Dem Strategist, We better pray long and hard for a f**king economic depression

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Democrats find reasons for hope and fear six months into Trump 2.0
by Mike Lillis and Amie Parnes
07/14/25

Nearing the six-month mark of President Trump’s frenetic second term, Democrats are fighting to find their footing and claw themselves from the wilds of the minority in next year’s midterm elections.
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Not only do polls show the Democrats’ approval ratings at historic lows, but they’re still scrambling to identify a national leader almost half a year after Trump’s return to the White House — dynamics that are raising alarm bells in certain corners of the party.
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“This is a nightmare scenario for the Dems right now,” the strategist said. “We better pray long and hard that the country is going to be in a f---ing depression, because I don’t know how else we find ourselves out of this mess.”

A new poll by a Democratic super PAC highlights the challenges facing Democrats as they race to regroup in the era of MAGA 2.0. The survey, conducted by Unite the Country, found not only that Democrats have failed to gain ground on Trump this year, but they’re less popular now than they were when he was elected in November.
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“National Democrats are happy and proud to have socialists, criminals, and antisemitic radicals who chant ‘globalize the intifada’ in their ‘big tent,’” Mike Marinella, spokesperson for the Republicans’ campaign arm, said Thursday in an effort to make Mamdani the face of the Democrats. “This is their party, and every House Democrat is proudly applauding the far-left takeover.”

Democrats have a simple strategy for deflecting those attacks: They’re focusing virtually all their energy and attention on the most contentious provisions of Trump’s megabill, which he signed into law July 4.

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