Bill de Blasio: Democrats Somehow Became the Party of the Elite

‘What the Democrats have not done well enough in recent years is be the party of working people’

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DE BLASIO: "I’ll be able to get working people to vote for me, regardless of ideology, regardless of party affiliation. What the Democrats have not done well enough in recent years is be the party of working people. To too many Americans, Democrats somehow became the party of the elite. They did not say boldly, bluntly, 'We need a government that is for working people first.'"
RUHLE: "Do you want the elite to vote for you?"
DE BLASIO: "Listen, here’s what I'm trying to say. I want working people to know the government will be on their side. I want working people to know that we will challenge the wealthy and the 1% on behalf of working people. I’ve done it in New York consistently. That’s why we put money back in the hands of working people in all the ways I described. This is what we need to do differently. And my fear always is that Democrats talk about a lot of things except what working people need."

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