The Shutdown Is Republicans' Fault--So Why Are Voters Mad at Democrats?

[QueerDuck]

20. Well, there are a lot of folks who continually amplify the false message that "Democrats Suck."

At almost every opportunity, it's almost guaranteed that someone will be complaining that Jeffries or Schumer lack leadership skills. And that usually morphs into complaints about their age, or that they are "centrists" (gasp! the horrors!)

And then, adding to the lies and mischaracterizations, there are others who have the mistaken belief that Jeffries and Schumer have some sort of magic wand that will cure everything if they would just deign to wave it and say the magic words. This belief, of course, is absurd because the harshest critics seem to not realize that the Democrats are NOT the majority party and our "magic wand" options are limited.

Yet, the griping and whining continues, thus creating a false belief that Democratic leadership could solve this "if-they-wanted-to" but for some reason (as the story goes) they're just refusing to do so... and as a result, they are "bad leaders" (ugh) and therefore, the Democrats "are to blame" (double-ugh!)