watching BBC America news

Earlier this evening, while I was eating a meal after work, I saw a segment broadcast by BBC America as they attended a Trump rally. It was interesting. Several of the people talked about issues that I recognize from the last election (and the one before that). They were essentially differently-worded Bernie Sanders talking points, coming from some people wearing MAGA hats.

Again, I insist that Democrats are making a mistake by not offering the electorate a populist candidate. It feels like media is promoting the populist interpretation for the Harris-Walz ticket, but it also feels like a manufacturing consent situation to me. Harris is not a populist or progressive, which was obvious in the last election when she couldn't compete against several candidates who were.

This is the BBC story. Unfortunately, the very short clip they offer online here doesn't show all of what I saw on the live broadcast, so it doesn't justify the Bernie Sanders interpretation that I'm offering here.