Posted on 12/29/2024 5:35:48 PM PST by CFW
Retiring Democratic Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips flayed his political party for lacking leadership and having a lopsided focus on political longevity and identity politics in a Saturday exit interview with Politico.
Phillips — who until Saturday represented his state’s 3rd District — bared his frustrations in the interview. “Right now, we are totally devoid of leadership. We are rudderless. I don’t know which Democratic Party member my colleagues would point to as the leader, de facto leader, and absent that, I don’t see much, frankly, happening,” he told Politico.
“I think it’s ironic that the Republican Party is now representing America’s working class,” he added. “It’s astounding, and that was ceded to them by people that have prioritized things like tenure over talent, identity politics over pragmatic problem solving.”
Dem Rep. Dean Phillips is leaving Congress – and he has some parting words for his “rudderless” party. https://t.co/8RRboZKHUX
— POLITICO (@politico) December 28, 2024
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...La-la-la-la-la-la-!!!
What Narcissists hear with their fingers in their ears.
> “I think it’s ironic that the Republican Party is now representing America’s working class,” he added. <
He’s right, spot on. A few years ago I overheard two young people talking. One said to the other, “The Democrats used to represent working people. Now they represent people who hardly work.”
Amazing, eh? At least some young folks get it.
It’s a club and you’re not in it-anymore. I just wish Gaets would reclaim his.
Dean makes sense compared with 99% of Democrats.
This isn’t the 1970s anymore.
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Didn’t this guy get the memo?
DEI; Equal Outcomes; and Inclusion are all that matters.
Talent; Skill; and Meritocracy are so yesterday.
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