Posted on 01/15/2022 7:01:49 PM PST by SeekAndFind
In response to plummeting approval ratings, Democrats are now moving away from lockdown policies they previously vehemently advocated over fears about being wiped out politically.
That’s according to a new report by Politico, which notes how, “Omicron is surging — and Democrats aren’t shutting things down this time.”
“From New York to California, Democratic mayors and governors are fighting to keep schools and businesses open with an urgency they haven’t flexed before in the pandemic,” writes Lisa Kashinsky.
That sea change likely has a lot to do with Republicans securing a November clean sweep of the House, as well as the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general in Virginia.
Republican Glenn Youngkin appealed to parents who were angry over school closures and other issues such as mask mandates, while New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy came closer to defeat than expected over frustrations relating to COVID restrictions.
Big events such as the Super Bowl in L.A. will now go ahead, while the likes of Fauci and Biden refrained from telling Americans to cancel holiday plans despite record case numbers caused by Omicron.
“Democrats went further than most Republicans in shutting down businesses, enforcing social distancing and requiring masks to tame the spread of the virus — and were initially rewarded politically for their caution,” states the report.
R.I.P. Lockdown America 🇺🇸
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“But as the nation trudges into a third pandemic year in the grips of another variant-fueled wave, blue state leaders faced with exhausted and frustrated voters have lost the stomach for strict shutdowns.”
According to Bob Blendon, a polling and political strategy expert at the Harvard T.H. Chan School, Democrats “see an upcoming election, they see backlashes.”
“They can’t close things down, and there is no public tolerance for serious disruptions in people’s lives. People have run out of patience,” said Blendon.
Polling has also been dreadful for Democrats, with Biden’s approval rating sinking to a new low as just 15.5% of Americans say they trust the president when it comes to information about COVID-19.
“Everything our government tried to contain this virus has failed and now, thanks to Omicron, everyone is getting infected with a “live covid vaccine” that’s relatively mild and actually works,” comments Chris Menahan.
“With the combination of Omicron infecting millions and Democrats getting wiped out politically there’s a decent chance we may actually be able to move on from this hysteria and get on with life.”
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What about the vaccine mandates? Apparently the Democrats are doubling down on this policy.... Do they believe this is a political winner for them?
I asked a very left leaning young lady I work with the other day “how are you coping” etc ...she was the type wearing a mask outside etc. She said “I’m over it”. ...Canary meet coal mine
Republicans are overconfident. They need to believe that they are the underdogs and the minority - which in fact they are. They control none of the branches, not even SCOTUS really because of Roberts and Kavanaugh and even ACB on the fence. Also they’re not doing a damn thing about vote fraud and what happened in 2020.
I’ll tell you something I traveled to Dallas to be with my family for Christmas and the interstate to Dallas was packed ...a lot of traffic, everything was packed. People have had enough! We want our freedom back! Fauci POS GO TO HELL!!!
I think there’s always going to be resentment by some of the vaxxed for those that said “no.” That’s just the nature of sheep.
Exactly! Richard Barris from the People’s Pundit polling company has mentioned that as well. They have to fight tooth and nail to get the vote. He feels they are getting over confident that there will be a red wave. But he scares me when he starts saying that the people are still willing to give the Democrats their vote. Yikes!
I have yet to see anything resembling a Republican Party campaign agenda for 2022. “We’ll fight to stop Joe Biden” isn’t going to get the job done, especially after the GOP spend eight years from 2010 to 2018 demonstrating that they’re nothing but a bunch of feckless frauds.
The left is terrified of the hard working Hispanic voters. They don’t want school lockouts and economic lockdowns.
Too bad they never seem to run out of the stupidity necessary to elect these lockdown libtards in the first place 🤪
Zak Lee. They need to “redouble” their efforts to cancel this vax/mask mandate crap. Mandates are for petee bootyjudge. Just like someone else, our patience is wearing thin. REAL thin.
The thing I have seen is this isn’t even political. There are equal lunatic leftists to the staunchest conservatives refusing this.
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” I saw an “ordan donor” on a crotch rocket, lane splitting, popping wheelies and riding recklessly. No helmet but by golly had his mask on 😖😖😡 “
He had to have SOMETHING to hold his 5hit for brains.
Politicians should have a good healthy fear of those they represent.
DON'T BE FOOLED! They're simply trading lockdowns for compliance and passports to control our daily lives, while still using the virus as an excuse. Communist a**holes!
Saw a FReeper post something like this on another thread. Democrats are now split into two camps, one who just wants to take the political win and call it a day and return to normalcy while the second camp consists of die hard covidists, they’ve socially distanced from the rest of the population in the past two years and they are terrified each time they go out with a new variant coming out to hit them.
Cognitive dissonance demands resolution
Chicago still as restricted hours on businesses like liquor stores and bars. People have gone over the border outside of the city limits and ignored Mayor Lighthead.
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