For a sense of how desperate the opponents of President Trump have become, consider the rallying cry issued by Hillary Clinton to her fellow travelers last Friday: “I want you to talk to two people — friends, neighbors, cookout attendees — about why Trump’s proposed budget would be a disaster for American kids.” Now, imagine yourself sitting down to enjoy a hotdog and a beer in the warm spring weather only to be accosted by your progressive brother-in-law who insists on boring the bejabbers out of you with a rote recitation of talking points thoughtfully provided by HRC.

It’s difficult to imagine a better strategy for chasing more “normies” away from the Democratic Party, which is already hemorrhaging voters by the millions. That Clinton actually thinks sending pushy progressives out to harass their friends and neighbors is a useful tactic for killing the “Big Beautiful Bill Act” is indicative of how clueless she and the rest of the Democrats are about how dramatically the political landscape has changed during the last decade. Not long after the 2024 general election, Ruy Teixeira wrote an insightful essay at the Liberal Patriot in an attempt to wake the Democrats up to the political realities they face:

As Democrats dig out from their debacle, it’s important for them to understand just how far away they now are from the salad days of the Obama coalition. In 12 short years, they have lost two of three elections to Donald Trump and huge chunks of support from key demographics, including most of their rising constituencies … It’s time for a new coalitional strategy — a strategy that starts with rebuilding their support among working-class Americans of all races and forcefully jettisoning all the political baggage that is preventing them from doing so.

The Democrats have, thus far, failed to heed his advice. They continue to ignore concrete problems that working class voters of all races care about — high inflation, illegal immigration, violent crime and the poor quality of public education. Instead, they have focused on nebulous progressive issues like “systemic” racism, income inequality, health inequity, and environmental injustice. By prioritizing such nonsense and going all in with “the resistance,” the Democrats ingratiated themselves with the denizens of the faculty lounge but lost millions of ordinary voters. And Trump’s job approval rating is once again climbing.