Democrats need to change their approach to Trump’s second term, top Kamala Harris pollster says

Speaking at a Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington D.C. to the DNC’s executive committee, she said that most Americans support Trump’s transition and that voters “don’t care about who he’s putting in Cabinet positions.” She said that Trump will take office more popular than he was when he started his first term, though not as well-liked as President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama were when inaugurated. For young people and voters of color, she said, “institutions have failed them” and “they may not embrace Trump for wanting to dismantle these institutions, but they certainly don’t hold it against him.” She likewise warned Democrats to be “cautious” while attacking Trump for violating norms, arguing that though Democratic donors and the primary electorate care about those issues, the voters the party lost in November do not. She said Democrats should reorient their messaging around Trump’s plans to cut taxes for the wealthy, implement broad-based tariffs that could result in higher costs for consumers, and provide “giveaways” to big corporations. Murphy’s presentation is the latest sign that many Democrats across the party, from strategists to elected officials, are planning a new approach to Trump than they used when he first took office and the “resistance” took bloom.