It’s beginning to look a lot like 2016

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The Hill

In politics, anything can happen. But at the rate things are going, Donald Trump seems increasingly likely to return to the Oval Office. 

Last week, two-time presidential loser Hillary Clinton appeared on the “Tonight Show” to promote a Broadway show. Pressed to address the uncomfortable fact that President Biden is unpopular with even Democratic voters, Clinton’s response was positively…”deplorable.”

 

“What do you say to voters who are upset that those are the two choices?” asked “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon.

“Get over yourself,” Clinton grumbled. “Those are the two choices.”

She added, “It’s kind of like one is old and effective and compassionate, has a heart, and really cares about people, and one is old and has been charged with 91 felonies.…I don’t understand why this is even a hard choice. But we have to go through the election and hopefully people will realize what’s at stake…t’s not like Trump — his enablers, his empowers, his allies — are not telling us what they want to do.” 

“I mean, they’re pretty clear about what kind of country they want,” Clinton concluded.

There’s a reason why she goes by “Madame Secretary” and not “Madame President.”

More seriously, it’s astonishing that Democrats keep committing these exact types of election-year gaffes. It’s astonishing that popular media keep elevating these unlikeable political celebrities during election years, apparently unaware that these “stars” have little to no purchase outside of faculty lounges and television studios. (See, for example, Beto O’Rourke, Wendy Davis and Stacey Abrams.) 

What do you mean Hillary Clinton is unpopular? All the late-night hosts love her! 

Ah, yes, but voters don’t. She’s unlikeable, and she has terrible political instincts.

The disconnect between what’s popular with the entertainment media and the Democratic Party and what’s popular with voters played a significant role in the 2016 election. Democratic Party officials trapped themselves in an echo chamber, trusting the advice and assurances of people all in the same socioeconomic rung.