But doesn't that seem like a losing strategy? In 2024, won't people remember their far-left communist lurch in 2020 and not trust them?
Of course, never underestimate the stupidity and gullibility of the electorate.
No it doesn’t... Every election is a binary choice... The Democrat party MUST moderate, period.. if it doesn’t it will NEVER win the white house again. It may or may not win in 2024 if it moderates, but it certainly will not win if it does not.
Honestly, sit back and think about it.. if your goal were to make sure your party LOST the coming election in the biggest way possible, can you name one thing, one single thing you would be doing differently that what the Democrats have been doing?? Please, tell me ONE THING you would do differently if your goal was to lose this fall by the largest margin possible as a Democrat?
Impeachment is no win for you, you won’t remove the president, you will motivate his base to 11, and anger the middle. Then you throw your little staged temper tantrum with the speech? Etc.
The Democrats are INTENTIONALLY throwing 2020, they know they can’t win... so they want to get something out of it... if they do nothing and a perceived “moderate” is the nominee, the far left will say “SEE WE NEED TO MOVE MORE LEFT”.. .and will gain even more influence and power... btu if they run a hard leftist and get crushed, that argument falls flat, and loses influence, and the party moderates for the 2024 cycle when they may have a chance to win.
They can Do Nothing, and Lose this fall, and see the wing of their party that they know doesn’t sell outside the deepest of blue districts keep gaining influence, and never win a national election again.. or they can counter it, under cut it and knee cap it so they can be in a better position for hte next cycle.
To do nothing is to put yourself in a worse place going forward, so better to use this losing cycle to take out the cancer that you know is costing you votes in places you must get them if you ever want to win again.
The impeachment and everything the Dems have been doing has been to Rope a Dope the far left wing of the part, and knee cap them...
They are using a guaranteed losing cycle, to get a long term gain....
Communism, not called by that name of course, is quite popular with the American electorate.