After 9/11, Ellison said the attack was like the Reichstag fire, which Hitler blamed on the Communists and used as the excuse to assume total power in Germany. Rep. Eric Cantor replied: “Even if Ellison asserts that he was not implying that 9/11 was orchestrated by the administration, the comparison he draws between Hitler and the President of United States is disgraceful. These comments inflame hatred and division at a time when we should be promoting our unity and reconciliation.”
If Ellison wins his post, as it seems he will, given Senator Chuck Schumer’s support, it will be a sign that the Sanders wing of the party has won control of the DNC. They believe left-wing populism will appeal to the same voters who just voted for Trump and that in the next election, a socialist or progressive candidate will be able to win. Of course, this assumes that the national electorate will vote for the destruction of America’s democratic capitalism and put a self-proclaimed socialist or far left radical into office.
The Democrats lost the election because they lost the support of the white working and middle class. The arguments of the progressive wing of the party that they should appeal to them by using Trump’s playbook, only with left wing solutions, will be hard to resist. But they should think twice about solving their problems by once again by moving further to the left, instead of choosing to be a responsible centrist and mainstream opposition political party.
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