Democratic operative announces party exit after volunteering at DNC : 'Impossible to unsee what I've

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Democratic operative announces party exit after volunteering at DNC : 'Impossible to unsee what I've seen'
'Here's the sad truth: The Democratic Party has lost its way entirely,' former campaign operative wrote
By Yael Halon Fox News
4 min read| Published September 18, 2024 6:00pm EDT

A Democratic campaign operative revealed that she is exiting the party after volunteering at last month's Democratic National Convention, which left her "disenchanted" with Democratic leadership.

In a Newsweek op-ed published Tuesday, Evan Barker described how she went from raising "tens of millions of dollars" for Democrats to distancing herself from a party she now believes is "totally out of touch" with everyday Americans.

Barker said she was initially "thrilled" to volunteer at the DNC, where Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the nomination for president.

"But once there, wandering amidst the glitz and glam, imbibing the gloss and schmaltz of it all, I couldn't escape a sinking feeling. I felt submersed in a hollow chamber whose mottos were ‘Brat summer’ and ‘Joy’—totally out of touch with regular, every-day Americans and their pressing needs; instead, the most elite people in the world chanted in unison that "We're not going back," Barker wrote.

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[catfish1957]

Sorry for the slight thead mis-direction, but I am really looking forward next month when we start getting the Newspaper editorial board's endorsements.  We all know the NYT, Wapo, LAT are in the tank for Kamel-uh.  But, I am really looking forward to some of the "smaller: Larger City paper takes when they start the comparisons, and have to  make a call.

I predict we may see up to a dozen surprises.

[Cyber Liberty]

Sorry for the slight thead mis-direction, but I am really looking forward next month when we start getting the Newspaper editorial board's endorsements.  We all know the NYT, Wapo, LAT are in the tank for Kamel-uh.  But, I am really looking forward to some of the "smaller: Larger City paper takes when they start the comparisons, and have to  make a call.

I predict we may see up to a dozen surprises.

We'll see a lot of papers pulling a "Teamsters," and won't endorse anybody.

[Smokin Joe]

A lot of smaller papers are owned by just a few larger organizations, and get a bunch of their 'news' from corporate and the AP.

There may well be a veneer of local stuff on the inside and in the legal notices and ads, but the big 'news' all comes from central sources.

[mountaineer]

From the article:

... "Perhaps the most shocking of all is how the Democrats have embraced Bush-era foreign policy to become the party of war. Instead of rebuilding the working class communities that have been hit hardest by their neoliberal trade policies, they've spent $175 billion funding the war in Ukraine," Barker wrote. "It was the cherry on the cake that Vice President Kamala Harris has been proudly touting an endorsement from Dick Cheney. Dick Cheney!"

Exactly. Warmongers, bigots, haters, elitists - The Dems are everything they claim the Republicans are.

[Bigun]

A lot of smaller papers are owned by just a few larger organizations, and get a bunch of their 'news' from corporate and the AP.

There may well be a veneer of local stuff on the inside and in the legal notices and ads, but the big 'news' all comes from central sources.

mostly.

Yep! Straight out of the AP subscription mostly.