Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said on Tuesday that Democrats have a hard time connecting with voters because of how “smart” Democrats are and because Democrats “know so much.”
Hirono made the remarks while answering a question from journalist Dahlia Lithwick at the “Bend Towards Justice” conference in Washington, D.C. about what Democrats need to do to make their voters care more about the judicial system.
“One of the things that we Democrats have a really hard time is connecting to people’s hearts instead of here [points at brain],” Hirono began. “We’re really good at shoving out all the information that touch people here [points to brain] but not here [points to heart].”- READ MORE