Democrats have been having issues gaining votes among rural and suburban white voters and the man who heads their Party in California did not help.

David Atkins, who is the regional director of the California Democrat Party, tore into “rural white Americans” in a Twitter rant.

“You know who is not grateful enough? Rural white Americans,” he said. “They are heavily subsidized, drowning in federal largesse, blessed with political affirmative action & overrepresentation, have all their bills paid by cities and blue states, but they whine and yell constantly.”

“People who watch the constant grating whinefest that is Fox News have a lot of gall telling anyone to love it or leave it.

“The Fox News cult hates the values of the vast majority of Americans who aren’t rural white evangelicals and want nothing to do with them.

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“Don’t get me wrong: I’m all about reaching out & showing rural white America that it’s the plutocrats that are hurting them, not people of color. Rural white America really is hurting.

“But i’ll be damned if the bigoted entitled stupidity doesn’t constantly try one’s patience,” he said in his screed.

That is nice of him. He is willing to teach rural white Americans even if he does think that they are bigoted and entitled.

“A Rose Twitter contingent is Very Mad about this apparent elitist erasure of class concerns,” he said.

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“Guys, I get it. I was a Bernie supporter. I write about the need for more class-conscious econ populism all the time. You’re preaching to the choir,” he said. “But patience is wearing a bit thin.”

“Here’s just one of the many articles I’ve written about talking about how Democrats failed to understand and empathize with the economic concerns of rural voters.

“That said let’s get real. 90% of these people are immune to race-blind class consciousness,” he said as he continued his rant.

“And at a certain point, continuing to treat them like they’re just too ignorant to see what the plutocrats are doing, or continuing to blame the Dem Party for failing to engage with *just* the right message to unlock them? That’s also a form of paternalistic condescension.

“At a certain point, you have to hold people accountable, statistically speaking, for the voting choices they make. You have to take them at their word, and when they tell you who they are, believe them,” he said.

You know who is not grateful enough? Rural white Americans. They are heavily subsidized, drowning in federal largesse, blessed with political affirmative action & overrepresentation, have all their bills paid by cities and blue states, but they whine and yell constantly. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 19, 2019

People who watch the constant grating whinefest that is Fox News have a lot of gall telling anyone to love it or leave it. The Fox News cult hates the values of the vast majority of Americans who aren’t rural white evangelicals and want nothing to do with them. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 19, 2019

Don’t get me wrong: I’m all about reaching out & showing rural white America that it’s the plutocrats that are hurting them, not people of color. Rural white America really is hurting. But i’ll be damned if the bigoted entitled stupidity doesn’t constantly try one’s patience. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 19, 2019

A Rose Twitter contingent is Very Mad about this apparent elitist erasure of class concerns. Guys, I get it. I was a Bernie supporter. I write about the need for more class-conscious econ populism all the time. You’re preaching to the choir. But patience is wearing a bit thin. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 19, 2019

Here’s just one of the many articles I’ve written about talking about how Democrats failed to understand and empathize with the economic concerns of rural voters. That said let’s get real. 90% of these people are immune to race-blind class consciousness.https://t.co/Elo4D8TypG — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 19, 2019

And at a certain point, continuing to treat them like they’re just too ignorant to see what the plutocrats are doing, or continuing to blame the Dem Party for failing to engage with *just* the right message to unlock them? That’s also a form of paternalistic condescension. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 19, 2019

Oh look, now conservative twitter has its pants in a twist. Yes, rural white America is heavily subsidized by cities and the federal govt. Yes, rural white America is struggling under the thumb of the corporate fat cats getting all the tax cuts. But too many vote for racists. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 19, 2019

And now Donald Trump is embracing the racists in his base shouting “send her back.” Because that’s who he is, and that’s who his supporters are. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 19, 2019