Democratic strategist James Carville says Democrats need to temporarily ‘play possum’ with President Donald Trump and find a new, charismatic personality to lead the party. Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.
Y., told veteran Democratic strategist James Carville that Democrats need to distance themselves from the far-left in order to regain popularity among everyday Americans. The representative from the South Bronx told Carville and "Politics War Room" podcast co-host Al Hunt on Thursday that Democrats need to go back to the basics and focus on the issues that impact working-class Americans, and ditch the "fashionable nonsense.
" He also zeroed in on one particular issue, saying of the party's failure: "Where we...
bear more responsibility is on immigration." "We [Democrats] should strive for simple, repeatable messages, nothing fancy, like lower-costs, safe streets, secure borders, protect Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, make government work for working people. That should be our platform.
Ignore the fashionable nonsense." NY DEMOCRAT CALLS OUT FAR-LEFT 'ABSURDITIES' FROM 'COLLEGE-EDUCATED ELITES' INFLUENCING PARTY Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democrat representing the South Bronx, told James Carville that Democrats need to stick to ‘simple repeatable’ messaging, focusing on issues that impact everyday Americans.
(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Hunt acknowledged that while he and Carville both believe that most Democrats would agree with what Torres said, that is not th.
