Rep. Jack Bergman told Newsmax on Monday that the Democrats are underwater with their own voters because the party lacks a leader, a platform, and a plan.

Quinnipiac’s latest polling among self-described Democrats shows that the party’s approval rating has sunk into negative territory, hitting its lowest point since at least 2009.

“Name me the person who’s the leader of the Democrat party today,” the Michigan Republican said on Newsmax’s “American Agenda.” “If you don’t have a platform that really says what you’re going to do and what your goals are, and you don’t have a plan to actually execute those goals, you’re going to get the kind of ratings that your graph shows. People have lost faith, confidence, and trust in the Democrat party as it exists today.”

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