MSNBC’s Al Sharpton went off on “latte liberals” on Monday who he argued “converse for individuals they do not converse to,” and accused some Democrats of eager to “lead individuals” they do not even like.
“The entire aim of the civil rights motion and the motion now’s to appropriate the system, to not overthrow the system and to make issues work equally for everybody, to not simply upturn every part and alter every part to some undefined utopia. These are latte liberals that talk for those who they don’t converse to, that wish to lead people who they don’t even like, are operating round making an attempt to signify issues that was by no means a part of what we have been saying,” Sharpton mentioned.
The MSNBC host was discussing a New York Instances column written by Maureen Dowd, headlined, “Democrats and the Case of Mistaken Id Politics.”
“All of us that have been on the forefront, and nonetheless are, of police reform, by no means mentioned defund the police,” he continued.
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Dowd wrote in her column that some members of the Democratic Social gathering are lastly realizing that “woke is broke.”
“Democratic insiders thought individuals would vote for Kamala Harris, even when they didn’t like her, to eliminate Trump. However extra individuals ended up voting for Trump, though many didn’t like him, as a result of they favored the Democratic Social gathering much less,” she wrote.
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough echoed her factors through the present on Monday, arguing that the defund the police messaging from the far-left was damaging.
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“Defunding the police! Again in 2020, we have been speaking right here, Rev. Al [Sharpton], let me carry you in right here on defunding the police. You and I have been speaking about how representatives within the hardest components of New York Metropolis, in actual time, have been saying, ‘Defund the police? No! No! We’d like extra police on the road defending our youngsters as we stroll to high school. We’d like extra kids within the classroom, you already know, within the lecture rooms, extra law enforcement officials.’ Security officers so our youngsters can go to and from class, so companies could be protected, so we will reside a protected life,” he mentioned.
Trump made historic features amongst Latino voters, particularly Latino male voters. A majority of Latino male voters supported Trump within the election, in accordance with reviews.
“Democratic candidates have usually been avatars of elitism — Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton and second-term Barack Obama. The get together embraced a worldview of hyper-political correctness, condescension and cancellation, and it supported range statements for job candidates and school lounge terminology like “Latinx,” and “BIPOC” (Black, Indigenous, Folks of Colour),” Dowd’s column learn, including, “This alienated half the nation, or extra.”