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Democrats worry they’ve been caught in an anger trap with Trump
The Hill ^ | 05/23/26 6:00 AM ET | Amie Parnes

Posted on 05/24/2026 9:39:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Democrats have spent nearly a decade in fight mode against President Trump. 

And some in the party worry that they may remain trapped there. 

An autopsy released by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Thursday underscored the point, saying that Democrats relied too heavily on negative partisanship and became too dependent on attacks on Trump in their messaging to voters.

The report also stated that “anti-Trump sentiment” has its limitations in terms of achieving electoral success. 

As they were hammering Trump in their anger, Democrats did not provide a vision to lure voters to their side or an argument for what they would do with power. 

This week at the 2026 IDEAS Conference hosted by the Center for American Progress, anger was also displayed by a series of Democratic speakers, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is a front-runner in the 2028 presidential race.

He and others spoke mostly about fighting the president and his party, a message that Democrats caution will fire up the base but may not be enough to win over independents, and thus, elections. 

“Trump is the best base mobilizer for Democrats right now. But I think there is a broad understanding that the clock is ticking on how much longer Democrats can rely on polarization because of Trump to galvanize our voters,” said Democratic strategist Joel Payne, highlighting the problem. 

In a Substack post this week titled “Can D’s control their fury,” Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine also wondered whether those in his party could move past the anger in the past few election cycles. 

After attending the IDEAS Conference this week, Turrentine said he was “stunned by how consumed speakers and moderators were by raw fury against Donald Trump’s administration.”

“Time and again, they looked and sounded angry, no matter the topic, talked incessantly about...

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; domesticenemies; hate; meltdown; theshill; trump

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They're caught in a trap!

They can't get out!

Because they hate you too much, Baby!

1 posted on 05/24/2026 9:39:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Jeffries says “War” and a mad black man attacks the White House.

It’s a trap!


2 posted on 05/24/2026 9:43:19 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.)
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To: VanShuyten

I wouldn’t mind if more crazies volunteered for execution.


3 posted on 05/24/2026 9:45:54 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

From the Groove Yard Of Forgotten Favorites

Paul Shanklin

Real Suspicious Minds

Also known as

My Phone’s Got A Tap

https://youtu.be/ma4nnf9dZyY?si=JOb0esjAXKZMDIZO


4 posted on 05/24/2026 9:56:42 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Snakehead, or whatever his real name is, had been warning his fellow Dems about this throughout that last Train Wreck of a campaign, that they were spending way too much time expressing their hate for Trump and not describing any ‘virtues’ of the Democratic Party, but they were not listening to any Middle Of The Roaders any longer.


5 posted on 05/24/2026 10:07:42 PM PDT by lee martell
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"Democrats did not provide a vision to lure voters to their side or an argument for what they would do with power."

What? Their visions are superb! What do they mean it didn't work? Killing babies, men walloping real women in sports, unlimited criminals flooding in from down, unlimited cheap deadly drugs, filthy cities filled with zombies, violent trannies on killing sprees, and Hate America.

Why, that's an uplifting agenda that should lure every voter.

6 posted on 05/24/2026 11:06:59 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hate is all they have to offer.


7 posted on 05/24/2026 11:07:21 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Everything is caused by someone else.

Even their insane rage anger is not their fault. Alwa6s someone else.


8 posted on 05/24/2026 11:22:42 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Demwits are gullible morons who seek politicians and media sources that incite hatred.

9 posted on 05/24/2026 11:33:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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Well, the Dems also offer ignorance, corruption, chronic policy failures, odd behavior, and sheer disloyalty to our country and its principles.


10 posted on 05/24/2026 11:34:44 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; SunkenCiv

Once I saw a video where Democrats screamed and threw things at an image of Trump projected on a screen. It was just like the “Two Minutes Hate” sessions George Orwell predicted in “1984.”

Does this mean the Democrats are now thinking of stopping those sessions? They reminded me of a quote from the playwright Euripides:

“Whom the gods destroy they first make mad.”


11 posted on 05/25/2026 12:19:51 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Change the name from democrat party to demonic party.


12 posted on 05/25/2026 12:36:22 AM PDT by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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Even the whackos will not vote Demoncrap now !

They are going t9 stay home election day, have mucho unprotected sex , take abortion tours to blue states, and secretly arm themselves with AR-15s.

BUahahahahahahahahaha!

“No fetus can beat us!”

A NI MALS !


13 posted on 05/25/2026 2:01:05 AM PDT by Candor7 ( Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=300</img><a href="">tag</a>))
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Mid-terms are coming up.

As far as I can see, the Democrat focus seems to be to make sure that Donald Trump is not re-elected in 2026.

They may not have thought this through.


14 posted on 05/25/2026 2:06:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

May the fretting begin!
Hillary started it, old Joe kept poking at the logs in the fireplace, and both Schumer and AOC kept pumping the bellows.
Now, they have painted themselves into a corner.


15 posted on 05/25/2026 2:19:32 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump does a good job of highlighting how crazy Dumbocrats are. His electoral success infuriates them. However everywhere Democrats rule is an example of poor governance. The waste. fraud and abuse scandal is going to be a good issue for Republicans if they exploit it. It is clear that the “affordability” buzz word just means more free stuff.


16 posted on 05/25/2026 3:06:40 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The left has absolutely nothing to offer except hate.


17 posted on 05/25/2026 4:22:20 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it! I want lower taxes.)
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“ Hate is all they have to offer.”

It appears the left (democrats, socialists, jihadis, communists, etc.), when faced with the fact that all their policies result in calamity, decided to switch from reason and sanity to hate and vitriol.


18 posted on 05/25/2026 4:33:16 AM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

For years now conservatives have known this. We call it “TDS”. It is nice that The Hill is finally acknowledging it. They should have written this article long ago.


19 posted on 05/25/2026 4:59:58 AM PDT by JCM
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“Democrats did not provide a vision to lure voters to their side or an argument for what they would do with power. “

See Virginia


20 posted on 05/25/2026 5:01:12 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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