Democrats are historically unpopular, even among Democrats. A new Quinnipiac University survey finds 53% of Democrat voters disapprove of their leaders in Congress, with only 41% approving. Conversely, 79% of Republicans approve of their Congressional leaders. The findings mirror a dismal overall picture for Dems, with only 21% of voters approving of Democrats in Congress, matching the record low set earlier this year.
Answers to what ails the Democrats and what they can do to fix it seem to be few and far between. But the general consensus is it starts with a lack of leadership. "Their big problem to me is that Tim Walz is their spokesperson," says Dana Perino, former White House press secretary, on Fox's The Five.
"First of all, nobody could name the head of the DNC, nobody can say who the head of the Democrats is, nobody is emerging yet, and we are in June, and I don't see anybody emerging," she continues.
Not only is there no public leader, but behind the scenes the party is splintered. This week, the DNC forced out Vice Chair David Hogg in a power struggle over the direction of the party. Hogg and fellow young, progressive activists were pushing to challenge incumbent Democrats and push the party even further to the left.
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld believes Democrats are stuck after years of pushing false narratives. "Rich people bad, poor people good, Joe Biden is fine, Trump is Hitler, George Floyd a martyr, BLM heroic, men can be women...these were assigned opinions," says Gutfeld on The Five. "And once you're without these opinions, what's left? There's no structure, there's no unifying principle, there's no leader."
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