Cillizza Reports On Email He Received
Earlier today, Chris Cillizza—the guy who’s been doing verbal cartwheels for the Democratic Party since roughly the Bronze Age—was sure 2026 was going to be a banner year for Team Blue. Full steam ahead! Enthusiasm high! Donors lined up! Trump bad! You know the drill.
But then came the backpedal.
A Democratic consultant emailed me today -- taking issue with my belief that 2026 *would* be very good for his party.
Here's the key point:
Democratic campaigns are almost universally having a hard time raising money this cycle. Nationally focused donors are slow to donate,…
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) August 14, 2025
After a quiet little reality check with a Democratic operative, Cillizza suddenly wasn’t so bullish. Turns out, when you pull back the curtain on the donor class, there’s not a whole lot of excitement bubbling up from behind those progressive fundraisers. In fact, there’s more dread than drive. And just like that, the whole 2026 glow faded faster than a Biden press conference.
Why? Because the money’s drying up—and not just in the grassroots, pass-the-hat kind of way. No, we’re talking about the deeper, darker cash flow: the kind that used to miraculously circulate through non-profits, foreign aid programs, and endless "humanitarian" initiatives that somehow ended up funneling support—ideologically and financially—to Democrat power centers.
AND, Dems "platform" is they hate Trump, really really hate the man! And, some tired, old, crazy, Marxist dogma.
— Jeff (@Boomerjeff) August 14, 2025
But here’s the twist: Donald Trump turned off the spigot.
Once those government-funded aid dollars started getting reined in, the elaborate laundering system of taxpayer cash masquerading as social justice began to break down. Suddenly, those once-endless coffers looked a lot more like echo chambers—loud, but empty.
That fundraising fatigue issue is a real thing because big donors just saw the Harris campaign and Future Forward waste $1 billion on positive ads and left swing 60% of swing voters with fond memories of Trump’s first term. They also wasted 100 million on research.
— Rachel Bitecofer (@RachelBitecofer) August 14, 2025
And so here we are, with Democrat donors holding the purse strings a little tighter, no longer thrilled about pouring money into candidates who can’t connect with voters, can’t rein in crime, and can’t explain what a woman is without consulting a legal team.
Democrats need to win in NJ and VA to get momentum https://t.co/Vj2z3Hs4EW
— Jarrett Ajay (@AjayJarret31000) August 14, 2025
But if you point that out? Oh boy. Cue the ear-plugging and eye-rolling. That’s the standard-issue Democratic response: if the news doesn't fit the narrative, pretend it doesn't exist. Spin it, bury it, or call it misinformation—just don’t admit it’s real.