Too many pundits on the Left continue to blame Democrats for what is happening. I call that blaming the victims. On the other hand, why have so many traitors been able to infiltrate the Democratic party?
Being a moderate from a very red state who caucuses with Democrats, like Joe Manchin, is one thing. Manchin’s corruption made him able to walk that line, so I guess we should have been grateful. But charlatans like Fetterman, Sinema, and Gabbard, who won election by campaigning as progressives, represent a whole other level of corruption. We don’t know when they were compromised, before or after being elected, so we must be more vigilant than ever.
Why haven’t any Democrats infiltrated high levels of the Republican party and then flipped? Because only a Republican predator bereft of integrity would create an entirely fake persona to win an election. That’s double agent, Russian asset level deception.
Take convicted felon George Santos, who created a fake identity and rode the pendulum swing to the Right after Biden won in 2020, to beat Democrat Robert Zimmerman in solid blue NY03 and become the first openly LGBTQ Republican elected to Congress. When the truth came out, Santos became the first Republican expelled from Congress, (five Democrats have been expelled), and Trump commuted his sentence.
Take Michael Cohen, not a politician, but a registered Democrat, who, after serving jail time for Trump, recreated his entire persona from mafia fixer to victim. He even became a star of independent liberal news darlings Meidas Touch. But everything he wrote had a dig against Democrats, blaming the victims, and I said so many times with expletive-laced comments on his Substack pieces. When he flipped back to Trump and was dumped by the Left, it was satisfying my instincts were proven right.
My instincts are tingling again. Speaking of blaming rape victims, candidate for Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, Graham Platner, is unapologetic about his past statements doing just that. Maine voters have an opportunity to replace five-term incumbent and rapist-apologist Susan Collins with an accomplished advocate for women, former governor Janet Mills. But Platner has endorsements from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Why do progressives love risking our democracy?
Lastly, take ex-husband of Trump’s vile 2016 campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, George Conway, who is running as a Democrat in NY12 to replace Jerry Nadler. At least Conway registered Democrat, unlike California Republican House Rep Kevin Kiley, who changed to Independent and will continue to caucus with Republicans through the end of his term. Conway has also been a fierce anti-Trump activist. But voter mistrust is part of the Republican strategy, which includes lying, cheating, and stealing to win. Use your best judgment and VOTE BLUE!