Democrats are in the wilderness, and the Congressional Black Caucus thinks it knows the way out.
The way to rebuild the coalition that Democrats partly lost to Trump, especially voters of color and working-class voters, isn’t to prioritize the economy over social issues, CBC members told NOTUS. It’s to do both at once.
“We need to make sure that whatever we do honors the fact that core constituencies continue to show up,” Rep. Steven Horsford, the chair of CBC, told NOTUS of how Black voters overwhelmingly voted for Vice President Kamala Harris. “It’s a false choice to say it’s either the economy or social issues.”