They ran on the “We are all gonna be DEAD in just ten years, if you don’t give us your freedom and money!” Platform.
And they wonder why they lost?
We live in interesting times. The left is feeling very emboldened these days and no longer feels the need to hide their agenda. In the old days they would have softened any policy designed to grab money and power during a campaign and only after winning power ram through draconian laws. I think part of it is how overwhelmingly left the media academia and popular culture has become they no longer feel there is any opposition left and are shocked when a Trump shows up and wins. Any opposition is viewed by them as insignificant and illegitimate.