Batya Ungar-Sargon: Democrats Have ‘Turned Their Backs’ on American Working Class Voters

MORROW I want to ░░░░░░░░ then now on to ░░░░░░░░ sort of the bigger ░░░░░░░░ scene in the U ░░░░░░░░ and it seems like ░░░░░░░░ politics is starting to ░░░░░░░░ in ways that you ░░░░░░░░ predicted and talked about ░░░░░░░░ your work And we ░░░░░░░░ in the midst of ░░░░░░░░ racial realignment with recent ░░░░░░░░ showing non white voters ░░░░░░░░ away from Democrats towards ░░░░░░░░ and an economic realignment ░░░░░░░░ well with the richest ░░░░░░░░ explicitly favoring Democrats over ░░░░░░░░ Walk us through these ░░░░░░░░ here and you know ░░░░░░░░ this plays out into ░░░░░░░░ idea that the Democrats ░░░░░░░░ basically abandoned their working ░░░░░░░░ roots UNGAR SARGON Yes ░░░░░░░░ you so much for ░░░░░░░░ out that I ve ░░░░░░░░ right all along James ░░░░░░░░ never tires of hearing ░░░░░░░░ a thing but yes ░░░░░░░░ the people who have ░░░░░░░░ talking about the realignment ░░░░░░░░ all of these years ░░░░░░░░ turns out we knew ░░░░░░░░ we were talking about ░░░░░░░░ of the 10 richest ░░░░░░░░ in America are now ░░░░░░░░ by Democrats 65 percent ░░░░░░░░ people making more than ░░░░░░░░ 000 a year are ░░░░░░░░ Democrats 97 percent of ░░░░░░░░ from Silicon Valley go ░░░░░░░░ Democrats as well as ░░░░░░░░ percent of donations from ░░░░░░░░ Did you know James ░░░░░░░░ Wall Street in 2020 ░░░░░░░░ more money to Democrats ░░░░░░░░ they did to Donald ░░░░░░░░ That s what we ░░░░░░░░ seeing here is a ░░░░░░░░ And you know they ░░░░░░░░ to say white rural ░░░░░░░░ is what s fueling ░░░░░░░░ Trump It is a ░░░░░░░░ it is nonsense Joe ░░░░░░░░ is losing black and ░░░░░░░░ working class Americans who ░░░░░░░░ not defecting for the ░░░░░░░░ they are defecting for ░░░░░░░░ Trump because he speaks ░░░░░░░░ the working class of ░░░░░░░░ races and the Democrats ░░░░░░░░ have abandoned labor to ░░░░░░░░ to highly educated college ░░░░░░░░ and the dependent poor ░░░░░░░░ the bottom people who ░░░░░░░░ t work Meaning everybody ░░░░░░░░ who is working class ░░░░░░░░ works with their hands ░░░░░░░░ a living who struggles ░░░░░░░░ the American dream have ░░░░░░░░ the Democrats have turned ░░░░░░░░ backs on them and ░░░░░░░░ s worse than that ░░░░░░░░ With every utterance with ░░░░░░░░ bill with every policy ░░░░░░░░ express their disdain for ░░░░░░░░ people not just the ░░░░░░░░ working class but increasingly ░░░░░░░░ class of people of ░░░░░░░░ MORROW Well and you ░░░░░░░░ just on the subject ░░░░░░░░ going after the working ░░░░░░░░ this story here is ░░░░░░░░ great microcosm of that ░░░░░░░░ York Attorney General Letitia ░░░░░░░░ was famously booed at ░░░░░░░░ New York firefighters ceremony ░░░░░░░░ week and there were ░░░░░░░░ that they were going ░░░░░░░░ have a full investigation ░░░░░░░░ find and punish those ░░░░░░░░ booed Leticia James She ░░░░░░░░ a woman who s ░░░░░░░░ going against Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ New York Now after ░░░░░░░░ spokesman for the fire ░░░░░░░░ said no no no ░░░░░░░░ re not going to ░░░░░░░░ it s all fine ░░░░░░░░ just the fact that ░░░░░░░░ know firefighters are booing ░░░░░░░░ Democrat and that the ░░░░░░░░ regime is going after ░░░░░░░░ and you don t ░░░░░░░░ more sort of you ░░░░░░░░ peak of the honest ░░░░░░░░ class than that that ░░░░░░░░ pretty telling isn t ░░░░░░░░ UNGAR SARGON That s ░░░░░░░░ right This entire lawfare ░░░░░░░░ against Donald Trump which ░░░░░░░░ been waged by elite ░░░░░░░░ with multiple degrees right ░░░░░░░░ quintessential over credentialed college ░░░░░░░░ stand in direct contrast ░░░░░░░░ people like firefighters who ░░░░░░░░ achieved the American dream ░░░░░░░░ hard work through skilled ░░░░░░░░ through manufacturing right These ░░░░░░░░ used to be de ░░░░░░░░ regular ways for average ░░░░░░░░ class Americans to achieve ░░░░░░░░ American dream They re ░░░░░░░░ vanishing but the areas ░░░░░░░░ they remain cops firefighters ░░░░░░░░ are people that the ░░░░░░░░ can t stand because ░░░░░░░░ have managed to achieve ░░░░░░░░ American dream while circumventing ░░░░░░░░ woke doctrination of a ░░░░░░░░ degree which is the ░░░░░░░░ way that Democrats want ░░░░░░░░ to be able to ░░░░░░░░ an American dream So ░░░░░░░░ scene of them yelling ░░░░░░░░ Trump Trump right that ░░░░░░░░ is exact you re ░░░░░░░░ right James That is ░░░░░░░░ realignment in one image.”