
A former Obama intern and lifelong Democrat who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 has taken to social media to blast the Democrat Party in a scathing video that exposes what conservatives have long suspected: the party is out of touch, elitist, and disconnected from the real struggles of everyday Americans.
The woman, who identifies herself as Evan, posted the video on X, where she shared her disillusionment with the Democrat Party after attending the Democratic National Convention (DNC) as a volunteer.
According to her, she left the convention early because โit sickened me.โ
Evan, who has dedicated much of her career to working in โprogressive politics,โ signed up to volunteer at this yearโs DNC, expecting to find renewed faith in the Democrat Party. Instead, she found herself more disillusioned than ever before.
โOkay, Iโm going to get real in this, and itโs probably going to piss some people off,โ Evan begins, setting the tone for her no-holds-barred exposรฉ.
She added:
โI just got back from the DNC, where I signed up to volunteer. When I initially signed up to volunteer, Joe Biden was still the nominee; it wasnโt yet Kamala Harris. Iโve worked in progressive politics for a long time.
I have worked for many different Democratic candidatesโSenate candidates, House candidates, and even some Democratic organizations. As the years have gone by, I found myself getting more and more disillusioned with the Democratic Party, although until now, Iโve never said that out loud or anywhere public. I just want to say that by saying this, Iโm not necessarily saying that the other party is better. Iโm just giving you my experience working with the Democrats.โ
Evan reveals the unvarnished reality of campaign fundraising, where candidates devote countless hours courting wealthy donors instead of engaging with everyday voters. This systemic flaw, according to Evan, undermines the very democracy that the party claims to champion.
โThroughout my career, Iโve mostly done campaign fundraising, so Iโve seen the way that it works behind the scenes. I know that candidates spend 8, 9, 10 hours a day just calling donors and begging rich people for money. Itโs pretty much the only people that they talk to.
Of course, sometimes they have to talk to voters, but the majority of their time is spent calling and begging rich people to give them money for their campaigns. What this inevitably means is that we donโt actually live in a democracy; itโs just rich people calling the shots and having the access to talk to the politicians.
Theyโre the ones that basically get their ear all day. Theyโre the ones that can help shape and prioritize what the politician actually focuses on. Even the politicians that detest this, that want to get big money out of politics, still have to play this game. They still have to make these calls. They still spend the same amount of time just calling rich people and begging them for money.
Unfortunately, once they get into officeโif they get into officeโthey soon realize that the money machine is so great and the seduction of power is so immense that they no longer adhere to these values. When I first got into politics, I thought that Democrats were the party of the people.
The convention atmosphere struck Evan as elitist and disconnected from the struggles of average Americans. The speeches, filled with vague promises rather than concrete plans for economic relief, left her feeling angry and betrayed.
โBut at the DNC this week, I felt like I was in a building with the most elite and out-of-touch people in the entire world. It very much felt like, โLetโs just have a huge party and forget all of our problems because the vibes are good.โ
When I was there, I didnโt feel any connection to real America or the place that I come from, which is the MidwestโKansas City, Kansas, and Missouri. I didnโt feel any connection to the people that I know right now who are struggling to buy their groceries or pay their rent. The people who want to know what both candidates are going to do to materially affect change in their lives.โ
Evanโs disillusionment reached a breaking point during Kamala Harrisโs speech, which she found devoid of substance.
โWhen I was there listening to the speeches, I felt myself getting mad because I didnโt hear anything about the economyโdefinitely not in Kamalaโs speech, and not very much in the others as well.
Instead, I heard generic platitudes, things like โjoy,โ โrespect,โ and โintegrity.โ What does that even mean? โLetโs make the military the most lethal in the world.โ I thought I was part of the anti-war party. I thought I was part of the party that fought for the underdog, that championed working people. When and how did we just become the party of academia, anemia, and affluence? Because thatโs what we are right now.
How can we ever say that weโre going to fight corporate power or give a voice back to those communities that have been left behind when, above the delegates on the floor, in levels and levels of suites, donors and corporations were literally looking down on the people below from above?
Thatโs what Chris Cuomo said, and he is absolutely right. I went to the DNC this year hoping that I would feel reconnected to the Democratic Party, that I would have more of a sense of understanding of Kamala and her candidacy and what she stood for. But instead, I ended up leaving feeling the oppositeโmore disconnected and alone than ever.โ
In a final, gut-wrenching admission, Evan declared, โI donโt think I can support Kamala Harris for president. I donโt even know if I can call myself a Democrat anymore. I donโt know who Iโm going to support, but I know itโs not her.โ
WATCH:
Former Democratic campaign worker speaks out after attending the DNC#DNCConvention2024 #DNC2024 #DNC #JoeBiden #Trump #KamalaHarris #RFKJr pic.twitter.com/sqqi4JZuaD
โ Evan (@evanwch) August 26, 2024
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