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The current Democratic party, as opposed to the one from, say, the 80's.
The current leadership of the Democratic party are, and have been for several years, not an effective foil to the far right; they've been failing. Since Reagan they've been letting Republican administrations stack courts, block progressive legislation, failing to block conservative legislation, and just been all-around failures.
Why are the courts stacked with conservative judges? Why do we have literal criminals sitting, unimpeached, on the Supreme Court? Why do we have a felon in the White House? Why did 10 Democrats just give Republicans the votes they needed to Push through a spending bill that cedes even more power to Trump? Why is the country riddled with Gerrymandered states ensuring Republican control even in states where they don't hold a majority of votes? Why, in the past 4 elections where a Republican has won the Presidency, has only one won the popular vote? Why is no-one in Congress standing up for Palestine? Why is anti-vax so popular? Where. The fuck. Is. The Democratic leadership?
Oh! An ad hominem attack. That's... unsurprising.
Yeah... that wasn't an ad hominem attack, just an observation.