Tom Brokaw to Democratic Party: ‘Rage Is Not a Policy’

Jeffrey Toobin (L) and Tom Brokaw attend SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Conversations with Tom Brokaw at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Robin Williams Center on October 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/Getty Images for SAG-AFTRA Foundation)

He said the Democrats, meanwhile, need to reevaluate its own strategy—rather than simply opposing anything coming out of the Trump administration.

“The other thing is the Democrats have a lot of reconstruction to do of their own party, and that is what they ought to be thinking about, and that is where they should be beginning. They should be out in the middle of America saying ‘what do we need to know from you?’ rather than sitting in Washington reelecting Nancy Pelosi after they lost the House three different times,” he said.