Wasserman Schultz rejects NY Times report on voters seeing Democrats as 'slow' and 'passive'

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., rejected a New York Times study that included probe comparing the Democratic Party to "slow" and "passive" animals, telling CNN connected Tuesday that she was disquieted astir "human beings." 

"'Republicans are seen arsenic apex predators similar lions, tigers and sharks, beasts that instrumentality what they privation erstwhile they privation it. Democrats are typically tagged arsenic tortoises, slugs, oregon sloths: slow, plodding, passive,'" CNN big John Berman said, quoting a New York Times report that highlighted Democratic researcher Anat Shenker-Osorio's findings connected however radical presumption the Democratic and Republican parties. 

"And past a small spot aboriginal determination was a respondee who said the Democrats are similar cervid successful headlights. How is it that you deliberation that the Democratic Party has earned these descriptions?" 

"I‘m not focused connected the animals that immoderate New York Times newsman compares the governmental parties to. My constituents are quality beings, and the quality beings that I correspond are facing devastating wellness attraction cuts, the astir important wellness attraction cuts that person been ever handed down by immoderate administration," Schultz responded.

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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz rejected carnal comparisons successful an NYT study that cited probe describing the Democratic Party arsenic passive. (NYT/Screenshot, Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The New York Times reported connected Sunday that the enactment was inactive struggling with its image aft erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris' loss.

A Democratic antheral from Georgia who participated successful the absorption radical and was the 1 who described the Democratic Party arsenic a "deer successful headlights" went further to picture the authorities of the party. 

"You basal determination and you spot the car coming, but you’re going to basal determination and get deed with it anyway," helium said, according to the Times.

Schultz continued to disregard the report, reiterating, "I'm focused connected the humans I represent, not, you know, carnal comparisons."

Berman pushed backmost and said it was voters who likened the enactment to tortoises, sloths and slugs.

"John, you said they were asked to comparison the parties, truthful they were prompted to comparison the parties to animals. That is ridiculous. I‘ve watched a batch of absorption groups, and I cognize that the radical that I correspond privation maine warring for the humans, the families that I represent," Schultz responded.

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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz unloads connected New York Times study citing probe that compares governmental parties to animals. (Left: (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images for Concordia Summit), Right: (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images))

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The Democratic Party's favorability remains debased aft President Donald Trump's win. The party's standing stood underwater successful an April Fox News nationalist poll astatine 41% favorable and 56% unfavorable, which is an all-time debased for Democrats successful Fox News polling.

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Another canvass successful March recovered that conscionable 27% had a affirmative presumption of the Democratic Party.