Elex Michaelson
@Elex_Michaelson • 59,171 subscribers
@CNN anchor & correspondent. Host of “The Story Is with Elex Michaelson” weeknights 9-11p pacific / 12-2a eastern
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.Sam Forstag is a former smokejumper running to represent Montana in Congress. He says it's a "compliment" that he doesn't look like the typical Democrat. "It's a rare thing to see a working person in the halls of power. It's going to take all the help that we can possibly get to make that happen!" He acknowledges that Montana hasn't supported many Democrats as of late and he hopes to modernize the party going forward by focusing on pocket book issues. "There are a lot of people, working people, union members, young folks who felt like the Democratic Party left us behind..." Via The Story Is
Elex Michaelson383,841 views • 17 days ago
Is it appropriate for Jon Ossoff joke about Natalie Harp's work for President Trump? Democrat Christy Smith says it's not. "He broke a cardinal rule...he punched down. This young woman is doing her job in the White House...on our side, we need to learn from past mistakes like what happened to Monica Lewinsky...we don't do this to women...we are the party that should be standing with women." Republican L.A. GOP chair Roxanne Hoge: "that is completely scurrilous." Via The Story Is
Elex Michaelson145,995 views • 9 days ago
.Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 says a good way to fight back against Democratic Socialists in New York is to open up primaries to all voters. "Zohran Mamdani's team has actually been fighting against those open primaries. Even though they say our stuff is super popular, they know if you have more people vote, their chances of winning go down and not up." More:
Elex Michaelson642,213 views • 1 month ago
"I'm winning...outright...there's a tsunami of votes coming from all the people who are done with politics as usual." Spencer Pratt says he's going to get over 50% of the vote in L.A.'s Mayor's race tonight & there will be no need for a runoff. "All those people I have they're not talking to pollsters. They're moms trying to dodge naked zombies with a stroller. They're walking their dog in a park and making sure their dog doesn't step on a fentanyl needle...they don't have time to talk to a pollster."
Elex Michaelson1,018,604 views • 3 months ago
NEW: Haley Stevens gives The Story Is the first cable TV interview after losing the MI Senate primary to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: “We had a decent conversation. Everything that needed to be said in the primary was said…I am a Zionist Democrat in Michigan…I’m still very much in this party.” Message to Israel supporters who are concerned about El-Sayed? “People need to make a personal & private decision.” Why did she lose? “He got more votes!”
Elex Michaelson257,647 views • 26 days ago
.Katie Porter Archived Handle says after Trump won, her 12 year old daughter was in tears. "She said, 'Trump is going to win. What if I get raped and need to have an abortion?'" Porter says "its a reminder how scary this time is for people and how important it is for Democrats to have strategies both at the state level and federal level to make sure we can continue to protect people's rights." Via The Issue Is. Watch the full discussion with @RepKatiePorter & Peter Hamby here:
Elex Michaelson5,565,591 views • 1 year ago
“We have a right to stand up and push back!” Gavin Newsom says Donald J. Trump’s immigration enforcement has been like a “dystopian sci fi novel” with “masked men” carrying out orders. Governor Gavin Newsom is signing a bill to require federal immigration officials to unmask with certain exceptions.
Elex Michaelson2,028,191 views • 11 months ago
I ask the L.A. Mayoral candidates for closing arguments? Karen Bass: "We've brought down homelessness for the first time 2 years in a row...42,000 units of housing...crime rates to 60 years low." Nithya Raman: "Angelenos are feeling the city is moving in the wrong direction...what I'm offering is urgency." Spencer Pratt: "My opponents are the reason the city is failing. Anything they say is just more lies. They know with me we're changing what's going on...I don't have the experience of failing like they have."
Elex Michaelson467,793 views • 3 months ago
.hasanabi is back from a humanitarian mission to Cuba amidst an oil blockade & power outages. "It was very sad...everything was pitch black...and then I was very angry." I ask about critics who say he's helping a repressive regime? "I just don't want babies to die. I don't want people to suffer...how Cubans govern themselves is up to the Cuban people." Via The Story Is
Elex Michaelson782,118 views • 5 months ago
.Karen Bass says both L.A. city & county haven't invested enough in interim housing units. She says it's a major reason why street homelessness "metastasized." But, she says as Mayor Karen Bass, she's changing that. "We know what we need to do now to end street homelessness."
Elex Michaelson424,572 views • 3 months ago
.Gavin Newsom says he "baited" Ron DeSantis into debating him: "The fact he took the bait...shows he's completely unqualified to be President." "Why is he debating a guy who is not even running for President?" "My...opinion, he regrets running...he made a huge mistake."
Elex Michaelson4,738,178 views • 2 years ago
👀"The Democratic Party lost its mind!" Pres. Biden's senior advisor Mike Donilon on Pres. Biden being pressured to drop out of the 2024 race: "I thought it was disloyal...an act of betrayal against the President...undemocratic...and...politically stupid." I spoke to Donilon on stage at USC Center for the Political Future Warschaw Conference. I asked him why Biden dropped out? "He dropped out because the Democratic leadership and the biggest Democratic donors in America made the decision that he could not win." Was it a mistake he dropped out? "I don't think it was a mistake. I think it was a mistake for the party to have a circular firing squad." Who is the best successor to Biden in 2028? He thinks Fmr. VP Kamala Harris is a clear choice but he's also impressed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & thinks she can win a general election. This clip first aired on The Story Is.
Elex Michaelson1,207,554 views • 9 months ago
NEWS: Bob Costas supports the IOC's decision to ban trans athletes from women's sports at the Olympics. "Common sense is not transphobic...this policy is common sense." The host of 12 Olympic games told The Story Is that trans people should be treated with "dignity and respect," but there's a "reason why there are men's and women's sports." "There is a reason why no trans man who was once a woman and has become a man has ever competed successfully with men in the Olympics." Full interview:
Elex Michaelson647,316 views • 5 months ago
NEWS: Bill Maher says he texted his friend KidRock after playing in Turning Point USA's "All American" halftime show competing with Bad Bunny: "I said wouldn't it have been a little more Christian to let Mr. Bunny have his moment?" Maher says he watched Bad Bunny live & "liked" his performance & also enjoyed a recorded version of Kid Rock's show. Via The Story Is
Elex Michaelson773,907 views • 6 months ago
