Independent journalist Lee Fang discusses why the Democrats lost so badly and whether or not the party has the ability to course correct anytime soon.

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Donald Trump won the presidential election decisively, taking every single battleground state, and as we discussed last week with Patrick Ruffini, winning over new voters across all sorts of racial, age, and gender demographics. He's, once again, remade the electoral map, with Republicans capturing the Senate and the House.

What should Democrats learn from this loss? Lee Fang is an independent journalist and political commentator who runs a Substack at leefang.com. One of his most recent posts comments on the complete lack of self-reflection coming from many of the highly-paid Democratic consultants who seem to have whiffed so badly with the Harris campaign messaging.

Chapters:
00:00 Coming up…
00:27 Intro Theme
00:53 Subscribe to the new channel
02:41 What should Democrats learn from this loss?
03:18 Democratic consultants lash out at voters as racist and sexist
06:34 White progressives vs pretty much everyone else?
10:06 Party insiders are burying their heads in the sand
12:28 Will a reckoning come?
19:36 What issues on the left are most ripe for rethinking?
21:16 Border security
25:40 Bernie Sanders' post-election criticism of the Democrats
30:00 Jared Polis Democrats?
33:28 Elon Musk's Republicanism
36:04 The MeToo Culture and rightwing young men
50:07 Even California is shifting red
01:06:41 Is there any Democrat out there who you're bullish on?
01:09:33 This could all backfire on the GOP
01:13:43 Is censorship behind us?
01:17:19 What's one question that you think more people should be asking?