Former Obama speechwriter admits that Democrats must 'figure out what we stand for'
Earlier in the year, South Carolina Republican Rep. Ralph Norman declared that his Democratic opponents "have no vision, no leader, and no platform they can defend."
Those words hit harder this week after a former Obama aide all but admitted that the Trump-supporting lawmaker was right.
Democratic Party needs to "figure out what we stand for"
As Fox News reported, that acknowledgement came on Monday from "Pod Save America" host Jon Lovett, who was previously a speechwriter for former President Barack Obama.
Lovett, who was speaking with MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace on her "The Best People" podcast, declared that Democrats must "figure out what we stand for."
"The debates that happen in the upcoming primaries will be, not just the way we figure out where we want to go, but the debate itself will be instructive to people watching it about what the Democratic Party stands for," he said.
Lovett: Voters "just don't know" what Democrats believe in
Lovett went on to complain that former President Joe Biden's age and obvious cognitive decline had stunted the party's ability to convey a message.
"I didn't appreciate how much we paid for having the bully pulpit basically open and unmanaged because he was a poor communicator and getting worse all the time," he stressed.
"But it's not just Joe Biden," Lovett quickly added. "The American people have – were saying through this election, beyond it, that, yes, Joe Biden is too old."
"They worry he's not up for the job, but they have deeper questions about what the Democratic Party stands for. They just don't know," the former speechwriter asserted.
Cohost accuses Hunter Biden of "playing the victim"
Fox News noted how in addition to discussing the Democratic Party's future, Lovett also addressed a series of allegations put forward by Hunter Biden.
Biden told journalist Andrew Gallagher last month that President Donald Trump won last year's election "because we did not remain loyal to the leader of the party."
"You know, it must be just so hard for Hunter Biden to watch all these people dining out on somebody's name," Lovett responded sarcastically.
"Pod Save America" cohost Tommy Vietor spoke up as well, accusing Biden of "playing the victim," before adding, "And he rages at us, and he rages at [David] Axelrod and [George] Clooney, but the problem was the voters, and they never addressed that. The voters thought Joe Biden was too old."
