No, they’re not stupid. Their narrative has been annihilated due to illegals flooding sanctuary cities and they can no longer hide the truth of our reality, for the most part.
So, they acknowledge reality, but only so that they can put their spin on it and return to their “modified” narrative.
Actually, what they do is they simply decide to lie.
Outright lie.
Because people will swallow a lie. A lot of people still hear words coming out of this administration, and the lies are so outrageous like “The US economy is so strong, people in other parts of the world are trying to figure out how they can emulate us...” (Not kidding-I heard someone say this recently)
People just don’t want to accept someone in a position of “authority” would so brazenly lie.
But they do.
And the Left has made a calculated choice to say whatever they think they must in order to get people to swallow the lie and get their candidates elected.
And then they do what they want, all while telling people they aren’t doing it.
Pretty astonishing.