Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), the newly elected chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, weighed in on Democrats’ future technique, saying the celebration must prioritize victory with a stronger concentrate on financial points.
“We are now at a place where we have to put winning way above being right all the time,” he advised NBC Information in a narrative revealed Thursday, the day of his caucus election victory.
“It’s less of a left-right fight and more of a getting back to a Democratic Party that’s for everyday people, no longer being seen as preachy or disconnected,” Casar added.
The Texas Democrat argued the common Democratic voter is extra culturally conservative than the celebration manufacturers itself to be, leaving it “vulnerable” to GOP assaults.
President-elect Trump defeating Vice President Harris in each swing state and rising his vote share virtually throughout the board has left Democrats debating what went unsuitable and what to do about it.
Casar mentioned President Biden ought to have dropped out of the 2024 race sooner than he did, saying his late exit negatively impacted Harris’s marketing campaign and Democrats extra broadly.
However Casar additionally mentioned Democrats should shift their focus again to the working class “without throwing vulnerable people under the bus,” equivalent to immigrants and the LGBTQ+ neighborhood.
“We need to re-emphasize core economic issues every time some of these cultural war issues are brought up,” he advised NBC. “So when we hear Republicans attacking queer Americans again, I think the progressive response needs to be that a trans person didn’t deny your health insurance claim, a big corporation did — with Republican help.”
“We need to connect the dots for people that the Republican Party obsession with these culture war issues is driven by Republicans’ desire to distract voters and have them look away while Republicans pick their pocket.”
