What Ben Rhodes has said about Democratic Party messaging
3 quotes · 1 episode · May 31, 2026
Ben Rhodes, Former Obama speechwriter and deputy national security adviser, Crooked Media co-host and author of "All We Say", has been quoted on Democratic Party messaging 3 times in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on May 31, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Rhodes argued that a candidate who harnesses moral language about dignity and caring for one's neighbor would benefit in the 2028 presidential race.
“I think that kind of language, whoever can harness that and capture that, I think that would be very useful in a 2028 presidential candidacy”
Pod Save America: What Does it Mean to Be an American? (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 1:07:20
Rhodes argued Democrats should connect their democracy message to economic outcomes such as corruption and higher prices.
“We have to not have the separation of the democracy message and the kind of economic message because they're connected”
Pod Save America: What Does it Mean to Be an American? (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 1:17:11
Rhodes said younger Democrats such as Ossoff, Warnock, Murphy and Ocasio-Cortez are figuring out how to link Trump's radicalism to people's lives.
“I think the notably younger Democrats, by the way, are figuring this out”
Pod Save America: What Does it Mean to Be an American? (May 31, 2026) · Listen from 1:16:26
Episodes
What Does it Mean to Be an American?Pod Save America · May 31, 2026 · 1 h 20 min
Jon Favreau talks with Ben Rhodes about his book "All We Say," tracing the 250-year argument over American identity through fifteen consequential speeches.
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