{"id":108371,"date":"2025-03-14T11:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=108371"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:21:14","slug":"108371","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=108371","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/14\/for-a-party-of-joy-democrats-are-awfully-miserable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For A Party Of \u2018Joy,\u2019 Democrats Are Awfully Miserable<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the months leading up to the 2024 election, Democrats had convinced themselves that they\u2019d settled on the perfect campaign message. Not content with simply\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/30\/holocaust-survivors-condemn-harris-depiction-of-trump-as-next-hitler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slandering<\/a>\u00a0their chief political rival as a Hitler-loving Nazi to distract from their disastrous policies, they arbitrarily\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/29\/joy-rhetoric-is-an-orwellian-attempt-to-hide-democrats-hatred\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a>\u00a0themselves the party of \u201cjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cForget the bad economy and border invasion, we\u2019re all about the good vibes!\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 or so went your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/14\/harris-repackages-false-happy-warrior-claims-as-old-as-fdr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">typical<\/a> Kamala Harris campaign appearance.<\/p>\n<p>If it wasn\u2019t obvious already (<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/22\/donald-trump-not-kamala-harris-is-running-a-campaign-full-of-joy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it should\u2019ve been<\/a>), it\u2019s clear to any casual observer that tagline was nothing more than a facade.<\/p>\n<p>Since Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House, Democrats have come down with a strong case of misery. No matter the policy or how much success it might reap for the American people, Democrats have treated nearly every action the president has taken as if it\u2019s a world-ending crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Harris\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/16\/cackling-kamala-and-tampon-tim-are-just-weird-as-hell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weird<\/a>\u00a0vice presidential pick threw a hissy fit before local media, in which he dramatically bemoaned Trump\u2019s efforts to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/11\/department-of-education-cuts-staff-by-50-percent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismantle<\/a>\u00a0the Department of Education and return the issue to the states where it belongs. In his incoherent screed, Walz fearmongered that laying off agency employees would harm children\u2019s learning and produce devastating consequences for America\u2019s educators.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tim Walz yelling and screaming appears to be his 2028 strategy. Here, he rants about DOE cuts.<\/p>\n<p>But while he slams Trump as not knowing \u201chow education works,\u201d he doesn\u2019t bother to mention one thing these cuts will actually harm.<\/p>\n<p>Weird, right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NFSDIcKueK\">pic.twitter.com\/NFSDIcKueK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bonchieredstate\/status\/1900164145024024844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nBut the Minnesota governor\u2019s tantrum is a microcosm of the blind rage displayed by Democrats since Trump\u2019s comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a Massachusetts Democrat had a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/matt-margolis\/2025\/03\/12\/democrat-meltdown-over-pronouns-forces-chairman-to-end-hearing-n4937823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">meltdown<\/a>\u00a0at a House subcommittee hearing after his Republican colleague correctly referred to Rep. Tim \u201cSarah\u201d McBride, D-Del. \u2014 a trans-identifying man \u2014 as \u201cMr. McBride.\u201d The childish display came a week after another House Democrat got kicked out of Trump\u2019s address to Congress for repeatedly interrupting the president\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<p>These actions don\u2019t even include those undertaken by the party\u2019s unhinged base, whose behavior has been equally \u2014 if not more \u2014 despicable.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1861459109\" class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10 d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-1\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Within the past few days alone, leftist agitators have been documented\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/protesters-supporting-mahmoud-khalil-occupy-trump-tower-lobby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">occupying<\/a>\u00a0Trump Tower in New York City to protest the deportation of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/12\/yes-the-trump-administration-has-the-power-to-deport-mahmoud-khalil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pro-Hamas green card holder<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/12\/us-news\/radical-anti-elon-musk-group-received-7-6m-from-george-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacking<\/a>\u00a0Tesla vehicles and their owners, the latter of which appears to be directed at Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his efforts to identify waste in the federal government. They\u2019ve even gone as far as to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jd-vance-confronted-pro-ukrainian-protesters-walking-toddler-daughter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harass<\/a>\u00a0J.D. Vance about the Russia-Ukraine war while the vice president was out on a walk with his three-year-old daughter this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Now contrast such unhinged outrage with Trump, who seems to be having the time of his life since returning to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>When he\u2019s not\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/12\/corporate-media-try-to-convince-americans-that-inflation-progress-under-trump-is-temporary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fulfilling<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/05\/trump-proves-the-border-bill-pushed-by-gop-leaders-under-biden-was-never-necessary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promises<\/a>\u00a0he made to the American people, he\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1899859823623037279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cracking jokes<\/a>\u00a0about Rosie O\u2019Donnell or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1899890839943258349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poking fun<\/a>\u00a0at Vance\u2019s spunky St. Patty\u2019s Day socks. He\u2019s also delivering\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/05\/top-13-moments-from-trumps-2025-address-to-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">uplifting speeches<\/a>\u00a0championing American greatness and offering a vision in which the country\u2019s best days are yet to come.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, Trump is generating success and having fun doing it. And unlike his predecessor, he celebrates the uniqueness of the American experiment instead of vilifying it.<\/p>\n<p>What Democrats\u2019 continued \u201cthe sky is falling!\u201d behavior demonstrates is that the party has yet to understand why it lost the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Their addiction to opposing Trump has blinded them to what a \u201cnormal\u201d political party is supposed to act like. They\u2019ve become so anti-Trump that they instinctively fight him on virtually every policy issue \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/05\/trump-is-right-there-is-nothing-you-can-do-to-make-democrats-happy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regardless<\/a>\u00a0of whether his actions produce good outcomes for the American people.<\/p>\n<p>But even if there were signs that Democrats wanted to move back toward \u201cthe middle\u201d of American politics and work with Trump, there\u2019s no indication that such a shift is even possible at this point.<\/p>\n<p>Whether through academia or legacy media, the left has spent decades indoctrinating its base into supporting the extreme policies it currently champions and the general American electorate rejects. To abandon support for allowing trans-identifying men to compete in women\u2019s sports, for example, would be viewed by the party\u2019s core voters as a betrayal \u2014 one that could jeopardize Democrats\u2019 political power.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-American bent of the Democrat Party is a problem of their own making. They\u2019ve let the joyless, leftist monster out of the closet, and there\u2019s no sign it wants to go back inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For A Party Of \u2018Joy,\u2019 Democrats Are Awfully Miserable In the months leading up to the 2024 election, Democrats had convinced themselves that they\u2019d settled on the perfect campaign message. Not content with simply\u00a0slandering\u00a0their chief political rival as a Hitler-loving Nazi to distract from their disastrous policies, they arbitrarily\u00a0declared\u00a0themselves the party of \u201cjoy.\u201d \u201cForget the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=108371\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enemies-foreign-domestic","category-scratch-a-lib-find-a-moron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108372,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108371\/revisions\/108372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}