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The One MAGA Lesson Democrats Need To Learn

Isaac Newton Farris Jr
15 min readJan 6, 2025

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The last time Democrats lost the popular vote for President to Republicans was 20 years ago, the last time Democrats lost all the states that would be considered battleground states was 44 years ago and truth be told Democrats got what they deserved, not because of their message and not because of their policies. Democrats got what they deserved because there is one MAGA lesson Democrats don’t know but need to learn.

In the aftermath of the Democrats’ presidential shellacking last November many reasons have been offered as explanations, initially, they ranged from A to Z, but regardless of whether it was the campaign message, who the campaign message was messaged to, how the campaign money was spent, the Donald Trump transgender ads that went unanswered, what the candidate herself said, or where the candidate should have held a rally and where the candidate wasted her time holding a rally, they all seem to conclude by somehow ultimately holding President Joe Biden responsible for the shellacking. Proof-positive that there is a MAGA lesson Democrats don’t know but need to learn.

Whether some might find it strange or others might find it acceptable, to ultimately blame Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss on someone not listed on the 2024 presidential election ballot is irrelevant, what is relevant to Democrats shellacking and the MAGA lesson they…

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Isaac Newton Farris Jr
Isaac Newton Farris Jr

Written by Isaac Newton Farris Jr

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. is the nephew of Martin Luther King, Jr. and serves as Senior Fellow at the King Center.

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