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12 hours ago
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Time Magazine's New Cover Will Make You Sad If You're A Democrat
Time magazine's new cover might make some Democrats cry ― but not without a laugh. In an issue dated June 9, a donkey is featured under a 'LOST' sign with tear-off phone numbers to call the Democratic National Committee in case someone finds the party. 'Democrats know they have a branding problem that transcends policy, messaging, or leadership questions,' Charlotte Alter wrote in the cover story, later adding: 'They know they need fresh ideas and new leaders, even though they can't always agree on how to find them.' Since the article was published, the breakup between Donald Trump and his former sidekick Elon Musk has invited gleeful gawking from prominent Democrats. 'Oh man, the girls are fighting, aren't they?' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) snarked. Democrats are also showing signs of life in protesting immigration raids and the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles. But with Trump in office and both chambers of Congress controlled by Republicans, even an ass knows that Democrats face an uphill climb. Still, a comeback may be looming. 'When you hit rock bottom, anything is possible—and every transformative political figure of the modern age has emerged from a moment like this one,' Alter wrote. 'Are You Kidding Me?': CNN Data Chief Stunned By Democrats' Polling On This Key Issue Jasmine Crockett Savagely Compares Democrats To A Guy Who Only Calls After Midnight 2028 Might Be The Year Of The Beard For Presidential Hopefuls
Fox News
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Anonymous Democrats confess to Time Magazine their party is too extreme on abortion, trans athletes
Some Democrats admitted in a new article on the party's struggles that they had gone too far to the left on significant social issues like abortion and transgender athletes, although the writer wryly noted they were afraid to identify themselves for fear of angering progressives. In a Time Magazine profile on Democrats facing the political wilderness at the dawn of the second Trump administration, some party members acknowledged left-wing purity tests were hampering their ability to win, such as on transgender females participating in girls' sports. "There are some sports where trans girls shouldn't be playing against biological girls," one Democratic lawmaker anonymously told Time's Charlotte Alter. He said most of his fellow Democrats agreed but claimed they were "afraid of the blowback that comes from a very small community." The same goes for abortion, Alter wrote, saying some Democrats want a retreat from a totally "enthusiastic embrace" through the third trimester. "Refusing to say that even in the third trimester there's no limits on it, it's not where the average American is," another anonymous Democratic lawmaker told Time. "The really embarrassing truth is Donald Trump is closer to the median voting on abortion than Democrats were." It didn't escape Alter's attention that those Democrats were scared to go on the record about social issues that inflame activist passions. "[T]he fact these lawmakers would only share these thoughts without their names attached shows how much Democrats still fear antagonizing their liberal base," she wrote. Abortion was an issue that helped power Democrats to a better-than-expected showing in 2022 because of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, but Alter said the sugar high of that midterm showing may have created "dangerous complacency" going into 2024, when Donald Trump and the Republicans took full control of Washington. Alter took a slightly disgusted tone with Democrats she interviewed for the piece about how they could claw their way back to power. "Many of these conversations made my head hurt," she wrote. "Democrats kept presenting clichés as insights and old ideas as new ideas. Everybody said the same things; nobody seemed to be really saying anything at all." There could be an opportunity there for a party that's hit "rock bottom," she added, noting the party seems to be recognizing the importance of electoral victory and not sidelining popular figures in the party like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. "Most in the party recognize this is a crisis moment," she wrote. "But every crisis is also an opportunity—a chance to rethink policies, reframe messaging, and recruit new leaders who can meet the moment. The last time Democrats were this deep in the wilderness was in 2005, when few outside the DNC had heard of Barack Obama."
