"Democrats enabled Donald Trump to become president twice because of repetition compulsions that still propel the party's leaders undermining the party's potential to end the real-life nightmare of Maga control over the federal government. Scrutinizing how this century's Democratic leaders set the stage for Trump's electoral triumphs is crucial not only for clarity about the past. It also makes possible a vital focus on how such failures can be avoided in the future."
"Elites did quite well after Barack Obama took back the presidency for Democrats in January 2009, amid the Great Recession. He bailed out big banks while a huge number of people lost their homes. By the time Obama was most of the way through his presidency, he had facilitated the dispossession of at least 5.2 million US homeowner families, the explosion of inequality, and the largest ruination of middle-class wealth in nearly a century,"
"You know, I get accused of being kind of moderate and center, Clinton told a Women for Hillary audience in 2015. I plead guilty. The Democratic National Committee and corporate media provided major assists as she withstood the strong progressive campaign of Bernie Sanders. But after winning the nomination, Clinton never got traction with younger voters, who had gone overwhelmingly for Sanders during the primaries."
Repetition compulsions within Democratic leadership enabled Donald Trump to win the presidency twice by undermining the party's ability to stop MAGA control of the federal government. After Barack Obama's 2009 victory, elites benefited while millions lost homes and middle-class wealth collapsed, with at least 5.2 million homeowner families dispossessed and inequality exploding. Hillary Clinton became the establishment favorite with DNC and corporate media support, but failed to mobilize younger voters who had backed Bernie Sanders. After the 2016 loss, prominent Clinton campaigners blamed Russia, allowing corporate-friendly leaders to avoid responsibility and perpetuate strategic failures.
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