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Democrat Dilemma: DEI-driven party elects two white men with beliefs that clash with middle America

“I think the Democratic brand is hurting because people feel that you cannot, with conviction and integrity, tell me what you honestly feel about some hard issues,” a Democrat leader laments.

Democrats who pressed diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for years and got roundly rejected at the polls last year chose two new executives to lead their party out of the political desert. But there’s one catch: they are two white men who don’t fit the identity politics of the party’s base and hold widely progressive views that clash with Middle America.

The Democratic National Committee’s election this past weekend of Minnesotan Ken Martin to be chairman and anti-gun activist David Hogg have mystified political observers on both sides of the aisle after an election in which voters clearly rejected the far-left drift of the party.