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Democrats just keep stepping in it, and Republicans are taking full
advantage of the liberal party’s mounting pile of political errors.

The battle to fund the government has become the latest PR headache for Democrats, as House Republicans remained united to pass a continuing
resolution on Tuesday. As Friday’s funding deadline approached, Democrats gloated over apparent dissent within the House GOP caucus, suggesting that Republicans were incapable of governing and would send Washington into a shutdown.

But Republicans ultimately stuck together, and instead it was Democrats
who voted for a shutdown, as all but one (Jared Golden of Maine) voted
against the continuing resolution. After weeks of manufactured outrage
over the Trump administration trimming the federal workforce, House
Democrats ultimately voted against funding the salary of virtually every remaining federal worker.

That irony was not lost on the National Republican Congressional
Committee, which quickly launched ads against 34 vulnerable House
Democrats for voting to shut down the government.

House Republicans’ success at ushering through a funding bill also put the pressure on Senate Democrats, forcing them to either vote with Republicans
to keep the government open or filibuster the bill and be entirely
responsible for a shutdown.

If only that were the end of Democrats’ problems.

Things got off to a rough start early in the month during President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4. Despite pleas
from Democrat leaders to avoid theatrics during the speech, Rep. Al Green
of Texas stood up and began shouting and shaking his cane at Trump before
House Speaker Mike Johnson ordered him removed from the chamber.

Two days later, the House censured Green for his outburst – a motion that
10 Democrats crossed the aisle to vote in favor of, only adding to the
sense of chaos and division gripping a party that has failed to find its footing following Republicans’ sweeping victories last November.

But Green’s antics were far from the only bad press for Democrats
following Trump’s speech. Several Democrat lawmakers also brought signs
reading “false,” “lies,” “save Medicaid,” and “Musk steals,” holding them
up at various points throughout the remarks.

As could be expected by anyone with a modicum of common sense,
conservative meme-makers quickly photoshopped images of Democrats holding
the signs to read things like “I love war,” “America last,” “I steal from taxpayers,” “illegals first,” and “I voted against women.”

As embarrassing as that fiasco was, it was nothing compared to the
backlash over Democrats’ refusal to clap for and show respect to any of
the president’s guests, including Allyson and Lauren Phillips, the mother
and sister of Laken Riley, Alexis Nungaray, the mother of a 12-year-old
girl who was murdered by two illegal immigrants, and 13-year-old DJ
Daniel, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018.

Even Democrat Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania admitted, “I don’t
think that was the best look for our party.”

But while Democrats refused to clap for any of these heroes, they have
heaped praise on Mahmoud Khalil, a radical pro-Hamas activist who was
detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is facing
deportation.

Khalil is a leading agitator and spokesperson for Columbia University
Apartheid Divest (CUAD). Among CUAD’s publicly stated goals is “the total eradication of Western civilization.” CUAD has also called the October 7,
2023 massacre of more than 1,200 Israeli civilians a “moral, military, and political victory” and has declared that “violence is the only path
forward.”

“These are the same Democrats who wouldn’t stand to honor the memory of
Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray,” White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Stephen Miller responded to a March 10 X post from the official Senate Judiciary Democrats account calling to “free Mahmoud Khalil.”

“Of course Dems stand with non-citizen pro-Hamas radicals. Choosing the 20
of another 80/20 issue. Smdh,” added conservative commentator Scott
Jennings.

Unsurprisingly, polling shows that the label of “Democrat” effectively
means “out of touch” for the vast majority of Americans. According to
Politico, “an internal poll conducted by the Democratic group Navigator Research” shows that “among independents, just 27 percent believe
Democrats are focused on helping them, compared with 55 percent who said they’re focused on others.”

Moreover, “Just 44 percent of those polled said they think Democrats
respect work, while even fewer – 39 percent – said the party values work.
Only 42 percent said Democrats share their values. A majority, meanwhile –
56 percent – said Democrats are not looking out for working people.”

In short, Democrats have a major, major image issue – and continuing to
take stances that appease only a small group of far-left activists isn’t
likely to help matters. The party has no clear leaders and no clear
message.

Democrats’ only saving grace is that the 2026 midterm elections are still
well over a year away. But they have a lot of ground to make up, and with
the Republican Party firmly united behind President Trump’s popular
agenda, their chances of closing the gap become more remote by the day.

https://amac.us/newsline/society/democrats-bad-month-keeps-getting-worse/

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