September 6, 2025
Who Defends Democracy?
By Jeffrey Folks
For a long time now, Democrats have claimed that they are “defending democracy.” Most recently, Barack Obama appeared at the Democratic National Committee summer meeting and ended his spiel with a plea to his audience to “defend democracy.” Against what, he neglected to say, but the implication was that his political opponents are a threat to democracy.
Often progressives are more specific. They think Donald Trump has studied Hitler’s speeches and that he is following Hitler’s playbook. They see Trump as a dictator who is using ICE and other federal agencies to “take over” our democracy. They think bringing in the National Guard to protect citizens against gang violence is a step toward dictatorship.
Like all such claims, it comes with no proof. How exactly are Republicans threatening democracy when they prevent crime or when they deport illegals who have committed violent crimes?
The problem with the Democrat strategy is that it is inherently irresponsible and extremist. As Eli Hassell wrote in the Times of Israel, “comparing Trump to Hitler is ‘cheapening’ the Holocaust.” He continued: “Words cannot describe the soul-crushing harrowing atrocity that [Hitler] caused. After leading the Nazi party into governance, he committed a genocide against the Jewish people, killing every Jewish person he could find.” Hassell specifically criticized Kamala Harris for comparing Trump to Hitler, but the same could be said for nearly every Democrat leader. As Hassell points out, it is a “desecration.” Do they really think Trump has committed evil on a scale equal to the Holocaust?
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