Some Democrats are pushing the party to move closer to the center, according to a new report, after President-elect Trump won swing states across the country and even won the popular vote.
“The progressive wing of the party has to recognize — we all have to recognize — the country’s not progressive, and not to the far left or the far right. They’re in the middle,” Democratic National Committee (DNC) committeeman Joseph Paolino Jr. told Politico. Another Democrat said to the outlet, “I don’t want to be the freak show party.”
“I’m going to look for a chair who’s going to be talking to the center and who’s going to be for the guy who drives a truck back home at the end of the day,” Paolino said.
A DNC member from Florida told Politico that the Democratic…