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Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Lost The Plot, Unanchored From Middle-Class Values
Real Clear Politics ^ | April 2, 2026 | Ian Schwartz

Posted on 04/03/2026 2:09:31 PM PDT by Twotone

In an interview with "We The Fifth" hosts Matt Welch and Michael Moynihan, Democratic insider and 2028 hopeful Rahm Emanuel said Democrats "lost the plot" because the party became unanchored from middle-class values.

"Why would you undercut the premise of Title IX with the ability of trans men playing in women's sports?" Emanuel asked. "To me, it's insane. You're undermining one of the great accomplishments we as a country, but also spearheaded by the Democratic Party, Title IX. And we're undercutting it."

RAHM EMANUEL: 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. You are worried about bathroom access and locker room access. Why don't you focus on classroom excellence? You have 50% of our kids not reading at grade level.

MICHAEL MOYNIHAN: Well, they can just say we can do both.

EMANUEL: You've proven you can't because you've permitted a 30-year low in reading and math scores and nobody seems to be calling the whistle on this.

We lost the plot.

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2028; democrats; rahmemanuel

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Plot? More like sanity.
1 posted on 04/03/2026 2:09:31 PM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Look in the mirror, Rahm.

Ya’ll did this to yourselves, with great enthusiasm.


2 posted on 04/03/2026 2:11:49 PM PDT by larrytown
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To: Twotone
RAHM EMANUEL: We lost the plot. We as Democrats nationally, from Latinx

This is why. ⬆️

Many Latinos say 'Latinx' offends or bothers them. Here's why.

3 posted on 04/03/2026 2:15:02 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: larrytown

Victor Frankenstein built his creature. Then recoiled in horror when it sought to destroy him and everyone and everything he ever loved.


4 posted on 04/03/2026 2:17:06 PM PDT by cross_bearer_02
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To: larrytown

Rahm trying to get his foot in the door, but that door is closed, bolted, and latched shut and permanently sealed by the Squad and Sparticus, the head man, the new Archi tech of the Democraps.


5 posted on 04/03/2026 2:20:11 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (@!@)
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To: Twotone

How does any “normal” vote Democrat?


6 posted on 04/03/2026 2:20:31 PM PDT by central_va (I won’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Twotone

They’re all trying like hell to rehabilitate the Demons before the mid terms. Once back in power they will go full bore back to their insane agenda, and the sheeple will fall for it because Orange Man bad.


7 posted on 04/03/2026 2:26:45 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: central_va

Ignorance.


8 posted on 04/03/2026 2:27:45 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Twotone

Dems are what they have always been at least for the last half century.

They simply let the mask slip down to reveal their true selves.

Give Obama some credit, his boy Axelrod made him keep the mask on until he won against the worst Republican candidate in my lifetime.

If you remember our first gay POTUS was against gay marriage before he got elected.


9 posted on 04/03/2026 2:32:46 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: Twotone

“We the Fifth”? So, a group supporting a country’s enemies by sabatage? Well, at least there’s truth in advertising, I guess.


10 posted on 04/03/2026 2:32:48 PM PDT by Retrofitted
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To: Twotone

Gee Rahm, is there a Party who supports all those issues?


11 posted on 04/03/2026 2:33:44 PM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: Twotone

Democrats love chaos. Like on Get Smart. Chaos rules.


12 posted on 04/03/2026 2:33:50 PM PDT by yldstrk
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To: Twotone

They have lost the plot but promise if you trust us one more time....

I still have not resolved this with what follows it:

“Why would you undercut the premise of Title IX with the ability of trans men playing in women’s sports?” Emanuel asked. “To me, it’s insane. You’re undermining one of the great accomplishments we as a country, but also spearheaded by the Democratic Party, Title IX. And we’re undercutting it.”


13 posted on 04/03/2026 2:34:23 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: Twotone

What is the problem?
I’m referred to as “White”,
“White trash”, “Angelo”
(”An” is pronounced like a “On”),
and various other names
meant to disparage me.
Since that instantly tells me
the person using it is a threat
I respond accordingly.
But I do not go ape-Shite crazy,
and demand some sort of apology,
or a law to restrict their speech.
Why are these people so sensitive?


14 posted on 04/03/2026 2:39:14 PM PDT by rellic
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To: central_va

Only the freaks.


15 posted on 04/03/2026 2:42:58 PM PDT by yldstrk
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To: Twotone

Hope he stays out of it, compared with Newscum and Kamala, he would be the voice of reason for Dems.


16 posted on 04/03/2026 2:48:43 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: Twotone

Translated: We lost the necessary understanding of the Rube which was important to working the scam!


17 posted on 04/03/2026 2:49:32 PM PDT by marktwain (----------------------)
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To: VTenigma

The sheeple will fall for it because the American voter have been voting like ignorant pig dogs for decades, long before trump came down that escalator.


18 posted on 04/03/2026 2:52:11 PM PDT by BHI2025
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To: Twotone

The Democrats are always the cool kids, always have been.


19 posted on 04/03/2026 2:54:02 PM PDT by central_va (I won’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Twotone

There was always a plot. I just KNEW it!


20 posted on 04/03/2026 2:54:29 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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