Posted on 08/18/2025 4:33:33 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Their podcast is a microcosm of the attitudes held by the white, college-educated women who dominate the Democrat party.
The Democrat party has a branding problem that no amount of spin or slick marketing can fix. It is not just about policy failure, though inflation, a porous border, and international weakness all weigh heavily on voters’ minds.
The deeper crisis is cultural: the Democrats have transformed themselves into a party that sneers at ordinary people, particularly working-class whites and the very nonwhite voters they once claimed to champion. Nothing illustrates this better than the antics of Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan, the cohosts of the I’ve Had It podcast.
Welch, an interior designer, and Sullivan, a divorce lawyer, are not household names in the traditional sense. Their careers began in the world of reality television. Both were featured on Bravo’s Sweet Home Oklahoma before they pivoted into podcasting, where they now revel in mocking political opponents with a tone of smug superiority.
Both are products of privileged professional backgrounds that place them closer to the affluent, coastal liberal class than to the vast majority of Oklahomans. As one might imagine, the average Oklahoman is far more like the typical American than either Welch or Sullivan is.
Naturally, their show, while born in Oklahoma City, is tuned to the ears of lefty “elites” in places like Boston and San Francisco. It’s a case study in how Democrats alienated heartland voters and turned once-reliable coalitions into Republican strongholds.
The I’ve Had It flashpoint came this month, when Welch unleashed a tirade against white Trump voters during a segment that quickly went viral. Her words dripped with disdain: she declared that “white people that triple Trumped” should be banished to Cracker Barrel and barred from enjoying multicultural restaurants, gay-owned
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Exactly. 🙄
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