"Jeffries has faced growing pressure from the left flank of the party. Critics argue he spent too much time appeasing groups like the Squad while refusing to engage constructively with Republicans on issues that could benefit the country. That approach, they say, has driven moderates and more centrist voters away."
Democratic discontent with Mamdani mounts in New York City’s outer boroughs . . . "Since Mamdani’s ascension there, local elected Democrats have been hard pressed to publicly blast him and his hard-left base. The mayor’s approval ratings remain strong and the DSA has emerged as a serious political force in the city. So Richards’ X post — which was referencing the DSA’s majority white membership nationally — hinted at a potential turning point.
"His attack also points to a more broadly felt symptom: Growing discontent with Mamdani from Democratic politicians in the city’s outer boroughs." . . .
The Socialist Monster Awakens - Victor Davis Hanson
. . . "Almost every weaponized scam and national hysteria in the last two decades was amplified and spread by mainstream Democrats: the farcical claim that the Wuhan-lab-hatched COVID virus came from pangolins or bats; the Duke Lacrosse and Covington Kids hoaxes; the Jussie Smollett scam, the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" lie; the deification of George Floyd, often portrayed with wings and a halo; Fauxcahontas Liz Warren, touted as the first Native American Harvard law professor (thanks to her grandfather's high cheekbones); the radical diminution of in-person voting; the canonization of Trayvon Martin and Karmelo Anthony as blameless model children; and the mythology of a 1619 national founding.
"Who allowed not just one, two, three, or four million border-jumpers into the country, but over 10 million — illegal, unvetted, viewed as an assumed new political constituency, and instantaneously dependent on the welfare state?
"Who gave us three, four, five, or even more genders and biological males showering with teenage girls or female prisoners? Who sloganeered about "defund the police" and "no cash bail"?
"All this was about as radical as it gets.
"The Democratic establishment's unhinged hatred of Donald Trump mainstreamed radicalism even further and helped birth the socialist-cum-communist Frankensteinian monster that is now devouring its mad-scientist creators.
"'By any means necessary" was a Democratic mantra over a decade ago. By 2016, the Democratic leadership and the Clinton campaign were hatching the Steele-dossier farce to warp an election." . . .
