The Democrat Party has wanted to ditch the suburban working class for some time now. Those largely unionized working shlubs still bitterly cling to religion, the unborn, guns, manufacturing jobs, and traditional American values. In short, they are out of step with the modern Democrats in almost every way. Plus, they are disproportionately white males (ick.) Frankly, they are a total embarrassment to the party’s progressive leadership. The left is convinced that US demographics will soon change enough that they will finally be able to give those bigoted Neanderthals the middle finger they so richly deserve. In fact, the DNC thought they were already there back in 2016. A big part of the reason Trump won was Hillary effectively told those voters to kiss her ass. Then she lost Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
So the DNC learned their lesson for 2020. Their platform and leadership is still dominated by hard-left progressive zealots. That’s certainly not changing. But the packaging and branding did. The reason the DNC was so gaga for decrepit white male sleazebag Joe Biden to run for President was they believed they could frame him as an old-school moderate Democrat that wouldn’t scare off working-class whites. In short, they believed they could pull a fast one on Midwestern working class voters.
But the Democrat platform was there for everyone to see. Their leadership is well known to all. Surely, the labor unions and their members wouldn’t fall for such an obvious bait-and-switch con job? Yep, they sure did.
Which bring us to this story about the unions blowing a gasket over Biden cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline in his first 10 minutes in office. WTF did they think was going to happen??? Did they really think the Dems would stand up for their interests (guided by white supremacy, no doubt) over the demands of their WOKE! base for environmental and racial justice??? I have absolutely ZERO sympathy for those labor unions and their newly unemployed workers. They are getting exactly what they voted for. I’m not sure if the union leadership is really surprised by this move, or if their public statements are just kabuki theater to keep the newly jobless rubes in line. If they are genuinely dumb enough to be surprised, then they deserve to be taken for a ride. Buckle up, guys. That was just the appetizer. They real shit sandwich is still coming down the pike.
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