Vlad Davidiuk - Political Strategist Joins Houston's Morning News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Evidently Colin aw Red needs to run again. Seven twenty
two is our time here in Houston's Warning News. But
I think he's well in his way to becoming the
next Beato O'Rourke, who may run again too, because they
did seem to take no for an answer. Glad Davidia
joins us as a political strategist. Is this just a
sign and how weak the Democrat bench is here in Texas.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
It's not just a sign of how weak the bench is, Jay,
but it's a sign of how completely the voters have
rejected what the Democrats have to offer. They they're not
buying what they're selling.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
Okay, so these guys are running because they have the
cohones to run and other Democrats don't. Is that what
you're telling me?

Speaker 2 (00:44):
Well, what we've seen over time is that Democrats have
pushed forward policies and ideas and implemented government actions that
have really alienated not only their supporters who have largely
started to move to the Republican Party, but mainstream voters
in Texas are starting to look at Democrat policies and

(01:06):
Democrat ideas and saying that's just too far from me,
it's too radical, it's too extreme, it's too far left.
And what's happened is because those policies lead to candidates
jumping into races. The candidates who have been getting into
these races are not the normal mainstream Democrats who embrace
policies and ideas that maybe have a progressive kind of bent.

(01:29):
The candidates that have been starting to get involved, or
candidates who are really far core leftists. And so what's
happened is Democrats have had to turn to retreads and
three time losers to try to encourage people to support
their policies and their candidates because the ones who are younger,
the ones who are on the bench, the ones who
formed the base and the core of the radical left

(01:52):
Democrat Party are so far out of step with the
mainstream texts and voter there's no way that they can
win across the state.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Well, you know, there's a great point to make. And
here's what I also wonder, because the only people live
that are really upfront and center for Democrats right now
are the Bernie Sanders and the AOC and this guy
who's running for mayor in New York who's a if
not a socialist, a communist. Perhaps shows you just how
far left the party has gone. When these are your spokespeople,

(02:21):
then it kind of makes everybody think that every Democrat
is that way.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, well, what we've seen is, and you mentioned the
Democrat candidate in New York City is an avowed socialist,
but like you said, he's a flat out communist at
this point. But even here in some place like Harris County,
we have a leftist county judge, Lena Hidalgo who's done
such a bad job that she's now being pushed out.
Who do they have through a place here? Can they
replace her with somebody young in the Democrat Party? Know,

(02:48):
they have to bring in a retread. They have to
bring in former mayor Denise Parker, who's going to face
who you know, a Republican candidate who is much more
likely to appeal to a broader swath of Harris County voters.
Somebody like Warren Howell, somebody like Eliza fan Dot somebody

(03:09):
who can appeal to mainstream Harris County voters and doesn't
scare them away with radical leftist policies.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
Well, as long as you brought that up, well, what
do you think of trying to encourage ed Emma to
run again? That's a name that everybody remembers, that somebody's
got along with both Democrats and Republicans and did a
hell of a job running Harris County.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
Is that more of a guaranteed ed Emmett had did
a fantastic job as Harris County judge, but he's has
said repeatedly he's not interested in the picking up the
job again. And it's definitely time for Harris County voters
to move forward. They don't want to move back to
a failed Democrat mayor who subpoened sermons from pastors in

(03:49):
Harris County. It's time to move away from coming Dante
Lena Hidalgo. It's time to reject the retreads. It's time
to reject the radical leve That's what voters across America
have told the Democrat Party time and time again. It's
time to move forward.

Speaker 1 (04:03):
All right, Glad, thanks for your time as always. Blada Vidier,
Political Strategist is seven twenty six