"We've got to stop riding in limousines," Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) said Monday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" when asked how the Democratic Party could change the stereotype of "limousine Democrats."
The comment came after MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude asked, "How do you change the view that the Democrats are just simply limousine Democrats, that the party is in the hands of Wall Street?"
Franken's answer resulted in laughter from the panel, who, as Mediaite noted, are possibly quite familiar with being inside a limousine.
Franken then redirected the discussion to how people wealthy enough to be in limousines often should not get a tax cut.
The term "limousine Democrats," or "limousine liberals," is a derisive one for wealthy left-wing politicians or pundits who speak of concerns for the working class but still live a rich lifestyle.
