{"id":2439230,"date":"2025-05-26T20:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T00:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rahm-emanuel-calls-democratic-partys-brand-toxic-as-he-weighs-2028-run\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T20:43:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T00:43:54","slug":"rahm-emanuel-calls-democratic-partys-brand-toxic-as-he-weighs-2028-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rahm-emanuel-calls-democratic-partys-brand-toxic-as-he-weighs-2028-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahm Emanuel calls Democratic Party&#8217;s brand &#8216;toxic&#8217; as he weighs 2028 run"},"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\">24<\/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%2Frahm-emanuel-calls-democratic-partys-brand-toxic-as-he-weighs-2028-run%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=2439230&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>Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is considering a run for the presidency in 2028. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a> with the Wall Street Journal, he criticized the Democratic Party&#8217;s current branding as &#8220;toxic&#8221; and &#8220;weak and woke.&#8221; Emanuel advised the party to shift its focus away from cultural issues in order to resonate more with voters and articulate a clear agenda that addresses Americans&#8217; concerns. He stated, &#8220;If you want the country to give you the keys to the car, somebody&#8217;s got to be articulating an agenda that&#8217;s fighting for america, not just fighting Trump.&#8221; Additionally, he is weighing a potential bid for the Illinois governorship if the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >current governor dose<\/a> not seek re-election.Emanuel&#8217;s friends and colleagues, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, believe he will run for president.  <\/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\">Rahm Emanuel says Democratic Party&rsquo;s brand is &lsquo;weak and woke&rsquo; as he weighs 2028 run<\/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_2130057\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Obama-era White House chief of staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rahm-emanuel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rahm Emanuel<\/a> is offering advice to the Democratic Party as he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-years-in-jeopardy-in-uk-as-circuit-breaker-lockdown-looms\/\" title=\"New Years in Jeopardy in UK as \u2018Circuit Breaker\u2019 Lockdown Looms\">reportedly considers<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disrespectful-kamala-allies-reportedly-feel-threatened-by-another-california-dem\/\" title=\"Kamala&#039;s allies ... feel threatened by another California Democrat, calling it disrespectful.\">2028 presidential run<\/a>: move away from focusing on cultural issues if the party hopes to win future elections.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/who-is-rahm-emanuel-democrat-250cb5f4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">interview with the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <\/a>published on Monday, the former Chicago mayor and Illinois congressman called his party&rsquo;s brand &ldquo;toxic&rdquo; as well as &ldquo;weak and woke.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3421253\/arizona-democrats-shaky-2026-katie-hobbs-vulnerable\/\">Arizona Democrats on shaky ground ahead of 2026, with Katie Hobbs vulnerable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3421717\/pelosi-thinks-rahm-emanuel-will-run-president-2028\/\">Pelosi thinks Rahm Emanuel will run for president in 2028<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3420964\/competitive-new-jersey-primary-first-without-county-line\/\">New Jersey has its first competitive primary in decades without the county line<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m tired of sitting in the back seat when somebody&rsquo;s gunning it at 90 miles an hour for a cliff,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If you want the country to give you the keys to the car, somebody&rsquo;s got to be articulating an agenda that&rsquo;s fighting for America, not just fighting Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3399583\/democratic-2028-contenders-fill-calendars-high-profile-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>Democratic 2028 contenders fill their calendars with high-profile events<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emanuel has also called the party &ldquo;weak and woke&rdquo; in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can&rsquo;t get distracted by the cultural issues and lose sight of what Americans care about and what impacts them, which is a shot at the American dream,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/president-rahm-emanuel-he-thinks-so\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he told the <em>Free Press<\/em><\/a>  in an interview published Friday. &ldquo;We have to be able to stand up to the interest groups. We can&rsquo;t look weak and woke, we need to be grounded and centered.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Emanuel is reportedly weighing a 2028 presidential run, telling the <em>Free Press<\/em>: &ldquo;Before I make a decision, I want to know that I have an answer to what I think ails our country, ails our politics, and ails the party &mdash; and they may all be the same answer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s also reportedly considering a bid for Illinois governor if current Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL), one of his friends, does not run for a third term in the 2026 election.<\/p>\n<p>When <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">the&nbsp;<em>Wa<\/em><\/span>ll Street&nbsp;Journal&nbsp;asked&nbsp;about the possibility of pursuing the Democratic presidential nomination against Pritzker, he said, &ldquo;Of course it would be awkward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re friends. He has something he wants to offer. I have something I want to offer,&rdquo; Emanuel said.<\/p>\n<p>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she believes Emanuel, who most recently served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan, will run for president.<\/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_2130057\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2130057\"}});<\/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>Rahm Emanuel criticizes the Democratic Party&#8217;s brand as &#8216;weak and woke&#8217; while contemplating a 2028 presidential bid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2439231,"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\/08\/Nagasaki-us.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[41461,32923,32171,55266,52467],"class_list":["post-2439230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-2028-election","tag-democratic-party","tag-political-commentary","tag-rahm-emanuel","tag-toxic-brand"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nagasaki-us.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439230","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2439230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439234,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439230\/revisions\/2439234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2439231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2439230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2439230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2439230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}