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[“Where are the damn cojones in the Democratic Party?”]
It is learned helplessness. These politicians grew up in the aftermath of Reagan and they are afraid of what Republicans will say. What needs to happen is that the older generation needs to be replaced by a younger generation of leaders. It is becoming more and more obvious that this is becoming an urgent thing. They also need to abandon their idiotic fixation on identity politics and focus on the major crisis of wealth inequality and related issues.
They know how to fight. We've seen how they consistently fight dirty against progressives, especially Bernie Sanders. They know how to play the game, they just don't do it against Republicans. Republicans get invited to speak at DNC conventions.
I'm totally fine with Republicans going to DNC conventions and telling the world how terrible Traitorapist Trump is. None of them were giving us their policy positions. Showing the world that even Republicans hate Traitorapist Trump was a good thing not a bad thing.
So, establishment Republicans,who everybody hates, including most right leaning voters, made sure everybody understood that they hate Trump. Gosh, that almost seems like something that could backfire.
Being hated by the political establishment is Trump's entire brand. Americans loathe the political establishment. Were it not for Trump's bungling of COVID, he would have won with Biden's help in 2020. People thought I was crazy to say we might ultimately wish he had won, but I think it's pretty clear now that it would have been better.
If attacking Trump was going to help Democrats, it would have happened a long time ago. For a lot of voters it might as well be an endorsement. All the worst things Trump actually did in his 2016 term were standard Republican shit. Biden should have called that out and tied them to each other. Trump is an anchor on establishment Republicans, and establishment Republicans are an anchor on Trump. That's how you use narrative to win elections. Voters don't work the simplistic way Democrats seem to believe.