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A blunt memo circulated Friday urges Democrats to ditch "elitist" jargon that is alienating to voters if they want to defeat President Donald Trump's agenda.

In the message titled, "Was It Something I Said?," Democratic think tank Third Way warned Democratic officials against using language packed with progressive framing, labeling such terms as "therapy-speak," "seminar room language," and "organizer jargon," among others.

The memo highlighted 44 words and phrases seen as divisive, including "privilege," "safe space," "existential threat," "the unhoused," "birthing person," "Latinx," and "incarcerated people."

Third Way argues these terms make Democrats appear like radical "enforcers of wokeness" to the average American

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