D-Colo. Sen. Michael Bennet said the Democratic brand was “really problematic” and was reprimanded for losing contact with workers on Sunday with NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“I agree that there is really something wrong with the Democratic brand … It’s a brand related to New York and California, associated with the country’s educated elite and no longer with the country’s workers,” Bennet told host Kristen Welker.
Welk asked Bennett if he agreed with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claim that the Democratic brand was “toxic”. Newsom made a buzzing comment on “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday and suggested the party had stopped “makes meaningful.”
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Bennett said his party lost contact with the working class.
Bennet appears to be in line with the governor of California, with severe criticism among common parties that have lost contact with daily voters. Colorado senators say Democrats need to present a “conspicuous vision” of the country’s future, and the failure to do so is to create two non-sequential White House wins by President Donald Trump.
“At the time of fifty years of trick economics, the Democrats had lost contact with our country’s workers, which means that most Americans feel that their children will not live a better life than they do,” Bennett said.
Gov. Gavin Newsom called the Democratic Party “toxic.” (Anda Chu/Medianews Group/Mercury News via Getty Images)
Bennet’s comments are because the Democrats are being besieged for being in the future direction of the party. Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has come under fire for his vote with Republicans to continue resolving the government’s closure.
Schumer had called for resignation from his leadership position, and Bennet had previously said: “For leaders, it’s important to know when to go.” But when Welk asked if he was still “confident” in Democratic Senate leaders, the senators avoided a question. Schumer refused to call for ouster and vowed to take on his leadership position.
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Senator Chuck Schumer faces a call to come down. (Reuters)
“Look, I’m not resigning. I know there’s a lot of controversy when I vote for the government shutdown,” Schumer said in a “Meeting Media” last week.
Bennet claims that Democrats are “rejected at the national level” and need to spend time proposing a bold policy agenda in the political wilderness in order to regain trust in voters.
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“If the Democrats can come with some imagination, we will not only do better, but the American people will do better,” he said.
