re: #217 HappyWarrior

That really was the best part. I’m tired of being told we need to abandon groups that have been Democratic loyalists even in the party’s most difficult hours i.e. the early Bush years and Reagan years for people who don’t really want much to do with our party anyhow. If you’re working class white and are a staunch Democrat, you don’t apply to what I’m talking about here but to the Trump Democrats in the Rust Belt, yep I’m definitely talking about you. I have no desire to be part of a party that panders to your resentments while ignoring the concerns of our base.

IMO, the Democrats need to broaden their working class appeal with a better message and messaging on economic issues, but this has to be done with absolutely zero catering to the bigoted resentments of some in the working class. “If you really want to be a bigot, then the Republicans are the party for you.”