At a Democratic event in New Jersey on Friday, new DNC chair Tom Perez said this about Republicans:

That sounds like Perez’s own “basket of deplorables” moment, and he has no regrets:

Perez doubled down on no apology, probably not wanting to reel back in his red meat for the Dem base:

Hey, it’s not like the Democrats have to convince voters in many states to switch sides, right? Oh, wait.

The good news for Republicans is it looks like the Dem Party leadership has learned much these last few years.

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