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One of their very own diehards for years, finally sees the truth and exits party. The truth is the truth.
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.
Barker said she was raised in a family of blue-collar union Democrats near Kansas City, a "long ways away from the glitz, glamor, and ostentatious wealth I'd become accustomed to seeing in and around Democratic politics."
"Fast forward to today, and many of those same family members are no longer Democrats. They feel the party has changed, left them behind," she wrote. "At the DNC, I couldn't help but think about my family. Every time the elites chanted 'We're not going back,' what I heard was, 'We're not going back to the party your union family members used to vote for.'"
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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.
Barker said she was raised in a family of blue-collar union Democrats near Kansas City, a "long ways away from the glitz, glamor, and ostentatious wealth I'd become accustomed to seeing in and around Democratic politics."
"Fast forward to today, and many of those same family members are no longer Democrats. They feel the party has changed, left them behind," she wrote. "At the DNC, I couldn't help but think about my family. Every time the elites chanted 'We're not going back,' what I heard was, 'We're not going back to the party your union family members used to vote for.'"
Democratic operative announces party exit after volunteering at DNC : 'Impossible to unsee what I've seen'
A Democratic campaign operative and former fundraiser penned an op-ed revealing her decision to exit the party after the Democratic National Convention.
