The Keith Edwards Show - I Called Out Hakeem Jeffries aand Chuck Schumer LIVE On C-SPAN

Episode Date: March 9, 2026

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Hello, I was literally just on C-SPAN moments ago where I called out not only Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer, but Donald Trump's lies while answering questions from the audience. And I just wanted to share this with you in case you missed it because we have to go anywhere and everywhere to speak truth and to make sure that this administration and Democrats know that we're paying attention and we're not happy and we're going to do something about it. Here it is. Thanks for having me. How do you describe yourself politically and how do you describe your show to other people? Well, I'm definitely on the left. I think my affiliation with the Democrats is tepid at best. I feel like we do not have a lot of fighters right now in this country.

I think Democrats are failing us. They're failing being the opposition party. I definitely believe in progressive values. I believe that government should work for all people, not a select few. but I'm also, I just think we need better leaders on both sides of our government right now. When you say that, are there examples you look at as far as Democrats, how they respond to things, which leads you to your conclusion? Well, I mean, I think we can see it as it stands even with this war in Iran.

Like, you can tell that there was, they had the War Powers Act that you tried voting on. And it was very choreographed. and just it was so funny just just just the right amount of people this right amount Democrats voted for it and the rest voted against it it's it's it's it's stuff like that that I know the American people are sick of they're sick of our representatives not actually representing us and this war in Iran I believe has like an 80% disapproval rating of Americans who are saying we don't want another forever war When it comes to then the audience that you talk to, why do you think that why do you think

are Democrats responding in the way that they are, according to you? Well, that's a great question. I truly do not understand why Democrats are so disconnected from the base. But that's why I'm really grateful that it's primary season because my hope is, is that they're going to wake up because we're going to start voting them out if they don't actually start representing what we believe in, which is protecting Americans at home, making sure that we tax billionaires, that we actually put protections in place for consumers against corporations, and that, I don't know, we spend money on helping our citizens rather

than bombing citizens in other countries. You talked about primary season. We talked with our just guests that we had on about the Texas primary, particularly on the Democratic side, Jasmine Crockett, the Representative versus James Tolarico. Is that a test case in your mind of where progressives are as far as the results of that primary was concerned? Yeah, I mean, it was definitely, I think it was an interesting test case of some different factions in the party. There are two different messages that happen there. Now, politically speaking and policy-wise, I think James and Jasmine are very similar, but it's about style.

And I think James Tolerico is saying that there could be a different way of doing politics here in the country. Instead of being divisive and against Trump, we can be for something. And Jasmine Crockett, who has been a firebrand in the Democratic Party, mainly from attacking Trump and Republicans, ran on that message. And Democrats said, well, actually, what if we tried a message of love rather than a message of divisiveness? And that one in the primary, I'm interested to see how that does in a state like Texas. When it comes to the two styles, so to speak, which do you favor? Or is there a melding of both? Or how would you describe that?

I love, well, listen, listen. First off, love, love is not a soft thing. Love can be a very dangerous, potent weapon if used correctly. So I don't think just because someone's having a message of love doesn't mean that they can't also push back. No, no is a very strong and can be a very loving thing to say to someone. And I think what we need is a very loving no to what is happening in this country. And I personally am sick of being divided. I'm sick of our politicians telling us it's the other side who's the person who's the

problem. I think Americans actually have so much more in common than we do have in our differences. We all want a better country. Now, we have different ways of maybe going about it, but that used to be the thing we would debate about. Now we're debating about whether or not someone is truly an American, whether or not someone actually believes in the ideals of this country. I think most people do, but we have leaders who thrive on our division. So I do favor a message of love, a message of togetherness. And that is something that the oligarchs, the billionaires, the corporations, and the politicians who have created this divisiveness are terrified of. What if we all realize we're more powerful together than we are separate?

Keith Edwards joining us. He's the host of the Keith Edwards show, which you can find on YouTube. And if you want to ask them questions, again, 202-748-8-8-8-1 for Democrats, 202-7-48-8-1 for Republicans and Independence, 202-7-48-8-2. Let's start with Lisa. Lisa, joins us from California, Democrats' line. Lisa, you're on with our guest, Keith Edwards. Go ahead. Hello, Keith Edwards. Hi. Hello. You're on with him. Go ahead. Yeah, he can hear you. Go ahead. Keith Edwards, my question is, what do you think of the potential can candidates for California. As you know, we're going to be looking for a new governor. And there are many, many candidates in line. And I was just thinking, I was just wondering what were

your thoughts on so many candidates out there. I think they're going to have to cut the list down. Thank you, Lisa. Well, thank you. That's a great question. One, I have not been asked. I don't, I'm not, I'm interested in what folks think, but I'm not particularly feeling strongly about any candidate in that race. I was hoping that Kamala Harris was going to maybe jump in there. But I do know that Democrats got to shape up, and I think a few have got to drop out because the way the primaries work there, it could very well be that there's a Republican versus a Democrat in the general election. And it's a jungle primary. So whoever gets the most votes, the two most votes in that primary are going to come out as the general election candidates.

And we got to hope that it's going to be two Democrats, but that's only going to happen if we kind of whittled down the options. Indiana is next independent line. Gary, hello. Okay. That's Gary. Well, I mean, yeah, we don't hate America. I think most people in this country don't hate our country. Now, I don't know what's in Donald Trump's heart. I don't pretend to know.

Quite frankly, I don't want to know. But I will tell you that someone who loves this country would strive to achieve its ideals, would follow its rules and laws, and would defend it. We have a president who has done the complete opposite. And I do agree that Donald Trump definitely doesn't, it doesn't look like he acts like someone who wants to actually do the things that our Constitution says he should, unless he takes it to the Supreme Court and they say, actually, you have to do this. But I do, I do agree that, you know, I don't, I don't love this that we do this to each other. Like, we do all love our country,

and we do all want the best for it. And maybe we have different ways of getting there. But it doesn't mean that you hated or I hated or Republicans hate it just because we vote differently. From California, another Californian, Sarah, Democrats line. Hello. Sarah in Orange, California. Hello. Go ahead. Hi. Okay. So my comment is just that California, I mean, that the United States of America should really look into their history and consider that we went through our silver our civil war. Therefore, I think it's only fair that we allow other countries to also develop on their own time, not force them into war or anything like that.

But, yeah, that's my comment from California. Thank you. That's Sarah in California. Keith Edwards, when you talk to your audience about Iran, what kind of response are you getting? Is it universal against? Are there some that understand what's going on? What's the mix?

And since you talk about nuances within your own. party. I mean, I think for this one is universal. We just don't want to be involved. I feel like this is Israel's war. Donald Trump ran on no new wars. Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, that whole cast of characters all said that Kamala Harris is going to send our children into war. They said that we were going to be heading into World War III if Kamala Harris were to be elected. And that turns out, who would have guessed, Donald Trump projecting yet again, but we don't want this. We don't want to do this. I don't think many people do. I don't see how this benefits us at all. In fact, I think it probably made it more dangerous for

us. I've read that the government is actually trying to stop a report for coming out that says that Americans should be on higher alert of terrorist activity in the country now after this whole thing has started. So we're not safer. Prices are going up. Gas is higher. And for what? I want your reaction. You've probably seen reaction to Iran, but I'm curious about your reaction, particularly coming from Senator John Federman, a Democrat of Pennsylvania, consistently backing the administration on its actions. Yeah, I don't pretend to understand what happened to that man. It's a completely different person than the guy who ran in 2022.

It's very sad to see. He's not going to win reelection. So, I mean, I hope he enjoys being a thorn in our side for however much longer he's going to be in office. But Democrats are not going to be voting for him in the primary. This is CJ. CJ joins us from Virginia, Independent Line. Hello. Hey, yes, a quick question.

I appreciate your views. And I'm just really curious, just simply, what changes do you think? could happen with whether it's policy or how our government sort of enacts this policy that can bring us back together as a country. I think we're all very frustrated being divided, and I'm really curious with your view in terms of what changes could be made to bring us back together. Well, that's a great question. And I think we suffer from this fallacy that there's going to be some sort of white night, that there's going to be some sort of figure that appears out of the sky that is going to save us and make us come together.

That's just not the case. We are the ones who are going to save ourselves from this mess. And it starts with our elections. So if you are upset by what is happening in this country, if you're upset by either a Democrat or a Republican who you feel like isn't actually doing anything to help you, is just creating more division, then. And the responsibility is on us. It's on us to elect better leaders.

And let's not forget, this is a representative democracy. They represent us. And we're the bosses. So if we don't like their job they're doing, then it is incumbent on us to make sure that either they start doing a better job or we fire them and we put better people in place. But I think a lot of us feel so powerless right now. when we actually are the ones with the power. That is why they try to do as much as they can keep us distracted,

keep us divided, because the second we realize that not only do we have power, but in that power as hope, that's quite a very dangerous thing for the establishment. So I'm glad you asked that question, but there's not much that they will do until we tell them that it's their, time to do it. Keith Edwards, I want to ask you, we talked a little bit when you were asked that

question about California and its election coming up. When it comes to 2028, since you're looking at these things already, I imagine, is there a frontrunner within the Democratic Party currently? Let me say this, is that, do you remember in 2022, everyone was like DeSantis? DeSantis is going to be the president. He's going to be the president of the States. And then DeSantis, I don't even, I don't remember how far he made it, but he barely, I think, made it out of. Iowa. So these things have a way of kind of changing very quickly. And so I, I would say that most anyone we're talking about right now, let's see. Let's see what happens in 2028. I'm very interested in what happens if James Talariko were to win that Senate race. That would be a very

interesting thought. Could that person then run for president? Perhaps. John Alsoff is a very vulnerable Democratic senator out of Georgia, and he, I think, will become an instant frontrunner if he were to win his reelection this fall. So I think this stuff is like, we will see. I am not a psychic. You don't want to know, you don't want my opinion on what's going to happen in the future because quite often it's going to be the opposite for me. but I will say that anyone that's making predictions right now, there's just too much unknowns about either what's going on with this war, with pricing, with Donald Trump's unconstitutional actions

that I think the American people are just upset with and over. But Democrats, I do know, are going to have a huge, huge set of options. And I hope so, because we have got to throw everything we can at this. We went through 2024 with no. primary. We were handed a nominee and how'd that work out? So I would like to do the opposite, please. Can we please have 30 people run for president? I would like to have as many options as possible. This is Keith Edwards joining us. Our next call is from Christy. She's in Virginia Republican line. Hello. Hello, Mr. Edwards. My name is Christy Keenan with, and I'm from

Virginia. I am a Republican. I am a Republican voter. I'm 60 years old. And I've lived in Virginia all my life. Rural Virginia, we were decimated by NAFTA. We have been, we just, my question to you is, we let, you know, we have Governor Stanberger, which I'm very proud of Virginia for electing a female governor. I wish her the best. I am, I want to understand that when your party runs on affordability, does that mean that when they get, into office, they tax us to oblivion. That is my, I don't understand. She ran a campaign.

She said, let your rage fuel you. And then she killed us. She's killing us with taxes. And as far as our electric bill has doubled. And we can blame that on Trump. We can blame that on anything. But she is the captain at the stern right now. And explain to me.

what you as a Democrat will be to hold your party or what we can do to hold your party to their message that they give us before. And then we elect them and it's totally different. That's Christy and Virginia. Well, I can completely empathize with you because Donald Trump ran on the message of affordability. And things have gotten much more expensive. And we're realizing now that the federal government has a lot of responsibility. a lot of ability to impact prices, whether that be through tariffs, whether that be through wars that start to raise prices for gas. And I completely understand what you're saying about

taxing. But I would be interested to, I don't know how much she's raised taxes in Virginia, but electric prices do are impacted very much so federally in what's happening with the federal government but i would say if if you are able to i would be loud about this and i i will certainly look into it myself uh because the governor does have a lot of ability to help assuage prices now again like a lot of that is from the federal government and your governor's not going to be able to you know wave a magic rod want to be able to make prices go down but but but she will have some flexibility. And so I hear you, and I think we're all feeling this,

that prices are out of control, that things are not working as they should be. And thank God we have someone in Virginia who is not gonna be completely subservient to Trump. But it is really Trump and Republicans who are making things much worse than they need to be. Keith Edwards, I want to get your reaction to the removal of Christy Nome's Homeland Security Secretary, the potential of Senator Mark Wayne Mullen becoming the next Homeland Security Secretary and the Democratic reaction to it.

Well, I got to say my reaction to this is, first off, great, good. She had no business being in there. There were multiple different times when she could have resigned or been fired. And isn't it just interesting? that Renee Good being murdered by her own government wasn't enough. Alex Prattie being murdered by her own government. Donald Trump was fine with that. It was when Christy Noem blamed $200 million worth of ads on Donald Trump,

which she says he's approved and he said he didn't, but then she said he did in subsequent reporting. I don't frankly, no, I don't care, but it's ads that got her out, ads. So I don't, I think that is just so telling of this administration that the only thing you can do wrong is put blame on Donald Trump. And as long as you defend him and defend the immorality and no matter what crime, no matter who died, you're totally fine. But the second, Donald Trump isn't defended, you're out. We can't run a government like that. That's just not sustainable. And I'm glad she's gone. But whoever he puts in next is not going to be good either. Let's hear from Ashley. Ashley's in Pennsylvania Democrats line.

Ashley, we've got about five minutes left till the end of the program. So jump in. Hi, Pedro. I'll keep it real quick. Hi, Keith. Love your show. I think it's a much-needed perspective in the media sphere right now for sure. Yeah, so I guess for context, I live in a little sun downtown just outside of Gettysburg. It's like night and day, a 10-mile radius, basically. There's a heavy Christophascist presence here, unfortunately. While that is the case, there's definitely a little bit of pushback here, which I haven't really seen in recent years, which is really nice to see. With that, messaging is super important right now, as I'm sure you would agree,

and I love all the points you've made so far. I guess just to like streamline that for the party and for effectiveness and all of that, what do you think of just keeping it simple to vote blue, but it still matters who? Yeah. I mean, vote blue no matter who, how's that worked out? Not great, in my opinion. So I hope that Democrats and anyone else is waking up that a rubber stamp on whoever's up for election doesn't help anyone or anything but the establishment. So vote blue no matter who was kind of a lie.

And by the way, Zoran Mamdani won our primary. This is what kind of like really got me off. Zoran Mandani won our primary. Now, was I backing him? No, there are some other candidates. I liked and I preferred. But the second he became the nominee, I was like, there's our nominee. Okay, let's back the guy.

And then Cuomo decided to run as an independent. So vote no matter who, vote blue no matter who, has to cut both ways, whether it's a progressive, someone who's center left or moderate. And until it works both ways, I think we got to stop even pretending like the staff, in this party really sees it as vote blue no matter who. So it's a great question. Mr. Edwards, we're running short on time, but I want you to get this from a viewer. This is

someone texted us saying, I'm a big fan of your work, so impressed and inspired by your career. I never went to college myself, and I'm hoping you could say more about how you built your path as a political strategist without formal education. Was that something you found challenging to navigate in the field? Well, that's a law. That is a question that requires more than two minutes. Sadly, yes, I apologize. But I will say that if you, my experiences is take the jobs wherever you can. So I was, I literally would take any job. As long as it gave me a notch in my resume, some experience, I can learn something, I could prove myself. That, that to me is better than any sort of college degree. A college degree is a, can maybe be a step inside.

but we're working hard and showing people that you actually can do the job is what's important. And so that's why on my resume, you might see things that maybe don't make sense, considering what I believe. But I would, I just worked for whoever would take me so I could learn and go up the ladder. And so work hard, take whatever job you can and just try to learn while you're there. You worked for the Lincoln Project at what time? What did you learn from that? I got to tell you, I learned a lot. I learned Republicans. So here's the thing about the Lincoln Project is that that was mission-based. That was all about just getting Donald Trump out. It was not policy-driven. It was not about trying to change policy. It was about just working together as Americans. One of the most American projects I've ever undertaken because it truly was Republicans and Democrats working together to help fight and defeat Donald Trump. And what I learned from Republicans is the way that they

fight is totally different than Democrats. And you'll see that even in the way that I kind of message on X or threads or on my own YouTube channel. That is you can find at keithedwards.substack.com as way you can find it. He's on YouTube at Keith Edwards is how you find him on X. And he's the host of the Keith Edwards show. Mr. Edwards. Thanks for your time this morning. Thank you.