‘Not All Racist, Bigoted Morons’: Democrat Rep Stuns With His Take on Trump Voters

Democratic Washington Rep. Adam Smith said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that not all supporters of President Donald Trump are “racist, bigoted morons,” adding that his party needs to broaden its outreach and not “constantly” focus on “identity politics.”

For nearly a year since Trump won the 2024 election, Democrats have struggled to understand and regain voters, creating a split over which ideas the party should prioritize. When asked what “single message” Democrats need to rally behind to “take back some power” during the midterms, Smith discussed how the party should engage Trump supporters.

“We have to understand that all whatever 80 million, I think, is the number that voted for Trump, something like that. They’re not all racist, bigoted morons. They’re not,” Smith said. “And we need to stop treating them like that and say, ‘OK, you’ve got concerns. We’re going to address them.’ We’re not going to get them all. We don’t need to get them all.”

“But we need to reach out to people that broadens our coalition. We can’t keep preaching to the choir. Look, I represent a 70% Democratic district,” Smith added. “Whether I’m here or not, a Democrat is going to represent this district. And that’s great. But what are we going to do to reach the people in those places that we aren’t winning?”

With media pundits and polls warning Democrats in recent months about their struggling approval among voters, data from RealClear Polling shows an average favorability of 34.7% for the party. In March, however, Democrats hit a new low in CNN’s SSRS poll, reaching just a 29% favorability rating.

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