Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) pushed back against his fellow Democrats who are critiquing the current state of the party, claiming that “history” backs up that it is still “great.”
The Democratic Party recently came under the scrutiny of former Obama-era White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who suggested that the party is now viewed as “weak and woke” in the eyes of voters. However, Khanna suggested that Emanuel is “dead wrong” in his assessment, suggesting there is still a lot about “the party of FDR” that supports voters.
“We did originally make an America, we industrialized the entire country,” Khanna argued on Fox News’s Fox & Friends on Wednesday. “It’s the party that has guaranteed Americans Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid. I’m calling for new economic patriotism so we become a manufacturing superpower, so we have high-paying jobs and build wealth in every community, and have a Marshall plan for America. The history of the Democratic Party: It’s a great party.”
As part of his strategy to help the Democratic Party regain ground after the 2024 election, the California lawmaker argued that there is “a plan” among Democrats to address the economic concerns of voters, including job creation. He claimed that “economic patriotism” is what most Democratic lawmakers are talking about, and that it is a matter of Democrats getting into “the community” to reach voters with the party’s message.
Despite his backing of the Democratic Party and its current stance, Khanna assessed that the party’s initial support to keep former President Joe Biden as its 2024 presidential nominee was “a mistake,” and that he and fellow lawmakers should “own up to that.” He added that the party should have “pushed back” on what the White House told the public about the president’s cognitive ability to serve.
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As the Democratic Party seeks to regain its footing among voters, the Washington Examiner’s Tiana Lowe Doescher argued that the problem the party faces goes beyond its “brand,” as most voters simply do not support what the party is promoting. She backed her argument by citing data indicating President Donald Trump gained ground among Latino male voters last year.
Earlier this month, it was announced that Biden had been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer. One anonymous Democrat with experience running presidential campaigns suggested that this revelation, combined with the “gaslighting” of voters that occurred ahead of the election, could become “a drag” for people connected to the Biden administration seeking office in the future.