Famously liberal TV icon warns Kamala and the Democrats could lose election to Trump for this reason

Former Today show host Katie Couric has said Democrats have “kind of lost” the working class vote because they are too out of touch with reality.

The decorated Democrat issued the warning to former White House deputy chief of staff Alyssa Mastromonaco on her Podcast ‘Hysteria’ Thursday, hoping it doesn’t turn out to be a prophetic prediction.

Couric drew her arguments from the Hillary Clinton era and Trump’s first campaign, when the former first lady criticized her rival’s supporters as “a basket case of despicables.”

The comment was met with outrage and is often seen as one of the catalysts for a historic surprise for the political newcomer.

Couric, a staunch liberal, reminded onlookers that this could happen again if Democrats don’t come back down to earth in November.

As for her reasoning, Couric referred back to the days of Trump’s first campaign, when his then-rival Hillary Clinton criticized his supporters as a “basketful of despicables”

“I think there needs to be a stronger connection between the working class and the Democratic Party, because let’s face it … the Democrats have kind of lost the working class,” Couric told the former Obama aide.

“That has never been the case during all the years I have been writing about politics,” she continued.

“You had the Teamsters leader at the RNC, and you had people who believed that Republicans were much more concerned about dinner table issues than Democrats were.

“And I think these stories are too deeply rooted in the condescending attitudes of liberal, college-educated elites.”

The NBC News regular was referring to Sean O’Brien, the head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who became the first leader in the union’s 121-year history to speak at the RNC, two days after the assassination of Donald Trump.

In his speech, O’Brien slammed big companies like Walmart and Amazon, while criticizing the Chamber of Commerce and the federal government for not taking care of their workers.

“The American people are not stupid, they know the system is broken,” he said. “We all know how Washington is run. Working people have no chance of winning this fight.

“That’s why I’m here today, because I refuse to keep doing the same things as my predecessors.”

The former CBS News journalist explained her reasoning, saying, “You had the head of the Teamsters at the RNC,” referring to Sean O’Brien, the head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who spoke at the event last month

While he stopped short of a full endorsement, he made it clear that he does not support current Vice President Kamala Harris, criticizing her and her running mate’s administration for failing to provide for American workers.

While he stopped short of making a full recommendation, O’Brien said that “Trump is a candidate who is not afraid to listen to new, loud and often critical voices,

“And I think we can all agree that whether people like him or not, given what happened to him on Saturday, he’s proven to be a tough cookie.”

When he said the abbreviation, there was applause and cheers from the audience. According to Couric, this was a sign that the tide may have already turned.

Still, the retired journalist told Mastromonaco, “They can’t just give up that voting bloc.”

Instead, she said her party should say to workers: “Hey, we care about you, we care about your issues, we know there are a lot of things that have been very difficult… but this is how we’re going to help.”

“I just want to see her with a welding helmet on, working with regular people,” Couric said of Harris, directing her to address “regular people.”

She added that Democrats also have more work to do and that their current ties to the working class are not enough for victory.

“I just want to see her with a welding helmet on, working with regular people,” Couric said of Harris

Earlier in the conversation, Mastromonaco referenced the latest anti-GOP mantra Harris and the Democrats are using against the Trump-J.D. Vance ticket: the singular word “weird.”

That simple description is the new criticism of Republicans, despite it being the party’s latest buzzword to win over younger voters after other trends — and several on TikTok — failed to catch on.

“Don’t you think some of their songs are just weird,” Harris told a crowd in Atlanta last week.

Mastromonaco, who worked for Obama from 2011 to 2014, defended the use of the label, while Couric, clearly not amused, suggested that Democrats had more important things on their minds than appeasing social media users and Gen Z.

“You can find their behavior and their rhetoric odd,” Couric said, “but you can also do a better job of reaching disaffected voters, particularly white people without a college education, who feel left out.”

In April, Couric (67) was a guest on another podcast in which she talked about the elections, this time with fellow party member Bill Maher.

‘The socio-economic inequality… and the class resistance… and the anti-intellectualism and elitism are the driving force behind many of these anti-establishment movements. [people] “Those are Trump voters,” she said at the time.

‘The socio-economic inequality… and the class resistance… and the anti-intellectualism and elitism are the driving force behind many of these anti-establishment movements. [people] —who are Trump voters,” Couric said earlier this year

“I mean globalization and the transition from an industrial to a technological society. I don’t know if you’ve ever felt jealous of someone else or resentment. It’s such a biting and bitter, almost bilious feeling.”

These comments angered Trump’s supporters at the time, with many calling her “out of touch with reality.”

Now that Biden is out of the race and Harris is the heir apparent, Couric’s new comments suggest she has since considered the idea and has explored it more deeply.

Many criticized the confidence the Democratic Party showed in the run-up to Trump’s victory in 2016.

As of this writing, Harris has not yet named a running mate and has not been designated as the official Democratic nominee. The election is still 96 days away.