El-Sayed says Van Hollen represents "generational change" as Democrats weigh leadership

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[0:01] Welcome back to Takeout here at the

[0:02] Takeout Tavern. Political panel time.

[0:04] Yes, my voice is still dealing with the

[0:06] cold. I'm trying to push through, ladies

[0:08] and gentlemen. Just bear with me. Joel

[0:10] Payne, CBS News political contributor

[0:12] and newly minted executive director at

[0:14] Move On. Matt Mau, Republican strategist

[0:17] and former senior White House adviser in

[0:19] the State Department. So Joel, we talk

[0:21] about this a lot. You worked a fair

[0:23] amount of your career in the Senate.

[0:24] There is now a conversation. I'm not

[0:26] saying it's a big brawl between Senate

[0:28] Democrats incoming, but there's a

[0:30] conversation about who should the leader

[0:32] be, Chuck Schumer or Chris Van Galand.

[0:35] Abdul sayed last night on CNN said this

[0:38] about Chris Van Holland. Let's listen.

[0:40] >> I think he strikes a really uh great

[0:42] balance between the kind of generational

[0:45] change that we're asking for in new

[0:46] leadership, but also somebody who's been

[0:48] in and around the Senate and the House

[0:50] to understand how to shepherd

[0:51] legislation uh through the process. And

[0:53] I think, you know, he just represents

[0:55] that that unique ability bo

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