Also, you’re wrong about Democrats not attacking these people directly.
The next step is realizing you’re wrong about almost every issue.
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Pete Buttigieg is taking a few swings regarding why his party is in the suck. He nails the problem but is also wrong about it. It’s shocking, but also not, given who we’re dealing with here. Ironically, the former South Bend mayor’s whiff is emblematic of the Democrats’ larger problem: they cannot get out of their own way. Even when they know they’re defective in something, they must pivot badly and make it about Trump.
ButtigiegsaidthatthereisanauraofcondescensionwhenitcomestoDemocraticPartymessaging—therealissue,accordingtohim,isthatvotersthinkDemocratsaretalking/attackingthemandnotTrump,theintendedtarget:
No,Pete.You’respot-onthatyourpartyisbrimmingwithwealthy,overeducated,andpredominantlywhiteprogressivelunatics,butyoumissedthepointagaininstunningfashion.Whenyouattackthemanwhopeopleidentifywithwritlarge,you’resayingsomethingaboutthem,too.Thisisn’thard.Also,you’rewrongaboutDemocratsnotattackingthesepeopledirec
