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Dick Durbin Asked What Democrats Need To Do To Win Back The Majority Amid Poor Approval Ratings
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4/24/2025
During a press briefing on Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) was asked about what Democrats need to do to regain Congress in the 2026 midterms.
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What do Democrats need to do to win back the majority?
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Is there an approval rating nationally right now?
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It's not that great.
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Well, having a unified message is tough when you don't have a candidate for president or a president.
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It's kind of a chorus instead of an individual that you focus on for that purpose.
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But we will be unified in our message, and the person who will unify us is Donald Trump.
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Let me tell you, that trade war that he has initiated in the United States is going to be devastating to the state of Illinois.
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Go to the Farm Bureau and ask to meet with them privately.
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They don't want to speak publicly about this.
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And ask them what it will mean if we go through with tariffs on their exports.
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Go to the CEOs of corporations who called me and told me they were desperate to make a decision on their future,
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but they couldn't make it because of the prospect of the tariffs.
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He's creating a devastating economy, and that is the starting point of our election campaign.
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