The Democrats irrational fear of Trump has reached the point of a diagnosable phobia.
I think the driving fear here is that it’s not all Republicans and Independents on this Trump ‘wagon’. There’s probably 10-to-20 percent of Democrats who were willing to vote Trump, instead of Hillary or Biden. In that type of environment, it hinders the entire party and various levels.
I will add this...DeSantis is the same ‘brand’ and the whole Democratic Party has a problem finding quality candidates to go against either Trump or DeSantis.