{"id":2399045,"date":"2025-02-05T07:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T12:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heartbreaking-video-of-black-workers-shows-exactly-why-dems-lost-who-do-you-think-they-voted-for-in-november\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T07:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T12:13:56","slug":"heartbreaking-video-of-black-workers-shows-exactly-why-dems-lost-who-do-you-think-they-voted-for-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heartbreaking-video-of-black-workers-shows-exactly-why-dems-lost-who-do-you-think-they-voted-for-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartbreaking Video of Black Workers Shows Exactly Why Dems Lost: Who Do You Think They Voted for in November?"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fheartbreaking-video-of-black-workers-shows-exactly-why-dems-lost-who-do-you-think-they-voted-for-in-november%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=2399045&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>The Democratic Party is experiencing a \u200cnotable decline in popularity, facing the loss of the\u200d White House, the House, and the Senate to Republicans.\u2064 This has led to a perception among voters that \u200bthe party is now more \u200bassociated \u200bwith <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">wealthy \u200durban elites<\/a> rather than the working class. In response, there has been an internal struggle within \u200dthe party, \u200cwith many leaders opting for familiar insiders and activists rather of addressing their \u200bunpopularity. Though, Representative Ro \u200cKhanna from California is seeking to re-engage with working-class Americans, as evidenced by his recent video featuring workers from a closed Master \u200bLock plant in\u2062 Milwaukee.Khanna acknowledges\u2064 the economic challenges \u2064these individuals face and suggests that the Democrats need to develop a\u200d new economic\u2063 vision to regain \u2063trust, especially among minority \u2064voters who have \u200bbeen disillusioned. He emphasizes that the party must confront its failures \u200band listen to the \u200cneeds of middle America to have a viable future.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democrats are reeling from a massive loss in November.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond losing their shot at the White House and surrendering the House and the Senate to the Republicans, the Democrats are at their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyt-just-printed-damaging-poll-democrats-since-nov-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lowest levels<\/a> of popularity with American voters in roughly two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Many voters see the Democrats as the party of wealthy progressive urban elites, not the working class, which the Democrats have marketed themselves as representing for so long.<\/p>\n<p>Just this past weekend, most Democratic leaders nevertheless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/realize-democratic-party-just-20-big-cities-ex-dem-candidate-sounds-panicked-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showed<\/a> they were unwilling to grapple with why they are so unpopular, electing a slate of milquetoast party insiders and leftist activists to lead the Democratic National Convention for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>But at least one Democrat seems to be trying to bring his party back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, posted a video on Tuesday in which he interviewed various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-nominee-dismisses-job-losses-from-bidens-economic-plan\/\" title=\"Labor Nominee Dismisses Job ...es from Biden\u2019s Economic Plan\">workers left unemployed<\/a> by the recent closure of Master Lock&rsquo;s plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than repeating platitudes and lying to their faces, as many Democrats did in the last election cycle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/foolish-newsom-slammed-party-latest-elon-musk-snub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khanna<\/a> seemed to admit that the Democrats need to better represent Americans in the heartland impacted by the decline of manufacturing and industry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, we made a colossal mistake in this country to allow all of our industry to leave,&rdquo; Khanna acknowledged to the workers.<\/p>\n<p>One of the unemployed workers said that Master Lock &ldquo;took my livelihood away from me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Khanna noted how the employees once had &ldquo;a decent life, a car, a house,&rdquo; until they lost it all when the plant closed.<\/p>\n<p>Another one of the workers recounted how his daughter learned that her dad lost his job, then took chalk and wrote, &ldquo;I am so sorry that your lost your job Dad&rdquo; on their sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And that made me cry,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>But the video got even darker.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chancie and Quentin&rsquo;s story is why we lost the election. We failed them. Their livelihood was snatched from them. We need a transformational new economic vision to earn back their trust. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/92FIA1bwGq\">pic.twitter.com\/92FIA1bwGq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/1886884669251006875?\">February 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Another former employee d how several coworkers had killed themselves after the plant closed.<\/p>\n<p>Khanna once more admitted that the Democratic Party message simply was not resonating with middle America.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Until we grapple seriously with how we have shafted working and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/living-through-a-socialist-collapse-an-insiders-account-of-venezuelas-demise\/\" title=\"Living Through A Socialist Collapse: An Insider\u2019s Account Of Venezuela\u2019s Demise\">middle class families<\/a> and hollowed out the industrial base of this country, and why people are so upset at the direction of our country, we&rsquo;re not going to understand how the Democratic Party comes back,&rdquo; the lawmaker remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Khanna spent most of the video talking to two black workers named Quentin and Chancie.<\/p>\n<p>Neither of them voted this year because they had lost faith in the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>That reflects a broader trend of minority voters, particularly black and Hispanic men, either staying at home or pulling the lever for the Republicans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-even-dem-rep-khanna-nailed-cheatle-possibly-effective-question-entire-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khanna<\/a> is right.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s hard to see how the Democratic Party survives on the basis of preferred pronouns and pro-Palestinian protests while ignoring the interests of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-taste-of-the-future-global-elites-at-world-economic-forum-promote-fake-meat-produced-from-a-3d-printer-video\/\" title=\"\u201cA Taste of the Future\u201d \u2013 Global Elites at World Economic Forum Promote Fake \u2018Meat\u2019 Produced From a 3D Printer (VIDEO)\">working class people<\/a> in Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Madison.<\/p>\n<p>Americans left, right, and center are sick of seeing our country&rsquo;s heritage shipped overseas.<\/p>\n<p>No political party has a future any longer while continuing to ignore those matters.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In addition to losing the presidency and ceding control of both the House and Senate to Republicans, their popularity among American voters has plummeted to its lowest point in nearly twenty years. Many perceive the party as representing affluent progressive urban elites rather than the working class, which they have long claimed to advocate for. Recently, Democratic leaders opted for a group of uninspiring party insiders and leftist activists to steer the Democratic National Convention moving forward, showing reluctance to confront their unpopularity. However, Rep. Ro Khanna from California is attempting to redirect his party&#8217;s focus. He shared a video where he spoke with workers who lost their jobs due to Master Lock\u2019s plant closure in Milwaukee, acknowledging that Democrats must better represent those affected by manufacturing decline instead of offering empty reassurances like many did previously. Khanna recognized that allowing industries to leave was a grave mistake and highlighted personal stories from workers about how job loss devastated their lives and families. He emphasized that until Democrats address how they have failed working-class families and understand why people are frustrated with current conditions, they won&#8217;t be able to regain support\u2014especially from minority voters who feel disillusioned with the party&#8217;s direction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2399046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Minority-Workers.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49839,49840,5894],"class_list":["post-2399045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-blackworkers","tag-election2022","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Minority-Workers.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399045","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399049,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399045\/revisions\/2399049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}