Democrat politicians went off the rails in a matter of months of taking the House

Michael Brendan Doughtery:
The Democrats swept to power in Congress by campaigning in a way that has been successful for Democrats for generations. “Republicans will take away your health care,” they said, after having focus-grouped it. Now we are preparing for a 2020 campaign in which Donald Trump and Republicans can as easily advertise to the public: “Democrats will take away cows, and your car.” What happened to Democrats?
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But progressives have decided to push the envelope anyway. Fearing a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, blue states such as New York, Rhode Island, and Virginia set about passing expanded legal protections for various later-term abortions. This led to the governor of Virginia’s unforgettable discussion about providing “comfort” to a child born out of a botched abortion before “a decision” is made about whether that child should live or be made to die.

The presidential campaign’s beginning has also involved a giant lurch to the left. Bernie Sanders consistently scores as the second-most popular candidate, and his competitors are trying to outbid him on the left. And so half of them have rushed to co-sponsor Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s non-binding resolution proposing a “Green New Deal” that promises to upgrade every building and vehicle to renewable energy and remake America as a Nordic social democracy in the bargain.

This is an absolute coup for Ocasio-Cortez and for the activists and advisers that have flocked to her. The Green New Deal was, until very very recently, talked about only in small policy groups led Democratic Socialists of America. Now leading candidates for the presidency are trying to adopt it as their own agenda.
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Parts of the Green New Deal are literally insane and backers are scrambling to try to look more reasonable in destroying the US economy.  It is too late.  They endorsed the mess.  Their attempt to turn Texas blue should fly out the window with their attempt to shut down the major industry in the state.  They want to destroy the oil and gas industry and the millions of jobs it produces as well as cattle ranching.  That is some platform to run on in Texas.

Democrats have also been shown to be frauds on border security with several prominent ones now calling for doing away with existing border fences.  They are clearly for open borders because they think it will let in more future Democrats.

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