A progressive strategist called out former President Barack Obama on Thursday for making the Democratic Party cater to elites in society and abandoning the working class.
In a report from "The Hill" about progressive lawmakers’ "existential crisis" following the 2024 election of President-elect Donald Trump, the outlet spoke to the anonymous strategist who advised the party to reclaim the populism it allegedly abandoned.
"I don’t know exactly when Democrats lost their comfort with populism, but I don’t think it was because Trump picked it up," the person told the outlet, pointing to this happening under Obama.
"I think Trump picked it up because Democrats gave it up during the Obama years, when they started chasing Silicon Valley money and Obama wanted to appeal to college-educated people who think populism is icky and uneducated."