In an interview released on Tuesday, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg admitted that the Democratic Party’s struggle to secure the support of low-income voters for the 2024 elections poses a significant challenge.

Is that surprising?

During his conversation with The New York Times, Buttigieg recognized that, after years of ambitious promises—some of which he labeled misleading—the Democrats have distanced themselves from working-class citizens. These individuals often feel overlooked as the party prioritizes cultural issues and criticism of former President Donald Trump.

Indeed, the Democrats’ focus on Trump, instead of offering concrete plans to assist working-class Americans, is evident.

Buttigieg’s remarks highlight a long-standing critique: while Democrats frequently claim to advocate for “ordinary people,” “women,” and “children,” they are steadily losing the trust of these very groups.

Buttigieg’s comments suggested what many of us have long argued: Democrats incessantly talk about representing “ordinary people,” “women,” and “children,” while steadily losing their trust.

Under the absurd headline “Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After Trump” — as if the Democrats will be forced to “fix” the country after Trump leaves office — Buttigieg inadvertently revealed a huge, self-inflicted problem, telling The NY Times he thinks his party should be more concerned with winning over the support of “constituencies” that the party previously “counted on.”

Translation: “The Democrat Party should be more concerned about pandering to the base it has exploited for six decades — dating back to President Lyndon Johnson’s disastrous War on Poverty.

Buttigieg, a likely 2028 presidential candidate wannabe, pontificated mightily:

Sooner or later, one day Donald Trump will not be active in American politics. And the sooner we spend our energy thinking about what to do next, I actually think the sooner that day will come.

In addition to agreeing that there should be introspection about many of the constituencies our party counted on, I would highlight an exceptionally important constituency: poor people. I haven’t seen a definitive, quantified answer on whether Democrats lost the vote of poor people in 2024.

So I think there is a real trajectory [for the Democrat Party] — as our nation, in total and on average, has grown wealthier and wealthier — where the concentration of that wealth and the difficulty of getting ahead have made people question whether they’re going to get ahead in their own lives. They relate that to a bigger national picture of us being on the wrong track.

Just one question, Pete — for now, anyway:

Joe Biden’s presidency was arguably the worst in U.S. history — with much of the misery intentionally created by his administration — as millions of illegal aliens waltzed across the Southern Border, with Joe and the Democrat Party insisting (lying about) a need for congressional legislation to shut down the border. 

How long did it take Trump to get it done, Pete? 

And without congressional approval. That was just beginning of Trump delivering on campaign pledges he made throughout the 2024 presidential election campaign.

Wait — another question: How’d Biden do on delivering on promises he made during the 2020 presidential campaign, Pete? Never mind — the question is rhetorical.