Symone Sanders Bites Back at Michael Steele Calling Dems’ ‘Oligarchy’ Tour ‘Tone Deaf’ To Middle America: ‘They Launched It In Omaha!’
MSNBC’s Symone Sanders-Townsend objected to her co-host Michael Steele calling an “oligarchy tour” by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) the latest example of Democrats being “tone deaf.”
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are headlining a “Fight Oligarchy” tour, which kicked off in Las Vegas this week and is hitting multiple major cities. On Friday, the liberal lawmakers visited Denver, Colorado.
On MSNBC’s The Weekend, Steele praised Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez for taking action, but argued using a term like “oligarchy” is “tone deaf” to middle America.
“The oligarchy tour, I think, kind of misses middle America because, again, Democrats, in my view, being tone deaf from what the American people are saying, you know, folks sitting at the local pub aren’t using the term oligarchy,” he said.
“Okay, wait, but I’m sorry, they’re in middle America,” Sanders-Townsend objected. “He launched a tour in Omaha. They were in Denver.”
“It doesn’t matter where you launch it. It’s what you say when you launch it. And if you’re using terms and phraseology that is not directly connecting people, then that becomes a concern in the process,” Steele responded.
Eugene Daniels added that his discussions with Democrats have mostly aligned with Steele’s thinking on the term “oligarchy,” with some offering simpler alternates.
Check out the exchange below:
MICHAEL STEELE: This approach, I love it. First off, you know, the oligarchy tour, I think, kind of misses middle America because, again, Democrats, in my view, being tone deaf from what the American people are saying, you know, folks sitting at the local pub aren’t using the term oligarchy.
SYMONE SANDERS-TOWNSEND: Okay, wait, but I’m sorry, they’re in middle America. He launched a tour in Omaha. They were in Denver.
STEELE: Again, it doesn’t. It doesn’t matter where you launch it. It’s what you say when you launch it. And if you’re using terms and phraseology that is not directly connecting people, then that becomes a concern in the process. I mean, you’re covering this here on the hill and out on the streets. What are you hearing the responses to this?
EUGENE DANIELS: I think, you know, I talked to a bunch of Democrats this week who are happy this tour is happening, just like you, but they agree, they think that the word oligarchy is maybe one that they should skip and go with something like corruption or something like that. Something that’s clear and there’s a connection there.
Watch above via MSNBC.
