The signs aren’t subtle anymore. Bill Maher, never a conservative, now dines with President Trump and says the party he once supported has become “insane.” He hasn’t changed. He feels the party has. Consequently, Maher has announced his departure from the Democrat party.
Maher isn’t alone. Chris Cuomo, no friend of the Right, declared on-air, “The Democratic Party is dead.” His brother, backed by Bill Clinton and Mike Bloomberg, was crushed by a 33-year-old self-declared socialist who refused to condemn antisemitic slogans. That’s what now passes for leadership in New York.
Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), hardly a centrist, called the outcome “Christmas in July for the GOP.” When someone like Fetterman warns that the party’s brand has become toxic to working-class voters, perhaps it’s time to pause. But there is no pause, only a sharp acceleration to the left.