The Democrats war against Trump and democracy
If Democrats honestly sort through the debris of the election, they will find a slew of key issues where they were far out of step with voters.
Their misguided economic policies led to sky-high inflation, they opened the border to millions of unvetted illegal migrants and adopted a radical approach to cultural issues, all of which Donald Trump seized on in his commanding victory.
It certainly didn’t help that Dems fielded two weak candidates, starting with President Biden. His cognitive decline, which the party tried to hide, led leaders to belatedly give him the hook, and Kamala Harris, despite spending nearly $2 billion, was mercilessly exposed as lacking the right stuff for the Oval Office.
These policy and personnel issues obviously contributed to the result, and some Dems, however grudgingly, are starting to come to grips with them.
But there is another dimension to the race that helps explain Trump’s triumph, and I don’t believe any Dem dares to touch it, at least yet.
These issues revolve around the party’s decision to launch a personal war against the Republican, which featured nonstop charges that he was a racist, a fascist and a wannabe Hitler.
It was created out of whole cloth and was despicable, and it was only part of the assault. The other part was the decision to weaponize the Department of Justice and state prosecutors to knock Trump out of the race by bringing a slew of criminal charges and civil suits.
No former president had ever been charged with a single crime, but Dems went full jihad and charged him with a total of 94 felonies in four different federal and state cases.
There was also an effort to bankrupt him in New York and a plot to ban him from the ballot in a dozen blue states, a disgraceful bid that would have deprived voters of choice.
Thankfully, the Supreme Court stopped it.
Displaying not an iota of shame, the activist Dems carrying out these unprecedented assaults routinely accused Trump of being a threat to democracy. It was one of the greatest cons of all time.
Still, there is a lesson in defeat if the Dems have the courage and decency to learn it.
Although it is fair to say that Trump won despite this unprecedented raft of dirty tricks, it is more accurate to say that he won because of them.
Polling showed that each new indictment boosted his support as the attempt to destroy him with flimsy charges backfired.
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Few major parties have ever been more deserving of defeat than the Democrats in 2024. Instead of running on the issues they decided to try to criminalize their opponent. If they are smart they will admit to their mistakes and try to reconnect with the voters on the issues that are important. Trump may have his faults but being a crook is not one of them.
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Even after a Trump trouncing, the Democrats refuse to learn lessons
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Joe Scarborough is on bended knee, licking the boots of an incoming president he has likened to Hitler. Nancy Pelosi, who first defended Biden’s mental capacity before coldly whacking him, is now blaming him for Kamala Harris’s loss. Activist “journalists” claim that Harris ran a “perfect” campaign and blame voters “who gave up on democracy.”
Self-preening typifies much of what’s wrong with the contemporary American left. It’s a culture driven by its own self-exaltation and social credit scores rather than self-examination. Moral condescension and virtue signaling are its chief currency.
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Appearing on The Faulkner Focus, Schoen argued that Republicans could retain their dominance for the foreseeable future if the Democrats fail to “learn from this election.” He emphasized that the party’s failure to connect with the concerns of ordinary Americans has been a major factor in its struggles. “My party is out of touch. We’re an elite party. We believe that rock stars and political elites decide. What Trump did was connect with ordinary people on issues they care about,” Schoen explained. “Inflation, cost of living, the border. Real issues that people care about. That’s the issue.”
When host Harris Faulkner asked if Schoen was concerned about the future of the Democratic Party, he responded unequivocally: “Yes. I’m worried that we will be a permanent minority party unless we learn from this election. And so far, no learning has been done.”
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