Thread by @ClistonBrown

2026: Voters, upset by the Trump recession, vote blue in the midterms.

2028: Angry at the economic collapse, voters give Democrats the White House and Congress and swear they’ll never vote GOP again.

2030: Voters put Republicans back in charge in Congress.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

This, if you’re wondering, is why Republicans never course-correct. They don’t have to. They pull the same shit every time, voters punish them for a midterm and maybe the next presidential election. Then, like an amnesiac, they hand the keys right back to them two years later.

I remember in 2008, the Democrats won sweeping victories. The Bush economy was a mess, and voters swore they’d never vote Republican again. Two years later, they handed the House right back to the GOP. “Well, they learned their lesson,” the voters said.

When you get right down to it, the median voter is Susan Collins. They might not be happy. They might even be “concerned.” But in the end, they’re going to vote Republican anyway, and the only people who are fooled by their pretense are congenital idiots.

@dilted @Doggo12347 She says all the right things, and a bunch of woolly-headed Democrats think “Oh, how nice, she spoke a word or two against Trump, we have to reward her to encourage other Republicans to speak up.” And then she goes and votes with Trump 95 times out of 100.

@MooOz45375 @TheRealFitzroy @wzowl When the average voter thinks a narcissistic, half-psychotic, sociopathic carnival barker like Donald Trump is actually a better bet than the Democrats, that should be a very strong clue that the Democrats have a serious problem. But Democrats just want to ignore that reality.

@MooOz45375 @TheRealFitzroy @wzowl Somewhere along the line, Democrats decided they were going to go all in on every fringe group that was out of the mainstream and not only fight for their rights (a good thing), but also try to force the culture to treat every fringe group’s fetishes as normal (too far).

@MooOz45375 @TheRealFitzroy @wzowl In doubling down on every “underdog” group, Democrats sent a message that normal people, the majority, were on their own and could expect no help or support from them. And everybody was going to have to swallow a bunch of odd new cultural norms, and if not, they were bigots.

@MooOz45375 @TheRealFitzroy @wzowl It’s one thing to say trans people (for example) should have basic human rights and dignity. Of course they should! It’s another thing entirely to give children puberty blockers and send people with male genitalia into girls’ and women’s shower rooms. That’s too far and too much.

@MooOz45375 @TheRealFitzroy @wzowl But that’s the problem the left has always had. They don’t know where to draw the line. Their maximalist positions on certain social issues are neither reasonable nor politically salable, but they just keep pushing. They need to learn some self-restraint. But they never do.

@MooOz45375 @TheRealFitzroy @wzowl If you don’t understand why Drag Queen Story Hour for children at the public library is a problem, I can’t help you.