If there is a more intelligent, on-target political analyst out there than Victor Davis Hanson, I have yet to read that person’s work.
His latest commentary, titled “Can The Left Ever Stop Its Craziness”, is a compilation of the actions and positions taken by the leftward Democrats that, to Mr. Hanson – and me, as regular readers certainly know = suggests they are (this is the nice way of putting it) acting against the will of most people, thus against their own best interests. The less nice way of saying it is that their actions are el nutso, and they are acting like they’ve signed some kind of suicide pact.
Here is how it starts:
California Senator Alex Padilla recently crashed a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. He deliberately wore no identification. He gave no advance warning that he would disrupt her briefing.
Instead, Padilla barged forward to the podium, shouting about the deportation of illegal aliens.
Immediately, Padilla got his media moment wish — once Secret Service agents, who had no idea who Padilla was, forcibly removed him.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., recently attempted a pseudo-filibuster, speaking nonstop for 25 hours straight — not to delay legislation, but to fixate on President Donald Trump.
South Carolina Democratic state Representative Julie von Haefen just posted on social media an image of a bloody guillotine. It bore the title “In these difficult times, some cuts may be necessary” and was juxtaposed with an image of a hanging, beheaded Trump, who, a year ago, was the target of two failed assassination attempts.
The more Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom scream at Trump for nationalizing the California Guard to stop L.A.’s nightly violent anti-ICE protests, the more the two appear on the side of those who riot, destroy property, and attack police.
Yet who really wants to side with illegal aliens who spit on and burn American flags while waving Mexican flags?
Recently, some Democrats and leftists have romanticized Kilmar Abrego Garcia — an illegal alien, accused domestic abuser, gang member, and alleged human trafficker.
They also canonized illegal alien Mahmoud Khalil. But that pro-Hamas “student” helped organize and defend sometimes violent and antisemitic demonstrations at Columbia University.
For some on the Left, the assassin of a UnitedHealthcare CEO, the rich kid Luigi Mangione, has become a folk hero.
Mr. Hanson continues, and I urge you to use the above link to read every additional word. But I am pretty sure you already get the idea.
Every poll I have seen – no exceptions – tells me that these positions may be wildly popular with the hard left, but most voters reject them. So what, exactly, is happening to the Democrat Party?
What’s happening is that it, at least as of the present, has been taken over by the hard left. And the more it functions as an adjunct to the hard left, the more it stands to lose when voters go to the polls.
Does this make any sense to you? If so, please let me know why. Because I can’t figure out what they are trying to accomplish, other than becoming more and more of a fringe party.
And what should the Republican response be?
Well, Napoleon famously said “never interfere with an opponent who is making a mistake”.
So, if I were a Republican I would sit back, put on the TV and just watch them on the news.
