Leftist Campaigner Turned Trump Voter

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party members and establishment power players. In this episode, we speak to a former Democrat campaign operator about her experience behind the scenes, watching the party change, and why she decided to leave. I'm Georgia Howe with daily wire executive editor John Bickley. And this is a weekend episode of Morningwire.

“Joining us now is author of Nothing Left, Confessions of a Democrat Operative, Evan Barker.”

Evan, thanks for coming on. Thank you so much for having me. It's great to be here. So you formerly worked as an operative for a progressive Democratic fundraising outfit, and you've now pivoted, and you've captured the experience of working in that organization

in your new book. First, can you tell us about the experience that led you to write this

book? Oh boy, where do I even begin? So I actually got started in politics back in 2008. I was only a senior in high school, and you know, I have a pre-existing genetic lung disease, and large autistic fibrosis. So help your access back then. You know, it could be a real problem for people like me. And so I started working for Barack Obama. I also grew up

in a, you know, Midwestern Democratic Union family. And so a lot of my relatives back then, you know, just they supported Democrats. You know, nowadays, most of them have drifted over to the right, actually. But, you know, so that's kind of how I got started. And then after college, Donald Trump was elected to be president of the United States. And so I was kind of re-activated by his presidency. And so I ended up working on some establishment races

on the East Coast kind of got disillusioned with the Democratic establishment as well. They just didn't seem to really stand for much other than opposing Donald Trump. They kind of talked about abortion a lot and just sort of like resisting. And that at that time, you know, that wasn't really what was speaking to me. And so I ended up moving back to Kansas back home. And I ended up finding a progressive labor lawyer there who was endorsed by Bernie and AOC. So I was actually,

I was actually there the day that AOC and Bernie Sanders first ever met. I was with them.

Because they came. I know it's crazy. I didn't realize what I was witnessing at the time, you guys. But, you know, so I kind of got sucked up into the whole progressive world. You know, then kind of use that campaign as a launching pad into national progressive campaigns and ended up visiting AOC's office, went out to see a Mark Camp in a jar, who just ran again, the cycle out in California. And then finally landed at left rising, which was kind of like the secret weapon of the far

left. They were behind Ilhan Omar, Kori Bush, Jamal Bowman, Abdul Siyad. I actually worked for him too. And, you know, I started to see over time. I thought that it was the Democratic establishment that was out of touch. But the progressives were even more out of touch. And they championed these crazy far left views that just completely turned me off and turned off people in my family. And so, you know, once I kind of figured out what they were all about in 2022, I ended up kind of just

resigning from my job. And I became a mom that year as well and had a little baby boy. And just took a couple of years to just be a mom, focus on my son, which was so refreshing after working for the far left. And then got re-energized when I saw that crazy debate with Joe Biden and Donald Trump

“that I'm sure you guys saw too. And that might sound funny, then I might remember that.”

Oh yeah, I think I think all of us do except for Joe, right? Yeah. And so I wanted to go to the DNC because it excited me. I was like, maybe they're going to hold an open convention. Maybe we'll find out what they really believe in. It's like a chance for them

people shouting out joy. It was a brat summer. They were completely ignoring the economic pain

that people like my mom were feeling in the middle of the country. And so on day three, I ended up leaving. And I went home and I posted a video thinking that it would be my resignation letter to 40 followers. And I woke up and the next day it had millions of views to my surprise. I know, it's crazy. And so, since then, I've just, I've just been telling my story and, you know, that's what this book is. So, what were some of the key grievances that you highlighted in this clearly

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criminal justice reform group headed by this guy named Sean King. I don't know if you're familiar with him. Yes. I know. And that's kind of, that was the beginning of it for me. It's just kind of like seeing the way that people spoke about white people. And you know, just like behind the scenes, it just felt very ugly at times. And then, you know, moving forward into 2020. And just kind of like the fall on its sanity. You know, I don't know if people realized, but it wasn't just the

activists that were dragging the party to the left. It was the donors, too. I mean, George Soros's organization actually put out a directive during that time. This is a public. I wrote this in my book that they would only fund organizations led by non-white people for five years. So this had a systemic impact on the leadership class and the Democratic Party. I saw people get passed over for jobs. You know, I wasn't allowed to correct women of color. I was fired you guys. I was fired

by a client for correcting her about a fundraising strategy because I did it on the day of the Kyle written house verdict. What? You didn't know. Not corrections on that day. I know corrections on that day. I was, I mean, it's crazy. Part of my job is a fundraising consultant. It was to give

“feedback and advice. And I think, you know, this particular candidate, she was a Justice Democrats”

back to Canada. And she, you know, she didn't want to call a donor list that I had set her. And so I

because they're donors that you need. And then, you know, my boss and everyone was like, oh my

god, like, do you realize what you did? The verdict was just handed down. She's going to be in a horrible headspace. Like, you know, you can't do stuff like this, Evan. You can't. And it was just that, it was like death by 1,000 cuts. It was just constant. So you can maybe speak to this. It sounds like healthcare was an issue for you. What were the appealing issues that made you feel activated? What

“were the things that you were excited to promote that you feel didn't work out?”

Yeah. So back then, especially, you know, Obamacare, it did really help people like me with pre-existing conditions. It did. I know there's a lot of problems with Obamacare in general,

but it did do that one really good thing. And so, you know, I felt like the progressive's

offered the solution that at that time that the establishment didn't. And that I thought that Medicare for All was the way to go. At this point, I no longer support Medicare for All. I don't want to system like in Canada because I know people in Canada who have my condition and they're they're not able to get the same treatments that I get in the U.S. unfortunately. So it was health care. It was unions, you know, I grew up in a union family. I was a big supporter of unions. It was

more economic issues. And I think what I saw is that the Democratic Party kind of traded all of that stuff out. You know, I felt that they helped working class people like those in my family,

you know, they kind of pushed all of those things aside and they just went with the culture wars.

And I know they like to blame you guys for the culture wars. They like to say that it's the right that is perpetuating the culture wars. But what I hope that people take away from my book is that it was actually the Democrats themselves that created the mess, the monster that they're in. And that they're still in quite frankly. If you look at this new DSA squad iteration, I mean, there is far left as ever. They haven't learned any of the lessons.

Now, speaking of your book, what are some of the surprising takeaways that people will find in

“there that you think would maybe shock them from behind the scenes?”

I mean, there was just so much pressure from donors. I mean, there was one time when we called a donor. And I was with the candidate. We called the donor. And her voice mail literally says, if you are not a woman of color, please don't bother leaving a message. I won't donate to you. Like, it was that pervasive you guys. I mean, the book is actually pretty funny. There's like, like, now it's kind of like a dark comedy. But there's just, you know, there was one

progressive politician. She ended up going on a like a hallucinogen trip to sort of like heal herself from the wounds of evil white people and to heal herself from her white ancestry. I mean, like really crazy stuff, you guys. Like, this is, it's even more insane behind closed doors than people actually realize just the self-flagellation from men, especially. I think the progressive wing of the party, especially, is just dominated by women. And like, I'm a woman.

You know, I don't have a problem with women working or anything like that. But it's just, it's so much so. And there's just so much bashing of men behind the scenes that even men themselves have to participate. Even if they're confiding into me, you know, offline or on the phone that they think it's stupid, I would then see them hop onto a zoom call and say their pronouns and say something to bash their agenda. And that's just like, it was like the daily.

Sounds like a blast. This sounds like a great time. I mean, maybe for you guys, but it was like,

“help for me. It was like my, my democratic DEI nightmare. That's how I describe it now.”

So obviously, you're making appearances on daily wire shows. Where do you find yourself now on the political spectrum? Do you find yourself a lot of people say they're homeless? Or would you say you're more right leaning at this point? I feel politically homeless. I did vote for Donald Trump in 2024. But, you know, I consider myself an independent. I could vote for a democrat. I could if there was like a normal democrat. But I could also vote for a Republican, you know, I think I lean

like left-of-center on economics and right-of-center on social issues, probably, which I think. So you're a voice they need to listen to. I am but they're ignoring me. Can you believe it? I am not a nurse. Yeah, not a nurse. Evan, thank you so much for coming on. This sounds like a really entertaining book. Thank you. I hope you guys check it out. It's called nothing left. Thank you so much. That was author and former Democrat Campaign Operator Evan Barker,

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