"But since Obama left office, the demands among Democratic activists that Democratic politicians express fury have grown. The Democratic Party has grown more populist. And ever since their emergence in the late 19th century, American populists have defined politics as a struggle between “the people” and the forces that oppose them, which must be named and defeated, not soothed. The original Populist, or People’s, Party declared in its 1892 platform, “The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few … From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice we breed the two great classes—tramps and millionaires.” Politics, declared “Sockless” Jerry Simpson, a Populist Party member of Congress from Kansas, is a “struggle between the robbers and the robbed.”
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders talk that way now. In her announcement video, Warren declares, “America’s middle class is under attack. How did we get here? Billionaires and big corporations decided they wanted more of the pie.” Government, she asserts, has become “a tool for the wealthy and well connected.” And in true populist style, Warren names names. While describing America’s pillaging, her video serves up image after image of those responsible: Ronald Reagan, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Steve Mnuchin, Tom DeLay, Sean Hannity, Kellyanne Conway, Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Laura Ingraham, and, of course, Trump."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/what-cory-booker-can-learn-obama/582259/
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