He does give off a whiff of elitism. Avlon is married to Margaret Hoover who currently hosts PBS‘s reboot of the conservative interview show Firing Line. Her bio states she is a Republican. She is the great-granddaughter of former President Herbert Hoover.
He doesn’t sound as though he has anything specific to offer voters. Avlon’s announcement used a standard Democrat script. Trump bad. MAGA voters are deplorable. Save democracy, though no one ever says how exactly they do that. He said, “I believe the United States is the greatest democracy the world has ever known, but right now, our democracy is in danger.”
How is democracy in danger? I’d like a Democrat candidate to answer that question instead of leaving a DNC talking point hanging. Is democracy in danger if voters vote? There is no COVID-19 pandemic anymore as there was in 2020 when Democrats took advantage and made up…