This article analyzes the Democratic party's reaction to Donald Trump's successful re-election and the declining effectiveness of their anti-Trump rhetoric. It examines their attempts to frame the upcoming election around issues like healthcare and social programs while acknowledging the public's desire to move past political polarization.
Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., as a joint session of Congress convenes to confirm the Electoral College votes, affirming President-elect Donald Trump ’s victory in the presidential election, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. After President-elect Donald Trump leaned on dissident Republican U.
But Jan. 6, 2025, came and went. Democrats’ talk of staging an objection to the certification of an “insurrectionist” quickly evaporated, and the certification of Trump’s victory proceeded without a hitch. Why? Trump’s stunning comeback victory proved that whipping out the anti-Trump Nazi/dictator/insurrection/threat-to-our-republic card no longer works. Democrat strategist James Carville said: “… Voters want an election about them. They don’t want an election about you or your opponent.
MSNBC host Joy Reid also remained in Trump-is-an-insurrectionist mode: “Fourteen days from today you will hear many soberly laud the peaceful transfer of power. … But you can’t peacefully transfer power to an insurrectionist … This will be violent transfer of power, the most violent in U.S. history, if we are being honest.”
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