Vice President Joe Biden said that Democrats aren't talking to white working-class voters anymore during an interview Wednesday on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
Host Joe Scarborough cited polls showing that Republican nominee Donald Trump is succeeding with that group, particularly in Rust Belt states, while Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has struggled. Biden joked he was going to living in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan until Election Day.
"I think the Democratic Party overall hasn't spoken enough to those voters," he said. "They've done the right thing for the voter. They haven't spoken to them."
As an example, Biden said he had the support of every policeman in America because of his communications abilities.
"If there's a cop in America who doesn't support me, I don't know where it is," he said. "I'm not being facetious. These are guys I grew up with. But I also have overwhelming support from the African-American community. Everybody says, how can that be? There's nothing special about me. I talk to those cops."
"Have Democrats stopped talking to white working-class voters?" Scarborough asked.
"I think we have in part, and the reason is we've been consumed with crisis after crisis after crisis," he said.
Biden sounded like his boss, President Obama, who has often said he believes his policies are excellent but blamed his problems on struggling to communicate with the American people.
"I think there has been, in both parties, not enough—this is going to sound strange—respect shown to ordinary people busting their necks," he said.