Democratic Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz said on Wednesday’s podcast how he believes Democratic rhetoric since 2020 led to Democrats “doing badly” in November and losing the House, Senate and White House. He explained in detail what he was doing.
After President-elect Trump’s victory in November, Democrats began to question why their party lost so badly to Republicans, with some experts suggesting the party was losing touch with voters. . Mr. Schatz said of the “Bulwark” that he did not want to blame the party for “everything” that went wrong, but that he had begun to recognize the party’s losses.
“I don’t want to blame us for everything that went wrong, but we need to do some soul-searching about right and wrong, fair and unfair, and why we did things so badly. “I know,” Schatz said.
Later, host Sam Stein also questioned the senator’s statement, pointing out how the party and experts are debating whether Democrats really suffered a “very bad loss.” (Related: Mark Halperin says Kamala Harris’ political future isn’t very promising – even in her home state)
“I mean, I’m in the Senate because of 1,782 votes, right? I think Maggie Hassan is in the Senate because she has like 1,000 votes…but I mean, we’re in the Senate because of 1,782 votes, right? I don’t know if they got kicked, but they certainly won three in a row,” Schatz said. “But let me tell you what I think happened to at least some people.”
“When coronavirus broke out, governments, institutions, businesses and politicians told everyone that they were going to die. And it was really dangerous, and a lot of people did die. So , I’m not trying to sound trivial, I thought what a pretty strong corona response, we supported people’s incomes, we rolled out the vaccine, we got through the pandemic. “I’m here,” Schatz added.
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Schatz said Democrats’ rhetoric during the coronavirus lockdown, including telling people “they’re going to die” and claiming that “democracy will die” if Trump is elected, , said it was of no use to the party.
“More lives could have been saved. There were mistakes. But we told people, ‘Hey, listen, you’re going to die.’ So by definition, those who didn’t die are still alive, right? They say that then democracy will die, right? That way, democracy will not die,” Schatz said. “Four years later, by the way, it’s time to start worrying that American-style democracy is collapsing. People are buying into the idea that we’re always on the brink of catastrophe. I think it’s gone.”
“They don’t like that way of life. They’re going to reject information that shows it’s that serious,” Schatz said. “One of the things I’m learning as you study other movements that have fought dictatorships is that the best way to fight dictatorships is not necessarily to talk about dictatorships, right? ‘s trouble points usually turn out to be related to corruption, their own economic situation, and a desire for freedom, and that’s heightened. ‘But I can’t believe he did that.’ Building exercise is a good way to reach about 46%.
Before Election Day, Harris and her campaign agents began repeating certain rhetoric against the former president, comparing him to former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and calling him a “fascist.” . Additionally, after calling for Trump to be “locked up” in a meeting with supporters, Biden quickly corrected himself and said he intended to lock him up “politically.”
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