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” YOU CAN WATCH ON CNN.COM/WATCH OR THE CNN APP. New to HMDK? 👉🏾 Watch past episodes    • Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know   👉🏾 Follow HMDK on Instagram   / hmdk   👉🏾 Follow Hasan on Instagram   / hasanminhaj   👉🏾 Follow Hasan on TikTok -   / hasanminhaj   👉🏾 Listen to the podcast https://lemonada.lnk.to/HasanMinhajDo... And if you haven’t yet, now is a great time to subscribe to Lemonada Premium. Just hit the 'subscribe' button on Apple Podcasts, or, for all other podcast apps head to lemonadapremium.com to subscribe. ———————— THE SHOW: Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know is a long-form interview podcast hosted by two-time Peabody Award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj. The show features in-depth conversations with politicians, public figures, financial experts, scientists, intellectuals, authors and celebrities. Rather than sticking to standard talking points, Minhaj aims to ask deeper, more probing questions that reveal personal perspectives and challenge conventional narratives. The tone is direct and curious, and focused on uncovering what guests really think beyond rehearsed answers. KEYWORDS: Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know, Hasan Minhaj, Hasan Minhaj podcast, politics, political, political interviews, science interviews, financial interviews, politics interview, history interviews, culture interviews, interviews, political comedy, comedy, political, news, podcast, comedy podcast, politics podcast, Patriot Act, Patriot Act Netflix, issues, current affairs podcast, current events podcast, current events, talk show, trending political news, funny, satire, political satire, celebrity interviews, political videos, Democratic Party, Republican Party, us politics, American politics, long form interview, long form political, history interview, science interview