De Blasio: Dems Became in the Minds of Too Many Americans the Elitist Party

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DE BLASIO: "So I think the primary here in this state simply represents another example of that where a growing progressive core in the Democratic Party is speaking up and not accepting the status quo that has existed for a long time. You're seeing it all over and you're going to see a lot more of it.  I guarantee you this is where the Democratic Party is going. Because, look, we became unfortunately, in the minds of too many Americans the elitist party. That's what happened in 2016. To too many of those folks in Wisconsin and Michigan and Pennsylvania, we became the party that didn't actually care about them anymore. And by the way, those folks are young and white and black and old. They are people of different demographics. I don't buy into this you're either talking about young people and people of color and women or you're talking about white working class men. I think it's a continuum of folks who felt let down by the Democratic Party and disconnected from Democratic Party. So that's a lot of what's playing out here in New York."