Originally Posted by
bundabergdevil
It's been discussed on this thread before but the alternate thesis to the conventional wisdom is that Trump and Sanders are both populists and tapping into demographics that cross conventional party lines. Bannon is one of the Trump campaign architects that sees things this way. I don't know that I necessarily buy into the narrative but for Sanders, who is not a Democrat, it could help explain some of his broader appeal --- we want to draw an ideological straight line from voters to candidates but Trump made the bet in 2016 the line between Republican voters and the Republican party apparatus was a figment of the party's imagination. Turned out he was right. Could be the same with regard to Sanders? Here's Bannon with a few thoughts:
“We’ve turned the Republican party into a working-class party,” said Bannon, relaxing at a table with an autographed photo of Trump behind him. “Now, interestingly, we don’t have any elected representatives who believe that, but that’s a legacy issue. We’ll get over that. We’ve got to find our AOCs.”
The Democrats and their supporters have “better casting”, Bannon admitted. “They did an amazing job in 18. I keep saying I admire AOC. I think her ideology’s all f***ed up, but I want her. I want to recruit bartenders. I don’t want to recruit any more lawyers. I want bartenders.”