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Democratic campaigner Evan Barker announced his departure from the Democratic Party in a Newsweek magazine op-ed.
She volunteered at the Democratic National Convention last month.
Barker writes, “I couldn't escape a sinking feeling. I felt like I was sinking in a hollow room whose mottos were 'wayward summer' and 'joy,' totally out of touch with ordinary Americans and their urgent needs. Instead, the world's most elite were shouting in unison, 'We're not going back.'
A Democratic campaign activist said she was leaving the party after becoming “disillusioned” with the party's leadership after volunteering at last month's Democratic National Convention.
In an op-ed published in Newsweek magazine on Tuesday, Evan Barker explained how she went from raising “tens of millions of dollars” for the Democratic Party to now distancing herself from a party she believes is “totally out of touch with ordinary Americans.”
Barker said he was initially “thrilled” that Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention.
“But once I got there, wandering amid the glitz and glamour, soaking up all the gloss and sweetness, I couldn't escape a sinking feeling. I felt like I was sinking in an empty room whose mottos were 'Saucy Summer' and 'Joy,' totally out of touch with ordinary, everyday Americans and their pressing needs. Instead, the world's most elite were shouting in unison: 'We're not going back,'” Barker writes.
“The Democrats have completely lost their way,” she said, adding, “Their rhetoric is condescending and paternalistic.”
The sad truth is this: Democrats have completely lost their way. They speak primarily to the college-educated, urban, and wealthy on their terms. Their tone is condescending and paternalistic. They sell benefits to the college-educated. Their student loan forgiveness plan disproportionately helps their base and ignores the majority of the country without a four-year degree. And they offer no concrete plan for real reform.
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When I went to the Democratic National Convention last month, I was truly re-inspired and hoped to feel the same love for my party that I felt as a teenager walking the streets for Barack Obama. I can still remember the sheer joy I felt when I ran into the street with hundreds of others and danced to “Thriller” after he won.
But at the Democratic National Convention, rather than regaining that feeling, I finally realized: You can't forget what you've seen. You just have to move on.
I won't go back.
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