{"id":2377186,"date":"2024-12-06T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-rep-greg-casar-warns-democrats-are-preachy-disconnected\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T13:40:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:40:51","slug":"progressive-rep-greg-casar-warns-democrats-are-preachy-disconnected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-rep-greg-casar-warns-democrats-are-preachy-disconnected\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Rep. Greg Casar warns Democrats are \u2018preachy, disconnected&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fprogressive-rep-greg-casar-warns-democrats-are-preachy-disconnected%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=2377186&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>representative Greg \u2063Casar, \u200bthe newly elected chairman of \u200bthe Congressional Progressive \u2062Caucus, has emphasized the need for the Democratic Party to\u2062 shift away from \u200dwhat he describes as &#8220;preachy&#8221;\u200d politics. Following \u200bVice President Kamala \u2063Harris&#8217;s disappointing electoral defeat to Donald Trump, Casar argues that the party should focus\u200b more on practical, everyday issues like the economy, rather than cultural policies that \u200chave been criticized as &#8220;woke.&#8221; He highlights the importance of reconnecting with\u2063 working-class\u2063 voters, who have recently shifted \u200dtheir support to the\u2064 Republican Party. Casar\u200c believes the focus should be on\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-torches-biden-for-reasons-unknown-potus-is-unable-to-say-the-word-tesla\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Torches Biden: \u2018For Reasons Unknown, @POTUS Is Unable To Say The Word Tesla\u2019\">core economic issues<\/a>, especially in light of data suggesting that voters feel the party \u2064is \u2063disconnected from their needs. His\u200b remarks are echoed by othre\u200b prominent Democrats who advocate for reforms in party messaging, \u200dparticularly concerning \u2063cultural \u200dtopics.  <\/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\">Top House progressive warns Democrats are &lsquo;preachy or disconnected&rsquo; in calls for party rebrand<\/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_1887962\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3249708\/progressive-caucus-elects-new-leaders-battle-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Greg Casar<\/a> (D-TX), the new chairman of the Congressional <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/progressives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Progressive<\/a> Caucus, urged colleagues to move away from &ldquo;preachy&rdquo; politics that he worried cost the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic Party<\/a> the election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Casar was elected to lead the group of progressive House lawmakers on Thursday. This week, he became the latest in a host of prominent Democrats calling for sweeping reforms to how their party communicates to voters following Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s bruising loss to President-elect Donald Trump earlier this month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Democrat said his party should focus more on kitchen table issues, such as the economy, than cultural policies often criticized by Republicans as &ldquo;woke,&rdquo; during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/democrats-must-combat-trumps-culture-wars-new-progressive-chair-says-rcna182509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NBC<\/a> interview.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s less of a left-right fight and more of a getting back to a Democratic Party that&rsquo;s for everyday people, no longer being seen as preachy or disconnected,&rdquo; Casar told the outlet. &ldquo;The progressive movement needs to change. We need to re-emphasize core economic issues every time some of these cultural war issues are brought up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) speaks to reporters about the debt limit negotiations as he leaves the House for Memorial Day weekend, Thursday, May 25, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Casar&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">comments follow data showing working-class voters<\/a>, a reliably blue Democratic demographic, switched allegiances to the Republican Party this election cycle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after one of Trump&rsquo;s most successful ad campaigns in the weeks leading up to the election tackled the Democratic Party on its support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-minister-likens-criticism-of-transgender-ideology-to-racism-antisemitism\/\" title=\"British Minister Likens Criticism of Transgender Ideology to Racism, Antisemitism\">liberal transgender policies<\/a>, including sex changes for children. One ad in particular targeted Harris for caring more about niche transgender agenda items than working-class voters. Featuring the vice president pledging support for providing sex change operations to prison inmates, including illegal immigrants, the ad said: &ldquo;Kamala is for they\/them. President Trump is for you,&rdquo; and added that &ldquo;Trump tax cuts benefited middle, working-class.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The branding worked. A post-election analysis by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3224858\/democratic-pollster-three-problems-kamal-harris-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Blueprint<\/a> found that 25% of voters across swing states Harris needed to win believed she was out of touch, seeming&nbsp; &ldquo;focused more on cultural issues like transgender issues rather than helping the middle class.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats have subsequently called for the party to stop using identity politics, including targeting LGBT issues. While he still supports liberal transgender policies, Casar still criticized the Democratic Party for how it messages on cultural issues, saying Harris lost the election mostly because of &ldquo;where our entire Democratic Party brand has wound up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Top Democratic strategist James Carville also said the party was &ldquo;killed&rdquo; during the elections due to &ldquo;the unfortunate events of what I would refer to as the woke era&rdquo; during a recent episode of his <em>Politics War Room <\/em>podcast.&nbsp;He continued to criticize Democrats&rsquo; messaging on identity politics surrounding transgender issues during an interview with the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/188822\/transcript-james-carville-trump-wonand-dems-must-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Republic<\/a><\/em>, questioning, &ldquo;Why should it be the lead issue?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This identity s**t was a disaster,&rdquo; Carville added during another recent <em>Politicon<\/em> episode.<\/p>\n<p>Carville received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3252100\/outgoing-dnc-chairman-jaime-harrison-democrats-not-abandon-identity-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pushback<\/a> this month from outgoing&nbsp;Democratic National Committee&nbsp;Chairman Jaime Harrison, who said identity politics &ldquo;cannot be the excuse for why we win or lose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Harrison&rsquo;s close colleague, Ken Martin, the vice chairman of the DNC, has<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3248387\/dnc-chairman-candidate-massive-narrative-overhaul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> called<\/a> for a &ldquo;massive narrative and branding project&rdquo; for Democrats because &ldquo;the majority of Americans now believe the Republican Party best represents the interests of the working class and the poor, and the Democratic Party is the party of the wealthy and the elites.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Amy Klobuchar stands with DFL Chairman Ken Martin before speaking at the DFL election night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in St. Paul, Minnesota (AP Photo\/Abbie Parr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/seth-moulton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Seth Moulton<\/a> (D-MA) has also pushed back, particularly against unbridled Democratic support for liberal transgender policies such as allowing biological men to compete against women in sports. He said following the elections that the Democratic Party&rsquo;s focus on such issues was costing them support from voters more concerned about other policies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[T]he trans movement has gone too far. It is imperiling the progress we&rsquo;ve made,&rdquo; Moulton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3244089\/democrats-prepare-oust-seth-moulton-speaking-out-transgender-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Casar suggested Democrats could make a comeback on transgender policy by reframing the issue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When we hear Republicans attacking queer Americans again, I think the progressive response needs to be that a trans person didn&rsquo;t deny your health insurance claim. A big corporation did &mdash; with Republican help. We need to connect the dots for people that the Republican Party obsession with these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-has-entered-the-republicans-pounce-stage-of-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"The Media Has Entered the \u2018Republicans Pounce\u2019 Stage Of Critical Race Theory\">culture war issues<\/a> is driven by Republicans&rsquo; desire to distract voters and have them look away, while Republicans pick their pocket,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/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_1887962\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1887962\"}});<\/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>Rep. 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