Fetterman torches Democrat Party in new book: 'Elitist,' 'lost touch' with working class
Botched policies, ignoring reality, and turning their backs on the voters that built the party are the key ingredients that Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., believed helped Democrats lose big last...
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Botched policies, ignoring reality, and turning their backs on the voters that built the party are the key ingredients that Sen. John Fetterman , D-Pa., believed helped Democrats lose big last year. In his memoir "Unfettered," Fetterman unloaded on the Democratic Party and his colleagues' missteps that he argued led to President Donald Trump's victory over former Vice President Kamala Harris, and a sea change in Washington, D.C. Fetterman argued that the Democratic Party had lost touch with the working class, a key bloc of voters that at one point made up the backbone of the party. DEMOCRATS, LEFT EMPTY-HANDED IN SHUTDOWN, TURN FURY ON SCHUMER In particular, it was the attacks on men, be it through speeches or legislation, that helped turn the Democratic Party into an elitist organization too focused on "celebrity endorsements," he said. In turn, those who voted for Trump perceived "Democrats as soft and gooey, with a platform built on ideals that weren’t based in the reality of the average person." "We became the party of the elites, one that had lost touch with its base," he wrote. "Also, the continued speech and policies against men have not been without consequences." "If men are forced to choose between picking their party or keeping their balls, most men are going to choose their balls," Fetterman continued. Fetterman’s book, released on Tuesday, comes at a particular inflection point for Democrats. The party had spent much of the year searching for a binding message to both rebuild their brand with voters and build unity among their ranks in Congress. SENATE ENDS 41-DAY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN STALEMATE, SENDS BIPARTISAN DEAL TO HOUSE That came with the government shutdown, where Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., and the majority of the caucus moved in lockstep with demands that the government wouldn't reopen until expiring Obamacare subsidies were dealt with. Schumer’s failure to prevent a cohort of Senate Democrats, including Fetterman, from cross…