- Ex-DNC Chair Donna Brazile said the Democrats need to "stop sleeping at the wheel" ahead of the midterms.
- "Democrats got to go back and create communities," said Brazile, who twice served as DNC chair.
- Polls suggest broad approval for the Democratic Party and President Joe Biden has faltered.
The former chair of the Democratic National Convention issued an impassioned plea to her party ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
"Democrats got to stop sleeping at the wheel, OK? I'm serious. Stop sleeping at the wheel, stop waiting for the last six weeks of the election," Donna Brazile said Sunday on ABC News' "This Week".
Her advice comes as polls continue to show faltering support for Democrats and President Joe Biden.
"Democrats got to go back and create communities and remind people what the Democratic Party is doing to help them. Help them at the gas station. Help them in the grocery store. Help them where it matters in their wallets, in their homes," Brazile said on Sunday.
She added: "But if Democrats are not able to do that, and they continue to sleep at the wheel and just rely on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, forget it."
Strategists have been calling for Democrats, who currently hold a wafer-thin majority in the House and Senate, to focus on the country's ongoing economic recovery. Instead, there are concerns that the January 6 investigation has overshadowed economic gains.
Brazile emphasized that if Democrats "don't put up a fight," they will face a Republican majority in November.