{"id":129646,"date":"2024-11-24T20:14:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T13:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129646"},"modified":"2024-11-24T20:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T13:14:51","slug":"rev-william-barber-offers-a-blueprint-for-democrats-revival-in-trumps-second-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129646","title":{"rendered":"Rev. William Barber offers a blueprint for Democrats\u2019 revival in Trump\u2019s second term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy0lz9000m2cqh692i6ahv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The high price of bread and eggs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/high-inflation-the-killer-of-governments-doomed-harris-and-put-trump-back-in-power-0d728a0a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doomed<\/a> her. Nope, it was raw <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/nation-world\/cnn-analysts-claims-racism-sexism-helped-trump-beat-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racism and sexism<\/a>. Well, maybe she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/sanders-kamala-missed-opportunity-with-joe-rogans-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">should have gone<\/a> on Joe Rogan\u2019s show.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000a3b6mgxj8mede@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            If you\u2019re looking for a reason why Vice President Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump, there are plenty to choose from. Many of Harris\u2019 reeling supporters are still trying to understand the forces behind Trump\u2019s win. Trump won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2024\/11\/trumps-popular-vote-margin-is-the-weakest-in-this-many-years-says-cnn-analyst.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">less than half<\/a><strong> <\/strong>of the popular vote, where his margin of victory was smaller than President Biden\u2019s in 2020. Still, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/10\/trump-sweeps-seven-swing-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swept<\/a> all seven swing states and he has forced Democrats to ask what they must do to reach more working-class and Latino voters.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000b3b6m6dbhhz5h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            One prominent evangelical pastor offers some insight. The Rev. William J. Barber II has long been one of America\u2019s most persistent and eloquent spokespersons for poor and working-class Americans. Barber, who has been called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2018\/10\/05\/closest-person-we-have-martin-luther-king-jr-pastor-activist-william-j-barber-wins-genius-grant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cthe closest person we have to MLK\u201d<\/a> in contemporary America, has organized coalitions of the poor, working-class Whites and people of color around such causes as <a href=\"https:\/\/fightforaunion.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raising the minimum wage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2017\/6\/23\/15860414\/william-barber-obamacare-repeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expanding<\/a> health care and strengthening unions. Barber is the recipient of a <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2018\/10\/04\/pastor-and-activist-william-j-barber-ii-wins-macarthur-genius-grant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MacArthur \u201cgenius grant<\/a>\u201d and helps lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poorpeoplescampaign.org\/direct-action-back-to-dc-for-a-national-moral-monday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poor People\u2019s Campaign<\/a>, which seeks national solutions to ongoing poverty.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3t7vpix00273b6mvvuspm1c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Barber also done something else: He\u2019s shown Democrats how they can win political victories in red states. Barber is currently the founding director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/theologyandpolicy.yale.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Public Theology and Public Policy<\/a> at Yale Divinity School and <a href=\"https:\/\/breachrepairers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Repairers of the Breach<\/a>, a group that trains social justice leaders.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3t82ap2002e3b6mk8lhlqp2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But he made his mark from his home state of North Carolina. As one of the architects of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2017\/06\/29\/woe-unto-those-who-legislate-evil-rev-william-barber-builds-a-moral-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cMoral Mondays\u201d<\/a> movement, he helped lead a racially diverse coalition that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2017\/06\/29\/woe-unto-those-who-legislate-evil-rev-william-barber-builds-a-moral-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">credited<\/a> with toppling a Republican governor and turning North Carolina into a swing state. Though Harris lost North Carolina, Democrats in 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-carolina-election-democrats-governor-stein-1548a39fc2207f187785d3a65b217b89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won races<\/a> for governor and attorney general, and the GOP appears likely to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/north-carolina-gop-lawmakers-vote-strip-powers-incoming-democrats-rcna181032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lose its veto-proof majority<\/a> in the state legislature.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000d3b6miotav5ma@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For Democrats debating how best to reach new voters, Barber\u2019s perspective could be valuable. He has written a blueprint for expanding the Democratic base in North Carolina and elsewhere through what he calls \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/retakeourdemocracy.org\/reverend-wm-barbers-14-point-fusion-political-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fusion politics<\/a>,\u201d a multiracial and multiclass coalition that transcends the conservative-vs.-progressive binary. Racism is often depicted as a Black problem, but Barber insists it\u2019s also been used throughout US history to hurt the economic interests of everyday White people. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2020\/8\/18\/21327358\/william-barber-poor-peoples-campaign-moral-mondays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">once said<\/a>, \u201cRacism may target Black people, but it damns a democracy, and it damns humanity.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000e3b6mlnjz1b7t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN spoke with Barber about the country\u2019s future in Trump\u2019s impending second term. In his rumbling preacher\u2019s baritone, Barber explained why he thinks both political parties fail the working class, how the Democratic Party can move forward and why he still believes America can become a genuine multiracial democracy.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000f3b6mg6eaq499@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            His answers were edited for clarity and brevity.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy0o6z00003b6m2v1ch3jl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Were you shocked by the election results?<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000h3b6m1su0p634@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            I don\u2019t know if shocked is the word. I\u2019m deeply concerned for this country. I\u2019m deeply disappointed that you could have someone who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/01\/politics\/donald-trump-liz-cheney-war-hawk-battle\/index.html\">spews<\/a> as much violence and viciousness, a sexual abuser (a federal jury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/e-jean-carroll-trump-trial-verdict-05-09-23\/index.html\">found<\/a> last year in a civil case that Trump sexually abused a woman in 1996 in New York City) who clearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/02\/22\/politics\/trump-justice-barr-rule-of-law\/index.html\">doesn\u2019t believe<\/a> in the rule of law. He lies, curses and creates an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GYz8iFxhSus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enemy list<\/a>. If Vice President Harris had done a half of one of those things, her poll numbers would have dropped and she would have not even been able to stay in the race. Trump is able to do it, and somehow so many Americans look the other way.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm3sy6fmp00153b6mea3rk0vo@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2182629821.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2182629821.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2182629821.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2182629821.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2182629821.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2182629821.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2182629821.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Supporters become emotional as Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the election on November 6, 2024, at Howard University in Washington.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000i3b6m5aptfyii@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For people to say they still support him, there\u2019s something deeply wrong with a large section of the country. And then what\u2019s really shocking to me is the number of people who still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/11\/us\/politics\/democrats-trump-harris-turnout.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">choose not to<\/a> vote. What is it about our society that we can see someone who leans into fascism, and there is not an all-out effort to get to the polls and say no?\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000j3b6mwmvckdjf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>What\u2019s your answer to that question? What is it about people that saw all this and still didn\u2019t vote?<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000k3b6mncrddsyn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            I think people get turned off because they feel as though politics is just a game of the rich and things are not going to really change. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poorpeoplescampaign.org\/waking-the-sleeping-giant-poor-and-low-income-voters-in-the-2020-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one study,<\/a> we found out that 30 million poor and low-wage people did not vote because they said nobody talked to them. Nobody talked to their issues.  If you look at the two (2024 presidential and vice-presidential) debates, not one candidate was asked how would their policies affect the issues of people dying every day from poverty and low wages.  Not one candidate was asked would they raise the minimum wage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/publications\/2023\/demo\/p60-280.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which we\u2019ve not raised for 15 years<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000l3b6my217kfl1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The debates write a lot of people off. They (low-income viewers) don\u2019t hear their names, they don\u2019t hear their conditions. So our discourse, or lack thereof, is causing more and more people to just remove themselves (from the political process). We have a lot of questions to ask about our soul and mindset in this culture.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000m3b6myups746x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Critics say Democrats are <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/democrats-lost-working-class-union-leaders-say-time-reconstruct-democr-rcna179284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>elitist<\/strong><\/a><strong> and look down on working-class people. What do you say to that?<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000n3b6msph2ixbl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Neither party has done enough, and all of them dismiss poor and low-wage service people in different ways. The Republicans tend to say poverty and low wage is your own fault. And then they try to racialize poverty and make it like it\u2019s a Black issue. When they talk about poverty, the first thing they do is show a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/01\/23\/politics\/weflare-queen\/index.html\">Black woman<\/a> with food stamps.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000o3b6mh7dt7ey1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On the other side, Democrats think that they can just talk \u201cmiddle class.\u201d They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/10\/27\/democrats-republicans-economy-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">don\u2019t have to say<\/a> \u201cpoverty.\u201d They don\u2019t have to say \u201clow wages.\u201d  They fall in the trap of allowing poverty to be marginalized.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm3sy9vm8001c3b6mdtfu6883@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-1296553939.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6668\" data-original-height=\"1667\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1296553939.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1296553939.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1296553939.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1296553939.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1296553939.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1296553939.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Demonstrators protest outside of McDonald's corporate headquarters on January 15, 2021, in Chicago. The protest was part of a nationwide effort calling for the federal minimum wage to be raised to $15 per hour.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000p3b6megkagw8g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Democrats \u2014 I don\u2019t know if I would use the word elitism \u2014 they just haven\u2019t done what could have been done when they had the opportunity. I go back to the fact that the $15 (minimum wage) was a part of the Covid relief package. It was taken out of the package and it was allowed to be voted on individually but some so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/minimum-wage-15-dollars-amendment-fails-covid-relief-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moderate Democrats said no<\/a> to it<strong> <\/strong>at that time.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000q3b6mju6c2dpo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            We have a deep moral problem in this country. We\u2019re just writing off a whole swath of people. We begged and pushed and marched and demanded that there\u2019d be a roundtable in the White House, bringing in poor, low-wage people from Appalachia and Alabama to face this issue. We said the Senate should have a vote on a living wage before the election and make people like (Vice President-elect) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/06\/politics\/jd-vance-elected-vice-president\/index.html\">JD Vance<\/a> vote and say where they stand right before the election so the American people could know. There\u2019s not a battleground state where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poorpeoplescampaign.org\/waking-the-sleeping-giant-poor-and-low-income-voters-in-the-2020-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poor and low-wage people<\/a> don\u2019t make up more than 40% of the electorate. There\u2019s not a battleground state where if just 10% of poor, low-wage people were to vote around an agenda that they wouldn\u2019t fundamentally shift the outcome of the election.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000r3b6mqteulb5l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>There are people who say it\u2019s a mistake to reduce Trump\u2019s victory to racism or sexism because <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/12\/business\/latino-voters-trump-economy-election\/index.html\"><strong>large numbers<\/strong><\/a><strong> of Latino <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edisonresearch.com\/latino-male-voters-shift-toward-trump-in-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>men<\/strong><\/a><strong> voted for Trump. What role do you think racism and sexism played in the election result?<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000s3b6m8wq4t7in@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Racism certainly is a part of it. But you got to go beyond just race because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/opinion\/2024\/11\/07\/heres-why-white-poverty-should-matter-everyone-column\/#:~:text=*%20%E2%80%9D140%20million%20Americans%20%E2%80%94%20a,income%20people%20are%20white%20Americans.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">66 million<\/a> poor, low-wage folks are White, and they vote for policies that hurt them as well. You have to look at the level of chauvinism in the election. We\u2019ve had two highly qualified women (Hillary Clinton in 2016; Harris in 2024), both better people (than Trump) in terms of character and policy, lose to Trump and the MAGA movement.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm3sy7xw100173b6m43cwi6ra@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"AP24256773421126.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6668\" data-original-height=\"1667\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24256773421126.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24256773421126.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24256773421126.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24256773421126.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24256773421126.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24256773421126.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump greets supporters at a campaign event on September 12, 2024, at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall in Tucson, Arizona.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000t3b6mjt6xus2f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In North Carolina, you had a Democrat \u2014 the governor, the lieutenant governor, the superintendent of schools, the attorney general \u2014 win (in 2024).  And yet the vice president loses in North Carolina. That is not an easy thing to solve. The votes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/11\/us\/politics\/democrats-trump-harris-turnout.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went down<\/a>, rather than up, for both candidates (Harris and Trump). We know that extremists love election numbers to be down. That\u2019s where they flourish.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fge000u3b6mz5z01rrx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>I talked to a Black woman who said after the election that she is done with America. She doesn\u2019t want to live in this country anymore. What would you say to people who are in despair and just want to check out?<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fgf000v3b6mncno5l52@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            They should have a level of grief, hurt and anger to see someone who can be as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/24\/politics\/fascism-trump-what-matters\/index.html\">fascist-leaning<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2020\/02\/06\/trump-remarks-after-acquittal-gloria-borger-poisonous-sot-vpx-crn.cnn\">mean-spirited,<\/a> both in words and in public policy, as Trump beat someone who is upstanding and cares about the whole of all people.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fgf000w3b6mds38cqpq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But what you saw election night is not the whole of America. It\u2019s a part of America in a particular moment around the election. You have to stop and say, wait a minute, this is the same America that I went to sleep in the night before. It\u2019s not some strange America. This is part of America. America has always had multiple stories running at the same time.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fgf000x3b6myrhx4skg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A democracy is a hard struggle. Sixty years after the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/reer\/learn\/historyculture\/historyculture.htm#:~:text=The%20Reconstruction%20era%20(1861%20to,transformation%20within%20the%20United%20States.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reconstruction<\/a>, you had something similar. An <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu\/research\/how-woodrow-wilsons-racist-segregation-order-eroded-the-black-civil-service\/#:~:text=Wilson%20imposed%20segregation%20in%20his,Wilson's%20order%20was%20overtly%20discriminatory.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extremist got elected<\/a> named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Woodrow-Wilson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woodrow Wilson<\/a>. He played \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thirteen.org\/wnet\/jimcrow\/stories_events_birth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birth of a Nation\u201d<\/a> (the 1915 silent film that featured racist depictions of Black people while glorifying the Ku Klux Klan, which Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/woodrowwilsonhouse.org\/wilson-topics\/wilson-and-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screened<\/a> at the White House). But the point I\u2019m making is people were hurt. He lied to the Black community. He got elected, he started wanting to turn back all kinds of (civil rights) laws. The Supreme Court voted to begin separate but equal (the notorious \u201cPlessy v. Ferguson\u201d decision that legitimated Jim Crow laws). But what did people do? They hurt, they grieved and then they got up and fought.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm3sy8pwv00193b6mcjsv6vjv@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2159848871.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.638\" data-original-height=\"1595\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2159848871.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1595\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2159848871.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1595\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2159848871.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1595\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2159848871.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1595\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2159848871.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2159848871.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"The Rev. William Barber speaks to activists at the June 2024 rally in Washington. \" what=\"\" you=\"\" saw=\"\" election=\"\" night=\"\" is=\"\" not=\"\" the=\"\" whole=\"\" of=\"\" america=\"\" he=\"\" tells=\"\" cnn.=\"\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1595\" width=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fgf000y3b6mrgoq49lf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            We\u2019re in the birth pangs of what I call a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/250729\/the-third-reconstruction-by-the-reverend-dr-william-j-barber-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Third Reconstruction<\/a>. We have to grab on to our foreparents. They didn\u2019t have the luxury to go anywhere. It is not a moment to walk away. It is not a moment to say this is all of America. All of America\u2019s voice wasn\u2019t even heard (in this election). We can\u2019t blame it all on Trump. If less people voted, we got to own that.  A democracy demands engagement. It\u2019s built on \u201cwe the people.\u201d Checking out is how extremists get elected.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fgf000z3b6mnzp5rvt4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Do you still believe we could have a genuine multiracial democracy in America?<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fgf00103b6ml8aro86d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Oh, yes. I believe it. I think it\u2019s hard work. We\u2019ve had two attempts at reconstructing the country (Reconstruction in the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century and the civil rights movement of the 1950s and \u201860s). And remember: the reconstructionists didn\u2019t just quit or lose. People were beaten down, cheated and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/reconstruction-southern-violence-during-reconstruction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assassinated.<\/a> But I believe in the possibility of a Third Reconstruction. Out all of this grief and struggle we\u2019ve seen, it\u2019s going to cause a massive pushback. I know the history of folk who tend to wield injustice. They always go too far. And they end up producing their own resistance.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fgf00113b6mxhoer9t7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            My word to progressives and Democrats is to not try to have a left or a right agenda. Have a moral agenda. Look at what issues are a violation of our deepest moral values. Lift from the bottom. Own the fact that the things we talk about \u2014 a living wage, health care \u2014 are highly popular in the public square.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3sy5fgf00123b6mc5chgy7r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em><br \/>John Blake is a CNN senior writer and author of\u202fthe award-winning memoir, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/706045\/more-than-i-imagined-by-john-blake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered About the White Mother He Never Knew<\/a>.\u201d<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/24\/us\/reverend-william-barber-democrats-cec\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The high price of bread and eggs doomed her. 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