State Democratic lawmakers here point out that President Barack Obama did very little to help build up the apparatus of state parties across the country, despite his fundraising prowess. At an intimate lunchtime gathering of party activists in Greenville on Thursday, Garcetti vowed to help rebuild the Democratic Party infrastructure from the ground up, particularly in red states like South Carolina. Garcetti also headlined a closed-door Democratic fundraiser Wednesday night with Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin. At the town hall event Wednesday evening, Garcetti cast himself as the mayor of a working class city. And on Thursday, Garcetti positioned himself as a Washington outsider, offering his own analysis of the divisions in the country.

Source: CNN February 23, 2018 18:22 UTC