Senator Mark Warner harshly criticizes his party: 'The Democrats' brand is really bad'

Senator Mark Warner analyzed the current difficulties within the Democratic Party and harshly questioned his party after the resounding defeat in the last elections, where Republicans achieved the trifecta: Presidency, Senate and House of Representatives.

"I think the Democrats’ brand is really bad, and I think this was an election based on culture," the Virginia Democrat said in remarks picked up by Politico. "And the Democrats’ kind of failure to connect on a cultural basis with a wide swath of Americans is hugely problematic."

Particularly, Warner said Republicans deservedly won the November election, noting that the criticism against the more radical woke culture is spot on.

"I think the majority of the party realizes that the ideological purity of some of the groups is a recipe for disaster and that candidly the attack on over-the-top wokeism was a valid attack," Warner said.

Warner's statements are a direct dagger to the more progressive wing of the Democrats, whose representatives are in sharply blue states - such as New York or California - and not so much in swing or more conservative-leaning states, such as Virginia.

Warner also recognized, in his view, President Donald Trump's ability to make a priori controversial statements without suffering political setbacks and his ability to stay at the center of the public conversation.

"President Trump can say virtually anything and it’s forgotten within the same 24-hour news period, so that is a whine and a complaint, but it’s the reality," the senator said.

Likewise, the Virginia senator highlighted the role of the president's digital base, which practically works around the clock giving strength to his messages.

"That’s extraordinary, and Democrats have got a lot to learn from that," he sentenced.