to address the *causes* of the migrations. They managed to decrease it - and nobody, not even Harris explained what she had personally done. The Democrats have a terrible "we are modest" complex. Then come the Republicans and boast of everything they do, they didn't do, they opposed to do, all what the Democrats did. Great.
On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart literally played clips of Democratic campaign ads promoting Republican talking points. "Crackdown on immigration!" "Support the police!" Kamala bragged about having a Glock. They picked Tim Walz as VP because he has such a good track record with the working class. They were WELL aware that inflation and gas prices were the number one issue.
@michaelchambers2461 Not so. The Congress started working on the border crisis the very first session of the 117th Congress in Jan of 2021. [ref: H. Res. 216, H. Res. 330, H.R. 1573] The bi-partisan border bill was laid down Feb 4. of this year. Trump torpedoed it which was a serious 'dick' maneuver (last bit is opinion, obviously).
@@DentArthurDent68dude, as a former moderate dem turned independent this election, by all the comments I’ve seen online since the election the democrats will probably never recover.
“Their party has gone Quinoa and the Republican Party is eating at the Cracker Barrel.” This hasn’t been my experience. I know more than a few folks who voted for Trump who are “gluten free” or on the Keto diet. It’s not like one political party is normal and the other one is nuts. Both political parties are nuts, and they are so idiosyncratic that they aren’t even speaking the same language anymore.
It's actually exactly like one is nuts. That's gonzo you know gluten-free Trumpers 😅 that is undoubtedly for health reasons, like that Jan 6 shaman whose mommy needed to request that he got a special diet in jail
The truth is, Trump transformed the Republican Party. They were originally this group of uptight, repressed stuffy, easily offended Bible thumping televangelist watching wackos that we made fun of. Now the script had flipped. Totally.
Libertarian Here. Brian is right that the message wasn't resonating with the middle class. At the same time the party i believe having more interests aimed for the middle class is the Dems. I voted Kamala and am not ashamed by it. I wish they had open primaries though for other candidates. To be honest I was more surprised at 54% Latino men going red?!
Well it turns out that the race with Kamala was still close. And while hind sight 2020 is what it is, I don't blame them for not having a primary because they didn't have a lot of time to get a campaign off the ground.
Kamala was a terrible candidate. They should have held a primary. They might have had a chance, although Brian is right. Dems lost the working class and a lot of the middle class.
How is it in the interest of the middle class to have a wide open border of unvetted illegals who are supported by American tax dollars while American tax dollars are used to support them. The whole point of legal immigration is to be able to contribute and not become a tax burden. When people are struggling to keep a roof on their head and the government is housing these illegals for free tell me how this helps the middle class or any American. The Democrats practically invited a new slave class for their rich donors. People who are supported by taxpayer money who will always be dependent on the government and who will work for a pittance for the rich donor class but never earn enough money to be independent
How about you work harder or get a better job? Pay is based on ROI; if you are not a good investment for a company then they will drop you like the DNC dropped Biden.
@@odradekk 49.6% 15 days after the election and many thousands of phony ballots appearing out of nowhere and from non citizens overseas. That's how Democrats roll, they cheat.
How many times can Seth say "communicate a message"? Running a country is a lot more than communicating a message. You have to be able to do things and actually accomplish them.
4:30, "Outperformed Expectations" ? 🙀 You guys are never, ever going to figure it out. Forgetting about Trump for a moment, your heads are really going to explode when you have to live through 8 years of JD Vance 🤣🤣🤣
Hey comments section: pls stop demanding that every single late night show guest suck the democratic party’s ass the way the hosts do. It’s ok to hear another perspective so long as it’s respectful and intelligent.
@@jpan7071 jumping to the conclusion that anyone who isn’t tongue punching the democratic fart box is automatically a Trump supporter isn’t a healthy or productive thought pattern. It only indicates your willingness to perpetuate a miserable social divide in the wake of an embarrassing defeat. Remember when nobody liked the Trump gang’s sore loser routine in 2020? Same thing applies here. Nobody likes your bullshit either.
Yes! Brian Williams nailed it.
He’s unemployed so he no longer gives a damn about pleasing the Owners.
Brian did not nail it. The behavior of both President Biden and Trump should have been monitored. Trump should never have had a chance to run again!!
@ the "owners" are billionaires like Trump
Wow! Brian Williams FINALLY reporting the REAL news.
Reporting?
@@aaronjohnson7812I know, but at least it’s something.
It must feel really strange for him.
He certainly has a past of "bending the truth"? Nope, I mean blatant LYING!!! lol No doubt he feels out of his comfort zone or safe place.
You know something has gone completely off the rails when Brian Williams tells the truth.
Reading these comments crack me up. The general theme of the comments is "How dare Brian say anything critical about the Democratic party!"
Yes and meanwhile much of what he pointed out is true.
@@lsmarsha Yea but the bigger question is why Trump supporters were called cult members enemies of the state etc etc etc .
Why the FBI induced riot Jan 6th was turned into insurrection by the media and half the govt....?
Democrats policies, and their methods and their propaganda news media, are rotten to the core.
believe me, I'm the LAST person who thinks the democratic party is the answer to anyone's dreams . . . I'm just not in love with Williams . . .
@@jennywhisconier7777 Williams is far from perfect. But most of his comments here are spot on.
Yes, and Harris was a terrible candidate and nobody cared for her cringeworthy personality, and could not spit out three sentences that made any sense without being coached.
Seth says that the Dems just need to communicate better. I guess their policies aren’t the issue?
Especially when he is one of the elites
@@Sween77 Policies and elitism and messaging were definitely the problem.
@@kayraper295 And of course Trump isn't one of the elites?
@@c.a.t.732 Trumps appeal stems from the fact he is not part of the institution. he is an outsider. And the Democrats unfortunately for some years now, represent the institution that kick there feet when it comes to real beneficial policy and in the end only gives us crumbs when their feet get put to the fire. People are desperate and want change even if its from somebody like Trump.
@@kayraper295 What does that even mean? I feel like this elitism is a term that is a bit sporadic when it's applied. Seth works with a journalist team to do his news bits and he just have a different perspective than Brain.
Very smart Brian. You Get it. Seth needs to go to a supermarket and see how hard is out there for people
Seth needs to go to the supermarket. That will change everything.
He literally cannot relate. He makes $5M a year, and I can bet he hasn’t stepped foot in a supermarket in over a decade
Presidents don't control food prices
@@mama-donna… you can’t tell them the truth
Are these the same people going on vacation in record numbers this Thanksgiving?
If 1.3 BILLION dollars spent on the campaign, more than double what Trump spent, didn't get the message out.. maybe it's not a communication problem but that you're peddling something that people don't want
Millions to celebrities, ice creams, and private jets, she left millions in debt
Reports now indicate it was 2b$ in campaign funds
Nah, its bigotry and racism😂
@@candiceberg5232 Don't forget about the patriarchy. If they just browbeat non-Harris voters for another 4 years that will surely win them the next one. Hillary/Kamala 2028.
Brian Williams is a class act. Unfortunately I don't think the people he's talking to are humble enough to listen
you're 100% right. look at seth meyers. he argued with williams the whole time. forget humility. they're brainwashed.
@@cspike9061 I do not think Brian Williams nailed it!!
We democrats are humbled aplenty. We received the biggest a$$kicking in the history of Presidential politics. No democratic voter is underestimating the level of success Trump and republicans have had electorally. However doesn't mean we forget what transpired on Jan 6, which caused the lives of several people and resulted in the grievous injury of over 100 Capitol Police. There is nothing, however, that Trump can do to increase the purchasing power of the Average American. There is no policy or regulation that will expand the financial flexibility of the average American. It sucks to say but look at how poorly he handled America's covid response. Remember the good old days wwhen he spent his fireside chats suggesting the consumption of household disinfectants and shoving UV lights up our a$$es, I sure as fck remember. But I digress; make no mistake if Trump follows through with his mass immigration plan, this will adversely affect the food supply, which, as you know, causes prices to precipitously rise. Likewise, unilaterally raising tariffs will impact the customer's purchasing power. Which demographic do you think will be most impacted by this...that's right the underprivileged and the working class. You might be familiar with our recent history, but just in case you don't know, what major disaster of biblical proportions did America experiences the last time tariffs were universally raised....oh that's right the Great Depression. You fckers will be the first to face food insecurity. It doesn't matter what voters expected, the fact that they voted for someone who wants to potentially expose America to financial collapse if he successively follows through these disastrous plans is discomforting to someone like me. American know full well what Trump's plans were all along, but voted for it all the same knowing it could potential send our economy into a tailspin is really hard to reckon with internally.
Brian was dead on, I am a little surprised Seth didn't try harder to take him down. On the other hand, it was a good conversation......Old fashioned honest.
Can't say the same for Jon Stewart the other night. He was obnoxious. I'd love if these late night comedian hosts could show morning talk shows how to actual have a guest on and LET THEM TALK. What's the point of having them on if all you are going to do is stuff blue mag pies in their face.
What could Seth have possibly said in the face of facts? The fact that Biden stood with unions (and on a picket line, iirc), and Harris ran a decent campaign in such a compacted time frame doesn't take away from any of William's points, including his very apt observation that "[the Democrat] party has gone quinoa and the rest of America's eating at Cracker Barrel". Combine all of that with all the in-fighting and finger-pointing within the Democratic Party post-election, and you basically have a one-party country right now, at least for the moment.
Finger-pointing isn't going to save the Democratic Party. That the Teamsters would not endorse the Democrats for the first time in decades was one of the major signs that all was not well with the party, and nobody wants to acknowledge that. I forget who said it, but the 2024 election was the Democrat's to lose. Watch Drumpf's reaction during his victory speech: he looked almost surprised that he won. The fact that Biden even ran for a second term initially and then waited _far_ too long to step aside and let Harris take over hurt the Dem's chances immeasurably.
Most working-class Americans don't give a damn about the stock market. That doesn't help them save money on groceries or at the pump. The Democrats spent too much time talking about how Donald Drumpf is a fascist to people who, by and large, don't truly understand what that even means. And not to beat a dead horse, but how does knowing that Donald Drumpf is a fascist help save the working-class folks money at the check-out line in Krogers? Of all the generations still alive in America today, the only ones with first-hand knowledge and understanding of Adolf Hitler (a known fascist dictator whom Drumpf admires) are currently sleeping off their afternoon pudding in nursing homes. And again, telling people that Donald Drumpf is a fascist dictator-wannabe doesn't help, because Democratic voters already know that and (probably) won't vote for him anyway, and Republican voters don't care and hate those who would talk badly about their hero.
Perhaps the Democrats should look to former Presidents like the Roosevelts (both Teddy and Franklin D.) if they want to have any sort of chance in the 2028 election, because the message the voters sent is clear: "we'd rather stay home and abstain than vote for a bullshitter."
Seth is TDS compromised, he can't help himself.
And old fashioned common sense; a vestige of a bygone era.
Seth was getting scared because the DNC is his daddy.
People like Seth are the reason the Democrats lost. They only see a communication problem :)))
Exactly. 😂😂😂. He's totally clueless!!
Seth was scared too death talking down about the Dems
Seth meyers is just another 'elite' that is out of touch, despite being oh so educated and progressive
Seth is a coward and a propaganda pusher for the DNC.
Can't agree with you more 😂.
Cracker Barrel? As if most Americans can afford such a luxury.
I was gonna say that’s a nice lunch where I come from 😂
Who wants to hang out with the people that frequent that kind of place anyway?
reading peoples comments is funny to me. Calling Brian Williams MAGA is absolutely crazy
That’s because Democrats aren’t capable at understanding nuance or differing perspectives. Biggest hypocrites one will ever find, and that is why they keep losing. Self righteousness really blinds.
@@damanwholaughslast It is seriously crazy to call Brian maga. No way, never.
Brian Williams is 100% make america worse again
And that’s why democrats will continue to lose. It’s narcissistic to smear someone when he’s right and to call him maga is why they’ll keep losing. Admit you were wrong and start cleaning up the mess. Recalibrate and win but shuffling it under the rug will cause republicans more wins for more years to come.
Agree. Williams is a lifelong Democrat who worked for Jimmy Carter, when he was young.
Brian is 100% on point.
This is the only time I needed to watch this show
Haha me too!
Is funny how journalists can easily spot Democrat’s weaknesses once they are unemployed
Now that was insight
Seth is like "What is Sparkle"? 🙄
Exactly lol.
I’m sure Brian never has to buy sparkle. He only did his research
No one knows what that is.
Lifelong Democrat here. We have lost our way. We were the voice for the middle class; those who are trying to improve their lives. But we lost them. WE LOST THE MIDDLE CLASS. In our quest to be everything to everyone, make sure everyone with a larynx has a voice, we lost our base. We became the elitist party. And our response to the election - saying everyone who voted for Trump is an idiot - shows that. Until we can recalibrate and get back to our roots (which even Harris tried to do but it was too late), we are sunk. In 20 years, a third party will emerge that will negate the Democrats.
Very well said. The system makes a 3rd party candidate almost impossible. Look at what happened to Bobby. So long as Dems have money (which I hear is dwindling steadily) and MSM, they will block all 3rd party people at every step. To me, a sign of elitist, non-American foul play. I was an RFK fan, and when I saw what they did to them, it was easy for me to lean into MAGA - at first just to say F You to Obama, Clinton, Soros and whoever else is pulling the stings up there.
Brian was right on when he said, the party needs to be torn down and rebuilt. it will take a bit, but that's perfect. MAGA needs 10 years to reset this gov't and its purpose so we can have a new baseline to grow from.
All the best. xx
We're the party of the working class. Many of us who were getting into the middle class fell backwards during the Biden administration. People voted with their pocket books.
Your party has been taken over by the New World Order. Obama, Bush's, and Cheney's are cousins! Google it!
You cannot simultaneously have open borders AND support the working class. Those are diametrically opposed platforms. There are tradeoffs to policies and ignoring that reality will yield more losses.
How tf did the party who was literally only talking about helping the middle class, the elitist party? You just said a lotta words but they didn't amount to anything
Seth: "They need to figure out another way to message". Brian: "They need to reach out to America again." Pretty well says it all.
I heard Seth = get more persuasive; Brian = get more practical and authentic
The way the Dems use their wording is telling...
If 1.3 BILLION dollars spent on the campaign, more than double what Trump spent, didn't get the message out.. maybe it's not a communication problem but that you're peddling something that people don't want
You hit the nail on the head! They were peddling to the wrong crowd. The "Crowd" that won, cheerfully stand for the National Anthem.
@@heavensmilesonyou Persuade Americans that trans and illegal rights are more important than your petty ability to afford food and rent.
Seth...you just don't get it. You never will.
Adolf? That you?
So now the guard rails are off what world are these people living in another not funny comedian and a fake journalist who was screaming Donald Trump was a Nazi
oy vey oy vey!
He does he's just schilling.
No, lol none of this.
Brian Williams needs a podcast and a new platform. He’s on fire 🔥 in this interview.
Wow! Brian Williams gave Seth a "Closer Look " at the Democratic Party, circa 2024! A great moment on TV.
Seths an idiot with terrible ratings
@@wwbuirkle Says someone who can't spell "Seth's".
@@c.a.t.732 LMFAO His ratings still suck
Seth won't get it. It went in one ear and out the other. All he could say was, it was the messaging. He didn't engage any of the factors Brian mentioned.
Oh yeah, noticed how Seth just stammered through it all because he knew Williams was right.
It’s about “messaging” and not policy, you guys are hilarious.
+1.. Copy that. . Many voters (both parties) wouldn't know a policy if it them in the forehead.
It’s not about the message, it’s about their policies!
Which policy? .. DJT's only policy is himself.
@@michaelschneider- orange man bad 😡
@@michaelschneider- Brian is 1000% correct.
Democrats abandoned the middle class. And throwing a few pennies at them doesn't make them the party of the middle class.
Trump is a charlatan, Republicans don't care about the working class... but dems have shown they don't either.
@@michaelschneider-and yet even that was better than what democrats were offering
@@michaelschneider-Starting wars all over hell. Open borders, higher costs. Shall I continue?
If only the democrats would have made a bigger deal about race and gender. Might have swung my vote.
Seriously, that's all I want to hear now...who said something RACIST!?!
Spot on! Love the sarcasm 😂
LMFAO and they will double down
Just that ?
😂😂
Seth thinks the problem with the Democratic party is the messaging. The problem isn't the messaging. The problem is the terrible policies! Maybe they should consider trying to have a secure border. Maybe they should consider being tough on crime. Maybe they should consider not wanting to allow men to play in women's sports. I could go on and on.
EXACTLY!
Meanwhile you literally voted for a felon.
Wrong. The problem isn't their messaging. The problem is they don't have a message. They literally don't have a single policy other than pro-choice and the other side is evil. They depend on identity politics and hoodwinking people. They care about one thing: power.
No. No. And no.
Truth! I absolutely agree!
Lol the only interview that made this show worth watching for a sec
For Democrats, it's not about messaging, it's about listening.
Nailed it💯
Good one! 🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲
Unfortunately, most Dems are deaf.
The Democrat were the only ones talking about helping the middle class, DJT only talked about 'getting revenge' and cutting taxes and tariffs on our enemies and allies. The stupid is stunning so I guess we will have to suffer again for 4 years for people to 'get it'.
What is there to listen to, they have everything figured out.
I've always voted Democrat, but voted for Trump.
I can't stand what the Democratic party has become.
Apparently I'm not alone.
@@e.g.7977 same here.
@@e.g.7977 people who were actually informed like us chose the only anti-war candidate.
Oh just wait folks! I would wager a bet you'll be sorry. I don't like Harris either but again, it was vote one person to keep another one out.
me too as a Legal Immigrant
You’re definitely not the only one.
Couldn't have said it better. It's insulting to be lied to when the problems are right in front of your face
"Poor folks" weren't ever using bounty, we got cleaning rags lol
I rarely buy paper towels.
Keep misdirecting your aggression because you’re upset with your party. It’s effective.
Who can afford them? Times are difficult for ppl that it wasn't before so I have to pay an outrageous light bill and food, no I can't buy them.
Brian Williams with the truth bomb. If you look at things objectively, it’s plain to see.
It took a retired news anchor to explain what most of us already knew. Why is Seth doubling down on messaging? It was their actions that put the nail in the coffin.
"biden stood up for unions" ummmm i think the rail unions might have something to say about that
Exactly.
Teamsters went for Trump!!
When the policies are unpopular, communicating them better isn't the issue.
Exactly. It's not a messaging problem. It's a policy problem.
Thank you, Brian! I take comfort that your voice is still being heard!
When he's not lying I guess?
Laughs in MAGA
@@aaronjohnson7812What'd he lie about? Don't forget your receipts.
You still don’t get it Seth & amazingly, Brian Williams got it! One of the most truthful things he’s ever said!
Sheep in the comments still refusing to accept reality.
Let them stay in denial.
I'm glad. Let them stay clueless.
Sheep? You sound like a republican.
Wow, this was an amazing segment. Thank you, Brian. Truly a wise man.
Brian Williams gets it. I miss sane Democrats like him.
A simple check: it he/she talking like a real/honest human not like a salesman.
@ A good salesman is right about what he’s selling almost all the time. That’s why people keep coming back to buy.
He just sold you the truth. If you don’t want to buy it, don’t. It’ll make it easier for Republicans to continue to win.
Bro, are you saying that Brian didn't lie about him being in the middle of a warzone? mfer was fired for lying about that. Please tell me you can actually read a gdam article or research on fckn google? FFS explains why a black man voted for Trump's racist a$$. Your mind is fckn deranged!
So brave of Brian Williams to wait until after the election to say this. 🤡
Keep misdirecting your aggression because you’re upset with your party. It’s effective.
@ what’s effective?
@@Goldmember66 if you were actually informed, you’d understand why so many democrats voted republican for the first time ever this election. We chose the only anti-war candidate on the ballot. Must suck for you to be informed by propaganda.
@@Goldmember66 massive L
@@JHW773 SWOOOOSH! 😂🤣😂
😂 The comments here are why the Dem party will not change and will continue to lose elections by wide margins.
Every main point he made was accurate.
We know this is true because the detractors here are mad that he exaggerated the price of paper towels. 😂
Continue to lose? They won in 18,20, and 22
Wide margins? Do you understand nath?
@@jaredgarrison333 get ready to lose again
@@aaap3875 why would I get ready to lose again? Won 3 of the last 4
Would you like them to become republicans? All they have to do is vilify imigrants and healthcare.
What if Brian Williams is exactly the voice we need right now?
Translation for those Democrats who don't understand: if you don't move back to the center the following election results will be: Vance 2028, Vance 2032, DeSantis 2036, DeSantis 2040, is this what you want?
Yes,that would be nice if you want to bring back American values and not sign on to Marxism and a One World Order.
Center? You think being pro worker is more center. The Dems moved way too right in this campaign and at the end of the day when u do that republicans will still vote for republicans and the Dems lose their base to the couch. Like so many this election did.
I think you’re trying to touch on “wokeness” but identity politics is a distraction (on both sides) so we don’t service the everyday working class people. Not once did Kamala Harris address how her policies would impact black Americans but we stuck that identity onto her so much
The 2024 Democratic campaign was further right than any time in the last 20 years.
That's what I want, but I'm not a Democrat and, unless something drastically, dare I say miraculously changes, never will be.
@@EdwardLindon WHAT
Brian Williams is right on target. Where's he been all these years?
And Seth: Joe Biden was so good with the unions that the head of the Teamsters showed up at the RNC. Waske up, dude.
he was fired years ago
Doesnt change what he did for unions genius. He single-handedly saved the Teamsters pensions. Stop spouting misinformation mfer!
Shows like Seth meyers and Colbert have been laughing in the working classes face for years. It’s been a confusing time as most working class people have no idea what they’d done to deserve it.
Now, who gives a Shyatt what Seth and the other clown think?
Examples?
Seth Meyers is a true twit.
Then what are you watching him for?
It's a little about communication and A LOT about what they're doing..... absolutely nothing that the working class are actually asking for.
I'm a die-hard Democrat, and I loved Joe Biden. He was desperately needed at the time, but dear God, not for another term. Brian Williams is right. (Also, he was screwed over by NBC, but I digress.)
she was the LEAST impressive person in any room she walked into!
This is the longest time watching Seth. Brain broke it down completely.
Im really shocked at how perfectly Brian Williams hits on all the issues. He is very well in touch with the American people despite the fact that he is part of the elitist.
Lifelong Democrat in Southern California turned Independent, I voted for Trump as a LEGAL Immigrant
Based 👏
Get ready for economic uncertainty especially as an immigrant. My guess is that you are brown and will most definitely be profiled by ICE and Customs
6:50 Seth: "Certainly Joe Biden stood up for unions"
December 2nd, 2022: Joe Biden broke a rail strike.
And allowed tens of millions of illegals to enter the country and undermine worker salaries.
Ok? He absolutely stood up for unions. Cherry-pick harder
@globdrop
Yet union members heavily voted against him.
And when Trump pushes to repeal Davis Bacon wage protection, and pushes for national right to work ,watch what happens to middle class wages. They won't be going up,they'll be going down. Then we'll see if those Union members who voted R will think they made the right choice.
@@globdropBiden didn't stand up for nobody or nothing but Ukraine
YEAH Seth, it was messaging, all messaging
Finally.......brian said what the reality is. Now we need the democrat politicians to do the same.
Wow Williams doesn’t have a job so speaking a little bit of truth.
Seth being humbled and educated by Brian Williams and I am here for it.
Good question.
"Who thought it was a good idea for Joe Biden to stand for reelection at 80 years old with 37% approval rating?"
Good question that nobody is answering.
Lots of us were screaming from the rooftops about this, but folks kept telling us NO..."he's as sharp as a tack"! Then the debate came and all these Biden die-hards were singing a different tune, and running around in a panic. He should have never sought a second term, and should have made that clear by early 2023, opening up a primary where we would have more choices. Possibly we could have won, but I ain't counting on the smarts of the average 'murican out there. As soon as the price on anything goes a couple of cents over what it was PRE-COVID, they're willing to hand over the keys to the orange headed Putin lapdog and give up Social Security and Medicare!
The same people who refused to let go of power by opening up the primary and letting Kennedy and others contend
Maybe elect competent leaders that put America First rather than career politicians who sell out the country for millions of dollars? Just a thought
The $40 bounty thing wasn’t to be taken that serious as for the numbers he’s making a point that things are too expensive and poor people don’t care about the stock market. He’s out of touch but his point is well made.
Thank you. Exactly the point. It went over 85% of the heads here.
I mean he wasn't entirely wrong, and since it depends on where you live. In NJ, it's roughly $34 dollars for that pack. Which means in manhattan, it would probably be around $40
@rconnor9966 and you how that how
I’m sure Seth is scratching his head after that one.
Brian is a genius. The left needed to hear this! Will they listen and change? NO
Brian explained part of the reason and Seth proceed to discuss messaging. Seth represent the problem of never listening
All of you people are missing the bigger problem. Imagine what could happen if all of our government was focused on making the country and the world a better place to be instead of wasting all this effort on "outdoing the other party." This competition mentality is the undoing of us and many other nations.
It should be an exercise in who can service the customer better but not a PR/marketing circus focused on the wedding instead of the marriage. Sadly the right in office are more focused on thwarting Dem progress and spin than their own “concept of a plan”. I think we’re saying the same thing, but I’d say Dems “the woke socialist libs and progressives” (being good things that serve the greater good) are better placed policy and values-wise to service the majority of the country instead of the right spinning lies to that majority to get their vote -then delivering a fraction of promises while servicing the 1%. The whole globe is suffering a cost of living crisis and housing crisis. Soaring profits prove wage stagnation and price gouging contribute to the wealth gap. The right won’t legitimately address that cuz their buddies will lose out. Then there’s climate - what use is hoarding all that wealth when society will collapse in on itself as earth becomes uninhabitable. I guess they could build themselves a bubble or occupy Mars lol. Climate refugees will show us all what a genuinely problematic refugee crisis looks like.
@@LLBoydBear
*Dem progress since the moment Biden and Harris took office*
👉Real average weekly earnings: -3.9%
👉Mortgage rates: +60%
👉Gas: +50.5%
👉Electricity: +31.7%
👉Fuel oil: +49.1%
👉Airfare: +22.6%
👉Hotels: +51.2%
👉Groceries: +21.6%
👉Natural gas: +24.7%
👉Eating out: +23%
👉New vehicle: +42%
👉Used vehicle: +24%
👉Baby food: +30.1%
👉Rent: +22%
👉Transportation: +32.9%
👉Car insurance: +54.3%
If there wasn't such corruption and egos maybe they all as a body would work for the US citizens
@@LLBoydBearHarris would have put us in a tail spin and you’d be using these fantasy “global issues” as an eternal excuse.
Well, if anybody’s gonna speak on insulting errors, Brian Williams is an expert!!
@@JHW773 My apologies if you are unfamiliar with his insults towards our fighting forces. But you are somewhat ignorant in your aggression. Keep up the trolling with your 3 accounts.
@@JHW773 Keep listening to liars.
The working class was well aware of Trump's criminality and failed first term. They had a clear choice. It is not the responsibility of the Democratic Party to maintain the integrity of the republic, the Republican Party gave its full faith and credit to Trump. Biden initiated programs and policies to benefit all, let the "working class" feel the pain and reality of "Idiocracy", maybe they will learn.😢
well said!
That’s a pretty heartless stance.
United States of Putin.
The U.S was built with racism and it will be destroyed by it by rejecting Harris
it’s just not a good look going after your political opponent for 8 years
How about crime.
the messaging I got was trump killed a bipartisan border bill and that Harris would help the middle class and only increase taxes on the rich but also work on the price gouging
Stores are not price gouging.
That's how much their supplies are due to inflation.
Inflation is caused by Government's spending. Higher the spending, the higher the inflation.
@@Caleb_Mandrake872 "Inflation is caused by Government's spending."
Wow. The marketplace and the oligopoly that is immune to competition doesn't set prices at all. Price surges are caused by the gov't. Sure thing, Chief.
@NotSoMuchFrankly He's right, govt intervention and spending caused the lagging inflation. Core inflation is at 3.3% yoy and remaining sticky because of the IRA. Corporations dont price gouge when they have 3% margins. This has been proven over and over again. Look at walmarts earnings for the third quarter vs targets earnings report. Then look at which one plummeted after earnings. That expalins why corporations dont have the power to move prices like the government.
That bill was 3 years into the boarder problem. Also, the Biden administration undid 94 executive orders to make it less secure.
😂🤡😂🤡
As a child, Seth dreamed of one day becoming a permanent establishment lackey.
It wasn't much of a dream, but it was Seth's dream.
Seth is a comedian talk show host, What does establishment lackey even mean?
How many bags of deeks have you eaten today, ma'am? Not a good look. 😕
@@jhuh24this joke is too complex for you. Go back to your quinoa.
There’s no way I’d be paying $40 for paper towels. I just paid $6 for 6 for the store brand last night. It works just as fine as is made in the same plant.
Bounty 12-pack is $35.49 on Amazon. Near $40 after taxes.
@@scan.86 Maybe don't shop at Amazon then. My grocery store doesn't carry bounty but a 12 pack of charmin is $15.47, Cottonelle is £13.50, Store brand is $4.45.
@@contrail33 - Bounty is paper towels. Not for wiping your rear.
@@contrail33 2 different things luv
You're a smart shopper.
Obviously Brian is one of the Elite who doesnt know the price of Paper Towels.
He's not wrong. Shrinkflation is real. I bought a big box of Scott Paper Towels and each role is now about 1/3 smaller than the ones I used to buy at Costco. Friggin jar of jam almost doubled in a year at my local Lucky's supermarket.
Bounty 12-pack is $35.49 on Amazon. Near $40 after taxes.
But he knows what is wrong with the Democrat Party. Sort of in his way.
He is spot on.
how much could a banana cost? $10?
@@scan.86 Seth is like "What is Sparkle"? 🙄
Amen Brian!!
I live in Los Angeles and a 12 pack of Bounty is not $40 What are you talking about dude?! It's like 15
Even if it is $40, does $3.33 per triple roll seem outrageous?
It's just paper towels! I grew up poor. I learned to be frugal and not to pay attention to a company name or logo on merch. The companies don't pay me to wear any name brand clothing. I'll give up Vance's stupid "price of eggs" stunt to keep a convicted rapist outside the White House! 50% of Americans said rape is okay. As well as all the other crimes Trump has been convicted of.
It probably depends where you are shopping. Maybe I should start teaching people how to bargain shop.
You don’t see these guys at Ralph’s that’s for sure…
I just searched for “bounty 12 rolls” on Walmart’s app, and the first listing is 12 triple rolls for $33.18. Not sure if that’s the same price in-store, but it’s certainly not far from $40, at a store that A LOT of people shop at. Keep in mind, he didn’t say it’s impossible to find it cheaper than that. I think it’s not a stretch to say it might be $40 at a local grocery store or something, which is where many people might understandably shop for paper towels.
Didn’t Brian Williams get fired for lying?
Yes.
Sure did!
Possibly, has little bearing on his comments here though. He's making comments on mostly known fact, not presenting unproved assertions.
So that means his analysis here is inaccurate, or are you just lazy and unable to critique a point with precision and intelligence?
Sir, I buy name-brand paper towels and have NEVER paid $40 for a 12-pack. You must be going to boutique grocery stores. I paid $5.00 for a loaf of bread the other day but it is PEPPERIDGE FARMS, a more expensive brand any way.
I have to say that I am on an island on the East Coast and granted, we pay a little more for things coming over the bridges than they do on the continent. A loaf of bread here, unless you get the crap chemical laden white bread, is $5 or more. I feel lucky when the semi healthy, whole-grain bread that I buy is 3.50 at Walmart, and I get the last loaf. Because the supermarkets here are ridiculous. I'm supposed to eat sprouted bread, but that's eight dollars a loaf, and I can't drive forty minutes to Trader Joe's and get it for $4 every week. Eggs ate still $4, if I'm lucky.
The sad part about the cost of groceries going up is that they never seem to go back down to what would be considered normal. I’m not anti-union, but I believe that the reason why vehicles cost so much is because unions are demanding so much more which has been passed on to the consumer. (Just my opinion) also there is corporate greed. What ever happened to supply and demand? Confusing times.
@tamblyncecil7466 Things went crazy during the pandemic, and the problems with the supply chain, and that is when corporate greed became the worst I've ever seen.You're right, they have not gone down, and probably won't.
$35.49 right now at Amazon
Where I'm at a loaf of store brand white bread, on sale is $5. The fancy brown breads are at least 6 or 7. And paper towels are at least $3/roll
Seth is 100% on the down low
this court jester thinks the problem is the "messaging"
He’s still lying. He doesn’t live in Pt. Pleasant, he has a summer beach house in Bay Head. Hardly working class, 98.5% white, 0.5% black, household income almost 3X the state average, 100% of local officials are Rs. Working class roots my ass.
Cracker barrel is the rich man's waffle house. 😅
agreed!
But that's where he lives now. What are his roots?
Remember, he started off as a firefighter. I don't necessarily agree with everything he's saying. I'm just saying that he can have middle class roots and climb. Because we're allowed to do that. You are, too.
@@LindaC616 He was born in one of the wealthiest and whitest towns in NJ, His father was a corporate executive in Manhattan and he went to a private high school. He didn’t start out as a firefighter, he was a part time volunteer when he was in high school. This is easily discovered with a google search. Because we’re allowed to do that. You are too ( no comma needed).
He's a fraud.
Now that Brian Williams isn't on the reporting or journalist front lines (if you could even call him an actual journalist), he obviously feels much more comfortable not lying with at least every other word that comes out of his mouth! lol
Why wouldn’t they ever criticize the democrats???
Apparently, MAGA is a cult, yet they can't critique their own party.
💯 Finally someone said it!
I wish Seth had given him a harder time in this interview. Brian was patting himself on the shoulder like a know it all the entire time unchecked.
I think he was surprised. Williams has never been this combative on this program before.
He pushed back a bit, but was wrong... "I don't know why it doesn't matter Biden stood up for unions" for example. Biden pushed unions down as much as he semi backed them, and talk to me about Minimum Wage.
agreed!
@@archmage_of_the_aetherand the railroad workers who were denied their right to strike because of Biden signing legislation in November 2021.
Totally agree. Shocked by Williams’s comments. I thought he was a good, honest guy.
Isn’t Brian the guy who lied about being in a helicopter that was fired upon???
That's him! 😠🤮
...and dead bodies floating by during Hurricane Katrina.
Yes let's dig up "all" the dirt on someone and focus on that so we don't have to focus on the truth he's speaking.
He totally is, and I'm not interested in his opinions.
Do yourself a favor and listen to revisionist history on this. Our memories are often not accurate, and I for one think he's paid his due and should be back doing amazing journalism. Fucking learn to forgive people jesus.
To everyone complaining about this interview, please just answer me one question.
What does Brian get wrong in the points he makes? Not trying to start an argument here, but I honestly want to know why some of you are reacting the way you are.
Brian Williams with the burn of the year! Quinoit folks 😂😂😂😂. MSNBC should hire this dude like yesterday 💯💯💯💯💯💯
Is this more of NBC assigning guests to Seths show? This guy had such a wonderful career and threw it all away.
Networks assign guests on all of these shows
Shut up and listen to why your party failed.
Brian gives a spot on review of the Dems lack of understanding towards a significant portion of the country and in the end played a part in loosing.
Ask, “ How does Williams know about the working class?” Hard to listen to Williams.
His arrogance is off the charts.
Exactly what a douchebag
you are salty because he is being honest about the DNC. Maybe shut up and listen for once and maybe you guys will win again.
Brian isn't the arrogant one, you are. You're too embarrassed to self-reflect on your failure.
Yet he is right
*The economy under Biden and Harris took office*
👉Real average weekly earnings: -3.9%
👉Mortgage rates: +60%
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👉Eating out: +23%
👉New vehicle: +42%
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@3:57 he nails it on the head and nobody else gets it because they don't want to be viewed as hateful people.......
Miss Brian Williams on TV
$1800 for World Series tickets, $500 a game for Sunday football. Economy looks great to me
I don't remember the Democrats saying there was nothing wrong with the border. I remember the Democrats talking about more staffing for the Border Patrol and immigration judges. I remember Democrats working with Republicans to draft legislation to deal with the issue, but Republicans refusing to pass it. I also don't remember Democrats making a big deal about the NASDAQ. I remember them talking about tax credits for small business, improvements in health care, assistance with child care, and protection of labor union pensions.
Also, if you watch a right-before-the-election 20 min. video in The New York Times channel, their border policy was almost Republican - but they did negotiate with Central American countries to address the *causes* of the migrations. They managed to decrease it - and nobody, not even Harris explained what she had personally done. The Democrats have a terrible "we are modest" complex. Then come the Republicans and boast of everything they do, they didn't do, they opposed to do, all what the Democrats did.
Great.
On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart literally played clips of Democratic campaign ads promoting Republican talking points. "Crackdown on immigration!" "Support the police!" Kamala bragged about having a Glock. They picked Tim Walz as VP because he has such a good track record with the working class. They were WELL aware that inflation and gas prices were the number one issue.
Yep, I remember that too.
@michaelchambers2461 Not so. The Congress started working on the border crisis the very first session of the 117th Congress in Jan of 2021. [ref: H. Res. 216, H. Res. 330, H.R. 1573]
The bi-partisan border bill was laid down Feb 4. of this year. Trump torpedoed it which was a serious 'dick' maneuver (last bit is opinion, obviously).
Hahaha I do, that is why trump won and no más for you guys 😂
He has a great voice, but he does not know any more than the rest of us. What he is doing here is 20/20 hindsight tsk-tsking.
Yeah, who needs hindsight?
Better to actually repeat it right?
Right?
For Gods sake he has a right to have an opinion.
@@DentArthurDent68dude, as a former moderate dem turned independent this election, by all the comments I’ve seen online since the election the democrats will probably never recover.
Well, it's obvious he was paying attention to what was going on; were you? He nails everything the Dems were doing wrong.
@@stephaniedeegan853 Not if it holds Dem leaders accountable for their failure... lmfao.
“Their party has gone Quinoa and the Republican Party is eating at the Cracker Barrel.” This hasn’t been my experience. I know more than a few folks who voted for Trump who are “gluten free” or on the Keto diet. It’s not like one political party is normal and the other one is nuts. Both political parties are nuts, and they are so idiosyncratic that they aren’t even speaking the same language anymore.
Dems are definitely hard left and nuts right now.
Keto is old school. We are all on the carnivore diet now. No carbs are good carbs. MAHA !
It's actually exactly like one is nuts. That's gonzo you know gluten-free Trumpers 😅 that is undoubtedly for health reasons, like that Jan 6 shaman whose mommy needed to request that he got a special diet in jail
@@globdropLOL that's cute how after all your pollsters were wrong and your constant gaslighting failed, you think your side isn't the nutty one 😂
The truth is, Trump transformed the Republican Party. They were originally this group of uptight, repressed stuffy, easily offended Bible thumping televangelist watching wackos that we made fun of. Now the script had flipped. Totally.
Libertarian Here.
Brian is right that the message wasn't resonating with the middle class. At the same time the party i believe having more interests aimed for the middle class is the Dems. I voted Kamala and am not ashamed by it. I wish they had open primaries though for other candidates.
To be honest I was more surprised at 54% Latino men going red?!
Well it turns out that the race with Kamala was still close. And while hind sight 2020 is what it is, I don't blame them for not having a primary because they didn't have a lot of time to get a campaign off the ground.
"They're hurting the middle class,so I voted for them to help the middle class"
Just doesn't make sense
Kamala was a terrible candidate. They should have held a primary. They might have had a chance, although Brian is right. Dems lost the working class and a lot of the middle class.
How is it in the interest of the middle class to have a wide open border of unvetted illegals who are supported by American tax dollars while American tax dollars are used to support them. The whole point of legal immigration is to be able to contribute and not become a tax burden. When people are struggling to keep a roof on their head and the government is housing these illegals for free tell me how this helps the middle class or any American. The Democrats practically invited a new slave class for their rich donors. People who are supported by taxpayer money who will always be dependent on the government and who will work for a pittance for the rich donor class but never earn enough money to be independent
🤡
It’s very simple. Pay us more! It’s very simple.
Good luck with that. Any progressive legislation on labor law or minimum wage was never going to come from the GOP.
How about you work harder or get a better job? Pay is based on ROI; if you are not a good investment for a company then they will drop you like the DNC dropped Biden.
@ I see your point, I could see your point a lot better if you took your hat off
@@bigwave_dave8468 *Since the moment Biden and Harris took office*
Real average weekly earnings: -3.9%
Mortgage rates: +60%
Gas: +50.5%
Electricity: +31.7%
Fuel oil: +49.1%
Airfare: +22.6%
Hotels: +51.2%
Groceries: +21.6%
Natural gas: +24.7%
Eating out: +23%
New vehicle: +42%
Used vehicle: +24%
Baby food: +30.1%
K-12 food: +65.5%
Rent: +22%
Transportation: +32.9%
Car insurance: +54.3%
Isn't this a bit idiotic to say they need to "reach out to America" when the America basically voted 48%-50%.
48 to 49,6
@@odradekk 49.6% 15 days after the election and many thousands of phony ballots appearing out of nowhere and from non citizens overseas. That's how Democrats roll, they cheat.
They need to reach out to the parts of the country that went trump. Hint: The swing states where what he's talking about matters 100%.
Stop making your party's abject failure. "Reaching out" won't do anything with your current policies and messaging.
Exactly - The economy will be great for the next 4 years and idiots and womxn will feel empowered to swing their vote to make america worse again
How many times can Seth say "communicate a message"? Running a country is a lot more than communicating a message. You have to be able to do things and actually accomplish them.
Get over yourself, Brian Williams. People who can’t afford Bounty can’t afford to eat at Cracker Barrel.
Cracker barrel is the rich man's waffle house 😂
Dems are elitist? Riiiiiight 😂
Yep. That one threw me coming out of his mouth. It's Jack or Taco Bell drive thru4me if I need a quick meal.
@@Freddiebrockk that is why the democrats won right?
Most of the democrats are crazy to think that the emigration system was working!
4:30, "Outperformed Expectations" ? 🙀 You guys are never, ever going to figure it out. Forgetting about Trump for a moment, your heads are really going to explode when you have to live through 8 years of JD Vance 🤣🤣🤣
That's never going to happen. Most Republicans can't stand him.
@@davidbyerly9846 Fake news. We love him!
Why? he doesn't serve "word salad"
@@davidbyerly9846they can’t stand Trump either, yet here we are.
@@ChrisNystrom you only love him bc he supports Trump. After 4 years let's see how you feel. You guys all loved Mike Pence too 😂
Hey comments section: pls stop demanding that every single late night show guest suck the democratic party’s ass the way the hosts do. It’s ok to hear another perspective so long as it’s respectful and intelligent.
This one certainly was lacking the intelligent part
@ I think I’m giving BW credit for being intelligent here as I’ve long recognized him as such. His comments here weren’t incredibly thoughtful.
I admire you, sir. How you manage to key your comments while rimming Trump is only something contortionists can manage.
@@jpan7071 jumping to the conclusion that anyone who isn’t tongue punching the democratic fart box is automatically a Trump supporter isn’t a healthy or productive thought pattern. It only indicates your willingness to perpetuate a miserable social divide in the wake of an embarrassing defeat. Remember when nobody liked the Trump gang’s sore loser routine in 2020? Same thing applies here. Nobody likes your bullshit either.
Seth Myers is so blinded, so elitist, he just can't admit that Williams is 100% spot on.