Former Mumford & Sons banjoist Winston Marshall delivered a brutal takedown of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) argument claiming that populism was “a threat to democracy,” saying that the true threat to democracy was an elite ruling class that looked down on instead of working for regular people.
Pelosi spoke at Oxford Union in late April, arguing that “populism” was synonymous with “ethno-nationalism” and “isolationism” and so-called “populists” took advantage of the people once they reached positions of power. She went on to say that some Americans — “poor souls who are looking for some answers” — were reluctant to accept the answers Democrats provided because their views on “guns, gays, [and] God” distorted their perception.
Once she was finished, Marshall offered his take on the situation, and he began with a breakdown of the way Democrats had slowly…
