Wednesday, December 29, 2021

OPINION_ Democratic Party no longer represents the working class

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Democratic Party no longer represents the working class


Democratic Party led by wealthy elites illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times more >


By David Keene - The Washington Times - Wednesday, December 29, 2021

OPINION:



My dad spent most of his working life as a union organizer and served for a decade as president of the Rockford, Illinois, Labor Council.

When he died, he bequeathed me a watch and the brass knuckles he carried during the infamous Kohler Strike in the 1950s. My mother was elected to five terms as president of the Women’s Auxiliary of the United Auto Workers. My older brother was a Teamster and a cop; my younger brother an Auto Worker. We moved to Wisconsin when dad couldn’t get a job in staunchly anti-union Rockford. In 1960, I campaigned on street corners for JFK. We were all Democrats back then because people like us believed the party of Roosevelt and Truman represented our interests.

Republicans were rich bankers and business moguls who could be found at the local country club playing golf. They graduated from Ivy League universities and looked down on hyphenated Americans and anybody who worked with their hands. My dad made me promise never to take up golf. It was the way it was. But no longer.

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