GOP senator: Political class is 'losing control'
GOP senator: Political class is 'losing control'
By PETE KASPEROWICZ (•
3/14/16 12:08 PM
Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., says the political establishment in Washington has "hit the panic button" because they're afraid of losing their own political power.
While Perdue hasn't endorsed a Republican candidate, he said in an op-ed for the Daily Signal that the best course of action for Republicans is to listen to voters on the question of who should become the nominee. So far, most GOP voters seem to be choosing Donald Trump or Sen. Ted Cruz as their nominee, the two candidates most widely seen as outsiders who are threatening establishment Republicans.
"In state after state this year, voters have voiced support for presidential candidates who are not part of the political class," Perdue wrote.
"This is a growing movement, and it is bigger than any one candidate or election victory," he added. "Unless the political establishment is willing to learn from the anger felt by millions of Americans who feel left behind, this will not end in November.Republicans have talked openly about ensuring that Trump doesn't become the nominee during the July convention, and argued that voters are making the wrong choice.
Perdue, in contrast, said that "political elites prefer tearing down individuals to understanding what created this movement." He said political elites on the GOP side have created "an entirely new breed of disenfranchised voters.
"A recent survey of likely Republican primary voters showed that 86 percent believe that 'people like me don't have any say about what the government does,'" he wrote. "Another recent exit poll in my home state of Georgia showed six in ten Republicans felt 'betrayed' by their political party."
Perdue concluded by saying Republicans need to closely examine how to regain the trust of American voters. "Let's start with simply listening to them," he wrote.
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