Republicans Will Smear Democrats No Matter What “The Left” Does

There is a damaging narrative emerging in the mainstream media, avidly fueled by conservatives who claim to be opposed both to Donald Trump and the current Republican Party, to the effect that Democrats are in danger of “moving too far left” and need to “rein in the extremists in their party.” To a certain degree, of course, such advice might be offered in good faith. One can worry that Trump’s extreme unpopularity—which, though potent, was not enough to deny him an eye-of-the-needle path to the presidency in 2016—will somehow be nullified if the other party gratuitously alienates voters who would otherwise vote to elect Trump’s challenger.

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