{"id":2587007,"date":"2026-04-03T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-insane-obamas-former-chief-of-staff-admits-dems-lost-the-plot\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T20:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:52:24","slug":"its-insane-obamas-former-chief-of-staff-admits-dems-lost-the-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-insane-obamas-former-chief-of-staff-admits-dems-lost-the-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It&#8217;s Insane&#8217;: Obama&#8217;s Former Chief of Staff Admits Dems &#8216;Lost the Plot&#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\">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%2Fits-insane-obamas-former-chief-of-staff-admits-dems-lost-the-plot%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=2587007&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>A Daily Caller News Foundation article reports that former White House chief of staff rahm Emanuel criticized the Democratic Party for pursuing aggressive policies on transgender issues and engaging in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-says-democrats-should-be-more-culturally-normal\/\" title=\"Gavin Newsom says ... should be more &#039;culturally normal&#039;\">culture-war battles<\/a>, arguing these positions have put the party at odds with manny Americans. He contends Democrats are \u201cundercutting\u201d women and focusing on issues like bathroom access and transgender athletes at the expense of education, pointing to declines in reading and math scores and asking for more attention to classroom excellence. The piece notes that Trump\u2019s campaign used ads referencing Harris on transgender-related topics and cites a social-media video of Emanuel making his critique. It also references Lia Thomas\u2019s 2022 NCAA win as a flashpoint in the debate over transgender athletes in women\u2019s sports and mentions reports of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >college teams forfeiting matches due<\/a> to a transgender player, framing these as part of the broader culture-war discussion and Title IX concerns.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said the Democratic Party pursued &ldquo;insane&rdquo; policies that have left it at odds with many Americans, citing biological men playing women&rsquo;s sports and other transgender issues.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2024 presidential election, President Donald Trump&rsquo;s campaign ran <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1837095668726333685\">ads<\/a>&nbsp; featuring Vice President Kamala Harris discussing how she pushed &ldquo;behind the scenes&rdquo; for transgender prisoners to receive sex changes.<\/p>\n<p>Emanual said in a video posted to social media that Democrats were &ldquo;undercutting&rdquo; women and were losing &ldquo;culture wars&rdquo; with their aggressive positions on the issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rahm Emanuel &mdash; Obama&rsquo;s Chief of Staff, Clinton&rsquo;s political director &mdash; just said it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We lost the plot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Emanuel: 50% of American kids aren&rsquo;t reading at grade level. Reading and math scores at a 30-year low. The Democratic Party&rsquo;s response was bathroom access and trans athletes&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VjvaZO08pc\">pic.twitter.com\/VjvaZO08pc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jake (@JakeCan72) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeCan72\/status\/2039654591080595527?\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We lost the plot. We as Democrats nationally, from Latinx to defunding the police to police organizations are all racist to bringing a set of cultural wars to our schools, we are on the losing side of those cultural wars, full stop,&rdquo; Emanuel said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You are worried about bathroom access and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-the-biden-administration-has-plans-to-quash-anti-trans-legislation-in-various-states\/\" title=\"Report: The Biden Administration Has Plans To Quash \u2018Anti-Trans\u2019 Legislation In Various States\">locker room access<\/a>. Why don&rsquo;t you focus on classroom excellence? You have 50 percent of our kids not reading at grade level. Well, they can just say we can do both. You&rsquo;ve proven you can&rsquo;t because you&rsquo;ve permitted a 30 year low in reading and math scores, and nobody seems to be calling the whistle on this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The issue of biological males who identify as transgender competing in women&rsquo;s sports became national topic following Lia Thomas&rsquo;s participation in the 2022 NCAA championships, where Thomas, a man who presents himself as a woman, <a href=\"https:\/\/swimmeetresults.tech\/NCAA-Division-I-Women-2022\/220316F003.htm\">won<\/a> the 500-yard women&rsquo;s final.<\/p>\n<p>Several college teams elected to forfeit matches against San Jose State University&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s volleyball team in 2024 due to the presence of a biological male on the San Jose State roster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/story\/2024-10-04\/san-jose-state-volleyball-forfeits-transgender-player-lawsuit-brooke-slusser\">according<\/a> to the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I remember fighting for Title IX. The reason we are champions in women&rsquo;s sports in the Olympics and soccer, hockey, etc., is Title IX,&rdquo; Emanuel said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why would you undercut the premise of Title IX with the ability of trans men playing in women&rsquo;s sports? To me, it&rsquo;s insane. It&rsquo;s baffling. You&rsquo;re undermining one of the great accomplishments we as a country, but also spearheaded by the Democratic Party, Title IX, and we&rsquo;re undercutting it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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He claimed the 2024 Trump campaign ads depicted Vice President Kamala Harris as pushing for transgender prisoners to receive sex changes. In a social-media video, Emanuel said Democrats are \u201cundercutting\u201d women and losing the culture wars because of their aggressive stances on these topics, while noting that half of American children aren\u2019t reading at grade level and that reading and math scores are at a 30-year low, accusing the party of prioritizing bathroom access and trans athletes over classroom excellence. The transgender-athlete issue gained national prominence after Lia Thomas\u2019s 2022 NCAA championship, and in 2024 some colleges forfeited matches against San Jose State\u2019s women\u2019s volleyball team due to a transgender athlete on San Jose State\u2019s roster, per the Los Angeles Times. 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