Video: DNC Chair Ken Martin Tells Bret Baier 'No,' Woke Is Not Coming Back, and Says Voters Cared About Gas, Power Bills and Groceries

Breitbart posted a clip of Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin on Fox News Channel's "Special Report" on Wednesday. We relied on Breitbart's written transcript, not the video.

The question. Host Bret Baier asked: "Is woke coming back? That was not something we saw in the poll numbers."

The answer. Martin said "No," and that it "wasn't an issue in this campaign." In his words, when people can barely afford gas, are paying more for electricity or struggle to put groceries on the table, "they don't have time to care about whether or not someone's woke or not."

The jab at Republicans. Martin called it "a major, major mistake" of Republican messaging to run on socialism and "this sort of boogeyman." He said that "didn't work" because Americans feel "forgotten and left behind" and "economically dispossessed." Many, he said, put their faith in Donald Trump, "and he hasn't delivered," and Republicans "completely lost the plot."

The exit poll. Martin added that the election was about change and the economy, and said three quarters of Americans who voted said the country was heading in the wrong direction.

Why it matters here. Republicans have been arguing about why they lost, and our other coverage has the war, prices and weak candidates at the center. Martin is offering the Democratic read, which is that the culture war topics were not what moved voters. The excerpt does not cover how Democrats will handle the left wing of their own party.

What we could not check. We did not watch the video, so we cannot comment on tone or on anything before or after the excerpt. The "three quarters" figure is Martin's description of exit polling, and we did not verify it against the poll. Breitbart does not add any response from Republicans.