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Democrats Go All-In on Stupid

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When David Duke ran for office as a Republican, the party denounced him. There wasn’t anything legally they could do beyond that, and they did it quickly. Now, Duke is a radical leftist, where his politics always belonged, endorsing the anti-Semitic Green Party candidate Jill Stein for president in 2024. 

Democrats, on the other hand, have morphed even further into the type of party Duke would feel at home in, with their anti-Semitic, racist candidate for Mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani. They’re all in with him.

Bernie Sanders, the creator of the hilarious label “Democratic Socialist,” shoved all his chips into the center of the table for Zohran, as have AOC, Jasmine Crockett, and every other semi-literate Democrat with a larger shoe size than IQ (looking at you, Eric Swalwell).

Bernie’s Brownshirts, his former campaign that reformed into something he named “Our Revolution,” is dragging the bowels of progressive politics for every penny they can get their hypocritical hands on.

Under the subject line “Back Mamdani NOW,” Our Revolution didn’t even bother using his first name one time. 

Featuring the picture of Zohran and Bernie laughing hysterically in DC recently, the caption declares, “The face when you’re on the right side of history.” Of course, you can find pictures of every despotic progressive murderer laughing their asses off because they know they’re the ones doing the killing, not the ones under threat of being killed – communist leaders were always fat while their subjects starved.

“A Mamdani win will inspire grassroots progressive victories across the country – proving yet again that our strength lies in people power, not billionaire fundraisers,” the multimillionaire’s fundraising arm asserted. “Will you donate right now to fuel Our Revolution’s work to push the Democratic establishment to back Mamdani for Mayor?” 

They then conclude, “Can we count on you to chip in today and to FORCE the Democratic establishment to listen to progressive voices demanding change? When we organize, we win. Our Revolution.”

If you don’t count the caption in the picture itself, they sent less than 330 words to their army of flying monkeys and like raked in a fortune. The hive mind does not need much to be jolted into action.

Of course, Democrats aren’t deep thinkers, or even shallow ones. They don’t like to be challenged to think, they don’t have to tools. And email from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee opened, “Hey Derek -- It's Pat, the Research Director here at the DSCC. I'll cut to the chase: We NEED you to represent Maryland in our Democratic Strategy Interview for 7/19/25. I'll tell you more in a moment, but before I do, will you share your answers real quick?”

Who the hell is Pat? Does Pat have a last name? Does Pat even really exist? Was it chosen because it’s a gender neutral name? We may never know, as the email is ultimately signed, “Thank you for being a part of this team, Pat DSCC Research Director.”

I might be able to find out if Pat is real or whatever, with a bit of Googling, but I don’t really care. What I find odd is how they just assume either their donors will know who Pat is or simply react like one of Pavlov’s dogs and donate to anything simply because they are asked to. 

“Pat” was very concerned that I might share the special link they sent me to get my opinion about the party’s messaging, since I’m a “top” supporter “with a proven track record of making a difference in our country.” For the record, I wish them horrible things.

Then my best friend “Pat” wrote, “Today's survey closes at 11:59 PM, and I don't have your response on file yet! So please, Derek, click this personal link to enter your Democratic Strategy Interview by taking the survey now.” That was Saturday, and the link is still live. It’s a series of stupid questions and there is nothing you can answer that will not lead to them demanding your money. Since they don’t want me to share the link – writing, “**NOTE: Please do not share this link with anyone, as it may corrupt our data** –  here is it. Have fun with it.

Democrats have gone all-in on stupid, and they have to…it’s where their votes are.

Derek Hunter is the host of the Derek Hunter Show on WMAL in Washington, DC, and has a free daily podcast (subscribe!) and author of the book, Outrage, INC., which exposes how liberals use fear and hatred to manipulate the masses, and host of the weekly “Week in F*cking Review” podcast where the news is spoken about the way it deserves to be. Follow him on Twitter at @DerekAHunter