 You know Democrats think that as they follow Republicans to the right They're just you know picking up new Right-wing voters and absorbing, you know that that demographic while also holding their base But that's not the way that it works as they shift to the right They pick up new ground, but also lose a lot of ground with the left. You know, it's not like one side of That spectrum between left and right shifts like it's a block that shifts entirely and as you shift to the right you lose the left and increasingly as the Republican Party shifts further and further to the right and become a far-right extremist party, you know akin to UKIP or other really fringe right-wing parties in Europe that we see the Democratic Party is trying to pick up those moderates that Republicans are losing and it's why you're seeing politicians in Congress that are basically Republican and Democrat but indistinguishable from one another ideologically speaking like Joe Manchin and Susan Collins are very much aligned You can almost not see any I think noticeable ideological differences They're in lockstep on everything when it comes to economic issues to most social justice issues So, you know, the problem is that the Democratic Party should never be hospitable to right-wing moderates but with Donald Trump's takeover of the Republican Party increasingly we've heard from the so-called never Trump crowd of more moderate Republicans who aren't necessarily in lockstep with the overt Nationalism and xenophobia that we see coming from the Republican Party So they've kind of found a new home in the Democratic Party so we see people like Anna Navarro go on CNN and represent this never Trump part of the Republican Party and We see Jennifer Rubin Who is one of the worst people in the country? I think increasingly admit, you know I'm no longer really vested invested in the Republican Party I kind of found a home in the Democratic Party and she penned an article in the Washington Post explaining How she actually does feel at home with the Democratic Party now? This tells you a lot about the Democratic Party. They should never ever be so right-wing that a moderate Republican Can feel right at home in the Democratic Party that tells you they've shifted so far to the right that They're not going to be able to hold the base You can no longer just expect that left-wing people are going to vote for you if you can appeal to people like Jennifer Rubin And I want to get to her article here Because believe it or not She does lend us a lot of insight as to why the Democratic Party appeals to someone like her who's just a flat out Right-winger so her op-ed is titled never Trump becomes never Republican and she kind of explains why She now aligns more with the Democratic Party as opposed to the Republican Party She writes their once was a friendly debate among those who used the never Trump moniker about whether the GOP could be saved Or was worth saving early in the Trump presidency if not before I answered No many who once spoke of reforming or reviving the party now have come around to the view It is hopeless. I cannot speak for others But the reason the Republican Party is not worth saving is that with few exceptions e.g. Maryland governor Larry Hogan Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker its members have fully embraced Trump and Trumpism a noxious brew of nationalism Contempt for truth xenophobia and an America first agenda any of these would have sent me fleeing from the party Collectively they make it impossible to return Sadly my feelings toward the spineless Republicans who blindly supported Trump opposed impeachment enabled his lies and attacks on Institutions and have not found the nerve even in a pandemic to take issue with his lies Impulsive reactions and dangerous preferences can be summed up in a single word Contempt Democrats to the relief of many never Trumpers made it easy for us in this presidential election Former vice president Joe Biden is a decent qualified man who is respectful of objective reality All right understand separation of powers and embrace his America as a nation founded on a creed All men are created equal not on blood and soil. He is no socialist. We can happily embrace him I would have been prepared to crawl over broken glass to vote for anyone but Trump Yes, even senator Bernie Sanders because of my conviction that Trump is a menace to democracy and now a danger to our very lives It would not have been a pleasant choice and many never Trumpers would not have joined me Thankfully we were spared the Sanders versus Trump matchup. Finally, many people ask are you all big D Democrats now? My answer is it depends. I am a Pat Moynihan Democrat a scoop Jackson Democrat and Andrew Cuomo Democrat I am not a Bernie Sanders Democrat So where does that leave me where I have been for just about four years a center-right member of the resistance an advocate for good governance and Internationalism including free trade and robust legal immigration and a passionate believer in the American creed the best Perhaps so the partisan affiliation question is that it is a time for creative policy and civility So we will focus on that one final point never Trumpers now never Republicans should keep their eye on the extraordinary class of female freshman House centrists representatives Abigail Spanberger Mikey Cheryl Elaine Luria and others a lot of those ex Republicans might decide They're Abigail Spanberger Democrats So a lot of people instinctively might see this article and think wow, this is really smart of Democrats You know Trump is abandoning the base and Democrats are just appealing to all of those people left behind By Donald Trump except let's keep things in perspective The never Trump portion of the Republican Party is a very very small fraction and they're Boosted and you know given this impression that this is a larger phenomenon that it is because we always hear from them in Mainstream media I mean how often have we heard from Anna Navarro lately? How much articles from the Washington Post from Jennifer Rubin have we see lately? So, you know, there's this illusion that the never Trump phenomenon is widespread and Donald Trump is just out of step With the Republican Party base, but that's factually incorrect if you look at approval ratings from within the Republican Party Trump is comfortably Above 90% and you know sometimes he dips into the 80s But for the most part the aggregate Republican Party absolutely loves Donald Trump And so here's the main point the fact that any former Republican can just feel right at home With Democrats while not making any ideological shifts whatsoever while not changing Their philosophy on politics that is a huge huge problem Because it tells you there's a gigantic portion of the electorate that Democrats are abandoning for this small fraction of Republicans Think about this we all who watch this channel or you know are in tune with progressive politics Feel disenfranchised and disenchanted with the Democratic Party But have you ever thought you know what since I don't really agree with Democrats I'm gonna become a Republican Well, of course not that doesn't make sense right because ideologically the Republican Party is at the opposite end of the spectrum that we're all on But with Jennifer Rubin She didn't have to change anything about her neoliberal worldview her free market worldview and Democrats, you know, she feels right at home with them That tells you that the Democratic Party has shifted. They shifted to the right now You'll hear people on Fox News like Tucker Carlson screaming about crazy socialists and the far left and sure we have More left-wing representatives in Congress now like AOC and Pramila Jayapal But they're just one block a very small block who doesn't have that much power Within the Democratic Party The fact still remains even if we've made some attempts to yank the overton window back to the left That Democrats disproportionately are a right-wing party They used to be centrist to center-right and now I think you can accurately characterize them as a right-wing party because think about this if you look through You know, right-wing parties throughout Europe. Just take the Tories for example in the UK They are arguably to the left of Democrats on some issues and this is the conservative party in the UK because think about this Boris Johnson, even if you don't necessarily believe him He believes in a national health system Now he's probably just paying lip service to that He's trying to undermine it at every step of the way and you know privatize more portions of it But he at least has to hide his agenda whereas Democrats were openly hostile towards the notion of Medicare for all Which doesn't even go as far as the UK's national health system. We're talking about, you know A government run insurance not healthcare and yet Democrats are using the same exact talking points that Republican Jews How are you gonna pay for it? 180 million Americans we kicked off their private plans that they love so much And it's not just the UK. Look at the conservative party in Canada Again, same thing They are to the Left of Democrats So this article right here, even if we all can't stand Jennifer Rubin and she's an insufferable hack The fact that she feels right at home in the Democratic party Shows you how far they've fallen because rather than firmly planting their feet in the ground And saying no, we're not going to follow Republicans to the right We realize that there are real issues And policy prescriptions That are progressive that will you know meet the needs of Americans So we're not going to follow you to the right and opt for more neoliberalism and private, you know solutions To public problems. No, we're not going to do that. But they're not doing that They're not doing that And as they shift further and further to the right Democrats are even abandoning the one thing that made them appealing in the first place social justice and racial justice issues And that's awful because once you take away That you know cultural issues, you know the left-wing social justice issues Then What point is there to vote for democrats? You just have two economically conservative parties? I mean think about this with the tar read me too situation. They've abandoned The issue of me too entirely Throughout the course of the primary We saw scandals with regard to Amy Klobuchar and people to judge and their relationship with the black community And this wasn't really discussed So I need you to understand It should never ever be the case That a republican can feel right at home in the democratic party By not changing their ideology if for whatever reason Jennifer Rubin thought, you know what everything that I believed before you know following ein rand and Milton Friedman, whoever she you know Aligns with philosophically if she has like a political awakening Then that's fine, you know join the democratic party But the fact that she changed nothing and she still supports the same policies That tells you that republicans or that democrats rather They met her she didn't change to meet the democrats the democrats changed to meet people like her And it's not like trump is the only catalyst of this phenomenon You know democrats have been inching further and further to the right as you know Republicans have inched to the right as we go deeper into late-stage capitalism But that should never happen. It tells you we have no left-wing choice neither of the two parties represent the most popular policy positions I mean think about this a majority of americans support medicare frail And this is not in the manifesto of either of the two parties a majority of americans want to legalize cannabis This is not in the manifesto or party party platforms of either of the two mainstream parties So there's a huge portion of people in this country Who are just not being represented their ideas, which I think are the right ideas progressive ideas More democratic socialist ideas about worker co-ops and whatnot. These are not being represented Whatever happened to you know Demand there's a demand for it. So why isn't there anyone filling that demand? Sure, you have politicians here and there individually filling that demand But if the democratic party was serious about winning They would try to adopt more left-wing policies and they wouldn't ship further and further to the right To appeal to disillusioned republicans But the fact again That they are easily able to appeal to people who are former republicans when that republican like jennifer rubin has not changed ideologically That is such a huge issue And it tells you That we've got a lot of work to do