Morris Katz

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The Ezra Klein Show · Platner’s Top Campaign Strategist on What Went Wrong · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

And because they don't meet the traditional definition, then that tag is not applied to them, which then perpetuates the cycle.

I think it is not a problem that we're going to solve in one election or with one campaign.

I think it is indicative of a massive brand problem that now comes when you have a D next to your name, or even frankly, don't have an R next to your name.

I mean, it's kind of foundational to it sounds like a bad political speech riff, but it's like,

It is fundamentally true that the worker in Michigan whose factory closed has more in common with a waitress in Texas who's working at the starvation wage as a minimum wage in Texas, regardless of their races and genders and ages than at any point probably in kind of American history in terms of the degree that there's just this kind of broad class erosion.

I think to change it, we need so many of these people stepping up and running.

There are people who would say that we need more than just an economic argument to win back these people.

I don't think that that's untrue.

I would argue that I think there are alternatives to mass moderation.

I think localized moderation for things is appropriate.

But I think we need to be telling a story as part of this populism that does extend beyond just economics.

I think the credibility thing is absolutely a component of what needs to be factored in, like what gives you the credibility to make this argument and to have voters believe you.

But I also think there are a lot of people who are not trying that hard to make this critique.

Look, I think that there's a whole segment of the Democratic Party that still believes, like, the end-all, be-all problem is Donald Trump.

The entire critique is one of Donald Trump.

Every problem we're facing is the result of Donald Trump.

And I think our heads are in the sand if we can't acknowledge that for 12 of the last 17 years, Democrats have had the White House.

Over those periods of time, we had control of both chambers multiple times.

And people's lives have gotten worse.

And so we can't just go and tell people Donald Trump is the reason everything's bad when they've been alive this whole time and experienced it.

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