How Democrats Abandoned The Working Class with More Perfect Union's John Russell

Hasan sits down with More Perfect Union’s John Russell to discuss how the Democratic Party shifted their strategy away from the working class, what people often misunderstand about Trump voters, and the bipartisan coalition forming against AI data centers.

Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj
Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam
Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Babin
Executive Producer/Showrunner: Scott Vrooman
Producer: Kayla Feng
Producer/ Copywriter: Annie Fick
Cinematographer: Austin Morales
Editors: Javier Aguiar, N/V Moore and Will Feinstein
Assistant Editor: Zae Jordan
Talent Coordinators: Tanya Somanader and Kori Schulman
Executive Assistant: Samuel Piland

0:00 Let’s relitigate the 90s!
11:54 West Virginia is giving you the finger
13:24 Rural America
15:04 How to talk to Trump voters
18:12 The Working Class
23:22 Worker co-ops in Italy
26:09 How Democrats abandoned the working class
30:44 Ad
31:49 The new anti-tech coalition
37:40 The split ticket paradox
39:14 Why… Trump?
41:00 Ignorance vs. bigotry
45:12 First they came for the leftists…
49:47 Are Trump voters reachable?
54:54 Trump is less popular… does that matter?
56:08 John’s thoughts on JD Vance
57:12 East Palestine
1:03:07 John’s meaning of “redneck”

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