The Truth Is Simple: Democrats Don’t Care About Anything but Gaining Power
Derek Hunter
Character does not matter, at least in politics. People can do things that cause embarrassment or shame, or at least would have in the past, and it will not hinder their pathway to power. If Harvey Weinstein were out of prison, he could easily win another Oscar. If Jeffrey Epstein were alive, he would still be getting solicitations for meetings and donations from Democrats. The old joke about the only way a powerful politician could be taken out is if they were caught “with a live boy or a dead girl” has lost its punch, as those would likely be resumé enhancements today.
Neither of those options would surprise me about the Democrat Texas has chosen to run for the Senate, and nothing would surprise me about the one they picked to run for Senate from Maine. Both James Talarico in Texas and Graham Platner in Maine have done weird and/or awful things that would have disqualified them in the past, but have Democrats circling the wagons to support them today.
More than that, there was a time when people like those two (and far too many other Democrats to list here) would have left the public stage in shame because of their actions or never went out on it in the first place because of them.
But shame is dead. Personal responsibility is dead. Decency is dead. And Democrats are ready to take full advantage of it.
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