{"id":2424434,"date":"2025-04-16T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T23:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/normal-democrats-are-being-pushed-out-by-partys-subtraction-salena-zito-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T19:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T23:11:03","slug":"normal-democrats-are-being-pushed-out-by-partys-subtraction-salena-zito-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/normal-democrats-are-being-pushed-out-by-partys-subtraction-salena-zito-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Normal Democrats\u2019 are being pushed out by party\u2019s \u2018subtraction\u2019: Salena Zito &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fnormal-democrats-are-being-pushed-out-by-partys-subtraction-salena-zito-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=2424434&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utterly-breathtaking-yahoo-news-reporter-compares-covering-trump-to-fighting-d-day\/\" title=\"\u2018Utterly Breathtaking\u2019: Yahoo News Reporter Compares Covering Trump To Fighting D-Day\">recent article<\/a>, Salena Zito from the *Washington Examiner* critiques the Democratic Party&#8217;s current messaging, arguing that it <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">alienates potential voters<\/a> and contributes to a &#8220;subtraction&#8221; of support for the party. She highlights concerns among voters in Pennsylvania regarding the party&#8217;s focus on controversial figures like Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a deported MS-13 gang member, and Luigi Mangione, charged with murder. Zito emphasizes that such associations are detrimental and that the party needs to focus on attracting a broader base rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-video-from-january-6th-shows-fbi-agents-smashing-windows-pushing-people-inside-capitol\/\" title=\"New Video From January 6th Shows FBI Agents Smashing Windows, Pushing ... Inside Capitol\">pushing people<\/a> away. She notes that the past trend of the party losing touch with moderate constituents could significantly impact their electoral success. Zito&#8217;s insights were shared during her appearance on Fox News, where she discussed the challenges facing the Democratic Party as it navigates internal conflicts and appeals to diverse voter demographics.  <\/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\">&lsquo;Normal Democrats&rsquo; are being pushed out by party&rsquo;s &lsquo;subtraction&rsquo;: Salena Zito<\/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_2097037\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/salena-zito\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Salena Zito<\/a> contended that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democratic Party&rsquo;s <\/a>messaging is pushing voters away, contributing to the party&rsquo;s &ldquo;subtraction&rdquo; in support.<\/p>\n<p>Zito&rsquo;s assessment comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3381814\/chris-van-hollen-visit-el-salvador-kilmar-abrego-garcia-rachel-morin-murder-trial-illegal-immigrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">prominent Democratic lawmakers have been focusing on topics like the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/1912603713157419129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">who was deported to El Salvador and since confirmed <\/a>to be an active member of the MS-13 gang. Zito explained that it is &ldquo;interesting&rdquo; how those with &ldquo;the loudest voice&rdquo; in the Democratic Party are &ldquo;championing&rdquo; people like Garcia, a move that runs counter to opinions of those people she has talked to in her home state of Pennsylvania who find this &ldquo;cringeworthy.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3382772\/chris-van-hollen-el-salvador-visit-denied-see-abrego-garcia\/\">Senate Democrat Chris Van Hollen denied by El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3382569\/hakeem-jeffries-supports-ban-stock-trading-congress-members\/\">Jeffries backs stock trading ban for lawmakers previously shunned by Pelosi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3382079\/ossoff-donors-2026-georgia-senate-race-out-of-state\/\">Vast majority of Ossoff donors in 2026 Georgia Senate race were from out of state<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In American politics, it&rsquo;s always about addition, not subtraction,&rdquo; Zito explained on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Will Cain Show<\/em>. &ldquo;These maneuvers are subtracting people away from you. Now, they might not vote Republican, they just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t vote at all! And you know, the messaging for the Democratic Party is a big challenge.&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=2895056&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=d4925e7e6e5b0c5699b74e55df65e765\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Additionally, Zito contended that Democratic supporters are turning people like Garcia and Luigi Mangione, the man charged with killing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unitedhealth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">UnitedHealthcare<\/a> CEO Brian Thompson, into &ldquo;anti-hero heroes,&rdquo; calling the need to rid the party of those who support violence as its &ldquo;biggest challenge.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>As an example, Zito cited how some Democrats in the 1960s championed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/715298\/cult-killer-charles-manson-dead-at-83\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Charles Manson<\/a>, a criminal and cult leader, which contributed to the party to losing several presidential elections. She further noted how Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) had become the latest victim of political violence.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/3368375\/shed-no-tears-for-luigi-mangione\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SHED NO TEARS FOR LUIGI MANGIONE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zito also contended that David Hogg, the Vice Chair of the Democratic Party, is seeking to primary Democratic lawmakers within swing districts, which is adding to the party&rsquo;s subtraction. She explained that in swing districts, parties need to have someone who is more moderate in their views rather than a &ldquo;further Left candidate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s <\/em>Joe Concha called Mangione <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3380711\/coward-luigi-mangiones-political-violence-was-not-free-speech-joe-concha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a &ldquo;coward&rdquo; and argued the killing of Thompson was not a demonstration of free speech.<\/a> Concha also greatly criticized CNN for airing a segment featuring journalist Taylor Lorenz light-heartedly discussing Mangione.<\/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_2097037\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2097037\"}});<\/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>Salena Zito claims &#8216;normal Democrats&#8217; are being sidelined by the party&#8217;s messaging, which is driving voters away<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2424435,"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\/2025\/04\/Democrats-being-pushed-out-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,40902,38354,34951,32076],"class_list":["post-2424434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-party-dynamics","tag-political-landscape","tag-salena-zito","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Democrats-being-pushed-out-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424434","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=2424434"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424438,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424434\/revisions\/2424438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2424435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}