Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Friday took a page from President Trump’s playbook, casting blame on the media for the Democratic Party‘s downward shift in approval ratings.
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi pointed out a perceived lack of messaging from Democrats as a reason for voters’ dwindling faith in the party — especially following significant losses in the 2024 election. Clyburn pushed back on the notion, instead pointing his finger at news organizations.
“I think the message coming from the Democratic Party is a good message,” the South Carolina Democrat told “The Last Word” host on Friday night. “The problem we’ve got, I’ll say, is that we have to depend upon the media to deliver it.”
He pointed to The Washington Post and criticism of owner Jeff Bezos’s relationship with Trump as an example.
“If we have The Washington Post, for instance, caving to this wannabe dictator and we’ve got other media entities that seem to rather push a narrative that will bring eyes to their newspapers or to their television sets and not really give a fair hearing or reporting to what we’re doing,” he added.