Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Why the Democrats Lost

Marc Thiessen writes:
Donald Trump deserves enormous credit for his historic victory, in which he increased his support among almost every demographic group in the country. But Democrats made it possible with several catastrophic choices over the past four years. Here are the eight key blunders that paved the way for Trump’s comeback:

1. They ignored warnings from liberal economists that their massive new spending would unleash disastrous inflation.

2. They created a border disaster. Democrats knew that illegal immigration propelled Trump into the White House in 2016.

3. Their catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan convinced Americans they were incompetent.

4. They broke their promise to unite the country. Biden pledged in his inaugural address to put his “whole soul” into “bringing America together.”

5. They covered up Biden’s cognitive decline.

6. They didn’t give voters a benign alternative. Unlike Biden, who at least had the veneer of moderation, Democrats nominated the most radical Democratic ticket in the history of the country.

7. They offered Americans continuity when they wanted change.

8. Their campaign of lawfare locked in Trump’s nomination.

Any one of these mistakes might have been survivable, but together they created a perfect catastrophic storm that Trump rode back into the White House.

I agree with this.

On CNN, a Black man tries to explain:

A lot of families out there who don't believe that boys should play girls sports ...
Then he gets interrupted by another panelist saying "I'm not going to listen to transphobia ... listen to the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, ...".

Democrats are on the losing side of that argument. Yes, I have listened to those associations, and they are wrong, unscientific, sick, and perverted.

The transgender issue by itself is not particularly important to most people, Republicans or Democrats. But it symbolizes a very sharp difference of opinion between normies and the radical leftists who have taken over the Democrat Party, the medical associations, and CNN panelists.

1 comment:

MikeAdamson said...

Item #7 is true and explains much of the result. I also think that Trump voters do not believe that Trump poses a threat to democracy, do not believe that his program will cause them harm, and do not believe that he was an unserious candidate for such an important job. Time will tell.