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George Chidi in Charleston

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Moderate democrats plot path to victory by winning the middle - What They Never Told You

a man holds up his hand while speaking into a microphone seated on stage next to two women in front of a backdrop that says 'third way'
The former Republican congressman Joe Walsh with moderator Sarah McCammon and panelist Yemisi Egbewole in Charleston on Monday. Photograph: Meg Kinnard/AP

Joe Walsh half jumped out of his seat when discussion at the Third Way conference in Charleston turned to how Democrats sound to voters.

“Tone! My God!” the former Republican congressman shouted. “The Democrats come across as, like, professors, academics, elites. I mean, my God, rip off your freaking sport coat and talk to me! Listen to me like a regular human being.”

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