“Woke” Democratic leaders in Washington, D.C., are getting a warning from MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough about a “blind spot” regarding minority voters.
Scarborough urged Democrats to pay less attention to social media during a segment on Monday about outlook for the party ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
“Let me say it slowly for my Democratic friends in Washington, D.C., Black voters are more conservative than you are white woke leaders in Washington, D.C.,” the host said.
He continued, “Hispanic voters are more conservative than you are white woke leaders in Washington, D.C. Asian American voters are more conservative than you are white woke voters in Washington, D.C..”
Scarborough went on to list a series of issues voters in those demographics tend to be “more conservative” on:
“They’re more conservative on crime. They’re more conservative on education. They’re more conservative on quote these woke issues.”
He added, “Get off of Twitter.”
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Joe Scarborough: “[Democrats] are not only losing white dudes in the upper Midwest, they’re losing people of color.” pic.twitter.com/Smfw4tlUQu
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Scarborough asked Rev. Al Sharpton to “explain to white woke leaders” that “they’re not only losing white dudes in the upper Midwest, they’re losing people of color.”
“They’re losing people of color because they really don’t get the people of color’s life,” Sharpton said.
He added, “If you are living in a city, in a neighborhood, that is inundated with crime, and you act like is not an issue, you’ve already lost me. That’s an issue.”
Sharpton argued, “We must deal with policing.”
“But you cannot ignore when twelve-year-old kids, who’s somebody’s niece and neighbor, and you act like that’s a non-issue because you’re too elitist to live on the ground,” he added.
According to RealClearPolitics average of polls, Republicans hold a 2.9 point advantage over Democrats on the question of which party voters want to control Congress.
Additionally, recent polls showed a decline in support for President Joe Biden among Black and Hispanic voters.
Still, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) predicted that Democrats will pick up seats in the midterms.