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"I'm proud to represent the left flank of the populist movement, and I think we need both flanks. So I'm happy to have this conversation," Uygur said. "What has gone wrong in the Democratic Party is the same thing that went wrong in the Republican Party."

"But I do have to give you guys credit for a revolution well done," he said. "What I mean by that is not a revolution against the Democratic Party, or the left, or the country, but a revolution against the establishment."

"I want you guys to recognize that mainstream media -- you think they’re against the right-wing -- but they also hate Bernie Sanders. They also hate me. They also hate the populists on the left," he told the conservative audience. "What mainstream media really loves is the establishment and the elites. They’re against all of us combined. If we dare unite on issues we agree on, they will be livid, and it’ll be a beautiful day in America."

He offered this piece of advice to right-wing-populists: "Remember, guys, you also have donors. Beware of the donors. Don’t forget that, and don’t let your guard down."

"I can tell you definitively that the Democratic leadership and the Democratic establishment will never voluntarily go in a new direction. They will never voluntarily accept populism. They are built on donor money. They are of the donors, by the donors, and for the donors. What I need left-wing voters to understand is that they’re never going to give you what you want incrementally."

"I propose simple rules. The three rules of the internet: Rule number one, when we disagree, we fight. There’s nothing wrong with that, right? Rule number two, afterward, we must have a beer together. And rule number three, for God’s sake, when we agree, let’s unite," he offered.

"One of the turning points -- if you will -- in how I started to view the right wing was when you came on The Young Turks at the RNC. We started talking about banning private equity from buying residential real estate," Uygur said. "Now, all of a sudden, we’ve got right-wing populists saying, 'Let’s ban the bankers from buying our homes so they don’t drive up the prices.' Yes! The left needs to take yes for an answer. Take yes for an answer."

"What we got out of this election is that we’re no longer in an establishment prison. Now, we’re in the populist woods. If you say, 'Yeah, but we’re going to fight in the populist woods,' yes, fine, but at least we’re all human out here," he said. "We defeated the corporate robots, and we’ve got more fights with the corporate robots to come. But out here in the woods, when I see you guys, I don’t hate you anymore. I see my fellow Americans."

"In these populist woods, we’ll sometimes have skirmishes and battles, but the main thing I’m trying to drive home with the six points of the populist plank is this: higher wages for Americans, time off for moms after they have a baby, anti-corruption, anti-war, and accountability for the Pentagon," he said.

"The reason I pick those issues isn’t because they’re the most left-wing positions but because they’re the positions we all agree on. And God help the establishment if we actually work together to do those things."

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