The Washington Post has written a lengthy story about liberals who are racked with anxiety by polls showing former President Donald Trump ahead in the 2024 presidential election.
However, some seasoned Democratic operatives tell the Post that they need to chill out a bit.
At the root of the problem is the fact that Trump has survived a wide range of massive scandals — including mocking veterans for their military service, boasting about being able to get away with sexually assaulting women due to his "star" power and praising some of the people who attended the "Unite the Right" rally as "very fine people," not to mention getting indicted in four different jurisdictions while also being convicted on 34 felony counts — that would end the career of any other politician.
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But Dan Pfeiffer, former adviser to President Barack Obama, tells the Post that Democrats need to look at Trump's actual electoral record ever since he scored an upset victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016.
"It’s actually not true that he hasn’t faced accountability," explained Pfeiffer. "Every time he has been on the ballot since 2016, literally and figuratively, he has lost."
In fact, Pfeiffer says that falsely portraying Trump as an electoral juggernaut can be psychologically damaging to Democrats' chances of defeating him yet again.
"When we pretend like he can survive anything, it imbues him with strength and gives him political advantage with a lot of people,” he said. “But the reality is, how bad a criminal do you have to be to be one of the most politically connected and richest guys around, and still be convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records? The truth is he’s kind of a clown.”
