Former NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams stopped by his old stomping grounds on Wednesday as he joined Late Night host Seth Meyers to recap the presidential election and discuss what Democrats need to do differently. Both men agreed that part of the problem Democrats face is that “there is a nihilism afoot” that makes it harder for the party to get its message across.
One critique Williams did lob towards Democrats was that they “have become the fancy party,” but Meyers was not convinced, “But it’s so strange, because, of course, you know, they do still, you know, they do still win a bigger share of, like, the non-white working class. So, they are speaking to someone.”
He further wondered how a working class person could prefer Donald Trump, “I mean, I understand that it's getting eaten into, but I — you know at the same time, like, we're talking about it like — you know, and again, I agree they have to communicate better to the working class voter. But I sometimes think it's a little unfair to say, you know, they're elite, when they — certainly Joe Biden stood up for unions. And, you know — and I think it's very fair to say that Donald Trump, and certainly Elon Musk, will not. And there was a time where that meant something. And I don't quite know why it doesn't anymore.”
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