United Mine Workers of America president Cecil Roberts Jr. hopes Democrats' election loss will be the much-needed “wake-up call” the party needs to reach “the next generation.” .
Roberts was one of several Democrats featured on one of the shows. Vanity Fair long article Tuesday talked about the aftermath of the 2024 election, in which President Donald Trump won the popular vote and swept all seven battleground states.
Based on the results showing that Vice President Kamala Harris is winning most of the voters who make more than $100,000 a year, Roberts said this means “a time when the Democratic Party can claim to be the party of the working class.” I warned you that this is a possibility. [is] It's probably over. ”
“Based on what we saw in the polls, union members voted for the vice president, but workers did not,” Roberts said.
Former Obama officials urge Democrats to stop making statements that sound like “press releases'' and learn “ordinary people's language.''
The Vanity Fair article was about the Democratic Party struggling to lose again to President Donald Trump. (Reuters/Brian Snyder/Kevin Mohat)
He added, “I'm a Democrat. I'm going to die because I've been a Democrat forever. But here's the question: What's going to happen to the next generation, the generation after that?”
The article's author, James Pogue, said he was starting to feel that sentiment among Democrats when he saw a clip of Roberts attacking wealthy people who laid off workers in mining and other manufacturing industries.
“When you listen to some rich guy talk about the patriotism of his company, the patriotism of his board of directors, CEOs and board chairs, you should understand something. Please forgive me for what I'm about to say,” Roberts said. . , but that's pure bullshit–. ”
For more information on media and culture, click here
United Mineworkers Party President Cecil Roberts has warned the party that workers do not primarily support Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)
Pogue wrote that many Democratic leaders “at least privately” see Roberts and others like him as people “clinging” to a “lost world.” Mr Roberts said members of these parties do not have enough interaction, making it difficult to listen to the views of the working class.
“Democrats have had to sound the alarm for some time,” he said. “And if anything good comes out of this, I hope they listen. In the past, everyone listened to me.”
Pogue seems to agree with this idea, writing that the Democratic Party, once a “stronghold of outsiders,” has now become a champion of the status quo.
”[I]At a time when 60 percent of Americans believed that democracy needed major change, for many voters this coalition represented a wealthy group of people interested in maintaining the status quo that many ordinary Americans had come to despise. “They appeared to represent the educated ruling class,” Pogue wrote. .
Roberts said Democrats have stopped “listening.” (Left: (Photo Credit: Leigh Vogel/WireImage), Circle: (Photo Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images))
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
He added: “The Democratic Party, by virtue of its opposition to populist insurgency, has begun to look like the American establishment.”
