Woke policies costly to Democrats
James Carville believes too much “left-wing nonsense and claptrap” is why his party failed so often in Tuesday’s elections, especially in Virginia.
When asked Wednesday how Terry McAuliffe lost to Glenn Youngkin in a state that President Joe Biden won by over 10 points a year earlier, the long-time Democrat strategist told PBS NewsHour that it was “stupid wokeness” and the overall agenda pushed by progressives.
“What went wrong is stupid wokeness. Don’t just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island, Buffalo, look at Minneapolis, even look at Seattle, Washington,” the 77-year-old told the liberal outlet. “I mean, this ‘defund the police’ lunacy, this take Abraham Lincoln’s name off of schools; people see that. And it really has a suppressive effect all across the country on Democrats. Some of these people need to go to a woke detox center or something. We got to change this and not be about changing dictionaries and change laws.”
Some left-wing pundits, who’ve been throwing tantrums on cable news the last 36 hours, feel differently.
They predictably blamed racism and some elusive “white supremacy” for McAuliffe’s loss — despite voters electing Winsome Sears as the first black female lieutenant governor in state history the same night. These are also many of the same folks who supported a Biden/Harris presidential ticket one year ago.
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Former President Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe inexplicably said that Democrats should “go on the offense” with the bigotry of critical race theory, even if they also say it’s not being taught or lie about what it teaches.
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It looks like Plouffe did not get the same message that Carville got from the Democrat debacle. The woke appears ready to double down on stupid. It will probably take another shellacking for them to get the message.
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