NBC's Todd Loses His Mind, Stressed Dems Can't Survive Without Trump
During the panel discussion on Sunday's edition of Meet the Press, Chuck Todd, the show's resident neurotic, raised concern about Democrats' ability to win in states like Arizona and Georgia without former President Donald Trump.
Todd's looking way ahead to when Trump retires and sees that Dems don't have squat to appeal to voters.
Todd turned to panelist and NBC political analyst Cornell Belcher and expressed his concerns for the future of the Democrat Party if Trump goes away: “the victorious Democratic coalition of the last I’d say '18, '20, '22, so three cycles in a row, Donald Trump’s played a huge part in it.”
“If Donald Trump is not there, how concerned are you about carrying places like an Arizona and a Georgia? Todd asked.
Belching up an answer in response, Belcher replied: “part of the problem is that if Donald Trump isn't there, look. Look at the base of the Republican Party and who is choosing these nominees. Herschel Walker was such a terrible candidate.”
He speculated that since “Republican primary voters picked him” as well as the “terrible Trump candidates,” in Arizona, Belcher believes that “even if Trump doesn't go away, I still like the odds that they're going to continue to pick these Trump-like individuals.”
Continuing to smear the Republican candidates in Arizona, Belcher huffed that “[Blake] Masters and this sort of anti-semitism, racist, you know, replacement theory crap that you get from Donald Trump, you're getting from an awful lot of these Republican candidates.”
Trump has been able to mobilize voters. He has tapped into the same general sentiment of dissatisfaction and disillusionment with the status quo that propelled him to the White House. He has been able to channel this emotion into a powerful political message that resonates with the people of Arizona and Georgia.
The Democrats have been unable to do the same aside from voters who want to vote away the America First policy. They have failed to identify the issues that the people care about, failed to articulate an agenda that speaks to those issues, and failed to provide a platform that speaks to the people of the states.