{"id":2367315,"date":"2024-11-11T13:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-scarborough-argues-white-elitists-pushed-voters-away-from-harris-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-11T13:45:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:45:04","slug":"joe-scarborough-argues-white-elitists-pushed-voters-away-from-harris-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-scarborough-argues-white-elitists-pushed-voters-away-from-harris-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Scarborough argues \u2018white elitists\u2019 pushed voters away from Harris &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-scarborough-argues-white-elitists-pushed-voters-away-from-harris-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2367315&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent segment \u2063on MSNBC&#8217;s *Morning \u200bJoe*, co-host Joe Scarborough criticized the \u2063Democratic Party&#8217;s leadership, labeling them as &#8220;white elitists&#8221; who are alienating voters ahead of \u200dthe 2024 election. He argued that the\u2062 party&#8217;s positions are significantly more left-leaning than what many Black and Hispanic voters desire, \u200bparticularly citing issues like calls to defund the police.\u200c Scarborough highlighted President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s success with these demographics, suggesting\u200b that their support reflects dissatisfaction with the\u200d Democratic Party&#8217;s policies and rhetoric. He\u200b noted that these voters are seeking to achieve the American Dream and are turned off by what they perceive\u200c as\u200b extreme leftist agendas.<\/p>\n<p>Scarborough&#8217;s comments align with broader discussions about\u200b the Democratic Party&#8217;s\u200b identity politics and its potential disconnect with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/o-j-simpsons-alma-mater-to-host-panel-discussion-with-founder-of-scandal-plagued-lincoln-project\/\" title=\"O.J. Simpson\u2019s Alma Mater to Host Panel Discussion with Founder of Scandal-Plagued Lincoln Project\">minority voters<\/a>. This narrative is\u200c reinforced by radio host Charlamagne\u200b tha God, who pointed out that\u200c Trump&#8217;s appeal lies in\u2062 addressing everyday concerns, while an op-ed in the \u2063*New York Times* critiques the Democratic Party&#8217;s approach as \u200coverly politically correct and condescending. Co-host Mika Brzezinski remarked that the Democratic Party may need to reassess its strategies, indicating a potential shift in awareness among Democrats regarding the current political climate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Joe Scarborough argues &lsquo;white elitists&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-attempt-to-use-trump-hate-to-boost-midterm-prospects-will-not-work-conservative-analysts-say\/\" title=\"Democrats\u2019 Attempt to Use \u2018Trump Hate\u2019 to Boost Midterm Prospects Will Not Work, Conservative Analysts Say\">pushed voters<\/a> away from Harris<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1878946\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/morning-joe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Morning Joe<\/a> <\/em>co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-scarborough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Scarborough<\/a> suggested the Democratic Party&rsquo;s &ldquo;white-elitist&rdquo; leadership is at fault for turning voters off ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024 election<\/a>, arguing it was &ldquo;far to the Left&rdquo; of what many voters actually want.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Scarborough&rsquo;s comments come after President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> won the 2024 presidential election against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, which was partly driven <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-harris-trump-women-latinos-black-voters-0f3fbda3362f3dcfe41aa6b858f22d12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">by the uptick in support the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-on-pennsylvania-another-statistical-analysis-shows-roughly-300000-biden-votes-are-questionable\/\" title=\"More on Pennsylvania - Another Statistical Analysis Shows Roughly 300,000 Biden Votes Are Questionable\">president received<\/a> from black and Hispanic voters<\/a>. In reflecting on the gains Trump made among these voting blocs, Scarborough contended that members of the Democratic Party pushed too hard on some matters, such as calls to defund the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">police amid voters wanting<\/a> a safe environment for their children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3222249\/how-kamala-harris-plowed-through-1-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOW KAMALA HARRIS PLOWED THROUGH $1 BILLION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is what we&rsquo;ve known since 2017 and what you and I have talked about, that white elitists that run the Democratic Party are far to the left of many black and Hispanic voters in the Democratic Party,&rdquo; Scarborough said on MSNBC&rsquo;s <em>Morning Joe<\/em>. &ldquo;And I remember a pollster for Barack Obama, I think David &mdash; I think his name was David Sax, forgive me &mdash; came out and had that poll in 2017. And he got absolutely hammered on Twitter, absolutely hammered by the far Left. &lsquo;How dare you say this, how dare you!&rsquo; But he was right, and it was true in &rsquo;17, and it was doubly true in 2024 that these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-introduces-bill-to-ban-minors-from-getting-transgender-reassignment-surgery-treatments\/\" title=\"Democrat Introduces Bill To Ban Minors From Getting Transgender-Reassignment Surgery, Treatments\">white progressives<\/a> on the far, far Left said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to save you, black and Hispanic people of America.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2690048&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=a30bf32dbdbababa0cac9bc11eec3c1f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scarborough contended that these voters likely rejected these pushes from the Democratic Party due to thinking &ldquo;you&rsquo;re kind of wild&rdquo; and &ldquo;too far Left.&rdquo; He added that these voters want to partake in &ldquo;the American Dream&rdquo; and opted to tell Democratic candidates &ldquo;thanks but no thanks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, radio host Charlamagne tha God suggested Trump&rsquo;s gains among minority voters stemmed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3225636\/charlamagne-tha-god-astounded-trump-winning-colored-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the former president speaking to &ldquo;dinner table issues<\/a>,&rdquo; and how he sought to address these concerns from voters.<\/p>\n<p>During the Monday episode, co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mika-brzezinski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mika Brzezinski<\/a> read an op-ed piece from the <em>New York Times<\/em> that assessed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/09\/opinion\/democrats-identity-politics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic Party&rsquo;s &ldquo;case of mistaken identity politics,&rdquo;<\/a> in which author Maureen Dowd argues Trump won the election due to how minority voters disliked the Democratic Party more than they disliked the former president. Dowd&rsquo;s piece also stated that the Democratic Party has embraced &ldquo;a worldview of hyper-political correctness, condescension, and cancellation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Brzezinski contended Dowd&rsquo;s piece is &ldquo;a really interesting message&rdquo; for Democrats and that it showcases how some Democrats are &ldquo;finally waking up and realizing that woke is broke.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2690052&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=8d56a12ed7f018c4527b3b9280a1ae8c\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A couple of days after the election, sports journalist Stephen A. Smith suggested that part of the reason Harris lost the election was because her campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3222591\/stephen-a-smith-democrats-lost-catering-fringes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">catered to people &ldquo;on the fringes,&rdquo;<\/a> pushing centrist voters away as a result.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following his victory in the presidential election, Trump has begun recruiting for his Cabinet. Most recently, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3225886\/trump-appoints-stephen-miller-white-house-deputy-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">hired Stephen Miller<\/a> as his White House deputy chief of staff for policy. Trump has also hired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3223334\/trump-taps-susie-wiles-white-house-chief-of-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Susie Wiles<\/a>, his 2024 co-campaign manager, as his next White House chief of staff and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3225515\/trump-taps-tom-homan-border-czar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tom Homan<\/a>, the former head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as the new &ldquo;border czar.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1878946\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1878946\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Scarborough claims &#8216;white elitists&#8217; alienated voters from Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2367316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ScarboroughHarris-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33540,32438,32171,33358,44802],"class_list":["post-2367315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-joe-scarborough","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-commentary","tag-voter-turnout","tag-white-elitism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ScarboroughHarris-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367315"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367319,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367315\/revisions\/2367319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}