After nearly a decade of being forced to take Trump seriously, Democrats increasingly call BS on the whole charade
Sure, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy — a would-be dictator on day one who has called for terminating the U.S. Constitution so he can hold onto power even after losing a free and fair election. But while draped in the rhetoric of populism, Trump and his MAGA movement are not actually popular; the man himself has never won more votes than the person he ran against, a majority of Americans twice rejecting him and his off-putting cult of personality. That he was ever president is more or less because a few thousand swing voters in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania thought it would be fun.
President Joe Biden won in 2020 largely by promising to a return to normalcy and baseline competency. In 2024, Democrats are making a similar argument but more forcibly: They’re pointing, laughing and dismissing Trump and his circus as a total freak show to which we can’t return.
All of that behavior is problematic, but not “weird” in the context of people in power throughout American/world history.
It frankly is normal. That’s why he has such a large base. That’s why he’s dangerous. That’s why our whole country needs to face its alarmingly common dark tendencies.
It’s not normal though, and his base only seems large because close to half of the country is disaffected and chooses to not participate. The base is “large” in that it’s a significant portion of the voting public, but that’s still less than 30-35% overall at most. The rest of the country knows this shit is weird, and that’s why you’re seeing a strong response now that there’s someone younger than the crypt keeper running.
Don’t let their control of the media make you think this is normal, that’s what they want. They want you thinking this is normal because you’re less likely to fight against it and instead do what you’re doing and continue propagating the lie they’re putting out that they’re the normal group, you’re literally doing what they want.