Democratic operative who ditched party after DNC blasts 'hypocrisy': 'I don't recognize this party anymore'

A erstwhile Democratic operative ditched the party, explaining however the "hypocrisy" and affinity for "out-of-touch" personage enactment has near her feeling hopeless astir the party's future. 

Evan Barker, a erstwhile Democratic Party run fundraiser, explained wherefore she is present "fed up" with the Democrats during "Fox & Friends" aft Vice President Kamala Harris attended a star-studded virtual run lawsuit with Oprah Winfrey connected Thursday. 

"I've worked successful Democratic authorities a agelong time. I've raised the millions of dollars and I went to the DNC past period hoping to consciousness re-inspired, and instead, I conscionable felt similar I was successful a country with the astir out-of-touch and elite radical successful the world," Barker told Lawrence Jones connected Friday. 

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In a Newsweek op-ed published this week, Barker described however she went from raising "tens of millions of dollars" for Democrats to distancing herself from a enactment she present believes is "totally retired of touch" with mundane Americans.

Barker said she was initially "thrilled" to unpaid astatine the DNC, wherever Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the information for president.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 22: Democratic statesmanlike campaigner U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks connected signifier during the last time of the Democratic National Convention astatine the United Center connected August 22, 2024 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

"But erstwhile there, wandering amidst the glitz and glam, imbibing the gloss and schmaltz of it all, I couldn't flight a sinking feeling. I felt submersed successful a hollow enclosure whose mottos were ‘Brat summer’ and ‘Joy’—totally retired of interaction with regular, every-day Americans and their pressing needs; instead, the astir elite radical successful the satellite chanted successful unison that 'We're not going back,'" Barker wrote.

Barker said the Democrats' "hypocrisy" is simply a superior crushed arsenic to wherefore she distanced herself from the enactment overall.  Donors are the actors who "control everything," including the candidates' argumentation positions, she argued. 

"I'm primitively from the Midwest. A batch of the radical successful my household are national workers oregon person been successful unions, and they are radical who erstwhile voted for Barack Obama, and present they ballot for Donald Trump. And for a agelong time, I did not recognize why, and aft raising wealth for Democrats and conscionable being successful these circles, I person realized that the donors power the party," Barker said. 

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"They power everything. They power what the candidates prioritize, and I cognize that Republicans besides person this issue, too, but Democrats are overmuch bigger hypocrites astir it," she continued. "I deliberation what it comes down to is conscionable the hypocrisy and the information that I don't admit this enactment anymore."

Oprah Winfrey hosted the "Unite for America Rally," a livestream event, featuring respective celebrities arsenic good arsenic questions and stories from citizens crossed the country. The lawsuit was held by the "Win with Black Women" enactment successful enactment of Harris. Over 140 different grassroots organizations took portion successful the virtual rally, including "White Women: Answer the Call," "Latinas for Harris" and "White Dudes for Harris." 

Oprah Winfrey headlined an online rally for Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The lawsuit itself took spot successful Oakland County, Michigan, to an assemblage of 400 radical with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer besides speaking. Celebrities similar Bryan Cranston, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Lopez, Tracee Ellis Ross, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep were successful virtual attendance arsenic well.

Barker argued the celebrities successful attendance are not the mundane Americans impacted by the rising outgo of goods arsenic ostentation continues to soar, crippling families financially crossed the country. 

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"They're conscionable telling america fundamentally that each we request to person is optimism and joy, and that's going to hole our lives," Barker said. "And I'm conscionable bushed of it. I'm wholly fed up… My grandmother, she lives successful Missouri. She voted for Obama twice. She's voted for Trump the past mates of times… She's getting by conscionable connected her Social Security cheque close now."

"Things person gotten so outrageously expensive, it is truthful hard for her," she continued. "I privation to spot the Democratic Party speech astir what they're going to bash for my grandmother, not conscionable person a clump of celebrities alert successful and archer america each to beryllium joyful and optimistic. It's cringy. It's embarrassing."

"They person go the enactment of Dick Cheney, of Goldman Sachs, of endless proxy wars, of individuality politics," she said. "I'm conscionable astatine a point… I've been precise brave the past mates of weeks, and I've gotten a batch of flak from a batch of people. And I'm conscionable astatine the constituent wherever I can't basal it anymore, and I person to talk out."

Fox News' Yael Halon and Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.