‘Most Atrocious Abuses Of The System’: Democratic Strategist Breaks Down Party’s Failures

Democratic Party strategist Julian Epstein appeared Monday on Fox Business to discuss what he said are systemic failures within the party.

During an appearance on “The Evening Edit,” Epstein said Democrats have strayed from the essentials of effective governance, focusing instead on divisive rhetoric and inefficient projects. Epstein also said the party was indulging in name-calling, labeling opponents as Nazis and racists, which detracts from constructive political discourse.

“They don’t know how to build, and what the Democrats do for the most part is they do a lot of name calling. They call people Nazis and racists, but people can’t identify anything in a positive sense that Democrats are actually doing to improve people’s lives,” Epstein said. “The segue into this DOGE stuff is they’re defending these institutions in an era of intense anti-institutional sentiment.”

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Epstein also touched on what he perceives as a reluctance within the Democratic ranks to confront corruption and mismanagement.

“It seems like the Democrats are scared of what might come out, whether it is fraud, waste and abuse. Whether it is the cultural revolution that some of these agencies were trying to promote through their grant giving or whether it was the cronyism. The piece that you just pointed out in the New York Post yesterday on all of the money that was supposed to go to Haiti, and most of it ended up in D.C. NGOs,” Epstein added. “There seems to be a fair amount of cronyism, and Democrats, rather than trying to fix the problem and actually make government work, seem like they’re hiding and want to keep hidden the most atrocious abuses of the system.”

Public opinion polls say that there is discontent with the Democratic Party, with their approval ratings plummeting to just 31 percent, significantly lower than President Donald Trump’s, which hover in the mid-50’s. Epstein cited concerns from major Democratic donors who say they are increasingly hesitant to fund what they see as a directionless party relying on an outdated strategy.