Following the election of President Trump, some Democratic leaders believe the party needs to focus on economic messaging and develop a unified response to the president. They acknowledge a need for clearer communication that resonates with voters and addresses the underlying issues of white supremacy and hate. The party is also grappling with rebuilding its coalition and finding a brand that connects with its policies.
As the Democratic Party continues to grapple with former Vice president Kamala Harris' loss to President Trump , some leaders in the party think they should focus on their economic messaging and creating a coherent message to respond to the president.
'We have no coherent message,' Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, told The New York Times on Sunday. 'This guy is psychotic, and there’s so much, but everything that underlines it is white supremacy and hate. There needs to be a message that is clear on at least the underlying thing that comes with all of this.' The DNC elected Minnesota party leader Ken Martin on Saturday, who said during his victory speech they needed to 'to rebuild our coalition.' 'The policies that we support and the message that we have is not wrong,' Martin told the NYT. 'It is a messaging problem and a brand problem. Those voters are not connecting our policies with their lives.' FINAL DNC CHAIR DEBATE ROCKED BY PROTESTS Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said the messaging should focus on the economy. 'There are people in the middle — and trust me, there’s a lot of them — that wanted costs to go down,' Klobuchar said. 'Instead, what they see is chaos going up, corruption going up with the firing of the inspector generals, and guess what else is going up? Egg prices.' Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., said Democrats needed to focus their message on lowering costs. 'Within the party, we need to make sure we have a very clear direction to go,' he said. 'We need to have our own ideas. We’ll never win again if we are just playing defense.' The New York Times reported that former President Obama compared this to when the Democratic Party had lost Congress and the presidency in 2005. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Others suggested not honing in on everything the president said. 'We cannot get caught up in every egregious thing he says, every insult he hurls, every ally he attacks and every executive order,' Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, told the NYT. 'There’s just too much.' House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries recently pledged that Democrats would fight against Trump 'in the streets.' CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP 'Right now, we're going to keep focus on the need to look out for everyday New Yorkers and everyday Americans who are under assault by an extreme MAGA Republican agenda that is trying to cut taxes for billionaires, donors, and wealthy corporations and then stick New Yorkers and working class Americans across the country with the bill,' Jeffries said. 'That's not acceptable. We are going to fight it legislatively. We are going to fight it in the courts. We're going to fight it in the streets.'
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