As Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the presumptive Democratic nominee, her party is facing an uphill battle to defeat Donald Trump and his attempt to frame his corporate agenda as populism. In a wide-ranging interview on The Brian Lehrer Show on New York’s largest public radio station, David Sirota discusses his recent essay in The Lever about how Democrats must do a better job making clear the party is serious about fighting for America’s working class.
The good news is that Democrats have a powerful story to tell about populist policies the Biden-Harris administration has championed. But Harris must reject pressure from her donors and immediately change strategy. She needs to stop only talking about “democracy,” and start talking about an economic agenda — and she must break from Biden’s Israel-Gaza policy.
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