 Well, to nobody's surprise the Democratic Party establishment along with their allies in the media are playing the blame game And they're trying to pin the loss in Virginia on the left I already touched on this in the video that I did where I talked about the election results So I thought that it might be beneficial to just talk about More that has come out. So this right here is An actual mailer that was sent out by the Democratic Party of Virginia So this looks like it is an advertisement for Glenn Yonkin, right trying to tie him to Donald Trump Glenn has my complete and total endorsement. They said this guy is like Donald Trump I said, thank you very much. President Trump represents so much of why I'm running So you think that this was a mailer that Glenn Yonkin himself sent out But if you look closely the Democratic Party sent this out the Democratic Party sent out an advertisement for the Republican for their opponent thinking that this was an own when Donald Trump is still very much popular within the Republican Party The fact that they thought this was an own shows you how out of touch they are now another tweet from Dave Wasserman So just to kind of put everything into perspective In New Jersey GOP legislative candidates outperformed the 2020 Biden-Trump margin in their districts by a margin of ten point eight points Ten point eight. That's a swing that took place in a year If that swing were superimposed nationally Republicans would pick up 44 house seats in 2022 Before even factoring in redistricting so assuming Democrats actually do fail to deliver and They've already seen this ten point eight swing against them I mean imagine the bloodbath that it's gonna be by the time we get to 2022. It's just it's disaster It is disaster and Democrats should see this as a wake-up call But of course, they're not ever going to admit that they did anything wrong You know, it's not that Terry McCullough ran a bland campaign and wasn't offering voters anything It's that the left pushed Biden Too much to the left It just it's it's nonsensical And we have this hot take from Jake Tapper of CNN Now, this is the only video that I could find of this so it's not the best audio quality But let's listen to what he has to say One of the things that I'm hearing from moderate Democratic lawmakers this evening who are obviously panicked Not the least of which reason is they're the ones who are most likely to feel the effects of this anti-democratic Capital D. Democratic Wind continues to blow next year. One of the things I'm hearing is that their voters And don't shoot the messenger. I'm passing on what I'm hearing from somebody talking about what their voters feel their voters feel Look down upon and I'm not talking about Republican voters looking down Feeling that they're being looked at upon. I'm talking about moderate to conservative Democrats feeling that they're looked at upon by pundits by progressives by other people who Say that who if they express a feeling that Maybe the schools should open even if the teachers don't want us to want them to Maybe Teachers should listen to parents more often when it comes to what they're hearing. This is from a virginian Maybe Joe Manchin has a point when he says $1.5 trillion or $1.7 trillion is a lot of money. Let's take our time with it. Let's not rush it they think That makes sense to me and they don't want to be insulted By progressives called whatever names for that. Yeah, so that's the analysis that we get It just it's baffling to me that you can be paid millions of dollars every single year to do political commentary and come to that conclusion nonetheless Another bright mind Sally Albright says I hope people understand this Bernie's messaging destroyed us tonight Just like it took out 12 sitting Democrats in 2020 This madness has to stop and as Farron Cousins rightfully puts it I could eat my computer keyboard and shit out a random assortment of letters And it would still and it still wouldn't be as idiotic as this take right here And that's exactly it because it is idiotic But this was the narrative that was predetermined and Manchin, of course is trying to use it to his advantage Manchin says unbelievable Virginia results Validate concerns over spending package Jesus Christ There's a lot of fucking pop-ups and auto playing videos of the hill You should probably fix this because it's extremely fucking annoying moving on now I've got to share it and Smith because he said basically the most accurate thing ever Being right sucks. Honestly, he said he said this on November 1st mainstream press if Makalaf wins tomorrow Centrism is the future of the Democratic Party mainstream press if Makalaf loses radical socialists cause Virginia voters to reject Democrats exactly but as many Hassan puts it a centrist Democratic president is in the White House a centrist Democratic Canada is running for Virginia governor two centrist Democratic senators have held up the party's agenda for months So if Dems losing VA today, sorry, it ain't on the progressives. No way and he's exactly Right about that. Listen I think that What's very clear is that people are frustrated because No party is delivering That's why we keep going back and forth Democrats Republicans Democrats Republicans If you want to stop the pendulum from swinging back and forth Democrats need to use this limited window of opportunity to actually deliver For people now. I don't know how many of them will get that message I don't know how many of them know that but are rejecting it But either way if they don't actually deliver And if people like Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are allowed to hold back the party if Joe Manchin Or Joe Biden rather continues to give them a pass and not try to bully them into submission Democrats will be wiped out the results in 2022 may be worse than they were On Tuesday night you have to materially improve People's lives if you don't do that people aren't going to support you And the thing about this race in Virginia is it should have in theory been an easy win for Terry McAuliffe This is a state that went To Joe Biden by I think 10 points But to see that large of a swing within a year that spells disaster for Democrats And they have to change things they have to turn it around and actually improve people's lives in a meaningful way Joe Biden can do a lot of things. He can cancel student debt But he's not doing that Democrats can actually try to do More than the bare minimum for once But as you see with for example, their prescription drug negotiation provision in the Build Back Better Act Which will probably be gutted anyway, too They won't even do the bare minimum they'll do less than the bare minimum And then they'll water that down even more. So, you know, this is something that They they are never going to learn from right Republicans can literally just shit their pants on a stage And scream critical race theory over and over again And they're still going to win because even though that message is incoherent It's something right. They are preying on white grievance. They are trying to fear monger about critical race theory And rather than getting dragged down by these non issues Democrats could actually Deliver deliver on policy deliver with a clear economic message that is concise And will affect a lot of people but they they never do that. So instead they pivot Deflect and they blame the left Look, I'm going to make a prediction right now And I'm not great at predictions, but This is an easy one In 2022 assuming that Democrats do indeed get wiped out and they lose at least one chamber of congress Which I think is likely they're probably going to lose the house and the senate. Who knows but in the event that happens Who do you think's going to be blamed? I think you know the answer to that I think you know the answer to that It doesn't matter how Democrats campaign. It doesn't necessarily matter what Republicans say or do Who do you think will be the scapegoat? And what do you think the takeaway for corporate democrats will be? We just went too far left and we have to move closer to the center It is a never-ending Disappointment to cover politics But so long as me participating in politics At least makes them irritated. I think it's it's worth the sacrifice Honestly, that's that's how bad I am but that's where we're at It feels like we're never going to actually meaningfully Effect change because you know direct action doesn't seem to have an impact on politicians You see the way that kirsten sinema and gem mansion are being confronted. They're not changing their minds We saw last year black lives matter protesters out in the streets for months We had international black lives matter protests that were catalyzed by us black lives matter protests after the murder of george floyd Congress didn't do anything We give democrats the majority we pursue change through electoralism And we can't even get a $15 an hour minimum wage. We can't even get $10,000 of student loan debt canceled Which is what joe biden ran on It just feels like nothing Is going to be conducive to change so it's really easy for young people to check out of the process and feel tumor But here's the thing even if The obstacles that are in front of us seem insurmountable Even if we're most likely to lose every single time I think that we have a moral obligation to at least try in spite of the odds Because when we have things like the future of democracy in america and the planet at stake You know no matter how hard it is We just we keep going to be a leftist in america means you will suffer more losses than uh victories and You're always going to be blamed for the failures of the corporate democratic party But at the end of the day so long as you keep fighting and you keep going and you try to find something to hang on to That's important. I don't know what you're hanging on to maybe a single race. Look at the local level victories that the dsa endorsed candidates had Hang on to something and just keep going because they want to beat us down and It's working. They're beating us down and they're going to win more often than not But as long as we keep going then at a minimum we're irritating them and getting under their skin They want us to go away and even if we don't win At least we could fuck with them. That's where we're at But it's something that's that's what we need something to hang on to And uh, that's that's what i'm gonna hang on to irritating corporate democrats and republicans So it's something You could support the humanist report at patreon.com Slashed humanist report But trust me i'd have way more supporters of patreon if that was my podcast said