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Home Front: Politix

Tim Ryan: The Democratic Party Has a 'Perception Problem' as 'Coastal, Elitist'

2019-06-27

[PJ] In the first 2020 Democratic presidential debate, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) slammed his party for being out of touch with Midwesterners and working people.

"We have a perception problem in the Democrat Party," Ryan admitted. "We have got to change the center of gravity from being coastal, elitist and Ivy League to a party that is on the side of workers. If we don't focus on workers, none of this change will happen."

He insisted that Democrats will not win unless they "address that fundamental problem."

Ryan is correct, but that "perception problem" is rooted in the Democratic Party's increasing radicalism on issues such as abortion, climate change, intersectionality, and more.

Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election arguably for this exact reason, and Democrats are not fixing it.

Posted by:Besoeker

#6 The Dems mental condition prevents them from seeing that they constantly insult people like programmers, accounting people, legal clerks, etc. by implying that they don't work.

The idea that work only counts when it's nasty, dirty blue collar work is just so Mid 1800s Marx and those white collar churls are oppressors.

Posted by: AlanC 2019-06-27 15:00

#5 "We have got to change the center of gravity from being coastal, elitist and Ivy League to a party that is on the side of workers.

Bingo. However, it’s not just about being on the side of the workers. That sounds so Communist. By saying that, you need be on the side of the workers, already sets up a schism between the Donks and others (in this case the workers). Ryan does not acknowledge or define the ongoing, wider cultural war that sets apart the coastal elites from others. He does not acknowledge that in the quest for diversity and identity politics, the Dems have created a monster.

Posted by: JohnQC 2019-06-27 14:03

#4 Which is why it's likely they next time they are in power, we shall have a revolution and try America 2.0, sans Democrats and Liberals.

Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-06-27 13:37

#3 Nope, ain't gonna happen. Dems would rather eat broken glass than get on the side of the working class.

The working class betrayed them by voting for Trump. They have a long memory and will retaliate harshly the next time they get in power.

Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-06-27 12:44

#2 They're the urban party - the coastal elite appearance is just because that's where the most urban areas are.

Posted by: Glenmore 2019-06-27 09:43

#1 They left off Nazi, wanna be tyrants and slavemasters, vile, soulless and worshiping Human sacrifice, they smell and their mom dresses them funny.

Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-06-27 04:29

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